Mandy Hager
@mandyh.bsky.social
Writer, Greenie Granny worrying for my grandkids future
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January 23, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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This is sad for those who are experiencing delays in getting medical assistance.
HOWEVER, this is what is to be expected when a govt choses to eliminate jobs of essential frontline healthcare workers in order to fund tax cuts for landlords, the tobacco lobby and their wealthy cronies. #nzpol
HOWEVER, this is what is to be expected when a govt choses to eliminate jobs of essential frontline healthcare workers in order to fund tax cuts for landlords, the tobacco lobby and their wealthy cronies. #nzpol
Nurses and doctors ‘in tears’ as ED goes into code red four times in one night
More than 200 patients turned up at Wellington Hospital’s Emergency Department on Tuesday.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This is sad for those who are experiencing delays in getting medical assistance.
HOWEVER, this is what is to be expected when a govt choses to eliminate jobs of essential frontline healthcare workers in order to fund tax cuts for landlords, the tobacco lobby and their wealthy cronies. #nzpol
HOWEVER, this is what is to be expected when a govt choses to eliminate jobs of essential frontline healthcare workers in order to fund tax cuts for landlords, the tobacco lobby and their wealthy cronies. #nzpol
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I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say this election will be the last chance we have to do anything about the foundation laying for control and the erosion of democratic norms that has taken place at warp speed over the last couple of years.
Another term will embed new norms and a deep, unyielding rot.
Another term will embed new norms and a deep, unyielding rot.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Cautionary tales everywhere Aotearoa… will we wait til it gets as bad as the US before you take to the streets and shut this facist government down? #nzpol
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Cautionary tales everywhere Aotearoa… will we wait til it gets as bad as the US before you take to the streets and shut this facist government down? #nzpol
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Let’s not forget this is where our govt wants to head, as it continues to throw everything at burning as many fossil fuels as it can. Someone tell the good people of Papamoa, Mt Maunganui, Matakaoa, Tairāwhiti, Oākura
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#nzpol
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Homeowners warned weather-event buyouts may cease in 20 years
An independent reference group has delivered guidelines to help the government shape climate adaptation legislation.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Let’s not forget this is where our govt wants to head, as it continues to throw everything at burning as many fossil fuels as it can. Someone tell the good people of Papamoa, Mt Maunganui, Matakaoa, Tairāwhiti, Oākura
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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So basically much higher inflation than 3% in the things people can’t avoid paying, but a fall in discretionary purchase prices (due to fall in demand due to belt tightening?) offsetting it. The CPI doesn’t reflect reality for many AoNZers. #nzpol
Electricity prices rose 12.2%, gas prices rose 16.2%. Food prices rose 4.3%, with meat prices up 8.2% and dairy and egg prices up 9.8%. Telecom services prices grew 7%. Overall inflation is helped by falling prices of audio-visual equipment (-18.5%) and games, toys and hobbies (-5.8%).
January 23, 2026 at 5:59 AM
So basically much higher inflation than 3% in the things people can’t avoid paying, but a fall in discretionary purchase prices (due to fall in demand due to belt tightening?) offsetting it. The CPI doesn’t reflect reality for many AoNZers. #nzpol
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We are about to witness the entire NZ media establishment make the same errors that the entire US media establishment made over the last 9yrs
Every batshit crazy utterance from our populist leaders will be reported without challenge to its veracity.
They‘ll just copy paste.
Sod the masses.
#nzpol
Every batshit crazy utterance from our populist leaders will be reported without challenge to its veracity.
They‘ll just copy paste.
Sod the masses.
#nzpol
January 23, 2026 at 7:18 AM
We are about to witness the entire NZ media establishment make the same errors that the entire US media establishment made over the last 9yrs
Every batshit crazy utterance from our populist leaders will be reported without challenge to its veracity.
They‘ll just copy paste.
Sod the masses.
#nzpol
Every batshit crazy utterance from our populist leaders will be reported without challenge to its veracity.
They‘ll just copy paste.
Sod the masses.
#nzpol
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Seems we added record heat to the ocean last year. A warmer ocean means more water vapour in the atmospher, and supercharges weather events #nzpol
www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026...
www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026...
Ocean absorbs record heat, fuelling extreme weather – University of Auckland
More heat accumulated in the ocean in 2025 than in any year since modern measurements began, says climate scientist Dr Kevin Trenberth.
www.auckland.ac.nz
January 23, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Seems we added record heat to the ocean last year. A warmer ocean means more water vapour in the atmospher, and supercharges weather events #nzpol
www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026...
www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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“, with election year looming, Peters used his speech to attract votes - saying NZ First was the party that had done the most for Maori in the last half-century.”
