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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 13h

Open letter from staff, students, and alumni of the New Zealand community of universities.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open Letter to Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs: The New Zealand Government must recognise the State of Palestine

As students, staff and alumni of the university community in Aotearoa (New Zealand), we express our profound dismay at the Government’s recent decision not to recognise the State of Palestine. Aotearo...

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 14h

latest Curia poll
Party vote
▪️Labour 31.2 percent, down 2.6 percentage points
▪️National 29.6 percent, down 3.5
▪️Greens 12 percent, up 1.3
▪️NZ First 10.6 percent, up 2.5
▪️ACT 6.6 percent, down 0.1
▪️Te Pāti Māori 4.4 percent, up 0.1

Meanwhile on Stuff's latest web poll....
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 17h

Make your position known.
[ www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360... ]

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 18h

"Marine Environment 2025, produced by The Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ, highlights how climate change and human activity are putting increasing pressure on our coasts and the ocean."
#nzpol
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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

If Willis is claiming the Greens are responsible for Winston's broken window, then will her Coalition be taking responsibility for "their" right-wing?
In 2023 Te Pāti Māori Hauraki-Waikato candidate, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi Clark's home was invaded, vandalised, and left with a threatening letter.
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

Skull fetishes ...

David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

"The badges on our caps, have you looked at them?
What? No... A bit.
They've got skulls on them.
Have you noticed that our caps
have actually got little pictures of skulls on them?
I... I don’t, er...
Hans...
Are we the baddies?"
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

Foreshadowing ...

David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

"The badges on our caps, have you looked at them?
What? No... A bit.
They've got skulls on them.
Have you noticed that our caps
have actually got little pictures of skulls on them?
I... I don’t, er...
Hans...
Are we the baddies?"
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

"The badges on our caps, have you looked at them?
What? No... A bit.
They've got skulls on them.
Have you noticed that our caps
have actually got little pictures of skulls on them?
I... I don’t, er...
Hans...
Are we the baddies?"
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

If Willis is claiming the Greens are responsible for Winston's broken window, then will her Coalition be taking responsibility for "their" right-wing?
In 2023 Te Pāti Māori Hauraki-Waikato candidate, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi Clark's home was invaded, vandalised, and left with a threatening letter.
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

🎶God only knows
God makes his plan
The information’s unavailable
To the mortal man
We’re working our jobs
Collect our pay
Believe we’re gliding down the highway
When in fact we’re slip slidin’ away🎶

Who says the information's unavailable?

#Kikorangi #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NZ #Landslides

New Zealand Landslide Database webmap tutorial

YouTube video by Earth Sciences New Zealand

www.youtube.com

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · May 1

Did
When did we last land men on the moon?
When did we last have a supersonic commercial airliner?
When did we last produce mainstream automobiles, sans electronic ignition etc, that a well versed amateur could fully service at home?
When did we last have fully peered scalable social media (Usenet)?

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · May 1

WE HAVE AMAZING VACCINES
WE HAVE ABILITY TO MAKE FOOD SAFE
WE HAVE SOLAR AND WIND POWER
WE DID IT
but we aren't doing it.

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d

Belated "Disclosure"
[ web.archive.org/web/20251005... ]
[ theconversation.com/nicola-willi... ]

Dennis Wesselbaum article seems to have fiscal holes even larger than the National Party's 2023 election tax plan.

Stagnation is caused by a lack of confidence in the economy by austerity.

#nzpol

Original disclosure statement:
Author

"Dennis Wesselbaum
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago

Disclosure statement
Dennis Wesselbaum does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment."

Disclosure statement as of October 6th
"Author
Dennis Wesselbaum
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago

Disclosure statement
Dennis Wesselbaum is an Adjunct Fellow of the New Zealand Initiative and an Affiliate at Motu Research."

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d

On Austerity
[ tinyurl.com/NZHausterity ]
#nzpol

Bluesky

tinyurl.com

David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d

Stagnation -> Stagflation

"Because the Coalition of Catastrophe claims just do NOT add up.
The “fiscal cliff” label is an invention of the National Party. Finding a definition that works for the dry and arcane world of the real black and white and red Estimates"
[ archive.is/dM6nY ]
#nzpol

David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · Dec 18

Relentless criticism has a cumulative effect.

