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🌊 That’s a LOT of wave! 🌊
Our marine forecast below shows combined waves of up to 10 metres ⬆️ for offshore parts of the south. This is even taller than the 6.8 metre L&P bottle in Paeroa! 🍋
👉Check the latest marine forecast at www.metservice.com/marine ⚓
Our marine forecast below shows combined waves of up to 10 metres ⬆️ for offshore parts of the south. This is even taller than the 6.8 metre L&P bottle in Paeroa! 🍋
👉Check the latest marine forecast at www.metservice.com/marine ⚓
September 20, 2026 at 1:06 AM
🌊 That’s a LOT of wave! 🌊
Our marine forecast below shows combined waves of up to 10 metres ⬆️ for offshore parts of the south. This is even taller than the 6.8 metre L&P bottle in Paeroa! 🍋
👉Check the latest marine forecast at www.metservice.com/marine ⚓
Our marine forecast below shows combined waves of up to 10 metres ⬆️ for offshore parts of the south. This is even taller than the 6.8 metre L&P bottle in Paeroa! 🍋
👉Check the latest marine forecast at www.metservice.com/marine ⚓
% of income spent on food
Latest OECD data
US: 6.7%
Ireland: 8.4%
UK: 8.6%
Switzerland: 8.9%
Canada: 9.6%
Australia: 9.8%
Austria: 10%
Germany: 11.5%
Norway: 11.6%
NZ: 12.7%
(thanks to @_breadcapital on X)
Latest OECD data
US: 6.7%
Ireland: 8.4%
UK: 8.6%
Switzerland: 8.9%
Canada: 9.6%
Australia: 9.8%
Austria: 10%
Germany: 11.5%
Norway: 11.6%
NZ: 12.7%
(thanks to @_breadcapital on X)
September 13, 2026 at 7:16 PM
% of income spent on food
Latest OECD data
US: 6.7%
Ireland: 8.4%
UK: 8.6%
Switzerland: 8.9%
Canada: 9.6%
Australia: 9.8%
Austria: 10%
Germany: 11.5%
Norway: 11.6%
NZ: 12.7%
(thanks to @_breadcapital on X)
Latest OECD data
US: 6.7%
Ireland: 8.4%
UK: 8.6%
Switzerland: 8.9%
Canada: 9.6%
Australia: 9.8%
Austria: 10%
Germany: 11.5%
Norway: 11.6%
NZ: 12.7%
(thanks to @_breadcapital on X)
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Dublin protesters greeted Trump’s visit with an inflatable Netanyahu appearing to have his way with him.
September 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Dublin protesters greeted Trump’s visit with an inflatable Netanyahu appearing to have his way with him.
Gee....where have we seen this recently...
The House voted to condemn “socialism” earlier this week.
Listen, I’ve been in and around politics for over 50 years. I grew up during McCarthyism and the “red Scare” of the 1950s. I’ve seen all of this fear-mongering before.
Here’s what’s really going on.
Listen, I’ve been in and around politics for over 50 years. I grew up during McCarthyism and the “red Scare” of the 1950s. I’ve seen all of this fear-mongering before.
Here’s what’s really going on.
September 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Gee....where have we seen this recently...
The media spring...sprung. But in Ōtepoti...we appreciate when the sun sets. And at the mo it's after six and the light's lengthening....
September 4, 2026 at 6:04 AM
The media spring...sprung. But in Ōtepoti...we appreciate when the sun sets. And at the mo it's after six and the light's lengthening....
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Hipkins says he's not bringing back the University Free Fees Scheme. Way to torpedo the chances of your Labour candidates in seats with high student numbers. If you want fees free vote greens. A vote for labour and national is a vote for higher student loans. #nzpol
August 27, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Hipkins says he's not bringing back the University Free Fees Scheme. Way to torpedo the chances of your Labour candidates in seats with high student numbers. If you want fees free vote greens. A vote for labour and national is a vote for higher student loans. #nzpol
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if infrastructure is what connects people, holds them together, serves, supports, and endures,
then Dolly Parton was infrastructure.
then Dolly Parton was infrastructure.
August 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM
if infrastructure is what connects people, holds them together, serves, supports, and endures,
then Dolly Parton was infrastructure.
then Dolly Parton was infrastructure.
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I was a Labour member for donkey's years. I never left them. They left me.
When I realised the party that once represented fairness, decency and a chance for working people was gone beyond recall, I joined @greenparty.org.uk.
I've never regretted it. I can hope again, for me, and for our planet!
When I realised the party that once represented fairness, decency and a chance for working people was gone beyond recall, I joined @greenparty.org.uk.
I've never regretted it. I can hope again, for me, and for our planet!
This summer of hope, I’ve spoken to some epic crowds!
And I keep hearing the same things:
People want a party that will fight for wealth taxes, rent controls and our environment.
Amazing to meet so many new members who signed up this weekend.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
And I keep hearing the same things:
People want a party that will fight for wealth taxes, rent controls and our environment.
