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Spot on

By Tony on Sat May 9 19:51:12 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Sat May 16 14:38:56 2026
[Spam] Hundreds of millionaires are trying to escape the US (...DEMOCRATS...)

By Hartung's DD-214 on Mon May 11 05:30:54 2026

Latest reply by Hartung's DD-214 on Mon May 11 05:30:54 2026
Obvious logic

By Tony on Sat May 9 19:54:11 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Sun May 10 21:01:55 2026
Done it once, lets do it again

By Gordon on Sat May 9 23:05:01 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Sat May 9 23:05:01 2026
Re: Sketti is Simmering on the Stove 4/23/2026

By Eldon Chance on Sat May 9 16:23:05 2026

Latest reply by Eldon Chance on Sat May 9 16:23:05 2026
A waste of money

By Gordon on Wed May 6 23:07:09 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Fri May 8 13:02:20 2026
Richard Dawkins

By Tony on Wed May 6 20:03:15 2026

Latest reply by Tony on Wed May 6 20:03:15 2026
Checks & Balances, NZ-Style

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Thu Apr 30 00:11:15 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Thu Apr 30 00:11:15 2026
Luxon the economic jockey: too little too late

By Crash on Tue Apr 28 18:28:06 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Tue Apr 28 18:28:06 2026
Re: Alcohol accelerates brain aging by 3 times

By Mace Rator on Tue Apr 28 14:49:52 2026

Latest reply by Mace Rator on Tue Apr 28 14:49:52 2026
Worth a look: Williams on Luxon.

By Crash on Mon Apr 27 09:15:54 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Mon Apr 27 09:15:54 2026
Idiot policy from NZ First

By Crash on Mon Apr 20 20:18:04 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Sun Apr 26 16:30:45 2026
It's a new thread

By Kerr Avon on Sat Apr 11 12:56:59 2026

Latest reply by Kerr Avon on Fri Apr 24 14:13:28 2026
"Rising Sea Levels" idiocy from RNZ

By wn on Thu Apr 16 20:30:30 2026

Latest reply by BR on Tue Apr 21 04:56:17 2026
It takes awhile

By Gordon on Fri Apr 17 23:27:42 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Fri Apr 17 23:27:42 2026
Re: [OT] American stuff

By cloche on Thu Apr 16 12:56:36 2026

Latest reply by cloche on Thu Apr 16 12:56:36 2026
NZ Is Getting A Regular Cyclone Season Now

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Mon Apr 13 06:02:46 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Tue Apr 14 08:56:59 2026
The stark reality on Government finances: The NZTU nails it

By Crash on Sun Apr 12 15:06:33 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Mon Apr 13 04:45:55 2026
Dumb Oil Buying is Good

By wn on Tue Apr 7 00:59:19 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Tue Apr 7 13:40:54 2026
Winston gets summoned to USA

By wn on Mon Apr 6 09:10:17 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Tue Apr 7 09:34:41 2026
Having a refinery on shore is nice to have

By Gordon on Tue Apr 7 04:00:20 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Tue Apr 7 04:00:20 2026
Climber fights for life in hospital after accident at Red Rock, friends create GoFundMe

By reed on Sun Apr 5 14:55:05 2026

Latest reply by reed on Sun Apr 5 14:55:05 2026
Covid vaccination debate

By Tony on Sat Apr 4 20:23:47 2026

Latest reply by Branch Covidian on Sun Apr 5 06:52:17 2026
Gloabal warming yeah, na, yeah, maybe!

By Tony on Sat Apr 4 20:20:09 2026

Latest reply by Mutley on Sun Apr 5 12:43:58 2026
Found On Bluesky

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Sun Apr 5 06:43:40 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Sun Apr 5 06:43:40 2026
Good riddance NATO.

