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James Renwick @cubaraglanguy.bsky.social · 8h

Pretty much.

Jenny Wilson Leader of the pack 🐺🐺🐺 @jenchef.bsky.social · 8h

So we don't care about climate change. Farmers can sit back and continue to pollute while being paid well for their milk and meat.

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 3h

Zan Rai Gyaw - the Lambton ward candidate who’s campaign is to ban anyone who’s not a permanent resident from voting in local body elections (how would you do that, you don’t understand democracy).

Anyway, in the Pukehīnau/Lambton ward he came dead last with 28 votes.

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Nancy Dollar @nancydollar.bsky.social · 5h

The most revealing thing about Chung is that he put a hold on a Rolex watch worth ~$90k - as a wager that he was going to win the mayoralty...
If he was that stupid and reckless with his personal funds he would have been out of control as Mayor!
Dodged a bullet did Wellington!

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Max Bernhard @mxbernhard.bsky.social · 4h

Seems like the worst time to start sharing your citizens' biometric data with the US government

Matthias Monroy @matthimon.bsky.social · Aug 29

The EU-Commission wants to negotiate a very sensitive agreement that would allow US authorities direct (!) access to police-stored fingerprints & facial images in Europe.
Potentially, all travelers could be affected by this #EBSP – and people in need for protection.
digit.site36.net/2025/08/29/e...

"Border Security" with USA: Brussels ready to give deep access to biometric data in EU states | Matthias Monroy

The European Commission wants to negotiate an agreement that would allow US authorities direct access to police-stored fingerprints and facial images in Europe. Potentially, all travelers could be…

digit.site36.net

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Just Call Me Amanda🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ @amandabf.bsky.social · 9h

Dogs when they did something wrong: guilty meme
Cats when the did something wrong: Samuel L. Jackson staring daggers into your soul

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 9h

Committed to commitments - committed to the fact that there exist commitments.

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 9h

Or a councillor. And if there’s a swing from the late/special votes he may still not be.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 12h

Would be karma if french farmers demanded total ban of nz diary just after fonterra sold anchor to the French. #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes

The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years and is ruling out agricultural taxes on methane emissions.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 12h

His Worship The Mayor Nandor Tanczos

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Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 12h

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 11h

This is beyond frustrating. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes

The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years, a move opposed by the Greens and environmental activists.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 1d

What is it with Aucklanders electing weird dudes called Brown as Mayor?

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz0o...

Give me a single reason why Sora2 should exist.

YouTube video by Hank Green

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 1d

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 1d

Hope everyone learnt their stupid damn lesson from this:

1. taking money from the crazy toxic people will get you billboards everywhere, but also cover you in their stink

2. giving toxic money to people stupid enough to take it just gets you the worst candidates money can buy

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 1d

Only just. Special votes could see him out.

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 1d

Am I reading this right? Not a single person from Independent Together/Bitter Wellington got elected? Apart from Chung, who looks like he poisoned the entire campaign for those right wing weirdos.

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

"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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Bauhausandmies 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇿 @bauhausandmies.bsky.social · 1d

I’m unimpressed that Calvert, Young and Chung are back on the council for Pōneke - looks like the bullshit will continue.

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Paul Campbell @moonbaseotago.bsky.social · 1d

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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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 1d

6) the same people who vote in this election every time clearly did so again this year and low turnout got them what they wanted.
7) 9 elected Act candidates is 9 too many
8) if the left don’t mobilise, next year is going to be a shitstorm
9) the whole local government system needs an overhaul:

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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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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 1d

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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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking of central government… Andrew Little, who I didn’t vote for and don’t want as mayor, at least has the capacity to tell his former colleagues in central government to go fuck themselves. So silver lining despite him being the type who thinks we can’t have nice things.

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