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JustSaying 33m ago

All your chickens coming home to roost"

Wonder why we say this?

Clearly your chickens returning isn't a bad thing

It's because it's such a clear consequence of your actions (of having chickens)

IE It is such a predictable outcome

#NZtwits

Angela 1d ago

Someone posted that Asian grocers in NZ may be the first to show shortages, so doing my quarterly shop at Ken's Mart for ramen, soy sauce and assorted treats.

I've always thought "Sydenham Special" sounded like a wrestling move or signature beatdown by a local gang. What do you think, #NZTwits?

Rupert Brackenbury 4d ago

I #googled "how much money do I need to feed a child for a day" & the #AI said "They prefer chicken nuggets"
#NZTwits

JustSaying 5d ago

#NZtwits #WhiteFerns

So NZ was 44 - 4 (forty four for four) but that change after SA hit a 4

Carmen-Lisandrette Mar 14

The B416 campaign is piping up again.

We should be organizing against them.

Anyone interested?

https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/14/the-evidence-is-in-so-why-keep-hurting-our-kids/

#newzealand #nztwits #kiwi #privacy

The evidence is in, so why keep hurting our kids?

Comment from Auckland University: If a physical consumer product was linked to the deaths of children, it would be recalled immediately. Social media shouldn't be treated differently because it’s digital.

Newsroom

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Kirsty Mar 13

#AI #DataCentre #PowerPrices #NZ #NZTwits

Is it uncharitable to think the fanboys has been taking in the cool aid, or perhaps asking what backhanders they got? 🤪
How can those mayors be so divorced from reality?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/589535/massive-ai-factory-could-impact-sea-life-cultural-values

Massive AI factory could impact sea life, cultural values

Datagrid announced it had gained full resource consent meaning it was one step closer to constructing an AI factory in Makarewa.

RNZ

Kirsty Mar 11

This headline should be waking more people up! Why are we allowing this?

The factory would include the construction of a 78,000sq m AI factory in Makarewa, just north of Invercargill, equipped with a grid exit point electricity substation.
… Once operational, it would consume 280MW of power, making it New Zealand’s second-largest electricity user after the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.

https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/ai-factory-rival-smelter-power-use
#AI #DataCentre #PowerPrices #NZ #NZTwits

AI factory to rival smelter in power use

Invercargill could be poised to emerge as a vital digital destination, Datagrid New Zealand says, as the country’s first AI factory yesterday moved...

Otago Daily Times Online News