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Te Tiriti represents Māori consent for immigration where belonging is not predicated on assimilation, but respect for tino rangatiratanga. Te Tiriti offers a relationship that is not based on domination, exploitation, or racial injustice. It is an alternative model to the colonial system.
Pic of Paul Henry's 'launch' as an ACT party candidate, with captions... Looks like this is the month of the retreads. Look at this guy: Two self-satisfied prats. Pic: Sylvie Whinray, NZ Herald We’ve see this racist rissole before. How tiresome.
Tim Murphy appearing to accept/offer these meagre things as true.
From Wikipedia — New Zealand First's Winston Peters was sacked as Deputy Prime Minister. Shipley appointed Creech to fill the vacancy.[6] However, barely a year later, the Shipley government was heavily defeated by Labour. Prior to this election, Creech had stood aside from contesting the Wairarapa Electorate as the National Party candidate and became a List MP. Under National Party rules, his position as Deputy Leader automatically put him in the second position on National's party list, assuring his reelection despite National's heavy losses.
extract from stuff article 'Henry apology for G-G race comments' quoting TVNZ: A TVNZ spokeswoman played down the comments. "The audience tell us over and over again that one of the things they love about Paul Henry is that he's prepared to say the things we quietly think but are scared to say out loud," she said.
Extract from Heather du Plessis-Allan: My politician of the year Mon, 16 Dec 2024 where she gushes about Simeon Brown as her runner up for politician of the year and alleges his nickname among his National Party caucus members is 'Golden Balls'.
Headline over picture of deeply unpopular National Party leader Christopher Luxon reading "Is Christopher Luxon the problem as National slumps to new low in poll?"
A graphic showing the voting intention share of the latest RNZ political poll.
Photo of Luxon with a foot up on someone else's desk at Newstalk ZB.
Clip from stuff story explaining that it censored its own story quoting Wellingtonians ... "This story has been updated and the accompanying video removed. The question put to the public did not contain the full context of the PM’s quotes and stated the PM said he does not need ‘a’ job. The full quote is below. The headline has also been updated and as the Wellington people who were asked were not given the full context, we have removed those quotes."
Transcript of Luxon clip: So I have to say to you two and a bit years into the job, despite all the 195 countries out there in the world, there is no other country I would sooner be leading than this great country. This is the best country on planet Earth, period. And I know it's been a tough and a difficult time, but I came to politics five years ago because I think I believe in the potential of this place. You know, I've lived overseas for 16 years, I came home, I don't need to do this job, I choose to do this job because actually I want the potential in this great country of ours to be realised for the benefit of our kids and our grandkids. I don't think there should be any excuses or reasons why we can't do well for ourselves. We are sitting bang smack in the middle of this region of the world called the Indo-Pacific region, from India all the way to us here in New Zealand. And in that area is actually where two thirds of all the global growth will take place. It's where by the end of this cent— by the end of this decade actually, two thirds of all the people living in the middle class will be living in our region.
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Extract from WIRED article. For Chowdhury, the central issue is whether a project carried out secretly against competitors, using accounts that appeared to belong to minors, could still be understood as ordinary safety work. The blending of safety evaluation and competitor benchmarking, she said, is “exactly the kind of governance gray zone where safety becomes a convenient cover for anticompetitive practices.”
Extract from RNZ interview where Stilwell claims Trump is 100% a force for good in the world.
Screenshot of results of 'Political Compass' survey at https://britmonkey.com/2020s-political-compass/
pic of NZ PM Chris Luxon ay NZ National Party conference yesterday by RNZ's Lillian Hanly
Clip of news story from Bloomberg reporting Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart's mining firm Hancock Prospecting invested $1B in SpaceX, its largesse investment not it iron ore, citing confidence in Elon Musk.
Pic showing back hatch of Tesla Model S
Pic of my BMW 525i E39 shape.
‘Careless People’ on my Kindle.
