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Boy am I glad the first replacements for these ferries will be arriving in Feb 2026, with port upgrades at Picton and Wellington nearing completion after two and a half years of work.
Oh wait, hold on a second, just hearing that ferries won't be here until 2029.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Oh wait, hold on a second, just hearing that ferries won't be here until 2029.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
‘Everyone’s a bit stressed’: Interislander turns back for Wellington after circling in Cook Strait
The Kaiarahi is heading back to Wellington.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Boy am I glad the first replacements for these ferries will be arriving in Feb 2026, with port upgrades at Picton and Wellington nearing completion after two and a half years of work.
Oh wait, hold on a second, just hearing that ferries won't be here until 2029.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Oh wait, hold on a second, just hearing that ferries won't be here until 2029.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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The IKEA thing is so batshit. When I was in America it was considered college student furniture or like basic stuff you buy when you are renting why is the PM there. Our country is so painfully parochial sometimes it hurts. Please find some dignity please I beg it’s a corporation. Please.
December 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The IKEA thing is so batshit. When I was in America it was considered college student furniture or like basic stuff you buy when you are renting why is the PM there. Our country is so painfully parochial sometimes it hurts. Please find some dignity please I beg it’s a corporation. Please.
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Today was the day New Zealand truly became a 40% off deck furniture piss country
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Today was the day New Zealand truly became a 40% off deck furniture piss country
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The NZ Labour Party must provide hope to, and inspire, a generation of people.
If the policy options it will finalise at this weekend’s conference don’t do that, don’t provide a radical alternative and sense of optimism, people will continue to leave Aotearoa in droves.
If the policy options it will finalise at this weekend’s conference don’t do that, don’t provide a radical alternative and sense of optimism, people will continue to leave Aotearoa in droves.
Captures the mood of much of the country under this government - bleak, with a sense that everything is broken, that there is no opportunity for young people to get ahead, and that the government simply doesn't care.
‘I love my country. I don’t want to leave’: readers reflect on the exodus from New Zealand
As people continue to move away in record numbers, readers share their reasons for leaving and contemplate life in New Zealand
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The NZ Labour Party must provide hope to, and inspire, a generation of people.
If the policy options it will finalise at this weekend’s conference don’t do that, don’t provide a radical alternative and sense of optimism, people will continue to leave Aotearoa in droves.
If the policy options it will finalise at this weekend’s conference don’t do that, don’t provide a radical alternative and sense of optimism, people will continue to leave Aotearoa in droves.
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If you have a dairy that got ramraided six times by the same kids and then they turned up one day outside asking everyone to contribute to “help make the dairy good again” then you’ll know what it feels like to hear National pledge to make our super savings as good as Australia’s
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you have a dairy that got ramraided six times by the same kids and then they turned up one day outside asking everyone to contribute to “help make the dairy good again” then you’ll know what it feels like to hear National pledge to make our super savings as good as Australia’s
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If you read one thing today, make it this - the deepest dive I’ve seen yet tying all of the many things to worry about on the school curriculum together in one place, and underlining concerning links to both the Atlas Network and Project 2025 - links that we can’t afford to ignore in any reporting.
I'm really happy that The Bad Newsletter has a new home at Emily Writes Weekly, and really unhappy that my first piece is about the ultra-munted weirdness that the Chaos Coalition is doing to the new school curriculum www.emilywrites.co.nz/what-the-hel...
What the HELL is happening with the new school curriculum?
Over and over again, I've had emails and messages from parents asking me about the new curriculum. I tried to get my head around it, but just had more questions than answers. So I teamed up with my fr...
www.emilywrites.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
If you read one thing today, make it this - the deepest dive I’ve seen yet tying all of the many things to worry about on the school curriculum together in one place, and underlining concerning links to both the Atlas Network and Project 2025 - links that we can’t afford to ignore in any reporting.
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At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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"Universities teach us to ask questions without tidy answers. They train us to look for truths we didn’t know existed and to challenge assumptions we didn’t realise we held. At their best, they remind us that intellect isn’t about having opinions, it’s about earning them."
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"Universities teach us to ask questions without tidy answers. They train us to look for truths we didn’t know existed and to challenge assumptions we didn’t realise we held. At their best, they remind us that intellect isn’t about having opinions, it’s about earning them."
