10s of $billions for four-lane highways in Auckland but a cowardly fuck you to Dunedin for wanting a functioning hospital rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

Luxon just made $200k tax-free profit from selling an apartment he bought in 2020. This was possible because he reduced the bright-line test, that meant you pay tax on capital gains, from 10 years down to 2. His response to critics: "Let's be clear, I'm wealthy. I'm sorted."

NZ’s climate policy has always been that all countries should do what they can to reduce emissions. Parliament must now decide whether repealing the oil & gas ban is consistent with that. Read PCE’s submission on the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill: bit.ly/oilgasban

Fast track should be about efficient processes, not the overriding of the environmental projections Kiwis value. This is a sad day for New Zealand.

Sign the petition: Our ferries - Our future together.org.nz/our_ferries_ou…

Another porky from McKee. The Royal Commission report never recommended shifting responsibility for licensing responsibilities away from Police. rnz.co.nz/news/political…

So the government's new downscaled Dunedin hospital will have fewer beds than the current above-capacity hospital These are not serious people rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

We criticise the NZ government’s signalled increase of defence spending towards 2% of GDP. “If the government was serious about regional security and New Zealand’s influence in the Pacific, they would invest in development and diplomacy." Dylan Asafo

This is what's happened in Somalia and Sudan

So cool that Sky Sport NZ ask us to pay $549 a year for this

📣📣📣 JUST IN: NRL ROUND 3 TEAM LISTS. nrl.com/news/2025/03/1…

More cricket for Ōtepoti 🏏

New analysis reveals that School Lunch Collective meals under the #KaOraKaAko programme fail to meet critical nutrition standards—and many don’t provide enough energy for growing kids. Urgent action is needed. phcc.org.nz/briefing/aotea…

Yeah thespinoff.co.nz/politics/31-03…

Today, we have published our Final Report “Here ora: Preventive measures in a reformed law”. The Report sets out our recommendations on how the Government should reform the current law on preventive detention and post-sentence orders. tinyurl.com/nzlc-r149

I wonder what it takes for liberal democracies like New Zealand to find their voice and publicly condemn Israel's blockade of humanitarian aid to the residents of Gaza - they are not all members of Hamas - and the subsequent unilateral breach of the ceasefire by Netanyahu's govt.

Social investment is not the solution to ending child poverty in Aotearoa cpag.org.nz/commentary/soc…

Video shows an Israeli drone killing a Palestinian carrying a sack of flour in Gaza City. Israel has killed around 600 people trying to get food from sites operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which has been condemned as “an abomination” and “a death trap” by the UN.

🤨 That’s …. a strange way for The Post to refer to Chung’s email

Final 2025 boundary review: initial assessment An area around Whangaruru moves from Northland into Whangarei. ~1200 votes. No significant impact on results for either seat. (Maps show estimated net 2023 party vote, govt vs opposition. New boundary in black, old in white.)