1 joyful Vallhund with the beach crazies on a beautiful day down at Taieri mouth
Te wookie o te tāngata
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Contributor to Big Hairy News #BHN. https://bhn.nz/ https://www.youtube.com/@BigHairyNetwork Occasional Stand up Comedian Ōtepoti I Dunedin NZ
Our health system is not prepared for this at any level. This government learned nothing from Covid except it costs money to prevent and treat illness so let's save money and let people get sick and die. We are all we have. TAKE PRECAUTIONS. Stay home if you are sick. www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
Healthline calls in reinforcements amid biggest flu outbreak in 10 years
Healthline has called in reinforcements to cope with a deluge of calls amid the biggest flu outbreak in years.
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I made this for a friend but it’s worth sharing, printing or saving to your phone so you can get the QR code in front of someone
#BHN Just looking at the combined numbers of views of the first two debates, this is over YouTube, Facebook and TikTok for all clips and/or full events Health Debate: 168,000 views Treaty Debate: 150,000 views And Seymour says "we don't see why we'd do it" #nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social
#BHN Verrall on the "nurses hired" lie | Barlow on reporting emergencies | More protests to come #nzpol www.youtube.com/live/-ik7fTZ...
#BHN Verrall on the "nurses hired" lie | Barlow on reporting emergencies | More protests to come
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We knew they were lying. It was OBVIOUS they were lying. Hundreds of jobs advertised, hundreds of graduate nurses not getting hired. Meanwhile in hospitals those with jobs crushed under extra workload, and no leave, no replacements, no help. Simeon browns answer? Gaslighting the whole country
Russel Norman@russelnorman.bsky.social · 2d agoWhile Simeon Brown was implementing a freeze on nurse numbers, nurse graduates were desperate for work. Nursing graduate applies for more than 100 jobs without success www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
This guy was on council for 30 years and Mayor for 3 while the infrastructure under our feet rotted away. He ran on no rates rises. In Wellington not having nice things. And now he’s moaning about everyone paying through the nose to fix the shit he ignored and actively worked against.
Rebecca Matthews@rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 2d agoSigh
#BHN Tonight at 9pm - Dr Ayesah Verrall on the government's "nurses hired" lie - Paul Barlow on reporting emergencies - This government needs to be aware that there will be more protests to come #nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social youtube.com/live/-ik7fTZ...
#BHN Verrall on the "nurses hired" lie | Barlow on reporting emergencies | More protests to come
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Luxon keeps calling opponents fiscal blowhards. In 2023 Willis promised a $2.9B surplus by 26/27. Treasury now projects a $14.1B deficit — a $17B miss on National's own signature pledge. #nzpol
Who’s the fiscal blowhard, Mr Luxon?
Comment: National's dirty big secret is that it has been $17 billion out on its 2023 promise to fix the Government's books, writes Gareth Morgan
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“Our message is simple: If someone unexpectedly calls claiming to be from your bank, hang up. You’re not being rude, you’re protecting yourself.”
Hang up the phone! Bank’s house call saves customer from big scam loss
When TSB bank staff could not get through to a customer they knew was being scammed, they raced straight to her home to convince her to hang up the phone.
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How did we become so indifferent to the suffering of our own that we allow three homeless people to die on the streets from the cold? #nzpol #vote
Thursday's Early Bird: Three homeless people freeze to death
Watch now (10 mins) | My Picks n' Mixes of today's news, scoops, deep-dives, commentary, front pages, charts & cartoons, including: Freezing temperatures kill rough sleepers in Christchurch, Wellingto...
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oh shit its for real for real fucking DO NOT update your windows, I had to do a clean reinstall
Windows 11's August update is crashing games and causing PC problems
Following the installation of the August security patch for Windows 11, some users have reported serious problems with their systems. This is a known issue, and here’s how to resolve the error.
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Sean Aitchison@sean8urson.bsky.social · 3d agoI think it’s a really great business model for Microsoft that a windows update can brick my computer Great job, really great way to keep me on as a customer
we've investigated ourselves and found we have done nothing wrong -Idf soldier, standing knee deep in gore and childrens shoes www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
Israel's military has been investigating its conduct in Gaza. This is what you need to know
The Israel Defence Force (IDF) has published the findings of five internal probes that examined deadly attacks its soldiers launched on aid and medical workers in Gaza.
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5000 TEMPORARY jobs. 5000 people don't work IN the data center www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Data centre build could create 5000 jobs, report says
A new report on the potential growth of data centres in New Zealand says a large-scale construction programme could create about 5000 jobs, with a significant proportion in electrical and mechanical t...
