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Worldwide mortality experience since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2024) shows excess deaths over that period in almost every country measured. Australia (+6%) was below average, and New Zealand (+0.1%) the lowest we measured.
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Worldwide mortality experience since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2024) shows excess deaths over that period in almost every country measured. Australia (+6%) was below average, and New Zealand (+0.1%) the lowest we measured.
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Haven't you dumped 48 billion dollars worth of water system bills on the councils, all because you hate maori?
📢 Local Government Minister Simon Watts unveils rates cap with a target range of 2% to 4%, saying ‘ratepayers deserve councils that live within their means’
Central government hits local government with rates cap, suggesting upper limit of 4%
www.interest.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Haven't you dumped 48 billion dollars worth of water system bills on the councils, all because you hate maori?
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"Seymour's slop" becomes "Seymour's poison slop" www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches
Parents have been asked to watch for symptoms of food poisoning after some lunches were eaten..
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"Seymour's slop" becomes "Seymour's poison slop" www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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#Trump allowed 17 members of the Sinaloa cartel into the US.
In May he commuted the 6x life sentences of the leader of the Gangster Disciples, most notorious drug trafficking & murderous street gang in the US.
Now Honduran drug trafficker Hernandez.
Is #Trump setting up his own drug corridor?
In May he commuted the 6x life sentences of the leader of the Gangster Disciples, most notorious drug trafficking & murderous street gang in the US.
Now Honduran drug trafficker Hernandez.
Is #Trump setting up his own drug corridor?
November 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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#NZpol
Sometimes an article comes along that slices through the noise, but without needing to bullhorn its way through.
With calm clarity, this may help you navigate the contradictory stances where many who "speak of" X actually *do* Y...
I'm sure it may help many others too, so share it around.
Sometimes an article comes along that slices through the noise, but without needing to bullhorn its way through.
With calm clarity, this may help you navigate the contradictory stances where many who "speak of" X actually *do* Y...
I'm sure it may help many others too, so share it around.
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
#NZpol
Sometimes an article comes along that slices through the noise, but without needing to bullhorn its way through.
With calm clarity, this may help you navigate the contradictory stances where many who "speak of" X actually *do* Y...
I'm sure it may help many others too, so share it around.
Sometimes an article comes along that slices through the noise, but without needing to bullhorn its way through.
With calm clarity, this may help you navigate the contradictory stances where many who "speak of" X actually *do* Y...
I'm sure it may help many others too, so share it around.
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In the modern history of the USA, no President has ever cancelled the GDP and jobs report.
Like ever.
The data delays are about the true state of the economy, at a time when Trump continues to highlight strong growth while concerns over affordability and unemployment persist.
Like ever.
The data delays are about the true state of the economy, at a time when Trump continues to highlight strong growth while concerns over affordability and unemployment persist.
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
In the modern history of the USA, no President has ever cancelled the GDP and jobs report.
Like ever.
The data delays are about the true state of the economy, at a time when Trump continues to highlight strong growth while concerns over affordability and unemployment persist.
Like ever.
The data delays are about the true state of the economy, at a time when Trump continues to highlight strong growth while concerns over affordability and unemployment persist.
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What an achievement!
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
What an achievement!
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The only "evidence" these Coalition fools respect is when voters finally get a gutsful and vote them out.
Something as simple as this and they are incapable of acting rationally.
Idiots,the lot of them.
(2/2)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Something as simple as this and they are incapable of acting rationally.
Idiots,the lot of them.
(2/2)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
UK bans wet wipes containing plastics, but NZ won't, government says
The UK is banning the sale and supply of wet wipes containing plastics, a huge cause of pollution and sewer blockages.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The only "evidence" these Coalition fools respect is when voters finally get a gutsful and vote them out.
Something as simple as this and they are incapable of acting rationally.
Idiots,the lot of them.
(2/2)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Something as simple as this and they are incapable of acting rationally.
Idiots,the lot of them.
(2/2)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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" #Climate scientists have already warned that extreme weather events ... will continue to worsen as temperatures increase," said Renard Siew, climate change advisor to the Centre for Governance and Political Studies in Malaysia.
"That is exactly what we have been seeing."
"That is exactly what we have been seeing."
Floods across Southeast Asia kill at least 250 as rescuers step up recovery operations
The death toll from floods across large swathes of Southeast Asia rose to at least 250 on Friday.
www.sbs.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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These horrible deaths are the expected consequence of abandoning the basic societal premise of disease avoidance, and it was never going to be containable to just covid.
And also if you suggest anything like the below logic about children getting endless covid infections, people FREAK OUT.
And also if you suggest anything like the below logic about children getting endless covid infections, people FREAK OUT.
It boggles my mind that parents in these situations are not charged with negligence and child endangerment at the minimum.
Your child dying from a preventable disease because you fell for an internet hoax should have consequences. That is a life lost.
Your child dying from a preventable disease because you fell for an internet hoax should have consequences. That is a life lost.
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
These horrible deaths are the expected consequence of abandoning the basic societal premise of disease avoidance, and it was never going to be containable to just covid.
And also if you suggest anything like the below logic about children getting endless covid infections, people FREAK OUT.
And also if you suggest anything like the below logic about children getting endless covid infections, people FREAK OUT.
