Nigel Robertson
@easegill.bsky.social
Explorer - Life, learning, technology, caves. He/him/ia.
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The NZ Labour Party must provide hope to, and inspire, a generation of people.
If the policy options it will finalise at this weekend’s conference don’t do that, don’t provide a radical alternative and sense of optimism, people will continue to leave Aotearoa in droves.
If the policy options it will finalise at this weekend’s conference don’t do that, don’t provide a radical alternative and sense of optimism, people will continue to leave Aotearoa in droves.
Captures the mood of much of the country under this government - bleak, with a sense that everything is broken, that there is no opportunity for young people to get ahead, and that the government simply doesn't care.
‘I love my country. I don’t want to leave’: readers reflect on the exodus from New Zealand
As people continue to move away in record numbers, readers share their reasons for leaving and contemplate life in New Zealand
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The NZ Labour Party must provide hope to, and inspire, a generation of people.
If the policy options it will finalise at this weekend’s conference don’t do that, don’t provide a radical alternative and sense of optimism, people will continue to leave Aotearoa in droves.
If the policy options it will finalise at this weekend’s conference don’t do that, don’t provide a radical alternative and sense of optimism, people will continue to leave Aotearoa in droves.
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Another plug for Ōtautahi 4 Palestine's big fundraising event at A Rolling Stone Dec 13 - speakers from 5, musicians from 9, an art auction, raffles, solidarity --- & lots of promo work being 'mysteriously' filtered out by anti-Palestinian algorithms. Pls share www.instagram.com/otautahi4pal...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Another plug for Ōtautahi 4 Palestine's big fundraising event at A Rolling Stone Dec 13 - speakers from 5, musicians from 9, an art auction, raffles, solidarity --- & lots of promo work being 'mysteriously' filtered out by anti-Palestinian algorithms. Pls share www.instagram.com/otautahi4pal...
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When the Ministry cannot explain how a foreign company won a national contract to hold the learning data of every child in Aotearoa, it is not an administrative inconvenience.
It is a breach of trust.
It is a breach of trust.
Tears Weren’t About the Fight
by ELVOn the way home, I cried.Tears stung the unhealed cold sore on my lip,and the aircon dried them hard against my chin.I didn’t cry because I was exhausted from breaking up a fight before morning ...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
When the Ministry cannot explain how a foreign company won a national contract to hold the learning data of every child in Aotearoa, it is not an administrative inconvenience.
It is a breach of trust.
It is a breach of trust.
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the state of it, they even took their photographer out to stage a mock photo of them rocking up to a council building like they're heavies collecting rent arrears or some shit
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 AM
the state of it, they even took their photographer out to stage a mock photo of them rocking up to a council building like they're heavies collecting rent arrears or some shit
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I'm beginning to suspect that National weren't being entirely honest with us during the election campaign. 🤔 #nzpol
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm beginning to suspect that National weren't being entirely honest with us during the election campaign. 🤔 #nzpol
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We can't say @sassypolitico.bsky.social didn't try to warn us. #nzpol
"This is a government put together in order to advance personal career ambitions rather than deliver meaningful change."
Lamia Imam on point again:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#NZPol
Lamia Imam on point again:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#NZPol
![Winston Peters, Christopher Luxon and David Seymour at [Fri]day’s coalition announcement (Photo: Marty Melville/AFP)
Peters looking truculent, Luxfake with his trademark smug grimace and Seymour looking more like Rimmer everyday.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2a2ucpadl5c62xv3ln3wpevt/bafkreiaulfp7htuwcn73nrsydpyxujhjydr3hcswi3dlomn52grquaqoba@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
We can't say @sassypolitico.bsky.social didn't try to warn us. #nzpol
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I do not know off the top of head what is in the oath an incoming government makes to the Governor General, but it seems like passing legislation you actually think is bad should be some kind of breach of it
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'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I do not know off the top of head what is in the oath an incoming government makes to the Governor General, but it seems like passing legislation you actually think is bad should be some kind of breach of it
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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The BBC removed a line about Trump being the most openly corrupt president in American history...from a lecture about the cowardice of today's elites.
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The BBC removed a line about Trump being the most openly corrupt president in American history...from a lecture about the cowardice of today's elites.
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
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How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
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A captured Government.
Fossil fuel companies were given confidential drafts of legislation during their (successful) two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban - new reporting from me via the OIA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules
A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the oil and gas industry's wishlist.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A captured Government.
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This actually happened, when Nanaia Mahuta appointed commissioners to the completely dysfunctional Tauranga City Council in 2021. Lots of ominous talk about creeping government control, including ...
