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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 1d

This all started from disinformation based on homophobic tropes and moral panic. It spiraled into mass online violence against and about Doyle. And there was nothing else Doyle could have done to stop that. And that's the unacceptable state of online harm in this country right now.

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Govt to cut #JobSeeker benefit for 18 & 19 year olds who’s parents earn over $65,000, even if the teens have a disability or health condition. With #CostOfLiving & the job shortage they’re cranking up stress levels to 11, all to meet a target.
My #cartoon today about hard-nosed #NZpol

Cartoon. Title: “Job Seeee-e-e-e” Image shows PM Christopher Luxon at the open hatch of a small plane, high above farmland. He’s leaning out, and holding up a parachute pack, labelled “Job Seeker” He’s calling out to someone falling from the plane, “And I’ve kept your parachute because you kids from low-income homes need some motivation” Then he adds, “Don’t let that disability slow you down!”

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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 2d

This is excellent news! Great work @livingwageaotearoa.bsky.social

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 2d

#nzpol

GOOD NEWS ALERT 🚨

Today the government relented to pressure from the @livingwageaotearoa.bsky.social and retained the requirement for contracted workers to be paid at least the Living Wage rate in Government Contracts. Around 5,000 workers will likely benefit from this decision

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 3d

#nzpol The Reserve Bank has cut the official cash rate by 0.5%. That sounds great. But banks only cut interest rates that much when the economy is in trouble - and not when things are going well. This cut is a sign of economic weakness, not strength. A 😄🧵

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 4d

#nzpol Sometimes a policy is so stupid it makes you question the very fabric of reality. Decisions so fabulously, almost wantonly dumb, you wonder if we actually live in a simulation. Welcome to the world of removing Jobseeker Support for 18 & 19-year-olds. craigrenney.substack.com/p/a-small-wr...

A small wrinkle in the Jobseeker policy

The government’s recent changes to benefits feel like this: the house is on fire, and this policy is them turning off the smoke alarm and saying it’s fixed

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 4d

#nzpol A group of 20 senior economists including the NZCTU's Craig Renney has written to the Finance Minister and Prime Minister warning that the government’s economic strategy is failing and is causing “long-term harm” to communities across New Zealand.

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 4d

Imagine preaching to the Green Party about political violence. Are we living in the Twilight Zone? Some of their MPs have been bearing the brunt of online violence & threats of offline violence for yrs. Leaving online violence against politicians to thrive normalises the same offline. Talk abt that.

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 4d

Whether against Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, Ghahraman, Ardern, other MPs, Wiles, Bloomfield, & others involved in pandemic response, transgender activists, drag queens, judges, lawyers or academics - effects of doxxing are inherently harmful, & often leads to kinetic violence or vandalism.

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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 4d

"We need more than humanitarian aid to Gaza, we need to stop the decades-long siege" Greta Thunberg

Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 4d

What Greta discuses here is extremely important and every point she makes id spot on.
#EndTheOccupation
#UpholdInternationalLaw
#FreePalestine

Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 4d

Pt2🧵: Greta Thunberg deported to Athens says, "Global Samud Flotilla are not heroes. Our mistreatment by Israel is not the story. We need more than humanitarian aid to Gaza, we need to stop the decades-long siege. The violence of 'business as usual.' Genocides fueled by our own governments."

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 5d

RNZ almost never publishes "political opinions" but today they & Stuff/The Post published one defending Nicola Willis's handling of the economy.

The author is Dennis Wesselbaum - from lobby group NZ Initiative, where Luxon/Willis reportedly get economic policies from

RNZ is shot #nzpol #kiwi

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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 5d

The anti-stalking bill has faced repeated delays as the Government prioritises other issues. We remain confident that Min Goldsmith will pass it this year. Our focus now is ensuring the Act has the supports it needs to work well, including specialist stalking advocates & rehab for offenders.

'People can be harmed' while anti-stalking legislation inches through Parliament - advocate

Legislation to target stalkers is currently making its way through parliament.

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 6d

I'm so hung up on Christopher Luxon saying "oh well the government has advised people not to go to Gaza for many years" as though Rana, Youssef and Samuel were on an ill-advised ski trip and not, you know, deliberately engaged in humanitarian efforts to deliver aid to victims of genocide

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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 6d

Group of 20 economists ... "change course urgently".

Text of letter at link.

ganeshnana.substack.com/p/group-of-2...

