Terry Baucher
@trabaq.bsky.social
Apparently I'm 60 plus. 😮 The track is my happy place. Proud JAFA. Receiver of nonsensical comebacks from bad drivers. Host of The New Zealand Tax Podcast www.baucher.tax
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Happy New Year 2026. Rain is considered to be a good omen across many cultures, and there is plenty of it in New Zealand today. May it portend better times - more peace ☮️, justice ⚖️, equity, and sustainability 🌳 for our challenged world.
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Happy New Year 2026. Rain is considered to be a good omen across many cultures, and there is plenty of it in New Zealand today. May it portend better times - more peace ☮️, justice ⚖️, equity, and sustainability 🌳 for our challenged world.
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I'm not an economist or historian, so this is only vibes... But I tend to think that the times we generally think of as the most prosperous (in NZ, Australia, UK and US at least) were the times with the strongest worker strength (unions) and the most public/government investment.
December 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm not an economist or historian, so this is only vibes... But I tend to think that the times we generally think of as the most prosperous (in NZ, Australia, UK and US at least) were the times with the strongest worker strength (unions) and the most public/government investment.
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Happy New Year 😎 in today’s NZ Herald
December 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Happy New Year 😎 in today’s NZ Herald
Mōrena whanāu! Ngā mihi o te tau hou ki a koutou!
Tina and I weren't the only ones waiting for the sun this morning. Welcome to 2026, here's hoping for a less eventful year with good health, peace and prosperity for us all (and a new Government!)
Tina and I weren't the only ones waiting for the sun this morning. Welcome to 2026, here's hoping for a less eventful year with good health, peace and prosperity for us all (and a new Government!)
December 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Mōrena whanāu! Ngā mihi o te tau hou ki a koutou!
Tina and I weren't the only ones waiting for the sun this morning. Welcome to 2026, here's hoping for a less eventful year with good health, peace and prosperity for us all (and a new Government!)
Tina and I weren't the only ones waiting for the sun this morning. Welcome to 2026, here's hoping for a less eventful year with good health, peace and prosperity for us all (and a new Government!)
Mōrena whanāu, a breezy start to the day but we got lucky with a gap in the rain and cloud here at Windsor Reserve. Kia pa to rā and Haere rā to 2025.
December 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Mōrena whanāu, a breezy start to the day but we got lucky with a gap in the rain and cloud here at Windsor Reserve. Kia pa to rā and Haere rā to 2025.
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Everyone working in retail, hospitality, and front line health care watching yet another news story about "our long summer break"
December 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Everyone working in retail, hospitality, and front line health care watching yet another news story about "our long summer break"
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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famously new zealand swaps sides of the australasian continent every few years, this is partly why it costs so much to fly there
This map shows the percentage of the population with a valid passport across the world. International travel is a wonderful privilege.
December 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
famously new zealand swaps sides of the australasian continent every few years, this is partly why it costs so much to fly there
Mōrena whanāu, no sunrise again today but a lot calmer than yesterday with the wind having dropped away completely (although it's expected to get quite breezy later on).
December 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Mōrena whanāu, no sunrise again today but a lot calmer than yesterday with the wind having dropped away completely (although it's expected to get quite breezy later on).
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Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
December 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
WINE
HOPE
SEX
Sounds promising...
HOPE
SEX
Sounds promising...
The first 3 words you see will define your 2026.
MONEY
TRAVELS
PIZZA
sounds good to me.
MONEY
TRAVELS
PIZZA
sounds good to me.
December 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
WINE
HOPE
SEX
Sounds promising...
HOPE
SEX
Sounds promising...
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RIP Claudia Cardinale. Much like Robert Redford, she was a rare case of a beautiful performer with a filmography full of bangers who did NOT become right-wing later in life. Here she is punching fascist Brigitte Bardot in the face in Les Pétroleuses (1971).
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
RIP Claudia Cardinale. Much like Robert Redford, she was a rare case of a beautiful performer with a filmography full of bangers who did NOT become right-wing later in life. Here she is punching fascist Brigitte Bardot in the face in Les Pétroleuses (1971).
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Congratulations to 'Sinking the Bismarck was a war crime', the winner of the Most Unhinged Thing I've Seen On Here Today Trophy.
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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LeMonde said, not on our watch
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
LeMonde said, not on our watch
Yes, it's an unhinged take, but it's 2025 and "today" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
Congratulations to 'Sinking the Bismarck was a war crime', the winner of the Most Unhinged Thing I've Seen On Here Today Trophy.
December 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Yes, it's an unhinged take, but it's 2025 and "today" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
Mōrena whanāu, no sunrise today, instead a fair old breeze blowing from the south-east. Which means surf's (almost) up at Cheltenham Beach. Kia pa to rā!
December 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Mōrena whanāu, no sunrise today, instead a fair old breeze blowing from the south-east. Which means surf's (almost) up at Cheltenham Beach. Kia pa to rā!
Mōrena whanāu after a few grey mornings, it was a glorious start to the day as viewed from Windsor Reserve. Kia pa to rā!
December 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Mōrena whanāu after a few grey mornings, it was a glorious start to the day as viewed from Windsor Reserve. Kia pa to rā!
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This is bloody entertaining cricket but ripping through these Test matches so quickly is really ruining one of the most reliably comforting parts of summer (knowing you can fall asleep on the couch, full of ham and carbs, then wake up without having missed too much) #Ashes
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This is bloody entertaining cricket but ripping through these Test matches so quickly is really ruining one of the most reliably comforting parts of summer (knowing you can fall asleep on the couch, full of ham and carbs, then wake up without having missed too much) #Ashes
What's the probability something similar has happened here? More than zero I suspect.
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
What's the probability something similar has happened here? More than zero I suspect.
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Okay, this one hit WAAAAAY too fucking close to home.
December 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Okay, this one hit WAAAAAY too fucking close to home.
Mōrena whanāu overnight rain has cleared but still a grey start to the day. Meantime, this yacht moored off Devonport Yacht Club either still has its Christmas decorations up or is flying warning flags! Kia pa to rā
December 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Mōrena whanāu overnight rain has cleared but still a grey start to the day. Meantime, this yacht moored off Devonport Yacht Club either still has its Christmas decorations up or is flying warning flags! Kia pa to rā
