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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 3h

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Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 9h

I made a video on exactly how the opposition can win, based on strategies from Labour's own 2017 messaging strategist Anat Shenker-Osorio that helped Jacinda win in under 6 weeks. If she doesn't know how to win an election no one does. youtu.be/4UHUg7u8Dtg?...

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How to beat the Atlas Network - The power of effective messaging

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 1d

Act Local candidates provided identical responses to some of Newsroom's open-ended survey questions, suggesting they had coordinated or been instructed to reply a certain way.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/08/p...

Parliamentary parties crowd out other blocs in local elections

Nationwide, Parliamentary parties are entrenching their influence in local elections over that of locally derived groupings.

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 9h

Are you listening @chrishipkins.bsky.social? Play to win, not to not lose

empath75.bsky.social @empath75.bsky.social · 16h

“I think for far too long we’ve tried not to lose, as opposed to figuring out how to win.” — the problem with the democratic party in a nutshell.

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Kieran @nug.monster · 13h

chorus being publicly owned is the only reason we don't have shit australian internet.

We should nationalize every company owned by a national MP. Eminent domain their homes. Fuck these people.

Government mulls possible sale of Chorus

The Finance Minister says with the completion of the ultra-fast broadband fibre initiative, there's no longer a policy reason for the Crown to own Chorus.

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 13h

They should give him the first annual Montgomery Burns award for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence.

Kenny Mayne @kennymayne.bsky.social · 13h

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 1d

CHIKEN NUGGIE MACHINE

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 1d

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Episode 25 of Locked Out with Craig Renney looks at the singularly most idiotic policy launched yet by the government. Visible from space levels of moronic. Have watch now 😄

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Ep25 The singularly most stupid policy yet launched by the Coalition government

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 1d

40 years of data and evidence suggests no, Richard

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 2d

This has been the vicious fucking thing about the "Jobseeker Benefit" ever since Paula Bennett coined it in 2013

In addition to keeping people in poverty it's been a term of propaganda forcing us all to accept the frame of welfare as economic obligation instead of social support

Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 2d

Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2d

#BHN Craig Renney LIVE on the OCR | Sick teens to be thrown off benefit | Protest arrests in Chch #nzpol

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#BHN Craig Renney LIVE on the OCR | Sick teens to be thrown off benefit | Protest arrests in Chch

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2d

expect ACT and NZ1st to be at each others throats

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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 2d

#BHN Tonight at 9pm
- Craig Renney LIVE on the OCR reduction
- Sick and injured teens to be thrown off benefit
- Protest arrests in Christchurch
#nzpol #nzpolitics @clrenney.bsky.social

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#BHN Craig Renney LIVE on the OCR | Sick teens to be thrown off benefit | Protest arrests in Chch

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 2d

In 2022, protestors hurled bricks, faeces at police & lit fires. Winston Peters said those protestors just wanted to be "heard" & shook their hands.

This week Peters called the mostly peaceful, law abiding Kiwis outside his home "gutless, spineless, [the] worst" protestors #nzpol

Faeces thrown at police at Parliament protest

Poo was pelted at officers during an early morning operation today to contain the protest at Parliament. The 3.30am operation caught the occupiers off guard with attempts to thwart the plan, resulting...

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2d

fines should scale with wealth

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 2d

Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 2d

Enamel pins anyone? @chewienz.bsky.social

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2d

Well in the last 13 month we have had 2 emergency vet visits

For brownies
For and entire 800g bag of jelly snakes

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2d

Meeeeee

Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2d

Shes a covid puppy so we spent a lot of time with during her velociraptor stage. Shes never chewed cables or shoes.

She did once eat an entire block of butter once though....that was a bad few days

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 3d

To russia Trump you soupy brain numbskull

Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 3d

I JOINED a union this year. fuck luxon

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Mlb Kiwi 🫵✋😛🤚 @mlbkiwi.bsky.social · 3d

Winston Peters happily caused chaos and death threats for Green MP Benjamin Doyle AND wants to blame the Greens for what happened to his house. It’s all about culture wars so fucking stop it Winnie before someone dies #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Green Party condemns vandalism as Winston Peters points the finger

The Green Party says it condemns the vandalism of Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ home, after he linked the attack to activists backed by the party.

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 3d

#BHN Marilyn Garson LIVE from AJV | Vandalism on Winston Peters' home | More TPM ructions? #nzpol

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#BHN Marilyn Garson LIVE from AJV | Vandalism on Winston Peters' home | More TPM ructions?

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 3d

anyway, have a sleepy potato waiting for Primary Human to get home

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