The National ACT & NZ First leadership can be collapsed through the weight of their own hubris.

Until then speak to the audience, keep the journalists asking the right questions & focus on the real hypocrisies.

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
🧵🇳🇿📮🗞️🗳️

New Zealand Herald / Te Herora o Aotearoa Front page for 19th December 2023 - with NZ Prime Minister's Hypocrisy as the lead article.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/chirstopher-luxon-defends-spending-on-te-reo-maori-lessons/62KV3CEMEJFVFKHODZRDK7KAME/

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/chirstopher-luxon-defends-spending-on-te-reo-maori-lessons/62KV3CEMEJFVFKHODZRDK7KAME/

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d

Belated "Disclosure"
[ web.archive.org/web/20251005... ]
[ theconversation.com/nicola-willi... ]

Dennis Wesselbaum article seems to have fiscal holes even larger than the National Party's 2023 election tax plan.

Stagnation is caused by a lack of confidence in the economy by austerity.

#nzpol

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 2d

The battle is going to be much harder than I thought. Support your parties and their leaders; it's not going to be easy - RNZ publishes an opinion piece from NZ Initiative fellow on its front page #nzpol

RNZ just published a NZ Initiative Wesselbaum opinion piece on its front page

Why our media landscape might be significantly more compromised than I thought. And below - NZ Initiative's proud association with the Liz Truss / Javei Miller connected Atlas Network

mountaintui.substack.com

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 3d

#nzpol 20 Economists have penned an open letter to the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance - asking for change. The contents and signatories to the letter are at: craigrenney.substack.com/p/open-lette...

Open Letter to Prime Minister and Minister of Finance

Our current economic approach is causing real harm. We need to change track

craigrenney.substack.com

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 3d

"Be the person who finds the signal in the noise and shares it."
#nzpol

Alan Barnes @generalistalan.bsky.social · 3d

Curation could save your business www.faarkihopeitsnottoolate.com/p/curation-...

Curation Could Save the World (And Build Your Business)

How to find the signal in a world of noise

www.faarkihopeitsnottoolate.com

David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 3d

Also available via YouTube.

"As an academic, and before her appointment as Commissioner, Derby had publicly questioned the impact of notions of systemic racism, particularly with regards to Māori. Q+A asks her about these views and her opinions of affirmative action. "

#nzpol #Kikorangi

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 3d

To be filed away along with all of the other coalition snafus ...

“It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
#nzpol

David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · Nov 16

To be found under the sign...

It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 3d

"As the former Deputy Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund, Keen shaped the institution's policies on tax. He praised NZ's broad-based GST system and questioned why that same logic didn't apply when discussing the possibility of a Capital Gains Tax."
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 3d

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Wine Topics @winetopics.bsky.social · Jul 15

NZ catnip pet wine targets global market

https://www.diningandcooking.com/2179584/nz-catnip-pet-wine-targets-global-market/

Kiwi startup Muttley’s Estate has created a shelf-stable pet wine – and instead of alcohol, it’s made with catnip. Since Muttley’s Estate launched its catnip wine range in …

NZ catnip pet wine targets global market - Dining and Cooking

Kiwi startup Muttley’s Estate has created a shelf-stable pet wine – and instead of alcohol, it’s made with catnip.

www.diningandcooking.com

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 4d

What!
"Does pet wine contain alcohol?
No, Muttley's estate pet wine does not contain any alcohol."
#Kikorangi #nzpets

Muttley's Estate Catnip Wine

Muttley's Estate Catnip Wine for cats and dogs. Helps with anxiety, playfulness and digestion.

muttleysestate.com

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 4d

What!
"Does pet wine contain alcohol?
No, Muttley's estate pet wine does not contain any alcohol."
#Kikorangi #nzpets

Muttley's Estate Catnip Wine

Muttley's Estate Catnip Wine for cats and dogs. Helps with anxiety, playfulness and digestion.

muttleysestate.com

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · Jul 27

How much more would Kiwis be worried if they started drawing connections between Trump's Team Project 2025 objectives & the actual actions of the National, ACT & NZ First coalition since the 2023 NZ election?
#nzpol

Poll: How worried are NZ'ers about a second Trump presidency?

A Talbot Mills poll asked about a second Trump presidency and political division.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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