@shortiewaswo.bsky.social
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That's a BILLION DOLLARS this government is underspending in health. A BILLION DOLLARS taken out of healthcare!
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
Hospitals asked to save $510 millions despite $538 million going unspent
Hospitals asked to save $510 millions despite $538 million going unspent
The "underspend" was due in part to unfilled vacancies and the fact Health NZ has yet to settle collective contract disputes.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
That's a BILLION DOLLARS this government is underspending in health. A BILLION DOLLARS taken out of healthcare!
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
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Everytime John Campbell's name comes up, NZME's chief gaslighter is gonna mention a single media council complaint about him criticising the coalition govt (which he was 100% accurate about, btw). Meanwhile Currie oversees Right-wing Bias Central & was happy for Lloyd Burr to be proposed as a host.
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Everytime John Campbell's name comes up, NZME's chief gaslighter is gonna mention a single media council complaint about him criticising the coalition govt (which he was 100% accurate about, btw). Meanwhile Currie oversees Right-wing Bias Central & was happy for Lloyd Burr to be proposed as a host.
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This should be a much, much bigger story. Commitments of tens of billions of dollars are being made to dubious projects without us being allowed to know anything about how decisions are being made. It's literally the future of the nation.
The RoNS: “the most complex & expensive infrastructure programme in NZ’s recent history.”
A $56B programme… with a $49B shortfall. And all signs point to low-to-no-value for public money.
Given the huge public interest, why are the details being kept from the public, asks @connorsharp.bsky.social?
A $56B programme… with a $49B shortfall. And all signs point to low-to-no-value for public money.
Given the huge public interest, why are the details being kept from the public, asks @connorsharp.bsky.social?
What's in the RoNS files? - Greater Auckland
Earlier this week, Te Waihanga, The Infrastructure Commission, called for Over the last couple of months, I’ve been trying to obtain information on the advice given to decision-makers about the RoNS. ...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This should be a much, much bigger story. Commitments of tens of billions of dollars are being made to dubious projects without us being allowed to know anything about how decisions are being made. It's literally the future of the nation.
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Hi. I am not reading this and I am posting this image of this to warn you in the same way someone who's been exposed to a lethal dose of radiation would desparately deter anyone else from getting irradiated.
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Hi. I am not reading this and I am posting this image of this to warn you in the same way someone who's been exposed to a lethal dose of radiation would desparately deter anyone else from getting irradiated.
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So the hotline’s 12 month budget was $400k. If we generously assume it spent only $200k given it operated for half of that time, that’s still $1000 per road cone removed. Nutty waste of money from the Coalition. 🤦♂️
December 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
So the hotline’s 12 month budget was $400k. If we generously assume it spent only $200k given it operated for half of that time, that’s still $1000 per road cone removed. Nutty waste of money from the Coalition. 🤦♂️
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I see Bishop's justification for merging all them ministries is that they often give politicians different advice over different issues.
Firstly, yeah, no shit. Secondly, what do you think the minister's job is?
Firstly, yeah, no shit. Secondly, what do you think the minister's job is?
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I see Bishop's justification for merging all them ministries is that they often give politicians different advice over different issues.
Firstly, yeah, no shit. Secondly, what do you think the minister's job is?
Firstly, yeah, no shit. Secondly, what do you think the minister's job is?
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Guess the govt has no confidence its policies will improve homelessness any time soon - so better just make it invisible instead 😡
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Guess the govt has no confidence its policies will improve homelessness any time soon - so better just make it invisible instead 😡
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The government is prepared to spend who knows how much on an entirely unnecessary amalgamation of ministries, but is steadily nickle and diming away small and useful programmes like the FluTracking survey.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Min of Health has decided not to continue with the FluTracking survey each week from next year.
