somehow new zealand politicians are even worse than the new zealand private sector at allocating capital
The Northern Expressway we were told would cost $10 billion is now priced at $18 billion, or six times the Cook Strait crossing we were told was unaffordable. This is fantasy stuff. www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
Game-changer: New $18b expressway endorsed to boost jobs and road safety
The Northland Expressway from Te Hana to Whangārei is expected to boost Northland.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
somehow new zealand politicians are even worse than the new zealand private sector at allocating capital
no one has written about the almost total collapse of good new zealand writing. which is ironic etc
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
no one has written about the almost total collapse of good new zealand writing. which is ironic etc
everything moves so quickly. even two years ago a sustained cycle of negative media coverage could force a government to change direction. now, nothing. it doesn’t matter. and short form video is too diffuse and ephemeral to shift anything (yet?). an age of impunity
October 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM
everything moves so quickly. even two years ago a sustained cycle of negative media coverage could force a government to change direction. now, nothing. it doesn’t matter. and short form video is too diffuse and ephemeral to shift anything (yet?). an age of impunity
Reposted by morgan godfery
And of course, the rent-seeking and market power of the government-blessed monopoly businesses (supermarkets, gentailers, building materials) is effectively a system of multiple private taxes on innovation and creativity across the entire economy.
October 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
And of course, the rent-seeking and market power of the government-blessed monopoly businesses (supermarkets, gentailers, building materials) is effectively a system of multiple private taxes on innovation and creativity across the entire economy.
new zealand’s tightly enmeshed social networks make it hard for chief executives and board chairs to fail any direction but upwards, so i’m sympathetic to bryce and robert macculloch point about the failures of the country’s executives and chairs. but surely there’s a structural answer
October 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
new zealand’s tightly enmeshed social networks make it hard for chief executives and board chairs to fail any direction but upwards, so i’m sympathetic to bryce and robert macculloch point about the failures of the country’s executives and chairs. but surely there’s a structural answer
henry oliver and simon chesterman did amazing things at metro. anyone could pick it up and find something interesting, but henry and simon somehow bottled the the voice, sensibilities, anxieties, and hopes of the generation shaped between 2008 and 2019. an intensely specific thing that worked
October 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
henry oliver and simon chesterman did amazing things at metro. anyone could pick it up and find something interesting, but henry and simon somehow bottled the the voice, sensibilities, anxieties, and hopes of the generation shaped between 2008 and 2019. an intensely specific thing that worked
Reposted by morgan godfery
but importantly there is no party in NZ in 2025 that truly represents the working class. they are run by the professional middle classes for the professional middle classes.
October 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
but importantly there is no party in NZ in 2025 that truly represents the working class. they are run by the professional middle classes for the professional middle classes.
you cannot maintain a pan-māori party in a capitalist society: the interests of working class māori will always diverge from the upwardly mobile bureaucrats who run the party and make up its elected officials. TPM, like all of its predecessors, will always fail
October 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
you cannot maintain a pan-māori party in a capitalist society: the interests of working class māori will always diverge from the upwardly mobile bureaucrats who run the party and make up its elected officials. TPM, like all of its predecessors, will always fail
māori need to get serious lol. nepotism is a problem, and there’s a whole class of 2nd and 3rd generation no hopers in positions by sheer accident of birth. let’s be honest with each other lol
October 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
māori need to get serious lol. nepotism is a problem, and there’s a whole class of 2nd and 3rd generation no hopers in positions by sheer accident of birth. let’s be honest with each other lol
gee whiz mr bolger was a complex character, but you have to admire the unbreakable conviction on the treaty partnership staring down his own cabinet, his party, his social base, and a majority of new zealanders. no way a politician would have the courage to do the same today x
October 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
gee whiz mr bolger was a complex character, but you have to admire the unbreakable conviction on the treaty partnership staring down his own cabinet, his party, his social base, and a majority of new zealanders. no way a politician would have the courage to do the same today x
i maintained at the time the historic march against the treaty principles bill would have the inevitable effect of actually demobilising people: it misdirected organising energy and collective anger toward a bill that was designed to fail. when it failed as was always intended many people either
October 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
i maintained at the time the historic march against the treaty principles bill would have the inevitable effect of actually demobilising people: it misdirected organising energy and collective anger toward a bill that was designed to fail. when it failed as was always intended many people either
based henry cooke:
1) reports on shocking infighting in TPM, *gets told to start reporting on the government*
2) reports on a series of disastrous polls for the leading party in government, *gets told to start reporting on TPM* lol
