Artemis II

 The headline:

Artemis II crew in tears after breaking Apollo 13 record by travelling 248,655 miles from Earth

 I notice I had to go offshore to find news reports beyond the basic for this mission. I suspect this is yet another case of NZ's msm refusing to report anything that may show the Trump Presidency in a good light.

Back to the headline: I've been watching both the "mission" and the publicity surrounding it with both interest and amusement.

Even the word "mission" carries connotation the event struggles to justify.

The astronauts are simply passengers, tourists if you will, on a vehicle travelling on a pre-set course around the Moon. Fancy cameras and i-phones record their boredom for posterity.

They are there to make sure things work for when the real stuff (creating a moon-base) starts. 

 NASA drive the capsule and create any records, the crew do little that is not make-work to fill in their time.

I hope I live to see the start, at least, of the moon-base: THAT will be a mission to watch! 

 

Threat!

The headline: 

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• Wayne Mapp: Former Defence Minister on the Defence Force ramping up combat training amid growing pressure from regional security threats

"Much more pressure": Defence Force ramps up combat training amid growing security risks

Humour alert: First look informs this is story contains comment from Wayne Mapp:  

 Reading the attached blurb (I am thankfully deaf) I notice the "Oh dear, it's big bad China" line emerging once again but not a single mention of the only country (barring the Islamic hell-hole that is Australia) that could realistically pose a threat to New Zealand: Indonesia.

 

 

Coastal Rats

 The headline:

Person rushed to hospital after reports of marine mammal bite at Dunedin beach

Author

NZ Herald,

Publish Date

Fri, 3 Apr 2026, 3:44pm

A person has been taken to hospital after an incident at Brighton Beach, Dunedin. Photo / Google Maps

A person has been rushed to hospital after an incident at a Dunedin beach this afternoon.

St John said while it hasn’t been confirmed, there are reports the person was bitten by a seal or sea lion while in the water.

 The comment: Seals/sealions are very protected, breeding at alarming rates, useless, stop pleasant recreation and are destroying the eco-system by reducing inshore fish stocks alarmingly (according to recreational fishermen).

Seals: The maori of the sea? 

 

 

 

Ungrateful Wanker!

 The headline: (NewstalkZB - no link)

• Karitane man’s pension slashed due to ‘nasty’ NZ Super policy

'Betrayed by the Government': Pensioner's income slashed due to 'hole in the system' 

 Highlighting is mine.

The headline should be: Sponging Asshole Demands New Zealander Taxpayers Support Yet Another Bloody Useless Migrant. 

Released by Racism?

 Am I alone?

 The headline: 

"Fundamental" errors see David Tamihere's double murder convictions quashed

From what I have read it was a matter of "when" not "if", particularly after Hoglin's remains were found far from where the police claimed they would be.

Unfortunately, due to several recent travesties in New Zealand the first thought I had when reading the news was "Supreme Court? Racist decision?".

There-in lies the problem, for me anyway.

The whole New Zealand system has become so suspect that every decision by judges, civil servants and pollies now raise the same question in me: "How racist was the reasoning?".

I find this saddening and a serious indictment on New Zealand society.

Am I alone? 

 

 

 

Referendum

 Also posted on No Minister:

 

I bring you attention to this matter.

A Peoples Referendum

A Peoples
Referendum

TO

Choose a new Constitution

Why a New Constitution?

Investigative Journalist Ian Wishart explains: 

I make no comment re the subject except to note the voters of New Zealand deserve a chance to have a genuine choice in the way New Zealand is administered.

Reason # 576,089 to Abhor the MSM Slime

The headline:

'Killing baby snapper': Proposed rules remove fish size limits for commercial fishing

The story is about the removal of a legal requirement for undersized fish caught by commercial fishing boats to be returned to the sea.

A couple of things people involved in commercial fishing have told me: 

1/ Most fish thrown back die or are dead.

2/ Fish tend to produce a very large quantity of offspring. "Baby" fish are, in the main, produced to die.

In fact most "baby" fish have no purpose beyond dying and are exactly the same as "baby" carrots, which I guarantee those up in arms about this story have no qualms about killing. 

The fish that need protecting are not "baby" fish but the big bastards that create "baby" fish, the same as we keep a few big carrots to create more baby carrots.

The story is, in fact, yet another dishonest attempt to throw shadow upon the current Government and has no other purpose.

Maybe it's time to start netting and eating "baby" journalists.