Smith K. Stead

"I believe there's deep seated trouble throughout New Zealand" - Sir David Joseph Dobbyn | send tips to [email protected]

[Smith K. Stead @smithkstead]

i see david’s putting those atlas network songwriting sessions about the chicago school to good use

[David Seymour @dbseymour]

Epic jam session at Fat Eddies - thanks for having us tonight 🎤

[edward miller @labourcartel]

here’s the corrupting influence himself

[Postcode Apparatchik @MaoistStdEn]

Most of my close friends and all my loved ones have already voted in the 2026 New Zealand General Elections. Have you?

[Smith K. Stead @smithkstead]

it's awesome that they made it law in NZ that dairy owners would have to reinvent head shops from first principles

[Smith K. Stead @smithkstead]

@lowlandsapien one of my lines’ first couple in NZ (married c. 1850s/60s) was a jewish man from the polish-russian border and a māori taranaki woman

[Smith K. Stead @smithkstead]

imagine being one of the kids who got anti-drug counselling from oliver north

[bread 🟥🟩⬛️ @_breadcapital]

The ‘didn’t vote’ bloc received more votes than Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori combined in 2023.

[Smith K. Stead @smithkstead]

particularly of note: smale says he's investigating politicians linked to abusing children in state care, and so far has "enough evidence to believe the allegations are credible and worth pursuing."

[Smith K. Stead @smithkstead]

really good piece from aaron smale in newsroom on gangs & state abuse / its generational effects

[Smith K. Stead @smithkstead]

really good piece from aaron smale in newsroom on gangs & state abuse / its generational effects

[Postcode Apparatchik @MaoistStdEn]

Merry Electionmas Eve to the voters of New Zealand

[Smith K. Stead @smithkstead]

i do mean this figuratively and literally. the capital for those first big heroin shipments was fronted by a variety of (well established) white collar crooks, and that relationship has continued since

[Smith K. Stead @smithkstead]

the problem with patched gangs is they’re always so easy to identify. if you’re in the pākehā mafia you get euphemistically referred to with terms like “property developer”, “lawyer”, “businessman”, “investor”, etc. instead

[Smith K. Stead @smithkstead]

BACK TO THE WALL - some incredible research, interviews, and connecting dots to lay out ivan milat as less "serial killer" and more organised crime enforcer and pimp/procurer working for well-connected pedo rings whose record goes far further back than he was convicted for

[Postcode Apparatchik @MaoistStdEn]

Remember New Zealand politicians, these are the only gangs you are allow to meet and make deals with

[Smith K. Stead @smithkstead]

@hangicel this would fit in a 250pp thesis with a subtitle like “Manus as Minstrelsy”

[Smith K. Stead @smithkstead]

The Chris Bishop Humiliation Ritual Will Continue Until House Prices Improve

[Postcode Apparatchik @MaoistStdEn]

New Zealand CEOs and high ranking military officers on the eve of the 2026 General Election for some reason

[grosse pointe blanqui @kiwihamlet]

this being the reason they named the town in otago cromwell is so funny

[Kyle Church @KyleDChurch]

Given that previous justifications for lack of coverage of David Seymour's association to Tim Jago rested on Seymour's claim that he didn't know Jago very well, this should immediately ring alarm bells and have journalists asking some serious questions

[Michael Brown @jingajik]

An important historical document from 1952, about how a multinational cultural monopoly sought to suppress local music recordings in New Zealand

https://t.co/EgzCg9nzBT