Tim
@timward2014.bsky.social
Big, loud, smiling. Tāngata Tiriti.
On this Jan 6, 1941, the Four Freedoms were introduced.
The Four Freedoms (2026 version):
- Freedom from speech
- Freedom from worship
- Freedom of want
- Freedom of fear
Just some minor changes from the original 😉
The Four Freedoms (2026 version):
- Freedom from speech
- Freedom from worship
- Freedom of want
- Freedom of fear
Just some minor changes from the original 😉
January 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
On this Jan 6, 1941, the Four Freedoms were introduced.
The Four Freedoms (2026 version):
- Freedom from speech
- Freedom from worship
- Freedom of want
- Freedom of fear
Just some minor changes from the original 😉
The Four Freedoms (2026 version):
- Freedom from speech
- Freedom from worship
- Freedom of want
- Freedom of fear
Just some minor changes from the original 😉
Maybe ECan could try not being corrupt and incompetent, bending over backwards to issue licences to pollute to all and sundry? Just an idea.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Nitrates in water: ECan's rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules
The High Court stopped short of ordering the regional council to change the rule relating to the discharge of nitrates because of the amount of time that has lapsed.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Maybe ECan could try not being corrupt and incompetent, bending over backwards to issue licences to pollute to all and sundry? Just an idea.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Depressingly, the NZ Labour Party has a lower % of Māori MPs than ACT, only outdone in their lack by National.
December 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Depressingly, the NZ Labour Party has a lower % of Māori MPs than ACT, only outdone in their lack by National.
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State Department Designates WNBA As Terrorist Organization https://theonion.com/state-department-designates-wnba-as-terrorist-organization/
December 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
State Department Designates WNBA As Terrorist Organization https://theonion.com/state-department-designates-wnba-as-terrorist-organization/
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Clearest example of governments being more interested in regulating individuals rather than institutions/organisations. We do not have lobby groups and donations, just the one vote. Make sure YOU separate glass and plastic but we aren’t gonna a do a damn thing about data centers or Big oil.
My kid is 14. He uses discord to talk to friends when playing Minecraft and dnd. He has no interest in FB or instagram or TikTok, but a social media hard-cap of age 16 would limit his social life unnecessarily with no benefit. Ffs, direct policy at platforms not users. Or ban boomers as well.
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Clearest example of governments being more interested in regulating individuals rather than institutions/organisations. We do not have lobby groups and donations, just the one vote. Make sure YOU separate glass and plastic but we aren’t gonna a do a damn thing about data centers or Big oil.
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What do you think is the greatest ever TV news clip? For me this can never be beaten...
September 15, 2024 at 5:16 PM
What do you think is the greatest ever TV news clip? For me this can never be beaten...
Lebensraum *and* “The Greater North West Atlantic Co-Prosperity Sphere” are now official US policies.
Let that sink in…
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Let that sink in…
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New Trump envoy says he will serve to make Greenland part of US
Denmark warns Washington to respect its sovereignty, while Greenland says it will decide its own future.
www.bbc.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Lebensraum *and* “The Greater North West Atlantic Co-Prosperity Sphere” are now official US policies.
Let that sink in…
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Let that sink in…
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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True fact, I am now 57 years old & I have never seen Mt Taranaki on the west coast of Te Ika-a-Māui North Island, not by land nor air.
Flying back to Ōtepoti Dunedin earlier in the week I almost got excited, yeah the whole mountain was draped in cloud.
Boooo
Flying back to Ōtepoti Dunedin earlier in the week I almost got excited, yeah the whole mountain was draped in cloud.
Boooo
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
True fact, I am now 57 years old & I have never seen Mt Taranaki on the west coast of Te Ika-a-Māui North Island, not by land nor air.
Flying back to Ōtepoti Dunedin earlier in the week I almost got excited, yeah the whole mountain was draped in cloud.
Boooo
Flying back to Ōtepoti Dunedin earlier in the week I almost got excited, yeah the whole mountain was draped in cloud.
Boooo
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So, today I'm wrapping up People Watching. Massive thanks to everyone who has supported it & all the cool people I've met and drawn. I wrote an article in the Sunday Magazine today talking about the lessons I've learned doing it - and there were so many.
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
December 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
So, today I'm wrapping up People Watching. Massive thanks to everyone who has supported it & all the cool people I've met and drawn. I wrote an article in the Sunday Magazine today talking about the lessons I've learned doing it - and there were so many.
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
Me when I sit down and think for longer than two minutes:
December 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Me when I sit down and think for longer than two minutes:
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An effect of the changes to the Electoral Act is that a well off, likely right wing voting criminal who was part of the system who gets a home detention sentence for, say, possessing child porn will get to vote next year. A less well connected offender sent to prison for the same crimes won’t #nzpol
December 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
An effect of the changes to the Electoral Act is that a well off, likely right wing voting criminal who was part of the system who gets a home detention sentence for, say, possessing child porn will get to vote next year. A less well connected offender sent to prison for the same crimes won’t #nzpol
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Silver Jandals
... To Barbara Edmonds for saying, well, it’s here, actually, in response to the perennial show me the money challenge on capital gains tax
#nzpol
... To Barbara Edmonds for saying, well, it’s here, actually, in response to the perennial show me the money challenge on capital gains tax
#nzpol
The 2025 Golden Jandals for conspicuous contributions to NZ politics
The most coveted and glamorous footwear-themed political prizes in the southern hemisphere are back.
thespinoff.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Silver Jandals
... To Barbara Edmonds for saying, well, it’s here, actually, in response to the perennial show me the money challenge on capital gains tax
#nzpol
... To Barbara Edmonds for saying, well, it’s here, actually, in response to the perennial show me the money challenge on capital gains tax
#nzpol
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Absolutely fuck all the way off with this shit. What a ghoulish thing to say.
