Simon O'Neill
@sjponeill.bsky.social
Green-leaning and living, Rottie lover, rural dwelling Aotearoan..
...until I left the Air Force for DOC after 28 years in the military, most if not all of my career decisions had been shaped by the Airfix and Revell catalogues from the 1970s...
...until I left the Air Force for DOC after 28 years in the military, most if not all of my career decisions had been shaped by the Airfix and Revell catalogues from the 1970s...
Well, Luxon wanted a legacy from his (one) term as PM...
Hope the fire guy doesn’t get in trouble but 🤣🤣🤣🤣😊🤣😊😊😊🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (watch the fire guy at the end)
January 31, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Well, Luxon wanted a legacy from his (one) term as PM...
Where's Hipkins to step up and 100% categorically rule this out...?
#NZPOL
#NZPOL
January 31, 2026 at 4:02 AM
"...but must charge full fees..." How fkn petty is that...?
#Election26 #DitchThePricks #TwoTicksGreen
#Election26 #DitchThePricks #TwoTicksGreen
January 31, 2026 at 4:01 AM
"...but must charge full fees..." How fkn petty is that...?
#Election26 #DitchThePricks #TwoTicksGreen
#Election26 #DitchThePricks #TwoTicksGreen
It's amazing that no pedestrians have been skittled let alone killed along Mangatepopo Rd -the entrance to the Tongariro Alpine Crossing - on dry dusty days where visibility is down to metres, and with high vehicle traffic numbers...
#RuapehuNZ #CruisingSH4 #TongariroAlpineCrossing
#RuapehuNZ #CruisingSH4 #TongariroAlpineCrossing
January 30, 2026 at 11:35 PM
It's amazing that no pedestrians have been skittled let alone killed along Mangatepopo Rd -the entrance to the Tongariro Alpine Crossing - on dry dusty days where visibility is down to metres, and with high vehicle traffic numbers...
#RuapehuNZ #CruisingSH4 #TongariroAlpineCrossing
#RuapehuNZ #CruisingSH4 #TongariroAlpineCrossing
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January 30, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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The Future...
...is here...
...is here...
January 30, 2026 at 8:54 PM
The Future...
...is here...
...is here...
Name your fav film or TV mum.
January 30, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Name your fav film or TV mum.
FENZ cooment please.
January 29, 2026 at 9:03 AM
FENZ cooment please.
January 29, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Councillor opts to keep family cold, wet and hungry when civil defence centre is at a marae...
January 29, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Councillor opts to keep family cold, wet and hungry when civil defence centre is at a marae...
My dieseling days are numbered.
Ordered a full EV today.
Ordered a full EV today.
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 AM
My dieseling days are numbered.
Ordered a full EV today.
Ordered a full EV today.
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Sad but true.
The "three free GP visits" chant is sad and tired, and it was never that exciting to start with...
Need to ditch Hipkins now in favour of an actual leader...
The "three free GP visits" chant is sad and tired, and it was never that exciting to start with...
Need to ditch Hipkins now in favour of an actual leader...
Industry and Services are now in Expansion Mode
If this holds then NACT1 will return to power very easily given Labour's main campaign plank is WE HAVE NO AMBITION AND CENTRALISM INCREMENTALISM DEMANDS YOU ALSO HAVE NO AMBITION
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/per...
If this holds then NACT1 will return to power very easily given Labour's main campaign plank is WE HAVE NO AMBITION AND CENTRALISM INCREMENTALISM DEMANDS YOU ALSO HAVE NO AMBITION
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/per...
Greg Smith: Green shoots return – manufacturing surges as services finally turn positive
OPINION: Manufacturing is expanding at its fastest pace in four years, led by new orders.
www.nzherald.co.nz
January 28, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Sad but true.
The "three free GP visits" chant is sad and tired, and it was never that exciting to start with...
Need to ditch Hipkins now in favour of an actual leader...
The "three free GP visits" chant is sad and tired, and it was never that exciting to start with...
Need to ditch Hipkins now in favour of an actual leader...
So long as it comes with a (functional) off switch...
Google’s latest addition to its Chrome browser puts generative AI behind the wheel and you in the passenger seat. www.wired.com/story/google...
Google’s New Chrome ‘Auto Browse’ Agent Attempts to Roam the Web Without You
Google’s latest addition to its Chrome browser puts generative AI behind the wheel and you in the passenger seat.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
So long as it comes with a (functional) off switch...
Soaring in the sense of soaring as maintaining a few inches of altitude above the rising dystopia tides...
Not even reaching the "high" of 2025...
Not even reaching the "high" of 2025...
January 28, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Soaring in the sense of soaring as maintaining a few inches of altitude above the rising dystopia tides...
Not even reaching the "high" of 2025...
Not even reaching the "high" of 2025...
Reposted by Simon O'Neill
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Tonight's office....
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Tonight's office....
As National hits rock bottom....
January 27, 2026 at 11:51 PM
As National hits rock bottom....
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January 27, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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Hipkins cares enough to wait til the next working day to comment...
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen #nzpol
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen #nzpol
January 27, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Hipkins cares enough to wait til the next working day to comment...
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen #nzpol
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen #nzpol
Reposted by Simon O'Neill
Do you remember when John Key spent 26 million dollars trying to change the New Zealand flag.
Then we have Winnie saying the $222M breakage fee was "reasonable" when breaking the iREX Ferry contract.
And it costs $3M PA for WHO🤦
Please vote these loonies out
#nzpol
Then we have Winnie saying the $222M breakage fee was "reasonable" when breaking the iREX Ferry contract.
And it costs $3M PA for WHO🤦
Please vote these loonies out
#nzpol
January 26, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Do you remember when John Key spent 26 million dollars trying to change the New Zealand flag.
Then we have Winnie saying the $222M breakage fee was "reasonable" when breaking the iREX Ferry contract.
And it costs $3M PA for WHO🤦
Please vote these loonies out
#nzpol
Then we have Winnie saying the $222M breakage fee was "reasonable" when breaking the iREX Ferry contract.
And it costs $3M PA for WHO🤦
Please vote these loonies out
#nzpol
And in six months, managed to totally unravel that party's credibility as a political entity...
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen
A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 25 January 2023 Christopher John "Chris" Hipkins, leader of the Labour Party, was sworn in as the 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand, succeeding Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern, the previous Labour leader. #OTD #history #nzpol #nzpolitics #politics
January 25, 2026 at 7:35 PM
And in six months, managed to totally unravel that party's credibility as a political entity...
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen
Reposted by Simon O'Neill
January 24, 2026 at 9:50 PM