Gavin Huet
@gavinhuet.bsky.social
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Picture the New Zealand Herald's senior Press Gallery reporter dismissing as a "C-grade scandalette" the chair of a Māori entity *cough* taking $27 MILLION of public money and putting it in a project in his own patch. #nzpol
a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his mouth open
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his mouth open
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Picture the New Zealand Herald's senior Press Gallery reporter dismissing as a "C-grade scandalette" the chair of a Māori entity *cough* taking $27 MILLION of public money and putting it in a project in his own patch. #nzpol
Price gouging
Butter prices are falling at global auction, so why not in shops too?
Butter prices are falling at global auction, so why not in shops too?
Dairy prices fell for the seventh time in a row at last night's Global Dairy Auction with butter.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Price gouging
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Water fluoridation does not hinder brain development in children, 40-year study finds
Water fluoridation does not hinder brain development in children, 40-year study finds
A New Zealand dental surgeon says the 40-year study clearly shows fluoridation is safe for people of all ages.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Water fluoridation does not hinder brain development in children, 40-year study finds
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There’s a moment in every party’s governing term when realisation slowly dawns that it has lost any agency it once had with those who put it in power.
#nzpol
#nzpol
National missing the message by only listening to those it wants to
OPINION: There’s a moment in every party’s governing term when realisation slowly dawns that it’s lost any agency it once had with those who put it in power.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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I think Simeon overdosed on puberty blockers already
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I think Simeon overdosed on puberty blockers already
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Absolutely fuck these people. Politicians overruling medical professionals is a shit position.
NZ First are actually evil. They don't care how many lives they may ruin to get the anti-trans vote.
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Absolutely fuck these people. Politicians overruling medical professionals is a shit position.
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Also, this line from Indira's report is important: "Mount Albert Grammar School trespassed Cullen in 2023 for various reasons, including taking students out of school grounds without approval and his “combative and aggressive” behaviour with its staff." #nzpol
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Also, this line from Indira's report is important: "Mount Albert Grammar School trespassed Cullen in 2023 for various reasons, including taking students out of school grounds without approval and his “combative and aggressive” behaviour with its staff." #nzpol
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Victory! Time to bugger off Bangerz.
Also, this shows the kind of person Seymour thinks should run a charter school - Rhys Michael Cullen (on the right), a former doctor with a criminal conviction who was struck off for professional misconduct in 2009. 1/3.
#nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/19/t...
Also, this shows the kind of person Seymour thinks should run a charter school - Rhys Michael Cullen (on the right), a former doctor with a criminal conviction who was struck off for professional misconduct in 2009. 1/3.
#nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/19/t...
Trust drops hostile takeover for Auckland state school
Bangerz Education and Wellbeing Trust wanted to convert Kelston Boys’ High School into a charter school.
www.1news.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Victory! Time to bugger off Bangerz.
Also, this shows the kind of person Seymour thinks should run a charter school - Rhys Michael Cullen (on the right), a former doctor with a criminal conviction who was struck off for professional misconduct in 2009. 1/3.
#nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/19/t...
Also, this shows the kind of person Seymour thinks should run a charter school - Rhys Michael Cullen (on the right), a former doctor with a criminal conviction who was struck off for professional misconduct in 2009. 1/3.
#nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/19/t...
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Maybe don't keep announcing unaffordable trophy roads if you can't pay for them. Just a thought.
Hard choices lie ahead, Bishop says, as he explains funding the $56 billion in motorways promised by the Government would require a nearly 50c per litre lift in petrol taxes.
Transport Minister Chris Bishop says funding $56b in roads a 'challenge'
Hard choices lie ahead, Bishop says, as he explains funding the $56 billion in motorways promised by the Government would require a nearly 50c per litre lift in petrol taxes.
dlvr.it
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Maybe don't keep announcing unaffordable trophy roads if you can't pay for them. Just a thought.
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Their latest FB post - I kid you not
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Their latest FB post - I kid you not
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A 3 part comedy, AKA 'They lied & many of you bough the lie'.
