Andrew Frame
@napierinframe.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, Writer, Local Issues Commentator, Cricketer, Umpire, Bay Buzz magazine Columnist, Champion of all things Hawke's Bay. Napier, New Zealand.
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"Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens..."
Hi, my @secretsanta.nz #SecretSantaAoNZ!
If you are stuck for ideas here are some of my favorite things:
Hi, my @secretsanta.nz #SecretSantaAoNZ!
If you are stuck for ideas here are some of my favorite things:
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Oh look, it was about racism again.
Regardless of kayfabe comms and Nat equivocation in media, ACT always says the thing to its red-faced griefer audience
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Oh look, it was about racism again.
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This actually happened, when Nanaia Mahuta appointed commissioners to the completely dysfunctional Tauranga City Council in 2021. Lots of ominous talk about creeping government control, including ...
If Labour/Greens had tried to pull a stunt like this it would have been all dancing cossacks and reds under your beds again. This looks pretty bad.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This actually happened, when Nanaia Mahuta appointed commissioners to the completely dysfunctional Tauranga City Council in 2021. Lots of ominous talk about creeping government control, including ...
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‘NZers confused by democracy. We will make things simple by removing another layer of democracy’ is a heck of a pitch.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
‘NZers confused by democracy. We will make things simple by removing another layer of democracy’ is a heck of a pitch.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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#nzpol Is the government so broke that it will allow "at least three years of ageing Interislander ferries plying the notorious stretch of water with no viable rescue vessel if things go wrong"? thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608... 1/3
Cook Strait rescue tug going with no replacement
Transport Minister Chris Bishop blames “a significant escalation in costs and little clear benefit” for calling it quits on a replacement.
thepost.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
#nzpol Is the government so broke that it will allow "at least three years of ageing Interislander ferries plying the notorious stretch of water with no viable rescue vessel if things go wrong"? thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608... 1/3
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Kia ora #SecretSantaAoNZ
A reminder that we have many different types of people playing the game. Some love the sleuth, some love the hunt for the perfect gift, some need the validation of knowing they're on the right track.
This is one reason I do the questions to help people get to know you -
A reminder that we have many different types of people playing the game. Some love the sleuth, some love the hunt for the perfect gift, some need the validation of knowing they're on the right track.
This is one reason I do the questions to help people get to know you -
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Kia ora #SecretSantaAoNZ
A reminder that we have many different types of people playing the game. Some love the sleuth, some love the hunt for the perfect gift, some need the validation of knowing they're on the right track.
This is one reason I do the questions to help people get to know you -
A reminder that we have many different types of people playing the game. Some love the sleuth, some love the hunt for the perfect gift, some need the validation of knowing they're on the right track.
This is one reason I do the questions to help people get to know you -
bUT CeNtRaL GuVmiNT iNTerFeriNG iN LoCAL is$uE$ i$ NANNY $TATE!!!???
Luxon and Co. are such useless, hypocritical pieces of shit.
Luxon and Co. are such useless, hypocritical pieces of shit.
Yet again, this Government proves it has no respect or care for localism. #nzpol
It is understood reforms to be announced today will mean the dissolving of regional councils, and the first steps could be within this current three-year council term.
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
bUT CeNtRaL GuVmiNT iNTerFeriNG iN LoCAL is$uE$ i$ NANNY $TATE!!!???
Luxon and Co. are such useless, hypocritical pieces of shit.
Luxon and Co. are such useless, hypocritical pieces of shit.
The environmental terrorism just never ends with this chaotic coalition!
Who will lead the restructuring - Shane Jones and Andrew Hoggard?!
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Who will lead the restructuring - Shane Jones and Andrew Hoggard?!
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
End of regional councils tipped in local government reforms
It is understood reforms to be announced today will mean the dissolving of regional councils, and the first steps could be within this current three-year council term.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The environmental terrorism just never ends with this chaotic coalition!
Who will lead the restructuring - Shane Jones and Andrew Hoggard?!
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Who will lead the restructuring - Shane Jones and Andrew Hoggard?!
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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Two years since the incoming government announced it hoped to fund the tax cuts for landlords partly by having more people smoking
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Two years since the incoming government announced it hoped to fund the tax cuts for landlords partly by having more people smoking
If "NZ's best journalism" is, apparently, Ryan Bridge soft-balling questions to NZ's least liked leader in generations the industry is REALLY broken & needs to reevaluate & start again.
It's sure as shit not even Hawke's Bay's "best journalism" despite it being cut & pasted onto NZME's HB masthead.
It's sure as shit not even Hawke's Bay's "best journalism" despite it being cut & pasted onto NZME's HB masthead.
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
If "NZ's best journalism" is, apparently, Ryan Bridge soft-balling questions to NZ's least liked leader in generations the industry is REALLY broken & needs to reevaluate & start again.
It's sure as shit not even Hawke's Bay's "best journalism" despite it being cut & pasted onto NZME's HB masthead.
It's sure as shit not even Hawke's Bay's "best journalism" despite it being cut & pasted onto NZME's HB masthead.
Hounded out by WHOM, Verity??!!
Can you think of any NZ media outlets who were particularly venomous towards Tory...?
Can you think of any NZ media outlets who were particularly venomous towards Tory...?
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hounded out by WHOM, Verity??!!
Can you think of any NZ media outlets who were particularly venomous towards Tory...?
Can you think of any NZ media outlets who were particularly venomous towards Tory...?
