David Mathieson
@seafever.co.nz
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by |
Lawyer (Fintech) | Currently developing an obsession with wing foiling
Lawyer (Fintech) | Currently developing an obsession with wing foiling
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Chlöe Swarbrick gives an almighty summation of the current governing coalition’s record. Her speech, given as parliament closes for the election, also outlines why the @greens.org.nz need to lead the next government…
the video is well worth your time. #nzpol
the video is well worth your time. #nzpol
September 24, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Chlöe Swarbrick gives an almighty summation of the current governing coalition’s record. Her speech, given as parliament closes for the election, also outlines why the @greens.org.nz need to lead the next government…
the video is well worth your time. #nzpol
the video is well worth your time. #nzpol
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In case you're wondering where the Party is that's willing to reverse the landlord tax cuts 💚
www.greens.org.nz/tax_system_f...
www.greens.org.nz/tax_system_f...
For people and planet
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
www.greens.org.nz
September 21, 2026 at 7:04 AM
In case you're wondering where the Party is that's willing to reverse the landlord tax cuts 💚
www.greens.org.nz/tax_system_f...
www.greens.org.nz/tax_system_f...
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So MBIE officials recommended spending less, but targeting the money towards local music festivals. And Louise Upston chose to spend much more, but hand it all to multinational companies and overseas artists.
September 20, 2026 at 7:20 PM
So MBIE officials recommended spending less, but targeting the money towards local music festivals. And Louise Upston chose to spend much more, but hand it all to multinational companies and overseas artists.
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This has aged worse than sour milk.
"Luxon rejected suggestions that a Defence Force flight allowed greater flexibility."
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
"Luxon rejected suggestions that a Defence Force flight allowed greater flexibility."
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Christopher Luxon commits to flying commercial if elected
Opposition leader Christopher Luxon says he will not use Defence Force planes to travel internationally if elected as prime minister.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
This has aged worse than sour milk.
"Luxon rejected suggestions that a Defence Force flight allowed greater flexibility."
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
"Luxon rejected suggestions that a Defence Force flight allowed greater flexibility."
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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There are about 15,000 jobs advertised today and...
- 174,000 people officially unemployed
- Another 144,000 people who want more hours
- A further 80,000 potential jobseekers (underestimate)
This is a failure of laissez-faire economic management on an absolutely tragic scale.
- 174,000 people officially unemployed
- Another 144,000 people who want more hours
- A further 80,000 potential jobseekers (underestimate)
This is a failure of laissez-faire economic management on an absolutely tragic scale.
July 19, 2026 at 7:20 PM
There are about 15,000 jobs advertised today and...
- 174,000 people officially unemployed
- Another 144,000 people who want more hours
- A further 80,000 potential jobseekers (underestimate)
This is a failure of laissez-faire economic management on an absolutely tragic scale.
- 174,000 people officially unemployed
- Another 144,000 people who want more hours
- A further 80,000 potential jobseekers (underestimate)
This is a failure of laissez-faire economic management on an absolutely tragic scale.
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This article is nearly a week old but I wanted to express how much I dislike this argument.
Not only is this kind of tall-poppy skinflint traditional kiwi culture just really detrimental to having a nice country with good infrastructure, but we deserve nice things
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
Not only is this kind of tall-poppy skinflint traditional kiwi culture just really detrimental to having a nice country with good infrastructure, but we deserve nice things
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
'Future-proofing is a stupid word': Wayne Brown expresses mixed feelings about CRL opening
The Auckland Mayor compared the Karanga-a-Hape and Te Waihorotiu designs to ‘cathedrals'.
www.nzherald.co.nz
July 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM
This article is nearly a week old but I wanted to express how much I dislike this argument.
Not only is this kind of tall-poppy skinflint traditional kiwi culture just really detrimental to having a nice country with good infrastructure, but we deserve nice things
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
Not only is this kind of tall-poppy skinflint traditional kiwi culture just really detrimental to having a nice country with good infrastructure, but we deserve nice things
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
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The AUDACITY of a white dude with a heavy non-NZ accent telling me to "go back to your country" when I call him out for riding his motorcycle in the cycleway. He was previously mounting footpaths to circumvent red lights, while also running other red lights before turning into the cycleway
June 19, 2026 at 11:26 PM
The AUDACITY of a white dude with a heavy non-NZ accent telling me to "go back to your country" when I call him out for riding his motorcycle in the cycleway. He was previously mounting footpaths to circumvent red lights, while also running other red lights before turning into the cycleway
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Tuanz calls for bipartisan technology strategy: https://billbennett.co.nz/tuanz-bipartisan-nz-technology-strategy/
New Zealand needs a clear, long-term technology strategy ‘that endures beyond electoral cycles - Tuanz. Chorus happy with longer fibre regulatory period.
