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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 1h

The word they’re looking for is kidnapped. Not detained, kidnapped.

NZ flotilla members detained by Israeli forces arrive back in Auckland

The three New Zealanders were welcomed at Auckland International Airport by a crowd of supporters.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Andrew R @andrewr4.womcats.com · 10h

When you play Monopoly, one of the first things to buy are the utilities - cash cows without competition.

Selling CHORUS is D U M B

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𝕯𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖘™ @dallasbarnett.com · 1h

Off the top rope.

the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 2h

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 1h

“The committee reported back on Friday, recommending “by majority” that it be passed.”

As Emeritus professor Jane Kelsey says, “this has the potential to be our ideologically driven version of the Trump administration.”

The progression of the RSB needs more scrutiny than a Friday night news dump.

The Act leader's proposed legislation has been contentious for a list of reasons.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social · 53m

$13m (probably more) UNDERFUNDING!

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 2h

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

"We fired everyone and now we're in the shit so lets pay consultants and contractors twice what we were paying our well trained experienced staff"

Are we done with this clown show yet?

#nzpol

Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 1d

Comment: Minister Judith Collins has relaxed constraints on consultants spend, after the public sector massively over-delivered on promised spending cuts ... and the Govt work-rate slowed accordingly.

Public spend on consultants slashed – but not to those embedded deep in govt

newsroom.co.nz

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UrbanAKL @urbanakl.bsky.social · 3h

I count five sentences of fluff, just to highlight that:

"the Greens' director of communications... announced he was resigning from his role to take a break..."

Is shitting on the Greens more profitable than actual scandals from the coalition govt?

#Nzpol

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 4h

Green Party loses another staffer

The party's director of communications has resigned.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 4h

Some quiet reading for Simeon Brown.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5h

“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social · 12h

Couple of things.

Closing areas? Yeah that worked out real well during the Parliament occupation huh.

Restoring rights?
Police never had this right in the first place. Hence the court decision.
You mean "rewriting the law to give police rights they don't fukn need"

#nzpol

Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 1d

WTF?

www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gove...

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 1d

And, to be clear, both proposals worry me:
1. legislating police power to take photographs
2. allowing police to close areas due to antisocial behaviour or risks to public safety etc.
The latter is extraordinarily worrying discretionary power.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 3h

I'm starting a secret society and--fuck

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🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 𝚍𝚋𝚊 𝙱𝚊𝚍 𝙱𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 8h

Finally figured it out

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 9h

Latest benefits data is out. More detail later, but suffice to say that we are going to need some new forecasts.

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 6h

It would be great if the media also treated the rhetoric from our co-Deputy Prime Minister that lead to these threats with the same vigour and gusto they used when haranguing the Greens over the attack of his house.

Has any reporter reached out to Peters for comment? #nzpol

nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 6h

I’m pleased to see the police are taking the threats against Doyle seriously. I hope the courts do as well.
Maybe a couple of convictions with fines and/or a bit of jail time will have a chilling effect on online incitement and harassment.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Man charged after string of death threats made against MP

A 19-year-old man has been charged.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 9h

No wonder they gotta clamp down on the teenagers what a
disaster govt

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 9h

Latest benefits data is out. More detail later, but suffice to say that we are going to need some new forecasts.

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chairmanknow @chairmanknow.bsky.social · 2h

Mum and dad investors?

Piss off we know how that works out, a Chorus of rentier profits and shit service at our expense

#nzpol

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 2h

#NZpol Beyond stupid

BVV to close cone hotline after she’s worked out how things work, and having learnt,

“but they [contractors] are actually following what they were told to do”

Like she could have simply asked how things work first.

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

newsroom.co.nz

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 2h

There should be 6 o’clock news coverage of this fact and a very public apology from peters and the rest of them who leapt to blame and inflame. #nzpol

Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 4h

1. So- #WinstonPeters Girlfriend’s house #Window was a #burglar - NOT protestors & nothing to do with #NZGreens.

Peters, like Seymour, & the rest of the Coalition, seems to have become a master of #misinformation #lies & #deception

#nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Man accused of burglary at Winston Peters’ house pleads not guilty, keeps name secret

The man pleaded not guilty and is not allowed to go within 1km of Winston Peters’ home.

www.stuff.co.nz

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beccadownes @beccadownes.bsky.social · 2h

Huh. Who could have predicted that once all the experienced staff were fired, work would slow down and, needing experience, those same staff would be hired back at consulting rates... [Shocked Pikachu face]

Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 1d

Comment: Minister Judith Collins has relaxed constraints on consultants spend, after the public sector massively over-delivered on promised spending cuts ... and the Govt work-rate slowed accordingly.

Public spend on consultants slashed – but not to those embedded deep in govt

newsroom.co.nz

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 2h

Wages are too low

That's it, that's the post

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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 2h

"Hudson told Stuff his client wanted to be clear that he was not part of any protest activity outside Peters’ house"

So will Winston do the decent thing and apologise?

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 4h

What's Seymour going to do about government truancy !

#nzpol

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 6h

Selling off productive publicly owned companies/infrastructure to reduce govt debt is like selling off your car to reduce your mortgage, then taking an uber/taxi to work each day.

Sure you have lower debts, but it costs more in the long run.

#nzpol

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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 2h

A prominent New Zealander has some opinions. www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

Exclusive: Peter Thiel in talk on 'Antichrist' says he told Elon Musk not to give wealth to charity

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and early supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has urged long-time associate Elon Musk to quit the Giving Pledge under which signatories leave the majority of their wealth to charity.

www.reuters.com

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