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Traceyje @traceyje.bsky.social · 2d

Damn it *Another

Traceyje @traceyje.bsky.social · 2d

Any divisive consequence of this govt. Private takeover of public service.
#nzpol

Bid to turn Kelston Boys' High School into charter school not endorsed by principal www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Bid to turn Kelston Boys' High School into charter school not endorsed by principal

Kelston Boys' High School has written to parents saying the bid, from Bangerz Education and Wellbeing Trust (BEWT), was not supported by it.

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 7d

1/2 #NZPol

They don't fix things, they just lie about fixing things and cherry pick statistics

Children's Minister Karen Chhour has acknowledged her initial celebration of a reduction of harm in state care did not provide the full picture.

The government this week was celebrating the first recorded drop in harm in Youth Justice and Care and Protection facilities.

However, that is just one of four categories tracked by Oranga Tamariki, and the statement out on Wednesday included no mention of a 4 percent increase in recorded harm across the wider state care system.

The Children's Commissioner and the Independent Children's Monitor within hours had released their own statement urging a more considered assessment.

They welcomed the decrease of harm in government facilities, but noted that was just three fewer children harmed - dropping from 118 in 2024 to 115 this year. The Oranga Tamariki report the data comes from further reveals reported harm in those facilities is up from just 22 in 2021.

Children's Commissioner Claire Achmad told RNZ it was unacceptable to see overall harm in state care had increased - with 530 reports of children harmed over the last 12 months.

"And actually there has been a higher number of findings of harm in care as well, 896 ... what that tells us is that for some of these children, in fact around 21 percent, they have actually experienced multiple incidences of harm.

"We are talking about really serious harm, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect."

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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 8d

The incredible part here is that the workers who cancelled their strike to deal with this crisis WERE ON STRIKE BECAUSE OF SHIT CONDITIONS AND UNDERINVESTMENT IN OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 8d

What a fuck wit - Nelson hospital have been pleading with him for budget/resources for a year. Also the same guy who ordered Auckland City Hospital to do minimum work resulting its infrastructure/backup plans failing in emergencies. This guy would not last a day in a real work environment. #nzpol

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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 8d

Mōrena! In the news today...None of the dozens of extreme weather reports published & broadcast today mention the role of climate change in extreme weather. Also, Luxon gets a $8,100 reduction in his Waiheke home rates bill. Plus much more. #nzpol
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Thursday's Early Bird & Dawn Chorus: The elephant in our news

None of the dozens of extreme weather reports published & broadcast today mention the role of climate change in extreme weather; Luxon gets $8,100 reduction in Waiheke home rates bill

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 8d

New from me: Just eight of the Government's 17 Roads of National Significance have already seen costs blow out by $5.1 billion - before any shovels are even in the ground.

The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
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$5b-plus blowout for eight Roads of National Significance

The Government's 17 Roads of National Significance will cost it at least $44 billion – enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over. Marc Daalder reports.

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 9d

We have been warning the agriculture sector for 40 fucking years about the damage to the climate & thus their weather.

Don't cry 'the MetService didn't warn us', you have 40 fucking years of warnings.

Christ almighty I am sick & tired of this. Sick & tired.

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Questions for MetService about warnings issued for 'badly impacted' Waitomo District

The mayor says the district was hit by "severe storms" and a red warning should have been issued.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 10d

Cringe Judith Collins #nzpol in case you want to be sure where our government stands

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 12d

Remember that time the National Party were so fucked they let Judith Collins be leader? They were literally like "well it can't get worse, we may as well let Judith have a crack." and she was predictably awful, she even had a crack at fat people for no reason whatsoever, that's Judith for ya #NZPol

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 24d

Winston Peters strolled around and anti-vax picnic and spoke with people who had chanted and written threats of hanging on gallows of Jacinda Ardern, Dr Ashley Bloomfield and so on, but this was all OK as it was just harmless opportunistic politicking #NZPol

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 24d

Winston Peters set the full force of his social media against Benjamin Doyle because he didn't like their handle and that they had photos with their child but go off about attack dogs or whatever Nicola Willis #NZPol

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 25d

What I'd say to the 65,000 unemployed young people in NZ is... move, and compete harder against the other 340,000 people wanting work or more work. Hell, there are 20,000 job vacancies out there! Nevermind that most of them are wholly unsuited to you. Try harder, bottom-feeders.