New Zealand needs a clear, long-term technology strategy ‘that endures beyond electoral cycles - Tuanz. Chorus happy with longer fibre regulatory period.
June 18, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Tuanz calls for bipartisan technology strategy: https://billbennett.co.nz/tuanz-bipartisan-nz-technology-strategy/
New Zealand needs a clear, long-term technology strategy ‘that endures beyond electoral cycles - Tuanz. Chorus happy with longer fibre regulatory period.
New Zealand needs a clear, long-term technology strategy ‘that endures beyond electoral cycles - Tuanz. Chorus happy with longer fibre regulatory period.
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We’re calling on all political parties for an immediate pause on signing a PPP contract for NZ’s costliest bit of road (so far),Warkworth to Te Hana.
There’s cross-party consensus on the need for proper scrutiny of major infrastructure. So let’s start now!
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/06/18/u...
There’s cross-party consensus on the need for proper scrutiny of major infrastructure. So let’s start now!
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/06/18/u...
Urgent call to rescope Warkworth to Te Hana - Greater Auckland
On Monday Greater Auckland wrote to all political parties calling for a pause on signing a Public-Private Partnership for the Warkworth to Te Hana expressway, and urging the government to work with op...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
June 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
We’re calling on all political parties for an immediate pause on signing a PPP contract for NZ’s costliest bit of road (so far),Warkworth to Te Hana.
There’s cross-party consensus on the need for proper scrutiny of major infrastructure. So let’s start now!
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/06/18/u...
There’s cross-party consensus on the need for proper scrutiny of major infrastructure. So let’s start now!
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/06/18/u...
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This is a fantastic article in The Spinoff about Professor Tim Welch's research on safer speeds. Tim's research is important to provide evidence that safer speeds do save lives and the blanket policy to increase speed limits will likely cost them.
Tim has analysed speed limit changes in Auckland:
Tim has analysed speed limit changes in Auckland:
Simeon Brown deemed speed limit cuts ‘anti-car ideology’ – a new analysis shows they saved lives
The National-led government has raised speed limits. New data reveals the potential human cost of that move.
thespinoff.co.nz
June 17, 2026 at 10:48 PM
This is a fantastic article in The Spinoff about Professor Tim Welch's research on safer speeds. Tim's research is important to provide evidence that safer speeds do save lives and the blanket policy to increase speed limits will likely cost them.
Tim has analysed speed limit changes in Auckland:
Tim has analysed speed limit changes in Auckland:
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At last a more accurate description of recent changes in the AKl city centre. A relief from the doom merchants who have found they get attention by mis-representing the real story. Media loves misery, usually. Ngā mihi Janika.
www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
From 'garbage' to 13 million visitors a year: How a decade of change reshaped foot traffic in central Auckland
Ten years after demolition of Downtown Shopping Centre to make way for Commercial Bay, pedestrian counts in the area are around double those further up Queen Street.
www.stuff.co.nz
May 28, 2026 at 7:51 AM
At last a more accurate description of recent changes in the AKl city centre. A relief from the doom merchants who have found they get attention by mis-representing the real story. Media loves misery, usually. Ngā mihi Janika.
www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
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We are calling for an Ombudsman inquiry & a Solicitor-General review into revelations that the Prime Minister’s Office has hidden significant lobbying by Fonterra & Z Energy that lead to the Government’s move to block Mike Smith’s climate case.
www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/24/a...
#nzpol #climate
www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/24/a...
#nzpol #climate
'A co-ordinated campaign of secret lobbying' – climate activist
Fonterra and Z Energy confirm in court they met with the Prime Minister's staff – something the PM says he has no record of.
www.1news.co.nz
May 24, 2026 at 8:43 PM
We are calling for an Ombudsman inquiry & a Solicitor-General review into revelations that the Prime Minister’s Office has hidden significant lobbying by Fonterra & Z Energy that lead to the Government’s move to block Mike Smith’s climate case.
www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/24/a...
