This is an exceedingly common bicycle lock. It’s a type Columbia public safety has promoted to its students. How did this claim get all the way onto tv?

This country eh?

“We don’t have enough money to pay doctors and police”

Labour: “we convened a tax working group and ignored it”

NACTs: “We’ve introduced this bill to allow one MP to approve cigarette factories in National Parks”

totally normal nothing to worry about

The honeymoon is over for the coalition government as Luxon refuses to investigate a Cabinet leak on David Seymour's behalf because 'there's more important things to do.'

Seymour himself is guilty of breaching Cabinet confidentiality by sharing private conversations with Luxon.

If we want NZ to be like Estonia: it has free tertiary, free GP visits, free public transport etc. paid for by 39% tax wedge (NZ's is 20%), incl a 33% social security payroll tax

it also has 82% home ownership (a legacy of distribution of homes post-USSR)
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2024 Itzulia Basque Country Stage 6 Preview cyclingmole.com/2024/04/05/202…

Now with another quiet Friday afternoon cancellation of govt funding for longitudinal data--the Growing Up in New Zealand--we effectively have discontinued funding the collection of longitudinal data on tamariki Māori and Pacific children in Aotearoa NZ

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New Zealander of the Year nominations are now pointless. It’s this girl, who will also be the coolest kid at her school pretty much forever. #hesadickso

We launched comments on the site yesterday and in a world first, this column from Hera is 100% wholesome contributions

Crazy story of the week:

The tragic incident surrounding the Netflix adaptation of the 'Three Body Problem' series is not widely known among its fans. Lin Qi, a visionary and brilliant young billionaire, acquired the rights to the 'Three Body Problem' with the ambition of…

you know this is a masterclass from Hayden Donnell ‘cause its only been up an hour and plunkett is already pissbaby crywanking about it lol

This bullshit about men being logical and not emotional is so easy to debunk: just tell a man his logical idea is garbage (because it often is) and see how emotional he gets. It's hilarious.

Where is the Mark Mitchell on this issue. It reflects the pattern of ram raids, damage to property, the anxiety and the rainbow community feeling unsafe. NZ National Party needs to show some leadership here.

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