Scott Nickerson
@totaraforest
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Bollocks.
A developing area of heavy rain over the Pacific off Northland is heading southward on the north-easterly wind flow ahead of a slow moving front this evening. Lower Northland, Auckland, the Gulf Island and the Coromandel Peninsula may see heavy rain impacts during the next 6…
“I think we should start calling them Fisher and Paykel, because they've got more spin than a front load washing machine.” Pretty good from Chippy.
It’s starting to feel like the three constituent parts of the coalition are in an all out tussle for airtime. And nothing is too dumb to be used. nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/mi…
This is the "Oil Rig Graveyard" at Cromarty Firth in Scotland. Fossil fuel firms want my picture hidden as it shows the mess they leave behind that none of them want to pay to clean up, not to mention their damaging impact on your climate.
Preposterous: #NZ heated tobacco product tax cut slated for 1 year has been extended by 2”. “The cut was made despite health officials telling Costello there was no evidence HTPs worked to stop people smoking or were significantly safer than cigarettes.” 1news.co.nz/2025/07/29/tob…
Notable quake, preliminary info: M 7.0 - Macquarie Island region earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…
Don't forget the same people who say they need to disenfranchise upwards of a hundred thousand Kiwis so it doesn't take two weeks for a result are the same ones who dragged out coalition negotiations for over a month.
She’s basically admitting that we’re all still going to pay one way or another. How’s that cost of living crisis going everyone? rnz.co.nz/news/political…
Luxon: You shouldn’t have to pay… Willis: Everybody pays! How are they so bad at this?
🇳🇿#NewZealand, general election poll: ⏫Labour: 35 % (+8,1) ⏬NAT: 32 % (-6,1) 🔼Green: 12 % (+0,4) 🔽ACT: 8 % (-0,6) 🔼NZF: 7 % (+0,9) 🔼Maori Party: 3,8 % (+0,7) ... (+/- Last election) Talbot Mills, 10/07/25
Seems like the Sapere business case finding in favour of a Waikato Medical School *excluded* the cost of educating the Waikato students in their undergraduate degrees! Lopped off 3 years of study costs but counted them for Auckland and Otago. rnz.co.nz/news/business/…
Nothing in history could prepare us for the crime against humanity if this is how it plays out.
Netanyahu’s forever war risks mutiny in the ranks and the highest level of the army. The operation in Gaza is a cynical measure to stay in power. nzherald.co.nz/world/netanyah…
He’s getting ratioed again. 🤣
This means more money in your pocket.
God help that @NZNationalParty would ever go after the big guys, the banks and credit card companies on this. They’re just going to make retailers and consumers pay. stuff.co.nz/politics/36077…
As expected @BrookevanVelden really knocked this one out of the park stuff.co.nz/politics/36077…
Won’t somebody think of the poor hard-done-by board members nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/go…
This is National’s equivalent of Labour’s desperate ‘GST of fresh food’ moment of small do-nothing pointlessness. And all done in the first term! rnz.co.nz/news/business/…
I’m not sure we can afford another year of @NicolaWillisMP managing the nation’s finances. rnz.co.nz/news/business/…
