Gavin Huet
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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They’re losing Duncan Garner and his podcast of low information reckons.
February 8, 2026 at 4:46 AM
They’re losing Duncan Garner and his podcast of low information reckons.
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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
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When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
February 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
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Labour needs to revert any of those changes including reinstating the full overseas buyers ban on residential
None of the $5m+ threshold
None of the $5m+ threshold
Changes intended to encourage overseas investment followed conversations with wealthy American tech leaders.
Big tech wants Luxon to turn NZ into ‘sandbox’
newsroom.co.nz
February 7, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Labour needs to revert any of those changes including reinstating the full overseas buyers ban on residential
None of the $5m+ threshold
None of the $5m+ threshold
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This is my being annoyed specialist subject because the "savings" the government keep banging on about are
- worse infrastructure
- taking longer to build
- costs more for less
- will require more disruption
- doesn't do the whole job
Its a classic political fuck up of a project.
- worse infrastructure
- taking longer to build
- costs more for less
- will require more disruption
- doesn't do the whole job
Its a classic political fuck up of a project.
February 7, 2026 at 4:45 AM
This is my being annoyed specialist subject because the "savings" the government keep banging on about are
- worse infrastructure
- taking longer to build
- costs more for less
- will require more disruption
- doesn't do the whole job
Its a classic political fuck up of a project.
- worse infrastructure
- taking longer to build
- costs more for less
- will require more disruption
- doesn't do the whole job
Its a classic political fuck up of a project.
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Yeah, but this market took over five or six on-street parking spaces so my family and I had to park a WHOLE BLOCK away. One out of four stars.
February 7, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Yeah, but this market took over five or six on-street parking spaces so my family and I had to park a WHOLE BLOCK away. One out of four stars.
David Attenborough voice:
this rare spectacle is how the ruling class in Aotearoa chooses its leader for the next election cycle.
this rare spectacle is how the ruling class in Aotearoa chooses its leader for the next election cycle.
This is the business practice known as what?
a. Circling back
b. Putting it in the pipeline
c. Rawdogging
d. Grabbing the low hanging fruit
a. Circling back
b. Putting it in the pipeline
c. Rawdogging
d. Grabbing the low hanging fruit
February 7, 2026 at 3:14 AM
David Attenborough voice:
this rare spectacle is how the ruling class in Aotearoa chooses its leader for the next election cycle.
this rare spectacle is how the ruling class in Aotearoa chooses its leader for the next election cycle.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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"Horror in Wellington as millions of litres of untreated sewage flow into the sea"
Big clap for 👏💩👏 Jordan Williams & NZ Taxpayers Union for generating anti-Maori bigotry to kill the 3 Waters reform forbidding water privatisation for his #AtlasNetwork investors
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Big clap for 👏💩👏 Jordan Williams & NZ Taxpayers Union for generating anti-Maori bigotry to kill the 3 Waters reform forbidding water privatisation for his #AtlasNetwork investors
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
February 6, 2026 at 5:40 AM
"Horror in Wellington as millions of litres of untreated sewage flow into the sea"
Big clap for 👏💩👏 Jordan Williams & NZ Taxpayers Union for generating anti-Maori bigotry to kill the 3 Waters reform forbidding water privatisation for his #AtlasNetwork investors
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Big clap for 👏💩👏 Jordan Williams & NZ Taxpayers Union for generating anti-Maori bigotry to kill the 3 Waters reform forbidding water privatisation for his #AtlasNetwork investors
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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NZ Human Rights Commission Survey
83% support importance of Māori-Crown relationship
78% support respectful discussion about Te Tiriti
70% support legal and constitutional protection of Te Tiriti
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/04/m...
83% support importance of Māori-Crown relationship
78% support respectful discussion about Te Tiriti
70% support legal and constitutional protection of Te Tiriti
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/04/m...
Most New Zealanders back Te Tiriti, Human Rights survey finds
Dayle Takitimu, Rongomamau Taketake of the New Zealand Human Rights Commission, says the findings challenge the perception that Te Tiriti is a deeply divisive issue.
www.teaonews.co.nz
February 6, 2026 at 3:42 AM
NZ Human Rights Commission Survey
83% support importance of Māori-Crown relationship
78% support respectful discussion about Te Tiriti
70% support legal and constitutional protection of Te Tiriti
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/04/m...
83% support importance of Māori-Crown relationship
78% support respectful discussion about Te Tiriti
70% support legal and constitutional protection of Te Tiriti
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/04/m...
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I keep looking at this screenshot from video Trump posted & saying 'it cannot be for real'. But it is. I took this screenshot myself. So we're here now, are we? The US President posting images of Barack & Michelle Obama as monkeys? You support this pig? You ARE a filthy racist. Yes it's that simple.
February 6, 2026 at 7:41 AM
I keep looking at this screenshot from video Trump posted & saying 'it cannot be for real'. But it is. I took this screenshot myself. So we're here now, are we? The US President posting images of Barack & Michelle Obama as monkeys? You support this pig? You ARE a filthy racist. Yes it's that simple.
Well Mr Prime Minister, capitalism has failed society so maybe socialism is what’s required.
February 6, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Well Mr Prime Minister, capitalism has failed society so maybe socialism is what’s required.
Back on track
📢 Napier's Cotton On store will stay open, but it's lights out in Hastings.
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
Longstanding clothing store departs Hastings central mall area
www.nzherald.co.nz
February 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Back on track
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Kiwi Way strikes again
📢 A study by the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) found 92% of new houses had compliance defects.
NZ's ‘build now, fix later’ culture is costing billions - here's why
www.1news.co.nz
February 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Kiwi Way strikes again
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LP.8.1 vaccine availability
From 2 March 2026, the COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 12+ will be updated from JN.1 to Comirnaty LP.8.1. The vaccine for children has already moved to LP.8.1 and the vaccine for infants will change during February.
www.pharmac.govt.nz/medicine-fun...
From 2 March 2026, the COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 12+ will be updated from JN.1 to Comirnaty LP.8.1. The vaccine for children has already moved to LP.8.1 and the vaccine for infants will change during February.
www.pharmac.govt.nz/medicine-fun...
COVID-19 vaccines
Pharmac is responsible for the management of COVID-19 vaccines. This includes funding, procurement, and supply.
www.pharmac.govt.nz
February 5, 2026 at 1:29 AM
LP.8.1 vaccine availability
From 2 March 2026, the COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 12+ will be updated from JN.1 to Comirnaty LP.8.1. The vaccine for children has already moved to LP.8.1 and the vaccine for infants will change during February.
www.pharmac.govt.nz/medicine-fun...
From 2 March 2026, the COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 12+ will be updated from JN.1 to Comirnaty LP.8.1. The vaccine for children has already moved to LP.8.1 and the vaccine for infants will change during February.
www.pharmac.govt.nz/medicine-fun...
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
And how much are they paying in tax?
February 5, 2026 at 12:17 AM
And how much are they paying in tax?
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Ratings Agencies know more than NACT1
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/04/g...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/04/g...
Global credit agencies warn against council rates cap
'Be careful what you wish for': rates cap could increase council costs, the opposite effect to what's intended. Jonathan Milne reports.
newsroom.co.nz
February 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Ratings Agencies know more than NACT1
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/04/g...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/04/g...
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in order to save this country we are probably going to have to do things that make rich men sad 😔
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
in order to save this country we are probably going to have to do things that make rich men sad 😔
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Cartoon by Chris Britt | Creators
February 3, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Cartoon by Chris Britt | Creators