By wn on Fri Apr 3 21:54:20 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Sat Apr 4 23:30:49 2026
The rupture continues

By Gordon on Wed Apr 1 03:32:24 2026

Latest reply by greybeard on Sat Apr 4 12:30:10 2026
The Unstable One

By wn on Wed Apr 1 00:55:34 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Wed Apr 1 20:30:40 2026
Makers Behind Tom Phillips Doco Revealed

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Thu Mar 26 02:18:16 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Thu Mar 26 02:18:16 2026
Fuel taxes and rising pricing

By Crash on Tue Mar 24 10:38:56 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Tue Mar 24 23:37:41 2026
Looking back

By Gordon on Sun Mar 22 22:36:06 2026

Latest reply by Tony on Mon Mar 23 06:49:39 2026
"unsafe and unprofessional"

By greybeard on Thu Mar 19 11:40:02 2026

Latest reply by greybeard on Thu Mar 19 11:40:02 2026
Is Compassion Strictly A Left-Wing Value?

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Tue Mar 17 00:37:16 2026

Latest reply by Tony on Tue Mar 17 07:06:06 2026
It's what self interest does to a Prime Minister with low intelligence.

By Tony on Mon Mar 16 00:27:28 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Tue Mar 17 14:36:21 2026
The Price Of Mince

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Tue Mar 17 05:33:12 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Tue Mar 17 06:58:46 2026
ACC spied on man with traumatic brain injury

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Tue Mar 17 00:32:56 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Tue Mar 17 00:32:56 2026
Humour

By Tony on Mon Mar 16 00:29:26 2026

Latest reply by Tony on Mon Mar 16 00:29:26 2026
Cheaper Imported Butter Is Here

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Fri Mar 6 03:38:40 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Fri Mar 13 21:33:08 2026
Luxon does not get it (yet)

By Crash on Mon Mar 9 09:14:31 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Mon Mar 9 18:58:34 2026
A new PM?

By Gordon on Thu Mar 5 23:13:20 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Mon Mar 9 09:18:05 2026
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Hs/Cfh78=?= Parliament Leaves Xwitter

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Fri Feb 20 06:37:58 2026

Latest reply by Vanadium on Sun Mar 8 00:40:28 2026
Long may it continue

By Gordon on Sun Mar 8 00:17:58 2026

Latest reply by Tony on Sun Mar 8 00:29:10 2026
RIP NZ.general?

By wn on Tue Mar 3 21:29:33 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Wed Mar 4 23:17:04 2026
Companies Fear The Government Regulators

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Mon Feb 9 01:36:44 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Wed Mar 4 22:26:20 2026
Good to see this happening at last

By Gordon on Wed Mar 4 00:27:50 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Wed Mar 4 00:27:50 2026
news.bbs.nz - planned outage - feb 16 2026

By Kerr Avon on Sun Feb 15 20:15:30 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Mon Mar 2 18:18:17 2026
A way forward for a minnow country facing the collapse of rules-based international trade.

By Crash on Mon Feb 23 17:15:53 2026

Latest reply by wn on Tue Feb 24 20:03:39 2026
The electricity tax: a tax on gereators or users

By Crash on Wed Feb 11 14:26:03 2026

Latest reply by marika on Mon Mar 2 04:16:14 2026
David Seymour Wants Govt To Sell Its Air NZ Shares As Airline Loses Money

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Fri Feb 27 06:02:21 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Sat Feb 28 15:06:46 2026
Re: Niggapotumus shits in phone booth

By Anonymous User on Thu Feb 26 22:52:24 2026

Latest reply by phoenix on Fri Feb 27 10:11:26 2026
Mighty Ape flushing itself even further down the toilet

By Your Name on Wed Feb 25 17:20:25 2026

Latest reply by Your Name on Wed Feb 25 17:20:25 2026
Have a think

By Gordon on Wed Feb 25 00:12:10 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Wed Feb 25 00:12:10 2026
Try again Auckland

By Gordon on Thu Feb 19 04:44:10 2026

Latest reply by BR on Sun Feb 22 05:57:32 2026
That should do it

By Gordon on Fri Feb 13 06:34:55 2026

Latest reply by BR on Wed Feb 18 05:09:48 2026
Astonishing blunder by National.

