Dave Mac
@davem7.bsky.social
Migrating from Musk & Zuckerberg’s mouthpieces. For public transport, sustainability & social justice. From Dunedin, NZ.
NATIONAL TRIALS NEW MATHS SCHEME….
Here’s a Maths question for you, National:
If there are now 160,000 unemployed, and there were 118,000 unemployed when you took office, how much have you increased unemployment by?
Here’s a Maths question for you, National:
If there are now 160,000 unemployed, and there were 118,000 unemployed when you took office, how much have you increased unemployment by?
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
NATIONAL TRIALS NEW MATHS SCHEME….
Here’s a Maths question for you, National:
If there are now 160,000 unemployed, and there were 118,000 unemployed when you took office, how much have you increased unemployment by?
Here’s a Maths question for you, National:
If there are now 160,000 unemployed, and there were 118,000 unemployed when you took office, how much have you increased unemployment by?
“It’s common sense” - Duncan Garner & The Future Is Rail’s Lindsey Horne discuss the train to Tauranga, and why passenger rail is such a no-brainer!
It’s long(ish) to watch, but is absolutely worth it.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=AD52...
It’s long(ish) to watch, but is absolutely worth it.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=AD52...
The Greens are FINALLY Making Sense!
YouTube video by Duncan Garner Podcast
m.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“It’s common sense” - Duncan Garner & The Future Is Rail’s Lindsey Horne discuss the train to Tauranga, and why passenger rail is such a no-brainer!
It’s long(ish) to watch, but is absolutely worth it.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=AD52...
It’s long(ish) to watch, but is absolutely worth it.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=AD52...
Reposted by Dave Mac
Would the last Kiwi to leave the country please turn out the lights……
(No surprise that record numbers are buggering off across the Tasman - given the NAct crowd’s continual attacks on workers jobs, rights & incomes) www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
(No surprise that record numbers are buggering off across the Tasman - given the NAct crowd’s continual attacks on workers jobs, rights & incomes) www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Record number of New Zealanders leave country
72,700 Kiwis have moved overseas in a year, but the number of Australians visiting is surging.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Would the last Kiwi to leave the country please turn out the lights……
(No surprise that record numbers are buggering off across the Tasman - given the NAct crowd’s continual attacks on workers jobs, rights & incomes) www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
(No surprise that record numbers are buggering off across the Tasman - given the NAct crowd’s continual attacks on workers jobs, rights & incomes) www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Would the last Kiwi to leave the country please turn out the lights……
(No surprise that record numbers are buggering off across the Tasman - given the NAct crowd’s continual attacks on workers jobs, rights & incomes) www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
(No surprise that record numbers are buggering off across the Tasman - given the NAct crowd’s continual attacks on workers jobs, rights & incomes) www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Record number of New Zealanders leave country
72,700 Kiwis have moved overseas in a year, but the number of Australians visiting is surging.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Would the last Kiwi to leave the country please turn out the lights……
(No surprise that record numbers are buggering off across the Tasman - given the NAct crowd’s continual attacks on workers jobs, rights & incomes) www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
(No surprise that record numbers are buggering off across the Tasman - given the NAct crowd’s continual attacks on workers jobs, rights & incomes) www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Simian Brown, Minister for Auckland, has demanded an extra lane for cars on his favourite road in his Pakuranga electorate…..
What an idiot.
What an idiot.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Simian Brown, Minister for Auckland, has demanded an extra lane for cars on his favourite road in his Pakuranga electorate…..
What an idiot.
What an idiot.
National Govt achieves its aim….unemployment rises again to…..well, the highest since the last National Govt. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Unemployment rises again to near nine-year high of 5.3%
And the number of unemployed people is the highest since 1994 as businesses halt hiring.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
National Govt achieves its aim….unemployment rises again to…..well, the highest since the last National Govt. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
CLICK HERE: thefutureisrail.org/lg25 to find the views of your local and regional Council candidates on passenger rail.
Only 1 week to go (Sat 11th Oct) until your votes have to be in.
[NB Sth Is candidates not listed here didn’t respond to our survey last month.]
Only 1 week to go (Sat 11th Oct) until your votes have to be in.
[NB Sth Is candidates not listed here didn’t respond to our survey last month.]
October 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
CLICK HERE: thefutureisrail.org/lg25 to find the views of your local and regional Council candidates on passenger rail.
Only 1 week to go (Sat 11th Oct) until your votes have to be in.
[NB Sth Is candidates not listed here didn’t respond to our survey last month.]
Only 1 week to go (Sat 11th Oct) until your votes have to be in.
[NB Sth Is candidates not listed here didn’t respond to our survey last month.]
