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Oh look, Labour once again putting the arbitrary state of the government’s books ahead of the wellbeing of New Zealanders. That’s a surprise!
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Oh look, Labour once again putting the arbitrary state of the government’s books ahead of the wellbeing of New Zealanders. That’s a surprise!
"Edmonds said growing the economy and balancing the books would mean Labour couldn't say 'yes' to everything."
"I make no apology for that - responsibility must always come first."
Labour's new campaign slogan is "We can't do this" #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
"I make no apology for that - responsibility must always come first."
Labour's new campaign slogan is "We can't do this" #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
'Believe we can win': Labour rallies party faithful
Labour Party faithful are upbeat, as they rally in Auckland, roughly one year out from the next election.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
"Edmonds said growing the economy and balancing the books would mean Labour couldn't say 'yes' to everything."
"I make no apology for that - responsibility must always come first."
Labour's new campaign slogan is "We can't do this" #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
"I make no apology for that - responsibility must always come first."
Labour's new campaign slogan is "We can't do this" #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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The Reserve Bank dropped the official cash rate by 25 points this week – but the big banks have no plans to pass on a single shiny penny of that in fixed mortgage cuts, reports Jonathan Milne.
Cash, not cuts: Banks avoid reducing home loan rates
newsroom.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The Reserve Bank dropped the official cash rate by 25 points this week – but the big banks have no plans to pass on a single shiny penny of that in fixed mortgage cuts, reports Jonathan Milne.
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From a local beekeepers' info page:
• 27 confirmed queens identified
• 17 queens linked to nests or nesting activity
• Latest queen (27 Nov) found with eggs, larvae & pupae
• 609 traps now deployed across 1km–5km zones
• 183 properties surveyed + ground checks within 200m of detections
• 27 confirmed queens identified
• 17 queens linked to nests or nesting activity
• Latest queen (27 Nov) found with eggs, larvae & pupae
• 609 traps now deployed across 1km–5km zones
• 183 properties surveyed + ground checks within 200m of detections
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
From a local beekeepers' info page:
• 27 confirmed queens identified
• 17 queens linked to nests or nesting activity
• Latest queen (27 Nov) found with eggs, larvae & pupae
• 609 traps now deployed across 1km–5km zones
• 183 properties surveyed + ground checks within 200m of detections
• 27 confirmed queens identified
• 17 queens linked to nests or nesting activity
• Latest queen (27 Nov) found with eggs, larvae & pupae
• 609 traps now deployed across 1km–5km zones
• 183 properties surveyed + ground checks within 200m of detections
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If you're Aotearoa New Zealand-based, please sign and share. 27 queens found at last count by a biosecurity department that's been battered by public service cuts. We have to eradicate this threat. c.org/bkt2N7cxFh
Sign the Petition
Urgent Action Required on Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Incursion.
c.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
If you're Aotearoa New Zealand-based, please sign and share. 27 queens found at last count by a biosecurity department that's been battered by public service cuts. We have to eradicate this threat. c.org/bkt2N7cxFh
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Anyone who has been overseas know how utterly shit Hornets are.
If you're Aotearoa New Zealand-based, please sign and share. 27 queens found at last count by a biosecurity department that's been battered by public service cuts. We have to eradicate this threat. c.org/bkt2N7cxFh
Sign the Petition
Urgent Action Required on Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Incursion.
c.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Anyone who has been overseas know how utterly shit Hornets are.
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Pete Hegseth committed a war crime and then doubled down.
He instructed the military to murder civilians at sea and when there were injured victims he gave the order to kill them all.
Surviving victims were brutally dismembered at sea by US missiles.
He instructed the military to murder civilians at sea and when there were injured victims he gave the order to kill them all.
Surviving victims were brutally dismembered at sea by US missiles.
November 29, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Pete Hegseth committed a war crime and then doubled down.
He instructed the military to murder civilians at sea and when there were injured victims he gave the order to kill them all.
Surviving victims were brutally dismembered at sea by US missiles.
He instructed the military to murder civilians at sea and when there were injured victims he gave the order to kill them all.
