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dudeseriouslywtf.bsky.social
#KieranMcAnulty's straightforward and effective take on the current #NZGovt's policy on homelessness. #LabourNZ #nationalnotfittogovernnz #nzpol
#homelessness #cruelnzgovt #ChristopherLuxon #TamaPotaka
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
dudeseriouslywtf.bsky.social
#SunnyKaushal is on our #NZGovt's payroll to the tune of a staggering $920/day.

Being paid for dangerous ideas like Citizen's Arrests when you offered them to #Labour's #GinnyAnderson for free?

You should have been named 'Scammy Kaushal'.

#nzpol
July 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
dudeseriouslywtf.bsky.social
#PaulGoldsmith smiling through talking about zip tying 14 year old CHILDREN who shoplift, is all you need to know about this #NZGovt's sick personalities & policies.
They're also ok with younger children being zip tied & kids being assaulted by shopkeepers.

#nationalnotfittogovernnz

#nzpol
August 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
huiasue.bsky.social
Jack asked why none of NZgovt’s targets related to the workforce, given there are great shortages across the board. #SimeonBrown said they’d hired 900 doctors, which is great, although less wonderful when you consider there is a shortage of 1800 doctors #NZGovtFail open.substack.com/pub/nickrock...?
August 10, 2026 at 6:18 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
#FastTrack: ‘Quick. Let’s mine it.’
An advisory group picked 36 #mines for the #NZGovt’s Fast-track list in one meeting lasting less than three hours, The Post’s Tom Pullar-Strecker reports.
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
The Post
www.thepost.co.nz
November 20, 2024 at 9:56 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
Behind the #NZ #education overhaul-Outcry reveals deep divisions in the sector: Johnston is the lead educator for the #AtlasNetwork #thinktank #NZI, The NZ Initiative, & had a key role in drawing up the NZgovt's controversial draft curriculum. The expert audience at UpliftEd are opposed to it #nzpol
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
huiasue.bsky.social
‘Almost untreated #sewage’ can be discharged to the #ocean under proposed new #NZ #wastewater rules-part of #NZGovt’s ‘LocalWaterDoneWell’ #nzpol #health #pollution #NZGovtFail #NZAtlasGovt #AtlasNetwork
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
‘Almost untreated sewage’ can be discharged to the ocean under proposed rules
New national wastewater standards will allow almost 40 times more contamination by a dangerous bacteria than the standard attained by the Christchurch City Council.
www.thepress.co.nz
June 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
#NZGovt’s economic agenda = changes from:
•public to private investment & delivery
•an emergent bicultural back to a colonial nation
•universal to user charges
•regulated to market use of resources
•limits to incentives for private investment
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
The real agenda behind the Government’s economic moves
OPINION: It’s not the cost of living. It’s not growth. It’s all about shifts in economic power.
www.thepost.co.nz
March 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
3. Cancelled #rail #ferries, because of 1.47b Portside infrastructure costs, yet $10b+ for a Northland highway which could consume 10% of #NZGovt’s entire #infrastructure budget in coming decades, & cost-benefits are dubious..and.. #nzpol

newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/10/n...
Cost-benefit behind $10b Northland highway called into question
'It didn't look as clean as it should,' analyst says of report making case for new highway
newsroom.co.nz
August 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
huiasue.bsky.social
A building insurance expert says #NZgovt's plans to shake up the #building & #construction sector will remove the already inadequate #protections in place for homeowners & lead to more of them footing large bills for shonky building #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/20/m...
'Misery for homeowners': expert warns against Luxon's building sector plans
A building insurance expert says the government's plans to shake up the building and construction sector will lead to more homeowners footing large bills for shonky building.
www.1news.co.nz
September 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
NZGovt’s legislative mess‼️#Beneficiaries & #pensioners with payments wrongly suspended forced apologies from PM & SocialDev Min Upston, while select-committee told Justice Min to water down controversial move-on orders so #kids can’t be prosecuted for sleeping on street www.rnz.co.nz/podcasts/rss...
www.rnz.co.nz
September 6, 2026 at 9:44 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
Following on from the undermining of the current Pay Equity scheme under urgency, NZGovt’s introducing the Regulatory Standards Bill. Its clear intention is to sideline the Waitangi Tribunal by bringing it forward to undermine a planned Waitangi Tribunal hearing: thestandard.org.nz/get-ready-fo...
Get ready for the Regulatory Standards Bill
Following on from the undermining under urgency of the current Pay Equity scheme the Government intends to introduce the Regulatory Standards Bill which if passed would have a significant adverse e…
thestandard.org.nz
May 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
Let’s call ‘taxing the #rich’ what it really is:Dr Neal Curtis calls for a different slogan to ‘tax the rich’-reclaim the wealth: #NZGovt’s #tax breaks for landlords is estimated to cost NZ $2.9billion–more than the amount paid in #Treaty settlements since 1985 #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/08/l...
Let's call 'taxing the rich' what it really is
Opinion from the University of Auckland: As society groans under the weight of wealth inequality, Dr Neal Curtis calls for a different slogan to ‘tax the rich’.
newsroom.co.nz
June 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
#NZGovt’s new "non-#financial" benefit #sanctions start today:
two new sanctions can be applied when someone on a main benefit does not meet their ‘obligations’: 'Money Management’ & 'Community Work Experience' #BeneBashing #JobCuts #poverty #nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/26/n...
New 'non-financial' benefit sanctions begin today
From today, two new sanctions can be applied when someone on a main benefit does not meet their obligations.
www.1news.co.nz
May 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
huiasue.bsky.social
Near to being finalised is #NZGovt’s highly contentious #Crown #Minerals Amendment Bill, which focuses on removing the previous government's ban on new #petroleum exploration permits. Labour MP for Wigram Megan Woods noted the change in the Bill's #purpose statement.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The House: Meanwhile, a week of passing law
The political week has been packed with worthy distractions, but all week Parliament has focused on passing new laws. Here are the highlights.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2024 at 12:24 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
Legal battle over #Māui #dolphin: #NZGovt’s facing claims it protects commercial #fishing interests ahead of rare dolphins.
The Environmental Law Initiative is seeking a judicial review of 2020 Threat Management Plan & decisions re #Hector’s & Māui dolphin #nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/environment/...
Protection plan for world’s rarest dolphin challenged in court
There are only a few dozen Māui dolphins left. A court battle is to be fought over whether the government is doing enough to save them.
www.thepost.co.nz
April 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
3. #NZGovt’s #Neoliberal #austerity & personal #greed means huge numbers of NZers are struggling, or actually #homeless, with no safety net.
Blame Seymour Luxon Willis Peters Bishop +
#TamaPotaka who denies blame on homelessness, as #WomensRefuge raises alarm #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Minister denies blame for reported rise in homelessness
The minister for emergency housing has responded to concerns from charities that people leaving violent homes are being refused emergency housing.
www.stuff.co.nz
June 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
#NZGovt’s 3 central assumptions of current #economic dogma
1.#wealth trickles down;
2.#deregulation is good for business;
3.the state should stay out of the market & everything should be #privatised.
All 3 are untrue & cause massive wealth inequality #nzpol #inequality
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/08/l...
Let's call 'taxing the rich' what it really is
Opinion from the University of Auckland: As society groans under the weight of wealth inequality, Dr Neal Curtis calls for a different slogan to ‘tax the rich’.
newsroom.co.nz
June 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
A race to change laws & a sprint to the courts
Dismantling the #Mãori Health Authority to #RSB, NZGovt's speed of lawmaking & bypassing of #Democracy - making industries & unions unhappy #Urgency #FastTrack #UnDemocratic #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/24/a...
A race to change laws sees a sprint to the courts
Today from The Detail: A spate of legal cases have put the Government up against industries and unions who say fast-tracked laws have been undemocratic.
newsroom.co.nz
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
huiasue.bsky.social
1. Jackson was giving a speech during the 1/3 reading of the Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill
Asked what he meant by his statement "you don't walk over our kaupapa", Jackson said: "You can't just ignore what's happening in terms of what NZGovt's doing www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/15/l...
Labour's Willie Jackson booted from House
"You don't walk over our kaupapa as it suits you, Mr Speaker," Jackson said, moments before being kicked out.
www.1news.co.nz
May 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
7 #kids in the #NZGovt's military style #bootcamp for young offenders reoffended to a threshold requiring their return to a residence during the 12-month pilot, & currently 2 of them are in a #youth justice facility & 1 is in #prison #nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2025/08/08/t...
Three participants in boot camp pilot in prison or youth justice facility
Today marks the end of the 12-month pilot, introduced by the Government after the 2023 election as an attempt to reduce youth offending and turn the lives of young offenders around.
www.1news.co.nz
August 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
dudeseriouslywtf.bsky.social
Screwing over #AbusedInStateCareVictimsNZ is our #NZGovt's latest shameful practice.
You just can't make this sh*t up.

#nzpol #nzcoalitiongovt #ChristopherLuxon

Abuse in care survivors in line for under a third of government's $774 package www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Abuse in care survivors in line for under a third of government's $774 package
Officials are "taking so much away from the pockets of survivors, who deserve better than this", a lawyer says.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
huiasue.bsky.social
‘Almost untreated #sewage’ can be discharged to the ocean under proposed rules:
New national wastewater standards allow 40x more contamination by a dangerous bacteria than the current standard. The new standards=part of #NZGovt’s #LocalWaterDoneWell reforms #nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
‘Almost untreated sewage’ can be discharged to the ocean under proposed rules
New national wastewater standards will allow almost 40 times more contamination by a dangerous bacteria than the standard attained by the Christchurch City Council.
www.thepress.co.nz
June 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
7 kids in the #NZGovt's military style #bootcamp for young offenders reoffended to a threshold requiring their return to a residence during the 12-month pilot, & currently 2 of them are in a youth justice facility & 1 is in prison #nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2025/08/08/t...
Three participants in boot camp pilot in prison or youth justice facility
Today marks the end of the 12-month pilot, introduced by the Government after the 2023 election as an attempt to reduce youth offending and turn the lives of young offenders around.
www.1news.co.nz
August 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
#NZGovt’s anti- #ClimateAction policies aren’t about #economy & saving #money, or #health & #safety either - quite the OPPOSITE! #nzpol
#floods #fires #droughts #heat #hailstones #cyclones #cropsfail #infrastructuredamage #liveslost
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM