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AshleyC

@ashleykiwi

Ōtāutahi 4eva (after stints in other larger & smaller places). Outspoken, shades of green, red & teal. Environment Canterbury Councillor for the Christchurch Northeast/ Ōrei constituency www.campbell4ecan.nz

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Bought a Dyson stick vacuum about 8 years ago, after having bought a couple of cheap stick vacuums that each crapped out within 2-3 years. Dyson's still going strong. Buy quality.

07.03.2026 09:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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06.03.2026 08:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And 3 News leads with it. Guess that means I'm changing my news preference again

06.03.2026 06:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They're not covering it at all.

06.03.2026 06:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Watching One News. National's poll result doesn't make the headlines. WTF?

06.03.2026 06:17 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1

Just off should do it

04.03.2026 03:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hi Ange, I wish I could offer some help, but I don't think I can. I just want to comment to let you know I have read this whole thread and feel really concerned about how hard it is and how our systems aren't helping. I wish they were.

03.03.2026 02:10 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Oh well I've already had ample sufficiency, no need to be greedy I suppose!

01.03.2026 08:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wondering whether I should have picked the rest of my peaches today...

01.03.2026 08:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Also on Facebook

01.03.2026 04:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

True

28.02.2026 23:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If we could just take out Trump, Netanyahu and Putin at the same time, the world would be a safer place

28.02.2026 20:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

No, it wasn't one. It was a logical progression
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28.02.2026 20:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can't see it on TVNZ+ sorry. Try searching One New's social media to see if they posted a clip anywhere

28.02.2026 19:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Has been reported. Was on One's 6pm news last night

28.02.2026 19:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Tricky!
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27.02.2026 23:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Canterbury Regional Council issues abatement notice for treatment plant stench Environment Canterbury issued Christchurch City Council with an abatement notice for an adequate action plan to address the wastewater treatment plant stench.

ECan has issued Christchurch City Council with an abatement notice for failing to provide an adequate action plan to address the persistent stench coming from the fire-damaged Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bromley
www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved...

26.02.2026 22:49 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Just got there!
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26.02.2026 19:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I haven't had KFC for close to 30 years. But I can remember in Nelson a vet telling me that the bones were safe to give pets as it was pressure-cooked in oil. I'd get it about once a month or so, and my two young cats would be at the door of the car mewing before I even turned the engine off

26.02.2026 03:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

They are very groovy (a word which probably comes from around the same time as the togs)

26.02.2026 03:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I actually thought, no it won't be this, but let's just see how the pattern falls
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21.02.2026 21:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And I won't be voting Labour either. But you also won't see me slagging them off. For this to be a one-term government we need Labour to do well. Sabotaging that is self-sabotaging

21.02.2026 09:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I have a friend in precisely this position now. She was made redundant at 60. She's a highly skilled person. She's now on the dole, and feeling like shit as rejection after rejection comes in. Our retirement age can't rise until Kiwis ditch their ageism

21.02.2026 03:58 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Absolutely with you on this. Elements of the left are very good at letting perfection be the enemy of the good. It's not a good habit to get into.

21.02.2026 03:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The Gerry Brownlee interview: The ‘appalling’ Press newspaper and other memories On the eve of the 15th anniversary, former Earthquake Recovery Minister reveals what he thinks about the cathedral, going to the brink with insurers and his one regret.

I was feeling quite favourable about this Gerry Brownlee interview until the end. Eastlake is dead FFS, let it go!
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

20.02.2026 19:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Have just found out that if you subscribe to any of the Stuff Digital mastheads you can log in to and read all of them. Never knew that!

19.02.2026 19:20 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It's OK, we've all moved on, and are delighted that the next residents of that property will be wetland species

19.02.2026 09:00 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

14 years ago today the home I grew up in, and which my parents were still living in 15 years ago today, was demolished #eqnz

19.02.2026 07:01 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I'll have to cut it right back, but as it's not a grafted tree it should come away again. Fingers crossed 🤞

17.02.2026 08:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Join the club. I'm president

17.02.2026 08:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0