We couldn’t let the 200th anniversary of the world’s first passenger rail service (27 September 1825, Darlington to Stockton in northern England) go past without a nod to two centuries of hard work by millions, and two centuries of passengers ‘getting from here to there’.
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Nine of the world's most unforgettable train trips
Two hundred years after the first passenger train rolled down the tracks, these iconic rail journeys still inspire awe and wonder.
www.bbc.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We couldn’t let the 200th anniversary of the world’s first passenger rail service (27 September 1825, Darlington to Stockton in northern England) go past without a nod to two centuries of hard work by millions, and two centuries of passengers ‘getting from here to there’.
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
YOUR FUTURE STH IS PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE……
Save Our Trains is putting together a submission to a Parlt Select Cttee in support of the recent 12,830 signature petition calling for the restoration of the Southerner passenger train, Chch-Dunedin-Invercargill, daily each direction
Save Our Trains is putting together a submission to a Parlt Select Cttee in support of the recent 12,830 signature petition calling for the restoration of the Southerner passenger train, Chch-Dunedin-Invercargill, daily each direction
September 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
YOUR FUTURE STH IS PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE……
Save Our Trains is putting together a submission to a Parlt Select Cttee in support of the recent 12,830 signature petition calling for the restoration of the Southerner passenger train, Chch-Dunedin-Invercargill, daily each direction
Save Our Trains is putting together a submission to a Parlt Select Cttee in support of the recent 12,830 signature petition calling for the restoration of the Southerner passenger train, Chch-Dunedin-Invercargill, daily each direction
WHAT TURKEY WOULD VOTE FOR AN EARLY XMAS?
Lazy @rnz_news gets predictable answer when doing far right’s work for them…..
Try asking if people want to give up clean water, road maintenance & kids’ playgrounds in return….
Poll: 75% support a rates cap www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Lazy @rnz_news gets predictable answer when doing far right’s work for them…..
Try asking if people want to give up clean water, road maintenance & kids’ playgrounds in return….
Poll: 75% support a rates cap www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
RNZ-Reid Research poll: 75% of voters support a rates cap
An overwhelming majority back the government capping council hikes, the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll has found.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
WHAT TURKEY WOULD VOTE FOR AN EARLY XMAS?
Lazy @rnz_news gets predictable answer when doing far right’s work for them…..
Try asking if people want to give up clean water, road maintenance & kids’ playgrounds in return….
Poll: 75% support a rates cap www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Lazy @rnz_news gets predictable answer when doing far right’s work for them…..
Try asking if people want to give up clean water, road maintenance & kids’ playgrounds in return….
Poll: 75% support a rates cap www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
‘Food prices rising much faster than wages, putting more pressure on household budgets - creating squeeze that's worse than the global financial crisis…’
So much for the economic miracle that Willis & Luxon were going to deliver…..
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
So much for the economic miracle that Willis & Luxon were going to deliver…..
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Food prices keep crunch on household budgets
Food prices are rising much faster than wages, making it a "slow grind" for households waiting for relief from the cost of living crisis.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
‘Food prices rising much faster than wages, putting more pressure on household budgets - creating squeeze that's worse than the global financial crisis…’
So much for the economic miracle that Willis & Luxon were going to deliver…..
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
So much for the economic miracle that Willis & Luxon were going to deliver…..
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Strong Candidate Support for New Passenger Rail Across NZ.
A survey of candidates standing in upcoming Council elections reveals an overwhelming 83% support for inter-regional passenger rail - existing & proposed new services.
See your local candidates: thefutureisrail.org/lg25#lg25
A survey of candidates standing in upcoming Council elections reveals an overwhelming 83% support for inter-regional passenger rail - existing & proposed new services.
See your local candidates: thefutureisrail.org/lg25#lg25
September 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Strong Candidate Support for New Passenger Rail Across NZ.
A survey of candidates standing in upcoming Council elections reveals an overwhelming 83% support for inter-regional passenger rail - existing & proposed new services.
See your local candidates: thefutureisrail.org/lg25#lg25
A survey of candidates standing in upcoming Council elections reveals an overwhelming 83% support for inter-regional passenger rail - existing & proposed new services.
See your local candidates: thefutureisrail.org/lg25#lg25
WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT RAIL?
Check out the views of the candidates standing for YOUR councils here: thefutureisrail.org/lg25
(Hit the link, tap on your region, and select your council. Voting papers are on their way out now)
Check out the views of the candidates standing for YOUR councils here: thefutureisrail.org/lg25
(Hit the link, tap on your region, and select your council. Voting papers are on their way out now)
September 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT RAIL?
Check out the views of the candidates standing for YOUR councils here: thefutureisrail.org/lg25
(Hit the link, tap on your region, and select your council. Voting papers are on their way out now)
Check out the views of the candidates standing for YOUR councils here: thefutureisrail.org/lg25
(Hit the link, tap on your region, and select your council. Voting papers are on their way out now)
20 months of NAct Govt = 50,000 jobs lost!
