miravox
@miravox.bsky.social
Aotearoa New Zealand
Profile Pic: "Out of Step" Donau Kanal (2016)
Career: Interrupted
"an actual real demented PhD" Health Geography/Health Services
My eye doesn't work that well right now. Apologies in advance of typos Brightside - it's a legit excuse
Profile Pic: "Out of Step" Donau Kanal (2016)
Career: Interrupted
"an actual real demented PhD" Health Geography/Health Services
My eye doesn't work that well right now. Apologies in advance of typos Brightside - it's a legit excuse
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Submissions are now open on the regime's bill to destroy MfE and govt capacity to do environmental policy www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
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February 19, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Submissions are now open on the regime's bill to destroy MfE and govt capacity to do environmental policy www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 20: A song that shaped your music taste
Back to the beginning - My parents had only one ‘popular music’ album when I was a child. It was this one
Roy Orbison – Crying
I knew every song, and I still have a soft spot for dramatic songs and powerful voices.
#MusicChallenge
Day 20: A song that shaped your music taste
Back to the beginning - My parents had only one ‘popular music’ album when I was a child. It was this one
Roy Orbison – Crying
I knew every song, and I still have a soft spot for dramatic songs and powerful voices.
February 19, 2026 at 9:10 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 20: A song that shaped your music taste
Back to the beginning - My parents had only one ‘popular music’ album when I was a child. It was this one
Roy Orbison – Crying
I knew every song, and I still have a soft spot for dramatic songs and powerful voices.
#MusicChallenge
Day 20: A song that shaped your music taste
Back to the beginning - My parents had only one ‘popular music’ album when I was a child. It was this one
Roy Orbison – Crying
I knew every song, and I still have a soft spot for dramatic songs and powerful voices.
The government yesterday passed a law that basically makes it possible for every NZ employee to be reclassified as a specified contractor, so they don’t get minimum wage, holidays, rights to fairness etc. Not only Uber Drivers. NZ First supported btw.
February 19, 2026 at 7:55 AM
When does it stop being 'awww cute, it's munching viola' and become a pest eating the coprosma?
And how do we stop it living under the deck?
And how do we stop it living under the deck?
February 19, 2026 at 4:11 AM
When does it stop being 'awww cute, it's munching viola' and become a pest eating the coprosma?
And how do we stop it living under the deck?
And how do we stop it living under the deck?
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 19: A song that feels warm
Hello Sailor – Lying in the Sand
🎶Oh, that sun it's wonderful
Palm dance in the wind
And the sea comes rolling in
And I just wanna lie, lie, lie
Lie in the sand
#MusicChallenge
Day 19: A song that feels warm
Hello Sailor – Lying in the Sand
🎶Oh, that sun it's wonderful
Palm dance in the wind
And the sea comes rolling in
And I just wanna lie, lie, lie
Lie in the sand
February 18, 2026 at 11:22 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 19: A song that feels warm
Hello Sailor – Lying in the Sand
🎶Oh, that sun it's wonderful
Palm dance in the wind
And the sea comes rolling in
And I just wanna lie, lie, lie
Lie in the sand
#MusicChallenge
Day 19: A song that feels warm
Hello Sailor – Lying in the Sand
🎶Oh, that sun it's wonderful
Palm dance in the wind
And the sea comes rolling in
And I just wanna lie, lie, lie
Lie in the sand
Don't believe NZ First when they say they're there for the ordinary bloke. Their capitulation on this bill shows they're not.
Today the ERA Bill passed, marking a dark day for NZ workers.
This Govt has weakened YOUR job security.
For instance, the door is now open for employers to ‘re-hire’ anyone as a ‘specified contractor’, lacking protections like min wage, holiday pay, sick leave and the right to join a union. #nzpol
This Govt has weakened YOUR job security.
For instance, the door is now open for employers to ‘re-hire’ anyone as a ‘specified contractor’, lacking protections like min wage, holiday pay, sick leave and the right to join a union. #nzpol
![text reading "“[The ERA Bill] will worsen the cost-of-living crisis, exacerbate the exodus of New Zealand workers to Australia, and encourage more predation on the working class by big business without redress.” - Dennis Maga, Workers First General Secretary"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:znrmzrovbbulmo2huuzapvm3/bafkreiam5yqf4o6z5avhsh6imrdn2hpd3zto7fo6edfp44qgtlwx5byunm@jpeg)
February 17, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Don't believe NZ First when they say they're there for the ordinary bloke. Their capitulation on this bill shows they're not.
