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#nzpol The Prime Minister spent longer managing his Spotify Playlists than writing that speech. Nothing new, nothing to help manage growing unemployment, more cuts signalled to government investment. That wasn't a State of the Nation - it was asking people to forget the past two years.
January 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM
#nzpol The Prime Minister spent longer managing his Spotify Playlists than writing that speech. Nothing new, nothing to help manage growing unemployment, more cuts signalled to government investment. That wasn't a State of the Nation - it was asking people to forget the past two years.
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Where is the Government???
Live: Flooding in Northland isolates communities, prompts warnings www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Live: Flooding in Northland isolates communities, prompts warnings www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Live: Flooding in Northland isolates communities, prompts warnings
Some parts of Northland have been isolated after heavy rain, power is out to some places, and drivers have been warned of flooding after heavy rain.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Where is the Government???
Live: Flooding in Northland isolates communities, prompts warnings www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Live: Flooding in Northland isolates communities, prompts warnings www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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New Zealand’s land and sea temperatures in 2025 were the highest in 151 years of records, prompting a new campaign from @climateclubnz.bsky.social to swap one car trip a week to walking, cycling or public transport.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/16/2...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/16/2...
2025 was New Zealand's hottest year on record
Following NZ's hottest-ever year, a new campaign is asking Kiwis to switch just one car trip a week to active or public transport.
newsroom.co.nz
January 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
New Zealand’s land and sea temperatures in 2025 were the highest in 151 years of records, prompting a new campaign from @climateclubnz.bsky.social to swap one car trip a week to walking, cycling or public transport.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/16/2...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/16/2...
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A fraction of this would actually fix our quite fucked rail network, upgrade our passenger and freight ports, and massively reduce the number of trucks on NZ roads - reducing the need to repair and replace them. Hell, we could even throw in some transit to city for all our international airports.
The Government’s transport plans for the coming 20 years will cost more than a quarter of a trillion dollars, the Transport Ministry says.
Transport plans to cost more than quarter of a trillion over 20 years
ebx.sh
January 14, 2026 at 5:03 AM
A fraction of this would actually fix our quite fucked rail network, upgrade our passenger and freight ports, and massively reduce the number of trucks on NZ roads - reducing the need to repair and replace them. Hell, we could even throw in some transit to city for all our international airports.
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look at this charming tauhou / waxeye nest found under a tree, presumably blown out or dislodged by a possum.
horse hair, pig hair (?), moss, small twigs & A FULL HYDRANGEA FLOWER woven in. bless
(photo by anna-lisa gilmore, posted in fb group birds of new zealand. shared here with her permission)
horse hair, pig hair (?), moss, small twigs & A FULL HYDRANGEA FLOWER woven in. bless
(photo by anna-lisa gilmore, posted in fb group birds of new zealand. shared here with her permission)
January 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
look at this charming tauhou / waxeye nest found under a tree, presumably blown out or dislodged by a possum.
horse hair, pig hair (?), moss, small twigs & A FULL HYDRANGEA FLOWER woven in. bless
(photo by anna-lisa gilmore, posted in fb group birds of new zealand. shared here with her permission)
horse hair, pig hair (?), moss, small twigs & A FULL HYDRANGEA FLOWER woven in. bless
(photo by anna-lisa gilmore, posted in fb group birds of new zealand. shared here with her permission)
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once again we are all tapping the sign
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
once again we are all tapping the sign
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The grief the grief the grief.
And the rage and love.
We have it in us to be so much better than this.
And the rage and love.
We have it in us to be so much better than this.
January 8, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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Wish I could internalize this
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Wish I could internalize this
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A rare, but much needed TL cleanse of levity that speaks to and for many of us belonging to the WDNC club. Enjoy:
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A rare, but much needed TL cleanse of levity that speaks to and for many of us belonging to the WDNC club. Enjoy:
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It's that time again. It will be hard to let go.
From Lucille Clifton's book, How to Carry Water: bit.ly/howtocarrywa...
#poem #booksky #writing
From Lucille Clifton's book, How to Carry Water: bit.ly/howtocarrywa...
#poem #booksky #writing
December 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It's that time again. It will be hard to let go.
From Lucille Clifton's book, How to Carry Water: bit.ly/howtocarrywa...
#poem #booksky #writing
From Lucille Clifton's book, How to Carry Water: bit.ly/howtocarrywa...
#poem #booksky #writing
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The only New Year's resolution that matters is you resolving to finally shamble off into the old forest and become the moss draped horror you were always meant to be.
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The only New Year's resolution that matters is you resolving to finally shamble off into the old forest and become the moss draped horror you were always meant to be.
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Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
February 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
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Day 23 - Edward immediately regretted saying that he thought Ethel’s dress was quite an eye watering shade as they took a pre-Christmas stroll. All four of his sisters moved together as one and fixed him with a set of steely glares as they marched past him. 1/2
December 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Day 23 - Edward immediately regretted saying that he thought Ethel’s dress was quite an eye watering shade as they took a pre-Christmas stroll. All four of his sisters moved together as one and fixed him with a set of steely glares as they marched past him. 1/2
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I have always said it, I will continue to say it, we are limiting the productive potential of millions of freaks by demanding they earn a wage to survive instead of enabling them to do whatever thing their brain is broken for
December 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I have always said it, I will continue to say it, we are limiting the productive potential of millions of freaks by demanding they earn a wage to survive instead of enabling them to do whatever thing their brain is broken for
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We've had MMP for 30 fucking years and media/research groups can't help but treat everything as "National-led coalition" vs "Labour-led coalition", and this is honestly one of the biggest failings of our democratic process.