Screenshot of my 'Open at Login' permissions.
It means macOS decided the installed ChatGPT app is no longer trusted and automatically quarantined it, so it was moved to the Bin/Trash and blocked from opening. In this case, it most likely reflects an app-signing or certificate problem with an older ChatGPT build, not that your Mac was actually infected. What the warning means macOS uses security checks to verify apps from known, trusted developers. When those checks fail, the system can show a message like “contains malware” and remove the app to protect the computer. That alert is alarming, but it does not necessarily mean the app planted malware on your Mac; it often means macOS can no longer verify the app’s signature.
Screemshot of MacOS alert box reading Malware Blocked and Moved to Bin "ChatGPT.app" was not opened because it contains malware. This action did not harm your Mac.
Screenshot of 2023 article "Nicola Willis’ fitness campaign ‘It’s okay to put yourself first’ With an election in October, the politician’s put some weights behind her words!"
Willis's "12kg" weight loss described as part of "her fitness campaign", not just focusing on weight loss. Noble, in other words. Inspiring. Nothing to worry about, then.
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Extract from Nicky Hager’s book Dirty Politics.
Rod Emmerson cartoonm showing NZ First as a shark with thought bubble "IMPECCABLE TIMING - I DETECT GLORIOUS NATIONAL PARTY BLOOD..."
Headline: Defiant Christopher Luxon says no discussions needed on his leadership
Headline: PM Luxon walks back claim five National MPs 'frustrated' at his leadership
Screenshot of embattled prime minister Christopher Luxon delivering scripted notes after a National Party caucus meeting today where he says he forced a confidence vote and emerged with the support of a majority of his caucus colleagues, then took no questions. Deputy leader Nicola Willis stood in support, or something. She made no comment.
Sunset Kapiti Island.
Clip of NZ Herald front page story from 9 April, with self-aggrandising statement “It follows the Herald’s discovery….” highlighted.
Excerpt from cited Stuff article: Plunket also took aim at the Government, claiming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith had failed to intervene. He alleged the Prime Minister personally told him last year, “don’t worry, we’ve got your back on this, mate,” but had since “done nothing”.
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Screenshot of Christopher Luxon at media standup with caption "My wife owns a Tesla"
Screenshot: TVNZ Breakfast host Tova O'Brien interviews NZ prime minister Christopher Luxon on 30 March 2026
Screenshot of livestream of 'national fuel plan update'.
Rant by Hooton accusing Electoral Commission of trying to find "missing million" left wing voters to assist Jacinda Ardern to beat (far more worthy in Hooton's eyes) Bill English. Oh dear. Literally spittle-flecked.
Rant by Hooton accusing Electoral Commission of trying to find "missing million" left wing voters to assist Jacinda Ardern to beat (far more worthy in Hooton's eyes) Bill English. Oh dear. Literally spittle-flecked.
Rant by Hooton accusing Electoral Commission of trying to find "missing million" left wing voters to assist Jacinda Ardern to beat (far more worthy in Hooton's eyes) Bill English. Oh dear. Literally spittle-flecked.
Extract from promo email from NZPIF: Hi Peter, You do not need to be an NZPIF member to get involved, or to save money on fuel. NZPIF has partnered with Kora, a New Zealand-owned fuel card company, to offer supporters access to real fuel discounts at over 390 stations nationwide, including Waitomo and Mobil*. In return, a portion of your discount goes back to fund NZPIF's 2026 election advocacy work automatically, every time you fill up. With fuel past $3 a litre, the savings are significant. Here is what you get: Contribute $45 to the 2026 advocacy fund and unlock your Kora fuel card.
Screenshot of the satellite visualisation website on arrival -- identifying the user as a Starlink customer. Ew.