I think I might disown my cousins who are all working class poor who have all consumed the National trickle down cool aid.
I think I might disown my cousins who are all working class poor who have all consumed the National trickle down cool aid.
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A 3 part comedy, AKA 'They lied & many of you bough the lie'.
I think I might disown my cousins who are all working class poor who have all consumed the National trickle down cool aid.
I think I might disown my cousins who are all working class poor who have all consumed the National trickle down cool aid.
Nice government you've voted for NZ
Hard choices lie ahead, Bishop says, as he explains funding the $56 billion in motorways promised by the Government would require a nearly 50c per litre lift in petrol taxes.
Transport Minister Chris Bishop says funding $56b in roads a 'challenge'
Hard choices lie ahead, Bishop says, as he explains funding the $56 billion in motorways promised by the Government would require a nearly 50c per litre lift in petrol taxes.
dlvr.it
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Nice government you've voted for NZ
Build a walking and cycling bridge and get over it
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Build a walking and cycling bridge and get over it
If you are in the market for a new Sky Sport Now subscription
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If you are in the market for a new Sky Sport Now subscription
Hospitality: please spend your money with us so we can survive.
Also Hospitality: it's just supply and demand folks, so stump up that cash, oh, and fuck you.
Also Hospitality: it's just supply and demand folks, so stump up that cash, oh, and fuck you.
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Hospitality: please spend your money with us so we can survive.
Also Hospitality: it's just supply and demand folks, so stump up that cash, oh, and fuck you.
Also Hospitality: it's just supply and demand folks, so stump up that cash, oh, and fuck you.
Alternative headline: No action at McLean Park due to the rain.
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Alternative headline: No action at McLean Park due to the rain.
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Does he even own a suit?
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Does he even own a suit?
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Wiilis trying to rewrite history on RNZ. Reckons she/Govt didn't break the IREX contract rather they paid the fees due on the contract.
Those fees were only due because you cancelled the contract without cause. This woman's mendacity knows no bounds. #nzpol
Those fees were only due because you cancelled the contract without cause. This woman's mendacity knows no bounds. #nzpol
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Wiilis trying to rewrite history on RNZ. Reckons she/Govt didn't break the IREX contract rather they paid the fees due on the contract.
Those fees were only due because you cancelled the contract without cause. This woman's mendacity knows no bounds. #nzpol
Those fees were only due because you cancelled the contract without cause. This woman's mendacity knows no bounds. #nzpol
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This secretive process just gets worse. Also, "Stanford experiment". Oof.
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This secretive process just gets worse. Also, "Stanford experiment". Oof.
Back on track
📢 NZ Police confirms more than 200 officers have resigned for jobs in Australia and the commissioner says recruitment campaigns have "become more aggressive".
Police lured to Australia in hundreds, recruiters redouble efforts
www.1news.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Back on track
Saying the quiet thing out loud again
CBA boss says repaying ‘excessive fees’ to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder money
CBA boss says repaying ‘excessive fees’ to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder money
The Commonwealth Bank – which reported a record cash profit of $10.3bn in the most recent financial year – charged $270m in ‘excessive fees’ over five years
The head of Australia’s biggest and most profitable bank says reimbursing hundreds of millions of dollars in fees to its lower income customers would be an “appropriation” of shareholder money.
The Commonwealth Bank’s chief executive, Mat Comyn, mounted a fierce defence of charging fees according to its terms and conditions during a parliamentary committee hearing in Canberra on Tuesday morning, Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Saying the quiet thing out loud again
Back on track baby!
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Back on track baby!
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Among all the severe weather, you may have missed that we passed our 1000th post on bluesky today 🥳
Spread the word and tell your friends we're here as we creep towards 1000 followers. 36 to go!
Spread the word and tell your friends we're here as we creep towards 1000 followers. 36 to go!
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Among all the severe weather, you may have missed that we passed our 1000th post on bluesky today 🥳
Spread the word and tell your friends we're here as we creep towards 1000 followers. 36 to go!
Spread the word and tell your friends we're here as we creep towards 1000 followers. 36 to go!