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Tell the Luxon government to get its grubby hands OFF our conservation land!
Join the March for Nature
www.marchfornature.nz?utm_campaign... #nzpol
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From bad to worse!
The Luxon Government has retained the clause in its Conservation Amendment Bill, which undermines the very purpose of conservation law.
This Trumpian bill undermines the fundamental principle that conservation land exists to be protected, not exploited.
#nzpol
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CW: A little bit sweary
Every time we go to Wellington and walk around the central city, amongst all the older buildings, public art and sculpture and metal things, some of which make no sense to me at all, but all of it makes it a properly lovely place to be. Even when it's not one of those days that you can't beat Wellington, it's still a bloody lovely place to be, even with the wind chill, we love it all.
And then these ACT morons want to stop money being spent to make the places we live not a shithole?
Please vote those fuckers out. They have no soul or heart, every last one of them. They are in it for themselves and not for you
https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/361029210/act-pledges-stop-millions-being-spent-roadside-public-art
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For those who don’t want to pay for an LNG import facility we don’t need, and for those who wish to avoid the additional tax of funding this, please sign this petition:
https://community.greenpeace.org.nz/petitions/no-lng-import-facility-at-port-taranaki #NZpol
The future is in renewables.
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Make sure you're enrolled, make sure others are too.
Make sure to vote, help others to get to vote if can
and in the meantime vote in the Bird of the Year
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@jeremy_pm I had this discussion all the way back when I was at Auckland Uni (many years ago)
Yes they get an advantage in getting a place to study medicine, but that is IT they need the exact same skills marks to qualify.
IF Seymour thinks people are being denied the opportunity to be in medical courses who should be there RAISE THE NUMBER OF PLACES
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I made the mistake of listening to #RNZ Midday Report today.
The first story was David Seymour saying he was determined to end the allocation of spaces at #NZ Medical Schools for Māori and Polynesian medical students as these, according to Seymour, were giving an advantage to students due to their race. He managed to get a study done into the practice of increasing the number of Māori and Polynesian doctors to serve their communities under the coalition agreement but didn’t agree with its findings which support the practice.
He disagreed that a similar approach to offering places at medical school for rural students was the same thing as apparently it is not based on ethnicity.
The next story was David Seymour supporting MDMA treatment for victims of PTSD. I have no idea what the story after that was as I had switched off my radio by then. #NZPol
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What a dull, polluted, tolled every where World ACT imagines.
I've put a screen shot because I don't want to encourage RNZ to continue to give ACT more coverage (unless it's negative) than ANY OTHER PARTY
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This is so dumb it has to be a bit #nzpol
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:whfqky7fxan6e37skp7nlgfs/post/3munkszhscc27 -
It's a bit different this year, with it being much more political. But it's a different kind of political, with each bird having a left and right wing...
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2019050445/voting-for-forest-and-bird-s-bird-of-the-year-opens
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I really, really want the #NZPol conversation on the economy to zero in on the harm caused by monetary policy and neoliberal policies in general. The OCR hike this week could be a real flash point for the opposition if they can seize the narrative.
Tightening credit will only force more struggling businesses to close, shed staff, trim orders, and kill the vibe in general. Meanwhile, the very real things that are making it tough for families - rent, power, petrol, food, GP visits - won't come down a cent, and the number of rough sleepers, patients in the corridors of EDs, and highly skilled 20-30 somethings moving across the ditch will continue to rocket upward. That's the Luxon/Willis version of fixing the basics.
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Before Ed Zitron turned his incandescent laser of scathing critique on the resource misallocations, ridiculous hype, financial shenanigans, and sheer managerial idiocy that is #AI mania, he was making some incisive observations on the modern-day rot economy. In this week's piece, he lays out a compelling background arc that should be required reading for the #NZPol media and voting public.
Basically, the first part of the essay does a brilliant job of knocking over all the arguments about public sector spending being the root of all evil where inflation is concerned. It's corporate greed and profiteering, layered on top of structural drivers like climate and war induced scarcity and supply chain bottlenecks.
Very much worth the read.
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CW: Nzpol. Enshitification on all of us.
Enshitification will be added to the NZ dictionary of WTFs and other exhausted features of certain people in power.
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CW: Nzpol. Enshitification on all of us.
Enshitification will be added to the NZ dictionary of WTFs and other exhausted features of certain people in power.
