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Democracy depends on transparency and accountability. This corrupt Govt are trying to dismantle the mechanisms for both. #NZPol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Democracy depends on transparency and accountability. This corrupt Govt are trying to dismantle the mechanisms for both. #NZPol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
September 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Here's a gift link to this story.
Democracy depends on transparency and accountability. This corrupt Govt are trying to dismantle the mechanisms for both. #NZPol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Democracy depends on transparency and accountability. This corrupt Govt are trying to dismantle the mechanisms for both. #NZPol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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Chlöe Swarbrick is getting positive media for communication of costed Green Party policy, her knowledge, ability to answer questions without going off like a headless chook - Jones/Peters/NZF - or making extreme statements with little connection to the facts - Seymour/ACT. They’ll go postal. #nzpol
Green Heart with Safa
Alt: Green Heart with Safa
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September 18, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Chlöe Swarbrick is getting positive media for communication of costed Green Party policy, her knowledge, ability to answer questions without going off like a headless chook - Jones/Peters/NZF - or making extreme statements with little connection to the facts - Seymour/ACT. They’ll go postal. #nzpol
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Today our prime minister was told a major cost of living crisis is harming the people he governs, and he responded, “Cry me a river”. Aotearoa, please show this man that trying to sound like America’s all-time worst president isn’t how you win elections here. #nzpol
September 17, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Today our prime minister was told a major cost of living crisis is harming the people he governs, and he responded, “Cry me a river”. Aotearoa, please show this man that trying to sound like America’s all-time worst president isn’t how you win elections here. #nzpol
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Labour need to cancel any and all Greenfield Housing Fast Tracks and put them through the Standard Planning Processes
The National Directions are there for a reason
The National Directions are there for a reason
Fast track housing projects already putting 'enormous strain' on infrastructure - LGNZ
Fast track housing projects already putting 'enormous strain' on infrastructure - LGNZ
Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) has joined the calls for the government to review its fast-track system for housing projects.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Labour need to cancel any and all Greenfield Housing Fast Tracks and put them through the Standard Planning Processes
The National Directions are there for a reason
The National Directions are there for a reason
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People aren't going hungry because we cannot feed the poor. People are going hungry because we cannot satisfy the rich. - Mohamad Safa
#nzpol 1/2 www.thepress.co.nz/rural/361067...
#nzpol 1/2 www.thepress.co.nz/rural/361067...
Food insecurity hitting more and more families
The Meet the Need Impact Report shows the rising cost of living is hitting more families than ever before.
www.thepress.co.nz
September 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
People aren't going hungry because we cannot feed the poor. People are going hungry because we cannot satisfy the rich. - Mohamad Safa
#nzpol 1/2 www.thepress.co.nz/rural/361067...
#nzpol 1/2 www.thepress.co.nz/rural/361067...
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Fascism in Britain has not come from nothing. It is the result of decades of Thatcherism and then Austerity.
September 12, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Fascism in Britain has not come from nothing. It is the result of decades of Thatcherism and then Austerity.
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Middlemore Hospital nurses reportedly asked to work despite calling in sick compromising their health and those of the patients they care for.
HealthNZ is becoming a misnomer. The Government cuts/policies are destroying both health and lives across the board. #nzpol
HealthNZ is becoming a misnomer. The Government cuts/policies are destroying both health and lives across the board. #nzpol
Middlemore Hospital nurses reportedly asked to work despite calling in sick
Some nurses working in the emergency department at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital say they have been asked to come to work despite calling in sick.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 7, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Middlemore Hospital nurses reportedly asked to work despite calling in sick compromising their health and those of the patients they care for.
HealthNZ is becoming a misnomer. The Government cuts/policies are destroying both health and lives across the board. #nzpol
HealthNZ is becoming a misnomer. The Government cuts/policies are destroying both health and lives across the board. #nzpol
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A second department at PN hospital is collapsing due to understaffing. At this rate, there simply won't be a public health system here soon www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Cracks widen in service for mending broken bones and joints
Palmerston North Hospital’s orthopaedic service is feeling the strain of resignations.
www.thepost.co.nz
September 5, 2026 at 8:12 PM
A second department at PN hospital is collapsing due to understaffing. At this rate, there simply won't be a public health system here soon www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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Fascism on the streets of Dover
This is apparently what it means to be 'proud and British'.