NZ is slowly slipping on the global corruption index. Is is time for an anti-corruption agency?
Yes. Should have been in place years ago.
Yes. Should have been in place years ago.
NZ is slowly slipping on the global corruption index. Is is time for an anti-corruption agency?
New Zealand's score has been falling for a decade, even as its position near the top holds, Matevz Raskovic writes.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 10:58 PM
NZ is slowly slipping on the global corruption index. Is is time for an anti-corruption agency?
Yes. Should have been in place years ago.
Yes. Should have been in place years ago.
Electricity Prices Down 30% in Australia Expose Idiocy of NZ National/NZFirst/ACT coalition ruling out Wind, Solar and focusing on LNG instead.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Australia prepares for the future.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/sout...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/sout...
Electricity Prices Down 30% in Australia Expose Idiocy of Trump's Attacks on Wind, Solar | Common Dreams
Despite its small population of about 2 million, the state of South Australia is widely seen as a demonstration project for what the renewables revolution can mean for the lives of people in the indus...
www.commondreams.org
February 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Electricity Prices Down 30% in Australia Expose Idiocy of NZ National/NZFirst/ACT coalition ruling out Wind, Solar and focusing on LNG instead.
#nzpol
#nzpol
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 18: A song that feels cold
Greg Johnson - Winter Song (Suddenly Cold)
🎶
Suddenly cold
Close the door close the window
Don’t you feel suddenly cold
Somebody walked over my grave
Don’t you feel cold
#MusicChallenge
Day 18: A song that feels cold
Greg Johnson - Winter Song (Suddenly Cold)
🎶
Suddenly cold
Close the door close the window
Don’t you feel suddenly cold
Somebody walked over my grave
Don’t you feel cold
February 17, 2026 at 9:04 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 18: A song that feels cold
Greg Johnson - Winter Song (Suddenly Cold)
🎶
Suddenly cold
Close the door close the window
Don’t you feel suddenly cold
Somebody walked over my grave
Don’t you feel cold
#MusicChallenge
Day 18: A song that feels cold
Greg Johnson - Winter Song (Suddenly Cold)
🎶
Suddenly cold
Close the door close the window
Don’t you feel suddenly cold
Somebody walked over my grave
Don’t you feel cold
I guess we're through?
It would be cool to have free-to-air, but meanwhile RNZ does a good job.
#NZCricket 🏏
It would be cool to have free-to-air, but meanwhile RNZ does a good job.
#NZCricket 🏏
February 17, 2026 at 8:41 AM
I guess we're through?
It would be cool to have free-to-air, but meanwhile RNZ does a good job.
#NZCricket 🏏
It would be cool to have free-to-air, but meanwhile RNZ does a good job.
#NZCricket 🏏
Penny Simmonds ay?
First the debacle of Whaikaha
Then she came for Te Pūkenga
Why would anyone be surprised that the Ministry for the Environment would be dismantled when she was appointed?
After a difficult start with Whaikaha, evisceration of ministries is her special skill now.
First the debacle of Whaikaha
Then she came for Te Pūkenga
Why would anyone be surprised that the Ministry for the Environment would be dismantled when she was appointed?
After a difficult start with Whaikaha, evisceration of ministries is her special skill now.
New: The government has introduced legislation to abolish the Ministry for the Environment as part of its plans to build a new super-agency tasked with urban development, planning, infrastructure and transport.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/17/g...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/17/g...
Govt to disband environment ministry as part of agency merger
The environment department will be abolished and folded into a new super-ministry for cities, environment, regions and transport.
newsroom.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Penny Simmonds ay?
First the debacle of Whaikaha
Then she came for Te Pūkenga
Why would anyone be surprised that the Ministry for the Environment would be dismantled when she was appointed?
After a difficult start with Whaikaha, evisceration of ministries is her special skill now.