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This is a white supremacy, ideological, ACT party indoctrination camp, not a rich & creative all world view balanced curriculum. If you want your sons to end up like Andrew Tate & daughters to become 1940’s housewives then sure, this is the school for you! 🤬 #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
A new school built on ‘western civilisation’ is coming to Wellington
The former Free Speech union boss says he’s excited to have a school that could “remember the virtue of civilisation that has come from the West”.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is a white supremacy, ideological, ACT party indoctrination camp, not a rich & creative all world view balanced curriculum. If you want your sons to end up like Andrew Tate & daughters to become 1940’s housewives then sure, this is the school for you! 🤬 #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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I cannot express my distain for the law that allows this to happen. It is so destructive, and National should be ashamed they bowed to the whims of David Seymour Over and Over and Over again
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Battle lines drawn', group behind Kelston Boys' charter school bid says
A trust behind a plan to change a public school to a charter school against its will says it is facing abuse.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I cannot express my distain for the law that allows this to happen. It is so destructive, and National should be ashamed they bowed to the whims of David Seymour Over and Over and Over again
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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This is blatant political interference in rge New Zealand Curriculum that shouldn't be tolerated.
Education professionals should be deciding what is in the NZ Curriculum, not politicians from 8% parties pandering to the worst of NZ society to the detriment of our students.
Education professionals should be deciding what is in the NZ Curriculum, not politicians from 8% parties pandering to the worst of NZ society to the detriment of our students.
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This is blatant political interference in rge New Zealand Curriculum that shouldn't be tolerated.
Education professionals should be deciding what is in the NZ Curriculum, not politicians from 8% parties pandering to the worst of NZ society to the detriment of our students.
Education professionals should be deciding what is in the NZ Curriculum, not politicians from 8% parties pandering to the worst of NZ society to the detriment of our students.
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The #ClimateCrisis makes every storm event more likely, and worse.
More likely, and worse.
It’s fuelling EVERY storm.
#HurricaneMelissa
More likely, and worse.
It’s fuelling EVERY storm.
#HurricaneMelissa
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The #ClimateCrisis makes every storm event more likely, and worse.
More likely, and worse.
It’s fuelling EVERY storm.
#HurricaneMelissa
More likely, and worse.
It’s fuelling EVERY storm.
#HurricaneMelissa
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Next we're just going to teach history without the people in it
Makes everything so much simpler
Makes everything so much simpler
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Next we're just going to teach history without the people in it
Makes everything so much simpler
Makes everything so much simpler
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Crowing about removing the concept that "Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories has been shaped by the use of power", I guess means Act subscribes to the 'no thoughts, head empty' theory of history as a series of random events that include 'Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece' where no power was exercised.
October 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Crowing about removing the concept that "Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories has been shaped by the use of power", I guess means Act subscribes to the 'no thoughts, head empty' theory of history as a series of random events that include 'Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece' where no power was exercised.
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Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
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Judith Collins laments the financial situation in her “open letter”, claiming it's due to Labour. She ignores the fact that John Key left a $60b debt 22% of GDP while privatising assets & by 2023 it was 18% GDP with a nominal increase. Debt isn't bad in itself but National's lies are #nzpol
BREAKING: Judith Collins' Dirty Politics Before Mega-Strike
The senior National Party Cabinet Minister has penned an "Open letter to the people of New Zealand" on the New Zealand Government's official website
mountaintui.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Judith Collins laments the financial situation in her “open letter”, claiming it's due to Labour. She ignores the fact that John Key left a $60b debt 22% of GDP while privatising assets & by 2023 it was 18% GDP with a nominal increase. Debt isn't bad in itself but National's lies are #nzpol
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Imagine being a highly trained doctor and being told off by an ideologue shitbag like Simeon Brown.
October 16, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Imagine being a highly trained doctor and being told off by an ideologue shitbag like Simeon Brown.
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AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
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and stop referring to the government as "Wellington". if Wellingtonians actually got to run the show we'd be a very different country.
why are you talking about it as if it's up to you, you worthless cunt. You're never getting another term and I 100% guarantee you're out of the country the day after you're out.
Christopher Luxon 'very open' to Electoral Commission running local elections
Currently, local elections are run by the councils themselves.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
and stop referring to the government as "Wellington". if Wellingtonians actually got to run the show we'd be a very different country.
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here's what they could have said:
"if everyone did what national just did, this world would dry a death in 30 years. we used to fear for the world our grandkids grew up in, but now we're not even certain that our kids will have drinking water. National is taking your future and leaving you barren"
"if everyone did what national just did, this world would dry a death in 30 years. we used to fear for the world our grandkids grew up in, but now we're not even certain that our kids will have drinking water. National is taking your future and leaving you barren"
October 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
here's what they could have said:
"if everyone did what national just did, this world would dry a death in 30 years. we used to fear for the world our grandkids grew up in, but now we're not even certain that our kids will have drinking water. National is taking your future and leaving you barren"
"if everyone did what national just did, this world would dry a death in 30 years. we used to fear for the world our grandkids grew up in, but now we're not even certain that our kids will have drinking water. National is taking your future and leaving you barren"
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The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like:
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"
never:
"We need to tax the rich"
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"
never:
"We need to tax the rich"
October 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like:
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"
never:
"We need to tax the rich"
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"
never:
"We need to tax the rich"