Pops Paul 🇳🇿
@peecee65.bsky.social
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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 Aotearoa | New Zealand 🇳🇿
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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 Aotearoa | New Zealand 🇳🇿
It’s that list of Police’s “few bad apples” getting bloody long!
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
It’s that list of Police’s “few bad apples” getting bloody long!
Luxon’s Govt: we are going to merge departments to make the public service more efficient.
Also Luxon’s Govt: please don’t notice as we spin this tiny part of Police into its own agency requiring Chief Executive and other overheads!
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Also Luxon’s Govt: please don’t notice as we spin this tiny part of Police into its own agency requiring Chief Executive and other overheads!
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Details of gun law reforms unveiled as Cabinet signs off
Cabinet has signed off on an overhaul of the country's gun laws, including a crackdown on gang members.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Luxon’s Govt: we are going to merge departments to make the public service more efficient.
Also Luxon’s Govt: please don’t notice as we spin this tiny part of Police into its own agency requiring Chief Executive and other overheads!
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Also Luxon’s Govt: please don’t notice as we spin this tiny part of Police into its own agency requiring Chief Executive and other overheads!
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Remind me whose idea was this !
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Remind me whose idea was this !
Most companies would be considered insolvent if they had a contingent liability that was 14 times their net assets!
What's deeply funny about this:
It's mostly tied to 10 year targets around robo taxis and Tesla sales figures he has zero chance of meeting.
So it's just pure delusion on all sides. 12 year old brains doing 12 year old 'cool' things all round.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's mostly tied to 10 year targets around robo taxis and Tesla sales figures he has zero chance of meeting.
So it's just pure delusion on all sides. 12 year old brains doing 12 year old 'cool' things all round.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders
The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Most companies would be considered insolvent if they had a contingent liability that was 14 times their net assets!
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
NZ’s youth unemployment is starting to read like Spain in the GFC!
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new... Unemployment hits 8-year high, youth rate rises to 15%
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new... Unemployment hits 8-year high, youth rate rises to 15%
Unemployment hits 8-year high - 160,000 Kiwis out of work
The rate is the highest since December 2016.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
NZ’s youth unemployment is starting to read like Spain in the GFC!
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new... Unemployment hits 8-year high, youth rate rises to 15%
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new... Unemployment hits 8-year high, youth rate rises to 15%
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Where’s David Seymour, that defender of private property rights, in the fireworks ban debate?
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Where’s David Seymour, that defender of private property rights, in the fireworks ban debate?
I assume that Mr Peter’s bill will be extended to ban those things that really cost the tax payers and ACC. Things like car accidents, rugby injuries, tramping and alcohol.
Otherwise he is just being the family fun police!
‘Enough is enough’ – New Zealand First wants to ban private fireworks
Otherwise he is just being the family fun police!
‘Enough is enough’ – New Zealand First wants to ban private fireworks
November 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I assume that Mr Peter’s bill will be extended to ban those things that really cost the tax payers and ACC. Things like car accidents, rugby injuries, tramping and alcohol.
Otherwise he is just being the family fun police!
‘Enough is enough’ – New Zealand First wants to ban private fireworks
Otherwise he is just being the family fun police!
‘Enough is enough’ – New Zealand First wants to ban private fireworks
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Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones."
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
Mandatory Installation of Solar Panels in Public Parking Lots to Apply Retroactively to Existing Facilities
Starting at the end of November this year, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. ...
cm.asiae.co.kr
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones."
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
I know they are playing in the US but surely it doesn’t take this long to play a half of rugby!
November 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I know they are playing in the US but surely it doesn’t take this long to play a half of rugby!
Reminder: the biggest CGT/ Wealth tax currently in Aotearoa New Zealand is land agents fees. They increase as your house value goes up.
And there are no exemptions for the house you live in!
And there are no exemptions for the house you live in!
November 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Reminder: the biggest CGT/ Wealth tax currently in Aotearoa New Zealand is land agents fees. They increase as your house value goes up.
And there are no exemptions for the house you live in!
And there are no exemptions for the house you live in!
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On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira
On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira
Its vision of collective Māori authority still challenges how Aotearoa understands sovereignty today....
thespinoff.co.nz
October 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira
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Today marks the 190th anniversary of the signing of He Whakaputanga, along with being Te Pūtake o te Riri/He Rā Maumahara, the national day of commemoration for the NZ Wars.
buttondown.com/unsettling/a...
buttondown.com/unsettling/a...
He Whakaputanga — The Declaration of Independence of New Zealand
On the 190th anniversary of the signing of He Whakaputanga - the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand, I am sharing an extract from a 2017 publication...
buttondown.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today marks the 190th anniversary of the signing of He Whakaputanga, along with being Te Pūtake o te Riri/He Rā Maumahara, the national day of commemoration for the NZ Wars.
buttondown.com/unsettling/a...
buttondown.com/unsettling/a...
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Well @deaconbluemusic.bsky.social are coming to Aotearoa New Zealand - yeah!
October 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Well @deaconbluemusic.bsky.social are coming to Aotearoa New Zealand - yeah!
PSA kiwis: now that it is Tuesday make sure your regular Monday morning alarms are switched off for Labour Day!
October 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
PSA kiwis: now that it is Tuesday make sure your regular Monday morning alarms are switched off for Labour Day!
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How did EP-40 miss that !
October 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
How did EP-40 miss that !
Applies in Aotearoa New Zealand too
Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.
October 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Applies in Aotearoa New Zealand too
The weak are always afraid of what that don’t control.
We live in a Māori nation. Our Parliament should reflect that more. The haka from the public gallery is an appropriate response to a maiden speech. Suspended Parliament only reminds Māori that they are not welcome to be authentically themselves there. #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Watch: Haka breaks out after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech, Parliament suspended
Speaker Gerry Brownlee intends to investigate whether anyone knew the haka would take place after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The weak are always afraid of what that don’t control.
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The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners.
Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.
Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.
Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in…
Solar has set 17 power generation records in Texas so far this year, shoring up the grid alongside batteries as some gas plant developers step back.
www.canarymedia.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners.
Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.
Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.
560 PMI across two games
October 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
560 PMI across two games
I seem to recall the leader of the opposition spent much of the last half of 2022 calling on the then PM to announce the date of the 2023 election.
By his own expectations when will he announce next year’s election date?
Why is the current opposition not asking?
By his own expectations when will he announce next year’s election date?
Why is the current opposition not asking?
October 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I seem to recall the leader of the opposition spent much of the last half of 2022 calling on the then PM to announce the date of the 2023 election.
By his own expectations when will he announce next year’s election date?
Why is the current opposition not asking?
By his own expectations when will he announce next year’s election date?
Why is the current opposition not asking?