Why don't we structure our economy to make this kind of non-productive, parasitic, semi-feudal bullshit a thing of the past? www.stuff.co.nz/.../australi.... #nzpol

My ultra-low key side project BEENz just released a new single. Completely and utterly different to the first two this year. 'Cause I can. open.spotify.com/track/6fpVuV...

Sunday School

The Beenz · Sunday School · Song · 2026

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My new single 'Move On' is available to stream now on all the major platforms. This government is punching down on those of us doing it tough, using prejudice and hate to get mean-spirited folks to vote for them. Enough of this sht. I know this isn't us. #nzpol open.spotify.com/track/2UOBWZ...

Move On

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Paul Goldsmith's stiffy for banishing the homeless to God knows where has literally lasted for decades now. He first tried it on as an Auckland councillor ... Well, now the complete bastard has got his way. It's cruel, and frankly it's just plain stupid. Poverty is not a choice! #nzpol

Darren Watson - Move On

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Luxon kept telling anyone who'd listen, all day yesterday that he has Th'fuls'portamaicawkis. I think there's an ointment for that, bro... #nzpol

My thoughts on the government's "move on" policy. We don’t like your kind ‘round here move on, move on you’re stinkin’ up this town so bad worst kind o’ smell we’ve ever had when you’re gone we’ll all be glad move on, move on... #nzpol

Boom! My latest album 'Darren Watson sings John Hiatt' just got a 4 star review in the March edition of US Jazz/Blues magazine, Downbeat. Thanks to everyone around the world who supports what I do, buying and playing my music, and coming to shows. I'm not done just yet! #darrenwatson #nzmusic

Notice how the Epstein Files have disappeared from the headlines? Why, it's almost as if all this Trump-led violence, war, abduction, and threatening of allies is some kind of distraction... #trump #epsteinfiles

They're gonna come for public broadcasting here too if people like David Seymour get their way for a few more years... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Corporation for Public Broadcasting formally dissolves after federal funding cuts

Board of directors vote to dissolve organization after nearly 60 years in operation after funding cuts under Trump

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Will we wait long for NZ's government to condemn the illegal attack on Venezuela and rendition of it's elected leader? #nzpol

Tomorrow I'm playing an intimate live show at The Barn (Honest Lawyer) in Nelson. If you're a blues fan, you dig Americana, or country-soul, you'll have a blast. #Nelson #livemusic #blues Tickets from Eventfinda: www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/darren-...

Temu Xtians very much like Christopher (not Chris!) Luxon wrapping food parcels at Xmas rapping Lunch Money in the Beehive rapping Bish over the knuckles repping for corporate assholes Temu Xtians very much like Christopher (not Chris!) Luxon

Well, well.. since when did these utter c-words ever listen to expert, professional advice? No, they reckon these kids are all just lazy bottom feeders, and they just don't do bottom feeding. They talk out of theirs on a regular basis though. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Ministers were warned against teen welfare crackdown, documents reveal

Officials said the changes could actually increase long-term benefit dependency.

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Nice review of my new album from Bluestown Music in The Netherlands... bluestownmusic.nl/review-darre...

Review: Darren Watson – Darren Watson Sings John Hiatt

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Old boomer races they're off at a trot too much Tay Rayo and happy they're not soon they'll be dead and we'll be better off old boomer racists are losing the plot #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

‘I’m a little uncomfortable’: Local board members walk out of meeting due to karakia

Two members of the Whangamatā Community Board walked out of a meeting ahead of a karakia being recited.

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Thanks to Trevor Reekie on RNZ's Worlds of Music for the kind words about 'Darren Watson sings John Hiatt'. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... #darrenwatson #johnhiatt #nzmusic

Worlds of Music 16 November 2025

Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie.

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Hahaha Luxon is the worst, most desperate-looking, sweating salesperson since Shelley Levene in Glengarry Glen Ross. #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Key never won the public over on asset sales. Can Luxon?

OPINION: John Key started an asset sales debate with 50% support in the polls. Luxon will have trouble replicating it.

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Folks, the human race is done. www.theregister.com/2025/11/10/a...