If Labour/Greens had tried to pull a stunt like this it would have been all dancing cossacks and reds under your beds again. This looks pretty bad.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This actually happened, when Nanaia Mahuta appointed commissioners to the completely dysfunctional Tauranga City Council in 2021. Lots of ominous talk about creeping government control, including ...
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It's not even the quiet part out loud anymore
Regardless of kayfabe comms and Nat equivocation in media, ACT always says the thing to its red-faced griefer audience
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
It's not even the quiet part out loud anymore
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Jimmy Cliff has died. A wonderful songwriter and singer. The body may have fallen but his sweet, sweet, voice will live forever.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Jimmy Cliff has died. A wonderful songwriter and singer. The body may have fallen but his sweet, sweet, voice will live forever.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
"Categorically". So it's definitely on then! Waiting on the next poll.
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
"Categorically". So it's definitely on then! Waiting on the next poll.
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Streeting is admitting that the Pathways “trial” already has a predetermined outcome. Stuffing it with SEGM placeholders is evidence of this.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Streeting is admitting that the Pathways “trial” already has a predetermined outcome. Stuffing it with SEGM placeholders is evidence of this.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
Jimmy Cliff has died. A wonderful songwriter and singer. The body may have fallen but his sweet, sweet, voice will live forever.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Jimmy Cliff has died. A wonderful songwriter and singer. The body may have fallen but his sweet, sweet, voice will live forever.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Jimmy Cliff, légende du reggae, est mort
Jimmy Cliff, légende du reggae, est mort
L’auteur-compositeur et interprète de reggae jamaïcain de renommée internationale s’est éteint à l’âge de 81 ans. Il était notamment connu pour « Many Rivers to Cross », « The Harder They Come », « Reggae Night », « I Can See Clearly Now » ou encore « Hakuna Matata ».
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November 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Jimmy Cliff, légende du reggae, est mort
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Shit like this is institutionalised child abuse. Furthermore, it is a textbook example of breaching the ‘best interest’ requirement of art. 3 of the Children’s Rights Convention. To paraphrase the Lemkin Institute: increasing trans kids’ risk of suicide is hardly in their best interest
No matter what the politicians say, this is discrimination. Look at how the regulation is worded: This is not a ban on its use for a particular indication, it's a ban for a population.
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Shit like this is institutionalised child abuse. Furthermore, it is a textbook example of breaching the ‘best interest’ requirement of art. 3 of the Children’s Rights Convention. To paraphrase the Lemkin Institute: increasing trans kids’ risk of suicide is hardly in their best interest
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Oh man this was a fucking out of it ad, they took it off the air almost immediately, a bit too on the nose? Bit too real???
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Oh man this was a fucking out of it ad, they took it off the air almost immediately, a bit too on the nose? Bit too real???
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227,000 deaths in the UK by the time the COVID-19 pandemic was declared "over" in 2023. Many could have been saved by a scientifically literate Cabinet.
Due to Johnson's & Hancock's clownish chaos, Lettuce Liz's utter incompetence for a month, and Sunak's glossily-signed Help Out the virus scheme.
Due to Johnson's & Hancock's clownish chaos, Lettuce Liz's utter incompetence for a month, and Sunak's glossily-signed Help Out the virus scheme.
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
227,000 deaths in the UK by the time the COVID-19 pandemic was declared "over" in 2023. Many could have been saved by a scientifically literate Cabinet.
Due to Johnson's & Hancock's clownish chaos, Lettuce Liz's utter incompetence for a month, and Sunak's glossily-signed Help Out the virus scheme.
Due to Johnson's & Hancock's clownish chaos, Lettuce Liz's utter incompetence for a month, and Sunak's glossily-signed Help Out the virus scheme.
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It also doesn't save any "red tape". It just creates an additional barrier to understanding whats in your food and means the seller can scrape your data.
Its a sh*tty solution to a non-problem that places the consumer increasingly at risk.
#nzpol
Its a sh*tty solution to a non-problem that places the consumer increasingly at risk.
#nzpol
These guys are dangerous idiots. It's tiresome enough already having to read, and re-check, the labels on everything that I eat, and now they want to have me scan a QR code to get to that information.
November 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It also doesn't save any "red tape". It just creates an additional barrier to understanding whats in your food and means the seller can scrape your data.
Its a sh*tty solution to a non-problem that places the consumer increasingly at risk.
#nzpol
Its a sh*tty solution to a non-problem that places the consumer increasingly at risk.
#nzpol