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If we don't stand up and collectively exercise our democratic franchise to remove these scumbags from Government, we risk losing our democratic options to resist their anti-democratic authoritarian agenda.😱
Their wealthy donors only want us to be customers, not voters.😡
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
Their wealthy donors only want us to be customers, not voters.😡
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
On The Coup Against Local Government
It's democracy Jim, but not as we know it. In line with the plans that the government unveiled this week to reform local government, the recently elected regional councils will be scrapped, and their ...
www.scoop.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If we don't stand up and collectively exercise our democratic franchise to remove these scumbags from Government, we risk losing our democratic options to resist their anti-democratic authoritarian agenda.😱
Their wealthy donors only want us to be customers, not voters.😡
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
Their wealthy donors only want us to be customers, not voters.😡
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
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I was just in China and this doesn’t surprise me one bit.
The EVs on the road there are outstanding and the prices are shockingly affordable. China let Tesla build and sell cars there, learned the playbook, then knocked them off and outperformed them in every way.
BYD “Build Your Dreams”
🧵
The EVs on the road there are outstanding and the prices are shockingly affordable. China let Tesla build and sell cars there, learned the playbook, then knocked them off and outperformed them in every way.
BYD “Build Your Dreams”
🧵
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I was just in China and this doesn’t surprise me one bit.
The EVs on the road there are outstanding and the prices are shockingly affordable. China let Tesla build and sell cars there, learned the playbook, then knocked them off and outperformed them in every way.
BYD “Build Your Dreams”
🧵
The EVs on the road there are outstanding and the prices are shockingly affordable. China let Tesla build and sell cars there, learned the playbook, then knocked them off and outperformed them in every way.
BYD “Build Your Dreams”
🧵
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Yesterday Sir Peter Gluckman at a speech to the MacDiarmid Institute symposium used the merger of CRIs as an example of removing redundancies in NZ science. I guess these are the redundancies he meant.
Ongoing erosion of public research capabilities in Aotearoa. When orgs are forced to restructure like this without $ to pay for it, this is what happens. Very curious to know what the new management structure is and how much it costs in salaries...
#NZPOL
#NZPOL
Bioeconomy Science Institute to ask for voluntary redundancies
CEO Mark Piper said the proposed voluntary redundancy offer was part of a financial improvement process to support the new organisation.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Yesterday Sir Peter Gluckman at a speech to the MacDiarmid Institute symposium used the merger of CRIs as an example of removing redundancies in NZ science. I guess these are the redundancies he meant.
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As Craig Renney revealed to a shocked Dr Gary Payinda, Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m which has been signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers. Let that sink in. The money was there, but they deliberately underspent. On orders?
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
As Craig Renney revealed to a shocked Dr Gary Payinda, Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m which has been signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers. Let that sink in. The money was there, but they deliberately underspent. On orders?
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#NZ ocean surface temperatures around the North Island are 3•c warmer than usual, bringing hotter, muggier weather (late 20s & 30s) & more, & heavier rainfall. Australia & the Pacific are also effected #climatechange #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/warmer-oc...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/warmer-oc...
Hot waters ahead: North Island seas hit 'unusual' early-summer highs
The Hauraki Gulf has hit 20C, with warmth stretching towards Australia.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#NZ ocean surface temperatures around the North Island are 3•c warmer than usual, bringing hotter, muggier weather (late 20s & 30s) & more, & heavier rainfall. Australia & the Pacific are also effected #climatechange #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/warmer-oc...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/warmer-oc...
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The anti-vaccine movement is a death cult
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The anti-vaccine movement is a death cult
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Read this and gnash your teeth.
#nzpol
#nzpol
What the hell is going on with the new New Zealand school curriculum, and what does it have to do with the Atlas Network? (No, really!)
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Read this and gnash your teeth.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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This govt really loves cutting safety, dunnit?
Getting rid of the base isolation component on Christchurch Cathedral's reinstatement would be both dangerous and incredibly shortsighted. More 8+ earthquakes are overdue. We have to build for the reality of our future. That reality is strong earthquakes. #nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
The Press
www.thepress.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This govt really loves cutting safety, dunnit?
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“A Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations this past winter during a surge in influenza cases has been tapped to serve as the new number two leader at the Centers for Disease Control.”
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“A Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations this past winter during a surge in influenza cases has been tapped to serve as the new number two leader at the Centers for Disease Control.”
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19th Paragraph on NYTimes article on Trump seizing the means of production casually notes that Trump "personally purchased" between $1-5 million of debt in company we were seizing (1) how much did he "pay" (I am assuming $0?) (2) did he do it right *before* he announced we were seizing company?
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
19th Paragraph on NYTimes article on Trump seizing the means of production casually notes that Trump "personally purchased" between $1-5 million of debt in company we were seizing (1) how much did he "pay" (I am assuming $0?) (2) did he do it right *before* he announced we were seizing company?
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getting rid of regional councils, one of the few voices at the table when it comes to fast track applications and the bodies that are supposed to monitor any ongoing consents, is certainly a choice
savebreambaysand.org
savebreambaysand.org
Save Bream Bay Sand
Save Bream Bay from McCallum Bros sand-mining under the Fast Track Act. Resources and information from Bream Bay Guardians.
savebreambaysand.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
getting rid of regional councils, one of the few voices at the table when it comes to fast track applications and the bodies that are supposed to monitor any ongoing consents, is certainly a choice
savebreambaysand.org
savebreambaysand.org
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Some political parties will literally disestablish entire layers of local government rather than go to therapy (for their entrenched racism)
Regardless of kayfabe comms and Nat equivocation in media, ACT always says the thing to its red-faced griefer audience
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Some political parties will literally disestablish entire layers of local government rather than go to therapy (for their entrenched racism)