Louis
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here's to feeling good all the time
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Important thing to remember in this rates cap beat-up by the government: the very same government is a freeloader, because it’s exempted itself from paying rates at all
#nzpol
#nzpol
📢 Wayne Brown has taken aim at the policy, suggesting the government could start paying rates on its own properties to help fund projects like the City Rail Link.
Auckland mayor hits out at government's rates cap, says it could impact City Rail Link
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Important thing to remember in this rates cap beat-up by the government: the very same government is a freeloader, because it’s exempted itself from paying rates at all
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Numbers are fun.
427 students at 8 charter schools is an average of 54 students per school.
$10.9 million divided by 8 charter schools is $1.362 million per school.
Or about $25.5k per student.
State schools are 9k per student.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
427 students at 8 charter schools is an average of 54 students per school.
$10.9 million divided by 8 charter schools is $1.362 million per school.
Or about $25.5k per student.
State schools are 9k per student.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Charter School Agency reveals enrolment numbers after telling schools to keep figures under wraps
The number of enrolments had been kept under wraps after the agency told the privately-run, state-funded schools not to reveal their numbers while still setting up.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Numbers are fun.
427 students at 8 charter schools is an average of 54 students per school.
$10.9 million divided by 8 charter schools is $1.362 million per school.
Or about $25.5k per student.
State schools are 9k per student.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
427 students at 8 charter schools is an average of 54 students per school.
$10.9 million divided by 8 charter schools is $1.362 million per school.
Or about $25.5k per student.
State schools are 9k per student.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Some would argue this assessment also mirrors the NZ government. | FBI ‘is rudderless ship’ with director Kash Patel ‘in over his head’, damning report by agents claims www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Some would argue this assessment also mirrors the NZ government. | FBI ‘is rudderless ship’ with director Kash Patel ‘in over his head’, damning report by agents claims www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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On this day in 1967, The Jimi Hendrix Experience released their second album, Axis: Bold as Love, featuring classics like "Spanish Castle Magic" and "Little Wing." Despite its brilliance, Jimi famously hated the album cover, which was designed without his approval.
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
On this day in 1967, The Jimi Hendrix Experience released their second album, Axis: Bold as Love, featuring classics like "Spanish Castle Magic" and "Little Wing." Despite its brilliance, Jimi famously hated the album cover, which was designed without his approval.
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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?
How can the UK, a country packed with Aussie and Kiwi expats and which is adjacent to France and Italy, have such terrible fucking coffee!?
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
How can the UK, a country packed with Aussie and Kiwi expats and which is adjacent to France and Italy, have such terrible fucking coffee!?
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the CoC has swung for the fences, disregarded criticism, and just plain got on with implementing their vision.
experts? fuck 'em!
public opinion? aint got time for it!
damn the torpedoes, start smashing foundations.
the left bloc needs to bring that same energy to fix it all
experts? fuck 'em!
public opinion? aint got time for it!
damn the torpedoes, start smashing foundations.
the left bloc needs to bring that same energy to fix it all
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
the CoC has swung for the fences, disregarded criticism, and just plain got on with implementing their vision.
experts? fuck 'em!
public opinion? aint got time for it!
damn the torpedoes, start smashing foundations.
the left bloc needs to bring that same energy to fix it all
experts? fuck 'em!
public opinion? aint got time for it!
damn the torpedoes, start smashing foundations.
the left bloc needs to bring that same energy to fix it all
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If the quoted statements of a Labour MP are accurate and they are in talks with NZ First to keep coalition options open, here’s a reminder of just a few of the horrendous things NZ First has said and stood for over the last couple of years (in addition to their repugnant transphobia)🧵
#nzpol
#nzpol
December 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
If the quoted statements of a Labour MP are accurate and they are in talks with NZ First to keep coalition options open, here’s a reminder of just a few of the horrendous things NZ First has said and stood for over the last couple of years (in addition to their repugnant transphobia)🧵
#nzpol
#nzpol
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What if we razed every Data Center to the ground and salted the earth where they stood
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
What if we razed every Data Center to the ground and salted the earth where they stood
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Public Service Commission's social media advertising under independent review
Public Service Commission's social media advertising under independent review
The Commission purchased the adverts with a small amount of public money and ran them during the public sector strikes.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Public Service Commission's social media advertising under independent review
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Oh the rates cap excludes water charges? I wonder what the vast majority of the recent increases in rates has consisted of, and will continue to consist of over the next decade as councils have to find 47.8 billion dollars to pay for water infrastructure.
