The tragedy at Mt Maunganui is a homicide requiring Police Detectives to lead a thorough investigation.
Not a Council "process".
Not an Independent Review.
Not a Govt Review.
A homicide. An investigation by Detectives.
No need for Monday morning "approach" meetings TCC.
When did a homicide become an Independent Review?
The Mount Maunganui disaster needs Detectives to investigate and bring those who showed negligence throughout to Justice.
This was a preventable disaster.
It is appalling that they announced an Independent Review.
@PierceSuzanne While climate change may influence rainfall intensity over time, the disaster was primarily shaped by land use decisions, hazard mapping and delayed emergency response - not the broader climate alone.
@bryce_edwards This shouldn’t be blamed solely on climate change because the immediate cause was a landslide on a known unstable slope, not an unprecedented weather pattern. Historical records show landslides in the area going back decades, and the hazard was documented in council reports.
@EvilArthurFleck Drove past a swerving speeding car on SH1. Looked like he couldn't stay in the middle and kept swerving left. You guessed it Indian. Wasn't keeping left, speeding up when trying to be passed. Such a joke! They need to be tested!
I just want to reassure you, since you’re obviously up to date with your vaccines, your risk from these diseases is low. Vaccines are "very effective" at protecting against serious illness, so you can feel confident that you’re well protected from those of us that don't.
To keep the rest of the world safe from these diseases we need to close our borders to Americans so they can no longer leave their home country.
This is something I couldn’t imagine thinking last year.
Countering Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the World Health Organization, California is the first American state to join the @WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network.
With @WHOGOARN, we’ll keep working to help protect Californians from public health threats.
It’s a mistake to suggest that only Māori show up for people in need.
Acts of care, generosity, and community support happen across all communities.
Māori do it within tikanga frameworks, but compassion isn’t exclusive to one culture.
No matter how often Māori are talked down, blamed, or deliberately denigrated by politicians and commentators on the right, the response from Māori, iwi and hapū is always the same.
The marae doors open.
The kitchens fire up.
The kai comes out.
Beds are laid down.
Safe spaces are offered.
Out come the Māori Wardens, checking on people, calming situations, helping whānau get where they need to be. Support services mobilise. Clean-up crews arrive. Hands, hearts and resources are shared without hesitation.
That is manaakitanga. Not a slogan. Not a theory. A practice.
What you don’t see are Hobson’s Pledge supporters flinging open the gates of their well-appointed homes in Epsom or Remuera when disaster strikes. You don’t see them setting up kitchens, offering beds, or organising support on the ground.
And yet — if they were the ones in need?
If they needed a warm meal, a cup of tea, a blanket, or a safe place to sleep?
The doors of Te Ao Māori would still open.
No judgement. No questions. No politics.
Just care.
The same goes for the halls and community centres of our rural towns — places where people understand that in a crisis, community matters more than ideology.
That’s why we are always stronger together.
And why division is such a dangerous lie.
Because when things fall apart, it’s not the loudest voices that hold us — it’s the ones who quietly show up.
And that’s something the right-wing grifters will never understand.
Exactly. Spending money you don’t have on roles that don’t add value isn’t stimulus - it’s debt-funded waste.
It’s like paying people to fish in an empty pond and calling it a harvest. You grow an economy by putting effort where the fish actually are.
This right here is why I’m done being the “nice friend.”
I spent my own money, my own time, and my own energy putting together a full box of groceries for someone who told me they were struggling. Fresh food, snacks, water, sauces, meat, fruit, everything they could possibly need for the week. I didn’t ask for anything back. I just wanted to do something kind because I actually care about people.
I dropped it off right at their door, sent a text to let them know, and thought it’d make their day. They replied with “thanks,” which I appreciated… until a few minutes later when they followed up asking if next time I could “get different stuff” because they “don’t really eat these brands.” I had to read it twice because I couldn’t believe it. You’re getting free groceries and your first response is to complain about the type of ham or pasta sauce?
It’s honestly sad how ungrateful people have become. Nobody values effort anymore. You try to help and they still find a reason to criticize it. I wasn’t looking for praise, but I also wasn’t expecting attitude. It’s exhausting trying to do right by people who only notice what you didn’t do perfectly.
At this point, being kind feels like a losing game. Would that message have rubbed you the wrong way too, or do people really think this kind of behavior is normal now
~ Maggie Sanders
Stupid Christopher Luxon & his Notional party policies, I used to be able to put about $120 of gas in my car, now I can only get about $90 in.
They really have destroyed the economy.
Public housing rents are income-linked by design; private rents are scarcity - priced.
Calling one “welfare” and the other “enterprise” misses the economics: outcomes hinge on supply, incentives, and governance - not vibes.
Also, he blocked me before I could reply. Telling.
There's been a disaster at a campground in NZ. Call International Rescue!
Wait. Surely the local rescue services will be on to it?
No. They arrived, shut everything down and said they didn't want to risk getting hurt. Apparently it's common practice over there.
@SonofOmahu There was a slip down to the beach. There was a red level weather warning. There was muddy water running down the mountain over the walk way in the camp site. Whilst I do believe council could have done more, I do think they chose to camp close to a huge mountain prone to slips.