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tīpuna 1. (noun) ancestors, grandparents – plural form of tipuna and the eastern dialect variation of tūpuna. One of the coolest things about what I’m doing right now is the connection I feel to my father and his father. My grandfather was born in Glasgow and came to New Zealand as a bonded electrician. His . . . → Read More: Tīpuna 
Schulz’ response: “I remember telling Larry at the time about Franklin — he wanted me to change it, and we talked about it for a long while on the phone, and I finally sighed and said, “Well, Larry, let’s put it this way: Either you print it just the way I draw it or I quit. How’s that?” . . . → Read More: Introducing Franklin To The World  Comments are closed  Politics, The Blog  influences, journalism, Life the universe and everything, politics, racism 
That counter-narrative might begin like this: You matter—not because of your income, education, or politics—but because you are part of a shared society whose future depends on all of us. This country has been sold out by those who put profit before people—by corporations and political elites who abandoned communities while insulating themselves from the consequences. The struggle isn’t between neighbors. It’s between those who extract and those left to carry the cost. Democracy isn’t about shouting the loudest. It’s about showing up—for your neighbors, your community, and the shared spaces that hold us together. Patriotism isn’t about who you exclude. It’s about what we build together, and who we refuse to leave behind. . . . → Read More: MAGA: The Counter-Narrative
So the US has bombed Iran’s nuclear processing sites—because nothing says “carefully considered foreign policy” quite like lobbing explosives at a problem and hoping it magically resolves itself. . . . → Read More: Bravo, Mr President. What’s the encore? 
Growing up, we, as Māori, were always treated as second-class citizens. To be honest, when I served, I was a young man, and there were things that I was not aware of, but I always felt something was there, and there are things that, as I have become wiser, I have become more aware of. The Crown was happy to treat us as second-class citizens, yet when they needed us, they were happy to use us. After returning I remember my wife and I, we went to Hamilton to see her brother playing the British Isles. I went to the hotel office to change a 5-pound note, and the girl at the office complained to her manager about me being there. These small things stick in my mind, and I will never forget it. I had served for a country that did not, and still does not, respect me as a Māori. . . . → Read More: ‘If I had the choice again, I would not fight in that war’ Tā Robert (“Bom”) Nairn Gillies
It is becoming increasingly clear that Government funding decisions are strongly oriented towards the for-profit private health sector rather than addressing the critical needs of our health system. . . . → Read More: Follow the money – it’s enough to buy surgeons tropical cruises 
Source June 10, 2025 PDF Ian Taylor: Seymour’s rise to the second seat with power far beyond his mandate Ian Taylor Sir Ian Taylor is the founder and managing director of Animation Research. https://exposures.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/videoplayback.mp4 David Seymour sets the tone during maiden deputy PM speech OPINION: I have to confess, I underestimated David Seymour. . . . → Read More: Ian Taylor: Seymour’s rise to the second seat with power far beyond his mandate Left bloc would have enough support to turf coalition government out of power – poll After the Budget and pay equity changes the left bloc would have the support to turf the coalition out of power, the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll shows. The preferred prime minister and leadership ratings are also bad news for . . . → Read More: Left bloc would have enough support to turf coalition government out of power – poll 
But for all this support, my pregnancy added a new kind of pressure. I was only the second world leader in history to have a baby in office. The first was Benazir Bhutto. She was the first woman to lead Pakistan, and in 1990, two years into her first term in office she had a baby girl. I didn’t think the world’s eyes were on me, but I did think naysayers’ were. Those who might be waiting to say: See, you can’t do a demanding job like that and be a mother. . . . → Read More: ‘I asked Queen Elizabeth II if she had any advice for me’: Jacinda Ardern on her time as a pregnant prime minister 
