Magpie Said
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Retired teacher. The future, if there is to be one, is Green.
Gary's Economics - tax wealth not work.
Gary's Economics - tax wealth not work.
There is enough money in AoNZ for everyone to live well now. There's just a distribution problem. We need a wealth tax & CGT & not tax the 1st bracket. Gvts make choices. The table is tilted atm twds the wealthy.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
There is enough money in AoNZ for everyone to live well now. There's just a distribution problem. We need a wealth tax & CGT & not tax the 1st bracket. Gvts make choices. The table is tilted atm twds the wealthy.
In Jan 2023 Auckland was flooded & in Feb the North Island of NZ was hit by Cyclone Gabrielle. 11 dead, billions in damages, thsds of slips. This year 2 condemned houses nearby were finally removed, the land contoured, kerbing to redirect water & a new road surface. CC is definitely real!
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
In Jan 2023 Auckland was flooded & in Feb the North Island of NZ was hit by Cyclone Gabrielle. 11 dead, billions in damages, thsds of slips. This year 2 condemned houses nearby were finally removed, the land contoured, kerbing to redirect water & a new road surface. CC is definitely real!
As you can see from the cover story in this week's Listener magazine, AoNZ is also taking a step to the right. Also this week Lady Moxon complained to the UN that the gvt has escalated discrimination agst Maori.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...
December 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM
As you can see from the cover story in this week's Listener magazine, AoNZ is also taking a step to the right. Also this week Lady Moxon complained to the UN that the gvt has escalated discrimination agst Maori.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...
Today I'm admiring local pohutukawa trees. It's called the NZ Christmas tree bc of it's seasonal colours.
December 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Today I'm admiring local pohutukawa trees. It's called the NZ Christmas tree bc of it's seasonal colours.
Will Lab find its mojo and copy Mamdani? Latest Roy Morgan poll shows the CoC still ruling so Lab needs to become more Lab.
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Will Lab find its mojo and copy Mamdani? Latest Roy Morgan poll shows the CoC still ruling so Lab needs to become more Lab.
A reminder to cookers & BVV why JA's leadership was crucial during the pandemic. The lowest death rate.....Thanks, JA.
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A reminder to cookers & BVV why JA's leadership was crucial during the pandemic. The lowest death rate.....Thanks, JA.
Morena from the Waitakeres looking twds the Manukau Harbour.
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Morena from the Waitakeres looking twds the Manukau Harbour.
SANCTUARY GARDENS has taken court action to save this area from becoming an apartment block. Please donate to help us keep it as a public space. It's been a garden since Maori times from the adzes found here.
This 👇 or This 👇
This 👇 or This 👇
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
SANCTUARY GARDENS has taken court action to save this area from becoming an apartment block. Please donate to help us keep it as a public space. It's been a garden since Maori times from the adzes found here.
This 👇 or This 👇
This 👇 or This 👇
Some things don't change.
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Some things don't change.
From an old book of cartoons someone found in a secondhand shop, photographed & put online.
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
From an old book of cartoons someone found in a secondhand shop, photographed & put online.
Saturday, sunrise over Manukau Harbour taken from my balcony in the Waitakare Ranges, Auckland
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Saturday, sunrise over Manukau Harbour taken from my balcony in the Waitakare Ranges, Auckland
Sunrise, Saturday, Auckland, AotearoaNZ. Looking over the Manukau Harbour from the Waitakere Ranges.
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Sunrise, Saturday, Auckland, AotearoaNZ. Looking over the Manukau Harbour from the Waitakere Ranges.
Good morning, Saturday, Auckland AotearoaNZ
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Good morning, Saturday, Auckland AotearoaNZ
Hind was 5. She called for help bc an Israeli tank was firing at their car. Her body was found in the bullet riddled car and the ambulance with 2 paramedics sent to help nearby.
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Hind was 5. She called for help bc an Israeli tank was firing at their car. Her body was found in the bullet riddled car and the ambulance with 2 paramedics sent to help nearby.
Well if you starve Gaza then you starve the hostages too!
Here's a list of all the unarmed women, chn & men, civilians, Israel killed in Gaza. There are still thsds of Palstns in prison in Israel & dead bodies retained. I volunteered on a kibbutz years ago & its racism twds Yemeni Jews shocked me.
Here's a list of all the unarmed women, chn & men, civilians, Israel killed in Gaza. There are still thsds of Palstns in prison in Israel & dead bodies retained. I volunteered on a kibbutz years ago & its racism twds Yemeni Jews shocked me.
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Well if you starve Gaza then you starve the hostages too!
Here's a list of all the unarmed women, chn & men, civilians, Israel killed in Gaza. There are still thsds of Palstns in prison in Israel & dead bodies retained. I volunteered on a kibbutz years ago & its racism twds Yemeni Jews shocked me.
Here's a list of all the unarmed women, chn & men, civilians, Israel killed in Gaza. There are still thsds of Palstns in prison in Israel & dead bodies retained. I volunteered on a kibbutz years ago & its racism twds Yemeni Jews shocked me.
Change papers, you were lied to.
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Change papers, you were lied to.
Sunrise over the Waitakeres.
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Sunrise over the Waitakeres.