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How does #Willis and #Luxon think beneficiaries are going to be able to look for work if they cannot afford petrol? Are they planning to sanction every beneficiary who cannot comply to the rules because they cannot afford petrol?

@Mountain_Tui What a joke and another monumental coc-up.

Wait, so Chris Bishop is "fast-tracking" Lake Onslow Hydro project? The one they cancelled in Dec 2023, rubbishing it after Labour started the renewables project National threw away $20m to cancel this & now they're "fast-tracking" it? This is near comedy newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/25/min…

@MeghansMole x.com/JimmyJoeYam/st…

No Harry, you can’t let go of Meghan’s hand while trying to shake someone else’s hand Get it right, dumb ginger idiot

MOVE, get out the way! #MeghanMarkIeisanarcissist

I really feel like what NZers need during crisis and uncertainty is clear direction and unity. Not politics. Most people aren’t interested in us vs them right now. They want “this is what we doing to help all of us”.

@MeghansMole There's a 1-2 minute one set to Move B**ch by Ludacris but I can't find it

<Meghan's lawyer Kump, in his letter to Variety, says this assertion "seems calculated to play into the misogynistic characterization of her bossing her husband around." Prince Harry, meanwhile, attests that this is "categorically false."> 🤭🤭 I present .. exhibit A

NOW THAT I, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, AM OFFICIALLY PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (THANK YOU DONALD!), I HAVE MANY BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE! FIRST, EVERY TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER IS NULL AND VOID, STEPHEN MILLER AND EVERY TRUMP GOON IS FIRED, AND THE TRUMP CORRUPTION PROBE IS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED! HEALTH CARE IS NOW FREE FOR ALL AMERICANS (NO MEASLES!) AND ALL MOMS GET FREE CHILDCARE SO WE CAN HAVE MORE BABIES!!! ALSO CANNABIS IS NOW LEGAL AND ABORTION IS BACK FOR WOMEN WHO WANT IT. I WILL SOON BE BANNING ALL TICKETMASTER FEES AND THERE WILL BE NO MORE COMMERCIALS ALLOWED DURING NBA AND NFL GAMES, AS WELL AS ALL BRAVO “REAL HOUSEWIVES” SHOWS (LONGER EPISODES!). EVERY AMERICAN FAMILY NOW GETS A “TARIFF AND GAS SPIKE REFUND” TO BUY A CHEAP ELECTRIC CAR! THE COUNTRY IS NOW RUN BY SOMEONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY COMPLETE A SENTENCE. AMERICA IS NOW “HOT” BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DYSLEXIC PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF A BRAIN-DEAD ONE. BIG UPGRADE!!! — GOVERNOR GCN

@MusicalChairs14 Oh yeah I know, just throwing some possible explanations out there, I have no idea the actual reasons. I like hearing others' opinions is all.

@FromEnZed Sure, we're all guessing though.

Q4 2025 retail survey data came in surprisingly strong. Electronics and vehicle spending up quite a bit - potentially the households benefiting from lower mortgage payments being able to catch up on major purchases before Xmas? Some interesting stuff in the data. [🧵 1/n]

@MusicalChairs14 Increasing use of internet bank transfer or Venmo not showing up in card data? Increasing use of buy now pay later esp Xmas? Also sometimes that ect data depends on the providers that share data w/ SNZ, its why there's a big jump in 2017.

There's a weird divergence between the retail survey data and the electronic card spending data. Issues on both sides perhaps? (3/n)

Jon Ossoff on 2020: “Trump didn’t just lose Georgia. He lost Arizona. He lost Michigan. He lost Nevada. He lost Pennsylvania. He lost Wisconsin. And then tried to cling to power. He sent them to Fulton County to seize your ballots on a pack of lies. Now why Fulton? For the same reason this President posts videos that depict the Obamas as apes. See that the power of black voters ejected him from office may outrage him as much as defeat itself. So he tries to delegitimize your exercise of power. The power of the presidency is nothing compared to the power of the people”

Ossoff: This is the cruelest and most arrogant group of people who have ever ascended to high office—and their cruelty and arrogance are matched only by their incompetence.

🚨DAMN! Jon Ossoff is on fire at his rally: “This is the cruelest and most arrogant group of people who have ever ascended to high office - and their cruelty and arrogance are matched only by their incompetence.”

@NickGoodall_CL @MusicalChairs14 Is this due a large part of the popn struggling with high living costs for several yrs, i.e. mid-low income deciles face proportionally higher "essential" prices (Stats NZ HLCPI). Its consistent with yrs of record fin. h/ship w/d's from KSaver OR was it to finance Xmas spend? Thx

@MusicalChairs14 Decent lift in lending for new purchases but look at the scale of those re-fi's thanks to the 1.5% cashbacks!

Mortgage data a bit weird today, but the net still tells a story - the money pumps are back on.

Wow USA, this one must hurt!!! “We do not want to be rich like Americans. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends. We would not sell ourselves. We know what happened to Indigenous people in Alaska and Native Americans. Their land was taken, and they were not treated well.” — Greenlandic politician Tillie Martinussen That is not a throwaway jab, it is a full moral indictment. It flips the usual American self image on its head: wealth is not automatically admired, and power is not automatically respected. When someone says they would rather stay themselves than become “rich like Americans,” they are basically saying the brand is broken, and the history is part of the reason. Stay connected, Follow Gandalv @Microinteracti1

@Lalisalisa2025 @ACTIdgit @smalls2672 And it seems they're approaching people indiscriminately without warrants, going door to door taking US citizens?! Its why there's the UN Intl Declaration of HR 1948 to prevent history repeating. Its the basis for the State Depts HR reports but they cut $ npr.org/2025/08/12/nx-…

@FromEnZed @ACTIdgit @smalls2672 cuz they're not required to wear name tags and they hide their faces like cowards so they can't be identified. this is 1930's Germany tactics.

Goon squads in Trump America.

@alexabelonix @unusual_whales Also applies to different ethnicities who have a lower life expectancy. Its an issue here in NZ.

@unusual_whales Healthier people work longer, but not all jobs are kind to aging bodies.

Dr. Oz: If we are able to get the average American who retires at the age of 61, get them to work one year longer because they feel so vital because they are feeding their bodies, we will increase the overall gdp by trillions

@unusual_whales He's the Dr Phil of health. Why tf is he a government representative. He's only known due to Oprah. That's it.

@MarkConcannonSU @DrNeilStone I feel bad for Americans rn. This is surreal. I loved living there for a while in the 90s. There are people in other countries who support you, we know there are Americans who are as appalled as the rest of the world at what's happened in just 1y & even the first 2 weeks of 2026.

@DrNeilStone Yes. Happy birthday! And great job dragging us back into the dark ages!

Every single thing about RFK Jr is deeply, deeply weird

@DrNeilStone Why is there an egomaniacal cult of personality among this administration's Cabinet? To be honest I have no idea who the last Sec of Health was. US health policy and politics in general needs to be bipartisan and well, boring. I'm sorry for Americans you deserve better.

@ACTIdgit @smalls2672 I don't understand how they're not being arrested for violating Americans' constitutional & just even basic human rights under US, international law?I see tweets from Dem congress members- where's the action? The courts? I've never seen anything like this. I feel 4 Americans rn.

@smalls2672 There was NOTHING about this thuggery by ICE “agents” that was fucking legal. NOTHING.