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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure what a 'guarantee' from a genocidal terrorist state is exactly worth..

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

Yet another Green party in crisis beat-up..

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Green Party loses another staffer

The party's director of communications has resigned.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

What's Seymour going to do about government truancy !

#nzpol

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine the pressure of playing backyard cricket next to Winston's house as a kid...

#nzpol

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

MP's literally have the most generous tax payer funded safety net.. travel , expenses, remuneration & pay rises , accommodation, Entitlements !

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

Generational trauma.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

Just when it was starting to drop from the endless headlines.. #nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Winston Peters’ partner injured by glass from window smashed in alleged attack

Peters said his partner Jan Trotman found some glass on Friday morning.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

Luxon apparently concerned about the global world order (US might is right).... all while desperate to join AUKUS , 5 eyes expansion & proud to stand with Israel.

#nzpol

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Singapore and New Zealand sign strategic partnership

The two countries have signed a strategic partnership.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like they modelled it on Jared Leto..

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

Not gifts from the head of the FBI then... #nzpol

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Home-made, 3D printed guns seized in Auckland police raid

A 20-year-old man was arrested.

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to Winston Peters taking full responsibility for this. That's how this works now, right? #nzpol

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 1d

The 19-year-old will appear in a Gisborne court next week. Doyle stepped down from Parliament in September, citing the intolerable level of abuse.

Teen charged with making death threats against former Green MP Benjamin Doyle

The 19-year-old will appear in a Gisborne court next week. Doyle stepped down from Parliament in September, citing the intolerable level of abuse.

dlvr.it

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

Reading this article is like the gov's catastrophic incompetent ferries cancellation never happened..

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

KiwiRail has agreed to sell the Interislander after 26 years in service.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

Tick Tok..

www.straitstimes.com/business/com...

AI bubble fears rise with stocks seeing US$100 billion swings

The AI boom's reliance on a web of circular deals is also raising fears of a bubble. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

RNZ really putting in the hard yards for this gov #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Five reasons to feel positive about the New Zealand economy

It's been a year of grim economic news - unemployment has been up, GDP down and consumer confidence weak.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

A warning for NZ from UK on how deep the weapons industry is embedded in society.

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show | Higher education | The Guardian share.google/JszxMe9a32dP...

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Hone got no increased security, nothing.. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Call for security for MP offices

Mana leader Hone Harawira is calling for a review of parliamentary security in the wake of the Canadian shootings to be extended to cover MPs' electorate offices.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Or this, probably just a qiuck mention on the news.

www.stuff.co.nz/national/300...

Stuff

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Don't remember this getting anywhere near the airtime Winston Peters window has .. admittedly it was a while ago. #nzpol

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Harawira draws the line at shooting - NZ Herald

"I get threatened with violence, and I get death threats, but when somebody starts taking shots at my office then that's another matter altogether."

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Luxon effectively forcing vulnerable 18 & 19 yr olds without any family lifeline into the arms of gangs , prostitution , addiction, homelessness and suicide..

Good job you 'sorted' piece of shit.

#nzpol

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

AI bros never think copyright law applies to them.

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama | The Verge share.google/EeaU3hVY2u6G...

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

'Youth unemployment was outta control and yet I managed to get it down to zero, I stand by my record.. ' Luxon 2026 #nzpol

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Govt to meet 9% of Jobseeker target by taking teens off benefit

The design of the new Jobseeker policy incentivises parents of unemployed teenagers to work fewer hours, for fear of the teens losing their benefit.

newsroom.co.nz

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 2d

Government to starve teens and their parents of resources to meet targets is par for the course, they kicked people out of energency housing onto the street to meet energency housing targets, people are being refused specialist health appointments to meet health targets…the list goes on #NZpol

Govt to meet 9% of Jobseeker target by taking teens off benefit

The design of the new Jobseeker policy incentivises parents of unemployed teenagers to work fewer hours, for fear of the teens losing their benefit.

newsroom.co.nz

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Willis running the country just like their predatory landlord base, renege on any agreed obligations until you're taken to court.. #nzpol

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♿ hiding from plagues - Always masked - N95 or bust @smollestbunny2.bsky.social · 2d

Fascist run nz herald taking all the opportunity it can to smear greens again.

Audrey Young: 'Crowbar Chlöe' – Peters goes nuclear over attack on home

OPINION: Peters is a genuine victim here, but boy, has he used it to maximum advantage.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

You mean the fiscally neutral tax cuts they promised ad nauseam pre-election, biggest con in politics since the Bill English's 1.8 billion South Canterbury finance swindle on 08 election night.

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