#nzpol
#nzpol
December 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
We've had MMP for 30 fucking years and media/research groups can't help but treat everything as "National-led coalition" vs "Labour-led coalition", and this is honestly one of the biggest failings of our democratic process.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Better things are not possible. Back and forward red blue red blue red..... NZ is on path to continue the decline of material conditions for working class people in the interests of capital. Absolutely paying no attention to the consequences of this elsewhere. Very stupid little country.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Labour has eight-point lead over National in latest poll
Labour has eight-point lead over National in latest poll
The coalition parties would have just 59 seats between them - not enough to hold onto government.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Better things are not possible. Back and forward red blue red blue red..... NZ is on path to continue the decline of material conditions for working class people in the interests of capital. Absolutely paying no attention to the consequences of this elsewhere. Very stupid little country.
#nzpol
#nzpol
"Speaking from his Crown limo, as it glides over the hills...."
Meanwhile, his govt is reducing support for Total Mobility users.
Meanwhile, his govt is reducing support for Total Mobility users.
I thought this was satire. It’s not and it’s beyond the pale. It’s like the worst kind of advertising for a product known to cause harm to consumers that sellers are still pushing. #nzpol
Luxon angry on behalf of NZers that his Govt has stripped of support, rights, healthcare, housing & jobs???
Luxon angry on behalf of NZers that his Govt has stripped of support, rights, healthcare, housing & jobs???
It’s been a challenging year for Christopher Luxon, full of tough trade-offs and a cost-of-living crunch that hounds household budgets. He talks to Newsroom about leadership, getting the fundamentals right, and the challenges of fiscal management.
December 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Speaking from his Crown limo, as it glides over the hills...."
Meanwhile, his govt is reducing support for Total Mobility users.
Meanwhile, his govt is reducing support for Total Mobility users.
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Maybe Chippy just issued his own retirement warrant. I hope so. I want an aspirational, energetic, ambitious government.
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Maybe Chippy just issued his own retirement warrant. I hope so. I want an aspirational, energetic, ambitious government.
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friendly reminder that you didn't waste your year. any moments of happiness or comfort. any small accomplishments, they all matter. this has been a really hard year, and simply surviving is something to be proud of.
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
friendly reminder that you didn't waste your year. any moments of happiness or comfort. any small accomplishments, they all matter. this has been a really hard year, and simply surviving is something to be proud of.
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Who the hell does Luxon think is cleaning public hospitals, public toilets, swimming pools over the holidays? Who is driving the buses, manning hospital wards, working in supermarkets. NZ is kept fed, clean, alive, safe and moving by essential workers many who aren’t paid a Living Wage. #nzpol
Found some rather more professional words to express my sweary thoughts on millionaire men utterly ignoring all the unpaid work many women and carers do over the holiday period.
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Only millionaires would complain about other people's holidays
And forget about unpaid family carers
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Who the hell does Luxon think is cleaning public hospitals, public toilets, swimming pools over the holidays? Who is driving the buses, manning hospital wards, working in supermarkets. NZ is kept fed, clean, alive, safe and moving by essential workers many who aren’t paid a Living Wage. #nzpol
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And Labour MPs here need to take a good look at themselves and where Sausage Rolls is taking the party.
Cos whilst you may be along for the ride, a lot of your past voters are most certainly fucking not.
#nzpol
Cos whilst you may be along for the ride, a lot of your past voters are most certainly fucking not.
#nzpol
Nice work @chrishipkins.bsky.social
Your comments about Te Pati Maori just ensured Labour will never see another vote from me (party or otherwise) again.
Dickhead.
#nzpol
Your comments about Te Pati Maori just ensured Labour will never see another vote from me (party or otherwise) again.
Dickhead.
#nzpol
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
And Labour MPs here need to take a good look at themselves and where Sausage Rolls is taking the party.
Cos whilst you may be along for the ride, a lot of your past voters are most certainly fucking not.
#nzpol
Cos whilst you may be along for the ride, a lot of your past voters are most certainly fucking not.
#nzpol
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#NZPol
Kiwis: …
Stuff: Are holidays too long?
RNZ: Will GST go up?
Stuff: Ruth Richardson to debate Willis!
Fuck our shitass media. Just fucking go home you dickheads.
Kiwis: …
Stuff: Are holidays too long?
RNZ: Will GST go up?
Stuff: Ruth Richardson to debate Willis!
Fuck our shitass media. Just fucking go home you dickheads.
December 9, 2025 at 6:32 AM
#NZPol
Kiwis: …
Stuff: Are holidays too long?
RNZ: Will GST go up?
Stuff: Ruth Richardson to debate Willis!
Fuck our shitass media. Just fucking go home you dickheads.
Kiwis: …
Stuff: Are holidays too long?
RNZ: Will GST go up?
Stuff: Ruth Richardson to debate Willis!
Fuck our shitass media. Just fucking go home you dickheads.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM