"... NZ First leader Winston Peters described it as a "low-quality deal" and was withholding his support. His party exercised the agree to disagree provision of its coalition arrangements when Cabinet approval for the deal was sought last week, and made it clear that it would vote against enabling legislation if and when it was introduced to Parliament." #LillianHanly, 2025 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/582511/labour-won-t-say-if-it-ll-back-india-free-trade-deal-says-it-s-a-good-step-forward Well isn't that interesting. They can "agree to disagree" on a trade treaty, but not the RSB 🤔

Well that's an odd synchronicity. Sinkholes have opened up in England, Thailand and Norway. The first affecting a canal, the second a hospital, the third a railway and motorway. They don't seem to be causally related, but they're all at the top of the news this morning. #sinkholes

#TIL that @npub1r5ta...l8ka has a Lemmy community; @npub16e38...9upu "Community for the Flounder online user group for free software people in Australia, New Zealand, and surrounding areas."

FLOSS Down Under - Lemmy

Community for the Flounder online user group for free software people in Australia, New Zealand, and surrounding areas. Main web site [https://flou...

Any software freedom folks in the South Pacific are also welcome to join our Discourse forum;

Forum for all the flavours, colours, and communities of Aotearoa NZ

Forum for all the flavours, colours, and communities of Aotearoa NZ

This is a place for people interested in collaborating openly.

Hey @npub16uk4...pv7k, in the new year, it could be a worthwhile experiment to set up peer-to-peer federation with Flounder, using the Discourse AP plugin. #Flounder #NZOSS

The other day I stumbled on a BitCoin ATM in a convenience store, operated by CoinFlip;

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So that's a thing. #crypto #BitCoin #CoinFlip

"Other highlights from the session included transport minister Chris Bishop showing off the new roadside drug test, which looks almost exactly like a Covid-19 test, but for the narcs. For reasons unknown to The Spinoff (but with theories we couldn’t possibly comment on), Bishop opted not to try it himself in order to show the House how the test actually works." #LyricWaiwiriSmith, Politics reporter, Dec 2025

The Spinoff

Echo Chamber: School’s out for summer

The last day of school for parliament saw the usual farewells to the 'Marxists', the bar staff and Don McGlashan.

Good point! (1/2) #DrugTesting