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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 21h

That reminds me of this immortal post:

OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 21h

Simeon Brown is like a lightly lobotomised Jacob Rees-Mogg. His continued presence in NZ politics is an absolute mystery.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 22h

Today's youth simply need to get off their collective keister. There are plenty of jobs for chimney sweeps and lamplighters. I have just apprenticed my eldest to a renowned phrenologist and my youngest makes over thruppence a day as a mudlark and occasional cutpurse. #NoExcuses #RiseandGrind #NZPol

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 1d

This is a great but also really depressing piece of journalism on a business preying on the desperation of younger people, and I really don't understand why the CC can't intervene to shut it down: thespinoff.co.nz/business/14-...

Inside Legacy: the MLM that thrives in secrecy

Has your friend started wearing a suit, posting from ‘business conferences’ and using the diamond emoji a lot? They may have joined Legacy.

thespinoff.co.nz

OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 6d

Way faster than an oven too. We've found it great for quick dinners for the kids, reheating stuff that doesn't work in a microwave (e.g. pizza) and roasting broccoli for some extra veg when we're having a curry.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 9d

Ah yes the zero thoughts 100% vibes voting bloc. Absolute morons.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 10d

I have a very good friend who was a member of the Ferns' organisation. By all accounts, she's an old-fashioned bully and completely unsuited to coaching high-performance sport.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 10d

People going into bat for Noeline Taurua have never had the immense displeasure of working with her.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 13d

I just assumed that all toasties have cheese because melted cheese is the best part of a toastie. How about a BLACT toastie where you add the avo and lettuce after it's cooked (and once it has cooled down a bit so the lettuce and avo don't wilt / brown)?

OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 13d

I would just toast the bread and assemble. Unless there's cheese in there too?

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 16d

This is the line-up for the Riyadh Comedy Festival. Setting aside some of the less surprising inclusions like Dave Chappelle and Louis CK, it is still hard to pick which of these is the most disappointing participant in Saudi Arabia's latest attempt to launder its reputation.

List of Riyadh Comedy Festival participants: Mo Amer, Aziz Ansari, Wayne Brady, Hannibal Buress, Bill Burr, Jimmy Carr, Dave Chappelle, Louis CK, Whitney Cummings, Pete Davidson, Chris Distefano, Omid Djalili, Zarna Garg, Ben Hart, Kevin Hart, Gabriel Iglesias, Jim Jeffries, Jimeoin, Maz Jobrani, Jessica Kirson, Jo Koy, Bobby Lee, Sebastian Maniscalco, Sam Morril, Mark Normand, Nimesh Patel, Russell Peters, Jeff Ross, Andrew Santino, Andrew Schulz, Tom Segura, Ali Siddiq, Aries Spears, Chris Tucker and Jack Whitehall.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 21d

Honestly most of the National caucus looks like a stale, half-eaten packet of Huntley & Palmers to me. The only distinguishing feature with these two is the matching basic, alliterative names.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 21d

TIL that these are two different people. #nzpol

National MP Mark Mitchell (or is it Scott Simpson?)

National MP Scott Simpson (or is it Mark Mitchell?)

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 23d

Yes, absolutely. It came out after Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and Williams was over 40 at the time.

OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 26d

Throwing out the criteria also brings Paradise by the Dashboard Light into the mix. YMMV but for me it is a Mum's Car Classic™. But then so is Steamy Windows.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 26d

That's an amazing song but I think only Maynard could have been called middle-aged at that point.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 26d

What is your favourite song about have a root in a car released by a world-famous, middle-aged musician? Mine is probably Steamy Windows.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 26d

It's all very odd. Douglas and co would no doubt prefer to address deficits and debt by reducing spending, and while the Nats have wasted money on some breathtakingly stupid things many of those were tax cuts while we clearly need to increase spending on health, educaiton, infrastructure etc.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 26d

Even a very stopped, broken and obsolete clock that was shoved into a cardboard box in the attic 20 years ago and only remembered when you have to find an air mattress or the Christmas decorations is right twice a day.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 27d

Can we please, please not make pop country a thing in NZ?

OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · Sep 14

Saw this post at the time and it is less than ideal but who is the best alternative? Wayne Brown?

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · Sep 14

Kerrin Leoni really does appear to be the best option in a deeply underwhelming collection of Auckland mayoral candidates. Is that accurate? LMK if I'm wrong.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · Sep 13

That was a hell of a show. Special thanks to Broden - no one has yelled in my face like that since I got my final warning while working at McDonalds in 1997.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · Sep 11

The weird one for me is when cast members etc. like Nick Frost confront it directly - often to express their support for trans rights - but can't see the problem of participating in a project that puts more money in the pocket of an already very powerful, hateful and dangerous person.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · Sep 11

People in the thread making excuses for them / putting it down to ignorance as if they don't all have agents, publicists, assistants, researchers etc.

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