Aucklanders looking at a 25%+ rise in water bills owing to EXACTLY THE PROBLEM THREE WATERS WAS DESIGNED TO FIX. Cynical populism turns out to be quite pricey in the end. nzherald.co.nz/nz/watercare-f…

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of April 8 - 14 nzherald.co.nz/nz/rod-emmerso…

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Hora Hora school principal Pat Newman calls David Seymour's attendance plan 'about as much use as tits on a bull.'

'He's the one that says 'we're going to cut lunches... We're going to cut back the transport subsidies.' How the hell is that going to get people into schools?'

Getting rid of the “Red Tape”
Never mind that red tape might be all that stands between you and leaky buildings, or some fresh hell you haven’t even considered. Like when something happens and you think, ‘I didn’t even know that could happen’
My #cartoon today #nzpol #redtape

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What ACT (imo deliberately) don't mention is that pretty much ALL spaces are 'safe' for white males (like me). The reason for 'safe' spaces for minority groups is that the same can't be said for groups that are regularly targeted by bigotry.

happening right now on Karangahape Road 🥰🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

No, we don't let hate win. You want to paint out our rainbows? We'll sprout 10,000 more.

My rage response is this: for all of Easter, 100% of your Rainbow Collection purchases will go to InsideOUT to support our rainbow rangatahi houseofboom.co.nz/collections/th…

Please do vote in Brian Tamaki's poll about the removal of all Rainbow Crossing's strawpoll.com/rainbowcrossing

It’s sad and bizarre some people are spending their energy suppressing simple symbols of the visibility and pride of our - my - rainbow community. You can’t paint over our existence. Love always wins.

I do adult-only shows. I also do family and kids’ shows. Most entertainers do.

Most humans who talk do this - including parents. 🤷🏻‍♀️

reporting on a deliberate attack on the integrity of a scientist & on facts by Russell Coutts is testing our independent media. But setting that aside the dolphin industry creates a value add of 19 million year on year to Canterbury economy & 416 jobs doc.govt.nz/globalassets/d…

Indeed Catherine Delahunty - why did the Ministry of Education grant them funds to set up a school when their view of women's role was so limited?

Now is the time to borrow more to boost infrastructure spending to do two things: one, pump cash into the economy and two: rebuild our collapsing/broken infrastructure. Electricity, water, roading, rail, shipping. I don't understand how austerity measures will boost the economy.

These tough times call for hundreds of public sector job losses, frozen pay negotiations, cuts to benefits, cuts to school lunches, cuts to disability funding, cuts to science funding, and $2.9 billion in landlord tax breaks