jan hellriegel

Perhaps I understand a little about the “why”. But what concerns me is this government’s naïve take on what AI is actually capable of 🤖 I use AI daily. It helps me format documents, spellcheck, soften email tones 🤣 and occasionally assist with research. But lately it has been getting things wrong — a lot ⚠️ If I relied on AI for everything, I would no longer have a business. I work in music IP 🎵 and it is a deeply nuanced and complicated industry. One wrong assumption can create real-world problems. Recently I sent a beautiful letter to a brand I genuinely love 💌 about something important to me. The response was clearly AI-generated. It was disappointing because I could instantly tell it wasn’t human and neither was the sentiment behind it. In that moment I realised the brand no longer cared about the customer experience, only efficiency and the dollar 💰 I’ll say this again: the more we turn our lives digital, the more brittle they become, because we lose nuance, instinct, conversation, and heartbeats ❤️ AI has been fascinating to get to know… but I don’t trust it 100%. Because it is learning from people, it is also learning our errors, biases, shortcuts, and noise 🌍stuff.co.nz/politics/36098…

Coming up this weekend 🎶✨ Waihi music extravaganza... of sorts. A forum and show. During the forum I’ll be covering the dark arts of music publishing 🤣, synch licensing, and basic music business for songwriters. If you’d like to attend… just turn up! 5pm And then, because I’m in town and it would be rude not to 😏🎹, I’ll also be playing a few tunes in the evening, past, present, and some new stuff too. Also playing is the incredible Dan Sharp 8pm. Link to tickets here. eventfinda.co.nz/2026/jan-hellr…. Hope to see you there 🥰 Jan Hellriegel #waihi #gigs

After studying latte art for so many years... I finally managed to make a dog! 🐕🪅💯👍

@Oldtimers365 yeah me 🤣

@JordNZ Thoughts become things, so think good ones.

I need some advice. Not about anything in particular. Give me random advice.

I flipped the first time I saw this. The music behind the great spaghetti westerns.

Another area we could truly excel in is exporting creative IP 🎭🎶📚✨ It’s a massive lost opportunity and one that successive governments have either overlooked, underestimated, or fundamentally misunderstood. For a small country, NZ produces an extraordinary amount of world-class music, stories, ideas, formats and artistic innovation 🌏 The problem is, we still tend to think of the arts as a “cost” rather than an export industry capable of generating long-term international revenue (royalties), jobs, tourism and more.... Creative IP is one of the few things that can be created once and monetised globally for decades if protected and developed properly. 🎬🎼📖💡 Other countries understand this very well. We should too. 🇳🇿

Mark Patterson: That's real action.

What a great video. I never seen this before. 1960 Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra singing each other’s songs.

Just wondering if any of my esteemed social friends know any book agents, or can point me in the right direction… 📚🖋️🌍 Also, thank you to everyone who picked up a copy of my Sportsman of the Year book ❤️📖✨ You are part of the fabric, the building blocks of this next thing… 🧵🏗️ and I truly appreciate the support more than you know 🙏 Thank you x ✨🥰🌹

@actparty That's because they are lax overseas and are just thinking about now and not the future... you are not reading the room on this. Don't ruin the NZ brand. The world is waking up to toxic food... why don't we lead the way for healthy non GMO food...

If a product is safely used overseas, there’s no reason Kiwi farmers should be left waiting years for it here. We're changing the law to make it faster and easier to access safe agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines already approved by trusted overseas regulators.

Amazing xx

One of the greatest singers to ever walk this earth.

@GEHonesty Perhaps because we are farking idiots? 🫢

Multiple countries have turned their back on GMOs. So why is NZ opening the door? KEEP NZ GE FREE. 🇳🇿 STOP THE GENE TECH BILL. ✋

@jamesalder @wlaotearoa @Daffwena Ok James 😂 i will be very careful 😂

@janhellriegel @wlaotearoa @Daffwena Be careful to discern the difference between your house value, and LAND value? Makes a bit of a difference if you get this bit wrong.

Terrifying TOP policy 1.75% annual land tax on land value. Eg, if you own a mortgaged home on land valued at $500,000 you pay $8750 per year or $168 per week land tax...FFS!! How could people (in that socioeconomic group) afford that +mortgage payments + rates + everything else?

@brettboettcher1 Nothing at all

In exactly 3 words, what's stopping you from lifting weights for at least 2 hours per week?

It's not a massive, ornate iron gate. It's an optical illusion staircase by Spanish visual artist Gonzalo Borondo, chosen as the best urban artwork in France.

@wlaotearoa @Daffwena Just a pleb like everybody else 👀😂 I thought I would check out the calculator you mentioned …. Yikes.

@janhellriegel @Daffwena Gosh Jan Hellriegel replying to our post though 🤩

@wlaotearoa @Daffwena I would pay $9000 more tax 😂😂😂 not sure I like this policy 😂😂😂

@Daffwena Try this calculator to see how you will be affected. Tax Reset Calculator 2026 - Opportunity Party share.google/yIbkHqHQumpjw7…

If you're in Wellington and kicking around tomorrow night, please join us for this special LP "listening party"!

My top artists (Last 7 days): 1. The Exponents 2. Die! Die! Die! 3. Headless Chickens 4. Jan Hellriegel 5. Garageland 6. The Chills 7. I Am Giant 8. Fazerdaze 9. Georgia Gets By 10. Shihad (via Last.fm Charts)