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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"We have principles, if you dont like them we have others" part 2 #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
nzherald.co.nz
Qiulae Wong says no tax reform next term 'worth considering' in potential deal with National
Christopher Luxon points to Wong's land tax when ruling out Opportunity.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is probably the turning point for why I will, again, vote Green. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
thepost.co.nz
The two-year childcare gap: What parties are promising working parents
Parents face a two-year gap between paid parental leave ending and universal 20 hours ECE beginning. With childcare costs keeping some parents out of paid work, we look at what the parties are offerin...
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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 · 01/09/2026
I feel there is more to this list.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
More of a rhetorical question on my part... 😜
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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
The world has moved past you, Barry.
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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
Having now had my whinge, this is a worthy cause and one I hope Community Law can assist with.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
communitylaw.org.nz/wp-content/u...
communitylaw.org.nz
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
It is literally the first search result when you search "prison law text nz" or similar.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Spoiler: this is not a groundbreaking project and what is proposed is not the "first comprehensive guide to prison law in New Zealand". Community Law Wellington and Hutt Valley has produced a free resource called "Lag Law", in hard and soft copy, for years.
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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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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I've got a great documentary from 1991 to show you.
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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 · 02/06/2026
I thought this cover they did on Triple J was immense. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3yZ...
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Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers cover t.A.T.u. ‘All The Things She Said’ for Like A Version
YouTube video by triple j
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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 · 30/04/2026
Looking forward to the think piece in LawNews from a KC about how this is what Law School is meant to be like.
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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 · 01/01/2026
Also, congratulations and seasonal salutations.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
So much better than the alternative voice of that phrase from the 2006-2010 cultural zeitgeist.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Is this not how you imagine yourself portrayed in print?
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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 · 09/12/2025
Storing this away for a rainy day.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
It would also make for a pretty sweet cover on the programme for a funeral.
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David @d-m-ab.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
How is Michael Rae considered test standard?
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