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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Apple HomePod Mini now costs $250! I mean I knew Apple were raising prices due to chip and storage costs, but does that really warrant a $70 price increase when it only has one chip and no storage. Pure corporate greed😡

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This a great story about how a small action of solidarity by people thousands of miles way from where the horrible thing is happening can make a difference. And it's told really well. So anytime someone says your small action won't have an impact, show them this. #nzpol

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I notice the speed sign in the image in this story where a pedestrian has died after being hit by a car in Pakaranga reads 60kmph. Guessing this is another dead directly related to Simeon Brown’s speed limit tantrum? #NZPol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...

nzherald.co.nz

Pedestrian dead after being hit by car in Auckland

Emergency workers were called to Pakuranga Rd just after 9pm on Monday night.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I can’t help but think these two stories and advertisement are related🤔

A screenshot of the NZH app, featuring a story about Trump, Dementia and retirement.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s a realm shame the new improved Parental Controls offered as part of iOS27 required every single device in the eco-system to also be on iOS, WatchOS, iPadOS27. Not many people kit out their kids with devices less than four years old, heck even my Apple Watch Ultra doesn’t support WatchOS27

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A better headline should be, why were they ever allowed to post images of students on Facebook. Our kids schools asked if we would allow them to post their pictures on social, in both cases we said no. www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...

rnz.co.nz

Why schools are ditching Facebook photos of students

Social media has become a popular means of keeping school communities updated on events and student achievements.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You know when they start promoting washing machines and driers with smart AI features, it’s become a marketing pitch, not a technological advancement. Seriously, give us a break!

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Just got the first eDM for the new Apple products…from JBHifi. It includes everything launched today, except the iPhone Duo. Guessing they will be so rare, they’ll only be available direct from Apple? Or maybe JB didn’t want to have to spring for the security required to stock such a valuable item!

JBHifi email with all the latest Apple products minus the new iPhone Duo.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I don’t think I can handle another three years of these types of headlines, they get worse everyday. How can people with a conscience vote for these types of daily stories. Vote like your life depends on it…because it probably does. ✅

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

80kmph winds, shutting down the main harbour crossing in our largest city. That’s not exactly gale force winds, it’s windy, but not uncommon. We used to live in a real country! What happened🤷‍♂️

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I got seven out of ten. I give the CoC a zero out of ten.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This really isn’t a big headache for Christopher Luxon, it might be a headache for the PM of the day…and I doubt it will be him (and he probably knows it) www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

nzherald.co.nz

Taiwan says it wants to come to Auckland summit, creating big headache for Luxon

Taiwan's Foreign Minister says the country is keen to be represented.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Oh thank goodness, someone is going into bat for the poor shareholders and investors in our energy sector. We’d hate to see smaller shareholder returns, especially when we are paying a lot more for our energy today, then we were 1, 2, 10 years ago! www.nzherald.co.nz/business/ele...

nzherald.co.nz

Breaking up the electricity generator-retailers won't make power cheaper

New Zealand needs long-term energy policy, not reactive political reform.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Gee, this sounds vaguely familiar. But the CoC ensure we can never have nice things, mainly because the National Child MP doesn’t understand how things work🤦

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Emily @emilywrites.co.nz · 24/08/2026

Everyone is either sick or knows someone who's sick and you know what? It's the Government's fault. Please share this article as widely as you can. This amount of mass illness isn't a coincidence, it's a choice they're making for you #nzpol www.emilywrites.co.nz/this-governm...

emilywrites.co.nz

This government is making you sick

So many of us are sick. And there's a reason for it.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Never thought mince would be a high end protein, we used to pay that per kilo of decent steak! Even frozen Prawns (which we used to consider luxury) are cheaper per kilo. Are we living in the upside down?

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I wonder when we will get an updated National Party List MP ranking? Surely there might be some big movers (losers) after this mornings debacle? #NZPol

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I imagine Luxo’s only bargaining chip is he’ll happily step down, so long as he’s is promised a Knighthood. #NZPol

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I'll save you clicking the link. Just don't go. End of story.

An NZ Herald article titled Travel Hacks for Kiwis heading to the US. Image is of the LAX sign at the LA Airport.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I see Apple has sneakily increased the prices of their refurbished products, even though these products weren’t affected by the chip shortage (that they helped create), a refurbished Mac Neo costs what a brand new one did a month ago. Shame on them! www.apple.com/nz/shop/refu...

apple.com

Refurbished Mac

Save up to 15% on a refurbished Mac. Tested and certified by Apple including a 1-year warranty. Free delivery and returns.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

True story! How many preventable deaths are we up to now!

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

You would be hard pressed to to beat the South Island on a good day!

Lake Tekapo with its signature blue water with snow clad mountains behind it. Sky is the same colour as the lake.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Yup, this is New Zealand in a teacup. Notice the people doing nothing are on the right hand side…🤔 I’m sure that’s just a coincidence.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Oh, looks like #GTA5 is available for pre-order. Shipping 12 November 2026. This looks like the best price so far. www.mightyape.co.nz/mn/buy/grand...

mightyape.co.nz

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This should be the Lead story on every news site in the country!

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Oh, Fielday special on the final day…look out backyard! So much quieter than the petrol chainsaw!

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

If you want to relive the ‘test’, toggle your phone into Flight Mode, then off again. Hold on tight!

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

NZ Government’s own legal experts told them not to kill off Mike Smith’s case against the big polluters, but they did it anyway, using Lobbyists words, to protect their interests #AtlasNetwork #Corporations #NZInitiative #nzpol thedailyblog.co.nz/explosive-ne...

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Hardmaxxing…whacking yourself in the head with a hammer to gain a certain look.…promoted by influencers. The human race is fucked. Thankyou for your attention to this matter 🤦

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

So we have "First World countries” and "Third World countries”, where are all the “Second World countries”? Or are you either one or the other with no in-between?

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This is how our elected officials think websites are built. Same kind of thinking the Govt is doing with the Public Service. Doomed #NZPol “Look, you can do a good website on AI in 20 minutes and you’re not paying 600,000 bucks for it, so that’s what horrifies me.” www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto...

nzherald.co.nz

'I'm so horrified': Andrew Little orders investigation into $600k library website

An "angry" Andrew Little is calling in an external probe to find who is responsible.

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

'But belt-tightening, as it turns out, is for poorer people and public servants. It’s not for the esteemed and often politically-connected candidates they want to install in plum roles on Crown boards.' @haydendonnell.bsky.social #NzPol

thespinoff.co.nz

Austerity is for poor people, not politicians

Belt-tightening, as it turns out, is location-specific. It affects you if you’re in a state house. It doesn't if you’re in the house of representatives.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This is the first year we have made it to Winter without once running the heat pump 🤔 #ClimateChange Let’s build an LNG terminal and close the alternate energy source research centre while we are at it🤦

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

C'mon, where's the "it comes as"?? Normally the press gallery only need two instances to say there's a pattern and you have at least four. I want a "it comes as National MPs have been caught out using personal email repeatedly this term" before the week is out!

NZ Herald:
Former Beehive staffer used private email account to receive document from Fonterra
Thomas Coughlan Political Editor • NZ Herald • 2 Jun, 2026

Stuff:
National minister used personal email for government business
Sam Smith May 5, 2025

RNZ:
Nicola Willis, Chris Bishop join Erica Stanford in admitting they used personal emails
6 May 2025
Jo Moir, Political Editor
John Gerritsen, Education Correspondent

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

It’s because we were so good at replacing plastic straws with soggy cardboard ones…it’s given us the headroom to throw a bit more carbon into the atmosphere. Thank you everyone for your sacrifice!

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Funny that! If the funding hadn’t been cut, they would need to boost it now…wilding pines don’t wait for a change in Govt to keep growing.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

How are we supposed to deal with these kind of outbreaks when the Govt is gutting the public service? And rejecting advice from the World Health Organisation (looking at you Simeon and Winston) #NZPol

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Tell me again why Shane Jones doesn’t want the footage from fishing boats be made public under the OIA? Yeah, I guess we know why. #NZPol newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/18/c...

newsroom.co.nz

Cameras on boats reveal second-highest Hector's dolphin bycatch in a decade

Fisheries NZ reports eight Hector's dolphins caught in the 2025 fishing year, following 15 catches in 2024

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Will be interesting to see if her outlook on life, and human rights changes after becoming a Mum🤔 Who knows, she might become a Greens supporter! Stranger things have happened. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

nzherald.co.nz

Brooke’s baby: Act deputy leader Brooke van Velden announces pregnancy

MP reveals her unusual cravings as 'possibly the biggest challenge of my life' awaits.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Stuff really needs to add an option E. All of the above to the current Stuff Poll. #NZPol

Poll running of the Stuff website. The question asks;

What sector do you think most needs government funding?
Education
Health
Economic development
Infrastructure

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Something is up in the hood, Eagle overhead for the last hour, jumped on the scooter to take a look. Hit pay dirt. Not sure what is going on (not on Facebook so can’t check the local page which will no doubt be lit up)

Road being blocked by Police, cars turning off main road.

Police has converged on two houses, lots of Police cars and armed Police on the scene. Traffic has been allowed to flow again.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Oh great, another highly infectious virus doing the rounds…I can’t wait to see how the CoC deal with this outbreak! I think it’s safe to say, they won’t do anything, if the fuel crisis lack of response is the prequel. www.nzherald.co.nz/world/expert...

nzherald.co.nz

Hantavirus strain aboard cruise ship has the potential to spark coronavirus-style pandemic

A World Health Organisation spokesman said the virus can be spread between humans.

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Matt @matteastnz.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

My favourite reoccurring subscription. Fresh is best, roasted Sunday, ordered yesterday, delivered this morning. Hard to beat that service. The coffee is pretty good as well. #CoffeeTime

Raglan Roast coffee beans bag with the roasted date reading 3/5/2026. Tagline is Roasted by Animals, tested on humans.

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