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NZ Government to Disestablish the BSA

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-disestablish-bsa

#HackerNews #NZGovernment #DisestablishBSA #MediaRegulation #NewsUpdate #GovernmentPolicy

@Baxter We came back 6 years ago after being away for 15 years (Australia, Sweden and Norway), for precisely that reason. Now mid career researchers with a family and looking to escape again. The ONLY reason we have stayed so long is elderly parents, aside from that there is nothing here. The current #NzGovernment is actively hampering researchers in pursuit of economic growth, of which they’re failing miserably at that!

So not a telling off then? FFS what a milquetoast PM #AotearoaNZ has…

‘PM Christopher Luxon said, while he "fully agreed" with the content of Seymour's message, the responsibility for engaging with the UN lay with Foreign Minister Winston Peters.’

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566941/christopher-luxon-tells-off-david-seymour-over-letter-to-united-nations

#NzGovernment #NzPol

We had a plan though, the current #NzGovernment trashed it. Now we have SFA to show for it because of political ideology.
NZ will soon have no real interisland rail-ferry link – why are we so bad at infrastructure planning? https://theconversation.com/nz-will-soon-have-no-real-interisland-rail-ferry-link-why-are-we-so-bad-at-infrastructure-planning-260279

Wonderful write up by Max Rashbrooke for The Spinoff, absolutely spot on - #nzpol #NzGovernment #AotearoaNZ - Opinion: David Seymour’s hypocrisy over drugs and poverty https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-07-2025/david-seymours-hypocrisy-over-drugs-and-poverty?utm_source=spinoff-share-button&utm_medium=spinoff-web-mobile

This is absolutely disgusting of the #NzGovernment - I know I’m preaching to the choir here on #NzPol , but WTAF!? Is this coalitions calculation that opening the way for offshore oil drilling worth more than our trade agreement with the EU?

NZ pulls out of global coalition for phasing out fossil fuels | RNZ News https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565147/nz-pulls-out-of-global-coalition-for-phasing-out-fossil-fuels #newzealand #climatechange

But I thought Kluxon and Nicky No Boats said #AotearoaNZ had too much debt and we were in the shitter!? #NzGovernment #RNZ #NzPol

“It said government spending, as a proportion of the economy, was already low, and government debt was low by international standards and of no real concern to ratings agencies.” https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/534365/govt-s-fiscal-policy-dragging-out-recession-economists-say

I’ve had to write something out about this current #NzGovernment approach to tobacco and how it’s hurting people. This has got to be the most heartless bunch of corrupt corporate shills we've had running #NewZealand #NZpol https://www.madebydusk.com/journal/up-in-smoke/

I’m starting to think Luxon CAN’T read…
#nzeconomy #nzgovernment

At this stage I would even take ‘concepts of a plan’ for a functioning #nzeconomy. It would beat clueless.
#nzgovernment

Imagine being really shit at your job and the whole country knows it. And then doubling down on it so you look like an even bigger idiot.
#nzgovernment

Could this Coc get any more dumb?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350425882/government-wants-public-service-workers-back-office

This #govt wants ppl to spend more on transport and childcare. More time travelling is bad for the environment and bad for mental health. Bad for wallets. And when cafes and restaurants still fail because of lack of patronage, what then?

And I highly doubt offices have put in proper ventilation, far UV, and HEPAs. So… more time off work due to sickness.

#nzgovernment #CoalitionChaos #CovidIsNotOver

I’m so embarrassed to have this f……. fricken idiot at the helm. There goes our international reputation. Our health. Our #economy. Loss of IQ points is really showing with this #nzgovernment.
#CovidIsNotOver

Health New Zealand introduces voluntary redundancies following overspend, union says - NZ Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/health-new-zealand-introduces-voluntary-redundancies-following-overspend-union-says/I3R4P6XOZBDQTHINFQA5I6K3UE/ #nzpol #nzgovernment #nz

Fucking LMAO! #nzpol #nzgovernment #smokefreenz
Health NZ board sacked: A satirical letter to Prime Minister Christoper Luxon - Rob Campbell - NZ Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/rob-campbell-a-letter-from-health-minister-shane-reti-to-prime-minister-christoper-luxon/GUEIV3XEQJBX3KZXB4MOFNRYXE/

France reject far right. Phew. UK has rejected populism. Can we get rid of our populist coalition yet please #NZ? The economy is tanking due to austerity - which was brutal and didn’t work in UK. Time for some proper economic thinking please!
#coalition #nzgovernment

I hope the likes of Luxon and Willis are watching what happens to populist governments.
#nzgovernment

My cartoon in today's https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350200666/cartoon-march-5

At the end of this week the coalition government's 100 day plan comes to an end... Their 49 Action plan. The smoke free legislation might stay or go... anyway, whatever happens each action has a consequence.

#NzPol #Aotearoa #CoalitionChaos #NzGovernment #PoliticalCartoon #SmokeFree #GasCan

The muppets in Government today have been bought by special interest groups. They have serious conflicts of interest. The bills they are passing under urgency should be halted immediately and be put up for real debate. This is but one of them. #nzpol #smokefreenz #NzGovernment #NationalNotFitToGovern https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/in-depth-special-projects/story/2018928347/smoke-signals-the-tobacco-industry-language-that-found-its-way-into-ministerial-papers

My grandfather died from smoking. My father died from smoking. I quit smoking the day my father died. I smoked cigarettes for 15 years (11-26). My father never got to meet his grandchildren because he died too young (61).

Big tobacco took my father away from me and my children.

What the #NzGovernment has done is condemn future generations to misery. The terrible health outcomes, the mental distress of death and the very real cost to our society. #nzpol #NationalNotFitToGovern #SmokefreeNZ

So how exactly is our current government going to achieve this?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/503758/new-zealand-signs-up-to-cop28-declaration-on-food-production-sustainable-agriculture-adaptations

#nzpol #NzGovernment

My cartoon in today's https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350119208/cartoon-november-27

Smoke free - New Zealand's mammoth and highly respected campaign is now binned. That's right, the cancer sticks are making a comeback. To hell with people's health and life! Those clambering for a tax cut of course take precedence....

#SmokerFee #NzPol #Aotearoa #NewZealand #KillerTaxCuts #NzGovernment #CoalitionOfChaos

WINZ is using MailChimp to send email. Email. A public service agency is paying a private company in the US to send email for it. Seriously? WTF.

I've been saying for ages that NZ Post ought to be pivoting into hosting email. Handling large-scale mailouts like this is a classic example of a service they could actually be making money out of, doing the digital equivalent of their traditional business.

#NZGovernment #WINZ #MailChimp #NZPost

@lightweight the call for the #nzgovernment by #nzoss to start a #mastodon server is interesting. Any precedents? BTW the #nzoss server needs more details on the about page, who’s welcome to open an account, commitment of service (for example x months grace on closing down etc) #