By Crash on Mon Feb 16 13:59:46 2026

Latest reply by greybeard on Tue Feb 17 10:01:25 2026
Re: Thank goodness for CO2.

By Gordon on Mon Feb 16 03:35:49 2026

Latest reply by Tony on Mon Feb 16 18:24:40 2026
Doing the right thing

By Gordon on Mon Feb 16 03:23:01 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Mon Feb 16 03:23:01 2026
Why does there have to be a queer in every New Zealand TV series?

By Anonymous User on Wed Feb 11 07:15:33 2026

Latest reply by Ubiquitous on Fri Feb 13 16:30:43 2026
The gas/power tax

By Gordon on Wed Feb 11 21:51:32 2026

Latest reply by Mutley on Fri Feb 13 08:28:17 2026
Will NZ's Election be Stolen?

By wn on Wed Feb 11 01:00:33 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Wed Feb 11 02:56:18 2026
The Malaghan Institute: =?UTF-8?B?TlrigJlz?= Own Bio-Skunkworks

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Tue Feb 10 20:44:41 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Tue Feb 10 20:44:41 2026
International trade: rules-based and NZ Interests.

By Crash on Sun Feb 8 17:40:29 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Sun Feb 8 17:40:29 2026
Sewage Treatment Failures

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Thu Feb 5 01:53:07 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Fri Feb 6 21:05:09 2026
Re: Waitangi Day

By Mutley on Fri Feb 6 08:47:51 2026

Latest reply by Tony on Thu Feb 5 19:45:08 2026
Woke gone mad again- Sky to inject Maori into sports commentary.

By Crash on Tue Feb 3 13:18:36 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Tue Feb 3 06:39:31 2026
Democracy always under attack.

By Tony on Fri Jan 30 19:25:44 2026

Latest reply by Tony on Sun Feb 1 06:10:32 2026
New Zealand declines Donald Trump's invite to join Gaza =?UTF-8?B?4oCcQm9hcmQgb2YgUGVhY2XigJ0=?=

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Thu Jan 29 20:29:16 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Fri Jan 30 00:04:47 2026
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Hs/Cfh78=?= Coming Together Over A Moral, Not A Political, Issue

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Thu Jan 29 05:43:11 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Thu Jan 29 05:43:11 2026
Grievance politics alive and very unwell!

By Tony on Thu Jan 29 00:11:36 2026

Latest reply by Tony on Thu Jan 29 00:11:36 2026
Re: [NEWS] NZ Post to close another 142 stores

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Tue Jan 27 06:48:21 2026

Latest reply by Your Name on Wed Jan 28 10:37:26 2026
=?UTF-8?B?4oCcQ3J1c2hlcuKAnQ==?= Bowing Out

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Wed Jan 28 05:57:40 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Wed Jan 28 05:57:40 2026
New =?UTF-8?B?WmVhbGFuZOKAmXM=?= Own Pork Barrel

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Mon Jan 26 20:51:26 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Tue Jan 27 13:37:28 2026
=?UTF-8?B?4oCcR2V0IFRoZSBEYXRh4oCd?= Link On News Article

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Tue Jan 27 00:15:08 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Tue Jan 27 08:07:55 2026
Luxon's state of the nation speech.

By Crash on Tue Jan 20 13:50:41 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Tue Jan 20 13:50:41 2026
Another sure to fail? Lux pushing India trade as a future success story for NZ.