December 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Absolutely fuck all the way off with this shit. What a ghoulish thing to say.
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You know it. Aotearoa is on the list where this isn't happening. 🙄
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds
Analysis marking 10 years since Paris climate agreement underscores effectiveness of strong government policies
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
You know it. Aotearoa is on the list where this isn't happening. 🙄
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ummmm… how are we this stupid? How are 2000 people and builders and developers this stupid in this country?
Why are we still allowing this?
Insane.
#nzpol
Why are we still allowing this?
Insane.
#nzpol
December 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ummmm… how are we this stupid? How are 2000 people and builders and developers this stupid in this country?
Why are we still allowing this?
Insane.
#nzpol
Why are we still allowing this?
Insane.
#nzpol
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So the supermarkets have breached Golriz’s privacy and were called out by the Privacy Commissioner.
1) Where’s the public apology and cost of damages to Golriz
2) When are these weird men going to stop obsessing over her and other women of colour in politics?
#nzpol
1) Where’s the public apology and cost of damages to Golriz
2) When are these weird men going to stop obsessing over her and other women of colour in politics?
#nzpol
Two supermarkets have been called out by the Privacy Commissioner for breaching customer privacy.
Privacy Commissioner names supermarket where photo of Golriz Ghahraman was leaked
Two supermarkets have been called out by the Privacy Commissioner for breaching customer privacy.
dlvr.it
December 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM
So the supermarkets have breached Golriz’s privacy and were called out by the Privacy Commissioner.
1) Where’s the public apology and cost of damages to Golriz
2) When are these weird men going to stop obsessing over her and other women of colour in politics?
#nzpol
1) Where’s the public apology and cost of damages to Golriz
2) When are these weird men going to stop obsessing over her and other women of colour in politics?
#nzpol
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I'm shocked that the inaugural recipient of the FIFA Peace Prize would be preparing to wage war on another country to seize its resources. It's almost like that prize was a cynical and meaningless gesture.
December 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I'm shocked that the inaugural recipient of the FIFA Peace Prize would be preparing to wage war on another country to seize its resources. It's almost like that prize was a cynical and meaningless gesture.
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You're not meant to SAY the "we have to keep the lowest paid poor so everyone else knows they're better than them"
Absolutely fuck all the way off with this shit. What a ghoulish thing to say.
December 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
You're not meant to SAY the "we have to keep the lowest paid poor so everyone else knows they're better than them"
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Families fight to put food on the table. Meanwhile the ACT Party and Coalition Government spent $150,000 on a 'Road Cone hotline'.
Closing after 6 months & 200 cones removed, costing Kiwis ~$750 per cone (and they gutted Worksafe - putting real lives at risk!)
We too wish this was satire ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Closing after 6 months & 200 cones removed, costing Kiwis ~$750 per cone (and they gutted Worksafe - putting real lives at risk!)
We too wish this was satire ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
December 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Families fight to put food on the table. Meanwhile the ACT Party and Coalition Government spent $150,000 on a 'Road Cone hotline'.
Closing after 6 months & 200 cones removed, costing Kiwis ~$750 per cone (and they gutted Worksafe - putting real lives at risk!)
We too wish this was satire ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Closing after 6 months & 200 cones removed, costing Kiwis ~$750 per cone (and they gutted Worksafe - putting real lives at risk!)
We too wish this was satire ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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More good news.
Top of the South Iwi have been awarded 3000 hectares of land in the 'Nelson' Tenths case, including the Abel Tasman great walk and $420 million.
This is not a treaty issue, its a separate case of fraudulent land grabbing by the crown.
Top of the South Iwi have been awarded 3000 hectares of land in the 'Nelson' Tenths case, including the Abel Tasman great walk and $420 million.
This is not a treaty issue, its a separate case of fraudulent land grabbing by the crown.
South Island Māori landowners to get more than 3000 hectares returned by Crown
Māori landowners will have the land returned, and receive $420 million in compensation, in a landmark agreement with the Crown, ending questions going back to the 1830s.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
More good news.
Top of the South Iwi have been awarded 3000 hectares of land in the 'Nelson' Tenths case, including the Abel Tasman great walk and $420 million.
This is not a treaty issue, its a separate case of fraudulent land grabbing by the crown.
Top of the South Iwi have been awarded 3000 hectares of land in the 'Nelson' Tenths case, including the Abel Tasman great walk and $420 million.
This is not a treaty issue, its a separate case of fraudulent land grabbing by the crown.
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govt spends $750 per road cone to appease people who think $5 per road cone is excessive
just normal everyday NZ shit now.
just normal everyday NZ shit now.
December 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
govt spends $750 per road cone to appease people who think $5 per road cone is excessive
just normal everyday NZ shit now.
just normal everyday NZ shit now.