Caryl Forrest
@brightwingsnz.bsky.social
Rural dwelling editor, local history researcher and muso.
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Don't get excited - let's say 2025 is the new 2010. See how aneamic job growth was until the Chch rebuild kicked-in (thanks global reinsurers 🙏)?
September 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Don't get excited - let's say 2025 is the new 2010. See how aneamic job growth was until the Chch rebuild kicked-in (thanks global reinsurers 🙏)?
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Carl Bates is a NZ mega landlord. One of his rentals is in Epsom Auckland, a stunner that he added to his family's trust in 2024. Bates' portfolio is estimated conservatively at $9-10 million.
Michael Woods was asked to resign for 0.14% of that. MP rentals aren't an issue - but the deceit is #nzpol
Michael Woods was asked to resign for 0.14% of that. MP rentals aren't an issue - but the deceit is #nzpol
Carl Bates, Whanganui MP, is a mega landlord
There were approximate 1294 mega landlords as of 2023, owning 26,000 properties - the equivalent of Rotorua. Plus: Recent events strengthen the Coalition.
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September 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Carl Bates is a NZ mega landlord. One of his rentals is in Epsom Auckland, a stunner that he added to his family's trust in 2024. Bates' portfolio is estimated conservatively at $9-10 million.
Michael Woods was asked to resign for 0.14% of that. MP rentals aren't an issue - but the deceit is #nzpol
Michael Woods was asked to resign for 0.14% of that. MP rentals aren't an issue - but the deceit is #nzpol
Early Sunday morning at Castlepoint
September 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Early Sunday morning at Castlepoint
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Innovation makes useful things smaller and smaller. Overconsumption makes things bigger and bigger (and more dangerous with bigger costs & consequences). Bigger vehicles and larger homes for fewer people is not progress. HT @fietsprofessor for graphic
September 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Innovation makes useful things smaller and smaller. Overconsumption makes things bigger and bigger (and more dangerous with bigger costs & consequences). Bigger vehicles and larger homes for fewer people is not progress. HT @fietsprofessor for graphic
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Our family has downsized both our vehicles in the last few years (will soon be down to one mid size vehicle). Our house in the last month is 1/3 of its previous size and we are way better off for it.
Innovation makes useful things smaller and smaller. Overconsumption makes things bigger and bigger (and more dangerous with bigger costs & consequences). Bigger vehicles and larger homes for fewer people is not progress. HT @fietsprofessor for graphic
September 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Our family has downsized both our vehicles in the last few years (will soon be down to one mid size vehicle). Our house in the last month is 1/3 of its previous size and we are way better off for it.
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Might do a little dance 💃
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment #Election2026 #Aotearoa #NZ
www.roymorgan.com/findings/100...
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment #Election2026 #Aotearoa #NZ
www.roymorgan.com/findings/100...
September 2, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Might do a little dance 💃
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment #Election2026 #Aotearoa #NZ
www.roymorgan.com/findings/100...
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment #Election2026 #Aotearoa #NZ
www.roymorgan.com/findings/100...
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I've upload the latest Roy Morgan poll to The Progress Report so you can see who would get elected on these (remarkable) numbers. Labour having a 5 point lead over National is incredible. #nzpol theprogressreport.co.nz/poll-graph/
Historical Polling Data - The Progress Report
This tool offers access to polling data for New Zealand's political parties since the 1960s.
theprogressreport.co.nz
September 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I've upload the latest Roy Morgan poll to The Progress Report so you can see who would get elected on these (remarkable) numbers. Labour having a 5 point lead over National is incredible. #nzpol theprogressreport.co.nz/poll-graph/
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So, ah, quick request
September 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
So, ah, quick request
The toxic leftovers of WW2 and nuclear testing in the Pacific aren't going away anytime soon.
theconversation.com/80-years-sin...
theconversation.com/80-years-sin...
80 years since the end of World War II, a dangerous legacy lingers in the Pacific
Toxic remnants of war can damage ecosystems and communities long after the fighting stops.
theconversation.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The toxic leftovers of WW2 and nuclear testing in the Pacific aren't going away anytime soon.
theconversation.com/80-years-sin...
theconversation.com/80-years-sin...
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US President Donald Trump not budging on trade tariff - PM Christopher Luxon
US President Donald Trump not budging on trade tariff - PM Christopher Luxon
The Prime Minister says there's no suggestion the US President will budge on a 15 percent trade tariff for New Zealand exports.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
US President Donald Trump not budging on trade tariff - PM Christopher Luxon
A beautiful day for the Castlepoint Races on the beach.
March 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A beautiful day for the Castlepoint Races on the beach.
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The LW is $27.80 an hour. Dropping to minimum wage would mean losing $186 a week for a full-time worker - or $9,672 a year. How will that benefit anyone? It just means more child poverty, higher welfare payments, and more income insecurity. Is this really how we "go for growth"?
March 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The LW is $27.80 an hour. Dropping to minimum wage would mean losing $186 a week for a full-time worker - or $9,672 a year. How will that benefit anyone? It just means more child poverty, higher welfare payments, and more income insecurity. Is this really how we "go for growth"?
