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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 4h

Where did I call him an ally of her?

His anti cycleway votes, alignment with people like Little who had policy platforms not dissimilar to Calvert and the misogynist language he used towards some of his left wing colleagues is what concerns me about McNulty.

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David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org · 6h

#RewritingBadHeadlines Newsroom shouldn't be publishing this racist drivel from someone who has been and Dunne. But given that they have published, they could at least be honest about its content.

Headline rewritten as "Peter Dunne is scared of Te Pāti Māori demanding retribution when in power / Ruling itself out of any government would be an ideal solution to the power problem for racists like me"

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 7h

Wouldn't that be a handy thing for the right - no TPM means no lefty government.
If you're TPM and you have a chance to be in government and actually influence policy and direction, why on earth should/would you pass that up?

Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 10h

Comment: Ruling itself out of any government would leave the party free to maintain its mana and independence, de-fang the centre-right’s potential attack lines and bring the focus of the election campaign back to the Government’s performance, writes Peter Dunne.

Te Pāti Māori must walk away from aspiration to govern

newsroom.co.nz

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 7h

Any public servant who has ever rolled their eyes at their leaders bringing in Deloitte to do anything will not be surprised. Overpriced flim flam merchants.

Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 8h

“Deloitte “misused AI and used it very inappropriately: misquoted a judge, used references that are non-existent,” Pocock told Australian Broadcasting Corp. “I mean, the kinds of things that a first-year university student would be in deep trouble for.””

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fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Deloitte was caught using AI in $290,000 report to help the Australian government crack down on welfare after a researcher flagged hallucinations | Fortune

The updates “in no way impact” the report’s findings and recommendations, the Big Four firm said.

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 7h

Northern Ward would have been better off sticking with Apanowicz. Right wing without the Chung stink.

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 7h

She seemed like the most sensible of them but that's not saying much given that she was happy to get in bed with Ray Chung's lot before it became a liability for her.

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 7h

Andrea Compton got in. She jumped ship from IT in July.

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 8h

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 8h

Sapporo is big

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 8h

He's such a shit.

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Steph 🍉🇵🇸🕊🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @steph-tepania.bsky.social · 8h

💯% And because he didn't care to make these statements so clearly before being elected. But, preferred to undermine the mayor instead.

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 8h

Bit on the nose for the Post to be quoting this given the sheer volume of responsibility they hold for the grossly toxic, racist and misogynistic environment surrounding Wellington local government.

The Post @thepost-nz.bsky.social · 9h

"That must never be normalised, and every councillor, every single one of us, has a duty to call it out and shut it down. That’s how we build a council worthy of the people it serves."

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 10h

#NZpol Not holding my breath, but I’d love to see Winston Peters apologise to the protesters and Green Party members he attacked over the burglary*

“Hudson told Stuff his client wanted to be clear that he was not part of any protest activity outside Peters’ house”

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Man accused of burglary at Winston Peters’ house pleads not guilty, keeps name secret

The man pleaded not guilty and is not allowed to go within 1km of Winston Peters’ home.

www.stuff.co.nz

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 8h

Andrew Little about to discover that his retirement junket is an actual job

Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 9h

And luckily, the mayor is a single vote. So despite what he was saying before the election, he can’t barge in and start making demands, because that’s not how the council works.

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 8h

What did he do? He made it worse by claiming he was the "sensible" candidate, thus giving legitimacy to all the bullshit that was thrown at Tory Whanau.

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Kylie @styla73.bsky.social · 9h

Team Upper Hutt has had TWO MAYORS in my lifetime. I am a few years shy of 50 years old. (Shhh. I don't want to talk about it) Term limits, NOW.

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Paul Campbell @moonbaseotago.bsky.social · 11h

I will note that in today's Ōtepoti mayoral election the antivaxxer was outvoted by the vampire by almost 2 to 1

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Cinderella Mechanicus @hroethgar.bsky.social · 11h

Guess the Post are already lining up the “Upper Hutt in a shambles due to mayor’s neglect” for the day after they elect a woman

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 11h

Act knew there would be enough white supremacists to get rid of a lot of Māori wards and they were right.

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 11h

Early progress votes indicate the region has voted to remove the seat from the council table in 2028.

Marlborough votes to disestablish Māori ward

Early progress votes indicate the region has voted to remove the seat from the council table in 2028.

dlvr.it

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Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 12h

Dompost got it's arse kicked in the election. Big loser.

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 10h

Fucking sanctions when.

Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 11h

Madeleine Habib, captain of the Conscience vessel of the Sumud Flotilla, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison.

Habib has been told she will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs a waiver.
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