By greybeard on Tue Jan 20 13:09:26 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Tue Jan 20 13:35:28 2026
Another Liebour Own Goal

By Mutley on Tue Jan 20 08:41:09 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Tue Jan 20 13:31:13 2026
Well it did not happen

By Gordon on Sun Jan 11 21:16:34 2026

Latest reply by Crash on Sun Jan 18 14:19:11 2026
Why pressing fill at some petrol pumps can lock up hundreds of dollars

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Thu Jan 15 00:34:00 2026

Latest reply by Tony on Fri Jan 16 01:42:20 2026
Adelaide Festival =?UTF-8?B?V3JpdGVyc+KAmQ==?= Week Implodes

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Tue Jan 13 03:32:40 2026

Latest reply by Mutley on Thu Jan 15 08:52:13 2026
NZ Reserve Bank Governor Signs On To Letter Supporting US Chairman Powell

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Wed Jan 14 11:20:42 2026

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Wed Jan 14 11:20:42 2026
The next Governmnet: a coalition of National and Labour?

By Crash on Tue Dec 30 16:10:11 2025

Latest reply by Crash on Thu Jan 8 11:29:05 2026
Invasion of Venezuela (oops, arrest of a "criminal")

By Tony on Mon Jan 5 07:28:54 2026

Latest reply by Gordon on Wed Jan 7 21:20:50 2026
Colonisation, a balanced view

By Tony on Tue Dec 30 19:29:44 2025

Latest reply by BR on Thu Jan 1 05:58:09 2026
Seasons greetings

By Gordon on Wed Dec 24 22:47:28 2025

Latest reply by Tony on Thu Dec 25 06:40:03 2025
A sucess

By Gordon on Tue Dec 23 23:06:11 2025

Latest reply by Gordon on Tue Dec 23 23:06:11 2025
Centrist cites K DuF in callout of RNZ bias

By Crash on Tue Dec 23 20:46:30 2025

Latest reply by Crash on Tue Dec 23 20:46:30 2025
Take note ms Willis and Mr Luxon

By Crash on Mon Dec 22 09:07:28 2025

Latest reply by Gordon on Mon Dec 22 00:25:24 2025
RNZ death knell.

By Tony on Sat Dec 20 19:33:56 2025

Latest reply by Tony on Sun Dec 21 20:59:10 2025
Re: "Sales" getting earlier and earlier

By Your Name on Fri Dec 12 10:37:17 2025

Latest reply by It's A You on Thu Dec 11 08:40:14 2025
Needing to go bi-partisan on this

By Gordon on Thu Dec 18 23:50:34 2025

Latest reply by Crash on Sat Dec 20 13:29:17 2025
true inflation appears to be 2x official inflation

By wn on Thu Dec 18 19:44:59 2025

Latest reply by Gordon on Thu Dec 18 23:04:21 2025
Yet another round of price increases incoming

By Your Name on Fri Dec 12 15:25:07 2025

Latest reply by wn on Thu Dec 18 03:33:37 2025
=?UTF-8?B?R292ZXJubWVudOKAmXM=?= Road-Code Hotline To Close

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Wed Dec 17 00:37:09 2025

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Wed Dec 17 06:22:52 2025
[NEWS] 2degrees begins 3G shutdown

By Your Name on Fri Dec 12 10:42:42 2025

Latest reply by BR on Wed Dec 17 05:02:41 2025
A reckoning is nigh: Ruth Richardson

By Crash on Tue Dec 16 11:40:55 2025

Latest reply by Crash on Tue Dec 16 11:40:55 2025
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Hs/Cfh78=?= Jacinda Ardern On Graham Norton

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Sun Dec 14 23:25:52 2025

Latest reply by Tony on Mon Dec 15 06:12:29 2025
So, there are some good things happening

By Tony on Sat Dec 13 18:43:49 2025

Latest reply by Crash on Sun Dec 14 11:37:11 2025
The Spectator, good news.

By Tony on Sat Dec 13 18:46:20 2025

Latest reply by Tony on Sat Dec 13 18:46:20 2025
RMA reforms

By Crash on Tue Dec 9 20:55:16 2025

Latest reply by Mutley on Wed Dec 10 08:34:33 2025
Yes Coal is king

By Gordon on Sun Dec 7 03:24:31 2025

Latest reply by BR on Tue Dec 9 04:32:35 2025
Boundary Dam

By Gordon on Sun Dec 7 03:56:59 2025

Latest reply by Your Name on Sun Dec 7 20:10:38 2025
Good journalism still alive and well...

