Kevin Weaver (he/him)
@kevinweav2003.bsky.social
Husband, dad to two great boys, socialist, maths, music, football, books, computing, skiing, kayaking, tai chi, cycling, sci-fi, ...
Thoughts and ramblings my own.
"To each according to his need, from each according to his ability"
Geraldine, New Zealand
Thoughts and ramblings my own.
"To each according to his need, from each according to his ability"
Geraldine, New Zealand
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Watts is absolutely clueless on how Local Government works and what it actually has to support
"A minimum increase is necessary so councils can continue to provide essential services like rubbish collection, council roads maintenance and the management of parks and libraries."
*Management* of, not building or owning.
#NzPol
*Management* of, not building or owning.
#NzPol
Watch: Christopher Luxon faces questions amid speculation over rates cap policy
The government's long-awaited rates cap is likely to start with minimum increases of two percent and a maximum of four percent, and would take effect from the start of 2027.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Watts is absolutely clueless on how Local Government works and what it actually has to support
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I wonder if they include the confidence of the businesses that don't exist any more 🤔
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I wonder if they include the confidence of the businesses that don't exist any more 🤔
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This is a fabulous read. The figures might be specific to the USA, but the principle applies wherever neocapitalism has been applied. Read it, and feel it in your bones.
Mike Green is writing some amazing stuff at the moment. It's not in the delta, it's in the level and the cost structure. Read this and you will understand Angrynomics on a new level: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This is a fabulous read. The figures might be specific to the USA, but the principle applies wherever neocapitalism has been applied. Read it, and feel it in your bones.
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You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We are paying more for worse ferries
A $596m deal on top of the $300m contract break we had on two better ferries for $550m
$nzpol
iRex was slated to cost about $2bn for 100 year infrastructure
A $596m deal on top of the $300m contract break we had on two better ferries for $550m
$nzpol
iRex was slated to cost about $2bn for 100 year infrastructure
A $600 million deal with a Chinese shipyard will bring the cost of replacing the Interislander ferries to $1.86b. How does this stack up with the cancelled iRex project?
Replacing Cook Strait ferries to cost $1.86b
A $600 million deal with a Chinese shipyard will bring the cost of replacing the Interislander ferries to $1.86b. How does this stack up with the cancelled iRex project?
dlvr.it
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
We are paying more for worse ferries
A $596m deal on top of the $300m contract break we had on two better ferries for $550m
$nzpol
iRex was slated to cost about $2bn for 100 year infrastructure
A $596m deal on top of the $300m contract break we had on two better ferries for $550m
$nzpol
iRex was slated to cost about $2bn for 100 year infrastructure
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“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
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Narrator - they were to blame
NZ’s electric car sales dropped 70% last year while global sales rose, but the Transport Minister says his policies aren’t to blame.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/18/g...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/18/g...
Behind the Govt's urgent move to make it cheaper to import dirty cars
Analysis: NZ's electric car sales dropped 70% last year while global sales rose, but the Transport Minister says his policies aren't to blame, writes Marc Daalder
newsroom.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Narrator - they were to blame
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Any man who calls a woman “piggy” is a fucking pig. Any man in a position of power who calls a woman “piggy” is a cowardly, misogynistic, weak, fucking pig.
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Any man who calls a woman “piggy” is a fucking pig. Any man in a position of power who calls a woman “piggy” is a cowardly, misogynistic, weak, fucking pig.
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The Government is banning new patients from being prescribed the most common form of puberty blocker and is explicitly aligning NZ's future policy on this matter to the UK's. PR below.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The Government is banning new patients from being prescribed the most common form of puberty blocker and is explicitly aligning NZ's future policy on this matter to the UK's. PR below.
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In the Shameless Hall of Fame, this is up there with voting against the Biden infrastructure bill and then campaigning on the infrastructure projects in your district.
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In the Shameless Hall of Fame, this is up there with voting against the Biden infrastructure bill and then campaigning on the infrastructure projects in your district.
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This is 100 percent a conflict of interest, this sleaze ball is scared he'll be out of a job at the next election in a contested electorate #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
PM backs minister's 'pragmatic' call to spend Kāinga Ora money on local bridge
Chris Bishop is rejecting criticism over a decision to reallocate funds to a walking and cycling bridge in his electorate.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This is 100 percent a conflict of interest, this sleaze ball is scared he'll be out of a job at the next election in a contested electorate #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Yet more climate change vandalism, Clean Car Standard watered down even more🤦🏻♂️
#nzpol
#nzpol
Watch: PM Christopher Luxon at post-cab conference
The prime minister is speaking at this week's post-cab media conference about more changes to the Clean Car Standard.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Yet more climate change vandalism, Clean Car Standard watered down even more🤦🏻♂️
#nzpol
#nzpol
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#nzpol
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
#nzpol
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
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Our heartfelt congratulations to all of our Uber members and the four drivers - Nureddin, Julian, Bill and Mea’ole.
