Born in Te Aroha, Aotearoa/New Zealand, raised at Waitoa, educated in the Waikato & Auckland. Academic research was NZ war journalism. Retired. Nelipot.
Auckland, New Zealand
Joined March 2009
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RNZ have just suggested business leaders would choose Simeon Brown as Finance Minister!
#FinanceMinister
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It stands as the bloodiest 24 hours in Australian military history with more than 5,500 to 6,000 casualties, including nearly 2,000 killed and hundreds captured.
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Anne Salmond: It's make-or-break time for NZ
#MMP newsroom.co.nz/2026/11/11/an…
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This is genuinely beautiful to watch. One of the purest and most wholesome interactions I’ve seen in a while.
Some of the smallest moments can say the most.
A simple interaction between a child and an adult can turn into something meaningful when both people take the time to understand each other.
Even without words, a small gesture can show appreciation, patience, and connection.
It’s the kind of moment that reminds people how powerful quiet communication can be. One person takes the time to teach or share, and the other responds in the purest way possible.
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🪨 Biggest coal consumers in the world (2025)
Million tonnes of coal equivalent:
1. 🇨🇳 China: 3,147.0
2. 🇮🇳 India: 787.2
3. 🇺🇸 US: 297.9
4. 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 175.9
5. 🇯🇵 Japan: 148.7
6. 🇿🇦 South Africa: 124.4
7. 🇷🇺 Russia: 121.4
8. 🇰🇷 South Korea: 97.4
9. 🇻🇳 Vietnam: 87.7
10. 🇹🇷 Türkiye: 61.0
11. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 53.6
12. 🇩🇪 Germany: 51.0
13. 🇦🇺 Australia: 49.8
14. 🇵🇱 Poland: 45.8
15. 🇹🇼 Taiwan: 43.7
2025 data.
Source: Energy Institute, Statistical Review of World Energy 2026
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It's WORLD IMMUNISATION DAY 💉
Vaccines have saved over 150 MILLION lives.
Lets appreciate the scientists, vaccinators and volunteers who have helped create one of the greatest human inventions of all time
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The funniest thing about so called free market economics is that the super rich have had 40 years to piss on the rest of us, and there are still people standing underneath them with their mouths open, calling it economic freedom.
America is tired of the name-calling and the culture wars
#USElections newsroom.co.nz/2026/11/10/am…
RNZ’s $12m financial disaster: Where does the accountability lie?
#RadiozNZ newsroom.co.nz/2026/11/10/rn…
Hey fellow Kiwis. I was just trying to explain to a Brit the Kiwi expression Ice Cream! Indicating the feeling of not understanding something & feeling stupid. I remember a visual of someone planting an ice cream cone to their forehead. Am I making this up or is it real?
#Stupid
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Sitting at the table having done #Wordle and now trying to read the news.
#ThatDarnCat
It's that time in November when we remember those killed in wars around the globe. I have some relatives to recall. Two brothers killed at Chunuk Bair, one in Palestine & one in France ... all during WWI. /1
#LestWeForget
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