Orator of Uncertainty
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Early advice from officials that recommended New Zealand recognise Palestine as a state was ultimately ignored by the Government.
Foreign affairs officials advised recognition of Palestine
Early advice from officials that recommended New Zealand recognise Palestine as a state was ultimately ignored by the Government.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Early advice from officials that recommended New Zealand recognise Palestine as a state was ultimately ignored by the Government.
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Paywall lifted: At every turn, the Govt has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Govt’s other priorities.
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Govt's climate strategy: Let it burn
Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution – even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes
newsroom.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Paywall lifted: At every turn, the Govt has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Govt’s other priorities.
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Shouldn’t be shocked, but still was. Proof - if more was required - that National are aggressively uninterested in trying to achieve our Paris targets or in bipartisanship. Hopefully people treat them with the credibility that they deserve on both counts (i.e. none).
It took more than a year of painstaking cross-partisan negotiation to land the Zero Carbon Act. Now, the Govt is gutting it unilaterally, Marc Daalder reports
Gutting of Zero Carbon Act crashes bipartisan climate consensus
newsroom.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Shouldn’t be shocked, but still was. Proof - if more was required - that National are aggressively uninterested in trying to achieve our Paris targets or in bipartisanship. Hopefully people treat them with the credibility that they deserve on both counts (i.e. none).
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It took more than a year of painstaking cross-partisan negotiation to land the Zero Carbon Act. Now, the Govt is gutting it unilaterally, Marc Daalder reports
Gutting of Zero Carbon Act crashes bipartisan climate consensus
newsroom.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It took more than a year of painstaking cross-partisan negotiation to land the Zero Carbon Act. Now, the Govt is gutting it unilaterally, Marc Daalder reports
The Aussie bowlers will be liking what they’re seeing from England. Shot selection is… interesting.
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The Aussie bowlers will be liking what they’re seeing from England. Shot selection is… interesting.
The cat has chosen to remind me that, while it may be Labour Day, I still very much do work for him.
October 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The cat has chosen to remind me that, while it may be Labour Day, I still very much do work for him.
I love a train. Particularly a train where I can procure a toastie and wine. All hail the mighty Capital Connection.
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I love a train. Particularly a train where I can procure a toastie and wine. All hail the mighty Capital Connection.
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Folks, wishing everyone a restful & restorative Labour weekend, wherein we give thanks to Sam Parnell & the Labour movement & unions for the 8 hr day:
October 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Folks, wishing everyone a restful & restorative Labour weekend, wherein we give thanks to Sam Parnell & the Labour movement & unions for the 8 hr day:
This headline is an interesting (derogatory) framing from Stuff. I do not think “throwing in the towel” means what they think it means or, in the alternative, what they are using it to mean.
October 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This headline is an interesting (derogatory) framing from Stuff. I do not think “throwing in the towel” means what they think it means or, in the alternative, what they are using it to mean.
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whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
June 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
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A celebratory haka seems like it should have a place in our parliamentary culture.
October 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A celebratory haka seems like it should have a place in our parliamentary culture.
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Brownlee really has a problem with haka, doesn't he? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Watch: Haka breaks out after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech, Parliament suspended
Speaker Gerry Brownlee declared the House suspended after a haka broke out in the public gallery following the Te Pāti Māori MP's speech.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Brownlee really has a problem with haka, doesn't he? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Whether against Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, Ghahraman, Ardern, other MPs, Wiles, Bloomfield, & others involved in pandemic response, transgender activists, drag queens, judges, lawyers or academics - effects of doxxing are inherently harmful, & often leads to kinetic violence or vandalism.
October 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Whether against Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, Ghahraman, Ardern, other MPs, Wiles, Bloomfield, & others involved in pandemic response, transgender activists, drag queens, judges, lawyers or academics - effects of doxxing are inherently harmful, & often leads to kinetic violence or vandalism.
