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@kaputeruha.bsky.social
Democratic socialist. People and communities first. He tāngata #Aotearoa
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#nzpol 🎯⬇️
It is hilarious that Todd McClay fairly obviously confused Fernando Hernandez Espino of Both Ends with Francisco Hernandez of the Greens but neither he nor Luxon will admit it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Christopher Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens
Christopher Luxon has walked back claims made by one of his ministers about the Greens, before then suggesting - wrongly - that they originated from the media.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 2, 2026 at 7:34 AM
#nzpol 🎯⬇️
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Conversation between Harry Mowbray and Sean Plunket provides some interesting insights. Amongst other things, wonder how much O'Brien was paid... #nzpol
October 2, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Conversation between Harry Mowbray and Sean Plunket provides some interesting insights. Amongst other things, wonder how much O'Brien was paid... #nzpol
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OMG OMG OMG when I read the name of that Dutch NGO guy I immediately knew something amazing was about to happen to @fran4dunedin.bsky.social, but I totally underestimated how far the amazingness would go
It is hilarious that Todd McClay fairly obviously confused Fernando Hernandez Espino of Both Ends with Francisco Hernandez of the Greens but neither he nor Luxon will admit it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Christopher Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens
Christopher Luxon has walked back claims made by one of his ministers about the Greens, before then suggesting - wrongly - that they originated from the media.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM
OMG OMG OMG when I read the name of that Dutch NGO guy I immediately knew something amazing was about to happen to @fran4dunedin.bsky.social, but I totally underestimated how far the amazingness would go
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October 2, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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The USA is a place with no healthcare, but 1000 billionaires.
At least 49 of those billionaires made all their money from Private Healthcare.
Perhaps you can connect the dots.
At least 49 of those billionaires made all their money from Private Healthcare.
Perhaps you can connect the dots.
October 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The USA is a place with no healthcare, but 1000 billionaires.
At least 49 of those billionaires made all their money from Private Healthcare.
Perhaps you can connect the dots.
At least 49 of those billionaires made all their money from Private Healthcare.
Perhaps you can connect the dots.
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#nzpol The fact that the current coalition deliberately undermined initiatives to reduce our vulnerability to shocks like this ought to be a far bigger deal than it is.
eek! Even less refined fuel around? Price goes up. Instability.
NZ is at the end of the chain.
#nzpol
oilprice.com/Latest-Energ...
NZ is at the end of the chain.
#nzpol
oilprice.com/Latest-Energ...
China Halts October Fuel Exports as Global Diesel Crunch Deepens | OilPrice.com
China’s major refiners have suspended most refined fuel exports for October as Beijing prioritizes domestic supply security
oilprice.com
October 2, 2026 at 4:10 AM
#nzpol The fact that the current coalition deliberately undermined initiatives to reduce our vulnerability to shocks like this ought to be a far bigger deal than it is.
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I'm voting Green but why didn't Chloe just say she would freeze MPs pay? Now all the weirdo righties are using it to clobber her with...and TV debates are stupid #nzpol
October 2, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I'm voting Green but why didn't Chloe just say she would freeze MPs pay? Now all the weirdo righties are using it to clobber her with...and TV debates are stupid #nzpol
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So these "9 new taxes" National keeps babbling on about are just some drivel that they made up. Thought so.
rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs...
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rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs...
#nzpol
October 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM
So these "9 new taxes" National keeps babbling on about are just some drivel that they made up. Thought so.
rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs...
#nzpol
rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs...
#nzpol
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Demography! The Mata roundtable was such a good, intelligent watch too, nice to see a panel that isn’t constantly struggling with partisan grandstanding
I think the Mata poll showing a surge in support for the Greens among Māori voters signals a structural shift as millennials/Gen X Māori rapidly outnumber the older population. This shift was emerging 10 years ago, and for the foreseeable Labour/Greens/and TPM will roughly share support in thirds
October 1, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Demography! The Mata roundtable was such a good, intelligent watch too, nice to see a panel that isn’t constantly struggling with partisan grandstanding
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WAIT so I just looked up House of Science, it's part of the Wright Family Foundation?? NZ is just a couple gross orgs stacked on one another in a trenchcoat.
