Open Mike 01/04/2026

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    1. 1.1

      Could he be any more deaf to what is going on?

      Luxo is an April fool…every day. To most of NZ's pain…

  2. 2

    If you have 30 minutes and want to hear a proper Treasurer in full command of their brief and prepared to take the time to get hard challenges put to them, check out Australian Minister Jim Chalmers give out both strategy and facts without once getting defensive, as he prepares the AU Budget due out 12 May:

    Energy crisis, the budget, and addressing AI | Jim Chalmers joins That's Business with Alan Kohler

    Just listening to this on the commute this morning and then flicking to RNZ to hear Willis was a regrettable contract.

    1. 2.1

      His response to the current oil crisis has been to subsidise fossil fuel usage by reducing taxes. Not the way to go.

      1. 2.1.1

        I have a sneaking suspicion that you drive an electric vehicle.

        Even my hybrid Toota is taking more to fill its wee tank.

    2. 3.2

      Not bad – fergusonite is a genuine mineral – but the name of the mining company was a wee bit obvious.

    3. 4.3

      Messrs Plunket and Peters are an inexhaustible source of “mumbo jumbo”.

      What you’ve got here from Peters is bordering on fascist behaviour. Frankly, Peters should go. He should be abolished. Peters is out of time. He's got no use anymore.

      Winston is malicious, thuggish, and the most effective leader (6% -> 10%) in the CoC.

      Deputy PM Winston Peters says he is 'at war' with media amid ongoing baseless claims [29 Nov 2023]
      Peters, who has repeatedly complained about reporters not paying him enough attention, was asked to comment for this story. However, he did not respond to Stuff’s request for an interview.

      He did speak to The Platform on Tuesday. During the interview, he agreed he was “at war” with the press gallery and mainstream media.

      “We're going to keep on going. We'll see who wins,” he said.
      …
      She called Peters’ conduct – just days into the role – “disgusting and concerning”.

      “Then he handed over the mic to a really grumpy uncle who continuously attacked women… I was really disgusted by what I saw… if that's how, in a new era, he intends to hold himself and treat women, I am really disgusted and concerned,” Ngarewa-Packer told Stuff.

      "This is a Trumpism, a one-term government approach.”

  7. 7

    I was doing some reading about the lake Onslow project and came across an article on Newsroom. The comments were interesting.
    Acknowledging we don’t really have a ‘dry year’ more like cyclic dry years the pumped hydro at Onslow may not work like we hoped.

    "…why build a new dam in such an extreme location as Onslow when pumping back into Lake Tekapo from Pukaki could be done on the Waitaki using the existing canal and generating infrastructure and pumping from Whakamaru back to Taupo could be done on the Waikato and pumping from Wanaka to Hawea on the Clutha. – if NZ needs large scale pumped storage options. Each of these options uses existing storage capacity and existing generating capacity. "

    The other of the needed changes is that for the power system to pivot from a means to make a return to shareholders to become something that provides adequate power to the citizenry.
    https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/17/the-lake-onslow-pumped-hydro-is-dead-long-live-the-lake-onslow-hydro/

    Being born under the star sign Cynical I can’t help but notice the names and job titles of the folk that are interested in the lake Onslow scheme would be more interested in the dividend side in a things than the electricity security.

  8. 8

    Australian PM to address their nation tonight, speculation is fuel restrictions, work from home, maybe even car less days.

    1. 8.1

      At least here in NZ we will never have to harbour such speculations with our de facto PM or her lackey [HT to Steve Braunias].

    2. 8.2

      apparently no policy or restriction announcements, more a reassurance and request for people to do their part (according to ABC)

      ABC livestream (Albanese at 9pm NZT)

      1. 8.2.1

        the commentator after Albanese was very good. The announcements are coming tomorrow when he speaks to the press.

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