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nasska
Reply to  Editor
8 months ago

Worth noting that mob stocking is of great assistance when it comes pushing seed into the ground away from birds & pressing the soil around it to facilitate germination & rejuvenate the grass cover on hill paddocks.

Spending a bit of time using the dogs to run a mob over hill country after seeding & preferably after the first rains pays dividends.

Simpleton1
Simpleton1
Reply to  Editor
8 months ago

From the Russian steppes to Mongolia, and how civilizations back then built up.
Then the toothy tale of why they why they died as there is a bit of horstory development too.

4,000-Year-Old Sheep Found In Russia Changes History (And Reveals How Millions Really Died)
https://youtu.be/Rdx2ao_V72c
14 mins 49 secs : Dec 24, 2025 : Strata Files

The part I did not like is how the researcher was initially financed by the Max Planck Society, which runs a numerous institutes.
Dovetailing to howitis comment.

One namely is where New Zealand’s supposedly influential Professor
Spoonley has been for years, and speaks out, pushing for more lefty mass immigration because of the benefits of diversity, going on about Auckland being a “super diverse” city.

And the angle of thinking, planning to raise fears?

This will bring some understanding of the science, that is pushing to kill the poultry farms because of “bird flue” & the agenda behind the killing of the surviving healthy ostriches on that farm in Canada.

And near the end touching on what they call ecological issues.

One would now wonder about killing all livestock if a foot & mouth, scabies out break, but not lets do that this time, but vaccine them, as that is available.

I will leave it there, but it so fits in as another angle of attack & control on the Mongolian farmers.

Last edited 8 months ago by Simpleton1
howitis
howitis
Reply to  Editor
8 months ago

Mongolia: 64 million livestock. Sheep, goats, cattle, horses, camels.
For a country of only 3 million people,

NZ 1982 …Hold my beer

——————–
Climate researchers studying carbon sequestration

we are not really quoting these Beneficiary Queens are we ?
please sir, I need a research Grant or my family starves
Well since you are hungry , research this
by the by , here is the An$wer before you do the Te$ting .

Hooker Phil
8 months ago

MERRY CHRISTMAS to Everybody…One and All.

A beautiful sunny morning here, expected high 24. I hope you all are able to enjoy this day, although I am well aware it can be a painful day, especially with split families etc.

A long time ago (1987) my mother actually, finally, passed away this morning, riddled with cancer.

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  Hooker Phil
8 months ago

Merry Christmas everyone. Have a terrific day with lots of excellent food. I hope Santa overlooks the naughty things you got up to in 2025 and delivers a wee pressie 🎁 🍰

Same HP, lost my grandmother this day 1984. It kind of ruined the days vibe.

Ed, thank you for the ysb giggles. You didn’t fail to impress with another inappropriate Christmas meme. Ho, ho to you too. 😙

Last edited 8 months ago by waikatogirl
Sabre38
Sabre38
Reply to  Hooker Phil
8 months ago

Merry Christmas to one and all, may your day be filled with happiness and cheer. A big shout out to Ed for his tireless efforts here throughout the year.

Pinky1
Pinky1
Reply to  Sabre38
8 months ago

Merry Christmas to all. Lovely to have this wonderful resource of likeminded people ( most of the time) to share thoughts and articles with. You made it possible for us Ed. We’re a mere 12 degrees! Camping at Albert town. You get to grab your spot. It is interesting the behaviour of fellow campers. Very territorial as to THEIR Spot! I hate to think how they will cope when the sh!! Hits the fan.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Pinky1
8 months ago

all of the campgrounds around there are like that, hawea theyre even more territorial.
i used to crash at albertown on my way through to haast, first time i done so was packed and annoyed the fuck outta me cuz was massive party and fireworks etc… turns out it was new years eve, stupid boy never gave a fuck about ny or partying so i was completely unawares. anyways i was 17 then and scored a root with a very friendly 20yr old bird, next day i carried on to haast and shot my first stag so was a bloody good trip!!!

Brian Marshall
8 months ago

Hope everyone has a pleasant Christmas. Big thank you Ed for hosting the most honest blog in the country.

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Sooty
Sooty
8 months ago

Merry Christmas Ed and everyone.
I hope the day goes well for you and try to not upset all your family and rellies!

Mike Hunty
Reply to  Editor
8 months ago

150 a head!? Fark me. Must be nice to be rolling in it. I wouldnt know. We are having Dine Perfect Portions, cuts in gravy with chicken. So the pack says. Why is there a picture of a cat on the front? Anyway. Merry Christmas trendsetters and taxdodgers. See ya next year. Stay safe X

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  Mike Hunty
8 months ago

You’ll have a strong urge to lick yourself all over. That’ll fill in a lazy afternoon after a stonking good feed. 😸

Merry Christmas Mike

Mike Hunty
Reply to  waikatogirl
8 months ago

And a very merry xmas to you and yours, WG. x

Viking
Reply to  waikatogirl
8 months ago

OMG, that conjures up a picture of Hunty the cat, leg in the air licking his bum.

cat-licking-bum
Last edited 8 months ago by Viking
The Ancient Hooligan
Reply to  Editor
8 months ago

Merry Christmas Ed and everyone and thanks for making this time on Ed’s great Blog so enjoyable, informative and interesting, I appreciate it.

Ed, you are so right, best way to avoid family and rellies is to keep away from them, so a whole pile of us are heading to a new Cafe in National Park that is open today, so far enough away from the unwashed to keep the peace.

Enjoy your day, I will be.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Editor
8 months ago

$150 each!!!! rich prick lol.

christmas is such a shit day, waste of time and waste of money.
only good thing about it is its the best day to go do something outdoorsie like fishn or hunting cuz you have the place to yourself due to every other gullable clown being a lemming/sheeple for the day.

fuck christmas

Viking
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
8 months ago

Mother Xmas would be a better option.

Viking
Reply to  Viking
8 months ago

Mother Xmas would be a better option.

mother-xmas
I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Viking
8 months ago

no use to me with clothes on.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
8 months ago

But think of the fun unwrapping it.

Viking
Reply to  Sooty
8 months ago

He;’s a wam bang, thank you maam, sort of a guy. No prelims.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Editor
8 months ago

meh fair enough, good way to justify it i guess!
it wouldnt cost you much if you just treated it like any other normal day tho.

you could have some fun and inform the indians the new trade deal means free meals in return for them living here 🙂

Mike Hunty
Reply to  Editor
8 months ago

I’d be speaking to the head wobbler about that. 150 slides. I dont even, I mean I never even paid that much for a shag. Rich prick.

Curious
Reply to  Mike Hunty
8 months ago

He’s spending his book royalties in advance Mikey.

wiseowl
8 months ago

Merry Xmas to all the stirring , bent and twisted archaic and not so archaic Ysb team.
May God fill your day with hope and happiness especially nasska .
May the sun shine on good fortune and green grass and He will bless the crops you are about to devour on this day of greed and sloth.
A special day to reflect and share and vent frustrations that fill the air.
Bless you all.

Viking
8 months ago

Merry Xmas to everyone on YSB.
We are different, and while we argue and carry on, we are very much people who like freedom in whatever form that takes.
Long may that be so.
Enjoy your families, and for those who have lost loved ones, it’s a tough gig.

Have a happy day, and peace be upon you.

For those who have to work.
It’s just another day at the office.

Simpleton1
Simpleton1
8 months ago

Merry Christmass everyone, a time to appreciate the past year, of friends, family & neighbours where we are not spitting tacks, and get ready for to handle the madness of next year.

Thanks Ed, for the free expression, the variety of views, with only ourselves challenging & no “thought police” in action.

Curious
8 months ago

Merry Xmas one and all. Hope everyone has a great day.

Mike Hunty
8 months ago

Bang Yo Ho! Really? Disgusting. Why are Ho bangers usually always tarpots?

howitis
howitis
Reply to  Mike Hunty
8 months ago

in the tick tok world
does ho ho ho
become
304, 304, 304 .

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Mike Hunty
8 months ago

your tarpot “ho banger” can usually be translated to “rapist” so that probs explains their colour scheme.
plus single mum bene bludgers need that black baby so they know 100% there wont be a father around to criticise their poor parenting.

Starving Artist
Starving Artist
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
8 months ago

That was racist. Delightfully so.

Sabre38
Sabre38
8 months ago

Will we see any of our political leaders attending a Christian church service today as it seems they are always happy to be seen at every other imported religious celebration

howitis
howitis
Reply to  Sabre38
8 months ago

luxcinda is a holy roller
with extreme god-addled beliefs

or
so he portrays.

maybe he only announced he is a Christian
like 500 times
but not got around to do anything
like everything else he spews about .

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Sabre38
8 months ago

judiths probably still pretend praying in that church.

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
8 months ago

UK on Trump’s naughty list.

