Fiona Bolger

The sidecar was delicious and a great night was had by all! (Well me anyway.)

I was the kiwi at the bar who had read your books! Very surprised to hear what she was reading.

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

Want to bring back manufacturing to your country? Read this... once again the world is just so much more complex that politicians believe. I don't agree with all the opinions within, but there's a lot here that is important. www.molsonhart.com/blog/america...

I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...

More disturbing stories about the detention centres. Among them, there was a couple in Canada taking selfies at the Peace Arch border. They accidentally strayed across the boundary and were taken into custody.

Map showing large lagoon that was drained after 1931 Napier earthquake.

I’m assuming there’s a reason this land hasn’t been built on before now - is it the fact that it was a lagoon before the earthquake?

Homer Simpson in an astronaut suit, on the phone. Captioned THE ENTIRE DAY, I KEPT SAYING, "I'LL submit A LITTLE LATER. I'LL submit A LITTLE LATER." AND THEN IT WAS TOO LATE

You can still submit on the Treaty Principles Bill up until 11:59pm

It's better to submit something, even just a few sentences, than nothing

https://www.parliament.nz/en/ECommitteeSubmission/54SCJUST_SCF_227E6D0B-E632-42EB-CFFE-08DCFEB826C6/CreateSubmission

hey if you’re not following the verge’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social (a mistake on your part tbh) she is on the ground posting from the national assembly in south korea rn bsky.app/profile/sara...

[From the Scene] Rush to get to National Assembly in first hours of martial law In the hours after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared in South Korea at around 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, chaos ensued west of Yeouido in central Seoul as lawmakers, aides and reporters rushed to get to the Na...

Great description of the rush to the National Assembly. That lawmakers made it there before the military may end up being the key to martial law ending

www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=...

#kikorangi #nzpol

1. I’m thinking aloud here, as I really don’t have the answers. This is a thread about the political challenge of the very large numbers of young men now supporting the far right. I’m writing it without blame or derision. I’m just trying to find a way through. 🧵

I think it’s incredibly difficult for parents. And unless groups of parents in schools/communities band together to limit children’s access to phones & social media, monitor gaming etc, the pressure on kids and then parents to be online with all their friends is extremely difficult to withstand.

Kids are less exposed to traditional tv and books with more empathetic social norms than before. Many parents are too busy working, too stressed and on their own devices too much to counteract or even be aware of the influences their kids are exposed to.

As a teacher of 9 - 13 year olds, it is obvious at that age which students have empathy and which don’t. Boys especially spend many hours on YouTube and online gaming, exposed to a lot of racist, sexist, bragging content. I think those with less developed empathy are pulled to far right content.

Behind the Banner: Inside the hīkoi mō te Tiriti Over nine days, rangatahi and veterans of past hīkoi walked shoulder-to-shoulder to take their message to Parliament. Ella Stewart and Cole Eastham-Farrelly were there.

Video is worth watching

Behind the Banner: Inside the hīkoi mō te Tiriti www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

NZ downgraded in global climate rankings The Government's backtracking on climate policy has been noticed globally, with NZ now ranking 41st out of 63 nations on climate policy performance.

New: The Government’s backtracking on climate policy has been noticed globally, with New Zealand dropping to 41st out of 63 nations in the Climate Change Performance Index. #COP29
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/21/n...

Massive crowds march on New Zealand parliament protesting Māori bill. Here’s what to know | CNN Tens of thousands of people have marched on the New Zealand parliament in Wellington to protest against a bill that critics say strikes at the core of the country’s founding principles and dilutes the...

www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/a...

Tens of thousands march on NZ parliament in protest against Māori treaty bill Police say about 42,000 people gathered at parliament in the last stage of the nine-day protest in opposition to the Treaty of Waitangi bill

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

So many people on the hīkoi today!

Photo credit Keelan Walker

Opinion | The case against driving city kids to school One solution for boosting youth mental health: Make kids navigate the city. That starts with getting them out of your car and onto buses and bikes.

“But the biggest change was in our boys. They no longer had to be dragged out of bed; they woke up early, excited to plan their routes & meet friends, arriving at school full of energy and ready to learn. The transformation was remarkable.”

Worth a read.
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A matter of principles Misinformation about the Treaty of Waitangi, its language and its intent is at the centre of the Treaty Principles Bill introduced to Parliament this week.

A MATTER OF PRINCIPLES

Misinformation about the Treaty of Waitangi, its language and its intent is at the centre of the Treaty Principles Bill introduced to Parliament this week. #nzpol

the arc of the moral universe could be a bit shorter imo

Column | How can polls be right if nobody answers their phones? While we count the days until Nov. 5, we talked to top pollsters about who’s most likely to respond to polls and how to account for the no-shows.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

This is the most powerful closing message

Since its first election in 1853 New Zealand has been world-leading in voting rights. All Māori men were able to vote from 1867 and all European men from 1879. In 1893 New Zealand became the first country in the world where women were able to vote in national elections. TeAra.govt.nz

The first federal vote in which women were able to participate was the 31 October 1971 election of the Federal Assembly. However it was not until a 1990 decision by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland that women gained full voting rights in the final Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. Wikipedia

Why no New Zealand or Switzerland? Aren’t they the first and last countries where women gained the right to vote?

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Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age With the passage of time, the 78-year-old former president’s speeches have grown darker, harsher, longer, angrier, less focused, more profane and increasingly fixated on the past, according to a revie...

www.nytimes.com/2024/10/06/u...

There’s a story about Dunedin protest in NZ news section if you scroll about 12 stories down. Guess it’s regarded as yesterday’s news unless someone does something newsworthy or they decide to do an investigation. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3504...