Ben McKay
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AAP Pacific Editor try not to take this place too seriously 📧 [email protected]
Wellington, New Zealand
Joined February 2009
this is sick. everyone at the eden park #FIFAWWC opener tonight is getting their own poi with a qr code explaining it, mātaurangi māori & more. kiwi values on display! how good.
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exceptionally kiwi areas: anti-mandate protesters knock down a fence … but put it back up again 😇. great package from @TovaOBrien
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a timely reminder that England voted AGAINST australia and new zealand hosting this #FIFAWWC.
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Judith Collins’ last hour:. 💁🏻♀️ street walk with obviously planted Nat volunteers/members.💁🏻♀️ refused entry to a shop, “we don’t want you in here”.💁🏻♀️ losing a cafe poll in deep blue Ponsonby.💁🏻♀️ media conf totally focused on these things & internal runctions. Tough #nzpol day.
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now do the refugees.
#Breaking Judge Anthony Kelly has rule that Djokovic be released from immigration detention within in 30 minutes. He says the visa cancellation decision will be quashed and the government wil have to pay his costs.
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is there a more bad faith argument than the need to engage with #Convoy2022NZ protesters on the basis of "unity"? they deny vaccine science. 95% (!!) of Kiwis are now double dosed. there's your unity.
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First maiden speech of the 54th parliament: @JamesMeagerMP, Rangitata MP, a self-described "part-Māori boy raised in a state house by a single parent on the benefit". Says his dad had never set foot on North Island until yesterday!
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well put. fewer interviews. fewer postcabs. fewer doorstops in parliament. i think the low point capping an abuse in care royal commission presser to 15 minutes. not good!.
It has now been more than a year since Christopher Luxon has been interviewed by Q+A, including his entire tenure as PM. We hope he'll agree to be interviewed soon.
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Update from DPM Peters’ office:.“The Minister of Foreign Affairs does not consult with coalition partners on the literally hundreds of UN General Assembly resolutions that are considered each year.”. Translation: Stay in your lane, Seymour.
Seymour: "We hadn’t been consulted on this decision and have raised it with the Foreign Minister. We expect a more open dialogue in the future.". PM Luxon was asked yesterday if the coalition was in lockstep on the issue. "Yes we are.".
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Jacinda Ardern accepts her appointment as NZ's Prime Minister by Governor General Patsy Reddy in Wellington today. A peaceful transition of power from the previous Jacinda Ardern administration #NZHellhole
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✔️ 1st win over world No.1 🇺🇸.✔️ Biggest win in 32 years over 🇯🇵.✔️ Biggest win over 🇧🇷 ever.✔️ 11 goals. #ToN2017 champs: @TheMatildas.
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He gave his maiden speech to Parliament last week, speaking at length about how Tauranga was beset by gang issues and a “growing culture of lawlessness, lack of accountability, a sense of impunity, and significant underlying generational social problems.”.
The National Party’s newest MP, Sam Uffindell, was asked to leave his exclusive boarding school after viciously beating a younger student late at night. He apologised 22 years later, just before becoming a National candidate.
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