You hide your identity and act like thugs.
You hide your identity and act like thugs.
September 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Fascism on the streets of Dover
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A cyclist dies and goes to heaven. She says to God, “I've been a good person all my life. Why didn't you grant me what I prayed for?”
God is confused, "But I gave you Donald Trump."
The cyclist replies, "I wanted cycle path, not psychopath!"
God is confused, "But I gave you Donald Trump."
The cyclist replies, "I wanted cycle path, not psychopath!"
Trump Administration Is Defunding ‘DEI Bike Lanes’ Across the Country
Since taking office, the Trump Administration has slashed federal funding for projects endorsed by the previous administration, including funding for bike lanes, which Transportation Secretary Sean Du...
people.com
September 5, 2026 at 1:04 AM
A cyclist dies and goes to heaven. She says to God, “I've been a good person all my life. Why didn't you grant me what I prayed for?”
God is confused, "But I gave you Donald Trump."
The cyclist replies, "I wanted cycle path, not psychopath!"
God is confused, "But I gave you Donald Trump."
The cyclist replies, "I wanted cycle path, not psychopath!"
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Developers donate $$ to Nat/Act/NZF. Nat/Act/NZF give developers fast track process. Resulting housing on urban fringes without services so council ratepayers have to subsidise these developments $billions. Developers pocket the profits. Nats pocket more donations www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
Fast-track stand-off: Auckland Council could withhold services from new homes
Staff estimate the 60,000 homes could cost the council more than $3b.
www.nzherald.co.nz
September 3, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Developers donate $$ to Nat/Act/NZF. Nat/Act/NZF give developers fast track process. Resulting housing on urban fringes without services so council ratepayers have to subsidise these developments $billions. Developers pocket the profits. Nats pocket more donations www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
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Hours of debate and proposing sensible changes got NZ absolutely nowhere but a race to the bottom thanks to the Government *choosing* to bury it's head in the sand and kick all of our urgent environmental issues down the road for our kids and future generations to pay the price ☠️☠️
September 3, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Hours of debate and proposing sensible changes got NZ absolutely nowhere but a race to the bottom thanks to the Government *choosing* to bury it's head in the sand and kick all of our urgent environmental issues down the road for our kids and future generations to pay the price ☠️☠️
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Our power bill is $660. The cost of keeping us & the moko warm when ill.
NZ has the flu because the govt defunded flu vaccines for under 12s in a cost of living crisis, & because people have to choose between heat, food & rent the hospitals they also underfunded & understaffed are buckling. #nzpol
NZ has the flu because the govt defunded flu vaccines for under 12s in a cost of living crisis, & because people have to choose between heat, food & rent the hospitals they also underfunded & understaffed are buckling. #nzpol
August 29, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Our power bill is $660. The cost of keeping us & the moko warm when ill.
NZ has the flu because the govt defunded flu vaccines for under 12s in a cost of living crisis, & because people have to choose between heat, food & rent the hospitals they also underfunded & understaffed are buckling. #nzpol
NZ has the flu because the govt defunded flu vaccines for under 12s in a cost of living crisis, & because people have to choose between heat, food & rent the hospitals they also underfunded & understaffed are buckling. #nzpol
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August 28, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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Predatory homicidal politics in the name of private profit politics.
Spoiler alert; The economy IS all of the people. There’s no profit in shrinking productivity, people are your profit makers. Kill the people, kill the economy, which is exactly what Luxon’s despicable government has done. #nzpol
Spoiler alert; The economy IS all of the people. There’s no profit in shrinking productivity, people are your profit makers. Kill the people, kill the economy, which is exactly what Luxon’s despicable government has done. #nzpol
“The Government’s headline $95-million-a-year boost for general practice is being funded through a corresponding reduction in the budget for hospital and specialist services, documents show.” Paywall
#nzpol
#nzpol
‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: GP funding boost paid for by hospital cash
The Government’s $95m-a-year boost for general practice is being funded through the budget for hospital and specialist services, documents reveal.
www.thepost.co.nz
August 24, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Predatory homicidal politics in the name of private profit politics.
