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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 2h

Found secret imagines of the girlfriends and the founder of ANTIFA (New Zealand Cell)

[Warning: This post contains a gag that will be utterly inscrutable to anyone who isn't a New Zealander who watched a lot of television in the early to mid-1980s.)

Photograph of the cast of 'Gliding On', a New Zealand sitation comedy (1981-85) set in a government supply office.

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 2h

This is what happens when you don’t lead on ZB’s terms. Amazing how fragile some talkback hosts get when a woman does well. So emotional!

Nick Mills: Tory Whanau - What a ride; What a disappointment
ON AIR
WELLINGTON
Thu, 9 Oct 2025, 1:52pm
Well, one more day as Mayor for Tory Whanau - the
"accidental mayor," as many have called her - and just like that, her chapter in Wellington politics closes.
What a ride, and what a mess. And, let's be honest, what a disappointment.
From the very beginning, Tory framed her leadership through a lens of identity - "poor me, give me a break, I'm a woman, and I'm new.

Mike's Minute: Tory Whanau is the poster child for ineptitude
ON AIR MIKE HOSKING BREAKFAST OPINION
Mike Hosking, Thu, 9 Oct 2025, 10:33am
The Wellington mayor went out, not really in a blaze of glory yesterday, but more a fireball of misery and bitchiness.
Tory Whanau is probably the local body poster child for ineptitude. She's given her bye-bye speech.
She was a shambles. She may still be back, as she is standing in the Mãori ward.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 1h

WTF?

www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gove...

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 1h

Brownlee really has a problem with haka, doesn't he? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Watch: Haka breaks out after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech, Parliament suspended

Speaker Gerry Brownlee declared the House suspended after a haka broke out in the public gallery following the Te Pāti Māori MP's speech.

www.rnz.co.nz

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ⓘ Kaiwhiu ⓘ @aotearoa-nz.bsky.social · 42m

#NZPol

Beehive release:

9 October 2025
Government to restore Police's right to collect intelligence

Mark Mitchell portrait
Hon Mark Mitchell

Police

Cabinet has taken decisions to amend the Policing Act, to reaffirm Polices ability to gather intelligence in public places, and expand Police’s powers to temporarily close areas in response to antisocial behaviour or public safety risks.

“Recent court decisions have created uncertainty around Police’s ability to record images in public places for lawful purposes," says Police Minister Mark Mitchell.

“The proposed amendments will reaffirm the prior common law position, making it clear that Police can collect and use images in public spaces, and in places where Police are lawfully present, for all lawful policing purposes. This includes intelligence gathering and crime prevention and other Policing functions and associated activities.”

RNZ / New Zealand / Police
5 Aug 2025

Police miss deadline to detect and delete unlawful photos once again

6:13 am on 5 August 2025

Phil Pennington, Reporter
@pjppenn phil.pennington@rnz.co.nz

RNZ / Politics / Technology
7 Aug 2025

Police too loose with number plate recognition system, review finds
7:20 am on 7 August 2025

Kiwiana Yeah Nah retro Tin Sign with a cartoon Kiwi in gumboots with a scout's scarf and a speech bubble: "Yeah Nah"

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 1h

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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Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 2h

This video encapsulates perfectly the "values" of Luxon & the government- using the words out of his own mouth!

"I don't care, I'm wealth and sorted etc"

#nzpol
vt.tiktok.com/ZSU6kc3J2/

TikTok - Make Your Day

vt.tiktok.com

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Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 1h

It’s not everyday that I out myself on social media, but when a very busy & important Deputy Prime Minister of a small first world nation takes time to troll a private citizen back, it’s only fair to share who the smarty pants political takes are coming from. Guess I hit a nerve? 👀😂 #nzpol

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 2h

Luxon has lost Luke Malpass #NZPol

Leadership changes come with high transaction costs. But those costs in government can be ‒ and often are ‒ worth it if the other option is losing power. Or losing lots of MPs to both the opposition and coalition partners.

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

"Absolutely universally fucked" @clrenney.bsky.social

#nzpol

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bJ3...