First the debacle of Whaikaha
Then she came for Te Pūkenga
Why would anyone be surprised that the Ministry for the Environment would be dismantled when she was appointed?
After a difficult start with Whaikaha, evisceration of ministries is her special skill now.
This ⬇️⬇️
I think it’s time for nationalised, Government-run supermarkets.
We don’t need a third player in the market who will just cartel up with the other two and keep prices soaring.
We need a baseline store who undercuts those motherfuckers until they are the ones doing the panicking.
#nzpol
We don’t need a third player in the market who will just cartel up with the other two and keep prices soaring.
We need a baseline store who undercuts those motherfuckers until they are the ones doing the panicking.
#nzpol
February 17, 2026 at 4:46 AM
This ⬇️⬇️
Happy for them to waste time on this delays passing more consequential legislation that can only be bad for most of us - like killing of the ministry for the environment.
February 17, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Happy for them to waste time on this delays passing more consequential legislation that can only be bad for most of us - like killing of the ministry for the environment.
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#nzpol Prices for basics are rising again at a rate much faster than wages, new data from Stats NZ shows. 70% of workers got a pay rise less than 3% last year and 44% got no pay rise at all. Food prices rose 4.6% overall, with the price of white bread rising 58% this year. A 🧵
February 17, 2026 at 2:45 AM
#nzpol Prices for basics are rising again at a rate much faster than wages, new data from Stats NZ shows. 70% of workers got a pay rise less than 3% last year and 44% got no pay rise at all. Food prices rose 4.6% overall, with the price of white bread rising 58% this year. A 🧵
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Given the use of GenAI among political parties and all that entails, your periodic reminder that we have an Open Letter signed by over 20 AI experts calling on AI regulation. So far only the Green Party has committed to this. Please share among your networks and sign if you haven't already #nzpol
We’ve published an Open Letter calling on NZ leaders to deliver risk-based AI regulation & a national oversight body. AI has huge potential, but harms (deepfakes, gendered abuse, bias) are real and rising. Read the Letter (and sign it if you agree!) #nzpol
regulateai.nz
regulateai.nz
Home
A call to the NZ Parliament to regulate AI
regulateai.nz
February 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Given the use of GenAI among political parties and all that entails, your periodic reminder that we have an Open Letter signed by over 20 AI experts calling on AI regulation. So far only the Green Party has committed to this. Please share among your networks and sign if you haven't already #nzpol
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 17: A song that feels claustrophobic
Steelers Wheel – Stuck in the middle with you
🎶Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
#MusicChallenge
Day 17: A song that feels claustrophobic
Steelers Wheel – Stuck in the middle with you
🎶Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
February 16, 2026 at 9:36 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 17: A song that feels claustrophobic
Steelers Wheel – Stuck in the middle with you
🎶Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
#MusicChallenge
Day 17: A song that feels claustrophobic
Steelers Wheel – Stuck in the middle with you
🎶Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
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“Labour leader Chris Hipkins says fighting climate change will be a priority for Labour, calling it a "cost of living issue, it's a health issue, it's a housing issue, it's a major issue for New Zealand".”
Chippy does the necessary in the place of our empty suit "prime minister" rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs...
Weather - Monday 16 Feb
rnz.liveblog.pro
February 15, 2026 at 11:21 PM
“Labour leader Chris Hipkins says fighting climate change will be a priority for Labour, calling it a "cost of living issue, it's a health issue, it's a housing issue, it's a major issue for New Zealand".”
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 16: A song you disliked at first
Their songs and videos were so strong and empowering, and then there was this!
Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel
I eventually came to terms with it.
#MusicChallenge
Day 16: A song you disliked at first
Their songs and videos were so strong and empowering, and then there was this!
Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel
I eventually came to terms with it.
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 16: A song you disliked at first
Their songs and videos were so strong and empowering, and then there was this!
Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel
I eventually came to terms with it.
#MusicChallenge
Day 16: A song you disliked at first
Their songs and videos were so strong and empowering, and then there was this!
Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel
I eventually came to terms with it.
Truer now than when I downloaded it in 2023.
Sorry, i don't know who to credit, but they deserve lots of it.
Sorry, i don't know who to credit, but they deserve lots of it.