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Government is consulting on new rules for public procurement - what they buy with the public's money.
The Government is proposing to scrap 24 of the current 71 rules. More openness is not promised.
#OpenContracting
Listed in next post are some of the details.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/goin...
The Government is proposing to scrap 24 of the current 71 rules. More openness is not promised.
#OpenContracting
Listed in next post are some of the details.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/goin...
www.beehive.govt.nz
March 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline.
March 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline.
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And some of us vote accordingly… #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #Aotearoa #ToitūTeTiriti #nz #PeopleOverProfit
March 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
And some of us vote accordingly… #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #Aotearoa #ToitūTeTiriti #nz #PeopleOverProfit
When half the country is struggling financially and it's clear the Coalition has no strategy except to cut everything - except to landlords - this is the result.
Chris Hipkins overtakes Christopher Luxon as preferred prime minister in Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll
Chris Hipkins overtakes Christopher Luxon as preferred prime minister in Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll
And the centre-left bloc would be able to form a government based on results in the Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
When half the country is struggling financially and it's clear the Coalition has no strategy except to cut everything - except to landlords - this is the result.
A course of antibiotics costs $2. With a $5 prescription fee. People who need antibiotics to prevent rheumatic fever are missing out, with expensive and lifelong consequences
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10 cents for an antibiotic pill: 'unaffordable'. Thousands of $ for a preventable hospitalisation or death? Not a problem.
On the sheer financial stupidity of the current approach to medication costs.
open.substack.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A course of antibiotics costs $2. With a $5 prescription fee. People who need antibiotics to prevent rheumatic fever are missing out, with expensive and lifelong consequences
open.substack.com/pub/drgarypa...
open.substack.com/pub/drgarypa...
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#BHN The break fee for cancelling the iRex ferries is $300m...and remember the cost of the ferries by themselves was only $551m
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social
youtu.be/oZtiyc47gps
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social
youtu.be/oZtiyc47gps
#BHN The break fee for cancelling the iRex ferries is $300m
YouTube video by DOC Studios
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March 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
#BHN The break fee for cancelling the iRex ferries is $300m...and remember the cost of the ferries by themselves was only $551m
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social
youtu.be/oZtiyc47gps
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social
youtu.be/oZtiyc47gps
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A major overhaul of the major overhaul of the health sector is long overdue says the overhauler.
Just a moment, ladies and gentlemen. I'm receiving word that... yes... yes, the overhaul is now being overhauled making it an overunderoverhaul and I think we'll leave it at that for now.
Just a moment, ladies and gentlemen. I'm receiving word that... yes... yes, the overhaul is now being overhauled making it an overunderoverhaul and I think we'll leave it at that for now.
March 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A major overhaul of the major overhaul of the health sector is long overdue says the overhauler.
Just a moment, ladies and gentlemen. I'm receiving word that... yes... yes, the overhaul is now being overhauled making it an overunderoverhaul and I think we'll leave it at that for now.
Just a moment, ladies and gentlemen. I'm receiving word that... yes... yes, the overhaul is now being overhauled making it an overunderoverhaul and I think we'll leave it at that for now.
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Goff should have been warned to 'pull your head in' - Helen Clark
Goff should have been warned to 'pull your head in' - Helen Clark
The comments the High Commissioner made in London were not a sackable offence, the former prime minister says.
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March 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Goff should have been warned to 'pull your head in' - Helen Clark
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I wondef if Elon and Trump's deity is trying to send them a message?
If so, it will have to speak up. Those guys are seriously tone deaf.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
If so, it will have to speak up. Those guys are seriously tone deaf.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
SpaceX's Starship explodes in space, again raining debris over Caribbean
SpaceX's Starship spacecraft tumbled and exploded in space minutes after lifting off from Texas, in the second consecutive failure this year for Elon Musk's Mars rocket program.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I wondef if Elon and Trump's deity is trying to send them a message?
If so, it will have to speak up. Those guys are seriously tone deaf.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
If so, it will have to speak up. Those guys are seriously tone deaf.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
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If Winnie hadn’t fired Phil Goff, his quote and question at Chatham House would have gone pretty much unnoticed. Now it’s the second top story on Al Jazeera🤦🏼♂️ #nzpol
March 6, 2025 at 6:19 AM
If Winnie hadn’t fired Phil Goff, his quote and question at Chatham House would have gone pretty much unnoticed. Now it’s the second top story on Al Jazeera🤦🏼♂️ #nzpol
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It's a strange time we live in; a liar is elected president of the United States. An honest man saying the truth is sacked.
We live in bizarre times.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
We live in bizarre times.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Winston Peters sacks Phil Goff as UK High Commissioner over comments about Donald Trump
The foreign affairs minister says as UK High Commissioner, Phil Goff was acting as 'the face of New Zealand' and had to be sacked after comments about Donald Trump.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
It's a strange time we live in; a liar is elected president of the United States. An honest man saying the truth is sacked.
We live in bizarre times.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
We live in bizarre times.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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A nice bit of stitching from a friend. Ban poverty not patches. 🪡🧵🇳🇿
March 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A nice bit of stitching from a friend. Ban poverty not patches. 🪡🧵🇳🇿