By Tony on Sun Nov 30 19:42:41 2025

Latest reply by Gordon on Mon Dec 1 03:49:05 2025
Wake up National: Labour are not the pushover that the legacy of the Ardern years indicates.

By Crash on Sun Nov 30 20:20:05 2025

Latest reply by Crash on Mon Dec 1 13:10:21 2025
99% pure

By Gordon on Sat Nov 29 22:49:49 2025

Latest reply by Your Name on Sun Nov 30 13:19:05 2025
Once more - lest we forget

By Tony on Sun Nov 23 19:56:43 2025

Latest reply by Tony on Mon Nov 24 06:51:58 2025
Tribalism, no place for it....

By Tony on Sun Nov 23 19:55:23 2025

Latest reply by Tony on Mon Nov 24 06:47:54 2025
Trouble At =?UTF-8?B?VOKAmUNvdmlk?= Inquiry

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Thu Nov 20 00:04:54 2025

Latest reply by Your Name on Sun Nov 23 18:02:04 2025
National's economic failures: Taxpayers Union nails it

By Crash on Fri Nov 21 11:50:28 2025

Latest reply by Crash on Fri Nov 21 20:49:37 2025
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Hs/Cfh78=?= Destiny Church Hooligans Named

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Fri Nov 21 01:05:56 2025

Latest reply by BR on Fri Nov 21 17:55:03 2025
Wondering Why They Were There ...

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Thu Nov 20 08:47:00 2025

Latest reply by BR on Fri Nov 21 17:51:44 2025
[NEWS] The Warehosue new CEO to revamp stores (yet again)

By Your Name on Sat Nov 15 14:13:19 2025

Latest reply by Crash on Sat Nov 15 21:28:50 2025
Interesting commentary on CO2 and global warming

By Crash on Sat Nov 15 08:57:30 2025

Latest reply by Tony on Sat Nov 15 06:21:06 2025
Nothing to see here - says Hipkins

By Tony on Wed Nov 12 20:47:21 2025

Latest reply by Gordon on Sat Nov 15 06:39:08 2025
Lest we forget.

By Tony on Wed Nov 12 20:45:40 2025

Latest reply by Crash on Thu Nov 13 20:07:47 2025
[NEWS] Sky TV New Zealand to replace Paramount channels

By Your Name on Tue Nov 11 13:35:14 2025

Latest reply by Your Name on Thu Nov 13 10:41:42 2025
Re: [NEWS] PB Tech Black Friday Sale starts this week

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Mon Nov 10 21:03:30 2025

Latest reply by Your Name on Wed Nov 12 17:41:31 2025
Why no convictions for terrible engineering? (reprise)

By wn on Sat Nov 8 08:10:01 2025

Latest reply by Mutley on Wed Nov 12 16:17:53 2025
Read all about it!

By Gordon on Sat Nov 8 22:40:50 2025

Latest reply by Your Name on Mon Nov 10 12:48:34 2025
Re: [NEWS] Apple announces new eco projects in Australia and New Zealand

By BR on Sat Nov 8 07:06:31 2025

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Fri Nov 7 19:58:58 2025
Re: Slowly but surley

By BR on Sat Nov 8 07:04:38 2025

Latest reply by BR on Sat Nov 8 07:04:38 2025
Re: Boot Camps: Failure Or Not?

By BR on Sat Nov 8 07:02:05 2025

Latest reply by BR on Sat Nov 8 07:02:05 2025
The =?UTF-8?B?8J+HuvCfh7g=?= Filibuster

By Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Sat Nov 8 05:53:32 2025

Latest reply by Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= on Sat Nov 8 05:53:32 2025
School lunches 2026

By Gordon on Fri Nov 7 23:56:38 2025

Latest reply by Gordon on Fri Nov 7 23:56:38 2025