Surviving victims were brutally dismembered at sea by US missiles.
JFC. Labour can't seriously think people want 'restraint'?!
That's what got us into the disaster of having so many public services literally falling apart in front of us! #nzpol
That's what got us into the disaster of having so many public services literally falling apart in front of us! #nzpol
OPINION: Labour’s finance spokesperson set the tone for 2026 with a message of restraint and fiscal responsibility — while avoiding the details voters will eventually demand.
Edmonds renews Labour’s script: Discipline first, promises later
OPINION: Labour’s finance spokesperson set the tone for 2026 with a message of restraint and fiscal responsibility — while avoiding the details voters will eventually demand.
dlvr.it
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
JFC. Labour can't seriously think people want 'restraint'?!
That's what got us into the disaster of having so many public services literally falling apart in front of us! #nzpol
That's what got us into the disaster of having so many public services literally falling apart in front of us! #nzpol
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Drug criminalization is not and has never been about protecting people from the negative consequences of drug abuse.
President Hernandez was serving 45 years in prison for a plot to distribute 400 tons of cocaine before Trump pardoned him. Meanwhile, Trump is murdering fishermen in small boats for allegedly smuggling far smaller amounts.
“Additionally, I Will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that | greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Drug criminalization is not and has never been about protecting people from the negative consequences of drug abuse.
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Nobody in government is asking whether we’d be prepared to respond to the US government murdering NZ citizens at sea if the whim took them. Until relatively recently it would have been a bizarro world hypothetical. It is now firmly in the low likelihood quadrant of things we should actively consider
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Nobody in government is asking whether we’d be prepared to respond to the US government murdering NZ citizens at sea if the whim took them. Until relatively recently it would have been a bizarro world hypothetical. It is now firmly in the low likelihood quadrant of things we should actively consider
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Every right-wing “grassroots”organisation in New Zealand is just Jordan Williams, David Farrar, and one randomly-selected Atlas Network apparatchik in a trenchcoat
There's a new "grassroots" website automating supportive emails to Erica Stanford / signatures on an open letter endorsing her attacks on te Tiriti and you have until the end of this skeet to guess who registered the domain name
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Did you guess Jordan Williams' Campaign Company? Gold star
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Did you guess Jordan Williams' Campaign Company? Gold star
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Every right-wing “grassroots”organisation in New Zealand is just Jordan Williams, David Farrar, and one randomly-selected Atlas Network apparatchik in a trenchcoat
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Because an incurious, uninformed electorate stripped of their critical thinking skills is easier to control. (A particularly dark view of this could suggest that this was also behind the right wing's disdain for covid prevention measures, esp after its cognitive effects became known.)
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Because an incurious, uninformed electorate stripped of their critical thinking skills is easier to control. (A particularly dark view of this could suggest that this was also behind the right wing's disdain for covid prevention measures, esp after its cognitive effects became known.)
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And that goes hand in hand with the drum I've been beating for nearly 20 years now, since I *was* a student, of the societal attitude that an education is only worth what it gets you: ie, how it quite literally pays off by getting you a higher salary.
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
And that goes hand in hand with the drum I've been beating for nearly 20 years now, since I *was* a student, of the societal attitude that an education is only worth what it gets you: ie, how it quite literally pays off by getting you a higher salary.
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But one aspect I hope doesn't get overlooked in analyses is the viewpoint shift that considers the students as consumers. And when they consider *themselves* that way, it fosters an attitude of "Well, I paid for this, so I should get a passing grade & the credits whether I do the work or not."
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
But one aspect I hope doesn't get overlooked in analyses is the viewpoint shift that considers the students as consumers. And when they consider *themselves* that way, it fosters an attitude of "Well, I paid for this, so I should get a passing grade & the credits whether I do the work or not."
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This entire thread is worth chewing on, and I do think it's a concatenation of influences -- pandemic trauma, covid itself affecting brains, social media fracturing our attention spans, dominant media figures pushing toxic entitlement & immediate gratification...