Pic of Monsters Inc movie 'astronaut walk' -- right before they trip and all tumble
extract from stuff article "Spending during the pandemic “wasn’t well-targeted, wasn’t necessarily time-defined and timely, and it also wasn’t actually temporary in nature, [and] that ended up causing a huge amount of short-term gain for long-term pain,” Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said. Willis has ruled out any blanket decrease in fuel tax - the Government believes this is too much of a blunt tool, which would result in financial support going to people who do not need it."
Headline of a 2021 article: 'Judith Collins dismisses fall in preferred prime minister rating'.
RNZ story from April 2020, with headline "Simon Bridges adamant his leadership is not under threat"
Yet by far the more important issue is not whether Christopher Luxon can do his job. The answer to that has been obvious all along. The true scandal is no longer Luxon’s performance itself but the public silence of those around him who know perfectly well that the situation cannot continue, but who choose instead – all of them – to merely whisper their complaints to whomever will listen. For months, National’s top ministers and other influential MPs have been caught in a conflict of ambition with which they have wrestled for too long. The problem is that any of Nicola Willis, Chris Bishop, Simeon Brown, Erica Stanford, Paul Goldsmith, Louise Upston, Mark Mitchell or Chris Penk would do a better job than Luxon – and that problem is worse since they all know it. Likewise, any of the others on the list would be no worse than Willis as Minister of Finance. That reality prompts them all to ponder the oldest and most dangerous question in politics: “Why not me?”
Extract from recent Hooton column: Other prime ministers have mangled their words. Some have misrepresented their government’s policy positions, albeit usually deliberately rather than accidentally as with Luxon. Nor has it been uncommon for the press gallery to sense injured prey and try to tear it to pieces as a pack. But no prime minister I can remember has so failed to maintain even the minimal sense of authority required to do their job as Luxon on Monday. Asked simply whether he had meant to say that he would support literally any action against Iran, Luxon was reduced to utter incoherence: “Well, I mean, we obviously understand – we’re not saying that, what we’re saying is, we understand there’s – I don’t know how to be any clearer guys.” If he really doesn’t know how to be any clearer than that – and there is now five years of evidence suggesting he doesn’t – there’s no hope for him or his party.
Cover of Andrea Vance's book BLUE BLOOD detailing the instability in the National Party following their defeats... and low polling numbers. I added a column for the next leader ... you know, just in case.
Lead story on NZHerald website today 5 March. Headline: "Long queues for petrol as Kiwis brace for price hikes amid Middle East conflict"
Screenshot of Pete Hegseth media conference with caption: “Hegseth Sets New Time Frame for War, Saying Iran 'Cannot Outlast' U.S. The Secretary of Defense said the conflict could last up to eight weeks.”
Washington State annual licensing (?) costs breakdown. Text: "Electrification fee??!! What the hell is that?? They push hard here for clean energy and buy electric and then they tax you to make up for the money lost from gas taxes. What sleeeze balls. They gonna get there money regardless. What a joke."
Breakdown of registration costs for EV van showing $139 plus GST as the ACC levy component. Petrol has a 6c per litre ACC charge.
Clip from Bluesky's user 'universe' showing two New Zealand users who were earlier located in a cloud called 'New Zealand Progressive Left' which appears to have been relabelled 'Aotearoa Green Islands'.
A bubble map purporting to locate BlueSky users — in this case me, in a “New Zealand Progressive Left” bubble, along with Paul Brislen @brislennz
Men’s urinal in the shape of a public figure.
ODT Front page story, headlined “Gold mine fast-track bid falters”
I think this is a Twitter/X post by @chrisluxonmp on a NZ National Party blue background with a pretty weak public service announcment about flooding in the North Island, including this self-aggrandisement: "Minister Mark Mitchell and I have been receiving briefings over the past 24 hours, and we are actively monitoring situations across the country - including the major incident in Mt Maunganui, where the Minister is on the ground." Pretty weak sauce.
Screenshot of an edit profile screen in Starlink showing a toggle box labeled "Share personal data with Starlink's trusted collaborators to train AI models."