The Grey Ghost

@robtreacher A beauty in Nuhaka.

@chrisluxonmp @chrisluxon I don’t recall you saying the same when the Ayatollah was killed! While I agree with your sentiment, picking and choosing which events to condemn significantly weakens your statement.

I’m glad President Trump and all other guests at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner were not harmed thanks to the quick work of the US Secret Service. Violence has no place in our democracies.

@MichaelFieldNZ I remember you posted Gabrielle about a week before it hit when it was just forming.

Weather models warning Cyclone Vaiana might hit Aotearoa NZ: note position projected for Friday April 10, and recall Cyclone Giselle, on similar track, which on 10 April 1968 sank the inter-island ferry Wahine with loss of 51 lives.

@Kayanow73 @Suitandtie9999 Are you talking about the Nats again!

@Suitandtie9999 Too much dirt and too many skeletons in the closet That party is a shit magnet

Green MP Benjamin Doyle has just resigned.

@biggsintweets I see we’re getting Back On Track

mate, you’ve just gotta get to know him

@actparty Simply performative. ACT is acting again!

The Coalition has committed to English-first at government agencies. Brooke van Velden has delivered this change at the Department of Internal Affairs for the price of $741.

@AaronPinkham Not unusual!

Something in the water today - there is weirdness about amongst us.

@Andrew00Stewart Aha, missed the inflation bit! 🙂

@mastmacman No, unless I’ve done my maths wrong. I got a figure of $95/ week and ran it through an inflation calculator with the CPI . I was surprised. I’ll re check though.

How’s the great butter debate going? FYI comparisons quick google data All 2025$ eqv Year. 1970. 2001. 2025 Butter $/500g. $6.75. $3.40. $8.50 Med wkly wage. $1942. $1035 $1343 # 500g blocks/wk. 288. 304. 158

@lee_asher @frankie2258 @Deco_Belle Maybe he voted for ACT!

@Deco_Belle @frankie2258

⚠️ Warning ⚠️ Warning ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️ this is not democracy. He got 8% of the vote. Yet our pet Incel appears to have 95% control.

@VeronicaGlamis @chrisluxonmp I reckon he must have voted Party vote ACT!

Lazy, Cowardly and unutterably useless. Don't come back to Aotearoa NZ!!! @chrisluxonmp needs to be fired!

@AaronPinkham Yes I got one tonight also for Autism Wairarapa. Bugger!

@mastmacman Came thru today - its for the business professional licences - business basic stays the same.

Oh that's a bit of a pain isn't it. Business basic continues but its online apps only...

@Feijoa_Chutney @nzherald Who was the Chair of ANZ for quite a while? Hmmm!

ANZ economist criticises Labour’s ‘debt-funded spending spree’ in previous Budgets… How is this news? The Herald is an absolute rag ⁦@nzherald⁩ nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/an…

@biggsintweets Not sure I can vote for you… shame!

excited to announce I will be running for pope

@Andrew00Stewart Even the police acknowledge that there is unconscious bias. She didn’t talk about defunding!

The reaction against Tamatha Paul’s statements make me despair for the ability of some politicians to have a nuanced discussion on complex problems. Sound bites, headlines, polarisation, black and white judgement and the inability to understand the lived experience of others.

@KarinMary1 Even the police acknowledge that there is unconscious bias. She didn’t talk about defunding!

Well, well. Criminologist from NZ's Universities say Tamatha is right. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-03…

@chrisluxonmp Each New Zealander is likely to end up $12,700 on average worse off than forecast in Treasury documents published just two years ago, thanks to the depth of the current recession. - NZ Herald 14/02/25

Just making sure you know what we’re all about this year.

@BenThomasNZ Everyone should share this…

Fantastic speech by Ngāi Tahu kaiwhakahaere Justin Tipa at Ōnuku marae yesterday, highly recommended reading ngaitahu.iwi.nz/connect-2/conn…

@KyleDChurch I also wonder who requested the ‘special’ suppression of all facts prior to the election in 2023. Jargo or ACT…. Would be interesting to know.

It's finally out Two really big questions remain Did the ACT Party know about these charges and initially fail to take action as some have suggested? Did ACT intervene to help Jago get name suppression on political grounds related to the 2023 election?