Bonus points to the bogan teens in Maidstone Max playing on the swings while singing at full volume to their playlist of Nirvana, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, and the Plain White T’s.

Reflecting on the biggest protest I’ve ever been a part of also feeling the safest. Amazing kaupapa, and proud to have been a small part of the hīkoi. Massive effort from the organisers, and now we wait for the listening to begin.

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Despite the odds stacked against him, Luxon has outperformed and somehow come out of today looking worse than David Seymour. Nailing his KPIs.

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Favourite signs so far.

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Vibes; immaculate.

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The normally empty, first train of the morning on the Kāpiti line is standing room only. This is going to be massive.

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I’ve been told by my partner to be one of the crowd rather thank showing up with a sign to the hīkoi on Tuesday hasn’t stopped me generating them in my head.

As such, my favourite ‘Our rights, not your whites’ is free to a good home.

Surely the only way Luxon is spending $60 a week is on the depressed Don Brash diet.

Got told off today for referring to a political candidate’s car as a ‘key sharpener’, which for legal reasons is a joke.