You could never get this group of people in the same photo again….

…even on a good day?

Final day of the year kicking off with some urgent work, and I’m very very late to catch my flight to do said intense work. But, as per my policy of never providing client advice on an empty stomach, I made myself even later by grabbing a terrible airport sandwich for the plane.

All the President’s Men at Academy Cinemas - 10/10 date night with Dileepa Fonseka ❤️

A scoop to round out the year, BusinessDesk_NZ understands NZ and India have struck a free trade agreement. Indian media is also reporting their cabinet has signed off on the deal. businessdesk.co.nz/article/politi…

This is huge

Additional reporting by Dileepa Fonseka on the India-New Zealand trade deal. No official word on the Union Cabinet’s sign-off, silence on the NZ side. Maybe jubilation is booked in for after the NZ Cabinet’s sign-off in the New Year. Read ↓. 🇳🇿 🇮🇳 businessdesk.co.nz/article/politi…

Great scoop and great news

Interesting piece from Dileepa Fonseka NZ strikes comprehensive Free Trade Agreement deal with India, now comes the hard part | BusinessDesk businessdesk.co.nz/article/politi…

Understand the Indian FTA is done and dusted thepost.co.nz/politics/36092…

ICYMI: On BusinessDesk_NZ yesterday Dileepa Fonseka had the scoop on the NZ-India FTA. It's a done deal. Watch this space.

Guys get your boomer parents news media subscriptions for Christmas so they have access to an array of information and not just Facebook hot takes. Speaking from experience, in the family chat, 2 days before Christmas.

Here’s something about the NZ India FTA few are paying attention to. A clause in the deal apparently allows trade concessions to be rolled back if the US$20b investment from NZ to India doesn’t eventuate. Read it on BusinessDesk_NZ: businessdesk.co.nz/article/politi…

Kirihimete/Kirikiriroa

This anecdote from when White House adviser Peter Navarro was a lecturer 😂 “Long drawn to language aimed at making mundane tasks sound muscular or militaristic, he instructed students to bring ‘laptop capability’.” newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

After rewatching Home Alone, I couldn’t stop wondering: how plausible is the oversleep that leaves Kevin behind? So I wrote a tiny paper and ran the numbers. Merry Christmas! 🎄

Three NZ cities participated in my hosting of this light Christmas breakfast for the family 🥐 🍒 🍓🎄 🥂

Interesting read on the Gen Z-dominated protests in the developing world. bloomberg.com/features/2025-…

You don’t have to be a bougie electric mixer girl to be a bougie electric kettle girl I guess. It makes a really satisfying ‘ping’ when it wants to tell you something 😍

Why the interview became more important in 2025: “interviews became one of the more honest forms of reporting. Not because interviewees suddenly grew candid, but because they showed how to think when old frameworks stop delivering answers.” the-ken.com/story_morning_…