Tony from Welly
@tonywelly.bsky.social
Please support our Health Service because they saved my life❤️
Proudly born in Wellington, Aotearoa NZ
You know that country that is always left off world maps
Proudly born in Wellington, Aotearoa NZ
You know that country that is always left off world maps
Is Nicola Willis a "turncoat" as she abandons her parties regulatory standards vote and cuddles up to the opposition parties.
Trying to look like it's not her fault.
I didn't know what I was voting for.
What a liar.
#nzpol
Trying to look like it's not her fault.
I didn't know what I was voting for.
What a liar.
#nzpol
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Is Nicola Willis a "turncoat" as she abandons her parties regulatory standards vote and cuddles up to the opposition parties.
Trying to look like it's not her fault.
I didn't know what I was voting for.
What a liar.
#nzpol
Trying to look like it's not her fault.
I didn't know what I was voting for.
What a liar.
#nzpol
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I'd love to get a National voter to explain their thinking behind National campaigning to repeal a law they introduced only a week ago.
I'd also get a more coherent answer from banging my head against a brick wall.
#nzpol
I'd also get a more coherent answer from banging my head against a brick wall.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I'd love to get a National voter to explain their thinking behind National campaigning to repeal a law they introduced only a week ago.
I'd also get a more coherent answer from banging my head against a brick wall.
#nzpol
I'd also get a more coherent answer from banging my head against a brick wall.
#nzpol
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media & institutions have let powerful people get away with playing innocent on this for FAR too long - even in instances where they were VERY CLEARLY being creeps. These men never should have been able to operate in an environment where safety for minors was actively undermined
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
media & institutions have let powerful people get away with playing innocent on this for FAR too long - even in instances where they were VERY CLEARLY being creeps. These men never should have been able to operate in an environment where safety for minors was actively undermined
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It's now in the court record that powerful people use Snapchat to groom minors, solicit objectionable images & rape children
So do we get to revisit certain MPs playing the "i'm so innocent, Snapchat is just a social app" line? Because that discourse directly led here
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
So do we get to revisit certain MPs playing the "i'm so innocent, Snapchat is just a social app" line? Because that discourse directly led here
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Auckland executive paid teen $1000 for sex, exchanged Uber Eats for intimate photos
The man, who described himself as a 'sugar daddy' on on Snapchat, has admitted paying a teenage girl for sex.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
It's now in the court record that powerful people use Snapchat to groom minors, solicit objectionable images & rape children
So do we get to revisit certain MPs playing the "i'm so innocent, Snapchat is just a social app" line? Because that discourse directly led here
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
So do we get to revisit certain MPs playing the "i'm so innocent, Snapchat is just a social app" line? Because that discourse directly led here
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Easy.
A capital gains tax, re-nationalised utilities, a publicly owned not for profit supermarket chain, extreme limits on donations to political parties, fully funded health services including dental, and a fuck-ton of public housing.✊
Thanks for asking.🥰
#nzpol
A capital gains tax, re-nationalised utilities, a publicly owned not for profit supermarket chain, extreme limits on donations to political parties, fully funded health services including dental, and a fuck-ton of public housing.✊
Thanks for asking.🥰
#nzpol
What will encourage NZers to have more babies?
New population data has confirmed that New Zealand will need to rely more on migration to offset an ageing population in the coming decades.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Easy.
A capital gains tax, re-nationalised utilities, a publicly owned not for profit supermarket chain, extreme limits on donations to political parties, fully funded health services including dental, and a fuck-ton of public housing.✊
Thanks for asking.🥰
#nzpol
A capital gains tax, re-nationalised utilities, a publicly owned not for profit supermarket chain, extreme limits on donations to political parties, fully funded health services including dental, and a fuck-ton of public housing.✊
Thanks for asking.🥰
#nzpol
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Not a surprise that when the nats are told "this will hurt poor people" that they were all like "cool, where do I sign"
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol
Ministers were warned against teen welfare crackdown, documents reveal
Officials said the changes could actually increase long-term benefit dependency.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Not a surprise that when the nats are told "this will hurt poor people" that they were all like "cool, where do I sign"
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol
the state of it, they even took their photographer out to stage a mock photo of them rocking up to a council building like they're heavies collecting rent arrears or some shit
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The National Party donor trough is very deep
Answer: ...head down, with their noses in the trough.
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The National Party donor trough is very deep
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I do not know off the top of head what is in the oath an incoming government makes to the Governor General, but it seems like passing legislation you actually think is bad should be some kind of breach of it
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I do not know off the top of head what is in the oath an incoming government makes to the Governor General, but it seems like passing legislation you actually think is bad should be some kind of breach of it
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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When the gov act less responsibly than teens..
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
When the gov act less responsibly than teens..
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Public sector still too strong? Send in the leeches.
