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mrjeffhowell.substack.com Kirkiriroan gully dweller. Airbnb valet. Possessor of a lovely black ebike. Serial pedaler of te Awa. Opinionator of things political. My other car is a canal boat. [pics: a deck I built; my Kona Sutra e-tourer]
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A tale of overcoming fears - and quite a few locks. (HT Sir Ed for the headline obv) open.substack.com/pub/mrjeffho...

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Detox from today's privileges committee abomination.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Excellent headline in today's ODT editorial. #nzpol

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

If you truly believe music & the arts shouldn't be political, surely you also believe politicians shouldn't attend music/arts events on freebie tickets. Right?

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

After a rousing rendition of the anti-Māori anthem, “That’s Crap, I Thought We Were Over That Now”… My Stuff #cartoon today #ToitūTeTiriti #NZpol #DonMcGlashan #JuliaDeans

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

Bullseye.

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Compare the truly awful antics of the clowns currently in power (Bishop & Luxon & Peters & Seymour etc) with Ardern's wisdom, humility &, yes!, kindness. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

All we need now is Jon Toogood for the trifecta.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

NZ Journalists asking Chris Bishop if he has a problematic relationship with alcohol challenge.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

DM is pretty much GenX's Ed Hillary.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Exactly.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

To be fair, authentic and passionate dissent must be traumatic for Bishop when he's spent his entire adult life as a corporate flack and mediocre politician floating between stage-managed photo-ops and locked door donor circle jerks.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Yes but he's a *likeable* racist former tobacco lobbyist.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Golden hour on the Canal du Midi, S France.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

If Labour needs TPM to form a majority at the next election (and it will) then a vote for tpm is a vote to put all the dreadful Nat/NZF/Act legislation in the bin.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

DON MCGLASHAN YOU ABSOLUTE BLOODY LEGEND.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

I love how TPM telling us which dreadful government legislation they'll be repealing when they get into government. I'm hoping these will be bottom lines. Tautoko!

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Future historians will scratch their heads trying to imagine how a minor RW party got to set a coalition Govt’s agenda for an entire term.

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

Water flowing over lock gates, Canal du Midi, France.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

You mean to tell me it’s as simple as that? We can kill AI that easily? What are we waiting for?

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Hi folks, Ani is making a big deal out of @health.govt.nz being on Bluesky. Let's take a communal crap on her bollocks by ensuring Manatū Hauora gets a sizeable following, ne?

submitted 11 days ago • 30 comments

Hard to beat this for an entry into a city. open.substack.com/pub/mrjeffho...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

A week of it. More or less. open.substack.com/pub/mrjeffho...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Girls and boys and theys and unsures, keep killing it. You matter, even if no one has told you that today, if ever. I hold space for you, you have got this, even if you don't feel it or believe it. Do something new tomorrow, pursue curiosity, look for the healing place, crawl there if you have to.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

As Yale University, & the rest of the world acknowledged the grounded insights, & compelling cri de coeur of former PM Ardern's Class Day address yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/05... the far-right networks in New Zealand spent the entire week venemously villyfying her.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Grey day today.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Which bit of “starving the babies to death is part of the plan” don’t you understand?

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

I can see why other parties would be damned afraid of politics grounded in principles, as opposed to pursuit of power as its own end.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

While our Prime Minister normalises the use of 'Maorification' in a time of angst amongst our people, we have courageous leaders standing up for us and te tiriti. I'm so thankful for the bravery of @tepaatimaori.bsky.social and their MPs. Thank you ❤️ #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

submitted 17 days ago • 21 comments

Got thoroughly drenched today... mrjeffhowell.substack.com/p/deluge?r=g...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Brace. We're in for an interesting week.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

WOW! MUST READ PIECE. Devastating analysis here from Phil Smith. He pretty much implies the execrable J Collins is a vindictive racist. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

submitted 20 days ago • 10 comments