Gavin Huet
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This is true
And if the govt were serious about it they could have shown good faith by constructively working on the previous govt's WIPs
But instead they repealed record amounts of policy without scrutiny, even where things were ready
When anyone suggests this in bad faith, we say "you first"
And if the govt were serious about it they could have shown good faith by constructively working on the previous govt's WIPs
But instead they repealed record amounts of policy without scrutiny, even where things were ready
When anyone suggests this in bad faith, we say "you first"
📢 ‘Tax policy certainty needs to span successive governments’: Finance Minister Nicola Willis talks investment boost policy, productivity and the long term at the New Zealand Economics Forum
Willis calls for bipartisan consensus on investment boost policy
https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/137178/‘tax-policy-certainty-needs-span-successive-governments’-finance-minister
February 12, 2026 at 8:40 AM
This is true
And if the govt were serious about it they could have shown good faith by constructively working on the previous govt's WIPs
But instead they repealed record amounts of policy without scrutiny, even where things were ready
When anyone suggests this in bad faith, we say "you first"
And if the govt were serious about it they could have shown good faith by constructively working on the previous govt's WIPs
But instead they repealed record amounts of policy without scrutiny, even where things were ready
When anyone suggests this in bad faith, we say "you first"
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Astonishing how Costello recalls events from an evening nearly 15 months ago (www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...), yet still can't recall the source of the tobacco industry friendly "mystery document" she passed on to the MOH to inform tobacco policy.
Judge called Winston’s speech ‘disgusting’ during disruption at club event, minister recalls
NZ First Minister Casey Costello told the panel Judge Ema Aitken yelled “he’s lying” during Winston Peters speech.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Astonishing how Costello recalls events from an evening nearly 15 months ago (www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...), yet still can't recall the source of the tobacco industry friendly "mystery document" she passed on to the MOH to inform tobacco policy.
If Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to moan about Britain being colonised by foreigners maybe he can start looking at his Manchester United squad for a start
February 12, 2026 at 4:36 AM
If Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to moan about Britain being colonised by foreigners maybe he can start looking at his Manchester United squad for a start
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"Transmission Gully will move to a 110km/h speed limit from next week."-Chris Bishop
YOU'RE F*****G KIDDING ME,BISHOP!!!
Road works have the speed limit down to one lane,at 30KPH between Haywards interchange & Waitangirua!
Its a joke;Entire sections have been dug up on a road only FOUR YEARS OLD!
YOU'RE F*****G KIDDING ME,BISHOP!!!
Road works have the speed limit down to one lane,at 30KPH between Haywards interchange & Waitangirua!
Its a joke;Entire sections have been dug up on a road only FOUR YEARS OLD!
February 12, 2026 at 1:59 AM
"Transmission Gully will move to a 110km/h speed limit from next week."-Chris Bishop
YOU'RE F*****G KIDDING ME,BISHOP!!!
Road works have the speed limit down to one lane,at 30KPH between Haywards interchange & Waitangirua!
Its a joke;Entire sections have been dug up on a road only FOUR YEARS OLD!
YOU'RE F*****G KIDDING ME,BISHOP!!!
Road works have the speed limit down to one lane,at 30KPH between Haywards interchange & Waitangirua!
Its a joke;Entire sections have been dug up on a road only FOUR YEARS OLD!
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Sweet Mary, Jospeh & that poor long suffering donkey the opening sentence "Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee has been incorrectly and incompletely declaring his property ownership to Parliament for 20 years"
Change the name to say Trevor Mallard - the right would be apoplectic with outrage. FFS
Change the name to say Trevor Mallard - the right would be apoplectic with outrage. FFS
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Sweet Mary, Jospeh & that poor long suffering donkey the opening sentence "Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee has been incorrectly and incompletely declaring his property ownership to Parliament for 20 years"
Change the name to say Trevor Mallard - the right would be apoplectic with outrage. FFS
Change the name to say Trevor Mallard - the right would be apoplectic with outrage. FFS
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www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02... In case we needed another reason to shop at Aldi
Known for their work with the CIA, tech company Palantir is coming to Coles
Coles plans to deploy data company Palantir's tools across more than 840 supermarkets to cut costs and "redefine how we think about our workforce". At a time of increased food insecurity, Australians ...
www.abc.net.au
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02... In case we needed another reason to shop at Aldi
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"It's ridiculous, isn't it? Primitive, savage beliefs in a people who once walked the stars."
