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Two things I'm interested in (#ai & #nzpol) have collided as #NationalPartyNZ used fake people in attack ads: https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/24-05-2023/the-era-of-ai-political-campaigning-is-here
But has anyone asked if National did this because they can't find any actual voters to support them?
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If Rob Campbell has to go then Wayne Brown has to go.
#Auckland #WayneBrown #RobCampbell
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/02-03-2023/dont-fucking-come-and-talk-to-me-wayne-brown-snaps-at-arts-funding-question -
If Rob Campbell has to go then Wayne Brown has to go.
#Auckland #WayneBrown #RobCampbell
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/02-03-2023/dont-fucking-come-and-talk-to-me-wayne-brown-snaps-at-arts-funding-question -
If Rob Campbell has to go then Wayne Brown has to go.
#Auckland #WayneBrown #RobCampbell
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/02-03-2023/dont-fucking-come-and-talk-to-me-wayne-brown-snaps-at-arts-funding-question -
If Rob Campbell has to go then Wayne Brown has to go.
#Auckland #WayneBrown #RobCampbell
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/02-03-2023/dont-fucking-come-and-talk-to-me-wayne-brown-snaps-at-arts-funding-question -
If Rob Campbell has to go then Wayne Brown has to go.
#Auckland #WayneBrown #RobCampbell
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/02-03-2023/dont-fucking-come-and-talk-to-me-wayne-brown-snaps-at-arts-funding-question -
Toby Morris' reflection on recent events and the climate crisis: asking if we still think our individual well-intentioned actions are enough or are we frogs in boiling water?
#TheSideEye #TheSpinOff #TobyMorris #climatecrisis
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-02-2023/the-side-eye-a-climate-change-reality-check
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Just listening to Duncan Greive's 7 May special edition of The Fold on the government's decision to abolish the BSA;
https://thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts/the-fold
I stand corrected on my suggestion that the BSA could theoretically accept complaints against podcasts. Greive mentioned that "on demand" services are specifically exempted from BSA jurisdiction. Confining them to regulating only live broadcasts.
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This history is told in Juggernaut 2: The Story of the Fourth National Government;
https://thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts/juggernaut
If you're interested in #NZPolitics, and you haven't listened to both seasons of Juggernaut yet, why the hell not? They're highly entertaining and rigorously researched, featuring interviews with many of the movers and shakers of the times.
I really hope there's a Juggernaut 3 on the Clark government. Which mostly pretended political history started in 1990.
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This history is told in Juggernaut 2: The Story of the Fourth National Government;
https://thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts/juggernaut
If you're interested in #NZPolitics, and you haven't listened to both seasons of Juggernaut yet, why the hell not? They're highly entertaining and rigorously researched, featuring interviews with many of the movers and shakers of the times.
I really hope there's a Juggernaut 3 on the Clark government. Which mostly pretended political history started in 1990.
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This history is told in Juggernaut 2: The Story of the Fourth National Government;
https://thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts/juggernaut
If you're interested in #NZPolitics, and you haven't listened to both seasons of Juggernaut yet, why the hell not? They're highly entertaining and rigorously researched, featuring interviews with many of the movers and shakers of the times.
I really hope there's a Juggernaut 3 on the Clark government. Which mostly pretended political history started in 1990.
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This history is told in Juggernaut 2: The Story of the Fourth National Government;
https://thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts/juggernaut
If you're interested in #NZPolitics, and you haven't listened to both seasons of Juggernaut yet, why the hell not? They're highly entertaining and rigorously researched, featuring interviews with many of the movers and shakers of the times.
I really hope there's a Juggernaut 3 on the Clark government. Which mostly pretended political history started in 1990.
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‘I’m Māori first’: The vision-impaired community finding strength in whakapapa.
Read more about research with tāngata kāpō Māori led by AProf Bridgette Masters-Awatere with myself and Chrissie Cowan. Mīharo! 👇
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"Now what happens to Winston Peters doesn't matter. But what happens to the people does."
#WinstonPeters, Juggernaut 2, ep 2, 2025https://thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts/juggernaut
It's hard to believe now given the smiling crocodile he's become. Political principles up for auction, doing whatever is best for Winston Peters and bugger anyone else. I think at the time he really meant this.
His corruption is perhaps the saddest political story of NZ corporatism.
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The Side Eye - Deeper Roots [Cyclone Gabrielle, Tairāwhiti (Gisborne), New Zealand]
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https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/28-07-2023/the-side-eye-deeper-roots <-- Spinoff Side Eye story
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https://teweu.nz/towards-an-indigenous-bioeconomy/ <-- towards an indigenous bio-economy in Tairāwhiti
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“Months after Cyclone Gabrielle smashed Tairāwhiti [Gisborne, New Zealand], locals are still cleaning up the damage. The Side Eye travels to the erosion-prone region to meet the people asking hard questions about a plan for the future…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #massmovement #climatechange #CycloneGabrielle #Tairāwhiti #Gisborne) #NewZealand #extremeweather #geomorphology #fluvial #fluvialgeomorphology #Gabrielle #cyclone #flood #flooding #water #hydrology #ecosystem #monoculture #forestry #forestry #risk #hazard #mitigation #monitoring #erosion #landslides #slumps #slips #slash #forestrestoration #pine #planning #impacts #humanimpact #publicsafety #economy #economic #governmentplanning #indigenous #Maori #firstnations #bioeconomy -
CW: NZPol Pay Equity report
"So what did the report find? Here are some key takeaways from the 174-page document."
