No surprise Nash has resigned from his private sector job. But will this make him more determined to pursue a return to politics where the new model is 'shameless wins' aka 'just style it out, everyone will move on'?? And if he does, isn't he just further embedding that lesson?

I've been observing (from a distance now) my 'sweet' elderly Minnesota friend that I could once talk to for hours soaking up this stuff and it's honestly heartbreaking.

Because your wankpanzers don't fit in normal city streets or parking spaces, and everyone knows you'd look like an idiot driving one in Paris or Tokyo

Do they … think the spots are what kill you??? 🤔

Because we have no f***ks left after decades of observing/ being subjected to idiocy from over-entitled, sexist men. Bite me.

Still shaking my head over this. We really are in the idiocracy aren't we? Any engagement is 'good engagement' I guess and be damned with respect for the position of PM. At this trajectory, what will our senior politicians be doing in 5 years on social media when desperate? 🤷‍♀️

The holes in National's water reform pipes ...
thekaka.substack.com/p/the-holes-...

Stuck in that flat: Home ownership hopes are receding further for millennial and Gen Z Wellingtonians after the rulings on a new district plan for the city.
thekaka.substack.com/p/watching-t...

A year on from Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland floods, the government and councils remain mired in a pass-the-parcel and 'make it up as we go along' approach to preparing for and responding to climate change-driven weather catastrophes. thekaka.substack.com/p/please-man...

Interesting from Cathrine Dyer and Bernard on who is most likely to be a climate change denier, and why they have an outsized impact for such a small (and shrinking) group?
thekaka.substack.com/p/when-a-few...

What a week ... public health experts certainly aren't applauding coalition agreements that promise the reversal of anti-smoking measures (but faster tax cuts for landlords). The week's summary from The Kākā is here ...
thekaka.substack.com/p/the-hoon-a...

Councils are putting capital spending plans and any sort of longer-term planning on hold in the absence of clear funding pathways for the water, transport, health & education infrastructure needed to cope with an extra 200,000 temporary working migrants per year.
thekaka.substack.com/p/as-cabinet...

A July 2023 report, quietly buried till now, shows the number of people who can’t afford power continues to grow, with some families in cold and mouldy homes going without power for weeks. thekaka.substack.com/p/aotearoas-...

Approaching Auckland airport :-)