This regular daily post is the place to joke and banish negative thoughts.





This regular daily post is the place to joke and banish negative thoughts.





Wellington council spent irresponsibly, either with the support or resigned indifference of its ratepayers. The bill is due. Nobody else should be asked to cover it.
Governing demands fiscal discipline, competent execution, and tactical clarity at the ballot box. New Zealand is not someone else’s company – it belongs to all of us.
A polling clerk told me voting had been heavy all weekend. By Friday, nearly 600,000 votes had been cast, 32 per cent more than at the same stage in 2023.