1) reports on shocking infighting in TPM, *gets told to start reporting on the government*
2) reports on a series of disastrous polls for the leading party in government, *gets told to start reporting on TPM* lol
October 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
based henry cooke:
1) reports on shocking infighting in TPM, *gets told to start reporting on the government*
2) reports on a series of disastrous polls for the leading party in government, *gets told to start reporting on TPM* lol
1) reports on shocking infighting in TPM, *gets told to start reporting on the government*
2) reports on a series of disastrous polls for the leading party in government, *gets told to start reporting on TPM* lol
the government is reforming the legislation that TPM was born from, reverting it to a position closer to the foreshore and seabed act than the marine and coastal area act finlayson intended. this is the most significant reform to māori rights in a generation, yet:
(1/2)
(1/2)
October 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
the government is reforming the legislation that TPM was born from, reverting it to a position closer to the foreshore and seabed act than the marine and coastal area act finlayson intended. this is the most significant reform to māori rights in a generation, yet:
(1/2)
(1/2)
urbanists are 100% correct on their one Thing but have the worst opinions and the most off putting manner on literally every other thing
October 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
urbanists are 100% correct on their one Thing but have the worst opinions and the most off putting manner on literally every other thing
the kawerau district is both extremely left wing and extremely māori
October 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
the kawerau district is both extremely left wing and extremely māori
sorry i know i’m TPM’s biggest hater (rawiri packing a sad because maiki asked a legitimate question lol) but the american style psychobabble about believing in yourself is so weird. people are starving man
October 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
sorry i know i’m TPM’s biggest hater (rawiri packing a sad because maiki asked a legitimate question lol) but the american style psychobabble about believing in yourself is so weird. people are starving man
imagine being the MP for southern māori and thinking the party of eruera tirikatene doesn’t have the right to stand in it. idiot
October 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
imagine being the MP for southern māori and thinking the party of eruera tirikatene doesn’t have the right to stand in it. idiot
TPM probably leaking the internal budgeting details of their own MP. they’re not beating the “toxic” allegations
October 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
TPM probably leaking the internal budgeting details of their own MP. they’re not beating the “toxic” allegations
Reposted by morgan godfery
Spotted this gem in a footnote on page 62 of Treasury's He Tirohanga Mokopuna
"Between 25% and 30% of everyone born in New Zealand is living overseas by age 30, and emigration rates are even higher among those with tertiary qualifications"
Radical idea here - how about stop shitting on our young?
"Between 25% and 30% of everyone born in New Zealand is living overseas by age 30, and emigration rates are even higher among those with tertiary qualifications"
Radical idea here - how about stop shitting on our young?
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Spotted this gem in a footnote on page 62 of Treasury's He Tirohanga Mokopuna
"Between 25% and 30% of everyone born in New Zealand is living overseas by age 30, and emigration rates are even higher among those with tertiary qualifications"
Radical idea here - how about stop shitting on our young?
"Between 25% and 30% of everyone born in New Zealand is living overseas by age 30, and emigration rates are even higher among those with tertiary qualifications"
Radical idea here - how about stop shitting on our young?
this country is so funny: a series of welfare subsidies that end up in the hands of landlords and private childcare providers; a chronically unaffordable housing market; a publicly-owned electricity generation and retail racket; oligopolies in supermarket and telecommunication sectors lol
October 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
this country is so funny: a series of welfare subsidies that end up in the hands of landlords and private childcare providers; a chronically unaffordable housing market; a publicly-owned electricity generation and retail racket; oligopolies in supermarket and telecommunication sectors lol
hate to say it but people like sina and i who’ve been around more than 5 minutes have been warning about the direction TPM’s been travelling in since at least 2023. it’s a highly divisive party, especially within māori society itself. solidarity with eru www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Toitū Te Tiriti's Eru Kapa-Kingi rules out starting rival political party after split from Te Pāti Māori
The activist hopes the split will spur Te Pāti Māori into creating genuine change from the inside.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 4, 2025 at 5:19 AM
hate to say it but people like sina and i who’ve been around more than 5 minutes have been warning about the direction TPM’s been travelling in since at least 2023. it’s a highly divisive party, especially within māori society itself. solidarity with eru www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
essential journalism by mani dunlop www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/10/02/t...
Toitū Te Tiriti cuts ties with Te Pāti Māori
Toitū Te Tiriti distances itself from Te Pāti Māori over leadership and value issues, emphasising community-driven kaupapa and criticising centralisation of power.
www.teaonews.co.nz
October 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
essential journalism by mani dunlop www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/10/02/t...
having dynamic performance conversations with miriama jean
October 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
having dynamic performance conversations with miriama jean