I promised on the radio to reveal the forbidden Stuff afternoon quiz image and here it is. This was up for 30 groundbreaking minutes. Beware for it reveals new, and often unsettling, detail on each examination

Labour in Opposition has found we have an unfair tax regime, a punitive welfare system, exploitative immigration settings, and a glaring lack of light rail, and it is going to be devastated to learn which government had an opportunity to fix those issues thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-04…

a lot of concern about the Fast Track Consenting Bill but on the bright side it has opened up new avenues of opportunity for me

Say what you like about Reality Check Radio, it's an extremely good gag paying for a plane to tow this ad around and then putting out a video a few months later with your hosts standing in a field asking for donations because you've somehow run out of money

…so would Auckland if you had just APPROVED THE AT PLAN IN 2017.

Why did Massey University journalism school delete this beautiful and poignant tweet

ballsy stuff from NZME, arguing it shouldn't have to broadcast an apology for airing misleading and inflammatory statements about the Equity Adjustor Score because its audience had somehow become worked up about the Equity Adjustor Score and might react badly

Reporters will appreciate this tough lesson on bias from the presenter who called the Pacific Islands 'leeches' and recently laughed along as her husband said you'd have to be 'on the spectrum' to vote for Te Pāti Māori

Amazing Australia can provide such better quality of life when it has unaffordable and economically destructive policies like Fair Pay Agreements, capital gains taxes, an income tax-free threshold, 45% tax on income over $190k, and a higher minimum wage stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350235…

Mediawatched the audacious and frankly woke attempts to make SailGP adhere to the marine mammal management plan it voluntarily developed and marketed heavily as part of its effort to stage a high-speed race in the breeding grounds of an endangered dolphin rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

ah well not the ideal start but on the bright side room to grow

When tourists come to Wellington, Cuba Street is always at the top of their bucket list, because of its famous car parking facilities. But now the council wants to take that away.

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.Hayden Donnell has received a cache of Wayne Brown’s texts to the chief executive of Auckland Transport. Road cones come up a lot.

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The govt says its top transport priority is to unlock congestion, but its policies and funding plans will do the reverse. Column today, ⁦nzherald⁩ premium and paper nzherald.co.nz/nz/simon-wilso…

good comparison but a more direct analogy would be 'why did you sign a contract saying you'd hold a car race in the town square provided no children wandered onto the track, and then when a child did wander onto the track, why did you want to hold the car race anyway?'

sure, but this would be a huge risk for Labour. If there's a backlash, something terrible could happen like it only getting 26.91% of the vote in the general election