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Like I said sometime ago @winstonpeters New Zealand needs new friends. Chinese & Russian markets are worth looking at deeper as I see our future being a multipolar world order. We can't afford to miss out on any form of new trade as long as it benefits NZ.

UK must be going through rough times… On May 19, the UK quietly issued new licenses allowing imports of diesel & jet fuel made from sanctioned Russian oil (if processed in a third country), plus a separate license for maritime transport of Russian LNG from Sakhalin-2 and Yamal terminals. The oil products waiver takes effect May 20 (indefinite but revocable). The LNG one runs until Jan 1, 2027. This came on the same day the G7 reaffirmed its “unwavering commitment” to sanctioning Russia’s energy sector. Interesting timing.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​..

"La Russie n'a jamais été et ne sera jamais votre ennemie ! Nous ne voulons pas des matières premières ni des richesses européennes ; nous possédons les nôtres. Nous n'avons absolument pas besoin de vos matières premières. La Russie est le pays le plus riche du monde en matières premières. Nous ne voulons ni votre terre ni votre territoire. Regardez l'immensité de la Russie sur la carte. Elle est deux fois plus grande que toute l'Europe. À quoi nous servirait votre terre ? Qu'en ferions-nous ? Pourquoi pensez-vous que la Russie est un ennemi de l'Europe ? Quel mal la Russie vous a-t-elle fait ? Vous avons-nous vendu du gaz et des matières premières à des prix inférieurs à ceux pratiqués par vos « amis » ? OUI La Russie a-t-elle sacrifié 20 millions de personnes pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale pour se débarrasser des nazis ? OUI La Russie a-t-elle été le premier pays à aider l'Europe pendant la pandémie de COVID-19 ? OUI Avons-nous aidé l'Europe lors des incendies et des catastrophes naturelles ? OUI Qu'est-ce que la Russie leur a fait pour qu'ils la haïssent autant ? La Russie n'est pas votre ennemie ; vos véritables ennemis sont vos dirigeants, ceux qui vous gouvernent. " Vladimir Poutine.

JUST IN🇺🇸🇮🇱🔥 Elon Musk says, Israel Is number one the world in Innovation, financial, technology and per capita income, Surpassed US, Middle East and Europe . -According to Netanyahu and Elon Musk

@rkmtimes 🤦

Like I said sometime ago @winstonpeters New Zealand needs new friends. Chinese & Russian markets are worth looking at deeper as I see our future being a multipolar world order. We can't afford to miss out on any form of new trade as long as it benefits NZ.

🇺🇸TRUMP: “I paused a U.S. strike on Iran because Gulf leaders asked for more time to negotiate.” Gulf officials today: “We had no knowledge of any imminent U.S. attack.” TRUMP HAS BECOME A LAUGHING STOCK 😂

Just please read the contract first unlike other parties in government.

🚨 JUST IN: 🇷🇺🇨🇳 President Vladimir Putin says Russian-designed nuclear reactors will provide China with affordable and clean energy, helping strengthen its economy.

@freedomgirlnz Cantab here living in the north. I don't see any point of returning to ChCh because without the Cathedral the city loses it's connection to it's past. Plus last time I returned to CHCH the city felt soulless & empty to me. Just sad that greed & ideology has left her this way.

15 years ago, NZ lost its most iconic building the CHCH Cathedral , and it still isn't rebuilt. 6 Years ago Paris lost much of the Notre Dame Cathedral, it is now fully rebuilt. This total inertia, paralysis by analysis and lack of leadership symbolises everything that is wrong with NZ. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360981…

@KuryloMark @gne2 In 2020 Ardern spent 100 million upgrading maraes, while the Cathedral sat laying in ruins in our second largest city. Imagine how many tourists have seen it in that condition over the last 16 years?🙄

@freedomgirlnz @gne2 Yet they can't find the 30 billion missing from the covid fund. 🤦

@gne2 Its also a cultural icon for out country. Where was the ministry of culture snd heritage?

@angelshalagina You're really knot going to like the outcome I foresee here. I would make good with the big man up stairs before it's to late.

Meanwhile Moscow is beautiful again🔥🔥

@Suitandtie9999 Agree with Winston. x.com/Dagsyfm/status…

An outrageous claim from Chris Hipkins: New Zealanders don’t “really care” about the details of one of Labour’s flagship election policies — the Future Fund. The Herald’s Jamie Ensor appears to be one of the few gallery journalists actually holding Hipkins and Labour to account. It’s absurd that Labour cannot — or will not — provide even a basic estimate of the jobs the Fund will create, while aggressively promoting it as a major job creator.

@chrisluxonmp NZ deserves a Prime Minister who works in the interest of New Zealand and not New Delhi.

🚨🇷🇺🇨🇳 Putin and Xi Jinping adopt joint statement on deepening relations between Russia and China The leaders signed a joint statement on further strengthening comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation, as well as on deepening relations of good neighborliness, friendship and cooperation between Russia and China.

Have you seen this? Meridian’s job advertisement is seriously revealing – and not for the reasons the company probably intended. New Zealanders want cheaper power bills. Instead, we’re getting corporate spirituality? The advertisement reads less like a technology recruitment ad and more like a cultural values manifesto. Applicants are told to “show tū maia”, practise “rangatiratanga”, uphold “kaitiakitanga”, embrace “whānau”, and protect “mauri”. Routine corporate functions are wrapped in spiritualised language and managerial self-expression. This isn’t about a few scattered Māori words. Most of us New Zealanders wouldn’t care about that. The issue is something much bigger: a majority state-owned electricity company increasingly presenting itself less like a utility provider and more like a Diversity project. At some point, ordinary people are entitled to ask a simple question: Why is an electricity company behaving like a cultural ministry? This is exactly why Hobson’s Pledge exists. These changes rarely happen through public mandate. They spread through cultural pressure, without ordinary New Zealanders ever being asked. We need your assistance in challenging this drift. This disconnect matters because Meridian is not a boutique consultancy or activist NGO. It is a major electricity provider, 51% owned by taxpayers, selling an essential service during a cost-of-living crisis. Right now, households across New Zealand are struggling with increasing power bills, which will only rise further as we enter winter. Meanwhile, Meridian appears more interested in embedding ideological and cultural branding into even a mid-level IT platform management role. The ad is also self-indulgent. The job’s responsibilities could be explained clearly in a few practical paragraphs. Instead, enormous space is devoted to internal values, language, emotional framing, and identity signalling. For many New Zealanders, this is simply not how they speak or think about their power company. It is the language of a very specific urban managerial culture concentrated in HR departments, government agencies, consultancies, and communications teams. And there is another consequence companies rarely acknowledge: this kind of language quietly narrows who feels comfortable applying. Many highly capable technical people will read this and conclude: - “This workplace is culturally performative.” - “I’ll need to learn ideological jargon to fit in.” - “Competence matters less than values signalling.” That is not healthy for critical national infrastructure. Meridian sells electricity, not enlightenment. Ordinary New Zealanders should not have to sit quietly while institutions and the corporate world become increasingly disconnected from the people they serve. Hobson’s Pledge will continue speaking up, but we can only do that with your backing. The people are not asking for more “rangatiratanga” in recruitment ads...but we are wondering why our electricity costs so much. If you are tired of activist language creeping through taxpayer-backed institutions, support the movement pushing back. Join Hobson’s Pledge in rejecting this nonsense. Chip in if you can. Because if nobody challenges this culture now, it only becomes more embedded tomorrow. He iwi tahi tātou. We are one people. Elliot