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newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/21/c.... This is a stunning account of incompetence, environmental vandalism and political contempt. #nzpol
Confusion reigns as climate minister appears unaware of own announcement
The Govt says it rejected the Climate Change Commission's advice a month ago, but the commission says it hasn't heard anything from the Govt.
newsroom.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/21/c.... This is a stunning account of incompetence, environmental vandalism and political contempt. #nzpol
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“Why a Māori collective is arguing for the protection of New Zealand’s water” #nzpol
Why a Māori collective is arguing for the protection of New Zealand’s water
'It's not about who owns water. It's about protecting our water bodies, for all New Zealanders and future generations."
thespinoff.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“Why a Māori collective is arguing for the protection of New Zealand’s water” #nzpol
Tautoko, John Campbell - 2025 NZ Screen Awards Best Presenter: News & Current Affairs! ❤️
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November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Tautoko, John Campbell - 2025 NZ Screen Awards Best Presenter: News & Current Affairs! ❤️
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PhD student looks at the lie behind the political line: 'NZ can't afford it' #economy #health #payequity #education #infrastructure #publicservices #jobs #Neoliberalism #austerity #AtlasNetwork #nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
PhD student looks at the lie behind the political line: ‘NZ can’t afford it’
University of Otago student Morgan Edwards believes Kiwis need to understand more about our monetary system and push back harder against public service cuts and other government spending decisions.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
PhD student looks at the lie behind the political line: 'NZ can't afford it' #economy #health #payequity #education #infrastructure #publicservices #jobs #Neoliberalism #austerity #AtlasNetwork #nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
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just not possible to take seriously when they forever look like the start of a "walked into a bar" joke
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
just not possible to take seriously when they forever look like the start of a "walked into a bar" joke
Yet more Napier schools are telling Erica Stanford to Harae Atu with her white supremacist bullshit cant.
Tautoko, Ahuriri kaiako!
Tautoko, Ahuriri kaiako!
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Yet more Napier schools are telling Erica Stanford to Harae Atu with her white supremacist bullshit cant.
Tautoko, Ahuriri kaiako!
Tautoko, Ahuriri kaiako!
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The Minister lied. The Minister should resign. How can we expect any change in the systemic issues in the NZPolice if the Minister supposedly in charge isn’t fit for the role. #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Mitchell’s electorate office replied to McSkimming accuser’s emails
Nearly half the emails alleging serious sexual offending by former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming went to Mark Mitchell’s electorate office - and at least one was answered by his sister - months...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Minister lied. The Minister should resign. How can we expect any change in the systemic issues in the NZPolice if the Minister supposedly in charge isn’t fit for the role. #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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Bluesky users label Associate Health Minister Costello as *ridiculous* & *ludicrous*
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Bluesky users label Associate Health Minister Costello as *ridiculous* & *ludicrous*
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It really isn’t. It’s consequences for stupidity.
‘Associate health minister Costello labelled NZ’s recent plummet in global tobacco control as "ridiculous" & "ludicrous"
It comes after NZ plummeted from 2nd in world in 2023 to 53rd in the 2025 Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index’
#nzpol
‘Associate health minister Costello labelled NZ’s recent plummet in global tobacco control as "ridiculous" & "ludicrous"
It comes after NZ plummeted from 2nd in world in 2023 to 53rd in the 2025 Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index’
#nzpol
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It really isn’t. It’s consequences for stupidity.
‘Associate health minister Costello labelled NZ’s recent plummet in global tobacco control as "ridiculous" & "ludicrous"
It comes after NZ plummeted from 2nd in world in 2023 to 53rd in the 2025 Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index’
#nzpol
‘Associate health minister Costello labelled NZ’s recent plummet in global tobacco control as "ridiculous" & "ludicrous"
It comes after NZ plummeted from 2nd in world in 2023 to 53rd in the 2025 Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index’
#nzpol
I should note that Darth Vader is just a indicator of loving Star Wars / SW toys - I actually bought a Darth Vader action figure earlier this year, so don't need another, thanks! :)
"Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens..."
Hi, my @secretsanta.nz #SecretSantaAoNZ!
If you are stuck for ideas here are some of my favorite things:
Hi, my @secretsanta.nz #SecretSantaAoNZ!
If you are stuck for ideas here are some of my favorite things:
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I should note that Darth Vader is just a indicator of loving Star Wars / SW toys - I actually bought a Darth Vader action figure earlier this year, so don't need another, thanks! :)
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"Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens..."
Hi, my @secretsanta.nz #SecretSantaAoNZ!
If you are stuck for ideas here are some of my favorite things:
Hi, my @secretsanta.nz #SecretSantaAoNZ!
If you are stuck for ideas here are some of my favorite things:
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens..."
Hi, my @secretsanta.nz #SecretSantaAoNZ!
If you are stuck for ideas here are some of my favorite things:
Hi, my @secretsanta.nz #SecretSantaAoNZ!
If you are stuck for ideas here are some of my favorite things:
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This came to mind #OneTermGovernment #nzpol
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This came to mind #OneTermGovernment #nzpol
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The New Zealand right wing Police Minister Mark Mitchell said he would increase police numbers by 500 but the numbers look like they are going down. Another failed policy. He should resign #nzpol #BHN @patbrittenden.bsky.social www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Six police staff stood down, criminal investigations under way after review of devices
Criminal investigations begin and staff stood down following rapid review of police devices
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November 20, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The New Zealand right wing Police Minister Mark Mitchell said he would increase police numbers by 500 but the numbers look like they are going down. Another failed policy. He should resign #nzpol #BHN @patbrittenden.bsky.social www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...