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Nikola Donatello

I heard the opposition transport guy being interviewed about the cost of this latest public transport subsidy.

Its cost at 68 million seems low. The guy said the costs were correct. He claimed that it would cause more people to use public transport but could not say how many.

But… If they have modelled the costs, that means they must have an assumption of the numbers of new PT users. 🙄

It would be great to see the detailed costings.

I just don’t trust Labour on any policy. They have a perfect track record of everything they touch falling to pieces.
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June 11, 2026 8:47am
Raphael

And now for something non-political.

I am a HUGE fan of the Stargate series. (It is my favourite SciFi universe). Last year Amazon, who now owns MGM announced that they were going to do a new Stargate show, and it was being put together by the original show runners and producers.
A couple of weeks ago Amazon, through Variety, announced that the show was cancelled because “it would appeal too much to the existing fans”. In other words it wasn’t being made for that mythical “modern audience” who don’t actually even watch this type of show (and which the original Stargate SG1 series mocked in their 200th episode).

Since then my X feed has been blowing up with fans from all over the world, from all walks of life, from all political sides, banding together to try and get Amazon to reverse their decision. Michael Shanks (who acted as Dr. Daniel Jackson in series, https://x.com/MichaelShanks) and Rachael Luttrell (who acted in the Atlantis series https://x.com/rachel_luttrell) along with scriptwriter/producer for the series Joseph Mallozzi (https://x.com/BaronDestructo) have been actively partcipating.

Fans have raised funds to have a plane flying a banner over the Amazons headquarters, Change.org petitions are sitting at over 100,000 signatures. French fans had just build a 1:1 scale Stargate model that they had at a Stargate Con in France a couple of weeks ago that had then one and only Richard Dean Anderson attending.. And today they’re doing a tweet storm.

So if you’re on X and if you were a fan of the show, or if you are a fan of shows where you would like Hollywood to actually care about existing fans, do take the time to make a post to #SaveStargate, and tag @AmazonMGMStudio and @PrimeVideo
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June 11, 2026 8:51am
Gravelroad

The “Cosmological Framework”
Will this save us if some outfit in far away lands decides to launch a drone/missile attack on Aotearoa?
The excerpt below is from a mailout today by Don Brash at Hobson’s Pledge entitled:
“The New Zealand Army’s Darkest Secret”:
“Human rights advocate Alex Penk recently uncovered that the Army issued General Orders forcing a specific “cosmological framework” onto our troops. The orders dictate that our soldiers must understand and align themselves with traditional Māori deities like Tūmatauenga (the god of war) and Rongo (the god of peace)”.
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