#nzpol
#nzpol
'Before the tender began House of Science chief executive Chris Duggan was also added to a group helping to write the science curriculum, on Stanford's recommendation [...] she stood to gain materially from being on it.'
#nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/01/l...
#nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/01/l...
Labour calls for investigation into $40m school science kit contract
The House of Science had repeatedly lobbied the Education Minister for funding – but Erica Stanford insists it’s all above board.
www.1news.co.nz
October 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
WAIT so I just looked up House of Science, it's part of the Wright Family Foundation?? NZ is just a couple gross orgs stacked on one another in a trenchcoat.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Here we go again. On the left and on the right the unaffordable pension nonsense is hitting the news again. RNZ happy to both sides transphobia and a genocide but straight up one eyed one sided on NZ Pensions. #nzpol
Looks like a good time in the news cycle to tackle three big myths 🧵
❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌
Seriously, no, for lots of reasons.
1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]
❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌
Seriously, no, for lots of reasons.
1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]
October 1, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Here we go again. On the left and on the right the unaffordable pension nonsense is hitting the news again. RNZ happy to both sides transphobia and a genocide but straight up one eyed one sided on NZ Pensions. #nzpol
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Billionaires keep tipping the big bucks into ACT and ACT keeps returning the favour, to the growing cost of ordinary New Zealanders #nzpol
October 1, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Billionaires keep tipping the big bucks into ACT and ACT keeps returning the favour, to the growing cost of ordinary New Zealanders #nzpol
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“But first – note that Curia Market Research has been found in breach of industry standards multiple times before:” They skew results to create a vibe or fit astroturf narratives. #nzpol thestandard.nz/david-farrar...
David Farrar’s Curia Market Research Woes
What happened to the Curia Market Research suspension? David Farrar responded after RANZ hired an independent sub-committee to investigate complaints about polling integrity
thestandard.nz
October 1, 2026 at 5:59 PM
“But first – note that Curia Market Research has been found in breach of industry standards multiple times before:” They skew results to create a vibe or fit astroturf narratives. #nzpol thestandard.nz/david-farrar...
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Omfg I just caught up on this and the earlier article. God this protected from disclosure scheme is batshit: relying on scouts honour of megadonors to not tell the candidates, and the candidates to not know.
October 1, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Omfg I just caught up on this and the earlier article. God this protected from disclosure scheme is batshit: relying on scouts honour of megadonors to not tell the candidates, and the candidates to not know.
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Nick Mowbray's only contribution to the NZ economy is donations to the ACT party. His shit plastic toys waste & corrupt children's brains, and his political loyalties are with a party that protects paedophile presidents and feeds children slop for lunch and AI slop for lessons. It all fits.
