Oliver L
@eey0re.bsky.social
Support FYI.org.nz (only if it won't cause you any hardship) https://opencollective.com/fyi
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
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This is really just Opposition MPs doing their job, reading the accounts and asking the right questions. And the Minister of Finance insulting them because she doesn't want to answer the questions.
“Under questioning in the meeting, Willis also confirmed the government had no intention of buying offshore carbon credits to meet the 2030 Paris agreement as part of a "performative awards ceremony" even if that meant it would breach its commitment.”
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
'A bit tired, a bit ratty': Heated exchange between Willis and Labour MPs at Parliament
The Finance Minister has called the opposition's behaviour "unbecoming" after accusations of name-calling and conspiracy-thinking.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This is really just Opposition MPs doing their job, reading the accounts and asking the right questions. And the Minister of Finance insulting them because she doesn't want to answer the questions.
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Fark!
"The Motor Vehicle Register (MVR) is accessed extensively—over five million times in a three-month period—through various channels such as
section 241 access, Motochek, portal access etc."
"The Motor Vehicle Register (MVR) is accessed extensively—over five million times in a three-month period—through various channels such as
section 241 access, Motochek, portal access etc."
[Response] NZTA replied about OIA Request for Statistics on Third-Party Access to the Motor Vehicle Register
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Fark!
"The Motor Vehicle Register (MVR) is accessed extensively—over five million times in a three-month period—through various channels such as
section 241 access, Motochek, portal access etc."
"The Motor Vehicle Register (MVR) is accessed extensively—over five million times in a three-month period—through various channels such as
section 241 access, Motochek, portal access etc."
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ACC manager who lied in #OIA response faced no employment consequences (of course), even though it would be considered gross misconduct www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
ACC-OIALying-Response-2 Dec 2025
www.documentcloud.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
ACC manager who lied in #OIA response faced no employment consequences (of course), even though it would be considered gross misconduct www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I've said it before but I'm amazed by the extent to which this government - Nicola Willis especially - is ambitionless for New Zealand. They simply don't believe the country can do anything.
So from ferries to libraries, they plan for a diminished New Zealand.
So from ferries to libraries, they plan for a diminished New Zealand.
Govt proposes to limit council rates rises to 4% in new system
Councils would also have a minimum rates rise level mandated for the first time.
www.1news.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I've said it before but I'm amazed by the extent to which this government - Nicola Willis especially - is ambitionless for New Zealand. They simply don't believe the country can do anything.
So from ferries to libraries, they plan for a diminished New Zealand.
So from ferries to libraries, they plan for a diminished New Zealand.
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NZ Labour is always doing shit like 'The present government is apocalyptically bad for New Zealand. That's why we're going to remove the registration fee for caravans.'
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
NZ Labour is always doing shit like 'The present government is apocalyptically bad for New Zealand. That's why we're going to remove the registration fee for caravans.'
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November 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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I tell you what's irresponsible, leaving hundreds of thousands of kiwis wanting work or more work... There is loads of stuff that needs doing.
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 5:53 AM
I tell you what's irresponsible, leaving hundreds of thousands of kiwis wanting work or more work... There is loads of stuff that needs doing.
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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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Israel is using existing ceasefire agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
Israel is violating all its ceasefire agreements and escalating on all fronts
Israel is using existing ceasefire agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
mondoweiss.net
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Israel is using existing ceasefire agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
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People trained by the CIA to operate in death squads coming back to bite US people (especially in the armed forces) is something nobody could ever have predicted based on previous experience. Oh, wait.
The DC shooter was a member of a CIA-trained and -supported unit that Human Rights Watch said was a "death squad"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
People trained by the CIA to operate in death squads coming back to bite US people (especially in the armed forces) is something nobody could ever have predicted based on previous experience. Oh, wait.
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The Israeli military’s genocide isn’t over, it’s expanding.
The Israeli government has violated the truce nearly 500 times in 44 days, killing over 342 Palestinians in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, including 28 Palestinians in the past three days.
The Israeli government has violated the truce nearly 500 times in 44 days, killing over 342 Palestinians in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, including 28 Palestinians in the past three days.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The Israeli military’s genocide isn’t over, it’s expanding.
The Israeli government has violated the truce nearly 500 times in 44 days, killing over 342 Palestinians in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, including 28 Palestinians in the past three days.
The Israeli government has violated the truce nearly 500 times in 44 days, killing over 342 Palestinians in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, including 28 Palestinians in the past three days.
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Israel has not only been trying to destroy an entire people - genocide - it has also been trying to destroy its culture and knowledge - epistemicide.
It will fail, but those involved must be brought to justice.
It will fail, but those involved must be brought to justice.
The secret mission to save Gaza's historical artefacts
Palestinians scramble to save centuries-old books and manuscripts before they are lost
With a ceasefire in effect in Gaza, a restoration team is painstakingly retrieving historical manuscripts, rare volumes, and archival documents from beneath the rubble of a destroyed mosque.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Israel has not only been trying to destroy an entire people - genocide - it has also been trying to destroy its culture and knowledge - epistemicide.