US announced sanctions against UK, banning censorship officials from the US, US/UK trade agreement suspended and tarrifs are to be increased.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtBJQJ7pLxk
🚨 BREAKING: Trump To Sanction UK Government Officials Over Starmer’s Free Speech BAN
Tousi TV

Last edited 8 months ago by waikatogirl
waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  waikatogirl
8 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv-TdvPMeh4
Rubio Drops Hammer: Britain’s Secret Plot to Outlast Trump

Promethean Updates

host Susan Kokinda discusses Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent decision to ban five British and European agents attempting to interfere in US elections and silence Americans. Kokinda delves into the broader implications …

Last edited 8 months ago by waikatogirl
Curious
Reply to  waikatogirl
8 months ago

Seems it may only be partly true WG though I love the sentiment.

The United States has not announced sanctions against the UK as a country, but it has imposed visa-related sanctions on specific British individuals involved in online disinformation and hate speech regulation efforts. On December 24, 2025, the US State Department, under Secretary Marco Rubio, announced visa bans against five Europeans, including two Britons: Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), and Clare Melford, CEO of the Global Disinformation Index (GDI).”

Brave AI.

Viking
Reply to  waikatogirl
8 months ago

Getting increasingly testy.
The EU must be like Ukraine waiting for the ship to hit the rocks.
Zelensky is promising all sorts but Russia wants him and his corrupt mates gone.

Viking
8 months ago

In 2023 there were 5.69 cancers per 1,000 population compared to an average rate during 2015 to 2019 of 5.27. That is a 7.9% increased rate of cancer occurrence. There were 4509 more cancers in 2023 than the average for 2015-2019. This rise was not solely due to the effect of our ageing population.
The cancer rate for 65+ remained constant, but new cancer registrations per 1000 population for the 45-64 working adult age range rose by 8% when compared to the pre-pandemic 2015-2019 average. This bucked a ten year pre-pandemic trend that held to a more or less constant rate.
The Health NZ data for new cancer registrations during 2023 by age, sex, cancer type and ethnicity from 2001 to 2023 can be downloaded using the Cancer Web Tool.

Please note these figures are already two years behind, we don’t yet know what has happened in 2024 and 2025. 2024 figures are not expected from Health NZ until the end of 2026. There are many types of cancer associated with multiple risk factors and causes. Care should always be taken when interpreting any data.

https://guyhatchardphd.substack.com/p/red-flag-2023-nz-cancer-data-released#:~:text=In%202023,data,-%2E

Viking
8 months ago

MAJOR BREAKING: Dutch Court Orders Bill Gates and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla to Testify In Person in Landmark COVID Vaccine Injury Lawsuit

In a dramatic late-November 2025 ruling from the District Court of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, Bill Gates and Albert Bourla have been mandated to appear face-to-face at hearings scheduled for 2026.

This stems from a 2023 civil lawsuit filed by seven Dutch citizens alleging severe injuries from COVID-19 vaccines—one plaintiff has tragically passed away since filing.

The plaintiffs accuse Gates, Bourla, former PM Mark Rutte (now NATO Secretary General), and others of deliberately misleading the public about the vaccines’ safety and efficacy.

Bold claims include allegations that the shots are akin to bioweapons, bypassed proper regulations under military-style governance, offer no benefits, and were designed to cause harm—linking to broader agendas like population control and the “Great Reset.”

Defendants fought back: Gates denied any undue influence over global bodies like the WHO, while Bourla insisted the Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective, arguing no in-person hearing was needed.

But the court overruled them, building on an October 2024 decision affirming jurisdiction over Gates (and ordering him to cover plaintiffs’ legal fees).

Adding layers: A separate March 2025 lawsuit by three more injured plaintiffs seeks consolidation.

Expert witnesses—including Sasha Latypova, Katherine Watt, Catherine Austin Fitts, Joseph Sansone, and Mike Yeadon—submitted written and video statements on December 7, 2025, detailing evidence of regulatory bypasses, military involvement, and intentional risks.

Plaintiffs push for their live testimony.

Twists include the June 2025 arrest of one plaintiffs’ lawyer, Arno van Kessel, in a high-security sweep—detained amid “sovereign citizen” probes, extending his pre-trial hold.

Is this a pivotal moment for vaccine accountability, or a contentious civil battle?

The stakes are sky-high as hearings approach.
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Viking
8 months ago

The Trump admin has just sent an entire STRIKE TEAM into Minnesota to investigate new allegations of major fraud under Gov. Tim Walz.

Mike Lindell of MyPillow fame is leading the GOP race for that area currently.