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Things pretty buoyant round our place… Tracy - who doesn’t do m’don - is on the #Ockham long list for her most recent novel #Wonderland … now of course there’s the mental roller coaster to next stage. 🎢
https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/29-01-2026/jacinda-ardern-longlisted-for-this-years-ockham-new-zealand-book-awards https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/29-01-2026/jacinda-ardern-longlisted-for-this-years-ockham-new-zealand-book-awards
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🤬Pyramid Schemes
"Behind diamond emojis, business conferences and the quest for ‘financial freedom’ lies a multi-level-marketing scheme shrouded in secrecy. Janhavi Gosavi spoke to former members of the Legacy programme in Wellington who were drawn in by promises of ‘retire by 30’.""
https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/14-10-2025/inside-legacy-the-mlm-that-thrives-in-secrecy
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Great news! Toby Manhire managed to find funding for a second series of the excellent NZ political history podcast, #Juggernaut;
https://thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts/juggernaut
This series covers the 4th National government, led by Jim Bolger. But famous more for Ruth Richardson's ruthless 1991 budget. Known to old lefties like me as Ruthenasia.
Without this part of the story, it's easy to blame our slide into extreme inequality and mass impoverishment on Labour and Rogernomics alone. But it was a bipartisan affair.
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CW: #NZPol Social workers v air traffic controllers
Marilyn Waring challenges the justifications for the pay equity changes.
"Understanding what a social work qualification means, I would happily employ a social worker as an air traffic controller but never contemplate the reverse. "
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/12-06-2025/marilyn-waring-why-i-convened-the-peoples-select-committee-on-pay-equity #NZPol #PayEquity -
"Well planned, inclusive and accessible infrastructure benefits all members of society, especially the marginalised. Lack of cycle infrastructure is negligent, ableist and ageist." -EJ Barrett
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-08-2023/i-use-a-wheelchair-and-i-want-more-bike-lanes#MoveEquity #accessibility #WheelsMoveMe #MobilityJustice #CarCulture #BikeLove #BikeTooter #cycling #transportation #infrastructure #ageism #ableism
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CW: NZPol Election errors
"Double votes, missing ballot boxes, tired tech and stressed staff: how tick-tallying went astray at last year’s election."
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🗞️ Articles
Thank you as always to our dear friends over at @AdoptOurCrew for keeping us up to date on all the new articles and interviews of our cast & crew!
‘It made me who I am’: The TV series that changed Rhys Darby’s life: https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/25-01-2025/it-made-me-who-i-am-the-tv-series-that-changed-rhys-darbys-life
The 10 Best Sitcoms of the 2020s So Far, Ranked: https://collider.com/2020s-sitcoms-best-ranked
33 TV Couples Who Had So Much Chemistry, They Created The Best Slow Burn Romances Of All Time: https://www.buzzfeed.com/noradominick/tv-characters-best-sexual-tension-slow-burn-gate
15 Best TV Shows On Max, Ranked: https://www.slashfilm.com/1772959/best-tv-shows-hbo-max
#RhysDarby #OurFlagMeansDeath #OFMD #AdoptOurCrew #LongLiveOFMD #OFMDRecaps
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Interesting column from NZ author David Hill on what he would do differently if starting out again. https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/31-05-2025/if-i-were-starting-out-again-life-and-writing-advice-from-david-hill?utm_source=spinoff-share-button&utm_medium=web #Writing #DavidHill
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CW: Corporate cowardice -- NZ telcos
Supporting Shaneel Lal's call to have no TERFs on Threads was a great thing for our major telcos to do.
Until they walked it back.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/11-07-2023/sometimes-its-better-to-say-nothing-at-all
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Maybe it's time that professional journalists in Aotearoa (NZ) started doing some targeted surveillance of privately-owned #SecretPolice forces like Thompson & Clark:
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-04-2018/why-have-thompson-clark-been-allowed-to-keep-spying-on-us-in-your-name/This could also include #WilsonSecurity (who run both parking buildings and refugee camps), the various ex-cop run drug-testing and "education" companies like #MethCon and so on?
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"Something has to change so markets and systems provide the best environmental choices to consumers – but that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook entirely."
Why it’s so hard to make good climate choices: https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/25-07-2023/why-its-so-hard-to-make-good-climate-choices
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Yeah. Not just the US consumer ... take a look at how badly things are going in New Zealand. Source and credit to @[email protected] and @[email protected] This is consumer PAIN in real time. #Energy #Oil #OhMyGod
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dtwphuxvtvimwtra5yh4ujt4/post/3miflsrjj7f2v -
"It’s worth remembering that the Three Waters Bill included a binding Treaty principles clause which would likely have proved a significant barrier to any plan to privatise New Zealand’s water supply. Perhaps that’s a key reason why it faced such a withering political attack."
#RupertOBrien, 2024
Definitely the reason. Watch them try to do the same thing in the future, in a rush, without those protections.