Nick Smith’s Anti-Trump Campaign
By NZB3
Local government elections 2025 are coming but the campaigning has already started. Leading the way with international headlines is Nelson Mayor Nick Smith’s made-up plight of Ernest Rutherford. “President Trump claimed many achievements for the USA (scaling mountains, braving dangers, ending slavery,..) without saying his country was the only one or the first one to have done […]
Read more..January 23, 2025
Government Airline Messes With Wrong Cat
By NZB3
Without government airlines who would transport our pets safely to Australia? And back. And then back again, all in one trip! Messing with Margo Neas, a Communications Manager, came with some international headlines blowback for the ‘national carrier’ Air New Zealand. Mittens is one of the few New Zealand cats to have her own Press […]
Read more..January 23, 2025
Government Wigs
By NZB3
Part of the reason we can’t have a State, no not even a little one, is that it always grows and ends up controlling and fowling up everything. One crisis at a time, each seemingly “kind” or “necessary” or “urgent” popular need is grasped upon by politicians on the make to expand their powers. In […]
Read more..January 21, 2025
Parklife
By NZB3
Just listening to Radio Hauraki. (Hau-rak-ie not ‘Hoe-raki.’) A Blur song came on and a lyric struck me… “I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too It gives me a sense of enormous well-being (Parklife) And then I’m happy for the rest of the day Safe in the knowledge there will always be […]
Read more..January 8, 2025
Rakaia Ripoff
By NZB3
How about half million dollars for a government mini-golf course in Rakaia? Ashburton District Council are making a ridiculous demand on their tax livestock. If there was a market for such a thing why not suppose free people could come up with such a business? Do holes in the ground and some astroturf from the […]
Read more..December 20, 2024
Hyperscale Data Centre
By NZB3
This just in about the new Hyperscale Data Centre coming to Westgate, West Auckland. Apparently the woman pulling the strings (or public-facing) is Vanessa Sorenson. Was only half-listening to her “interview” (really PR for ZB and probably comes with a recepit….) and forgot why I hit play. It was because I’m interested in West Auckland […]
Read more..December 13, 2024
“Christopher Luxon says he wants nothing to do with the Greens while he’s Prime Minister. “
By NZB3
These two (image left) are gone now. At least I hope so. Rod Carr just left the Climate Change Commission and James Shaw got out of the Green Party earlier in the year. Interestingly, I had a hunch that Shaw might have had a place in this Ministry. While doing the round in the media […]
Read more..December 13, 2024
Politicians Grab Surveillance Cameras II
By NZB3
National 5.0 have done a very fine job capturing road surveillance cameras from the Police. I often think it’s a bit of a shame that Beehive communications staff aren’t eligible for the New Zealand Film and Television Awards or AXIS advertising awards. Their sneaky Edward Bernays inspired propaganda is done in the dark. If anyone […]
Read more..December 11, 2024
Brown is my Superpower
By NZB3
I have 2 irritated media observations for you from this weekend’s Otago Daily Times before trailing off into an esoteric discourse on macrohistory analysis. Because, after all, if economics can be broken down into micro and macroeconomics why shouldn’t I use the same terminology for long-term history trends? Firstly then, and briefly, so I can […]
Read more..December 8, 2024
Mediawatch: Move Westport Uphill
By NZB3
“Buller mayor on the plan to potentially relocate Westport” – Newstalk ZB The West Coast town has flooding troubles. What shall they do? Seek advice. Urban design company Isthmus paid “$500,000” to tell Westport what to do. Build on higher ground. The Government are taking us for fools as per usual and who is calling […]
Read more..November 28, 2024
