New Zealand based Engineering Manager and recovering web developer, trying to learn as much as possible about languages, cricket, drums and cycle adventures. Was also a music teacher (drums, percussion & orchestral) for a few years. 日本人ですか？日本語を習って助けてください！
Might as well have argued "our ads refer to the care, responsibility and respect we represent for disadvantaged parties like Maoris, disabled people and renters" for all the credibility in the claim. Nobody honestly believes their shit.
henry cookeNational says it’s “triple your taxes” ads refer to three parties wanting to raise taxes. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
What country is this style?!
NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛Term 3, Week 3 of #Seymour’sSlop. It’s dire, people. #nzpol
ACT candidate Paul Henry unveils plan to let teachers use 'reasonable force' on students. It's been only a few days since I wrote a thread about NZ's education system https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/860702/act-candidate-paul-henry-unveils-plan-to-let-teachers-use-reasonable-force-on-students
Not terrible advice here on the face of it. Just getting in the door would be a good milestone.
Newsroom NZWeek in Review: Founder of TOP Gareth Morgan has some advice for his Opportunity Party successors - stay clear of government, hold your nerve on policy excellence
Natalist policies always work out great. Just ask Romania and China. Good thing it only costs $45k to raise a kid in NZ or this distraction from Winston's racism and dementia might get laughed off the media stage.
henry cookeWinston Peters wants to pay people up to $45k, tax free, to have three kids. It’s a policy with a very nativist bent that will naturally draw comparisons to the “great replacement theory” conspiracy. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
What I want when driving is to blend into the night like a DC comic vigilante and become a physical threat to all other road users and pedestrians.
Paul GrafHow to turn your car into a blast furnace in one easy application.
I am SO here for this! The EU and China are the powers the world listens to now. Show the US the door. They have nothing constructive to contribute.
🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁France calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.” U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! 👏🏼🇫🇷👏🏼
There's a lot behind this article that John Gerritson published yesterday. I'd like to share some observations I've made in my 4 years as a board member in a Dunedin high school. www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...
More than 10,000 teens left school in 2025 with no qualificationsA jump in the number of teens leaving school with no formal qualifications has continued.www.rnz.co.nzDo I have anyone following me that knows or appreciates H V Miller's artwork? findnzartists.org.nz/en/artist/10...
Miller, Harry Vyefindnzartists.org.nz