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Luxon to be bestowed honorary matai title in Samoa, at his request The title, which Luxon would receive on Monday, the Samoa PM said, was, ‘Tui-Sinave-ma-Ulumotootua’.

"at his request" - that is some shaaaaaaade

PM Luxon's office denies he asked for a Samoan matai title Samoa’s Prime Minister claimed in a recent interview Luxon himself had asked for the title, and the request came via New Zealand’s High Commissioner.

he also wants you to know he's not mad, please don't put in the newspaper that he got mad

The "at his request" is an essential and masterful inclusion in the purely factual headline.

Vineyard Area in California and Languedoc-Roussillon, 1974-2024

There's got to be some kind of formula in their head that they are so much better that they can eat the delays and costs from cancellation and STILL come out ahead, because their projects will simply be Done Well.

I think this government really do drink their own Koolaid, and genuinely believe that their projects just don't face the same kinds of risks as previous governments, because they are just inherently Better Managers.

Government closely monitoring reports South Korea could cut off half our fuel New fuel security group to meet for first time tonight amidst reports the source of 47% of our fuel could stop sending it.

JUST DO SOLAR YOU STUPID FUCKS www.thepress.co.nz/politics/360...

Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

A savage, magnificent, virtuosic and unlikely to be surpassed evisceration of "Mummy's Favourite".

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

All quite fair really (amazingly!). The last line is an interesting one though - that if we win the league we may loosen up a bit. I've wondered this too - if successful maybe next season we'll swashbuckle our way around the league with the pressure off. Or maybe not, we might get even less space 🤷‍♂️

no fucking way, he really said that? omfg

Do ya reckon? I think he'll ride off into the sunset, polishing his CV and hocking himself around instead. I honestly don't think he cares about it, once he's done his dash he'll be thinking about the next grift

Watching this clip on my 60th birthday makes me realise I’ve been like this bloke for more than half a century. Come on Arsenal, don’t fuck it up this time.

You tell NZTA online that you've sold. You have the money. You no longer own the car. No worries, the new owner needs to also do it, but I don't think its your problem anymore

One of my standing notions is the idea that the best thing for the (NZ) Labour party, something that could possibly cause them to focus their minds, would be the (NZ) Greens polling at 20%

But I never would have guessed it would be the Limeys who'd get to test the theory first

Sticker on lamp post "Luxon supports bombing schoolgirls "

Seen in Ōtepoti today

100% this. I recently just did this for the 2nd harbour crossing and its crazy how many homes could have solar for the same money, and thats before any economies of scale come into it

This was literally what everyone had said.

Bet you the pricks won't mind set pieces when Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka are slinging them in for England.

I know that I sound like a broken record but I think once this society was ok with accepting mass covid deaths just to be able to eat at Applebees then all bets were off.

Still never forgiving Helen Clark for plenty, but one thing she was willing to do was to give illegal wars waged by the US huge arseholes. Broke with Tony Blair/UK Labour over this JUST SAYING

A mug depicting KC Green's This Is Fine dog comic, but tragically faded

I've had my This Is Fine mug so long that the dog has become a ghost and all that remain are flames

A country surrounded by the ocean, with active geothermal zones, buffeted by winds and basking in sunshine should not be relying on tanker loads of oil, gas and coal shipped half way across the world to run its energy network.

Watch the statements coming from all parties very carefully in the coming days, NZ - they’ll give you more food for thought for when you vote in November.

The facts suggest two interpretive frameworks for Iran: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the U.S.
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Seems like energy independence like solar and wind would be really useful. #nzpol

I think if I'd gotten away with attempting a coup, suffered no consequences for it, then won an election four years later, got away with executing citizens in the streets and foreigners in boats, and successfully abducted a head of state, I too might think I could just bomb my way to regime change