10,000 lost in last 3 months alone.
The stats don’t lie - but where’s the political opposition? Why aren’t they the ones leading the charge on this??? Three months, 10,000 jobs gone www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
10,000 lost in last 3 months alone.
The stats don’t lie - but where’s the political opposition? Why aren’t they the ones leading the charge on this??? Three months, 10,000 jobs gone www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Three months, 10,000 jobs gone
Data shows it's not just the main centres where pain is being felt.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
20 months of NAct Govt = 50,000 jobs lost!
10,000 lost in last 3 months alone.
The stats don’t lie - but where’s the political opposition? Why aren’t they the ones leading the charge on this??? Three months, 10,000 jobs gone www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
10,000 lost in last 3 months alone.
The stats don’t lie - but where’s the political opposition? Why aren’t they the ones leading the charge on this??? Three months, 10,000 jobs gone www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Entitled wanker impersonating Deputy Prime Minister drives dangerously & illegally on Auckland Motorway (a bit like his politics, really).
[Video shows David Seymour speeding, undertaking, using phone on Auckland motorway]
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/video-sho...
[Video shows David Seymour speeding, undertaking, using phone on Auckland motorway]
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/video-sho...
Watch: Video shows David Seymour speeding, undertaking on Auckland motorway
The speedometer showed just under 110km/h as his car accelerated ahead.
www.nzherald.co.nz
September 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Entitled wanker impersonating Deputy Prime Minister drives dangerously & illegally on Auckland Motorway (a bit like his politics, really).
[Video shows David Seymour speeding, undertaking, using phone on Auckland motorway]
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/video-sho...
[Video shows David Seymour speeding, undertaking, using phone on Auckland motorway]
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/video-sho...
The New Southerner passenger train at the newly renovated Mataura Railway Station……
Thanks to the Minister for Rail and the grant to do up the old station, this could be a real picture in 2-3 years time!
Thanks to the Minister for Rail and the grant to do up the old station, this could be a real picture in 2-3 years time!
August 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The New Southerner passenger train at the newly renovated Mataura Railway Station……
Thanks to the Minister for Rail and the grant to do up the old station, this could be a real picture in 2-3 years time!
Thanks to the Minister for Rail and the grant to do up the old station, this could be a real picture in 2-3 years time!
WOULD YOU USE THE TRAIN?
Complete our short survey (click on the link), and tell us where you’d like to go, how often, and why you would take the train (its all anonymous): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Complete our short survey (click on the link), and tell us where you’d like to go, how often, and why you would take the train (its all anonymous): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
July 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
WOULD YOU USE THE TRAIN?
Complete our short survey (click on the link), and tell us where you’d like to go, how often, and why you would take the train (its all anonymous): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Complete our short survey (click on the link), and tell us where you’d like to go, how often, and why you would take the train (its all anonymous): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Minister of Rail strongly backs Te Huia - the Hamilton to Auckland passenger rail service, which fought back against the visionless naysayers and beancounters, with increasing patronage, expanding services, and top passenger satisfaction.
PASSENGER RAIL WORKS!
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
PASSENGER RAIL WORKS!
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
‘Kingmaker’ Winston Peters is in Te Huia’s corner
With the future of the commuter train far from certain, the Minister has thrown his weight behind it, setting up a potential clash of priorities at the 2026 general election.
www.waikatotimes.co.nz
July 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Minister of Rail strongly backs Te Huia - the Hamilton to Auckland passenger rail service, which fought back against the visionless naysayers and beancounters, with increasing patronage, expanding services, and top passenger satisfaction.
PASSENGER RAIL WORKS!
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
PASSENGER RAIL WORKS!
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
PASSENGER RAIL in the South Is:
They have it in the Nth Is - why not in the South?
New units, like the one below made by CAF, are being bought for the NI services below; see.current times & fares.
12,830 have signed a petition calling for the Govt to get a Southerner train going.
They have it in the Nth Is - why not in the South?
New units, like the one below made by CAF, are being bought for the NI services below; see.current times & fares.
12,830 have signed a petition calling for the Govt to get a Southerner train going.
July 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
PASSENGER RAIL in the South Is:
They have it in the Nth Is - why not in the South?
New units, like the one below made by CAF, are being bought for the NI services below; see.current times & fares.
12,830 have signed a petition calling for the Govt to get a Southerner train going.
They have it in the Nth Is - why not in the South?
New units, like the one below made by CAF, are being bought for the NI services below; see.current times & fares.
12,830 have signed a petition calling for the Govt to get a Southerner train going.