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CW: Nzpol. Enshitification on all of us.
Enshitification will be added to the NZ dictionary of WTFs and other exhausted features of certain people in power.
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CW: Nzpol. Enshitification on all of us.
Enshitification will be added to the NZ dictionary of WTFs and other exhausted features of certain people in power.
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CW: Nzpol. Enshitification on all of us.
Enshitification will be added to the NZ dictionary of WTFs and other exhausted features of certain people in power.
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Oh look. Another National MP refusing to apologise. #NZPol (paywalled, but the headline and first paragraph say everything you need to know).
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"The controversial Conservation Amendment Bill clause says the Department of Conservation should recognise and enable "economic opportunities" on conservation land to "the greatest extent practicable"."
The greatest extent possible on conservation land is NONE
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"'Imagine if all of us showed up': Young voters urged to enrol"
Please for your OWN SAKE enroll and vote for what you want
I'd urge you to strongly consider #VoteGreenNZ but it's your call
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"No word on compensation for wrongly suspended benefits"
but they're not rich said Louise Upston, I won't even say sorry let alone compensate them for their not being able to pay their rent or eat
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1244689/no-word-on-compensation-for-wrongly-suspended-benefits
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#nzpol
Tonight's TV news says Master Builders survey shows builders' confidence is improving
This is because those surviving have less competition
Cost escalation and softer demand for new builds have pushed record numbers of small to mid-size builders into liquidation or voluntary administration
‘Everything was hard’: Christc... -
"The nurses union says nurses described the past 24 hours as hectic, staff swamped with patients with medical issues stemming from the flu."
Make the flu jab FREE for EVERYONE it'll save money and help our Hospital's to not get so overloaded
#NZpol
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/1244787/middlemore-hospital-swamped-in-appalling-late-night-surge-of-patients -
CW: Nzpol Young people enrol now! Vote 7th November!
A person younger than myself ( I'm 72) once said to me
"Things will change only when all you old buggers die off"
I'm beginning to believe they spoke some truth.
#nzpol
#enroll
#votenovember
#youngpeople"If all of us showed up on November the 7th and were enrolled by October the 25th, then we could literally change the way that politics is done and it would be more representative of young people and the issues that they're thinking about when they go into this year's general election."
'Imagine if all of us showed up': Young voters urged to enrol https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/1243104/imagine-if-all-of-us-showed-up-young-voters-urged-to-enrol
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National AND Labour want YOU to have to provide identification to EVERY social media site (to prove you're over 18)
edit: over 16
What could go wrong?
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"The U.S government backs OpenAI in its lawsuit against the New York Times arguing that training AI on copyrighted data is fair use. "
SIRI what is DotCom being extradited to the USA for doing?
Oh so he should of called it AI.com instead of Megaupload?
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Such a hypocrite
Rules are for thee
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Kind of funny, #CarpoolCoalition on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcsTGshhyFb/ #NZpol
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NZ folks - check you're enrolled to vote now, rather than getting caught out on election day.
https://vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/enrol-or-update-online
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NZ folks - check you're enrolled to vote now, rather than getting caught out on election day.
https://vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/enrol-or-update-online
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NZ folks - check you're enrolled to vote now, rather than getting caught out on election day.
https://vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/enrol-or-update-online
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"Christopher Luxon defends using Air Force flight to attend National Party fundraiser"
What the headline SHOULD say
"Luxon defends the use of taxpayer paid for air force to attend POLITICAL PARTY fund raiser, despite CLEARLY being against the rules"
Luxon is #TrumpLite
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CW: NZ - Dirty Politics II - Maiki Sherman
The National Party has resorted to using Dirty Politics again, this time with Ani O'Brien playing the part of Cameron (Slug Juice) Slater.
Yes, TVNZ's political editor Maiki Sherman did call another reporter a 'faggot', in response to something he'd said to her. But it was it was 12 months ago during a National Party drinks session and she did apologise at the time.
With Luxon's leadership under pressure, National decided it was timely to flick the story to the terf O'Brien and another good journalist becomes the story then is lost.
Here's a whole bunch of reactions to Sherman being "hounded" into resigning. Most commentators are equally disgusted by TVNZ's decision to hang out their star reporter to dry with no obvious support in place.
I'm old enough to remember when TVNZ was still a public service broadcaster.