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The government is prepared to spend who knows how much on an entirely unnecessary amalgamation of ministries, but is steadily nickle and diming away small and useful programmes like the FluTracking survey.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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YES the new mega-ministry is patently absurd YES National never campaigned on anything like it YES it won't work YES we all know it won't work BUT have you considered how Chris Bishop's dream of being Steven Joyce has come true today???? and that's surely worth all the chaos and redundancies
December 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
YES the new mega-ministry is patently absurd YES National never campaigned on anything like it YES it won't work YES we all know it won't work BUT have you considered how Chris Bishop's dream of being Steven Joyce has come true today???? and that's surely worth all the chaos and redundancies
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Even worse, they are proposing to:
❌️ limit the number of subsidised trips a user can take
❌️make it harder and more bureaucratic to use
❌️limit it to wheelchair users only
❌️exploit Uber drivers more
It's a sh*tty proposal and will severely limit the ability of disabled ppl to get out and about
❌️ limit the number of subsidised trips a user can take
❌️make it harder and more bureaucratic to use
❌️limit it to wheelchair users only
❌️exploit Uber drivers more
It's a sh*tty proposal and will severely limit the ability of disabled ppl to get out and about
December 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Even worse, they are proposing to:
❌️ limit the number of subsidised trips a user can take
❌️make it harder and more bureaucratic to use
❌️limit it to wheelchair users only
❌️exploit Uber drivers more
It's a sh*tty proposal and will severely limit the ability of disabled ppl to get out and about
❌️ limit the number of subsidised trips a user can take
❌️make it harder and more bureaucratic to use
❌️limit it to wheelchair users only
❌️exploit Uber drivers more
It's a sh*tty proposal and will severely limit the ability of disabled ppl to get out and about
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On this Friday in Kirikiriroa Hamilton for any locals. Come support trans kids on the day the puberty blocker ban comes into effect
December 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
On this Friday in Kirikiriroa Hamilton for any locals. Come support trans kids on the day the puberty blocker ban comes into effect
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Final new thought on this, but the reason it works when Zohran Mamdani says 'I'm only making promises I can keep' and it's not working here is that Mamdani's policy pledges are still aspirational. The things he's promising are meaningful improvements on the status quo and will genuinely help
"We've had a series of governments now who have encouraged people to be aspirational for New Zealand and have promised things that have been completely unrealistic. ... I'm not going to fall into that trap."
#NzPol
#NzPol
'Opportunity to stamp my own mark': Chris Hipkins promises a different Labour
The last election saw Labour's six years in government come to an end, and Hipkins returning to the opposition benches just 10 months after becoming prime minister.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Final new thought on this, but the reason it works when Zohran Mamdani says 'I'm only making promises I can keep' and it's not working here is that Mamdani's policy pledges are still aspirational. The things he's promising are meaningful improvements on the status quo and will genuinely help
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Just to be clear what is (and isn’t) happening here. The Govt MPs are empowering a select committee with a majority of its MPs on it to stuff more things into the government’s bill, because these things procedurally couldn’t be included in the bill when introduced.
Crimes bill adds things outside the usual rules
Parliament has been pushing hard, rushing through bills and working under urgency all week. In that scramble, one bill bypassed the rules, adding things not usually allowed.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Just to be clear what is (and isn’t) happening here. The Govt MPs are empowering a select committee with a majority of its MPs on it to stuff more things into the government’s bill, because these things procedurally couldn’t be included in the bill when introduced.
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Doubly offensive because the architects are never the ones sitting out on the beam
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Doubly offensive because the architects are never the ones sitting out on the beam
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I've been doing a bunch of media about Australia's social media ban for under 16s this week.
NZ looks likely to follow.
Before we copy-paste a ban, here’s what actually matters (imo) 👇
#nzpol
NZ looks likely to follow.
Before we copy-paste a ban, here’s what actually matters (imo) 👇
#nzpol
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I've been doing a bunch of media about Australia's social media ban for under 16s this week.
NZ looks likely to follow.