It will fail, but those involved must be brought to justice.
It will fail, but those involved must be brought to justice.
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International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
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Wow, this is a great summary of COP30! All the COPs, come to think of it. 🤔
Wow. People are way too chill around an active & uncontained fire in the building they're standing in.
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Wow, this is a great summary of COP30! All the COPs, come to think of it. 🤔
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350 children held:
The Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office confirmed that International Children's Day is being observed this year amidst an unprecedented escalation in Israeli violations against Palestinian children, with the Israeli enemy holding approximately 350 children in its prisons
The Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office confirmed that International Children's Day is being observed this year amidst an unprecedented escalation in Israeli violations against Palestinian children, with the Israeli enemy holding approximately 350 children in its prisons
Yemen News Agency SABA
Official Platform of Yemen News Agency (SABA) Agency link: www.saba.ye/en
t.me
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
350 children held:
The Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office confirmed that International Children's Day is being observed this year amidst an unprecedented escalation in Israeli violations against Palestinian children, with the Israeli enemy holding approximately 350 children in its prisons
The Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office confirmed that International Children's Day is being observed this year amidst an unprecedented escalation in Israeli violations against Palestinian children, with the Israeli enemy holding approximately 350 children in its prisons
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I'd be v unsurprised if an OIA request turned up some things that might be intelligible to a judge as evidence of either improper purpose, consideration of irrelevant facts, or otherwise inadequate evidentiary basis to make the decision. So the next step ought to be to *make* such an OIA request...
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I'd be v unsurprised if an OIA request turned up some things that might be intelligible to a judge as evidence of either improper purpose, consideration of irrelevant facts, or otherwise inadequate evidentiary basis to make the decision. So the next step ought to be to *make* such an OIA request...
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"When it came to Covid, we completely blew out what the value of a life was, completely, I've never seen such a high value on life.” - Brooke van Velden
"There are accidents that will happen. What I'm wanting to focus on is, how do I improve the overall economy and the situation that businesses and workers find themselves in?" - Van Velden. #PikeRiver
"She seemed to be focusing all the time on the employers and I sat and listened to it for a little while and then I just couldn't stand it" - Sonya Rockhouse. #PikeRiver
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"When it came to Covid, we completely blew out what the value of a life was, completely, I've never seen such a high value on life.” - Brooke van Velden
The PRC has taken over Grey St again. Who are we grovelling to today?
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The PRC has taken over Grey St again. Who are we grovelling to today?
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TL;DR: we're paying $45 million more to get smaller boats. Also, the regime isn't funding as much landside stuff, leaving it for a future government to pay for www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
New Cook Strait ferries won't cost more than $2b, Rail Minister vows
Peters says taxpayers have saved $2.3 billion while still getting the ferries and infrastructure they want.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
TL;DR: we're paying $45 million more to get smaller boats. Also, the regime isn't funding as much landside stuff, leaving it for a future government to pay for www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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In addition to the incredibly apt comparison to Robotdebt I reposted earlier, I'd like to mention the perverse incentives here about getting folks off ACC. Not removing their need for ACC, but rather removing the provision of ACC to them. There's quite a difference.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
ACC's use of AI to help decide who gets help shocks advocate
"It's all about 'how can we ramp up exits, how can we get more people coming off the scheme," says an ACC advocate
www.rnz.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
In addition to the incredibly apt comparison to Robotdebt I reposted earlier, I'd like to mention the perverse incentives here about getting folks off ACC. Not removing their need for ACC, but rather removing the provision of ACC to them. There's quite a difference.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Benjamin Netanyahu's de facto propagandist and spokesman, Amit Segal, has written a long and meandering blog post arguing that Turkey is the new Iran and that Israel must prepare for existential measures against the NATO member-state.
Israel Needs to Act More Forcefully Against the Turkish Threat - Amit Segal
The threat Turkey poses to Israel is no less dangerous and complex than Iran—but it’s much harder to handle.
www.amitsegal.net
November 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Benjamin Netanyahu's de facto propagandist and spokesman, Amit Segal, has written a long and meandering blog post arguing that Turkey is the new Iran and that Israel must prepare for existential measures against the NATO member-state.
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British troops are using Israeli arms technology tested in Gaza
They’re now equipped with a ‘cutting-edge weapons sight’ produced by an Israeli arms firm nurtured by its defence ministry.
They’re now equipped with a ‘cutting-edge weapons sight’ produced by an Israeli arms firm nurtured by its defence ministry.
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
British troops are using Israeli arms technology tested in Gaza
They’re now equipped with a ‘cutting-edge weapons sight’ produced by an Israeli arms firm nurtured by its defence ministry.
They’re now equipped with a ‘cutting-edge weapons sight’ produced by an Israeli arms firm nurtured by its defence ministry.