New school reports force smart and slow students to ‘move at pace of middle kids’ newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/05/ne…

Luxon admits in parliament that it was a staffer (but didn't enclose whether it was a public servant or a ministerial minister) who isn't working in his office anymore

The case of the missing medal newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/26/th…

Luxon thinks of himself as the CEO of New Zealand, and that's a real problem. "When Christopher Luxon told Tova O’Brien on Breakfast this morning, “My job is the CEO,” it wasn’t just a slip of the tongue. It was a window into how he thinks leadership works. Tova’s immediate pushback, “Your job is the Prime Minister”, cut right to the heart of the problem we’re seeing in NZ’s environmental and social politics today." - @GreenpeaceNZ #nzpol

No wonder Rail Minister Peters is trying to divert everyone back five years onto Covid issues. The ferry ‘savings’ aren’t so real thepost.co.nz/politics/36096…

Kristi Noem, head of ICE and not a nice person,now accessory to murder after the violent shooting by her paid thug of a beautiful young woman in Minneapolis today. Seen here with a top fan and admirer.

RT @HelenClarkNZ: How does stopping 100s of public housing projects help address the shortage of affordable #housing for low income NZers?…

Details on how to sign up for a history workshop with me. buttondown.com/unsettling/ar…

Aaron Smale: Is it okay for the crown to cover up its own crimes?, (paywalled) via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/…

Bard Billot's final ballad of 2024 newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/22/an…

Marsden Fund controversy: Peak science body urges PM to reconsider research funding cuts, via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/marsden-fu…

Rail Minister Peters now claiming govt's latest cost blowout of iRex could have put it possibly up to $4 billion - which sounds like cover to be able to bring new deal in somewhere above the old $3b claim

One year after Nicola Willis cancelled the $551m contract to buy 2 new Interisland ferries we’re no closer to a replacement. We do know the PM has asked Winston Peters, who setup the initial project to replace the ferries, to clean up the mess Willis made by cancelling them.

That Cook Strait ferries announcement would have to be the most oversold and underdelivered politics of a wobbly old political year. No costs No ferries, or designs, or actual likely models, sizes, deals Just a new agency, new (old minister) & target date of 2029 - five years

Seemed an appropriate message to take to Parliament.

Treaty Principles Bill 'inviting civil war', Jenny Shipley says rnz.co.nz/news/political/533…

I'm not sure if it is on the route this time, but in 1975 the Māori Land March visited Rewi Maniapoto's grave in Kihikihi and there's an awesome video of the occasion. youtube.com/watch?v=9X9PWkmS…

nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/a… "Erica Stanford said advice she has received found the threshold for torture had only been met at Lake Alice." We strongly disagree with this legal analysis and challenge the Government to reveal this advice, so it can be considered formally and publicly.

Struggling with my mate Aaron Smale @ikon_media being banned from covering State Abuse apology at Parliament. Yes, his questions are tough, he's been covering this issue for decades. Are we comfortable with this?