Ms Hooper
@mshooper.bsky.social
Aging, hermit-prone, art inclined, left wing, climate panicked,animal lover 😊😮💨🌳🙏 #Kikorangi #ToitūTeTiriti
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Disingenuous but entirely in character. The Post being The Post again. #nzpol
It seems disingenuous for The Post to publish this without acknowledging that Luke Pierson is a founding member of Vision for Wellington, especially given that Stuff owner Sinead Boucher is also a member. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Wellington needs real solutions, not selective outrage over tunnels
OPINION: With 45,000 vehicles using the Mt Victoria Tunnel daily and strong public support for a second tunnel, the city faces a choice between practical fixes and political posturing.
www.thepost.co.nz
December 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Disingenuous but entirely in character. The Post being The Post again. #nzpol
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It is STRANGE, isn’t it? 🤨 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
December 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It is STRANGE, isn’t it? 🤨 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
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I love a Favourability Poll, everyone from the National Party down is negative, I am not being a misery merchant Nicola it's just maths #NZPol
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December 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I love a Favourability Poll, everyone from the National Party down is negative, I am not being a misery merchant Nicola it's just maths #NZPol
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December 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Key para "After nearly 50 years in business, Winstone Pulp announced it was closing its two mills near one of the region’s towns, Ohakune, due to high energy prices."
#kikorangi
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
The rural towns fighting for survival as New Zealand grapples with a growing exodus
Ruapehu is emblematic of question facing New Zealand: how to prevent rural regions – and the country at large - from hollowing out
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Key para "After nearly 50 years in business, Winstone Pulp announced it was closing its two mills near one of the region’s towns, Ohakune, due to high energy prices."
#kikorangi
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
“There is no other industry, that acts with such arrogance, indifference and a lack of humility and sociopathic greed at the expense of people.”
UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’
Exclusive: Imran Ahmed says US companies are ‘corrupting the system’ of politics by seeking to avoid accountability
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“There is no other industry, that acts with such arrogance, indifference and a lack of humility and sociopathic greed at the expense of people.”
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Kiwis need to WAKE UP!! to National's plans!!
They have already allowed a US FBI office to be based here...with their Palantir software- this is in your future
👇👇👇👇👇
#NZPol
They have already allowed a US FBI office to be based here...with their Palantir software- this is in your future
👇👇👇👇👇
#NZPol
This isn’t just about immigration enforcement. Expanding surveillance while weakening data protections means the dragnet gets wider, and once the tools exist, they rarely stay limited to one group.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Kiwis need to WAKE UP!! to National's plans!!
They have already allowed a US FBI office to be based here...with their Palantir software- this is in your future
👇👇👇👇👇
#NZPol
They have already allowed a US FBI office to be based here...with their Palantir software- this is in your future
👇👇👇👇👇
#NZPol
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Stop the slop by disabling AI features in Chrome
Stop the slop by disabling AI features in Chrome
The most popular desktop browser is festooned with Google AI, but you can make at least some of it go away
Most of today’s desktop web browsers come with a ton of built-in AI features, but the good news is that, in most cases, no one is forcing you to use them, and you can at least hide them from view. Removing the most egregious AI tools from Chrome is pretty simple, but it requires a few steps.…
dlvr.it
December 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Stop the slop by disabling AI features in Chrome
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Why did this reply make me think of Luxon?
#nzpol
#nzpol
Well, I’ve seen rich people look like absolute shit in their expensive duds and it was all due to their personality and attitude. If you’re an envious sadsack with no self-respect no tailor in the world can help you hide that.
December 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Why did this reply make me think of Luxon?
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Saw a thing about Trump possibly having frontotemporal dementia so I looked it up on Wikipedia and initial symptoms include: "compulsive buying disorder (oniomania), vulgar speech characteristics, screaming"
Uhhhhh 😬😀
Uhhhhh 😬😀
December 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Saw a thing about Trump possibly having frontotemporal dementia so I looked it up on Wikipedia and initial symptoms include: "compulsive buying disorder (oniomania), vulgar speech characteristics, screaming"
Uhhhhh 😬😀
Uhhhhh 😬😀
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A very thoughtful and well written piece.
"We can be a country that people choose to stay in. We can be a country that honours its elders with more than rhetoric. We just have to choose it and 2026 is as good a year as any to start."
#NZPOL
"We can be a country that people choose to stay in. We can be a country that honours its elders with more than rhetoric. We just have to choose it and 2026 is as good a year as any to start."
#NZPOL
The year ahead: Watching one child after another pack their bags for opportunities overseas, a former minister insists NZers can choose to do better.
A country is not its GDP, a country is its people
newsroom.co.nz
December 26, 2025 at 5:26 AM
A very thoughtful and well written piece.
"We can be a country that people choose to stay in. We can be a country that honours its elders with more than rhetoric. We just have to choose it and 2026 is as good a year as any to start."
#NZPOL
"We can be a country that people choose to stay in. We can be a country that honours its elders with more than rhetoric. We just have to choose it and 2026 is as good a year as any to start."
#NZPOL
Swimming not advised
Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) is warning of high bacteria levels in the Taieri River, at Outram Glen, and people are advised not to swim in the area until the alert is lifted
- source of bacteria in the water is sheep/cows, stay out of the water -48 hours after rainfall.
Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) is warning of high bacteria levels in the Taieri River, at Outram Glen, and people are advised not to swim in the area until the alert is lifted
- source of bacteria in the water is sheep/cows, stay out of the water -48 hours after rainfall.
