It feels right to me. I personally got murdered far more times than that under the last Labour government.
Max Johns (MxDEJ)
@maxjohns.nz
aka MxDEJ, aka Mike Alpha Xray. Glad to be here. Disliker of billionaire saboteurs.
This reminds me of the time I was entrusted with tides computation for the PN Evening Standard and was often out by quite a large factor
Spiders McBody, who has been murdered 5,569,700 times, is an outlier and should not have been counted.
Max Johns (MxDEJ)@maxjohns.nz · 23h agoI'm no demographer nor a criminologist, but I reckon that the Herald probably has Auckland's murder rate wrong here. I reckon it's probably lower than 3.6 per person.
I'm no demographer nor a criminologist, but I reckon that the Herald probably has Auckland's murder rate wrong here. I reckon it's probably lower than 3.6 per person.
The hardest thing about reviewing Jon Toogood's book, and probably every NZ rock autobiography from now until forever, is not using Shayne Carter's incomparable 'Dead People I Have Known' as a yardstick. hamiltonundergroundpress.com/features/boo...
Book review: Home Again, by Jon Toogood - HUP!
Home Again, by Jon Toogood, is an enjoyable book written by a grounded rock star. A positive review from Hamilton Underground Press.
hamiltonundergroundpress.com
Every song on Shihad's Beautiful Machine sounds like it's from the final credits of something. This take is 18 years late, but still searing hot.
Great news for everyone making sweet sweet cash in the massive tobacco black market that NZ conjured out of good intentions and shit ideas.
RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · last mo.Labour promises to reinstate Smokefree Generation policy
You just know that someone in that caucus meeting was all like, "well, okay, but only if you promise not say a bunch of stupid shit the very next time you're in front of an audience". I wonder how they're feeling now?
ME: I wish there was more music news in mainstream media. *Monkey's paw curls* www.rnz.co.nz/life/music/t...
Put this guy in charge of the Auckland Harbour crossing.
David Burbach 🇺🇸@dburbach.bsky.social · last mo.Actual CEO of a space company people actually invest in says "by the early 2030s" -- just 5 to 7 years from now -- there will be mines and factories and large human workforce on the Moon, such that we'll be able to see lights of the lunar city from our front porches fortune.com/2026/08/17/b...
@danxduran.bsky.social Putting out a call to people with memories of JBC/Nivara Lounge for a new HUP series. You seem like the sort of guy who might be able to throw together a few paragraphs... hamiltonundergroundpress.com/features/niv...
So ... it appears US negotiators were told to sign a text of the "peace deal" in Farsi, that they could not read, and did not refer it to the Dept of State's own translators, but ran it through an AI. And they've given away everything. Presumably, to try and do it on the President's birthday. Okay.
Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote@thefred.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis is the same text that was reported earlier. It's baaaad.
Ok but if you mention this very predictable fall in passenger numbers as a reason to cancel Te Huia next year, we all get to kick you in the kneecaps. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/te-huia-t...
'Optimise fare revenue': Waikato councillors back Te Huia price hike
An adult one-way fare from Frankton to Auckland will rise to $30 with a Bee Card.
nzherald.co.nz
Well that's my reading list sorted for the next year. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Second year in a row that the Aotearoa Music Award have had heaps of next-day news coverage, nearly none of which is about the actual awards.
"If New Zealand’s cultural life was lacking one thing in the 1990s, it was a primetime TV series featuring two singing, strumming, yodelling, cross-dressing, wisecracking lesbian sisters." Can confirm. RIP Jools. www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainmen...
Dame Jools Topp of the Topp Twins has died from cancer
Dame Lynda Topp announced the passing of her sister with "deep sorrow".
nzherald.co.nz
Very happy to have used the phrase "OnlyFans with clothes" in this one. www.hamiltonundergroundpress.com/features/lum...
Lume: Six quick thoughts - HUP!
New album-based music streaming app Lume looks very interesting. The range of New Zealand musicians is a plus. Can it succeed?
hamiltonundergroundpress.com
Gee, it's such a shame that we're about to stop paying people to make important decisions like this. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/bsa-clear...
The president of the Norwegian football association has called for the abolition of the FIFA Peace Prize, which was awarded to U.S. president Donald Trump, and says she supports an ethics complaint against Gianni Infantino, the president of world football’s governing body.
Abolish FIFA Peace Prize awarded to Donald Trump, says president of Norway’s FA (Gift Article)
Lise Klaveness also said she supported an ethics complaint against FIFA President Gianni Infantino by a human rights organisation.
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Here it is, New Zealand. The ultimate achievement of our greatest musicians: A Silver Scroll, a Taite Music Prize, an Aotearoa Music Award, and a Gold record. The STAG.
The Spinoff@thespinoff.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe EGOT of New Zealand music: Could Marlon Williams become our newest STAG?
