If councils struggle to organise the mowing of grass in council parks, they shouldn't be asking for more rates. Prove to us you can do the absolute basics and we will start listening.

1st BBQ of the summer ☀️

Stratford receives new X Ray machine. 💀 beehive.govt.nz/release/cuttin…

Fieldays hold out the begging bowl ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/rural-news/rur… via Rural News

50 demerit points for those who drive at 75kmh on the open road then speed up to 105kmh on the passing lanes.

Immense planning and technical precision was required for this absolutely preposterous (but real) view: I captured my friend Gabriel C. Brown transiting the sun during a skydive. This might be the first photo of it's kind in existence. See a video of this moment in the reply 👇

Loads of new home owners 👍🏻

So is it togs or ski gear?

My kids are 97% and 98% respectively. No excuse not to have the same sort of 95%+ attendance.

Merry Xmas to me. Early gift to try and win a ham on Saturday. ⛳️

People moaning about the ferry announcement, are the same people who were silent after NZ spent $229 million which resulted in ZERO metres of light rail. Just STFU 🤣

Excellent packing skills from adidas in Australia...

Imagine being a teacher in a class of 34 with only 1 kid passing NCEA Numeracy... The decline in education in this country is shocking. My two boys are in the school with the highest pass rates in the region. For a reason. Great teachers, great results.

26 Big Macs

It's hilarious seeing political extremists on here that can't resist moaning about every announcement by an "opposition party". "Stalking is actually good" - Veronica Glamis

If your profile photo shows your face, how many years ago was it taken?

I drove past a NZ Herald billboard today that said something like “I became a journalist to create positive change.” This is what they just don’t get. We don’t want the media to decide what is positive & what change needs to be made. We certainly don’t want them to create it.

I heard Palmerston North is for sale. $1.56 million