Though difficult to read, this is an absolutely fascinating analysis into the extent of Better Wellington's negative campaigning techniques and the impact that they, and others, had on my mayoralty.

Thank you @sanjanah.bsky.social #nzpol

sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/07/12/b...

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A man (80s?) is leaning heavily on hiking poles while wandering along with his elderly three-legged dog. They might not be fast going, but they are fast friends. Taking their time, admiring the view. A river unhurriedly gurgling along nearby. (1)

Anne Salmond: Hell is truth seen too late newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/01/h...

Oohhh Newsroom has a Bluesky share button. Xxx

Neoliberalism- at its core is cruelty

By rights, this stark juxtaposition should be leading our local news today. 👇

I trust good journos will reach beyond just a faithful recounting of the (highly unusual, if you ask me) Prime Ministerial press conference on the topic.

Australia fights back against billionaires buying elections by limiting amount donors can spend on political parties

Now let’s do the same

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/aus...

Kiwis are delivering their verdict on this government with their feet - 125,000 gave up and left last year. That’s a person heading for the departure lounge every 4 minutes. The National/ACT agenda of slashing and privatizing will only drive more away.

This is pretty shocking but also unsurprising #nzpol

@willappelbe.bsky.social wrote this epic piece uncovering how the dirty dairy industry milks their connections to govt to rewrite freshwater rules - highly recommend giving it a read!

Revisions to the costings for the Treaty Principles Bill have calculated due to the record number of submissions provided to the Justice Select Committee. Originally we forecast that $4.1m would be needed - but that was before 343,000 physical and digital submissions. A 🧵

Another excellent explainer on why the Regulatory Standards Bill is a very bad idea indeed.

substack.com/@disinterpre...

I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣

God Rest Ye Merry Billionaires
youtu.be/O3FMV3iugeI

I welcome the Media Council's ruling regarding a recent Newstalk ZB opinion piece that questioned the legitimacy of my landslide victory in the 2022 elections. The piece attacked the integrity of our voting system as well as the mandate given to me by nearly 30,000 Wellingtonians. #nzpol 1/

The fact that David Seymour and the ACT party who only got 8% of the vote can introduce TWO pieces of CONSTITUTIONALLY UNDERMINING
legislation, one of which will become law, is a clear example of the broken and corruptible nature of our political system (by design).

#nzpol