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 26d

"The world doesn't owe you a knighthood" - Foxy Lusty-Grover #NZPol

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 29d

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

Rest in power, Dr. Jane Goodall

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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · Sep 28

How wealth inequality is destroying democracies worldwide w/ Chloe Swarbrick MP

youtu.be/zl_LgDjpzxE

The first politician on Gary's Economics

YouTube video by Garys Economics

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · Sep 19

Watch in full
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · Sep 19

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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Mana Serving Diva @misswhanau.bsky.social · Sep 5

I’m glad to see journalists like Fisher, McManus, Kamo and Māori media covering this, but it must go wider. Benjamin’s devastating resignation has already slipped from the headlines. Peters and others are inflicting real damage on our society. Let's keep calling this out wherever we see it. #nzpol

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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Our Parliament is becoming a caricature of liberal democracy, and the bureaucracy supporting ministers and MPs a disgrace."

Anne Salmond: Bats in the belfry, trolls in the Beehive
newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/05/b...

Anne Salmond: Bats in the belfry, trolls in the Beehive

Dame Anne Salmond laments the falling standards of our political leaders, their attack dogs and policy sources while New Zealanders endure such hard times

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Krystal Chandelier @krystalchandelier.bsky.social · Aug 28

The "Stop Three Waters" campaign was easily the most successful operation in racism in living memory.

They managed to convince people to accept far more expensive rates and infrastructure all in order to keep brown people from having a seat at the table.

#nzpol

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Water rates surge ‘predictable’

A southern mayor says a near-doubling of water rates in Waitaki was "predictable", but central government should shoulder much of the blame for...

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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · Aug 23

“I still have James’s letter. It became my conscience. It reminded me not to walk away from something I should be fixing. He asked me to come back, and I didn’t.” — Professor Welby Ings remembers a seven-year-old student he had taught in Ōtara 50 years ago.

Invisible intelligence | E-Tangata

“I still have James’s letter. It became my conscience. It reminded me not to walk away from something I should be fixing. He asked me to come back, and I didn’t.” — Professor Welby Ings remembers a se...

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Julie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social · Aug 14

Worth also noting these are former ministers who have had serious threats to their safety, to their families, from some of those involved in this inquiry and their fellow travellers. They are still participating and cooperating, in a way that keeps them safe and doesn't escalate conflict.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · Aug 12

This disgusts me @paullecomtephoto.nz Thank you for finding it !!!!!

Watch this - my mind is changed!

#nzpol

Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · Aug 12

No apology was called for when Key did this though

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · Aug 12

One of these speeches was dignified, considered & non-frothing, the other completely lost the plot.

One got a weak ban from Gerry Brownlee, the other a standing ovation from Gerry Brownlee....

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · Aug 8

At the risk of incurring the wrath of everyone, this is incorrect. The book had not been canned but turned into what is known as a big book because the decoding sequence did not fit the level it was initially aimed at. The authors did not want to lose the story because of this error

'Act of racism': Education Ministry cans children's school book for too many Māori words

"Our members see this move as an act of white supremacy. It's an act of racism," says Te Akatea, the Māori Principals' Association.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · Aug 5

Complaining that our education system is "too flexible" while opening charter schools for "greater flexibility": make your minds up dickweeds #nzpol

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · Aug 3

Rightwing governments are weirdos. I don't know why they do this. There's [thing that everyone predicts will lead to a bad outcome], and they implement it, and the predicted bad outcome happens, and then they get all shocked Pikachu about it even though THEY KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN

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