Amazing to meet so many new members who signed up this weekend.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
August 23, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I was a Labour member for donkey's years. I never left them. They left me.
When I realised the party that once represented fairness, decency and a chance for working people was gone beyond recall, I joined @greenparty.org.uk.
I've never regretted it. I can hope again, for me, and for our planet!
When I realised the party that once represented fairness, decency and a chance for working people was gone beyond recall, I joined @greenparty.org.uk.
I've never regretted it. I can hope again, for me, and for our planet!
I just don't believe that Labour has listened to the folk and the overwhelming message was 'return the country to a profit'.
If anything...it was ' I'm fucking tired of starving'....
If anything...it was ' I'm fucking tired of starving'....
August 23, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I just don't believe that Labour has listened to the folk and the overwhelming message was 'return the country to a profit'.
If anything...it was ' I'm fucking tired of starving'....
If anything...it was ' I'm fucking tired of starving'....
Seems Labour's loot policy has gone down like regurgitated vomit...
It wasn't good for you the first time around....why now?
Lose yer affiliation....vote Green.
It wasn't good for you the first time around....why now?
Lose yer affiliation....vote Green.
August 23, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Seems Labour's loot policy has gone down like regurgitated vomit...
It wasn't good for you the first time around....why now?
Lose yer affiliation....vote Green.
It wasn't good for you the first time around....why now?
Lose yer affiliation....vote Green.
I think that if yer a Labour Party member the time has come to resign and join the Greens. Let them raise some loot the old fashioned way and be beholden to you and not the sort of vested interests that Labour is clearly beholden to....
August 23, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I think that if yer a Labour Party member the time has come to resign and join the Greens. Let them raise some loot the old fashioned way and be beholden to you and not the sort of vested interests that Labour is clearly beholden to....
Imagine if Luxon attends the opening of the new outpatients building in Ōtepoti.
August 18, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Imagine if Luxon attends the opening of the new outpatients building in Ōtepoti.
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Community service? People have been jailed in NZ for shoplifting & this business owner got community service for a relentless campaign of of threats, blackmail and sabotage which included visiting the wife of the rival, paying thugs to do damage. #nzpol
What unequal justice looks like in practice.
What unequal justice looks like in practice.
Laundromat owner Timothy Jeffs intentionally damaged a new store he deemed as competition www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/laundroma... Running a business in Hamilton seems rough.
A dirty business: Laundromat owner paid men to damage store he saw as competition
Timothy Jeffs warned the new owners: 'If you open the shop, I will damage it.'
www.nzherald.co.nz
August 16, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Community service? People have been jailed in NZ for shoplifting & this business owner got community service for a relentless campaign of of threats, blackmail and sabotage which included visiting the wife of the rival, paying thugs to do damage. #nzpol
What unequal justice looks like in practice.
What unequal justice looks like in practice.
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This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.
August 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.
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What would be cool...would those MP's of any ilk...who take advantage of all the stuff that we folk fund...that they are entitled to , state that.
For no other reason then transparency...
For no other reason then transparency...
August 13, 2026 at 4:04 AM
What would be cool...would those MP's of any ilk...who take advantage of all the stuff that we folk fund...that they are entitled to , state that.
For no other reason then transparency...
For no other reason then transparency...
Apologies...but when did 'afterpayday' become A Thing... and WTF is afterpayday.....
August 13, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Apologies...but when did 'afterpayday' become A Thing... and WTF is afterpayday.....
Perhaps politics and politicians is where trickle down actually happens....
August 11, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Perhaps politics and politicians is where trickle down actually happens....
On the upside...I do love how defibrillators are getting ubiquitous.
It's cool to live in an age where yer able to live an age....
It's cool to live in an age where yer able to live an age....
August 11, 2026 at 7:38 AM
On the upside...I do love how defibrillators are getting ubiquitous.
It's cool to live in an age where yer able to live an age....
It's cool to live in an age where yer able to live an age....
What sort of dinner etc do Nat MP's get whilst their integrity is being feted....
August 11, 2026 at 6:49 AM
What sort of dinner etc do Nat MP's get whilst their integrity is being feted....
Kinda feel that if Luxon is rolled...we won't notice much of a change....
August 11, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Kinda feel that if Luxon is rolled...we won't notice much of a change....
I wonder at times if because of the dearth of satire locally, the politicians get away with promoting stuff that they don’t actually believe…
August 6, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I wonder at times if because of the dearth of satire locally, the politicians get away with promoting stuff that they don’t actually believe…
The Post seems to be the newspaper that holds politicians in general, and the Government in particular, to account at the moment.
Gotta say that it’s been a while since….
Gotta say that it’s been a while since….
August 6, 2026 at 5:58 AM
The Post seems to be the newspaper that holds politicians in general, and the Government in particular, to account at the moment.
Gotta say that it’s been a while since….
Gotta say that it’s been a while since….