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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 10h

One final bit of good news - 234600 people across the motu voted to remove Māori wards, 245800 to keep them - 51.1% of all votes were to keep them, 48.9% not to. The majority of the country that voted were in favour so suck it coalition!

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 13h

6) the same people who vote in this election every time clearly did so again this year and low turnout got them what they wanted.
7) 9 elected Act candidates is 9 too many
8) if the left don’t mobilise, next year is going to be a shitstorm
9) the whole local government system needs an overhaul:

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Cool Hand Fluke @nzrossvideo.bsky.social · 1h

The only people who still cares about what Dunne says are Dunne and whoever keeps paying him at newsroom

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Cool Hand Fluke @nzrossvideo.bsky.social · 1h

Jacinda specifically said that she didn’t like to be called Cindy, which egged them on. Has Willis said the same or are you outraged on her behalf?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Imagine that

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 20h

Nicola Willis promised affordable tax cuts and zero borrowings - OR she would resign.

Instead, Willis borrowed $12,000 million i.e. $12 billion & has created another $8 billion hole in the budget. She's now down $20 billion and counting #nzpol #kiwi

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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 21h

Every A.I. CEO is like “We invented a robot that can fuck your wife so you have more free time to mow the lawn!”

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 20h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Cool Hand Fluke @nzrossvideo.bsky.social · 18h

Ah stink. No dount You’ll find something awesome to do

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Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 19h

This is amazing news ❤️ #TeReoMāori #Aotearoa #nzpol #NewZealand #IndigenousRevival

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 22h

Yes, it's weird that Peter Thiel can't stop talking up the Antichrist.

But look on the bright side—he's also the guy who:

-Gave @jd-vance-1.bsky.social his first VC job
-Funded Vance's firm
-Bought his Senate seat
-Got him the VP slot

Have a nice day!

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

'It was retired in August to make way for the port infrastructure needed for the arrival of two new rail enabled ferries which are due to be delivered in 2029.'

Bullshit, we've not even signed a contract yet, it was *no earlier than*

#nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Aratere set to end its days at recycling shipyard in India, Interislander says

After 26 years of service and 5 million passengers transported, the Interislander is being shipped off.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Pip @pipinotautahi.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if the media was as interested in the Jago coverup and the amount of resources act and David Seymour personally pump into all that name suppression?
Why does the media give Seymour a pass with his 8% discount Temu fascist wannabe bullshit? Why?

UrbanAKL @urbanakl.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

Green Party loses another staffer

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Cool Hand Fluke @nzrossvideo.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah. They saw a soft touch and figured their girl Willis would run the joint.
His slobbering incompetence surprised everybody

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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 1d

Well done media, you achieved this brilliantly, your campaign to nearly completely ignore AKL’s local elections has flowed on to its inevitable outcome. Accelerating your own irrelevance simultaneously -> www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...