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 6d

Virtually all NZ based experts who work with AI or have work that is threatened by AI have now signed our open letter calling on Parliament to regulate it. We shouldn't have to wait for an election, given the speed of dev & the harm already threatening people & jobs. #nzpol

Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · Aug 31

We’ve published an Open Letter calling on NZ leaders to deliver risk-based AI regulation & a national oversight body. AI has huge potential, but harms (deepfakes, gendered abuse, bias) are real and rising. Read the Letter (and sign it if you agree!) #nzpol

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A call to the NZ Parliament to regulate AI

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 6d

Former National Party Cabinet Minister Tony Ryall got an ~11% pay increase to ~$313,000 as Best Start CEO, showing that money is contagious in National Party circles. Meanwhile Luxon tells unemployed job seekers to "stop playing Playstation" #nzpol #Kiwi

Wright Family Foundation posts $42 million operating profit, boosted by a 17% increase in govt funding to $306 million

Other beneficiaries of the National-ACT-NZ First Coalition include $300million to big tobacco, and $500 million to big tech

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 6d

How are they meant to get to job interviews without busfare you short sighted fools? #NZPol

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 6d

Only teenagers from “very low income” families will be eligible for the Jobseeker benefit, with Social Development Minister Louise Upston describing welfare for young people as a “trap”. But other incentives will be offered.

About 4300 teens to lose their benefit from November 2026

Only teenagers from “very low income” families will be eligible for the Jobseeker benefit, with Social Development Minister Louise Upston describing welfare for young people as a “trap”. But other incentives will be offered.

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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 6d

Ganesh R Ahirao, Susan St John, Suzanne Snively, Tim Hazeldine, Matt Roskruge, Ralph Chapman, Stephen Poletti, Jarrod Haar, Professor Diane Ruwhiu, Tayla Forward, Adrian Slack, Rob Campbell, Gail Duncan, Dr Bill Rosenberg, Max Harris, Geoff Bertram, Andrea Black, Craig Renney, Ed Miller, Toby Moore

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 6d

#nzpol 20 Economists have penned an open letter to the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance - asking for change. The contents and signatories to the letter are at: craigrenney.substack.com/p/open-lette...

Open Letter to Prime Minister and Minister of Finance

Our current economic approach is causing real harm. We need to change track

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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 6d

Why the justice minister is wrong about tikanga in law

E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 6d

“The recognition of tikanga strengthens the rule of law. By contrast, rhetoric from the executive that disparages judicial engagement with tikanga undermines the separation of powers at the core of our constitutional order.” — Natalie Coates and Tai Ahu, Te Hunga Rōia Māori.

Why the justice minister is wrong about tikanga in law | E-Tangata

“The recognition of tikanga strengthens the rule of law. By contrast, rhetoric from the executive that disparages judicial engagement with tikanga undermines the separation of powers at the core of ou...

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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 6d

"the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones.

E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 6d

“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones.

Fifty years of the Waitangi Tribunal | E-Tangata

“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones...

e-tangata.co.nz

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 6d

The govt says it has a plan to combat high power prices, but their plan could do the opposite, report warns. They have rejected most of the energy report’s recommendations.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Energy #FossilFuels #CostOfLiving

Cartoon. Title: “Side Board” Image shows PM Christopher Luxon at night, in his lounge. He’s being furtive, putting the Energy Report away in a sideboard draw. His wife Amanda has interrupted him, saying, “What are you doing, Christopher?” He answers, “Nothing”

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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 7d

The Wright Family Foundation, the rich-lister controlled charity that took over ownership of the family’s BestStart childcare empire, has posted a surplus increase of 13% despite what its founder says was a “plateau” year.

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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 7d

Spain has some of the lowest wholesale electricity prices in Europe, largely owing to the country’s strong solar and wind growth which reduced the influence of expensive coal and gas power on the electricity market.

Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 8d

😭 If only NZ experienced wind, even offshore, and the light of the sun also

Pat Simons @patsimons.bsky.social · 8d

Spain's wholesale electricity prices were 32% lower than the European average in the first half of 2025 -- thanks to wind and solar reducing the influence of costly fossil fuels on prices. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

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Julie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social · 8d

If an incumbent councillor running in 2025 claims they support Māori wards please check receipts - there was a councillor vote on Māori wards in 2023. 11 voted against, & most are seeking your vote again - Fletcher, Lee, K Turner, Williamson, Baker, Newman, Walker, Watson: all said no.

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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 8d

Make sure you swipe right to the end of the slides, to read the feminist poem...

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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 8d

This #fab500friday goes out to our newest feminists! Every young person deserves the basic human right to feel safe, we’ve got to keep fighting for them. Help us run more programmes like our Girls Self Defence course and continue our feminist advocacy to protect their future! awc.org.nz/fab500/

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