#nzpol
#nzpol
October 1, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Nick Mowbray's only contribution to the NZ economy is donations to the ACT party. His shit plastic toys waste & corrupt children's brains, and his political loyalties are with a party that protects paedophile presidents and feeds children slop for lunch and AI slop for lessons. It all fits.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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I can’t speak for NZ’s electoral history, but can authoritatively say that nothing like what I'm studying at present around the far-right's influence operations, coordinated messaging, & related funding (propped by billionaires) was this evident in the lead up to the 2023 general election. #nzpol
October 1, 2026 at 4:34 AM
I can’t speak for NZ’s electoral history, but can authoritatively say that nothing like what I'm studying at present around the far-right's influence operations, coordinated messaging, & related funding (propped by billionaires) was this evident in the lead up to the 2023 general election. #nzpol
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Casey Costello, Don Brash, Elliot Ikilel, Dr Muriel Newman, Peter Shirtcliffe, Jordan Williams, David Seymour
Jordan Williams does 2 x duty here as the founder, owner & CEO of The Campaign Company which does a lot of the Hobson's Pledge, Casey Costello's, Groundswell & of course TPU "ads" #nzpol
Jordan Williams does 2 x duty here as the founder, owner & CEO of The Campaign Company which does a lot of the Hobson's Pledge, Casey Costello's, Groundswell & of course TPU "ads" #nzpol
October 1, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Casey Costello, Don Brash, Elliot Ikilel, Dr Muriel Newman, Peter Shirtcliffe, Jordan Williams, David Seymour
Jordan Williams does 2 x duty here as the founder, owner & CEO of The Campaign Company which does a lot of the Hobson's Pledge, Casey Costello's, Groundswell & of course TPU "ads" #nzpol
Jordan Williams does 2 x duty here as the founder, owner & CEO of The Campaign Company which does a lot of the Hobson's Pledge, Casey Costello's, Groundswell & of course TPU "ads" #nzpol
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'Piggy bank is empty' nonsense provides cover for the political class. Once the lie is exposed, they have to answer questions like 'If we have 100,000s of people wanting work, and plenty of raw materials, why is our infrastructure falling to bits? Sounds like mismanagement, ay? (It is!)
The problem is that NZ issues NZ dollars. That doesn’t abolish scarcity. Nurses, electricity, houses, labour and productive capacity are all genuinely finite. But “the money” is not scarce in the same way. Which makes the household metaphor rather important politically.
September 30, 2026 at 4:37 AM
'Piggy bank is empty' nonsense provides cover for the political class. Once the lie is exposed, they have to answer questions like 'If we have 100,000s of people wanting work, and plenty of raw materials, why is our infrastructure falling to bits? Sounds like mismanagement, ay? (It is!)
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5.34 degrees above normal. Ouch.
A +5.34°C Sea Surface Temperature anomaly for the Niño 1 + 2 region!
🌊🌡📈 🤯
🌊🌡📈 🤯
September 30, 2026 at 8:39 PM
5.34 degrees above normal. Ouch.
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If only we could all live in data centres. Warm and dry, I suppose. And good broadband and reliable electricity.
In the US data centres are booming while all other private construction is shrinking. HT @SteveRattner
September 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
If only we could all live in data centres. Warm and dry, I suppose. And good broadband and reliable electricity.
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So ... Looking at this, www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
I noticed that watch on Luxon, It cost 25,000 dollars,
www.partridgejewellers.com/speedmaster-...
Soooo, is that what he considers basics? Cause he said we need to focus on basics....
I noticed that watch on Luxon, It cost 25,000 dollars,
www.partridgejewellers.com/speedmaster-...
Soooo, is that what he considers basics? Cause he said we need to focus on basics....
September 30, 2026 at 9:05 AM
So ... Looking at this, www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
I noticed that watch on Luxon, It cost 25,000 dollars,
www.partridgejewellers.com/speedmaster-...
Soooo, is that what he considers basics? Cause he said we need to focus on basics....
I noticed that watch on Luxon, It cost 25,000 dollars,
www.partridgejewellers.com/speedmaster-...
Soooo, is that what he considers basics? Cause he said we need to focus on basics....
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Heres a must read article #nzpol
“Māori have long cottoned on to that. Nicky Hager’s latest book helps to join the dots for others who may have wondered how it was iwi became public enemy number one during the Stop Three Waters campaign.” #nzpol www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/09/28/t...
The powerful have figured out how to work together. Journalists need to catch up
Analysis: It was a set of interviews I did on the Māori delegation to Israel for Te Ao with Moana recently – and the release of the Nicky Hager book Dirty Work – that took me back
www.teaonews.co.nz
September 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Heres a must read article #nzpol
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Can the Greens overtake Labour? | In Brief
YouTube video by Public Interest NZ
youtu.be
September 30, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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The tragedy of NZs ‘conventional wisdom’
How’s the country going?
substack.com
September 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM