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OwairakaAroha

@owairakaaroha.bsky.social
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He/him. Tangata Tiriti. Politics, music, TV, food, law, the weird shit my kids do, eat the rich etc. Lawyer but not the bad kind. Disgraced former eye surgeon.

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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Chemo clinic is playing Whatever Happened To Tracey. Hopefully there are no Traceys in here right now.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bizarre things that happened in your assembly: Our very homphobic deputy headmaster had a voice that would occasionally crack while talking. When it happened, around once a week for 5 years, 2,000 students would all make that same cracking noise. I've never heard anything like it before or since.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Let the record show that not one of these fucking dipshits knows how to eat a pie. #leaveitinthebag #nosauce #dipshits #NZPol
Four dipshits sit on one side of a picnic table. From left to right: Shane Jones, a dipshit, pulls a pie apart with his hands like a confused raccoon. Three other numpties, Nicola Willis, David Seymour and Chris Bishop, attempt to eat pies that have been completely removed from their bags, making it impossible for the pies to retain their structural integrity and ensuring a mess of pastry crumbs and gravy will be left on the table on front of them. The giant manbaby on the right, Chris Bishop, also has so much tomato sauce on his pie that it looks like a fucking cupcake because apparently he is a toddler who needs to drown his food in tucker fucker to make it palatable for his delicate mouth. Picture taken immediately before they all asked for a knife and fork, presumably.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Back at the A&E and finally heard Choosin' Texas. How is this a hit? Was the singer sedated before the recording?
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For the benefit of Jordan Williams, David Farrar et al, here is a comprehensive list of everyone who has successfully sued Nicky Hager for defamation in relation to allegations made in his meticulously researched books: .... End #NZPol
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The NRL is straight up rigged.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Shout out to the person I saw donating plasma today in 100% Full Goth. Can't fault the commitment and the makeup was incredible.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I made this after too much coffee. Please stay for the alt text.
Two panel meme.

Panel 1. Smoke show boxer Anthony Joshua is winding up that right hand like it's a Looney Tunes cartoon. He's smiling like a man who's made millions of dollars rearranging a YouTubers facial bones and barely broken a sweat.

Joshua has a text label: Nicky Hager

Panel 2: You ever see a dog that's not sure how to swim leap into water that's deeper than the puddles they splash through? There's that momentary panicked look as their head dips under the water and then the instinct kicks in and they start doggy paddling.

Jake Paul doesn't have that instinct but he does look like a scared dog. He is seconds away from having his jaw neatly broken into pieces by someone who actually boxes in real life and theres a brief recognition that the water is deep and dark and cold and it is not giving you likes or subscribes.

