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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks. Thought so

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 8h

Annual job growth still stuck firmly in the negative - running just short of 30,000 below the same week last year. Misery compounds. (1/2)

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 1d

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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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 11h

Incompetent heartless government hurts the young unemployed
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Ep25 The singularly most stupid policy yet launched by the Coalition government

YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 12h

Look, I appreciate the smoke and mirrors, but you don't have to protect me. I am the Grand High Poobah of Antifa and the responsibility is mine

a man in a military uniform is holding a clipboard and a light bulb .

ALT: a man in a military uniform is holding a clipboard and a light bulb .

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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 13h

Wasn't he accused of workplace bullying there at some piint?

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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 13h

Mike is a muck spreader. He has a platform for one reason, to spread bullshit around, fertilising the ground for the RW weeds to grow

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 21h

Just got sent this from an article by Bryce Edwards. This is completely false, and he never once fact-checked it with me. My campaign was run by me and my small volunteer team. Comments like this reflect a tired mindset that assumes women can’t succeed in politics without a man pulling the strings.

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concerns about transparency and public trust.
The Anatomy of influence - A Wellington case study
Many of the powerful vested interests behind local politicians are barely acknowledged. For example, how many Wellington voters knew that the current Mayor of Wellington, Tory Whanau, had her successful 2022 campaign essentially run by corporate lobbyist Neale Jones?
Jones co-owns and operates the Capital Government Relations firm with fellow political commentator Ben Thomas. The firm is the epitome of the "revolving door"

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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 13h

Ruining lives

D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 13h

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.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 16h

The NZ Drug Foundation has a major new report pressing the case for a replacement of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, which turns 50 this month. Thing is, its recommendations – for a complete realignment to health, not criminalisation and punishment, are ... drugfoundation.org.nz/topics/polic...

Safer drug laws

We need safer drug laws for Aotearoa New Zealand - our new report sets out a pragmatic, evidence-based way forward.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 16h

Andrew Hoggard says he will allow cancer-linked glyphosate to be increased by 100 x in our food production.

He's also ignored a High Court order telling farmers to remove cruel farming practices around pigs - extending the 2025 due date out by 10 years. This is ACT #nzpol #kiwi

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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 13h

A terrible person

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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 14h

The article called Edwards' a left wing pundit.... Not sure about that.... I'd have thought centre right, given his takes on issues over the years....

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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 20h

This is evil.... EVIL!!

PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 1d

#nzpol

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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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 1d

Property is back on the menu, boys!

Thanks RBNZ and National Coalition - let's put productive investment back into non-productive assets. Extra: a central bank's core remit is inflation - not economic growth or fiscal policy failures #nzpol #kiwi

Investors pick up the pace in the property market . The Post October 8 2025

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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 21h

This won't end well

PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 1d

PERFECTLY NORMAL

New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds

NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds

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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 1d

He is that odd mix of deeply unlikeable and hopelessly incompetent....

Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 1d

No-one likes Christopher Luxon. Reportedly a dud at Air NZ, he lost millions for the airline & was hyper focused on short term cost cutting.
Worse, he took the Nat role at the behest of Trump supporter John Key, and has been running the country like a biz & failing NZ since #nzpol

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 1d

I would wager that a large proportion of the adults who think this is a good idea have kids who are over 20 and who dislike them intensely. It reeks of paternalistic, condescending, control.

Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 1d

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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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 1d

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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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 2d

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Helen Clark, Wilson, Abel, Leoni, Slade | Economy, Teen Beneficiaries & Palestine | Bradbury Group

YouTube video by The Bradbury Group

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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 2d

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Climate Scientist Reacts to Trump's UN Speech

YouTube video by ClimateAdam

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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 10d

Cantabrians, are going to enjoy more cow piss nitrates in their drinking water. It's probably carcinogenic, but apparently economically worth it....

Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 10d

Plans for 18,000 more dairy cows in Canterbury have been revealed.

In a nitrate emergency, the there should be a reduction in cow numbers, not MORE dairy expansion.

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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 10d

Go Chlöe! Go Green! 💚💚💚
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The first politician on Gary's Economics

YouTube video by Garys Economics

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Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 15d

Gestapo

Edmund Hart @edmundhart.bsky.social · 17d

King Charles and King Chump

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