It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won!
#uber
It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won!
#uber
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Our heartfelt congratulations to all of our Uber members and the four drivers - Nureddin, Julian, Bill and Mea’ole.
It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won!
#uber
It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won!
#uber
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admitting to statutory rape to own the libs
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
admitting to statutory rape to own the libs
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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Righto, we had 50 years of state sanctioned child abuse, we had a former Minster of Immigration under investigation for sexual abuse of children, we have the former Act party pres. convicted of sexual abuse, we had a collection of top police men covering for sex offenders, we had cops making false
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Righto, we had 50 years of state sanctioned child abuse, we had a former Minster of Immigration under investigation for sexual abuse of children, we have the former Act party pres. convicted of sexual abuse, we had a collection of top police men covering for sex offenders, we had cops making false
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Luxon, Mitchell, and Hipkins all failed to apologise in the House to Tamatha Paul today for their derogatory comments about her stating that police on the streets doesn't make people feel safe, and Tamatha has too much grace and class to demand it.
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Luxon, Mitchell, and Hipkins all failed to apologise in the House to Tamatha Paul today for their derogatory comments about her stating that police on the streets doesn't make people feel safe, and Tamatha has too much grace and class to demand it.
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
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Amy Edmondson found that the best hospital teams made MORE mistakes than average teams.
Except they didn't. They just felt safe enough to report them.
If your staff aren't flagging problems, it's not because everything's fine. It's because they don't feel safe speaking up.
#EduSky
Except they didn't. They just felt safe enough to report them.
If your staff aren't flagging problems, it's not because everything's fine. It's because they don't feel safe speaking up.
#EduSky
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Amy Edmondson found that the best hospital teams made MORE mistakes than average teams.
Except they didn't. They just felt safe enough to report them.
If your staff aren't flagging problems, it's not because everything's fine. It's because they don't feel safe speaking up.
#EduSky
Except they didn't. They just felt safe enough to report them.
If your staff aren't flagging problems, it's not because everything's fine. It's because they don't feel safe speaking up.
#EduSky
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
Opting out? Is that a euphemism for there being no jobs for them? #nzpol
Increasing numbers of job seekers opting out of joining the workforce has to be a real concern for politicians.
Growing labour market cracks to dominate next year’s election
newsroom.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Opting out? Is that a euphemism for there being no jobs for them? #nzpol
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Absolutely horror IPCA report on how the Police handled complaints against McSkimming.
A woman, who said she had a sexual relationship with him when she was 21 and he was 40, made complaints about him and instead of taking it seriously they prosecuted her under the HDCA.
A woman, who said she had a sexual relationship with him when she was 21 and he was 40, made complaints about him and instead of taking it seriously they prosecuted her under the HDCA.
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Absolutely horror IPCA report on how the Police handled complaints against McSkimming.
A woman, who said she had a sexual relationship with him when she was 21 and he was 40, made complaints about him and instead of taking it seriously they prosecuted her under the HDCA.
A woman, who said she had a sexual relationship with him when she was 21 and he was 40, made complaints about him and instead of taking it seriously they prosecuted her under the HDCA.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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I watched a clip of Brian Tamaki speaking at the Free Speech Unin AGM, some of the audience appaulded when he called for banning the burka, banning halal, and banning foreign religions.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I watched a clip of Brian Tamaki speaking at the Free Speech Unin AGM, some of the audience appaulded when he called for banning the burka, banning halal, and banning foreign religions.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
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#nzpol Exactly. 🎯💯
Asset sales come up because National's ideologies are not affordable so they can't and won't keep to a budget.
Asset sales come up because National's ideologies are not affordable so they can't and won't keep to a budget.
The question of asset sales seens to arise three or four years after tax cuts.
2010: tax cuts
2014: partial asset sale of powercos & AirNZ
2024: tax cuts
2026/27: asset sales? (If Nats win next year)
The reason is blindingly obvious: tax cuts means less tax revenue.Nats have to make up shortfall.
2010: tax cuts
2014: partial asset sale of powercos & AirNZ
2024: tax cuts
2026/27: asset sales? (If Nats win next year)
The reason is blindingly obvious: tax cuts means less tax revenue.Nats have to make up shortfall.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#nzpol Exactly. 🎯💯
Asset sales come up because National's ideologies are not affordable so they can't and won't keep to a budget.
Asset sales come up because National's ideologies are not affordable so they can't and won't keep to a budget.