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BikerChiwi @bikerchiwi.bsky.social · 11h

So the CoC, facing evidence that privatise utilities have been gouging consumers, want to privatise Chorus?

Wtf.

#nzpol

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 11h

“Deeply disturbed to learn Nigerian flotilla activist Okey SIN Vitalis has gone missing since his abduction from the Freedom Flotilla by the Israeli Occupation Forces

Please raise your voices for this man!

We know how deeply racist the occupation is”

Please share widely - MSM is ignoring

#NZPol

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 11h

Hey guys when climate change starts destroying infrastructure ever more frequently will it be good to have essential things like the internet be privately owned? Asking for a country #nzpol

Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 12h

National-led government wants to privatise core telecommunications infrastructure.

Government mulls possible sale of Chorus

The Finance Minister says with the completion of the ultra-fast broadband fibre initiative, there's no longer a policy reason for the Crown to own Chorus.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

"Absolutely universally fucked" @clrenney.bsky.social

#nzpol

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bJ3...

#BHN The policy kicking 18/19-year-olds off jobseeker is "absolutely universally f**ked"

YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

www.youtube.com

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 1d

Andrew Hoggard says he will allow cancer-linked glyphosate to be increased by 100 x in our food production.

He's also ignored a High Court order telling farmers to remove cruel farming practices around pigs - extending the 2025 due date out by 10 years. This is ACT #nzpol #kiwi

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 1d

#nzpol

GOOD NEWS ALERT 🚨

Today the government relented to pressure from the @livingwageaotearoa.bsky.social and retained the requirement for contracted workers to be paid at least the Living Wage rate in Government Contracts. Around 5,000 workers will likely benefit from this decision

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JessTerraformEarth 🌏 💚 🌈 💧 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇳🇿 @jessterraformearth.bsky.social · 1d

'The state-owned electricity companies have seen revenue increase by $1.7b more than expected. This was “largely due to stronger sales revenue earned by the electricity generators and retailers,” the report says.'

WHO PAID FOR THE ELECTRICITY REVENUE?!?!?! #nzpol

a man in a suit is pointing at the camera with the words `` it 's you '' written below him .

Alt: a man in a suit is pointing at the camera with the words `` it 's you '' written below him .

media.tenor.com

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 1d

It's unbelievable that this article

"Government’s books show finance minister borrowing billions to keep the lights on"

does not once mention the $12to$14Billion tax cut cost they are borrowing to cover, nor the Billions they stole from Pay Equity Fund #NZPol

Government’s books show finance minister borrowing billions to keep the lights on

Treasury has revealed the state of the Government’s finances and it shows we’re borrowing just to keep the lights on.

www.stuff.co.nz

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LostArcNZ @lostarcnz.bsky.social · 1d

Was reminded both on TV and earlier by my wife that it was protests outside politician's homes that stopped the Dawn Raids. With our politicians increasingly curating where they are available, I am unsure how I feel about it being a criminal act to protest outside someone's home.

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Treen | Toitū Te Tiriti @heyren519.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
#nzpol
18,457 babies and children. We have been forced into complicity with this horror. 18,457 babies and children.

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 1d

Video of Joseph Bray, spokesperson for @peaceactnotautahi.bsky.social , being arrested for ostensively touching the wall of Te Pae

Around 35 people were arrested yesterday while protesting violence in Gaza and NZs part in it

#NZPol

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 1d

The PM insists teens can find work by simply ‘getting off the couch’ – but industry leaders and youth advocates say he’s out of touch, writes Catherine McGregor

Luxon’s job claims met with disbelief amid shrinking youth labour market #nzpol

Luxon’s job claims met with disbelief amid shrinking youth labour market

The PM insists teens can find work by simply 'getting off the couch' – but industry leaders and youth advocates say he's out of touch.

thespinoff.co.nz

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 1d

I will once again note that the current NZ government, and Peters in particular, are doing a milder version of this RIGHT NOW and even the supposedly sensible Spinoff described it all as Peters getting his groove back. Absolutely complicit. #nzpol

Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 4d

This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 1d

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Another absolute clanger of a policy from Luxon & Co. #NZPol

"Should the Jobseeker benefit for teens depend on their parents' income?".
The poll was conducted by Stuff.
72% of respondents answered "No".
21% of respondents answered "Yes".
8% of respondents were "Not sure".

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 1d

As Nicky Hager details here, NZ is worryingly far more involved in planning with the US and UK for military attacks against China than previously revealed.

AoNZ should not be part of this!
#nzpol

newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/09/s...

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 2d

We're taking our power back. Sign our open letter to bring Aotearoa New Zealand's energy market back into public ownership. #nzpol

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 2d

#nzpol A timely reminder to take extra care when voting in these local government elections.

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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 2d

Mini-Hoon: Ganesh Nana on a failing 'strategy'. Just ahead of today's 50 basis point rate cut by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, I spoke to economist Ganesh Ahirao about the Government's fiscally-tight & failing approach to economic management. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/mini-hoon-...

Mini-Hoon: Ganesh Nana on a failing 'strategy'

Just ahead of today's 50 basis point rate cut by the RBNZ, I spoke to economist Ganesh Nana about the Government's fiscally-tight & failing approach to economic management

thekaka.substack.com

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 2d

More risk management challenges confronting NZ Government! Do you think they're up to it? 🌀🌪🌩🌊

It's not just the environmental risk but the financial and economic costs foreshadowed in the report! 😱💰💰💰
#NZpol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds

NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds

www.theguardian.com

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♿ hiding from plagues - Always masked - N95 or bust @smollestbunny2.bsky.social · 2d

Nz greens being smeared updated saved list of links (not in chronological order)

#nzpol

Greens being smeared by the media nz | Underclass Aotearoa NZ

www.patreon.com

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Weird how this isn't the headline.. any stats on a first term PM being less popular than the opposition leader ? #nzpol

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 2d

This strong Green Party showing is why they're trying so hard to attack Chlöe Swarbrick, and blame the actions of that one adult man (crowbar man) on her, instead of it being his own stupidness in response to Winston Peter's undefendable position on the genocide that Israel is committing. #nzpol

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 2d

#nzpol The Reserve Bank has cut the official cash rate by 0.5%. That sounds great. But banks only cut interest rates that much when the economy is in trouble - and not when things are going well. This cut is a sign of economic weakness, not strength. A 😄🧵

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DudeWTF @dudeseriouslywtf.bsky.social · 2d

#SimeonBrown #SimonCourt #DavidSeymour #WinstonPeters #ChristopherLuxon #nzpol
#Freepalestine #genocide

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City Vision @cityvision.bsky.social · 2d

Why are National party aligned C&R cozying up to conspiracy theorists and enabling harassment?
This is an epic thread by @connorsharp.bsky.social on the red flags and toxic behaviour we have encountered this local government election #nzpol

Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 3d

Get your local election votes in by noon on Saturday! Why? To ensure a great future for your city, of course. And also, to help make politics civil again. We owe it to each other to lift the standard of discourse, keep it evidence-based, and avoid falling for conspiracy and abuse. Here’s the thing🧵

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