MonzaGT
@monzagt.bsky.social
Bookish boomer, leftie, no cats or dogs but I love them.
Oh great the Eagle helicopter is coming to Christchurch again. Last time it regularly went over our house heading east. What a racket. $2000 per hour. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Stabbings, gunpoint robberies and ramraids: Christchurch cops turn to skies to curb new wave of youth crime
Police have deployed the Eagle helicopter to help stop the rise in armed child robbers and burglars, but business owners say without a law change there is “no hope”.
www.thepress.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Oh great the Eagle helicopter is coming to Christchurch again. Last time it regularly went over our house heading east. What a racket. $2000 per hour. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
I’d love it if this bird flew but I’m sure the government has plenty of know nothings crouched in the reeds waiting to shoot it down.
Independent infrastructure experts have endorsed a bus network improvement project for the wider Christchurch city area, deeming it nationally important and deliverable.
Bus network upgrades in Greater Christchurch good value for money, experts say
Independent infrastructure experts have endorsed a bus network improvement project for the wider Christchurch city area, deeming it nationally important and deliverable.
dlvr.it
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I’d love it if this bird flew but I’m sure the government has plenty of know nothings crouched in the reeds waiting to shoot it down.
Bring on the Ministry of Pests and the Conservation Army.
How cats, clams and Asian hornets are putting Aotearoa’s wildlife at risk
How cats, clams and Asian hornets are putting Aotearoa’s wildlife at risk
While Auckland battles the hornets, a highly invasive type of clam is poised to devastate waterways further south....
thespinoff.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Bring on the Ministry of Pests and the Conservation Army.
When you don’t think he could get any lower. Loathe this little man. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchu...
Seymour labels principal at centre of mouldy school lunches a media ‘frequent flyer’
The principal has hit back saying the food is delivered daily and leftovers removed.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
When you don’t think he could get any lower. Loathe this little man. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchu...
This is setting a high bar for MFAT selections.
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is setting a high bar for MFAT selections.
Terrific read and could a billionaire villain have a better name?Peter de Putron with its hints of Putin and putrid. The sell out, sell off government going full bore here. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-...
The secretive Tory donor with the golden visa – and the ear of the Beehive
Who is the British billionaire who, during his visit to Wellington in December, met with four ministers in the space of 25 hours?
thespinoff.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Terrific read and could a billionaire villain have a better name?Peter de Putron with its hints of Putin and putrid. The sell out, sell off government going full bore here. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-...
Agree. Skeptic suggests there’s a brain involved.
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Agree. Skeptic suggests there’s a brain involved.
Out this morning and rushing home to beat the rain to find garage door doesn’t open. I rush to grab washing, handy dad solves the problem and diagnoses at least $100 to fix properly!
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Out this morning and rushing home to beat the rain to find garage door doesn’t open. I rush to grab washing, handy dad solves the problem and diagnoses at least $100 to fix properly!
Good coffee at Riverlution this morning. Gardens heaving with teenage girls weeding. A school group having fun.
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Good coffee at Riverlution this morning. Gardens heaving with teenage girls weeding. A school group having fun.
As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly.
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly.
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On the lowering of the Clean Car Standard, right after COP30.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On the lowering of the Clean Car Standard, right after COP30.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
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"While elite journos and businessmen kiss the ring of Trump, people in jammies and slippers confront ICE in the street. The courage of ordinary people has been stunning compared to the elite."
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"While elite journos and businessmen kiss the ring of Trump, people in jammies and slippers confront ICE in the street. The courage of ordinary people has been stunning compared to the elite."
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Top two stories on Press website were this and the dying woman (who was a bassoonist and first woman in the Scots Guards band) who is joining with friends to taste and rank 27 yeast based spreads from around the world! Brightened a grey morning.
Christchurch Airport’s efforts to preserve a 200-year-old kōwhai tree, described as the city’s Mona Lisa, are being praised.
Christchurch’s ‘Mona Lisa’ preserved amidst sea of solar panels
Christchurch Airport’s efforts to preserve a 200-year-old kōwhai tree, described as the city’s Mona Lisa, are being praised.
dlvr.it
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Top two stories on Press website were this and the dying woman (who was a bassoonist and first woman in the Scots Guards band) who is joining with friends to taste and rank 27 yeast based spreads from around the world! Brightened a grey morning.
I see my girls’ old college has sent a letter to the Govt stating their support for Te Tiriti. 👍
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I see my girls’ old college has sent a letter to the Govt stating their support for Te Tiriti. 👍
Thanks for all the heads up about Gmail taking liberties to feed AI. Just spent some productive time stopping that and learning a new trick to weed out email.
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Thanks for all the heads up about Gmail taking liberties to feed AI. Just spent some productive time stopping that and learning a new trick to weed out email.
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Checking privilege. Coffee this morning at Riccarton House and wandering amongst the peaceful grounds. Riccarton Bush reopened with a new boardwalk. Oasis of cool and birdsong.
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Checking privilege. Coffee this morning at Riccarton House and wandering amongst the peaceful grounds. Riccarton Bush reopened with a new boardwalk. Oasis of cool and birdsong.
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“I’m no NIMBY” exclaimed the Bish.
How piously benevolent of him to fund a bridge for the homeless to sleep under, and in his own electorate too! What a truly selfless man. 😇🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
How piously benevolent of him to fund a bridge for the homeless to sleep under, and in his own electorate too! What a truly selfless man. 😇🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“I’m no NIMBY” exclaimed the Bish.
How piously benevolent of him to fund a bridge for the homeless to sleep under, and in his own electorate too! What a truly selfless man. 😇🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
How piously benevolent of him to fund a bridge for the homeless to sleep under, and in his own electorate too! What a truly selfless man. 😇🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
Paris Hilton claims she is ‘self-made’. Well she’s certainly made herself something.
November 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Paris Hilton claims she is ‘self-made’. Well she’s certainly made herself something.
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Love this so much. 💜
That photo of the children killed in the house fire just broke my heart. So bright and hopeful and happy. All gone.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
That photo of the children killed in the house fire just broke my heart. So bright and hopeful and happy. All gone.
Love it when a row of radishes pops up. So quick and cheerful. 🌱🇳🇿
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Love it when a row of radishes pops up. So quick and cheerful. 🌱🇳🇿
Both daughters headed for Canterbury hills today. One overnighting to Double Hut at Lake Heron and the other doing a day tramp around Lake Clearwater. So many great places within easy reach of Christchurch. Looks fine if cool for their hikes.
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Both daughters headed for Canterbury hills today. One overnighting to Double Hut at Lake Heron and the other doing a day tramp around Lake Clearwater. So many great places within easy reach of Christchurch. Looks fine if cool for their hikes.
Herald still peddling EV misinformation. The story mentions both the Auckland car/bus crash and the Whangarei car park fires as cause uncertain and highlighting EVs in both fires. Whangarei has film of the guilty non EV vehicle and I thought fire service said fire originated from petrol vehicle.
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Herald still peddling EV misinformation. The story mentions both the Auckland car/bus crash and the Whangarei car park fires as cause uncertain and highlighting EVs in both fires. Whangarei has film of the guilty non EV vehicle and I thought fire service said fire originated from petrol vehicle.