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This entire thread is worth chewing on, and I do think it's a concatenation of influences -- pandemic trauma, covid itself affecting brains, social media fracturing our attention spans, dominant media figures pushing toxic entitlement & immediate gratification...
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Our society has so entirely lost the plot when it comes to education, no longer viewing it as a good in and of itself, no longer seeing it as necessary to live in a free society -- and that's down to several decades of the right wing deliberately devaluing education.
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Our society has so entirely lost the plot when it comes to education, no longer viewing it as a good in and of itself, no longer seeing it as necessary to live in a free society -- and that's down to several decades of the right wing deliberately devaluing education.
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Great story from Matt Nippert - www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com... The dark fleet hiding in our own backyard: How the Cook Islands sold its flag to Moscow and Tehran
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Great story from Matt Nippert - www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com... The dark fleet hiding in our own backyard: How the Cook Islands sold its flag to Moscow and Tehran
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More war crimes by Israeli soldiers; what will Winston Peters and Chris Luxon do? BAU is to do nothing, of course. #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
Moment Israeli forces shoot dead surrendered Palestinians – video report
Video of an Israeli military raid in the West Bank shows soldiers summarily executing two Palestinians they had detained seconds earlier. Julian Borger, the Guardian's senior international corresponde...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
More war crimes by Israeli soldiers; what will Winston Peters and Chris Luxon do? BAU is to do nothing, of course. #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
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Incoherent misstep about sums up this government’s entire term.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Excellent article by Cathrine Dyer. Worth a read
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/28/clean-car-standard-tinkering-an-incoherent-misstep/
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/28/clean-car-standard-tinkering-an-incoherent-misstep/
Clean car standard tinkering an incoherent misstep
Opinion: The evisceration of the clean car standard is the latest move in a hollowing out of our climate policy architecture.
newsroom.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Incoherent misstep about sums up this government’s entire term.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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The Kaitiaki, The Connemara, and the Aratere have all lost power, been grounded, and had to be towed back into port since 2023. New ferries aren't here until 2029 - and the risk is more than just ferries - its every cargo vessel. All to save $9m. Are we back on track yet?
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The Kaitiaki, The Connemara, and the Aratere have all lost power, been grounded, and had to be towed back into port since 2023. New ferries aren't here until 2029 - and the risk is more than just ferries - its every cargo vessel. All to save $9m. Are we back on track yet?
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#nzpol Is the government so broke that it will allow "at least three years of ageing Interislander ferries plying the notorious stretch of water with no viable rescue vessel if things go wrong"? thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608... 1/3
Cook Strait rescue tug going with no replacement
Transport Minister Chris Bishop blames “a significant escalation in costs and little clear benefit” for calling it quits on a replacement.
thepost.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
#nzpol Is the government so broke that it will allow "at least three years of ageing Interislander ferries plying the notorious stretch of water with no viable rescue vessel if things go wrong"? thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608... 1/3
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#nzpol Standing in solidarity with @NZPSA workers, and unions here in Auckland. Healthcare workers look after us and our families. The government should come to the bargaining table, listen, and settle this dispute.
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
#nzpol Standing in solidarity with @NZPSA workers, and unions here in Auckland. Healthcare workers look after us and our families. The government should come to the bargaining table, listen, and settle this dispute.
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This Bill could invalidate the votes of enough people to swing the next election in favour of the current government for no reason other than that they failed to fill out the correct piece of paper by the "proper" time (as defined by the people who benefit from the rule change).
Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments
The bill would prevent same-day enrolments, ban prisoners from voting, and tighten up the rules around treating.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This Bill could invalidate the votes of enough people to swing the next election in favour of the current government for no reason other than that they failed to fill out the correct piece of paper by the "proper" time (as defined by the people who benefit from the rule change).
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I’m sorry but if “Demonic Eggbeater” isn’t a band name in the next Smokefree Rockquest, what are we teaching these kids?
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I’m sorry but if “Demonic Eggbeater” isn’t a band name in the next Smokefree Rockquest, what are we teaching these kids?