#nzpol #climate
www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/24/a...
#nzpol #climate
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The latest from @connorsharp.bsky.social on the RoNS boondoggle is extraordinary. NZTA has successfully fought to avoid releasing the BCR for Warkworth to Te Hana – on the argument that PPP bidders might pull out if they knew how bad the project was. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/05/21/w...
When transparency might stop a bad project - Greater Auckland
Six months ago I lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman, appealing a refusal by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to release information related to the Warkwor...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
May 20, 2026 at 9:51 PM
The latest from @connorsharp.bsky.social on the RoNS boondoggle is extraordinary. NZTA has successfully fought to avoid releasing the BCR for Warkworth to Te Hana – on the argument that PPP bidders might pull out if they knew how bad the project was. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/05/21/w...
Jealous of this level of competence in government.
Hasn't even been a year and Zohran's governance is having a massive impact on my family. Our daycare was able to open a 15-seat 3K program because of the 2,000 extra seats the admin funded. Everyone we know got in somewhere they wanted. This is gonna save us almost 50 grand.
May 21, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Jealous of this level of competence in government.
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Hasn't even been a year and Zohran's governance is having a massive impact on my family. Our daycare was able to open a 15-seat 3K program because of the 2,000 extra seats the admin funded. Everyone we know got in somewhere they wanted. This is gonna save us almost 50 grand.
May 20, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Hasn't even been a year and Zohran's governance is having a massive impact on my family. Our daycare was able to open a 15-seat 3K program because of the 2,000 extra seats the admin funded. Everyone we know got in somewhere they wanted. This is gonna save us almost 50 grand.
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Paywall now lifted: Analysts from the world’s foremost economic forum have rebuked the Government’s plans to import liquefied gas and spark a renaissance in domestic fossil fuel production.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/11/o...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/11/o...
OECD tells NZ there's no future in gas
NZ could achieve electricity security, affordability and sustainability by breaking the power sector's reliance on gas, economic forum advises
newsroom.co.nz
May 11, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Paywall now lifted: Analysts from the world’s foremost economic forum have rebuked the Government’s plans to import liquefied gas and spark a renaissance in domestic fossil fuel production.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/11/o...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/11/o...
It feels like these guys have been given personal KPIs by the CEO to see how much long-term damage they can inflict before they get a boot up the arse. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
Government changes climate law to prevent lawsuits
The announcement means a landmark trial next year will no longer go ahead.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM
It feels like these guys have been given personal KPIs by the CEO to see how much long-term damage they can inflict before they get a boot up the arse. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
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In his latest, @connorsharp.bsky.social looks at another cost of the government's RoNS mania: deaths and serious injuries that could have been avoided with low-cost safety improvements that were sidelined by "a myopic focus on over-scoped highways". www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/05/12/t...
The Road Toll of the RoNS - Greater Auckland
How many people have been killed or seriously injured because of a myopic focus on over-scoped highways? This isn’t a rhetorical question. The Roads of National Significance (RoNS) – the name of which...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
May 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
In his latest, @connorsharp.bsky.social looks at another cost of the government's RoNS mania: deaths and serious injuries that could have been avoided with low-cost safety improvements that were sidelined by "a myopic focus on over-scoped highways". www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/05/12/t...
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New urban nerd blog just dropped - Ranking Auckland is starting with malls, and the transport score is based on access by PT not car 😍 rankingauckland.blogspot.com
Ranking Auckland
A local blog ranking all sorts around Auckland, indoor and outdoor! Read along to find out about the very best of our city!
rankingauckland.blogspot.com
May 3, 2026 at 8:21 PM
New urban nerd blog just dropped - Ranking Auckland is starting with malls, and the transport score is based on access by PT not car 😍 rankingauckland.blogspot.com
Love a bit of public art. Especially when it can make you smile.
May 2, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Love a bit of public art. Especially when it can make you smile.
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This isn't satire, this is just the correct answer to my Ecological Climatology final
Report: Every Place On Earth Has Wrong Amount Of Water https://theonion.com/report-every-place-on-earth-has-wrong-amount-of-water-1851544516/
April 25, 2026 at 10:52 PM
This isn't satire, this is just the correct answer to my Ecological Climatology final