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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 6h

Tory, I’m so proud of the way you did this with mana and grace.

The usual suspects from the past tried to make it impossible for you, and you proved them wrong.

That portrait is awesome, and you’re definitely leaving with your head held high!

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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 6h

I still have friends in Welli, right?

I know some of you use the library - drop off your voting envelope there, when you’re taking your books back.

Just make sure to get in there before midday, mmmhmmm? 😏

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 16h

Wellington. please vote, the city needs you.
According to "Inner-City Wellington" it looks like only around 1 in 5 people have voted! I know you voted, but have you checked on your friends? Link to voting drop box locations.
Maybe a cheeky re-post too.

wellington.govt.nz/your-council...

Places to drop off your vote

Locations for orange voting bins and post boxes in Wellington.

wellington.govt.nz

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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 6h

Sarcasm is our shared love language, Tze Ming.

This govt just keeps on giving, doesn’t it?

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NZDF Mounted Hilux Division @smithkstead.bsky.social · 11h

newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/09/s...

Secret defence notes pointing to sensitive China preparation left at op shop

The National-led government has been avoiding questions about whether it is joining in preparations for a US military confrontation with China. A series of Official Information Act requests on this su...

newsroom.co.nz

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 12h

Punitive policy, producing perverse incentives:

“…a household which earns $65,528 in a year can bring in an additional $13,942.76 after tax from an 18- or 19-year-old’s Jobseeker payment.

[But] if either of the parents earn one more dollar, the household as a whole loses nearly $14,000 in income.”

Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 15h

My analysis: 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/2025/10/08/g...

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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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 11h

Where is this published, please ?

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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 11h

Party President frantically checking on Simon Bridges whereabouts…

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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 11h

Another good piece of writing about the Aerospace Summit blockade on the Spinoff here:

thespinoff.co.nz/society/08-1...

Dozens of protesters arrested at Aerospace Summit in Christchurch

'We need to stop hiding behind this thin veneer of space exploration,' said one of the organisers. <br />

thespinoff.co.nz

Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 11h

You might have seen news reports about the blockade of the Aerospace Summit in Christchurch yesterday, and JuCo mouthing off.

Peace Action response here:

peaceactionwellington.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/r...

Response to the Minister of War and Space, Judith Collins, on the Aerospace Summit

Today’s blockade outside the Aerospace Summit in Ōtautahi/Christchurch was a massive show of desire for peace, justice and an end to New Zealand’s complicity in the US empire’s endless warmaking.&n…

peaceactionwellington.wordpress.com

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Arianeh Sajadi, Esq. @arianehsajadi.bsky.social · 1d

A British academic is tracking the Dictator in the WH’s authoritarian acts since taking office in Jan.

It tracks illegalities, unconst’l acts, abuses of power - anything undermining democracy & propping up authoritarianism.

Tally is at 1466 authoritarian acts.

🆘🇺🇸

www.trumpactiontracker.info?

www.trumpactiontracker.info

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 1d

‘Nice rights you’ve got there, shame if something were to happen to them’

lieslm.bsky.social @lieslm.bsky.social · 1d

Judith Collins "aren't they lucky they can legally protest in NZ, you cant insome countries, maybe they should go there" WTF?

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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 1d

If Nicola Willis thinks we “shouldnt be so precious that we can’t use metaphorical speech” can we go back to why Chlöe Swarbrick was punished so heavily for her comments on the government’s spinelessness?

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350 Aotearoa @350nz.bsky.social · 8d

Today's energy announcement? A damp squib that locks us into expensive fossil fuels while families struggle with power bills.

Sign our petition calling for a 30-year Energy Plan - 350.org.nz/homegrown-en...

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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 7d

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/nz...

NZ Government Sanction Israel Now

Since October 2023 the world has witnessed the state of Israel perpetrate innumerable war crimes and human rights violations against the people of Gaza [1], while the violence, repression, and forced ...

our.actionstation.org.nz

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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 7d

I’m so glad I’m too old to be part of this current sh*show.

I sincerely grieve for your former aspirations in policy development.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 7d

David Seymour: “my colleagues are so bad at following proper legislative policy development process that I am creating an entire new legislative policy development process for them to ignore”

Most Government policies skip normal process

Officials are increasingly complaining about constraints when preparing new laws or policies, with time pressures the most common issue.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 7d

They always boil down to ‘we can’t afford to coddle the peasants, or there won’t be enough for meeeeeee’

The trickle up is never enough for them. But they forget that ‘working class’ = does the dirty jobs they don’t touch.

/End rant

Before I pop a blood vessel, sheesh.🙄

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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 7d

Scratch those guys and you’ll always find someone who wants the private sector to take over things - despite private (hospitals, for instance) are not doing 10% of the workflow of any given state functions.

The capacity isn’t there. So yeah, the ‘problem’ he sees is too many peasants with needs.

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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 7d

40 years ago, I was in the public service as things started coming apart.
I remember the PSA strike in ‘86, the last time every govt dept hit the streets and marched from civic square to Parlie.

Luxon won’t know what’s hit him.

I hope he knows how to use a toilet brush. No office cleaners!

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 7d

Green Party's Lan Pham said the docs showed a minister using their position to try to influence a council's legal process "to help out their mates".

She said it’s a "gross misuse of power" that shows how little care the govt has in being "transparent about their conflict of interests."

#nzpol

Environment minister accused of using position to influence council's legal process

Penny Simmonds says it is "wholly appropriate" to engage with the primary sector.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 7d

A short notice protest was called in Ōtautahi Christchurch today when Israel intercepted civilian ships in international waters detaining those aboard, including Aotearoa New Zealand citizens.

Columbia has expelled Israeli diplomats. Aotearoa should do the same

A crowd of people gathers in front of a stone war memorial arch for a protest. Several individuals are holding Palestinian flags, and a large banner with bold black letters is partially visible in the foreground. Some attendees wear backpacks and jackets, and one person is speaking through a megaphone near the arch. The sky is overcast, and a construction crane rises in the background above the trees.

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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 7d

Also Rimmer: blah blah blah new policy idea. Make it so, Mr Sulu.

What? I’m not the commander of Star Trek?

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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 7d

Nothing is right, up there on the 9th floor.

It’s been wrong from the moment Luxon the Christian businessman signed on with Winnie & Seymour.

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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 7d

And if you knew what the ‘usual’ process of refining public policy looks like, you’d be more horrified.

Rimmer’s taken the whole ‘reflect, refine, revise’ section out of the cycle. Now it’s just

Minister says thing -> becomes policy

Hence upswing in submitting against bad legislation.

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Katie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 7d

Which is particularly venal arrogance from Rennie, as his entire career has been in the public service, at the Government’s expense…

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