So be Somalis on their way home.

Viking
8 months ago

Anyway, time to feed up.

In the meantime, he’s been watching.

ive-bin-watching
Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Viking
8 months ago

Yer, but it’s fun!

Odakyu-sen
8 months ago
Last edited 8 months ago by Odakyu-sen
Simpleton1
Simpleton1
Reply to  Editor
8 months ago

Both defying gravity, and the beginnings of “air walking” 😄

Mike Hunty
Reply to  Editor
8 months ago

You watch some weird shit…just sayin…

Curious
Reply to  Odakyu-sen
8 months ago

What’s the best time to visit Japan O’sen?

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Curious
8 months ago

Last year.

Starving Artist
Starving Artist
8 months ago

And it’s Merry Christmas from me – with an acknowledgement of the pagan roots of the occasion.

wiseowl
8 months ago

Yo ho ho.
The PM has a xmas message on X and the response is not very xmassy.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  wiseowl
8 months ago

King Charlie’s Christmas message, it maybe his last!

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Sooty
8 months ago

Sorry forgot, just before 7 tonight.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Sooty
8 months ago

Watched it. They said he was going give cancer update, noob.

howitis
howitis
8 months ago

A small plane has crashed into a house in the holiday hotspot of Pauanui, on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Police said about 9:10am on Christmas day they received reports of a small plane crashing into an unoccupied house on Harvard Court, next to Pauanui Airfield.

Two people are being treated for moderate injuries.

——————
Was it a plane
or just Santa on the sauce after a busy night ?

damn, they don’t have self driving reindeer in 2025 ….

Simpleton1
Simpleton1
Reply to  howitis
8 months ago

“unoccupied house”
A holiday-home-coming?

Sounds like over-running the airstrip?
Barring humans, No animal injured or hurt in that scene.

Where was air traffic control?
“International Airport” crises?

Uninvited gate-fence-door & wall crashers, or invited guests?
“Home Alone” to fend off the unwanted with youngster Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin).

A mini 9/11 ?? Wonderful no body died or injured, and no body had to jump.

Nor a part in “Towering Inferno”.

Last edited 8 months ago by Simpleton1
nasska
8 months ago

Worth noting that before the Groupies for Jesus freaks co-opted the 25th December the date marked the end of the Romans mid year knees-up & orgy known as Saturnalia. Saturn was an interesting coot. He was the God of many things including time, dissolution, abundance, wealth, agriculture & liberation.

Saturnalia was cause for a seven-day party that culminated in a giant public orgy. Those were the good old days before the rise of wowerism & nutters who insist on wishing each other “Happy Holidays”. Since then, the holiday’s been flipped from a farmers & fertility festival where everybody has sex with everybody else to a bizarro cult where sex is apparently not needed at all, not even to conceive a saviour!

Merry Xmas! 🙂

Curious
8 months ago

According to the alarmists an increase of 10% of the major green house gas water vapour has minimal effect on global temperatures but an tiny increase in CO2 each year is a disaster. What a crock of doo doos.
https://principia-scientific.com/new-report-downplays-hunga-volcanos-massive-water-vapor-injection/

Simpleton1
Simpleton1
8 months ago

It is plain, just …. “Don’t”. ….

“Christchurch City Confusion” ….. as they also do not know what or where either.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/look-absurd-signs-posted-zealand-173503556.html

Click on the arrow inside photo for slide show of a few more.

All a part of the world of confusing art.

So for Christchurch City “Master Card” for the Creative’s paycheck. 🤑
For the moment, Priceless ! ! as your grandee’s can pay in the future. 🙃

Last edited 8 months ago by Simpleton1
waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  Simpleton1
8 months ago

Christchurch lefties homage to Biden’s “Don’t” to Putin over questions by msm of the possibility of Putin retaliating with his nuclear arsenal.

Viking
8 months ago

NPD and Gull plan merger to create nationwide low-cost fuel network
Two of New Zealand’s best-known discount fuel retailers, NPD and Gull, are planning to merge in a move they say will help keep petrol prices lower for motorists across the country.
The proposed merger would see the two companies combine their sites, teams and supply chains to form what they describe as the country’s largest independent, majority Kiwi-owned fuel business, operating around 240 sites from Invercargill to Kaitaia.
Both brands would be retained, with the companies saying their largely complementary footprints, Gull concentrated in the North Island and NPD stronger in the South Island, would give the merged business national reach.
The companies say the scale of the combined operation, which would purchase about one billion litres of fuel a year, would increase buying power and improve distribution efficiencies, helping to keep costs down at the pump.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360918535/npd-and-gull-plan-merger-create-nationwide-low-cost-fuel-network#:~:text=Two,pump

nasska
Reply to  Viking
8 months ago

Gull NZ Ltd was sold to Caltex Australia in 2016 which eventually became Ampol. In order to get approval to buy Z Energy Ampol sold Gull to Allegro Funds, an Australian investment firm in 2022.