Paul has a text label: NZ politics
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Can someone please kill me before I get to whatever age it is that you feel compelled to add your own running commentary to everything you watch on TV. Thanks in advance.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Been on the receiving end of some pretty tone-deaf coms from MAGS this week in the wake of the awful incident at the Baldwin Ave train station on Wednesday. Disappointing but not surprising.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Back at A&E listening to some awful pop country and a forgotten Katy Perry hit. To their credit, the music at the chemo clinic was decent although I maintain that Landslide is too depressing for that setting.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Shit music and clinic waiting areas. Name a more iconic duo etc. So far this week I've had morning zoo-style radio at A&E, Celine Dion at a specialist appointment and now awful acoustic covers interspersed with ads for the premium version of the streaming service at the GP. The absolute pits.
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Labour govt found out wealthy people’s effective tax rate was 9% and proceeded to do nothing about it. My effective tax rate was 30% last year as a regular income earner. Do you really think I give a fuck about a 2% wealth tax? I do not.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This NZ election cycle is like watching the Washington Generals play the Washington Generals. Just an endless series of turnovers, airballs and botched lay-ups. #NZPol
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Labour's willingness to alienate its entire base just to appeal to a handful of wavering National voters is batshit crazy. Formulate policies to address our many, glaring problems. Articulate them as clearly as possible. That's the whole job. Why is this so hard? #NZPol
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Favourite headline of the day. The article is about upgrading Queen's Wharf. Cheers, RNZ.
Clip from RNZ news website. Headline is under the "Travel" banner and headline reads "The plan to strengthen Auckland's gateway for cruising".
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
All this technology and we're just going to use it to create an apocalyptic choose-your-own-adventure. As a species, we are absolutely cooked. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
stuff.co.nz
AI-built virus could kill billions, Kiwi expert warns
It’s long been a worst case scenario for AI safety experts - but the nightmare of an AI-powered global pandemic is growing closer to reality.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
So many amazing Auckland restaurants, cafes, bars and venues gone but fucking Wildfire endures.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Whoever chose the photos for this article should be out of a job. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
stuff.co.nz
Champion bodybuilder who became police officer jailed for sexual offending
Brian Denys McFarlane, once celebrated as a champion bodybuilder and one of New Zealand Police’s oldest recruits, has been sentenced to more than nine years’ imprisonment for historical sexual offendi...
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
1/ I've done quite a bit of work in relation to the FTA, including the unfair contract terms regime introduced in 2015. This article underlines a long-standard concern I have with the apparent right of health insurers to vary their terms unilaterally: www.stuff.co.nz/health/36101...
stuff.co.nz
‘Blindsided’: Mum with cancer caught out by change to health insurance smallprint
Sophia Perera says changes to her long-standing policy mean she now has to pay hundreds of dollars towards essential scans despite already paying higher premiums.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Why does this guy have a platform to talk about politics? He clearly has no idea. #NZPol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
stuff.co.nz
I voted National last time. This time I'm listening to Opportunity
The latest poll showing the Opportunity Party hovering around five percent has generated some fascinating reactions.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I wouldn't leave the toilet to see Devilskin, so I find it very hard to understand someone refusing to leave Devilskin to use the toilet.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I love the Waiata 100 even if I don't love a lot of songs in the Waiata 100, but...
Epic handshake meme. Handshake between NZ musicians SJD and Phoenix Foundation. Uniting feature is perfect songs about human insignificance and finding meaning in everyday life that were robbed in RNZ's Waiata 100. Pretty niche stuff.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Imagine being too much of a deadshit even for New Zealand First. Stuart Nash, come on down. #NZPol
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Tucker Jones @tuckerjones.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I'm watching in germany. The German commentators kept quiet for nearly the whole thing until suddenly the shot widened and we just hear with a German accent, "Oh, Miss Piggy"
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Muppets the only good part of this halftime show.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This game is an absolute blast.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Fun fact: Kings Prep still have and award a trophy named after Philip Polkinghorne.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Not all heroes wear capes. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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Cop dumped cannabis evidence because he ‘could not be bothered’
A Counties Manukau police officer threw away suspected cannabis and drug paraphernalia because he “could not be bothered” completing the required paperwork, the Independent Police Conduct Authority ha...
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
ACT Party recommending phones for children that just have Snapchat and Seymour's contact details. #NZPol
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I wonder what washed up celebrity or mediocre ex-athlete the National Party will offer up as a candidate. I'm sure they won't want to be left out. Plenty of suitable options out there - Clint Brown, Martin Devlin, Mark Richardson, Maria Folau if she can be tempted back across the ditch. #NZPol
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I badly need distraction from my day to day life right now, so I'm doing this: 1001albumsgenerator.com. One album a day, 5 (or 7) days a week. I'm late to the party on this but it's worthwhile if you want to discover some new (to you) music or just need something low stakes to focus on for a bit.
1001albumsgenerator.com
1001 Albums Generator
Explore the history of music. One album a day. From the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Peace out, US "Soccer".
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The Simpsons Homer Simpson
ALT: The Simpsons Homer Simpson
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I will never forget how angry my Mum got when I was 8 and told her she looked like Penelope Keith in The Good Life (a show which, inexplicably, seemed to always be on TV in NZ in the 1980s between episodes of M*A*S*H and Country Calendar). RIP, queen! www.stuff.co.nz/culture/3609...
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Penelope Keith, star of classic British sitcom 'The Good Life,' dies at 86
Penelope Keith, a comic performer who shone as flinty but loveable upper-crust characters in British sitcoms “The Good Life” and “To the Manor Born,” has died aged 86.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Classic English football is back baby! Struggling to a nil-all draw against a team with a fraction of your resources. You love to see it.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I don't know what kind of stone cold moron you have to be to drive around Auckland with your lights off this morning in this weather, but there are plenty of them.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Luxon : Chiefs :: Trump : Knicks #nzpol
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
You couldn't invent Shane Jones. He's too ridiculous. #nzpol
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I wish this government would get on with the much more important work of banning credulous adults from social media. My auntie who wants to get "unvaccinated". My ex-colleague who retrained as a reiki healer. The guy from high school who says "Taxcinda" without a shred of irony. #NZPol
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
How about government ministers who mislead the public? Because he sure does like to spread misinformation about climate change, immigration, public health, LGBTQIA+ issues, journalism, the March 15 attack and so on. #NZPol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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Winston Peters says government officials who mislead ministers should be ‘put in prison’
The foreign minister says government officials who mislead ministers should be “put in prison”.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Matthew Hooton truly is the Ben Thomas of Liam Hehirs.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
LinkedIn is a wasteland of AI evangelism now. It doesn't matter how useful the service is if it's provided by companies who can't cover their costs, unsustainably monopolise resources, steal IP and degrade the environment. It's hard to see it as anything other than a horrifyingly wasteful bubble.
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
They buried the modelling that indicated that dropping a billion dollars on an LNG terminal was a terrible idea. Because of course they did. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Officials redacted advice showing 'low need' for LNG imports
Government officials tried to redact advice pointing to a "low need" for the facility and, in some cases, no need at all.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Amazing how people suddenly develop a conscience when things affect them directly.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
My Standard 3 teacher 1. Put "Lego" in a spelling test even though it's a brand. 2. Insisted it was "Leggo". That's pasta sauce, dumbass. 3. Refused to concede when I brought Lego to school to show her. 4. Summoned my parents to school for failing to respect her authority. Fuck you, Mrs. Amos.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Boards of Canada returned when we needed them the most.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Vector's scheduled 8 hour outage just wasn't inconvenient enough to the hundreds of households in our neighbourhood (including us) so they have graciously extended it by an extra 2.5 hours on 30 minutes' notice giving no time to plan for an evening without power. Absolutely fucking useless.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Yeah nah I'm good thanks. #NZPol
Picture of Nicola Willis as a suggested Facebook friend.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Remember when National had a few MPs who actually had some critical thinking skills? Getting sucked into the AI bubble is the clearest evidence yet that NZ is being run as a failing corporation. It's not magic, no matter how many over-leveraged tech companies might want you to believe that. #NZPol
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Frank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
They are so desperate to find cash after their tax cut splurges that they are punching down at the most vulnerable in society. If NZers re-elect these sh*ts, we really have become a grubby nation. Also this; www.ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz/news/total-m...
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Cuts, caps, and community access: The future of Total Mobility is on the table — CCS Disability Action
By Phoebe Eden-Mann, Policy Analyst, CCS Disability Action Published 5 March 2026 Right now, the Government is consulting on major changes to the Total Mobility scheme, and submissions close on 22...
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