Spoiler alert; The economy IS all of the people. There’s no profit in shrinking productivity, people are your profit makers. Kill the people, kill the economy, which is exactly what Luxon’s despicable government has done. #nzpol
Spoiler alert; The economy IS all of the people. There’s no profit in shrinking productivity, people are your profit makers. Kill the people, kill the economy, which is exactly what Luxon’s despicable government has done. #nzpol
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National is keen to ban social media for under-16s.
It's a foolish idea that isn't based on any of the available evidence - it's a simplistic, feel-good approach that fails to create a safe internet for all.
Read more from me here:
drbex.substack.com/p/a-social-m...
It's a foolish idea that isn't based on any of the available evidence - it's a simplistic, feel-good approach that fails to create a safe internet for all.
Read more from me here:
drbex.substack.com/p/a-social-m...
A Social Media Ban Doesn’t Make Young People Safer
The evidence points in a different direction entirely
drbex.substack.com
August 24, 2026 at 8:21 AM
National is keen to ban social media for under-16s.
It's a foolish idea that isn't based on any of the available evidence - it's a simplistic, feel-good approach that fails to create a safe internet for all.
Read more from me here:
drbex.substack.com/p/a-social-m...
It's a foolish idea that isn't based on any of the available evidence - it's a simplistic, feel-good approach that fails to create a safe internet for all.
Read more from me here:
drbex.substack.com/p/a-social-m...
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"On Friday evening, the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners asked practices across the country to return to some of the infection-control measures used during COVID-19*, including phone-first triage and separating patients with respiratory symptoms from others."
Sic - Covid 19 is now
Sic - Covid 19 is now
August 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
"On Friday evening, the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners asked practices across the country to return to some of the infection-control measures used during COVID-19*, including phone-first triage and separating patients with respiratory symptoms from others."
Sic - Covid 19 is now
Sic - Covid 19 is now
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August 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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Graeme Hart laundering his donation through a company to make his name slightly less obvious.
August 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Graeme Hart laundering his donation through a company to make his name slightly less obvious.
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Oh, and he's an antivaxxer who illegally advertises nutritional supplements. Brown says "that's a matter for the medical council". Which the creepy quack has been appointed to. #nzqt
August 6, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Oh, and he's an antivaxxer who illegally advertises nutritional supplements. Brown says "that's a matter for the medical council". Which the creepy quack has been appointed to. #nzqt
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A vote for National or NZ First means returning ACT to power again.
ACT are gunning for workers, disabled people, and children. They will actively and intentionally make all our lives worse, except ofc for their wealthy donor class.
ACT are gunning for workers, disabled people, and children. They will actively and intentionally make all our lives worse, except ofc for their wealthy donor class.
Today's chart after ACT got another $25k
The system is rigged
The system is rigged
August 5, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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So Luxon claims he has official advice that Data Centres won't increase energy costs but, when the Greens requested a copy of the advice via an OIA, his office says there wasn't any advice and Luxon was just repeating their talking points, then Nicola says MBIE gave her advice ....🤡 #nzpol
Luxon backpedals after office says 'official' data centre advice actually 'media talking points'
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has landed in another controversy about the OIA.
www.nzherald.co.nz
August 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
So Luxon claims he has official advice that Data Centres won't increase energy costs but, when the Greens requested a copy of the advice via an OIA, his office says there wasn't any advice and Luxon was just repeating their talking points, then Nicola says MBIE gave her advice ....🤡 #nzpol
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Now effectively saying he's entitled to his entitlements, which include using the military for transport.
August 5, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Now effectively saying he's entitled to his entitlements, which include using the military for transport.