Ampol agreed to continue supply Gull with petrol for five years following the sale. I wonder if supply issues from next year on are driving the merger.

Viking
8 months ago

A win for Canada.

OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — A Canadian judge has dismissed a demand from Canadian government lawyers to seize Freedom Convoy leader Chris Barber’s “Big Red” semi-truck.
On Friday, Ontario Court of Justice Judge Heather Perkins-McVey denied the Crown’s application seeking to forfeit Barber’s truck.
She ruled that the court is already “satisfied” with Barber’s sentence and taking away his very livelihood would be “disproportionate.”
“This truck is my livelihood,” said Barber in a press release sent to LifeSiteNews.
“Trying to permanently seize it for peacefully protesting was wrong, and I’m relieved the court refused to allow that to happen,” he added.
Criminal defence lawyer Marwa Racha Younes was welcoming of the ruling as well, stating, “We find it was the right decision in the circumstances and are happy with the outcome.”
John Carpay, president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), said the decision is “good news for all Canadians who cherish their Charter freedom to assemble peacefully.”
READ: Freedom Convoy protester appeals after judge dismissed challenge to frozen bank accounts

“Asset forfeiture is an extraordinary power, and it must not be used to punish Canadians for participating in peaceful protest,” he added in the press release.
As reported recently by LifeSiteNews, the Canadian government claimed that Barber’s truck is an “offence-related property” relating to his involvement in the 2022 protests against Canada’s COVID mandates.
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At this time, the court ruling ends any forfeiture proceedings for the time being, however Barber will continue to try and appeal his criminal conviction and house arrest sentence.
Barber’s truck, a 2004 Kenworth long-haul he uses for business, was a focal point in the 2022 protests. He drove it to Ottawa, where it was parked for an extended period of time, but he complied when officials asked him to move it.

On October 7, 2025, after a long trial, Ontario Court Justice Perkins-McVey sentenced Barber and Tamara Lich, the other Freedom Convoy leader, to 18 months’ house arrest. They had been declared guilty of mischief for their roles as leaders of the 2022 protest against COVID mandates, and as social media influencers.

Lich and Barber have filed appeals of their own against their house arrest sentences, arguing that the trial judge did not correctly apply the law on their mischief charges.
Government lawyers for the Crown have filed an appeal of the acquittals of Lich and Barber on intimidation charges.
The pair’s convictions came after a nearly two-year trial despite the nonviolent nature of the popular movement.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/judge-denies-canadian-govt-request-to-take-away-freedom-convoy-leaders-truck/#:~:text=Judge,disproportionate%2E%27

Viking
8 months ago

Heavy Snow in Tasmania this morning. Coming here.

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
8 months ago

Thank you Mr President

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8IevVFyT5_0
Young Donald Trump was ready to SAVE America! 👏
short

~

Merry Christmas and to all a good night

Last edited 8 months ago by waikatogirl
Simpleton1
Simpleton1
Reply to  waikatogirl
8 months ago

Trump can see the problems ahead.

……. .Mr Vance has been at the forefront of the Trump administration’s effort to restore Western greatness to Europe. …….

…….. White House’s recently released National Security Strategy memo, which warned that Europe faces “civilizational erasure” if it does not reverse course on censorship and mass migration policies. …….
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/12/23/vance-warns-european-nuclear-arsenals-could-come-under-control-of-islamists/

Free Speech, being the essential ingredient as Trump has legitimized the discussion & debate about islam & muslims, the cost of migration to the host country, and again bringing up nuclear weapons.

Not only just talk, but action where he can.
He has made some countries to consider things then they try it.
Also giving heart to many voters, not only talk, but also try & bring about change with in their country, despite the persecution of the establishment.

Sure Trump will make mistakes in his actions, though I can see he will not admit it, but never the less you can see the change in actions if needs must.

Last edited 8 months ago by Simpleton1
rightoverlabour
8 months ago

Hi you all. Had a cracker day. Enjoyed reading all the comments. There are good people in New Zealand….

Viking
Reply to  rightoverlabour
8 months ago

Thaks , I have often wondered.

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