#BHN The policy kicking 18/19-year-olds off jobseeker is "absolutely universally f**ked"

YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

www.youtube.com

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 3h

Another fun poll with some "fuck you" feed back to the Unaware Overlords #NZPol

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JessTerraformEarth 🌏 💚 🌈 💧 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇳🇿 @jessterraformearth.bsky.social · 3h

'The state-owned electricity companies have seen revenue increase by $1.7b more than expected. This was “largely due to stronger sales revenue earned by the electricity generators and retailers,” the report says.'

WHO PAID FOR THE ELECTRICITY REVENUE?!?!?! #nzpol

a man in a suit is pointing at the camera with the words `` it 's you '' written below him .

Alt: a man in a suit is pointing at the camera with the words `` it 's you '' written below him .

media.tenor.com

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 4h

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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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 4h

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.

drugfoundation.org.nz

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Kirsty Johnston @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social · 3h

Because it’s going so well and all

www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...

Richard Prebble: Govt must get out of electricity and let market deliver security

OPINION: Repaying debt would be better for taxpayers and the market.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 3h

It's unbelievable that this article

"Government’s books show finance minister borrowing billions to keep the lights on"

does not once mention the $12to$14Billion tax cut cost they are borrowing to cover, nor the Billions they stole from Pay Equity Fund #NZPol

Government’s books show finance minister borrowing billions to keep the lights on

Treasury has revealed the state of the Government’s finances and it shows we’re borrowing just to keep the lights on.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 4h

Well will only take the benefit away from them while they are too sick to work 🤬😒

#NZPol

Will teens with health conditions or disabilities be affected?
There's also been concern that hundreds of teenagers with a health condition or disability could be cut off, RNZ's Lillian Hanly reported.

The policy will apply to young beneficiaries with a health condition or disability who have had to stop work for a period of time or reduce their hours.

Upston defended including those with a health condition or disability under the new policy, saying they were affected by a "temporary condition".

"They will be able to work within a two year period," Upston said. "Our expectation is that they are in further education or training or a job or their parents support them."

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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 5h

+1

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 22h

Provide free banking and mortgage lending at OCR+1 as a public banking service, and nationalise fossil fuel electricity generation (and incentivise generators to reduce it's use). Split wholesale / retail grocery and force sale of half of supermarkets to several new entrants. No more half measures.

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 5h

Motherfucker was studying the manipulation of media by powerful interests... from within.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, um, "mysterious". The director of your integrity projects was an early and regular guest to The Platform, which was funded by the owners of a chain of early childhood centres to advance their political agenda.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

The mysterious unravelling of a high-profile transparency project

Key donor silent as the Integrity Institute deregisters and its lobbying register disappears.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Rory @roryreckons.bsky.social · 5h

This is obvious to anyone who understands the tech and the promises being made.

But it also speaks to how anti-intellectualism allows so many more people to be blatantly scammed by companies selling tech branded snake oil due to platforming sales people over those with specific expertise.

Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 5h

Ya don't say? Surely not?

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 5h

A deeply cynical, callous, reductive choice - highlights farright ideology ‘trumping’ any shred of connection and humanity 😬 that might be left in these coalition individuals…

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 6h

"The Government’s policy change to make many 18- and 19-year-olds ineligible for the Jobseeker benefit will go a significant way to helping it meet its target of reducing the number of people on Jobseeker by 50,000."

Stalin: "Death solves all problems, no man, no problem."

Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 6h

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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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 6h

Growing calls for independent #watchdog to keep NZ politicians honest:
As scrutiny of #politicians’ interests rises & public trust in institutions declines, there are legitimate questions to be asked re whether current #integrity mechanisms are working
newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/15/g...

Growing calls for independent watchdog to keep politicians honest

As scrutiny of politicians rises and public trust declines, the Integrity Institute is questioning how potential conflicts are managed

newsroom.co.nz

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 6h

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 6h

Decriminalising drug use best way to combat rising addiction, report finds

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

Decriminalising drug use best way to combat rising addiction, report finds

The Drug Foundation is also recommending a complete overhaul of the Misuse of Drugs Act and throwing out the drug classification system.

www.rnz.co.nz

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