The roar you can hear is the sound of cheering from the numerous gang (aka organised crime) hangouts around the country. It’s especially loud up North. A win for the thugs in the legalise cannabis referendum.

It's hard work trying to get a job when ageism is a factor. STRAIGHT FROM THE DOUGOUT douggolightly.blogspot.com/?spref=tw

"The Palace" returns serve; reaction to last week's column and the NRL kicks-off for another season. Enjoy your weekend. douggolightly.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwAR0i…

A big week for Emirates Team New Zealand Crusaders & Bryn Hall - here's STRAIGHT FROM THE DOUGOUT douggolightly.blogspot.com/?spref=tw

Reasonable queue at the Unite against COVID-19 testing centre in Northcote. Anything to report?

Good on the Blues for winning the Plate competition in Super Rugby Pacific - great work.

Hey NZ schools - this is an awesome tool and a great opportunity to make learning accessible to all Check out @usekamiapp and use all the features for free with your Ss Using Technology Better #teachers kamiapp.com/blog/free-new-…

Have updated The A-Z of Creativity Book Creator from Kami resource with a link to a 2nd book with practical examples from classroom life 😊 (👁 on the last page) Happy to add examples from others too #BetterTogether read.bookcreator.com/LoOIlJj11eUNp9… #edtech #holidaylife #creativity

Joe Schmidt has the All Blacks firing. Go Joe!

Ireland want a bonus point .

Seems to me that there are some politicians wilfully spreading disinformation, and thereby wasting Police time.

Kia ora Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿: A very special pass splitting Te Waipounamu / South Island and Te Ika-a-Māui / North Island - @Wellington_NZ. Captured live at 3:18pm NZDT from the International Space Station Mar 1, 2023 MetService NZ

The Prince of Centres. What a player. Imagine him on today’s grounds with the synthetic ball. Our greatest midfield player. Absolute class on and off-the-field. RIP All Blacks legend Bruce Robertson.

Telling the truth about schools: if you ask me, the way Luxon uses statistics he could do with an hour a day learning some arithmetic. Column today nzherald premium and paper nzherald.co.nz/nz/election-20…

The National Party went around the country telling councils they’ll repeal water reform & instead prop councils up. Now we see they haven’t accounted for a cent of funding in their fiscal plan. This u-turn will result in one thing - massive rates hikes. labour.org.nz/release_nation…

Two interviews in two days have seen the NZ First leader make personal attacks on journalists after struggling badly to answer questions about his policies and costings newsroom.co.nz/rattled-peters…

Winston Peters would run rings around Christopher Luxon. Any vote for National, New Zealand First or ACT is a vote for a Government of chaos, cuts and instability. Even National are now saying a second election is a “very real and growing possibility”. National and ACT are

What’s that sound coming from Arlington National Cemetery? JFK turning in his grave. Seriously…

Watch this powerful speech by Jeff Daniels. x.com/Kennedy_Memory…