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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 13h

On this day...

"1917 – First World War: New Zealand troops suffered more than 2,000 casualties, including more than 800 deaths, in the First Battle of Passchendaele, making it the nation's largest loss of life in one day."

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First Battle of Passchendaele - Wikipedia

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 18h

Everything that makes Aotearoa New Zealand unique is related to Māori culture. Welcome to the country, that's a pōwhiri. We are gonna thrash you at sport, that's a haka. Traditional meals, that's a hāngī. Matariki that's our New Year

If you don't like Māori stuff maybe you're in the wrong country?

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 16h

There is so much power generation potential lost to naked roofs. PV panels on every roof, good for the occupants, good for the grid, good for resiliance.
Wins across the board

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 20h

Such an epic fumbling of an absolute gift.

"Hrrrm, 40 000 people marched about this, I wonder if I should incredibly imeffective about this"

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 1d

The Olive green areas are councils where citizens voted down Māori wards (the little blue blob in the middle is Kirikiriroa, which voted by a whisker to retain theirs).
Coincidentally those Olive green areas also pretty accurately represent land confiscated by the crown after the Waikato wars.

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 1d

Ok after an afternoon of results, texts, calls, messages on other apps and emails, I have some thoughts on today’s Local Election results

1) Voter turnout is depressing. 32%ish on average across AoNZ is pathetic.
2) The Māori Wards referendum should never have happened - it was a racebaiting farce…

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 1d

To ask a pakeha majority to remove representation of an indigenous minority is ongoing white supremacist colonisation. #nzpol

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 1d

Preliminary results of the 2025 Māori wards referendums

#nzpol

Map showing preliminary margin of support by council for the 2025 Māori ward referendums

CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 1d

Nicola Willis promised affordable tax cuts and zero borrowings - OR she would resign.

Instead, Willis borrowed $12,000 million i.e. $12 billion & has created another $8 billion hole in the budget. She's now down $20 billion and counting #nzpol #kiwi

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 1d

#BHN Well done team!!!

83 tees and 25 hoodies plus our generous benefactor gives us a $1420 donation to @medicalaidpal.bsky.social

#OnwardsandUpwards

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 1d

Have heard its in the ballpark of 100k

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 1d

Nah, just over 1% Margin, lock it in

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 1d

Live from portland

Manny Suazo @smokyburnout.bsky.social · 1d

topical

a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

ALT: a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

media.tenor.com

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 1d

Ōtepoti mayoral race;

Radich gone is deserved for absolutely fumbling comminity outrage around the hospital, vandervis told ONCE AGAIN no thanks, because hes a cunt.
Andrew Simms losing in the face of the avalanche of money he's poured in to his campaign is delicious.

Good results so far

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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 1d

I cant even tell you the number of public interest (and interesting) stories about the local election that journos wanted to do, but couldn't because of editors..

Shout out those that did do coverage, esp The Spinoff

Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 1d

Well done media, you achieved this brilliantly, your campaign to nearly completely ignore AKL’s local elections has flowed on to its inevitable outcome. Accelerating your own irrelevance simultaneously -> www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Auckland records lowest turnout in local elections

“Vote today or let someone else choose Auckland's representatives for you,” Aucklanders are told, with local body elections entering the home straight.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing that i know of sorry

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 2d

youtu.be/h-yjkAXxnMA?...

#nzpol

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

youtu.be

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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 2d

I made a video on exactly how the opposition can win, based on strategies from Labour's own 2017 messaging strategist Anat Shenker-Osorio that helped Jacinda win in under 6 weeks. If she doesn't know how to win an election no one does. youtu.be/4UHUg7u8Dtg?...

#nzpol

How to beat the Atlas Network - The power of effective messaging

YouTube video by Kaimataara

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 3d

Act Local candidates provided identical responses to some of Newsroom's open-ended survey questions, suggesting they had coordinated or been instructed to reply a certain way.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/08/p...

Parliamentary parties crowd out other blocs in local elections

Nationwide, Parliamentary parties are entrenching their influence in local elections over that of locally derived groupings.

newsroom.co.nz

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2d

Are you listening @chrishipkins.bsky.social? Play to win, not to not lose

empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 2d

“I think for far too long we’ve tried not to lose, as opposed to figuring out how to win.” — the problem with the democratic party in a nutshell.

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Kieran @nug.monster · 2d

chorus being publicly owned is the only reason we don't have shit australian internet.

We should nationalize every company owned by a national MP. Eminent domain their homes. Fuck these people.

Government mulls possible sale of Chorus

The Finance Minister says with the completion of the ultra-fast broadband fibre initiative, there's no longer a policy reason for the Crown to own Chorus.

www.rnz.co.nz

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 2d

They should give him the first annual Montgomery Burns award for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence.

Kenny Mayne @kennymayne.bsky.social · 2d

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 3d

CHIKEN NUGGIE MACHINE

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 3d

#nzpol

Episode 25 of Locked Out with Craig Renney looks at the singularly most idiotic policy launched yet by the government. Visible from space levels of moronic. Have watch now 😄

youtu.be/8aTWMV6ULIc?...

Ep25 The singularly most stupid policy yet launched by the Coalition government

YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

youtu.be

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 3d

40 years of data and evidence suggests no, Richard

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