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Kirkiriroa. Gully adjacent. Airbnb valet. Serial pedaler of te Awa. Opinionator of things political.
My other car is a canal boat.
[pics: as seen in a Paris cafe toilet; the new deck at Balloch Street
Kirkiriroa. Gully adjacent. Airbnb valet. Serial pedaler of te Awa. Opinionator of things political.
My other car is a canal boat.
[pics: as seen in a Paris cafe toilet; the new deck at Balloch Street
D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Gloria Estefan: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Found this on youtube. Absolutely fabulous rendition but pretty sure it's AI.
Currently very conflicted.
youtu.be/_vYkhym1KH0?...
Currently very conflicted.
youtu.be/_vYkhym1KH0?...
Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather (1960's Jazz-Orchestral Version) [BEST VERSION]
YouTube video by Silky Records ®
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Found this on youtube. Absolutely fabulous rendition but pretty sure it's AI.
Currently very conflicted.
youtu.be/_vYkhym1KH0?...
Currently very conflicted.
youtu.be/_vYkhym1KH0?...
Been on the planet long enough to know this will be effectively swept under the carpet, with at best superficial changes to the status quo.
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Been on the planet long enough to know this will be effectively swept under the carpet, with at best superficial changes to the status quo.
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Correct interpretation
In case Alex's post is too subtle APOLOGISE TO TAMATHA PAUL THIS INSTANT YOU COWARDS
Just seems a little short while ago that various government politicians, and people acting as their media surrogates, were outraged and scandalized by, and poured scorn on, comments from younger women politicians for suggesting many people don't trust cops.
Highest levels of the force - filth.
Highest levels of the force - filth.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Correct interpretation
Younger, recently recruited cops have a right to be fucking disgusted with the behaviour of their senior managers & exec.
Rotten from the top down.
Rotten from the top down.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Younger, recently recruited cops have a right to be fucking disgusted with the behaviour of their senior managers & exec.
Rotten from the top down.
Rotten from the top down.
Whatever is going on behind the scenes at TPM I honestly can't believe all those egos and interests couldn't manage to hold things together and carry the energy and spirit from the hikoi heading into next year's election.
A lost opportunity for the textbooks.
A lost opportunity for the textbooks.
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Whatever is going on behind the scenes at TPM I honestly can't believe all those egos and interests couldn't manage to hold things together and carry the energy and spirit from the hikoi heading into next year's election.
A lost opportunity for the textbooks.
A lost opportunity for the textbooks.
My nine books (no order, but books I think about a lot):
1 - Down & Out in Paris & London
2 - Venice
3 - Farewell the Trumpets
4 - Traveller in Rome
5 - War & Peace (seriously)
6 - The Gulag Archipelago
7 - Jane Eyre
8 - Decline & Fall
9 - The Pickwick Papers
1 - Down & Out in Paris & London
2 - Venice
3 - Farewell the Trumpets
4 - Traveller in Rome
5 - War & Peace (seriously)
6 - The Gulag Archipelago
7 - Jane Eyre
8 - Decline & Fall
9 - The Pickwick Papers
My nine books (no order, but books I think about a lot):
1 - The English Patient
2 - Sula
3 - Use of Weapons
4 - Wolf Hall* (cheating as it's three books)
5 - Hamnet
6 - The Shipping News
7 - Ray Bradbury's Short stories* (also cheating as it's hundreds)
8 - The Truth
9 - Wuthering Heights
1 - The English Patient
2 - Sula
3 - Use of Weapons
4 - Wolf Hall* (cheating as it's three books)
5 - Hamnet
6 - The Shipping News
7 - Ray Bradbury's Short stories* (also cheating as it's hundreds)
8 - The Truth
9 - Wuthering Heights
I’m not as well read as you guys but my 9 books are:
1- Pride and Prejudice
2- Pachinko
3- The Lowland
4- Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
5-The Inheritance of Loss
6- Invisible Man
7- One Hundred Years of Solitude
8- Anna Karenina
9- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1- Pride and Prejudice
2- Pachinko
3- The Lowland
4- Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
5-The Inheritance of Loss
6- Invisible Man
7- One Hundred Years of Solitude
8- Anna Karenina
9- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
My nine books (no order, but books I think about a lot):
1 - Down & Out in Paris & London
2 - Venice
3 - Farewell the Trumpets
4 - Traveller in Rome
5 - War & Peace (seriously)
6 - The Gulag Archipelago
7 - Jane Eyre
8 - Decline & Fall
9 - The Pickwick Papers
1 - Down & Out in Paris & London
2 - Venice
3 - Farewell the Trumpets
4 - Traveller in Rome
5 - War & Peace (seriously)
6 - The Gulag Archipelago
7 - Jane Eyre
8 - Decline & Fall
9 - The Pickwick Papers
A short tale of solar panels, sugar taxes and an absolute French legend
open.substack.com/pub/mrjeffho...
open.substack.com/pub/mrjeffho...
