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D Jukic She/her

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Enthusiastic amateur gardener. Dalmatian. Croatian. Pākehā. Tangata Tiriti. Parent. Partner. Baba. Teta. Cis. She/her. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 10d

A myth and/or an outright lie by too many economists and think tanks. #nzpol

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 11d

Looks like a good time in the news cycle to tackle three big myths 🧵
❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌
Seriously, no, for lots of reasons.
1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]

Graph of public pension costs as % of GDP for OECD countries in 2021 (latest data). NZ is lower quartile at around 5.1%. OECD average is 7.8%. Plenty of Euro countries are around 10% or above.

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 54m

It did wreak of “I’m not getting enough attention” from Peters. Also he lied about the perpetrator so who knows if this is even true.

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Jennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 1h

“David Seymour wants you to ignore his months long campaign against ordinary citizens of Aotearoa whose photos he posted on his Facebook page because they disagreed with him. Or saying he wishes someone would blow up the Ministry of Pacific Peoples.”

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Jennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 1h

“They want you to ignore the political violence they encourage. Winston Peters wants you to forget the witch hunt he orchestrated against Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke who is six decades younger than him, and Benjamin Doyle whose own child was terrified for their life afterward.”

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1h

Will anyone be raising the questions with Nicola Willis?
#nzpol

David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 3d

If Willis is claiming the Greens are responsible for Winston's broken window, then will her Coalition be taking responsibility for "their" right-wing?
In 2023 Te Pāti Māori Hauraki-Waikato candidate, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi Clark's home was invaded, vandalised, and left with a threatening letter.
#nzpol

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 2h

2. Hudson told Stuff his client ( #Burglar ) wanted to be clear that he was not part of any #protest activity outside #WinstonPeters’ 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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flaneuse1.bsky.social @flaneuse1.bsky.social · 1h

For anyone who loves Tom Waits. Do watch to the end.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2sV...

Tom Waits - "Tom Traubert's Blues" (Live on The Human Factor)

YouTube video by Tom Waits

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 2h

1. So- #WinstonPeters Girlfriend’s house #Window was a #burglar - NOT protestors & nothing to do with #NZGreens.

Peters, like Seymour, & the rest of the Coalition, seems to have become a master of #misinformation #lies & #deception

#nzpol 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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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 5h

NZ Govt to change law so #NZpolice can take + keep random photos + use them to profile Māori, particularly young Māori men. Surveillance state indeed!

#NZpol Pretty sure @nzccl.org.nz won't be impressed.

I #WearAMask for health reasons. 😷⚕️ It helps with #Privacy too
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Fears of 'surveillance state', as police regain right to photograph public, retain images

An amendment to the Policing Act will allow police to collect and use images in public spaces.

www.rnz.co.nz

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 1h

“Winston Peters needs you to know that he's a victim. He's a victim. And his dog is a victim. His house is a victim. What he has been through is worse than anything anyone else has ever been through. Were there a Victim Olympics, he'd win gold, silver, and bronze.” - Emily Writes

#nzpol

Winston Peters, the victim.

Winston Peters needs you to know that he's a victim. He's a victim. And his dog is a victim. His house is a victim. What he has been through is worse than anything anyone else has ever been through. W...

www.emilywrites.co.nz

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 11h

Utterly smashing piece

The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 11h

Nation upset at the inevitable result of its own actions

Step one: push people out of work and onto the streets. Step two: get mad at people being out of work or on the streets...

thespinoff.co.nz

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kiwisockpuppet.bsky.social @kiwisockpuppet.bsky.social · 9h

“There are likely many reasons for rising poverty and crime in the city centre, but one of the main ones is almost certainly that no one has any money due to the crushing recession we’ve created on purpose.” #nzpol

The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 11h

Nation upset at the inevitable result of its own actions

Step one: push people out of work and onto the streets. Step two: get mad at people being out of work or on the streets...

thespinoff.co.nz

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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 9h

Last chance to vote for council with one more day to go

After a promising start, turnout is on the slide – but there's still time to get out and vote....

thespinoff.co.nz

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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 5h

Surprise: local elections voter turnout is looking pretty bleak

Auckland's really dragging the chain....

thespinoff.co.nz

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Larre Bildeston @larreau.bsky.social · 2h

She says doctors had told her to keep up with a normal life, exercising and working. “I pushed and pushed and pushed…until I woke up one day and I literally didn't have the strength to eat or drink anymore.”

Common. Exercising is bad for ppl with post exertional malaise & can permanently disable.

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Chantalle Smith @chaneyz85.bsky.social · 1d

The National Library is 60 years old... come along to their open day to celebrate

If you book for a back-of-house tour you may even get me as your tour guide 😊

natlib.govt.nz/events/natio...

natlib.govt.nz

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1h

What's Seymour going to do about government truancy !

#nzpol

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah but as I just said elsewhere here, the absolute stupidity of smashing a window on this protest about peace makes me really mad. Unnecessary and against all NVDA principles. It gave him a legitimate platform from which to milk it, taking all focus away from Palestine.

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Treen | Toitū Te Tiriti @heyren519.bsky.social · 3h

#nzpol

Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 4h

Almost at the Finish Line - so please get out and Vote if you haven't yet, encourage others as well - it’s the best way to create an amazing future and to tell the coalition, hard right extremists and conspiracy theorists to go 🤬 themselves before the general election next year!
youtu.be/8wwl9hf7JHM

Almost at the Finish Line - so please get out and Vote if you haven't yet

YouTube video by Paul… The Other One

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 1h

I agree, it was an incredibly stupid thing to do and the result was only ever going to be Peters milking it, exaggerating the harm, and getting headlines galore that detract from the harm being perpetrated in Gaza everyday.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

How vaping primes the lungs for COVID-19 damage

COVID-19 not only infects the airways but also damages blood vessels. Both COVID and vaping trigger inflammation—vaping irritates blood vessel linings while COVID floods lungs with inflammatory molecules, creating a “perfect storm.”

archive.md/Y1Jx3

How vaping primes the lungs for COVID-19 damage

Published: October 9, 2025 3.28am AEDT

Author Keith Rochfort
Assistant Professor, School of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Institute, Dublin City University

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 1h

So distressing. It's bad enough dealing with long covid in midlife when you've at least lived some life. But these people are right at the start of their lives and they're so incapacitated.
The platitudes from the ministry of health don't help either.

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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 2h

Dame Sue Bagshaw says she is seeing too many young people without homes who don’t know where their next meal is coming from.

Christchurch community marches against lack of state housing

Dame Sue Bagshaw says she is seeing too many young people without homes who don’t know where their next meal is coming from.

dlvr.it

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Pip @pipinotautahi.bsky.social · 10h

Mr “I’m wealthy, I’m sorted” ensuring that our young people have the rockiest start possible. Make sure that, as the group that finds getting jobs the hardest (not their fault they lack experience) will have a harder time accessing security.
Young people starting out pay for landlord welfare

Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 10h

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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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 1h

Omg. The callousness is despicable.

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Potato enthusiast @br3nda.bsky.social · 2h

things he'd never say to landlords....

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