February 15, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Truer now than when I downloaded it in 2023.
Sorry, i don't know who to credit, but they deserve lots of it.
Sorry, i don't know who to credit, but they deserve lots of it.
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Really quick chart to show the rise of declared state of emergencies due to sever weather events. See the trend?
Also we are only 45 days into 2026!
Can we talk about climate change now?
#NZPol
Notes in Alt Text
Also we are only 45 days into 2026!
Can we talk about climate change now?
#NZPol
Notes in Alt Text
February 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Really quick chart to show the rise of declared state of emergencies due to sever weather events. See the trend?
Also we are only 45 days into 2026!
Can we talk about climate change now?
#NZPol
Notes in Alt Text
Also we are only 45 days into 2026!
Can we talk about climate change now?
#NZPol
Notes in Alt Text
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 15: A song that always makes you cry
Black - Wonderful Life
🎶Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
#MusicChallenge
Day 15: A song that always makes you cry
Black - Wonderful Life
🎶Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
February 14, 2026 at 9:18 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 15: A song that always makes you cry
Black - Wonderful Life
🎶Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
#MusicChallenge
Day 15: A song that always makes you cry
Black - Wonderful Life
🎶Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
Reflections on a life of service in police and corrections from Kim Workman.
Words of experience, warning and inspiration our leaders should take very seriously indeed.
Words of experience, warning and inspiration our leaders should take very seriously indeed.
“..our prison pop has soared to 11k inmates. The muster is disproportionately Māori (53.4%) & trending upward. PM Luxon declared increase in prison muster a ‘good thing’, characterising it as price of ‘restoring law & order”
MP’s said same 64yrs ago. It wasn’t true then, & it’s not true now. #nzpol
MP’s said same 64yrs ago. It wasn’t true then, & it’s not true now. #nzpol
Kim Workman: My life in the criminal justice system | E-Tangata
“My first response to going inside Kohitere was one of anger and disbelief… Anger that no one understood that the offenders of today were almost always the victims of yesterday.” — Tā Kim Workman refl...
e-tangata.co.nz
February 14, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Reflections on a life of service in police and corrections from Kim Workman.
Words of experience, warning and inspiration our leaders should take very seriously indeed.
Words of experience, warning and inspiration our leaders should take very seriously indeed.
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 14: A song about missing someone
Marlon Williams – Thinking of Nina
🎶But tonight I’m thinking of Nina
Said she’d meet me
Down at the station at a quarter to ten
Missed connection
Now I don’t think I’ll ever see her
#MusicChallenge
Day 14: A song about missing someone
Marlon Williams – Thinking of Nina
🎶But tonight I’m thinking of Nina
Said she’d meet me
Down at the station at a quarter to ten
Missed connection
Now I don’t think I’ll ever see her
February 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 14: A song about missing someone
Marlon Williams – Thinking of Nina
🎶But tonight I’m thinking of Nina
Said she’d meet me
Down at the station at a quarter to ten
Missed connection
Now I don’t think I’ll ever see her
#MusicChallenge
Day 14: A song about missing someone
Marlon Williams – Thinking of Nina
🎶But tonight I’m thinking of Nina
Said she’d meet me
Down at the station at a quarter to ten
Missed connection
Now I don’t think I’ll ever see her
Our car hates me...
Put hands on the steering wheel it says, while my hands are on the steering wheel.
At least it detected there was a driver, this time, so that's a plus 🙄
Put hands on the steering wheel it says, while my hands are on the steering wheel.
At least it detected there was a driver, this time, so that's a plus 🙄
February 13, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Our car hates me...
Put hands on the steering wheel it says, while my hands are on the steering wheel.
At least it detected there was a driver, this time, so that's a plus 🙄
Put hands on the steering wheel it says, while my hands are on the steering wheel.
At least it detected there was a driver, this time, so that's a plus 🙄
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 13: A song with complex production
Tears for Fears - Sowing the seeds of love
#MusicChallenge
Day 13: A song with complex production
Tears for Fears - Sowing the seeds of love
February 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 13: A song with complex production
Tears for Fears - Sowing the seeds of love
#MusicChallenge
Day 13: A song with complex production
Tears for Fears - Sowing the seeds of love
