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@d-m-ab.bsky.social
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Leopards don't change their spots.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/communi...
rnz.co.nz
Senior lawyer apologises for behaviour but disputes it amounts to ‘misconduct’
A senior lawyer says she is "very sorry" about creating a work environment that triggered a mass "walkout" of her junior lawyers.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Perhaps this is one @strictlyobiter.bsky.social can answer for me. Has the soon to be Honourable Justice Crook appeared in Court since he was admitted to the bar?
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
And look how that turned out for them.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This from a guy who dedicated an entire chapter of his book to the time he felt bullied by Duncan Garner and Guyon Espiner. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
stuff.co.nz
Newstalk ZB ordered to read on-air censure over ‘dehumanising’ comments about non-binary MP
Radio station Newstalk ZB has been ordered to broadcast a statement censuring its flagship drive show after a broadcast mocked former Green Party MP Benjamin Doyle.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Why this man was never made a Knight of the Realm, I do not know. www.rnz.co.nz/news/communi...
rnz.co.nz
Former RNZ broadcaster Robert Taylor, who started bird call tradition, dies aged 82
Robert Taylor played the first ever morning bird call on the National programme in 1974.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Are you kidding me. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-...
thespinoff.co.nz
Government spending $300k per year on unused limos for former PMs
Taxpayers spent $298,359 keeping the chauffeured cars on standby last year. They were used for just $10,921 worth of trips.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
When neither the Borrin Foundation nor the University of Auckland can use Google you get ridiculous press releases like this: www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026...
auckland.ac.nz
Prisoners' rights the focus of groundbreaking project – University of Auckland
The first comprehensive guide to prison law in Aotearoa New Zealand is being developed with the support of a $153,000 grant.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Completely normal behaviour I am sure they would be doing if he was running for the blue team, right?
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Strictly Obiter @strictlyobiter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I trained a legal AI on Roger Partridge and Deborah Chambers KC opinion pieces and now it won’t open the pod bay doors.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A reminder that, relatively speaking, Kane has a very mediocre test record in England. 1 hundred and an average of 30 in 16 innings.
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IGN @ign.com · 03/06/2026
The LEGO Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise is the quintessential "adult" build that totally lives up to the hype. bit.ly/3QiluLJ
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Imagine giving a shit. www.thepost.co.nz/business/361...
thepost.co.nz
NBR and NZ Herald battle over ‘Rich List’ attribution
Business publication NBR chose to go public with claims that the NZ Herald was “taking credit” for work it did not create.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Read Barry Soper's book. A fun read, but not a man with much capacity for self reflection.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The Phoenix Semi in Porirua was amazing, but the Oppo Mascot has to be one of the worst of all time.
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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
William Shenstone said this in the 1700s. Fits our times rather well.
Quote: They begin with making falsehood appear like truth, and end with making truth itself appear like falsehood. Shenstone.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
This is an all time Tifo from the Fever.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Oh leave her alone. Maybe she didn't write the book to win an award?
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
One Council to rule them all and in the darkness bind them.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
We have updated our Terms of Service. Pray that we do not update them further.
Darth Vader looming menacingly over Lando.
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Strictly Obiter @strictlyobiter.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Lol rekt by Judith Collins
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
One of the more tone-deaf and out of touch advocates to carry the rank.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The only present I will ever want again. www.lego.com/en-nz/produc...
lego.com
Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D™ 10356 | LEGO® Icons | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop NZ
LEGO® Icons Star Trek model kit for adults
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
What to make of new evidence in the notorious Bill Sutch spy case
rnz.co.nz
What to make of new evidence in the notorious Bill Sutch spy case
Analysis: RNZ is publishing new evidence in the controversial case of alleged 'KGB agent' Bill Sutch. What does it tell us?
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The biggest Wellington hospitality scalp by far.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I bet you the editors of the poor man's Betoota Advocate, the Whakataki Times, are the sort of white bread, South Island-based, white boys who refuse to pronounce Māori place names properly.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Your own television deals are calculated on the basis of 3 day tests. And the lost gate receipts are a fraction of income from those. So calm down.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
At some point Tracey Watkins needs to get over it.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
You're not meant to SAY the "we have to keep the lowest paid poor so everyone else knows they're better than them"
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Honestly, the weird sh*t that a certain demographic in this city care about. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
stuff.co.nz
Stuff
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Asher @asherwilsongoldman.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Nothing in life is better than a day off work watching test cricket at the Basin Reserve
Photo of cricket at the Basin Reserve
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Idyllic.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
How is Michael Rae considered test standard?
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Strictly Obiter @strictlyobiter.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Lead appearances in appellate and senior courts.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
NZers when they try and unsubscribe from Temu.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The trick to avoiding children's music ruining your Spotify Wrapped is to only play decent music to your kids. Or, at least, what I consider decent music.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Nice to see a New Zealand team win the formula 1 world championship.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Nah, not really.
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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
"Some of you may die, but that's a risk I'm prepared to take"
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
If a simple karakia makes you uncomfortable, you are not cut out for local body politics.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
NIMBYs extending their intolerance to above their backyard.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
This is so fucking bleak. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
The future of rugby league in Australia, NZ and the Pacific is here - and it's brown
rnz.co.nz
The future of rugby league in Australia, NZ and the Pacific is here - and it's brown
Analysis: The jerseys may be red or blue, green and gold, or black and white - but the game's future is decidedly brown.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
And Pearl Jam t shirts.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
You have to wonder what the point of the super injunction was. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
rnz.co.nz
Anatomy of a downfall: How Jevon McSkimming's 29-year police career came to a shocking end
The country's second-highest ranking police officer oversaw road policing and operational services - he was also secretly watching child sexual exploitation and bestiality.
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I asked and I received. Excellent stuff.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
That felt a lot larger than it was...but the baby didn't wake up #eqnz
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Well, how quickly this piece aged. www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360874...
stuff.co.nz
The record-breaking cricket tour of New Zealand ... by the weakest-ever tourists?
The West Indies have arrived for a seven-week, 11-match extravaganza at the end of a year where their results have been historically poor.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Nice to see New York Do The Right Thing.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Articles like this, and people like Nandor, give me hope that maybe Local Government is not broken. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/05-...
thespinoff.co.nz
Reintroducing Nándor Tánczos, the most normal abnormal mayor
The really odd thing about new Whakatāne mayor Nándor Tánczos is how conventional he is.
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