Support grows for return of The Southerner passenger train.
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Support grows for return of Southerner
Restoring the long-retired Southerner train service from Invercargill to Christchurch has moved a step closer to becoming a reality. Yesterday,...
www.odt.co.nz
July 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Support grows for return of The Southerner passenger train.
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
TREASURY FERRIES ‘ADVICE’ BLINKERED, AND ON AUTOPILOT…..
Peters has got exactly the right view of Treasury’s efforts to scupper the rail ferries!
“They were…on autopilot, believing the govt would agree to end 60 yrs of interisland rail connection.” www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Peters has got exactly the right view of Treasury’s efforts to scupper the rail ferries!
“They were…on autopilot, believing the govt would agree to end 60 yrs of interisland rail connection.” www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Treasury advised government not to buy rail enabled Cook Strait ferries weeks before it announced it would
Three weeks before the government announced the plan, officials were saying it wasn't worth it, documents reveal.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
TREASURY FERRIES ‘ADVICE’ BLINKERED, AND ON AUTOPILOT…..
Peters has got exactly the right view of Treasury’s efforts to scupper the rail ferries!
“They were…on autopilot, believing the govt would agree to end 60 yrs of interisland rail connection.” www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Peters has got exactly the right view of Treasury’s efforts to scupper the rail ferries!
“They were…on autopilot, believing the govt would agree to end 60 yrs of interisland rail connection.” www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Help get the SOUTHERNER TRAIN back! Sign the petition (click this link: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/rest…).
Running both directions from Christchurch-Dunedin-Invercargill, and towns in between.
Public passenger trains are an affordable, safer and more comfortable option for many people.
Running both directions from Christchurch-Dunedin-Invercargill, and towns in between.
Public passenger trains are an affordable, safer and more comfortable option for many people.
June 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Help get the SOUTHERNER TRAIN back! Sign the petition (click this link: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/rest…).
Running both directions from Christchurch-Dunedin-Invercargill, and towns in between.
Public passenger trains are an affordable, safer and more comfortable option for many people.
Running both directions from Christchurch-Dunedin-Invercargill, and towns in between.
Public passenger trains are an affordable, safer and more comfortable option for many people.
Musk’s folly explodes again!
Every time I see a pic of that ketamine-popping, mid-life crisis Nazi, I wish for one more of his phallic symbol rockets to blow up - my prayers are regularly being answered! www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
Every time I see a pic of that ketamine-popping, mid-life crisis Nazi, I wish for one more of his phallic symbol rockets to blow up - my prayers are regularly being answered! www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
SpaceX rocket explodes in huge fireball
The company said the Starship “experienced a major anomaly” while preparing for the tenth flight test at a launch site in Texas.
www.stuff.co.nz
June 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Musk’s folly explodes again!
Every time I see a pic of that ketamine-popping, mid-life crisis Nazi, I wish for one more of his phallic symbol rockets to blow up - my prayers are regularly being answered! www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
Every time I see a pic of that ketamine-popping, mid-life crisis Nazi, I wish for one more of his phallic symbol rockets to blow up - my prayers are regularly being answered! www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
Minister for Potholes is privatising the health service, slowly but surely.
Wee Simeon orders Health NZ to give private hospitals 10-year contracts for the easy to do surgical procedures; leaving complex, expensive ones to the remaining public hospitals.
Wee Simeon orders Health NZ to give private hospitals 10-year contracts for the easy to do surgical procedures; leaving complex, expensive ones to the remaining public hospitals.
June 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Minister for Potholes is privatising the health service, slowly but surely.
Wee Simeon orders Health NZ to give private hospitals 10-year contracts for the easy to do surgical procedures; leaving complex, expensive ones to the remaining public hospitals.
Wee Simeon orders Health NZ to give private hospitals 10-year contracts for the easy to do surgical procedures; leaving complex, expensive ones to the remaining public hospitals.
Sign the Petition to help get the Southerner train going again (Chch-Dunedin-Invercargill & towns along the way).
Sign online - click on the pic below & share it with friends, on your page, and as widely as possible (closes 30 June). our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
Sign online - click on the pic below & share it with friends, on your page, and as widely as possible (closes 30 June). our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
Restore The Southerner Train
A restored Southerner train route offers affordable transport for 750,000 SI residents, bridging gaps where air is too costly for students/low-income, coaches inaccessible for disabled/elderly, and ca...
our.actionstation.org.nz
June 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Sign the Petition to help get the Southerner train going again (Chch-Dunedin-Invercargill & towns along the way).
Sign online - click on the pic below & share it with friends, on your page, and as widely as possible (closes 30 June). our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
Sign online - click on the pic below & share it with friends, on your page, and as widely as possible (closes 30 June). our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...