— Line in Adrian Tchaikovsky's 2021 novel, Elder Race, which I am now, for some reason, constantly reminded of
— Line in Adrian Tchaikovsky's 2021 novel, Elder Race, which I am now, for some reason, constantly reminded of
NEW: FDA defends -- and backs off from -- its refusal to review Moderna's application for an mRNA flu vaccine. The company had spent ~$750M on studies, one with 41,000 people.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/h...
U.S. Health Officials Defend Rejection of Moderna’s Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:35 PM
"It's ridiculous, isn't it? Primitive, savage beliefs in a people who once walked the stars."
— Line in Adrian Tchaikovsky's 2021 novel, Elder Race, which I am now, for some reason, constantly reminded of
— Line in Adrian Tchaikovsky's 2021 novel, Elder Race, which I am now, for some reason, constantly reminded of
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UNBELIEVABLE! 🤯
Luxon’s idiotic fossil gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process so that construction can start before the election.
Let that sink in.
Luxon’s idiotic fossil gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process so that construction can start before the election.
Let that sink in.
February 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
UNBELIEVABLE! 🤯
Luxon’s idiotic fossil gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process so that construction can start before the election.
Let that sink in.
Luxon’s idiotic fossil gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process so that construction can start before the election.
Let that sink in.
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Not 'struggling'.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
'It's just not enough': Salvation Army warns families are starving
'It's just not enough': Salvation Army warns families are starving
The Salvation Army's latest State of the Nation paints a dire picture of worsening child poverty and unemployment.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Not 'struggling'.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
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Moskowitz: "Trump's name appears more times in the Epstein files than God's name appears in the book about God"
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Moskowitz: "Trump's name appears more times in the Epstein files than God's name appears in the book about God"
Cost of living crisis is only for the workers
Commonwealth Bank posts record half-year cash profit as investors pile into housing market
Commonwealth Bank posts record half-year cash profit as investors pile into housing market
CBA shares surge by 7% after bumper $5.45bn result while data shows owner-occupiers’ share of lending has decreased in tight property market
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The Commonwealth Bank has delivered a record $5.45bn half-year cash profit, as investors pile into the housing market and take market share from owner-occupiers.
Australia’s biggest lender said on Wednesday it was settling more than 3,000 housing loans on average every week, with property prices now at or near record highs across large parts of the country. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Cost of living crisis is only for the workers
Blame anyone and anything but the government.
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Blame anyone and anything but the government.
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My investigative piece today on Nicola Willis's surprise RBNZ Covid Inquiry announcement. She has set it up so that the results are released 6 WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION
Please share where you can - between the voter suppression laws, and this, it could be a real killer come Nov 2026. #NZPOL #NZ
Please share where you can - between the voter suppression laws, and this, it could be a real killer come Nov 2026. #NZPOL #NZ
Did Nicola Willis just appoint Atlas Network connections to her surprise RBNZ Covid Inquiry?
Willis launches a surprise Covid inquiry with results to come out 6 weeks before the election. Most NZ publications noted her hiring of "independent" experts. I looked further into it.
mountaintui.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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Declining this FSU podcast invitation. FSU’s track record, and the Ani O’Brien post shared with it, don’t signal good‑faith dialogue. One question: when platforming Steven Pinker, did FSU consider his role in the Epstein ecosystem?
February 11, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Declining this FSU podcast invitation. FSU’s track record, and the Ani O’Brien post shared with it, don’t signal good‑faith dialogue. One question: when platforming Steven Pinker, did FSU consider his role in the Epstein ecosystem?
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if elon had a normal dick he absolutely would have posted it by now
February 11, 2026 at 1:56 AM
if elon had a normal dick he absolutely would have posted it by now
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Kind of weird to illustrate this using a hacker-like figure as opposed to, say, a photo of Shane Jones
February 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Kind of weird to illustrate this using a hacker-like figure as opposed to, say, a photo of Shane Jones
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Watters: I was walking in my street, a car drives by and I give him a wave. He rolls down the window and says, “F U fascist.” He doesn’t know I’m a fascist!
