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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 16h

This does not go nearly far enough #LabourNZ We need concrete policy that restores the basic healthcare rights of all New Zealanders, and cuts corporate healthcare out of the picture www.labour.org.nz/openletter-h... #nzpol

Tell Christopher Luxon to make healthcare affordable

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 1d

South Africa kicking some decent ass after horror start to the Women's World Cup #cricket #WCC Mlaba might be the real left-arm deal

Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 1d

Van Velden sets up hotline, does nothing - blames councils #ACT Inaction #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/09/v...

Van Velden can see end of the road for cone hotline

Reports halved each month with just one in five resulting in action, as the minister says councils proved to be the culprit

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Hayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 2d

experiencing a swell of patriotism over our officials repeatedly losing secret government documents at second hand stores

RNZ: Confidential Wellington council documents found by man in mayoral desk bought from dump

Newsroom: Secret defence notes pointing to sensitive China preparation left at op shop

Nothing happened for a year. Then in August 2025 a shopper browsing through a pile of op shop goods made a most surprising discovery. The trove of secret documents from the Portsmouth meetings had been accidentally donated to a Hutt Valley Salvation Army store.

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 2d

Tik Tok for Oligarchs - seriously oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/tiktoks-ne...

TikTok’s new boss is a close ally of Benjamin Netanyahu

The push to ban TikTok in the U.S. began with allegations that it was undermining the Israeli government. It now seems poised to end with tech oligarch Larry Ellison, a close ally of Israeli Prime Min...

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 2d

This is a must-read - New Zealand's role in US preparations for war with China newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/09/s...

Secret defence notes pointing to sensitive China preparation left at op shop

The National-led government has been avoiding questions about whether it is joining in preparations for a US military confrontation with China. A series of Official Information Act requests on this su...

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Forbes @forbes.com · 3d

One of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street owns a stake in the tiny mining business that tripled overnight on news of the government’s investment.

Billionaire Trump Donor Paulson Scores Windfall Thanks To Government’s Investment In Trilogy Metals

One of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street owns a stake in the tiny mining business that tripled overnight on news of the government’s investment.

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly the issues unions tried to raise in Australia for 20 years but were unable to raise any interest from Cole and Hayden Royal Commissions which confined themselves, almost entirely, to carrying out political hatchet jobs for their paymasters #auspol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

More arrests in 'significant' operation targeting money laundering in construction sector

It brings the total number of arrests to 23.

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 4d

Former National MP concedes the old men of the 1970s knew more about equality than the Luxon Government #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/07-...

‘A matter of social justice’: The old men of 1972 who got pay equity right

The MPs who passed the Equal Pay Act in 1972 could hardly be described as radical liberals, but they were light years ahead of this government.

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 4d

One New Zealand is a disgrace - from its commercial tie-up with Elon Musk to the fact it treats its customers like shit. I know this because I was one and could not wait to escape www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

One NZ cuts actor from ads over protest outside Peters' house

The activist, who gave out the home address of Foreign Minister Winston Peters and encouraged other pro-Palestine protesters to join, is also one of the faces of One NZ’s advertising campaigns.

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 4d

100 percent. Other than being immoral and spineless, there is no mileage in it

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 5d

RNZ almost never publishes "political opinions" but today they & Stuff/The Post published one defending Nicola Willis's handling of the economy.

The author is Dennis Wesselbaum - from lobby group NZ Initiative, where Luxon/Willis reportedly get economic policies from

RNZ is shot #nzpol #kiwi

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 5d

Nicola Willis's RNZ & Stuff opinion piece writer Wesselbaum, an Atlas Network NZ Initiative fellow, has updated his disclosure statement this arvo.

Of note, Willis was a Director with NZ Initiative, making this conflict of interest even starker

How could both Stuff & RNZ ignore this? #nzpol #kiwi

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 6d

It is something. These are young adults not children. These are the young adults they’ve closed polytechnics on, ended apprenticeships and jobseeker programmes for, taken away housing security and the jobs of their parents all so the richest NZers can have more.

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 6d

Harry Grant and Jahrome Hughes on grand final fire #NRL What a combo!

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 6d

Not a shoulder charge - on report #NRL player welfare propaganda is just that

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EvieVeevee @evieveevee.com · 6d

it is my position that the role of government should be public service, a position wherein you serve the public and work for their benefit. if you are doing harm to people by, say, cutting benefits for no good reason, then you are clearly not serving the public, and should resign in disgrace #nzpol

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 6d

Classic from bloke who, on claiming whopping expenses from the taxpayer to top up his $500,000 annual salary, memorably said, he was entitled to his entitlements #Entitled

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 6d

In Aotearoa NZ, 18-19yo people are unlikely to be seen as children.
- parents are no longer legal guardians;
- they can get married w/o parents’ consent;
- they can vote + can stand as election candidates;
- they will be charged as adults if they commit crimes.
#NZpol
youthlaw.co.nz/rights/legal...

Legal Ages Archives - YouthLaw

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 6d

Government that crashed the job market and demolished training opportunities, says young people are to blame

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 6d

Except, of course, for those remnants that will continue to subsidise big business, landlords & farmers with taxpayer funds

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 6d

Netball NZ wilfully shoots off another couple of toes

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 6d

Silver Ferns coaching saga edges toward legal showdown as deadlock remains

The rift between Dame Noeline Taurua and Netball NZ has deepened, with failed talks now pushing the high-profile dispute toward a potential employment investigation or litigation.

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Brooke @curly.kiwi · Sep 8

Just over a month ago, Newsroom published this piece about how well NZ Police have done at not shooting people lately

In the five weeks since then, our cops have shot three people, killing two of them

I'm sure it's just random clustering and not a trend but still. Damn. Fuck

Brooke @curly.kiwi · Aug 7

Now that the Newsroom article about police use of force last year is out from behind its paywall, I'm disappointed

It misses important context left out of the Police report, and relies fully on a cop to say if police are doing a good job or not. I'm astonished they didn't get a balancing view

Police fired their guns just three times last year

New data shows police are drawing their weapons more frequently than in the past, even as firearm and Taser discharges remain rare

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 6d

The billions Rupert Murdoch spent to suppress the real story of how badly his organisation behaved #auspol #nzpol New Zealand must make sure the Murdoch poison is not injected into our landscape johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...

New revelations of the Murdoch empire’s underbelly – From The Hack’s real-life journalist

This is the humblest day of my life, declared Rupert Murdoch to a parliamentary committee on 19 July 2011.

johnmenadue.com

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 7d

On the one side, Pope Leo. On the other side, fossil fuel’s massive climate denial fraud operation and massive dark-money political corruption operation. I’ll stand with Leo.

Pope Leo rebukes climate skeptics after Trump calls warming a ‘con job’

The Illinois native’s comments come a week after the U.S. president derided the fight against climate change.

www.politico.eu

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