It sounds as if she feels she has been unfairly attacked over her approach to Covid. At this suggestion, Ardern goes very still and quiet, and I suddenly realise she has tears in her eyes. “I find Covid really hard,” she says, swallowing her words. “I had a conversation up north, after I’d left office. I was wandering around some markets and I could feel this young woman looking at me, so when she caught my eye I said hello, and we struck up a conversation, and it turned out that she was a teacher who’d had an adverse reaction to the vaccine. And because she didn’t get the second dose, she had stopped working in teaching.” The New Zealand vaccine mandate meant that people in some professions were required to have it. “We talked about the fact that we, of course, had an exemption regime, but for some reason it hadn’t worked out for her. It was the kind of conversation that I just wish I could have with everyone: when everything isn’t distilled down into black and white. But the world leaves so little space for that now. And I feel very sad about that.” . . . → Read More: ‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America – The Guardian 
It was a full house at Mata Beer last Saturday night when the EBOPers Big Band, featuring The Tequila Mockingbirds, put on a super-impressive performance. The EBOPers were formed out of the EBOP Brass Band in 2014, and are now established performers on the local circuit. . . . → Read More: Review: EBOPers impress 
Here are some key takeaways from the Budget yesterday: Cuts to support for families Cuts to government contributions to KiwiSaver Theft of $12.8 billion from the lowest earning women Tax breaks to business Ongoing fossil fuel extraction with $200 million going into new gas exploration projects No commitments to ending child poverty . . . → Read More: What a wild week in politics it has been 
Anne and Phillip lived 5 kms down the road. To give you an idea of what that meant, if I walked to their farm I passed 4 other houses. In those first couple of years I went there a lot. They looked after me. They rescued me. . . . → Read More: Meet Anne and Phillip of Waikaretu 
For those who were unable to attend the Patient Voice Roadshow tonight I got permission off Malcolm Mulholland to record and publish the presentations of him, two nurses and the mayor. I stopped recording at Q & A. ====== Malcolm Mulholland is the chair of Patient Voice Aotearoa, a patient advocacy group. He is . . . → Read More: Malcolm Mulholland is the chair of Patient Voice Aotearoa, a patient advocacy group. He is taking his patient voice advocacy campaign to the people. Comments are closed 
The only thing we can do about awful people is not to become one of them Election night 2023 was a good night for the landlords, foreign speculators, and the very wealthy. For tenants and people who mahi hard to keep afloat, not so much. For those of us whose values include looking . . . → Read More: The only thing we can do about awful people is not to become one of them. 
Voting Papers I get asked a lot by people who I am voting for? And why?And who should they vote for. Who I’m voting for is easy to answer. I’m voting for Sebastian who lives opposite The Bean on the seats outside the public toilets. I buy him a coffee when I . . . → Read More: Time To Vote 
Dad had a lot of friends and we learned this as we went through our teens. we knew there were friends who came around and visited and there were his work friends and football club friends and friends from his other clubs and interests. Dad asked all of them, all of them, to keep . . . → Read More: The Mad Butcher 
Ian and Elaine with their some of their mokopuna My dad did a trade when he was a young man. He became a bootmaker. But he couldn’t feed his kids on what he was making so he got a job at Hellaby’s Freezing Works in Otahuhu. He worked hard and we never went . . . → Read More: Dad was a freezing worker. No Right Turn I know a lot of people are concerned at the relentless volume and vitriol of the attacks and attempts to undermine our elected government.It was hard enough for them in 2017 when Winston responded to the Dirty Politics leaking of his super errors by National by forming a coalition with Labour . . . → Read More: No Right Turn 
Source: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/hijacked-the-inside-story-of-how-nzs-convoy-lost-its-rudder Days of protesters’ chats reveal the inside story of how New Zealand’s convoy was hijacked by the far-right fringe, Marc Daalder reports Special report: The convoy wasn’t supposed to end this way. What organisers hoped would be a mass movement shutting down the nation’s capital until vaccine mandates were removed has devolved into . . . → Read More: EXTREMISM: ‘Splintered realities’: How NZ convoy lost its way |
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