AI country artist hits #1 on Billboard digital songs chart

: It sounds a lot like everything else

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Thanks to everyone who bought or streamed my new album 'Darren Watson sings John Hiatt' this week. It just debuted at #3 on the Official Top 20 Aotearoa Albums Chart! #darrenwatson #nzmusic #johnhiatt

Folks say the Temu John Key is actually really smart and knows full-well how desperate the climate emergency really is.... and yet.... this!?! So is he also just a selfish c*nt who will sell out his grandkids' future for a minister's salary? #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Government quietly loosens climate rules

An announcement at 8pm on Tuesday saw the Government delinking the ETS from the Paris Agreement and extending another emissions deadline by 25 years.

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All this government has done is trade lower inflation (and it's not really that low ffs!) for high unemployment. The worst since Ruth Richardson was finance minister. Think about that. #OneTermGovernment #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Growing unemployment shows ‘ongoing fragility’ in the economy, business group says

New data on employment figures from Stats NZ’s quarterly Household Labour Force Survey is due out

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"...covers albums often struggle to find an audience but the unfamiliarity of most of these songs and the coherence of Watson's blues-based interpretations make for an album that stands assuredly on its own merits." www.elsewhere.co.nz/blues/11679/...

Darren Watson, Sings John Hiatt (Lamington Records, digital outlets)

When Elsewhere interviewed singer-songwriter John Hiatt in 1991 he was seven years sober and spoke about going to the office every day to write songs. He was into the discipline of his life and gettin...

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Thanks to everyone who's picked up a digital or CD copy of 'Darren Watson sings John Hiatt' on @bandcamp.com. It's currently the best selling Americana album on @bandcamp.com Have you got yourself a copy yet? #johnhiatt #darrenwatson

"When Darren Watson Sings John Hiatt was first announced, I must admit to wondering about the point of the exercise. Does the world really need a John Hiatt covers album? I now feel a little ashamed of that assumption. The album is a doozy." www.witchdoctor.co.nz/2025/darren-...

Darren Watson gets high on Hiatt - Witchdoctor

Darren Watson – Darren Watson Sings John Hiatt (Lamington Records)GARY STEEL auditions an album that interprets the wonderful songs of John Hiatt in a completely fresh and compelling fashion. And it s...

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Bwahahaha! For now, the instrument has been dubbed “Donald Trumpet. Because it's a cheap trumpet, and it's that gold colour that sort of makes my skin crawl, so I’m not a fan,” he said. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

‘Glitch in the matrix’: Mystery behind trumpet found washed up on Wellington beach

Sean Duggan and his partner were walking on Makara Beach when they found a box and opened it.

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AI scraping copyright data without payment or agreement is THEFT. Pure and simple. With Brooke van Robot in charge of this issue in Aotearoa, I expect the opposite here. #nzpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Artists tell AI to 'solve the problem' as copyright carve-out ruled out

Labor has ruled out changing copyright laws to give tech giants free rein to train artificial intelligence models on creative works after the proposition was met with widespread backlash from artists.

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If you want fewer folks crowding out emergency rooms at hospitals, make primary health care more affordable. It's a no brainer. #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Labour to campaign on capital gains tax, but there are several exemptions

Hipkins said money from a CGT would be funnelled back to give Kiwis free doctors visits.

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While I'm not really surprised this increasingly Christofascist government is applying their 'worthiness test' to acknowledged victims of state abuse, I am really disgusted. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

A grubby, grotty attempt to shirk responsibility for decades of horror

OPINION: The Government’s move to make it harder for some victims of abuse in state care to access compensation is disgusting.

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Here we go. No elections next year. Nice little Central American war as a cover for deeper fascism at home. Can you believe our government is trying to cosy up to these c*nts? #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

Trump administration sends aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald R Ford and its strike group to deploy to US Southern Command.

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The government gutting MPI staffing to help pay for tax cuts for landlords hasn't hurt us at.... no, wait. These greedy, aggressive parasites make wasps seem like pacifists. And the hornets are pretty bad too. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Biosecurity alert: hornet queen nest found in Auckland for the first time

Aucklanders warned after hornet queen discovered in Glenfield.

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