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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 13h

*90's lol

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah my era there was the early/mid it's and it was pretty feral.

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 13h

Ah yes I see now it was the asbestos that made me feel weird after many many long days at the Fitz drinking reckless amounts of grog and smoking doobs in the carpark.... www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Asbestos scare sees school shut after massive blaze in abandoned bar

Multiple crew were able to control the fire at an abandoned Palmerston North pub the old Fitz Bar by around 9pm on Thursday.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 1d

Cool so now dairy farmers can go to the French government for handouts eh?

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Ira @ira.bailey.nz · 2d

A bit of a long thread on the strategy and cultural war the right is surging ahead with here in Aotearoa (while I’m tired and awake at a hospital bedside).

Fermenting from a few things, including a NZ democracy conference in Wellington last week and good chats with friends #NZPol

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 3d

Considering it's as predictable as the sun coming up it could just be a single line in the story, rather than the whole story.

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 3d

Oh so are 2+1 roads generally a third of the cost of expressways/motorways?

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 4d

Personally I'd like to see them do iRex AND this AND Lake Onslow pumped hydro and more and more. If we want to grow we need to build this shit.

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 8d

FFS what an absolute bunch of tools.

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 8d

Wait what? What were Destiny doing there? I remember they were at the last Palestine march too so are they now just a rentacrowd on the wrong side of every issue?

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 10d

This kind of "analysis" is pointless. What about a piece that looks at similar funds overseas that have worked and ones that haven't and the lessons to be learnt? Perhaps a deep-dive on what kind of projects such a fund could, er, fund & why do they struggle to attract $$ from traditional investors.

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 10d

This is good from the Greens - really sticking it to the Govt. I feel like there's a developing attitude on the left ie with Zohran Mamdani, Zack Polanski, Kat Abughazaleh where they're really calling out the right and I think it's working.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Greens accuse government of 'clownish' smear campaign over mega strike

The party has savaged the government's response to the looming mega-strike.

www.rnz.co.nz

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👻Wereman 🐺🎃 @spookarties.bsky.social · Dec 1

Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 11d

So Luxon was on the news this morning saying we have no money, then at lunchtime Labour announce a policy about the future, then suddenly Luxo has a couple of billion to spend on roads?
Smells like panic eh?

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 11d

75% chance they came with this list of roads on the way to the presser.

New Zealand Herald (Unofficial) @nzherald.nzcow.com · 11d

📢 The package covers 15 routes, including a new Mt Victoria tunnel in Wellington.

Watch: PM unveils $675m roads investment plan, to respond to Labour's 'Future Fund

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 11d

I hope the first big infrastructure project from the future fund is the long-awaited Waikumete-Rosebank Bridge! Yes it's niche but it's probably got a better ROI than anything the current govt are proposing ...

Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 11d

You're welcome!

Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 11d

Plenty of details to come obvs, but this sounds good.

Will earnings go back into the fund forever? i.e. the benefit for the country is not and annual cash return from the fund into govt coffers, rather the benefit is the economic and social benefit of improved infra etc....

Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 11d

The Future Fund...
- a sovereign wealth fund
- starting with assets we already own plus a capital injection
- run by an independent team
- earnings going back into the Fund
- assets in the Fund protected in law

Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 11d

So immigration is one of the big issues these days right? Here's my questions for journos/economists/politicalists:
- Is immigration essential? What are the assumptions behind this?
- What drives the jump in immigration over the last few decades?
- What happens if immigration is stopped?

Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 11d

You want a blast from the past? I'll give you a blast from the past.
Complete episodes on YT. If you like Aussies who drink, smoke and argue with 0% self-awareness, this is for you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cqg...

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 13d

Let's not forget Brendan Horan.

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 14d

Hey looks like like NZ does know how to get rid of a bland dickhead

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 14d

The current Stuff campaign about swimming is kinda funny. Wouldnt be surprised if 6 months from now they were publishing pieces from the NZ Initiative about how drowning is good for the economy.

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 18d

Wouldn't you just love to have a good look at where Federated Farmers' funding comes from?

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Same ol' Westcoastrogue @westcoastrogue.bsky.social · 21d

Yeah ok but what about the thousands of other threats that have been directed to politicians? www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

19-year-old charged after sending death threats to Green MP who since resigned

Detective Inspector Warren Olsson said the nature and volume of the threats met the threshold for investigation and subsequent prosecution.

www.stuff.co.nz