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Oh the rates cap excludes water charges? I wonder what the vast majority of the recent increases in rates has consisted of, and will continue to consist of over the next decade as councils have to find 47.8 billion dollars to pay for water infrastructure.
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one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
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- cancel water reform
- transfer regional council functions to territorial authorities
- put urban decision making in the hands of the provincial electorate
- shrink rates revenue in real terms
Who cares about scrapping the ‘four wellbeings’ when you can use this handy four point plan instead?
- transfer regional council functions to territorial authorities
- put urban decision making in the hands of the provincial electorate
- shrink rates revenue in real terms
Who cares about scrapping the ‘four wellbeings’ when you can use this handy four point plan instead?
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
- cancel water reform
- transfer regional council functions to territorial authorities
- put urban decision making in the hands of the provincial electorate
- shrink rates revenue in real terms
Who cares about scrapping the ‘four wellbeings’ when you can use this handy four point plan instead?
- transfer regional council functions to territorial authorities
- put urban decision making in the hands of the provincial electorate
- shrink rates revenue in real terms
Who cares about scrapping the ‘four wellbeings’ when you can use this handy four point plan instead?
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Weird how righties love to act like they are the grown ups prepared to make the tough decisons and what not, when really they just do stuff like this: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Watch: Christopher Luxon faces questions amid speculation over rates cap policy
The government's long-awaited rates cap is likely to start with minimum increases of two percent and a maximum of four percent, and would take effect from the start of 2027.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Weird how righties love to act like they are the grown ups prepared to make the tough decisons and what not, when really they just do stuff like this: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
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#nzpol NZTA put out a very redacted report on the proposed changes to SH1. It shows that the likely cost of the package will be borne by Wellingtonians, regardless of whether they use the roads. Wellington does need new infrastructure, and it needs a fair deal. A🧵
nzta.govt.nz/assets/proje...
nzta.govt.nz/assets/proje...
nzta.govt.nz
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
#nzpol NZTA put out a very redacted report on the proposed changes to SH1. It shows that the likely cost of the package will be borne by Wellingtonians, regardless of whether they use the roads. Wellington does need new infrastructure, and it needs a fair deal. A🧵
nzta.govt.nz/assets/proje...
nzta.govt.nz/assets/proje...
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'The school has its own commercial kitchen and wanted to make its own meals, but the ministry had always argued that was a risk to food security, she said.' #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches
The possibility that students may have eaten contaminated lunches "fills me with horror", says a Christchurch school principal.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
'The school has its own commercial kitchen and wanted to make its own meals, but the ministry had always argued that was a risk to food security, she said.' #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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The plan has always been to use financial constraints to achieve what legislative constraints have failed to do (stop communities from investing in things that conservative MPs don’t value)
Pretty clear the plan here is to ensure councils can only fund sewage & rubbish with central government controlling everything else. It is a power grab.
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The plan has always been to use financial constraints to achieve what legislative constraints have failed to do (stop communities from investing in things that conservative MPs don’t value)
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@bodycartoon.bsky.social on the mark.
November 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@bodycartoon.bsky.social on the mark.
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Israel's insidious war crimes have not subsided just because Trump succeeded in convincing Western public opinion that the genocide in Gaza has paused. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Israel's insidious war crimes have not subsided just because Trump succeeded in convincing Western public opinion that the genocide in Gaza has paused. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
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The Cook Islands allowed over a hundred shadow fleet tankers trafficking sanctioned Russian and Iranian oil. A Big Read from me looking at the curious case of Maritime Cook Islands with an investigation employing big data analysis and fieldwork in Raro. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...
The dark fleet hiding in our own backyard: How the Cook Islands sold its flag to Moscow and Tehran
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: How shadow fleets made the Cook Islands flag inconvienent.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Cook Islands allowed over a hundred shadow fleet tankers trafficking sanctioned Russian and Iranian oil. A Big Read from me looking at the curious case of Maritime Cook Islands with an investigation employing big data analysis and fieldwork in Raro. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...
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I tell you what's irresponsible, leaving hundreds of thousands of kiwis wanting work or more work... There is loads of stuff that needs doing.
OPINION: Labour’s finance spokesperson set the tone for 2026 with a message of restraint and fiscal responsibility — while avoiding the details voters will eventually demand.
Edmonds renews Labour’s script: Discipline first, promises later
OPINION: Labour’s finance spokesperson set the tone for 2026 with a message of restraint and fiscal responsibility — while avoiding the details voters will eventually demand.
dlvr.it
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I tell you what's irresponsible, leaving hundreds of thousands of kiwis wanting work or more work... There is loads of stuff that needs doing.
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In today’s NZ Herald
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In today’s NZ Herald
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