Just look at it. The detail. Incredible.

8 days to go/no reporting 🫠🙃 Newsroom, RNZ, nzherald, Stuff, 1News could we please see some reporting centering the fact people can’t afford RATs when they are choosing between food and paying power. As Public Health Communication Centre notes Covid is an ongoing risk to health.

I hope they work it out to a good business resolution! stuff.co.nz/business/35042…

On this day in 1759: the inventor of statistical graphs, William Playfair, was born in Benvie, near Dundee. He was responsible for creating line, area, bar and pie charts of data, for his work as an economist. I'm sure he'd have loved our Scotch Pie Chart 😉

Thread of the most beautiful cafes on Earth 🧵 1. New York Café, Budapest

Some businesses need a reality check. Close to 7000 less public servants in Welly, plus cost of living in general means people aren’t spending, regardless of where they work from. Add in cost of unreliable public transport … yup, not easy for many. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350422…

Such a great show, I used to rewatch it each winter and still noticed new things! 🤣

Most expensive coffee I’ve ever had, but it is beautiful!

Loved it!

It’s like a-ha’s video come to life!!! 😁

I’m doing better than I imagined at the start of this thread 🧵, I’ve been fortunate enough to have been here too!! Clearly love a bougie coffee spot!!

To be fair, most are doing this already. And just because they are at a desk doesn’t mean they will spend money, if their mortgage rate has increased, their partner is unemployed. Willis demands tightening of working-from-home public service arrangements rnz.co.nz/news/political…

It was sooo windy 🌬️ as I rounded the Point I thought my eyelids were going to blow inside out, so I turned back to walk in the shelter of Oriental Bay,…this is that sheltered spot!! Cyclists were struggling so please beware. ⁦⁦WeatherWatch.co.nz⁩ #Wellington

Not a bad resting place for it, poor fella Department of Conservation

Met a recruiter this morning so I joined the morning commute. To say I stood out from the black, grey & navy worn by most is an understatement. A lady did tell me she loved my outfit 🥰

There’s a fiscal irony in the fact the two most unpopular cut/pause/rescope decisions the government has made (iRex and Dunedin hospital) have both been projects costing $3b - the cost of reinstating interest deductibility for residential rental properties ($2.9b) *

Meanwhile nobody bats an eyelid at Northland Expressway at $10b+ (maybe $30b as a PPP), or Mill Road at maybe $3b, or East West Link at maybe $4b. Or Wellington loooong tunnel at $10b. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350429…

More Clayton’s consultation. Poor form.

If you think the Government's spending & jobs cuts are bad already, Treasury has just informed us 'we ain't seen nuthin' yet.' Brace yourself for the deepest cuts in public spending and services in real per-capita terms ever, it says, unless the Govt chooses to either abandon its

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori is deeply concerned by the recent government announcements regarding cuts to funding for Te Ahu o Te Reo, a programme dedicated to supporting the revitalisation and teaching of the Māori language. Read more: en.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz/maori_language…