Swimming not advised
Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) is warning of high bacteria levels in the Taieri River, at Outram Glen, and people are advised not to swim in the...
www.odt.co.nz
December 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Swimming not advised
Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) is warning of high bacteria levels in the Taieri River, at Outram Glen, and people are advised not to swim in the area until the alert is lifted
- source of bacteria in the water is sheep/cows, stay out of the water -48 hours after rainfall.
Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) is warning of high bacteria levels in the Taieri River, at Outram Glen, and people are advised not to swim in the area until the alert is lifted
- source of bacteria in the water is sheep/cows, stay out of the water -48 hours after rainfall.
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So much truth in this with Luxon and his (very flexible) KPI’s.
Aotearoa NZ is not a company. #nzpol
Aotearoa NZ is not a company. #nzpol
What KPIs and goals hide about company performance
Once a metric is used as a goal for performance, people may change their behavior to optimize for the metric itself — which often undermines the point
qz.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
So much truth in this with Luxon and his (very flexible) KPI’s.
Aotearoa NZ is not a company. #nzpol
Aotearoa NZ is not a company. #nzpol
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
""The apps you already have on your phone, the ones that you use on a regular basis, - are actually far more likely to be maliciously utilised
“It does make perpetrators' ways of abusing people more efficient and give them greater reach and that's kind of the terrifying part of it."
“It does make perpetrators' ways of abusing people more efficient and give them greater reach and that's kind of the terrifying part of it."
Increase in tracking devices in abusive partner stalking: experts
Domestic violence experts warn they are seeing an alarming increase in abusive partners stalking their exes using mini tracking devices and mobile...
www.odt.co.nz
December 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
""The apps you already have on your phone, the ones that you use on a regular basis, - are actually far more likely to be maliciously utilised
“It does make perpetrators' ways of abusing people more efficient and give them greater reach and that's kind of the terrifying part of it."
“It does make perpetrators' ways of abusing people more efficient and give them greater reach and that's kind of the terrifying part of it."
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#nzpol
“Government has failed to get to grips with providing necessary funding & resourcing for our health system. In fact there seems to be a complete lack of any plan or vision for the health system in this country unless it’s seen as a move to try & move the whole system to private
-Paul Goulter
“Government has failed to get to grips with providing necessary funding & resourcing for our health system. In fact there seems to be a complete lack of any plan or vision for the health system in this country unless it’s seen as a move to try & move the whole system to private
-Paul Goulter
Nurses' union boss on the 'shadow land' of Te Whatu Ora
The head of the NZ Nurses Organisation rejects accusations that the unions are politicised and striking to benefit Labour.
newsroom.co.nz
December 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#nzpol
“Government has failed to get to grips with providing necessary funding & resourcing for our health system. In fact there seems to be a complete lack of any plan or vision for the health system in this country unless it’s seen as a move to try & move the whole system to private
-Paul Goulter
“Government has failed to get to grips with providing necessary funding & resourcing for our health system. In fact there seems to be a complete lack of any plan or vision for the health system in this country unless it’s seen as a move to try & move the whole system to private
-Paul Goulter
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“MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Canterbury High Country, North Otago, Central Otago, Dunedin, Clutha and Southland from 1pm until 8pm on Friday.
It said there was a possibility of hail larger than 20mm in these areas.”
“MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Canterbury High Country, North Otago, Central Otago, Dunedin, Clutha and Southland from 1pm until 8pm on Friday.
It said there was a possibility of hail larger than 20mm in these areas.”
Weather: Large hail, thunderstorms forecast across New Zealand
Several weather watches have been issued.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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“MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Canterbury High Country, North Otago, Central Otago, Dunedin, Clutha and Southland from 1pm until 8pm on Friday.
It said there was a possibility of hail larger than 20mm in these areas.”
“MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Canterbury High Country, North Otago, Central Otago, Dunedin, Clutha and Southland from 1pm until 8pm on Friday.
It said there was a possibility of hail larger than 20mm in these areas.”
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This is a great example of how genAI steals from us all on multiple levels. It's stolen a promotional spot for real books and authors, it's stolen a job from an actual journalist who could have compiled this, it's stolen an opportunity for parents to be recommended good NZ books for their kids
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a great example of how genAI steals from us all on multiple levels. It's stolen a promotional spot for real books and authors, it's stolen a job from an actual journalist who could have compiled this, it's stolen an opportunity for parents to be recommended good NZ books for their kids
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Bring Back Auckland (Surface) Light Rail
run, planned, and operated by Auckland, not Central Govt.
#nzpol
run, planned, and operated by Auckland, not Central Govt.
#nzpol
Scrapped light rail must become Auckland's long-term transport plan, advocate says
Scrapped light rail must become Auckland's long-term transport plan, advocate says
The multibillion-dollar project was scrapped by the coalition in early 2024.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Bring Back Auckland (Surface) Light Rail
run, planned, and operated by Auckland, not Central Govt.
#nzpol
run, planned, and operated by Auckland, not Central Govt.
#nzpol
December 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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What if, in the kiwi election year of 2026, we crowd funded this…AS A BILLBOARD in every city across the motu? 👀💭 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
December 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
What if, in the kiwi election year of 2026, we crowd funded this…AS A BILLBOARD in every city across the motu? 👀💭 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
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Dunedin, thunderstorm, hail -power outages …
Hundreds lose power in Dunedin thunderstorms
Hundreds of people were without power on Christmas Day in Mosgiel near Dunedin, and also in Southland.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Dunedin, thunderstorm, hail -power outages …