Rubbish. Like Act & National, NZ First voted thru policies that have taken Māori backwards.
#nzpol
Rubbish. Like Act & National, NZ First voted thru policies that have taken Māori backwards.
#nzpol
Rātana: Māori willing to work with any political party, says Kiingitanga's Rahui Papa
Politicians were welcomed to Rātana Pa with a pōwhiri this afternoon.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 6:04 PM
“, with election year looming, Peters used his speech to attract votes - saying NZ First was the party that had done the most for Maori in the last half-century.”
Rubbish. Like Act & National, NZ First voted thru policies that have taken Māori backwards.
#nzpol
Rubbish. Like Act & National, NZ First voted thru policies that have taken Māori backwards.
#nzpol
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Indeed.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Aotearoa New Zealand : "Newsroom has been supplied Adrian Orr’s exit agreement revealing he was barred from disparaging the Reserve Bank, its directors, and Nicola Willis – and the gagging order was potentially even more far-reaching".
#nzpol
#nzpol
Orr what? Ex-Reserve Bank Governor's tenuous restraint of trade payout
Update:Newsroom has been supplied Adrian Orr's exit agreement revealing he was barred from disparaging the Reserve Bank, its directors, and Nicola Willis – and the gagging order was potentially even m...
newsroom.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Indeed.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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#NZpol Not the first time Peters is playing for the VFF crowd – who on realising in the run up to the election they’d never get in, sought someone to carry their "message" in parliament.
They’re a tiny minority of NZ, yet Luxon allowed Peters to put things to WHO that don’t represent NZ as a whole.
They’re a tiny minority of NZ, yet Luxon allowed Peters to put things to WHO that don’t represent NZ as a whole.
January 23, 2026 at 6:37 PM
#NZpol Not the first time Peters is playing for the VFF crowd – who on realising in the run up to the election they’d never get in, sought someone to carry their "message" in parliament.
They’re a tiny minority of NZ, yet Luxon allowed Peters to put things to WHO that don’t represent NZ as a whole.
They’re a tiny minority of NZ, yet Luxon allowed Peters to put things to WHO that don’t represent NZ as a whole.
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Enough is enough, this government are literally killing us with their cuts.
All this, and inflation is INCREASING
#nzpol
All this, and inflation is INCREASING
#nzpol
Nurses and doctors ‘in tears’ as ED goes into code red four times in one night
More than 200 patients turned up at Wellington Hospital’s Emergency Department on Tuesday.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Enough is enough, this government are literally killing us with their cuts.
All this, and inflation is INCREASING
#nzpol
All this, and inflation is INCREASING
#nzpol
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I'm on the Coromandel Peninsula, and what else is there to do when unable to leave but write about the weather and climate change:
drbex.substack.com/p/climate-ch...
drbex.substack.com/p/climate-ch...
Climate change impacts are here now
We need to plan and act
drbex.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I'm on the Coromandel Peninsula, and what else is there to do when unable to leave but write about the weather and climate change:
drbex.substack.com/p/climate-ch...
drbex.substack.com/p/climate-ch...
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This summer sponsored by BP
January 22, 2026 at 9:24 PM
This summer sponsored by BP
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Our billionaire Treasury Secretary called Denmark “irrelevant.” Hmm.
Unlike the US, in Denmark, health care & college are free, the starting wage is $22 an hour, paid parental leave is 1 year, paid vacation is 6 weeks & all workers get pensions.
That seems very relevant to me.
Unlike the US, in Denmark, health care & college are free, the starting wage is $22 an hour, paid parental leave is 1 year, paid vacation is 6 weeks & all workers get pensions.
That seems very relevant to me.
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Our billionaire Treasury Secretary called Denmark “irrelevant.” Hmm.
Unlike the US, in Denmark, health care & college are free, the starting wage is $22 an hour, paid parental leave is 1 year, paid vacation is 6 weeks & all workers get pensions.
That seems very relevant to me.
Unlike the US, in Denmark, health care & college are free, the starting wage is $22 an hour, paid parental leave is 1 year, paid vacation is 6 weeks & all workers get pensions.
That seems very relevant to me.
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Every Nation in the World Should Reject Trump's Absurd and Dangerous 'Board of Peace' | "The so-called “Board of Peace” being created by President Donald Trump is profoundly degrading to the pursuit of peace and to any nation that would lend it legitimacy."