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—>> #TheDailyShow ⦁ #JordanKlepper <<— Jordan Went to the #Melania Movie So You Don’t Have To #TDS #DailyShow #Comedy #Humour #Humor #Trump #BrettRatner #EpsteinFiles #TrumpKennedyCenter #Pol #Politics #GeoPolitics #WorldNews #News #AusPol #CdnPoli #EUpol #NZpol #UKpol #USpol youtu.be/m_yb21Nps5o
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—>> #TheDailyShow ⦁ #JordanKlepper <<—
Jordan Went to the “ #Melania ” Movie So You Don’t Have To
#TrumpKennedyCenter #WashingtonDC
#BrettRatner in the #EpsteinFiles
#TDS #DailyShow #Comedy #Humour #Humor #Trump
#Pol #Politics #GeoPolitics #WorldNews #News
#AusPol #CdnPoli #EUpol #NZpol #UKpol #USpol
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—>> #MonaCharen Show ⦁ #TheBulwark <<— Is a #BlueWave Coming in November? #DaveWasserman & Mona What’s Changed & What Hasn’t since 2018 ⏱️56:01 #Pol #Politics #GeoPolitics #WorldNews #News #AusPol #CdnPoli #EUpol #NZpol #UKpol #USpol youtu.be/TQtCOLM4UdA
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—>> #MonaCharen Show ⦁ #TheBulwark <<—
Is a #BlueWave Coming in November?
#DaveWasserman & Mona
What’s Changed & what Hasn’t since 2018,
Electoral Map, Redistricting, Public Discontent, & likely Turnout⏱️56:01
#Pol #Politics #GeoPolitics #WorldNews #News
#AusPol #CdnPoli #EUpol #NZpol #UKpol #USpol
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—>> Mary Lea Trump ⦁ #MaryTrumpMedia 🅴 #MTM <<— Trump’s Most Unhinged Weekend Yet His Escalating Abuses of Power demand Congressional Action ⏱️14:45 #MaryTrump #Psychologist #PhD #Pol #Politics #GeoPolitics #WorldNews #News #Trump #AusPol #CdnPoli #EUpol #NZpol #UKpol #USpol youtu.be/Ba4UBIfbNIA
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—>> Mary Lea Trump ⦁ #MaryTrumpMedia 🅴 #MTM <<—
Trump’s Most Unhinged Weekend Yet
#DonaldTrump Attacked the Federal Reserve’s Independence
Behaved Erratically with Oil Executives
Made Delusional Claims about Ruling #Venezuela
His Escalating Abuses of Power demand Congressional Action
⏱️14:45 #MaryTrump #Psychologist #BA #MA #PhD
#Pol #Politics #GeoPolitics #WorldNews #News #Trump
#AusPol #CdnPoli #EUpol #NZpol #UKpol #USpol
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I have found #TVNZ media and political polling has historically and disproportionately favoured the right.
Although this is just a reckon I also recognise the power of polls that favour one side over another are used as a political tool to influence the less informed voters and unfortunately it’s uninformed voters that makeup a majority of the #NZPol voting population.
If trying to find a silver lining to the alarming poll results yesterday I would suggest that the poll numbers calming the waters around Luxon’s leadership could end up favouring the left in the next election. Never has a NZ prime minister been so unpopular with the public as Mr “I’m wealthy and sorted” Luxon and should cost the RW the next election.
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#CallToAction for folks based in Auckland/Tāmaki Mākaurau! If you are able, please join or spread the word of tomorrow's #BlockTheBan rally to oppose the New Zealand Government's ban on puberty blockers. Stand in solidarity with our transgender, takatāpui and MVPFAFF+ whānau at Myers Park tomorrow at 10 am. Gender-affirming healthcare saves lives!
#nzpol #pubertyblockers #trans #healthcare #auckland #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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NZ government's puberty blockers move attracts strong reactions
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-20/nz-government-puberty-blockers-move-attracts-strong-reactions/106034502This is an appallingly transphobic act by the government of Aotearoa New Zealand.
And, shame on the ABC for uncritically giving their platform to disingenuous TERFs and "both sides"-ing the issue. One "side" is a government of right-wing extremists who are repeating the evils we've seen other extremist governments do, such as racism with genocidal intent and, in this instance, removing the human rights of LGBTQIA+ people with the knowledge and intent that their actions will cause harm and will cost lives. The other "side" is transgender children who need respect, support, and medical care. Trans rights are human rights.
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