Before we copy-paste a ban, here’s what actually matters (imo) 👇
#nzpol
NZ looks likely to follow.
Before we copy-paste a ban, here’s what actually matters (imo) 👇
#nzpol
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Rich people, with a WEALTH TAX
#nzpol
#nzpol
Richard Prebble: If the Govt will not sell ‘assets’, who pays for safer roads and bridges?
OPINION: The Government now faces a structural deficit as climate costs loom.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Rich people, with a WEALTH TAX
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Good 🧵 about the difference in the way National treats Act compared to how Labour treats its potential coalition partners.
#nzpol
#nzpol
I really think a lot of centre-left Labour-supporting people, if they truly want to change the government *and* get genuine progressive/left policies over the line, need to brush up on the history of the ACT Party
I'm quite serious
I'm quite serious
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Good 🧵 about the difference in the way National treats Act compared to how Labour treats its potential coalition partners.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
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The only thing that's unsustainable on this planet is wealth being hoarded to such an extent that it encroaches on research, development, and education that would resolve all of our societal issues.
Immigration isn't unsustainable, being a rich cunt is.
Immigration isn't unsustainable, being a rich cunt is.
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The only thing that's unsustainable on this planet is wealth being hoarded to such an extent that it encroaches on research, development, and education that would resolve all of our societal issues.
Immigration isn't unsustainable, being a rich cunt is.
Immigration isn't unsustainable, being a rich cunt is.
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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It's always been bullshit, and this current incarnation has really highlighted this. And two years in, voters need to stop buying their "It's Labours mess" lies. #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government finances worse than expected as tax take falls
Treasury figures show a deficit about $700m higher than forecast.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It's always been bullshit, and this current incarnation has really highlighted this. And two years in, voters need to stop buying their "It's Labours mess" lies. #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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📢 New Post
Kids at Haeata were served mouldy, unsafe lunches. Instead of taking responsibility, Seymour attacked.
This is classic DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender.
Our kids deserve better lunches.
We deserve better politicians.
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Kids at Haeata were served mouldy, unsafe lunches. Instead of taking responsibility, Seymour attacked.
This is classic DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender.
Our kids deserve better lunches.
We deserve better politicians.
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Seymour attacks a School Principal instead of addressing his providers mouldy school meals
The DARVO by ACT does not augur well
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
📢 New Post
Kids at Haeata were served mouldy, unsafe lunches. Instead of taking responsibility, Seymour attacked.
This is classic DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender.
Our kids deserve better lunches.
We deserve better politicians.
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Kids at Haeata were served mouldy, unsafe lunches. Instead of taking responsibility, Seymour attacked.
This is classic DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender.
Our kids deserve better lunches.
We deserve better politicians.
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
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🧵 about how this government is gaslighting us on their intent to honour climate change targets. #nzpol
It's sad that this important issue is seemed as too abstract/long term for most voters to care about. This really should be a guarantee that we have a one-term government currently in power. 🤦♂️
It's sad that this important issue is seemed as too abstract/long term for most voters to care about. This really should be a guarantee that we have a one-term government currently in power. 🤦♂️
Analysis: Finance Minister Nicola Willis effectively confirmed Tuesday that New Zealand will not meet its 2030 climate target under the Paris Agreement under the current Government’s policies.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/03/g...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/03/g...
Govt accused of breaching Paris climate deal after Willis rules out buying credits
Analysis: Finance Minister Nicola Willis effectively confirmed New Zealand will not meet its 2030 climate target under the current Govt's policies.
newsroom.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🧵 about how this government is gaslighting us on their intent to honour climate change targets. #nzpol
It's sad that this important issue is seemed as too abstract/long term for most voters to care about. This really should be a guarantee that we have a one-term government currently in power. 🤦♂️
It's sad that this important issue is seemed as too abstract/long term for most voters to care about. This really should be a guarantee that we have a one-term government currently in power. 🤦♂️