#NzPol
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Public sector bosses ordered to look again for new cost savings
As the coalition Government struggles with the state of its books, Finance Minister Nicola Willis once again turns to bringing down costs.
newsroom.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Public sector still too strong? Send in the leeches.
#NzPol
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There's a sentence in this article noting that these changes save the government money.
So they're going to proceed despite receiving strong advice about the harms it will cause to already vulnerable populations and the probable *increase* in costs over the long term.
#nzpol
So they're going to proceed despite receiving strong advice about the harms it will cause to already vulnerable populations and the probable *increase* in costs over the long term.
#nzpol
Ministers were warned against teen welfare crackdown, documents reveal
Officials said the changes could actually increase long-term benefit dependency.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
There's a sentence in this article noting that these changes save the government money.
So they're going to proceed despite receiving strong advice about the harms it will cause to already vulnerable populations and the probable *increase* in costs over the long term.
#nzpol
So they're going to proceed despite receiving strong advice about the harms it will cause to already vulnerable populations and the probable *increase* in costs over the long term.
#nzpol
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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Forest & Bird is alarmed by a steep decline in central government environmental spending for 2025/26 according to the latest estimate from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
#nzpol
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Sharp drop in environmental spending amid growing risks for nature
Forest & Bird is alarmed by a steep decline in central government environmental spending for 2025/26 according to
www.forestandbird.org.nz
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Forest & Bird is alarmed by a steep decline in central government environmental spending for 2025/26 according to the latest estimate from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
#nzpol
#nzpol
Do you remember when a media person asked Chris Bishop what he was doing leading up to the last election.
He was making the tea/ coffee for his colleagues
Now he is ready to roll Luxon and burn the local regional councils to the ground.
Where do they find these "politicians"
#nzpol
He was making the tea/ coffee for his colleagues
Now he is ready to roll Luxon and burn the local regional councils to the ground.
Where do they find these "politicians"
#nzpol
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Do you remember when a media person asked Chris Bishop what he was doing leading up to the last election.
He was making the tea/ coffee for his colleagues
Now he is ready to roll Luxon and burn the local regional councils to the ground.
Where do they find these "politicians"
#nzpol
He was making the tea/ coffee for his colleagues
Now he is ready to roll Luxon and burn the local regional councils to the ground.
Where do they find these "politicians"
#nzpol
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Thinking the PM doesnt understand much at all about anything
Going out on a limb here to suggest that the PM doesn’t understand what it is that regional councils do
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Thinking the PM doesnt understand much at all about anything
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It was the chief topic of an infamous Jacinda Ardern interview with Hosking. But Hosk will be all good with the new plan, you bet. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-....
'Ridiculous suggestion': PM clashes with Hosking on Covid, other business
Prime Minister says High Court ruling on lockdown's legality was "balanced".
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
It was the chief topic of an infamous Jacinda Ardern interview with Hosking. But Hosk will be all good with the new plan, you bet. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-....
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This actually happened, when Nanaia Mahuta appointed commissioners to the completely dysfunctional Tauranga City Council in 2021. Lots of ominous talk about creeping government control, including ...
If Labour/Greens had tried to pull a stunt like this it would have been all dancing cossacks and reds under your beds again. This looks pretty bad.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This actually happened, when Nanaia Mahuta appointed commissioners to the completely dysfunctional Tauranga City Council in 2021. Lots of ominous talk about creeping government control, including ...
For a whole bunch of Sunday worshipping Christians like Luxon, Brown and Costley, this Government are not very Christian when it comes to its own people.
Just an observation
#nzpol
Just an observation
#nzpol
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
For a whole bunch of Sunday worshipping Christians like Luxon, Brown and Costley, this Government are not very Christian when it comes to its own people.
Just an observation
#nzpol
Just an observation
#nzpol
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I see this New Zealand citizen is making the news again. www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/new-jd-van...
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I see this New Zealand citizen is making the news again. www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/new-jd-van...
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Winston was just flapping his gums.
#NzPol
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NZ First tosses Labour's scheme to repeal Regulatory Standards Act in the scrap heap
Winston Peters says he does want to repeal the controversial law, but he won’t be supporting Labour’s bill to scrap it.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Winston was just flapping his gums.
#NzPol
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Fossil fuel interests, freight and transport etc. But not rail... Key went straight to Air NZ board after leaving Govt - which had bailed out the same company while he was PM. Lobbying and post political career incentives.
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fossil fuel interests, freight and transport etc. But not rail... Key went straight to Air NZ board after leaving Govt - which had bailed out the same company while he was PM. Lobbying and post political career incentives.
Billionaires remind me of The Sheriff of Nottingham and I am just waiting for 5 billion Robin Hoods to take up archery.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Billionaires remind me of The Sheriff of Nottingham and I am just waiting for 5 billion Robin Hoods to take up archery.
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