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Derek Cheng

@dchengnz

Travel, climbing, street food. Politics, from time to time.

Wellington Katılım Kasım 2010
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Helen Clark
Helen Clark@HelenClarkNZ·
How do #NZ Govt’s law & order changes line up with the evidence: in short, ⁦@dchengnz⁩’s devastating report shows they don’t, & the crime “figures” to which they claim to be responding are either highly dubious or beyond any Govt’s ability to change: nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ho…
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Helen Clark@HelenClarkNZ·
Some encouraging trends noted on diversion from prosecution on drug charges by police in this analysis by ⁦@dchengnz⁩, but much more can be done to fulfil mission of 2019 legislation which aimed to have a health-based approach to drug use/possession: nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/re…
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Derek Cheng@dchengnz·
@MattNippert You need a better car? (And I go to Malaysia for all my expensive dental work)
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Matt Nippert@MattNippert·
Bung tooth broke in half earlier this week. Extraction and replacement quoted at $5k: That’s more than my car is worth.
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Derek Cheng@dchengnz·
I don’t understand why some people need to be so racist …
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Derek Cheng@dchengnz·
Ahhhhh. That’s better.
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Derek Cheng@dchengnz·
Not exactly the epic eating I was salivating over in anticipation of covering the PM’s Singapore and Japan trip … but I’ll take it.
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Jem Traylen
Jem Traylen@JemTraylen·
Really want to @marcdaalder & @dchengnz to clarify once & for all what @NZStats population number we should be using to track vaxx progress. My understanding is that govt is overstating progress by a couple of % & so we're not at 90% yet - but nice shot bro 🤔🤔🤔
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Derek Cheng@dchengnz·
One last Covid feature for the year from me: is the PM being over cautious, or is the MoH way off in its risk radar? Covid 19 Delta outbreak: It looked liked Jacinda Ardern was shunning public health advice, but the opposite is true nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/co…
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Derek Cheng@dchengnz·
Corner Peak Summit. It’s not terrible.
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Derek Cheng@dchengnz·
@anneherald Total legend and very sad news. Sent me all over the world when he was the herald’s travel editor
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Anne Gibson
Anne Gibson@anneherald·
Sad to learn Jim Eagles died. Worked with him at NBR and the Herald. Moe moe rā.
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Hamish Rutherford
Hamish Rutherford@oneforthedr·
Taxpayer union poll has big bump for national mainly at Act’s expense
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Derek Cheng@dchengnz·
@craigmcculloch All I could see or hear was your magnificent beard. Nothing else registered
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