Every Nation in the World Should Reject Trump's Absurd and Dangerous 'Board of Peace'
Refusal to join will be an act of national self-respect. The UN-based international order, however flawed, should be repaired through law and cooperation, not replaced by a gilded caricature.
www.commondreams.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Every Nation in the World Should Reject Trump's Absurd and Dangerous 'Board of Peace' | "The so-called “Board of Peace” being created by President Donald Trump is profoundly degrading to the pursuit of peace and to any nation that would lend it legitimacy."
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My simple hypothesis: elect the helpers, not the hustlers.
January 22, 2026 at 5:35 AM
My simple hypothesis: elect the helpers, not the hustlers.
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Some reporter needs to ask Luxon today "You started the year (eventually) by campaigning for your continued leadership of the nation. But time and again you show no aptitude or interest in actually leading. Are you sure you actually want this job?"
#nzpol
#nzpol
January 22, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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The Government emboldened racists when it fails to censure or disagree with the racist comments of its own Ministers. It isn’t about the rockpools the racism was already there. The rock pools like covid are just an excuse for racists to let rip again. This is us. #nzpol
Racist threats made to Asian communities accused of stripping Whangaparāoa rockpools
Calls for Asians to be deported and threats of physical violence are among some of the latest comments.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 20, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The Government emboldened racists when it fails to censure or disagree with the racist comments of its own Ministers. It isn’t about the rockpools the racism was already there. The rock pools like covid are just an excuse for racists to let rip again. This is us. #nzpol
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In today’s Chorus for paying subs, David Seymour says the quiet part out loud. He’s favour more housing supply in densified developments, just not near his constituents in the leafy inner-city suburbs, and not in a way that would reduce house prices. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/seymour-fi...
Seymour fights for pool owners' property rights
ACT Leader & Epsom MP opposes housing densification around his constituents' pools in leafy inner-city suburbs, but is fine with densification elsewhere; Election date due; Fletcher stops building
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January 20, 2026 at 6:41 PM
In today’s Chorus for paying subs, David Seymour says the quiet part out loud. He’s favour more housing supply in densified developments, just not near his constituents in the leafy inner-city suburbs, and not in a way that would reduce house prices. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/seymour-fi...
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Bracing and clear eyed assessment from Carney, who understands you can’t beg your way off the menu.
Please pay attention, AoNZ, as we head into this next election.
Luxon’s neoliberal nonsense and Winston’s appeasement will be our ruin.
#nzpol
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Please pay attention, AoNZ, as we head into this next election.
Luxon’s neoliberal nonsense and Winston’s appeasement will be our ruin.
#nzpol
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
'The old order is not coming back,' Carney says in provocative speech at Davos | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank assessment of how he views the world in a provocative speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, where he said the longstanding U.S.-led, rules-based intern...
www.cbc.ca
January 20, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Bracing and clear eyed assessment from Carney, who understands you can’t beg your way off the menu.
Please pay attention, AoNZ, as we head into this next election.
Luxon’s neoliberal nonsense and Winston’s appeasement will be our ruin.
#nzpol
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Please pay attention, AoNZ, as we head into this next election.
Luxon’s neoliberal nonsense and Winston’s appeasement will be our ruin.
#nzpol
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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This coalition's constant 'urgency' reads like: 'Destroy the village to save it.' If they return, what will they say needs saving next — and who will pay the price? #nzpol
The first year of the US president's second term has been a whirlwind of activity. What does that mean for democracy?
‘Act fast': How speed defined the start of Donald Trump's second term
The first year of the US president's second term has been a whirlwind of activity. What does that mean for democracy?
www.aljazeera.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:50 PM
This coalition's constant 'urgency' reads like: 'Destroy the village to save it.' If they return, what will they say needs saving next — and who will pay the price? #nzpol
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Please pay attention New Zealand! #nzpol
Tasmania’s hospitals are about to be entirely run by this catholic private healthcare provider who very explicitly will not provide IVF, abortions, vasectomies, or gender affirming care. Access to healthcare is a human right and it should be provided - freely, and to all - by the government.
Hey, AoNZ peeps. You know how weasley Simeon is setting up the health system to be taken over by private operators? Maybe that's not a great idea 🤔
#nzpol
#nzpol
January 20, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Please pay attention New Zealand! #nzpol
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Luxon could learn a lot from Carney. Excellent speach about growing a spine. The rules based trade days are over (and it was partly a lie anyway). It's time for middle economies to action new relationships informed by a values based reality. #nzpol #luxon
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PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos – January 20, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
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January 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Luxon could learn a lot from Carney. Excellent speach about growing a spine. The rules based trade days are over (and it was partly a lie anyway). It's time for middle economies to action new relationships informed by a values based reality. #nzpol #luxon
youtube.com/live/uStuQ-T...
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