Political Caption Competition
It’s how I roll.

1-on-1 in 10 Interview – Salvation Army State of the Nation Report Salvation Army Social Policy & Parliamentary Unit Director…

From a National–NZF–ACT coalition to a Labour–Green–Māori alliance, here are four realistic scenarios that could shape Election 2026.

Winston Peters proposes a referendum to abolish the Māori electorates, reopening Treaty tensions and testing Luxon’s coalition stability.

Floods in Waikato and Wellington expose the gap between climate science and Government policy, as Civil Defence funding is cut during escalating disasters.

It is painful. It is infuriating. And it forces victims and the nation to endure trauma once again. But…

I don’t need to carry in KFC and pretend to care when it’s not a climate event
Bob The Farts my uncle
The incredible polished turd
Auditioning for Disney.
“ Till We Have Faces”, the book I have never read nor would if I could.
Wanna see me in my pyjamas ? Wifie and kiddies too ?
Wanna taste jam from Bowen Street Riviera Orchard? Free to friends, that’s how it all works.
I’ve been writing about how similar we are to folk tales, children’s morality stories or popular culture in our real political events! Humpty looks so like Luxon, or vice versa; just lighten the lipstick, from a confusing look of a Rainbow Connection not grey Gnashional. Then the three heads nearby, Huey, Dewey and Luey; or can we have the trio worked up to become like the 3 Amigos* panolpy below. They have the style of Winston Peters and if was added to that,practical moral competence,a desirable set of pollies would capture hearts and minds. But we just get witless, tedious, mendacious school prefects.
(Others: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, the three kings of silent comedy. *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9OAjqs6dOo …)
Humpty Luxon is riding for a fall/all the populist hacks and all the spin doctors/ couldn’t put the narrative together again…