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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14h

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 1d

The Juice Media do the best honest government ads in the world, so truthful and informative. Just telling it like it is.

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 1d

I know Erica Stanford and her office, Elizabeth Rata, and Michael Johnston have had this sent to them by an irate educator.

The accusations I make are heavy: someone erased Māori and Pacifica authors from the curriculum at the last minute.

I have had no push back.

Make of that what you will.

Recapturing the Senior English Curriculum

2024 had been a good year for Stanford. The speed bump that was the outcry over the senior English curriculum and the lack of consultation had been smoothly managed by her, and she was on a roll wi…

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 2d

#nzpol

Episode 25 of Locked Out with Craig Renney looks at the singularly most idiotic policy launched yet by the government. Visible from space levels of moronic. Have watch now 😄

youtu.be/8aTWMV6ULIc?...

Ep25 The singularly most stupid policy yet launched by the Coalition government

YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 2d

no-one, certainly no-one in the public sector, could have predicted that the population would continue aging

Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 2d

"The government is spending an extra $1.6 billion on superannuation, because of an ageing population."

This is exactly the sort of thing it is impossible to budget for, poor Nicola. Snakes and snails! #nzpol

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 2d

🍃🌹🌿 Love the #NZGreens, the people, the policies, the (fully costed) Green Budget putting #wellbeing of people, biodiversity & the environment front & centre of every policy. NZF, Nat & ACT attacks make me more sure #Greens deserve my votes. #nzpol www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...

Green Budget

We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

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Caias Ward @caias.bsky.social · 2d

My personal business model would be killed if I'm stopped from breaking into Clegg's house and taking all his stuff.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Michael Bain @mikejbain.bsky.social · 2d

We live in a Māori nation. Our Parliament should reflect that more. The haka from the public gallery is an appropriate response to a maiden speech. Suspended Parliament only reminds Māori that they are not welcome to be authentically themselves there. #nzpol

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Watch: Haka breaks out after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech, Parliament suspended

Speaker Gerry Brownlee intends to investigate whether anyone knew the haka would take place after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Kevin Weaver (he/him) @kevinweav2003.bsky.social · 3d

Won't anyone think of the oppressed men? They've suffered for so so long #nzpol

Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 3d

Our own ‘war on woke’ is well underway
The latest Gender Attitudes Survey makes depressing reading for those concerned about gender equality. The view that equality has gone too far is strongest among men aged 18-34.

Our own 'war on woke' is well underway

Opinion from the University of Otago: The latest Gender Attitudes Survey makes depressing reading for those concerned about gender equality

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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 5d

One awaits, with bated breath, the speech from Dear Leader Luxon to Google, Windows and Uber Eats about "the world not owing them a living" so it's time to pay the correct amount of taxes from money they earn in Ao/NZ.

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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 5d

Oof.

Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 5d

"If you want a job you go where the jobs are."

Australia?

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Watch: Christopher Luxon defends cuts to benefits for youth

The prime minister says businesses are 'crying out for young people' as advocates decry the changes as a punishment.

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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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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 6d

This is a policy with no basis in any analysis. It's designed to look tough. It actually makes them look thoughtless and out of touch. It's arbitrary, mean, and simply designed to disguise the fact that the government is failing young people. Is this what being back on track feels like?

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 6d

Luxon is the kind of man who claims every entitlement he qualifies for whether he needs it or not.

Luxon is the kind of man that takes benefit entitlements away from 18 and 19 year olds, saying that "the world doesn't owe them a living."

Luxon has created an economy where they can't find jobs.

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 6d

Fuck off with this bullshit

Andrew R @andrewr4.womcats.com · 6d

Cowardly announcing policy on a Sunday that underlines the total failure of this government’s policies.

Jobseeker: Parents earning more than $65k must support 18-19yo children www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Jobseeker: Parents earning more than $65k must support 18-19yo children

First announced at the Budget, the government had not at the time decided where to draw the line.

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JJW @jjw.wtf · 6d

Some quotes from New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon:

• “The world doesn’t owe you a living”
• “I'm wealthy, I'm ‒ you know ‒ sorted.”
• “just make a marmite sandwich”
• “I don’t care.” (said multiple times since becoming PM)

Guy is a stone cold psycho.

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David Cormack @davidcormack.bsky.social · 7d

What the ever loving fuck are they doing to new zealand

The Defence Minister wants to see New Zealand develop lethal weapons for international export through the help of tech companies.

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Kevin Weaver (he/him) @kevinweav2003.bsky.social · 7d

Luxon in there?

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 8d

Polanski: "The proscription of Palestine Action must be withdrawn" - noting that Lib Dems failed to vote against the ban.

The Green leader calls it an attempt to "silence dissent"

"The alarm bells of authoritarianism are ringing loud and clear" he says

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Shansen - famously the founder of antifas wife @srhansen.bsky.social · 8d

I spent well over 10 years battling nonsense like this from antivaxers.

Now people like this are in control of US health - and coming for health and local governments in Aotearoa.

Humanity is absolutely cooked.

#nzpol

Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 9d

Some conspiracy theorists could be gifted a window seat on the International Space Station and still believe the earth is flat and the moon is made of cheese.

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Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 8d

What The Absolute Fuck?
No money for health.
No money for education.
No money for housing.
Attack helicopters?✅️
Alcohol and tobacco companies? ✅️
Landlords?✅️
Tennis venues?✅️
Tennis venues!!
Priorities are fucked, bro.
#nzpol
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Government announces new $15m roof for Auckland's Manuka Doctor Tennis arena

The roof project is the first investment announced as part of the government's $70 million Major Events and Tourism Package.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Morgan Avery 🍔 @themorgan.bsky.social · 8d

for a fuckin month. i hope all the dumb fucks who were tricked into opposing three waters pay double. fuck this shit.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 8d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Toitū te Tiriti 🍉 Dr Seabird @petrelstation.bsky.social · 8d

This 1 million percent 👇👇👇

deb te kawa nō aotearoa @debtekawa-ao.bsky.social · 13d

The government’s stance on Palestine echoes Arendt’s “banality of evil”: officials turning genocide into paperwork and an administrative task; treating a moral abyss as mere policy risk.

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