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If you’re in Wellington / Poneke there is a protest against the genocide in Gaza and our government’s shameful
complicity at 1 pm in Cuba Street, by the bucket fountain.
#nzpol
complicity at 1 pm in Cuba Street, by the bucket fountain.
#nzpol
NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
The government has decided against recognising Palestinian statehood, retaining its "when, not if" position.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
If you’re in Wellington / Poneke there is a protest against the genocide in Gaza and our government’s shameful
complicity at 1 pm in Cuba Street, by the bucket fountain.
#nzpol
complicity at 1 pm in Cuba Street, by the bucket fountain.
#nzpol
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So, it really is as simple as "we've chosen to back Team Israel, they're in the dominant position militarily, and as long as they choose to keep Palestinian lands we'll tacitly reward them for doing so." This is what our current government claims as being "global leadership".
September 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
So, it really is as simple as "we've chosen to back Team Israel, they're in the dominant position militarily, and as long as they choose to keep Palestinian lands we'll tacitly reward them for doing so." This is what our current government claims as being "global leadership".
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All the other claimed reasons (recognition will be used as validation by bad actors; recognition just provokes worse behaviour; there's no present hope for peace between the two states) apply both ways - if these are reasons not to recognise Palestine, then we also shouldn't be recognising Israel.
September 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
All the other claimed reasons (recognition will be used as validation by bad actors; recognition just provokes worse behaviour; there's no present hope for peace between the two states) apply both ways - if these are reasons not to recognise Palestine, then we also shouldn't be recognising Israel.
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Worth expressly noting that the ONLY reason given in Peters' speech for why AoNZ should recognise Israel and not Palestine as a state is that Palestine "does not control its own territory". So, we reward Israel for its illegal actions + will keep doing so until it chooses to stop.
September 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Worth expressly noting that the ONLY reason given in Peters' speech for why AoNZ should recognise Israel and not Palestine as a state is that Palestine "does not control its own territory". So, we reward Israel for its illegal actions + will keep doing so until it chooses to stop.
Disgraceful. The traditional preconditions of statehood are being actively undermined by Israel and, rather than refuse to accept that status quo, we’re reinforcing it.
NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
The government has decided against recognising Palestinian statehood, retaining its "when, not if" position.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Disgraceful. The traditional preconditions of statehood are being actively undermined by Israel and, rather than refuse to accept that status quo, we’re reinforcing it.
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When Palestine isn't invaded and does control its own territory then we will recognise it ... along with the fairies at the bottom of the garden and the Unicorns in the forest glades.
September 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
When Palestine isn't invaded and does control its own territory then we will recognise it ... along with the fairies at the bottom of the garden and the Unicorns in the forest glades.
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We aren't going to recognise Palestine because Israel has invaded it and so Palestine doesn't control its own territory ...
September 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
We aren't going to recognise Palestine because Israel has invaded it and so Palestine doesn't control its own territory ...
Why is Luxon wearing a hi-vis vest when Stanford is not? Seems surplus to requirement and a really odd aesthetic contrast (translation: he looks like a try hard).
September 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Why is Luxon wearing a hi-vis vest when Stanford is not? Seems surplus to requirement and a really odd aesthetic contrast (translation: he looks like a try hard).
Let’s go Black Ferns!!!
September 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Let’s go Black Ferns!!!
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One thing that I think some not-youngs forget (and is different from 20 years ago) is that Kirk used his ‘debates’ to generate video that could go viral and, to use an old phrase, catapult the propaganda. His debates weren’t in any way, shape, or form educational.
When Charlie Kirk, who put together lists of professors he didn't like so people could target & harass them, used the phrase "free speech", he used it in the same way creationists use "teach the controversy." For Kirk, it was just another way to bludgeon the left and also to promote his propaganda.
September 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
One thing that I think some not-youngs forget (and is different from 20 years ago) is that Kirk used his ‘debates’ to generate video that could go viral and, to use an old phrase, catapult the propaganda. His debates weren’t in any way, shape, or form educational.