Another world
Making the impossible possible.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A short tale of solar panels, sugar taxes and an absolute French legend
open.substack.com/pub/mrjeffho...
open.substack.com/pub/mrjeffho...
A mature discussion on who our politicians are elected to serve.
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
A mature discussion on who our politicians are elected to serve.
I think this is the bit where I say BOOOOOM!
Err BUT...
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
Government 'got to sort out' homeless in Auckland CBD, PM Christopher Luxon says
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I think this is the bit where I say BOOOOOM!
Just a quick question.
HOW MUCH NZ TAX WILL THESE LEECHES EVER PAY?
HOW MUCH NZ TAX WILL THESE LEECHES EVER PAY?
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Just a quick question.
HOW MUCH NZ TAX WILL THESE LEECHES EVER PAY?
HOW MUCH NZ TAX WILL THESE LEECHES EVER PAY?
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Luxon thinks we need a "mature conversation" about selling state assets... But I don't think he really means that, because a mature conversation would look at the history of failure and the shortsighted focus on profit ahead of public interest.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Luxon thinks we need a "mature conversation" about selling state assets... But I don't think he really means that, because a mature conversation would look at the history of failure and the shortsighted focus on profit ahead of public interest.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
One of these factions needs to move to Avignon, stat.
Please please somebody get my joke?
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Please please somebody get my joke?
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
MP expulsions effectively create two Te Pāti Māori caucuses in Parliament
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris claim their removals breached the party’s constitution and tikanga.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
One of these factions needs to move to Avignon, stat.
Please please somebody get my joke?
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Please please somebody get my joke?
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Assuming the ciggie company rep is just out of shot.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Assuming the ciggie company rep is just out of shot.
Record insolvencies continuing for the best part of 2026???
Trying to picture what polling will look like a year from now, given the state of businesses, employment, and the overall economy.
Trying to picture what polling will look like a year from now, given the state of businesses, employment, and the overall economy.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Record insolvencies continuing for the best part of 2026???
Trying to picture what polling will look like a year from now, given the state of businesses, employment, and the overall economy.
Trying to picture what polling will look like a year from now, given the state of businesses, employment, and the overall economy.
Toots turning maudlin into joyousness on your Sunday morning!
An oldie but a goodie.
Crank it up Aotearoa!
music.apple.com/nz/album/let...
An oldie but a goodie.
Crank it up Aotearoa!
music.apple.com/nz/album/let...
Let Down (feat. Toots & The Maytals) by Easy Star All-Stars on Apple Music
Song · 2006 · Duration 4:44
music.apple.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Toots turning maudlin into joyousness on your Sunday morning!
An oldie but a goodie.
Crank it up Aotearoa!
music.apple.com/nz/album/let...
An oldie but a goodie.
Crank it up Aotearoa!
music.apple.com/nz/album/let...
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR STOOPID VENAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS A RECESSION OUT-OF-SYNC WITH THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, LIAM.
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR STOOPID VENAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS A RECESSION OUT-OF-SYNC WITH THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, LIAM.
Andrea Vance has gotten her teeth into this useless, venal, no-ideas govt and she’s not letting go.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
While tourists dine under stars, the homeless sleep under them
The government is moving fast: clearing the slums for the sommeliers.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Andrea Vance has gotten her teeth into this useless, venal, no-ideas govt and she’s not letting go.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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In today’s Weekend Herald #nzpolitics
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In today’s Weekend Herald #nzpolitics
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Saw someone here say they should review Seymour’s school lunches
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Saw someone here say they should review Seymour’s school lunches
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Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
August 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
Lorde this Michelin star idea is so tryhard wannabe cultural cringe I don’t even know where to start.
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Lorde this Michelin star idea is so tryhard wannabe cultural cringe I don’t even know where to start.