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
February 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Watters: I was walking in my street, a car drives by and I give him a wave. He rolls down the window and says, “F U fascist.” He doesn’t know I’m a fascist!
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
"look over there at what they did, definitely don't look at what we've been up to"
📢 Finance Minister Nicola Willis has announced a surprise review of Reserve Bank actions.
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
Govt instigates surprise inquiry into Orr’s $50b Covid money-printing
www.nzherald.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 12:44 AM
"look over there at what they did, definitely don't look at what we've been up to"
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I recommend watching the opening scenes of Avatar and watch the ISV Venture Star enter orbit of Pandora
See those big red things glowing on the shit
THOSE ARE CALLED HEAT RADIATORS to disperse the heat as Space acts as an insulator nor a dispersant
Even the Enterprise D had radiators fitted
See those big red things glowing on the shit
THOSE ARE CALLED HEAT RADIATORS to disperse the heat as Space acts as an insulator nor a dispersant
Even the Enterprise D had radiators fitted
I know some people (idiots) have suggested that "space is cold" is a good reason to put data centers in space, but has Musk actually said that?
I definitely think he's an idiot, but he also owns a company that sends things to space and designs satellites — someone must have told him at some point?
I definitely think he's an idiot, but he also owns a company that sends things to space and designs satellites — someone must have told him at some point?
This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I recommend watching the opening scenes of Avatar and watch the ISV Venture Star enter orbit of Pandora
See those big red things glowing on the shit
THOSE ARE CALLED HEAT RADIATORS to disperse the heat as Space acts as an insulator nor a dispersant
Even the Enterprise D had radiators fitted
See those big red things glowing on the shit
THOSE ARE CALLED HEAT RADIATORS to disperse the heat as Space acts as an insulator nor a dispersant
Even the Enterprise D had radiators fitted
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NZ has so much hydropower already it would be straightforward to run the entire country on water, solar, windpower and EVs.
In 2023 a RW coalition govt came to power dominated by #AtlasNetwork trained David Seymour from the Atlas founded ACT party. Big gas getting this payoff for Atlas support.
In 2023 a RW coalition govt came to power dominated by #AtlasNetwork trained David Seymour from the Atlas founded ACT party. Big gas getting this payoff for Atlas support.
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 PM
NZ has so much hydropower already it would be straightforward to run the entire country on water, solar, windpower and EVs.
In 2023 a RW coalition govt came to power dominated by #AtlasNetwork trained David Seymour from the Atlas founded ACT party. Big gas getting this payoff for Atlas support.
In 2023 a RW coalition govt came to power dominated by #AtlasNetwork trained David Seymour from the Atlas founded ACT party. Big gas getting this payoff for Atlas support.
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So the Heritage Foundation is basically the Taliban.
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
So the Heritage Foundation is basically the Taliban.
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Interaction?
𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕?
The woman was assaulted by the Police, @australia.theguardian.com.
There were witnesses on the ground.
Stop the whitewashing. #auspol #nswpol #PoliceViolence
𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕?
The woman was assaulted by the Police, @australia.theguardian.com.
There were witnesses on the ground.
Stop the whitewashing. #auspol #nswpol #PoliceViolence
February 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Interaction?
𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕?
The woman was assaulted by the Police, @australia.theguardian.com.
There were witnesses on the ground.
Stop the whitewashing. #auspol #nswpol #PoliceViolence
𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕?
The woman was assaulted by the Police, @australia.theguardian.com.
There were witnesses on the ground.
Stop the whitewashing. #auspol #nswpol #PoliceViolence
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'That deal is worth $1 billion per year to New Zealand'
We've also got $32bn associated with a commitment to climate with an EU trade deal
Smart thinking from the big brains at NACT
#nzpol
We've also got $32bn associated with a commitment to climate with an EU trade deal
Smart thinking from the big brains at NACT
#nzpol
February 10, 2026 at 8:36 PM
'That deal is worth $1 billion per year to New Zealand'
We've also got $32bn associated with a commitment to climate with an EU trade deal
Smart thinking from the big brains at NACT
#nzpol
We've also got $32bn associated with a commitment to climate with an EU trade deal
Smart thinking from the big brains at NACT
#nzpol