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There are very rich New Zealanders paying to ensure the majority of us have no healthcare, insecure housing, unsafe workplaces, lower wages and more racism. This is the world they want for us. #nzpol
Newsroom NZ@newsroom.co.nz · 3d agoNational reported more than $600,000 in large donations on Friday, taking the party ahead of Act in receiving such contributions.
It is SO funny that Luxon chose to moan about cycleways making it hard to cross Molesworth St of all streets. I'm legally blind. Even *I* find it easy to amble across Molesworth St mid-block, never mind at the lights. Outside peak it's just not that busy, and the main threat is BY FAR the cars
Pàra@para14.bsky.social · 3d agoExcuse me, does this guy know what "very difficult" means or is he genuinely incapable of using the pedestrian crossing like a normal human?
#BHN HealthNZ hiring freeze revealed | Luxon STILL out-of-touch | Carmel Sepuloni defends CGT #NZPOL www.youtube.com/live/HaOiUUR...
#BHN HealthNZ hiring freeze revealed | Luxon STILL out-of-touch | Carmel Sepuloni defends CGT
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#BHN tonight 9pm -PSA OIA reveals HealthNZ are leaving vacancies open to meet budget cuts -Luxon blames cycle ways and finds a way to "blame Labour" for Wellington's recent downer vibes -Carmel Sepuloni defends Labour's CGT policy and Nicola Willis defends misinformation, anti-tax campaign strategy
#BHN HealthNZ hiring freeze revealed | Luxon STILL out-of-touch | Carmel Sepuloni defends CGT
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This one time I saw Luxon crossing Murphy Street. He did not have to deal with any traffic. Why? Because the people attending to him BLOCKED TRAFFIC FOR HIM TO CROSS. HE NEVER HAS ANY DIFFICULTY NAVIGATING THE PARLIAMENTARY PRECINCT. HE HAS PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH THAT. I have no respect for that man.
Sheldon@brokenstarfish.bsky.social · 3d agoI’d be very happy for a minder to be funded, who can hold his hand and press the crossing button for him and wait with him for the Green Man.
The fact that a couple just out of university, one of them a teacher, could just straight up buy a house in Ngaio might explain why Wellington seemed better
There is literally a silver bullet that halved power bills in Australia. e360.yale.edu/digest/austr...
In Australia, a Home Battery Boom Has Helped Cut Wholesale Power Prices in Half
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Sacha@sachadylan.bsky.social · 3d agoMinister focusing on lines companies after seeking advice from the gentailers (75% of your total bill). #NzPol
whelp, looks like I agreed to do some standup for the first time in aaaaaaaaaaaages. trybooking.com/nz/beze
Francisco's Funny Friends - Greens Fundraiser
Join us for a night of live comedy supporting Ōtepoti based Green MP Francisco Hernandez. We're bringing together some of Ōtepoti Dunedin's funnies
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Other nursing leaders and I have been writing about this for two years, while Reti, Brown and Luxon have denied it. They have lied.
D Jukic She/her@dejanajuk.bsky.social · 4d agoSimeon Brown has been lying about recruitment. #nzpol "These documents expose that the health minister was aware that our health system was not filling hospital vacancies as part of a deliberate savings plan & that patient care has suffered as a result. It's scandalous”
one of the (many) reasons I left, it was SUCH a firehose of sewage directly in to my face, always combative, always a directly line to the internets WORST people, that it was affecting my mental health. www.404media.co/xs-algorithm...
X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds
X is driving engagement by making users fight in the replies.
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That is a really frickin' interesting story and very important. First time we've seen both major parties under 30% in polling at the same time. If that doesn't tell you to stop being so bloody centrist I don't know what will. #NZPOL #PurplePeril
National and Labour just achieved something unprecedented across 50 years of polling
Though it's hardly a record to boast about.
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Fyi the reason you're seeing Simeon Brown more is because Bishop and stanford are attached to the coup situation, Upston screwed up the Winter energy payment, Nicola's credibility is out the window, Penk is fired and Luxons polling has tanked. Thats the state of the National Party right now.
Simeon Brown is a disaster regardless of which portfolio he gets (check out the clean up Bishop is having to do I’m transport) he’s a blind ideologue who does damage wherever he goes. Of course the as wise heads in the press gallery think he’s some kind of Midas. www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
Documents reveal Health NZ hiring crackdown
Health NZ leaders told the Health Minister tight controls on hiring staff were crucial to delivering its budget and that recruitment of any frontline worker was only possible with the sign-off of seni...
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