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Rimu Bhū’ī @rimubhooi.bsky.social · 11d

I just voted in the #birdoftheyear — Kaarearea all the way folks!! (I’m an endemic flora & fauna girlie) www.birdoftheyear.org.nz

Bird of the Year ‹ Forest & Bird

Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year recognises our unique birds and with each vote you give them a voice.

www.birdoftheyear.org.nz

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Sarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social · 11d

Reminder
When emailing MPs - be polite.
NEVER make threats, of any sort.
A template email is easy to be automatically sorted into a folder which will be ignored. Probably.
Same goes for cc emails.
Email your MP and say ‘I am a constituent’.
Postcards (& letters) can be sent free to Parly.

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Joel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social · 11d

Reposting this in the wake of today's embarrassing news

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...

The case for New Zealand action against Israel

The 1976 Olympic boycott over our silence on apartheid left a black mark on New Zealand’s reputation. Our inaction on Gaza could leave another.

thespinoff.co.nz

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 13d

What do you do when the man who said you should have "the living shit beaten out of you" keeps sitting in the front row of candidate events?

You make him meet your eye.

You make him listen to the gasps of outrage when you say his words outloud.

You make him listen to the applause you get.

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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 17d

I want to emphasise the importance of anyone with a progressive or even a fair-minded bone in their body in the Wharangi Onslow-Western ward giving me their first preference. Please hit up friends in Karori, Ngaio, Wilton, Northland, Wadestown, Khandallah etc to check they voted

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Rimu Bhū’ī @rimubhooi.bsky.social · 17d

first actual skeet lol, i made you a lil strategic voting guide combining all the best people’s resources rimu.substack.com/the-status-quo-is-voting-are-you

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 23d

The 2025 edition of Newsroom's local government survey has reached more than a third of all candidates for council or mayor of a district/city/unitary council.

Today, I report it shows strong support for Māori wards and co-governance among the cohort of respondents.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/16/s...

Strong support for Māori wards from council candidates

A Newsroom survey with responses from more than a third of council candidates shows support for co-governance and Māori wards.

newsroom.co.nz

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Julie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social · 23d

The rumours are true - @cityvision.bsky.social is endorsing Tara Iti, the Fairy Tern, for @forestandbird.bsky.social’s Bird of the Year!

Vote Fairy Tern AND Fair(e)y Turn(er)!

Thanks to the very talented @emmamcinnes.bsky.social for this great graphic 😍💚❤️

Drawn poster with two fairy terns at the beach - both have City Vision rosettes, left is wearing carved wooden pendant, has a crutch and a leg brace, one on right is wearing an Auckland FC cap. Text reads Vote Fairy Tern for Bird of the Year And Julie Fair(e)y & Jon Tern-er for Auckland Council.

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 26d

If you're sick of this government and this absolute race baiting bullshit and attacks on Māori across the board - vote in your local election and vote to keep Māori wards.

Your council is ONLY having a referendum because this government is forcing them to.

How embarrassing if they all get kept.

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 28d

"How's the election going"

It's definitely the most violent and aggressive election I've been in, and it's my third

"so you don't think you'll be re-elected???"

I can be running a great campaign, having great conversations, have lot of support, and even be re-elected - and still face violence

a man is wearing a black jacket with white stars on it and the word schitts creek on the bottom

ALT: a man is wearing a black jacket with white stars on it and the word schitts creek on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 28d

Labour aren’t the life raft they think they are. I talk more about this over at my substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/labours-fe...

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · Jul 27

TRAFFIC EVAPOURATION!
We all know about INDUCED DEMAND, that is one more general lane never fixes traffic congestion (it makes it worse)

Well, here is the opposite: traffic evaporation. By reallocating general lanes to transit or active modes, private traffic movement well evaporates!

Traffic evaporation
Reallocating general lanes reduces private motor traffic

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Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · Sep 3

Not all heroes wear capes, sometimes, like Jenny here, they just use puns and homophones.

A photo of a newspaper clipping. It is from the letter to the editor from someone called Jenny Senior from Waipawa. The letter is entitled "Say what?" and the text says - spelling as original!

Kia ora, Māori language is sew confusing that I am knot surprised that the minister has put fourth an idea that will make learning how too reed easier four knew entrance. Hour children mite find it sew much easier in they're lessens, if they only have to here and eyes won language.

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Rimu Bhū’ī @rimubhooi.bsky.social · Aug 30

public service

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · Aug 26

Can predictive text suffer? That’s one of several ridiculous questions I’ll be ignoring this morning.

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · Aug 26

I’m so annoyed that I called this before the election. Y’all just want chaos and destruction for the sake of it. Y’all being Nat voters.

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · Aug 23

We're on like Donkey Kong 😎🧶✨

A poster for an exhibition, it has a piece of knitting that says "DEMOCRACY KNITS by Louise Hutt" surrounded by knitted hats with the words vote on them, balls of yarn, and the text "an exhibition, Friday 5th Sept - 6pm, Nancy Caiger Gallery. One night only".

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · Aug 22

When I get told to spend my money by the Minister of Finance who wasted $600m on nothing

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · Aug 20

WE FUCKING TOLD YOU SO
#nzpol

www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Government no longer saying its water reforms will be cheaper than Labour's

Local Government Minister Simon Watts has refused to say whether the Government’s water reforms will produce lower costs for households than Labour’s Three Waters reforms.

The Government passed into law its Local Water Done Well programme on Monday afternoon, cementing a policy that has replaced the contentious Three Waters reforms Labour had pursued.

Local Water Done Well sets up a regime in which councils decide whether to work with their neighbours on delivering water services to meet new standards and regulation, aimed at fixing the country’s patchy drinking, waste and storm water systems.

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · Aug 20

Shame Hipkins didn't make healthier school and work environments, clean air etc, mandatory whilst he was Health Minister/PM, maybe even making covid and flu vaccines available to our kids too?

Sickness, reliever shortage forces schools across country to close www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Sickness, reliever shortage forces schools across country to close

Schools are having trouble finding reliever teachers, forcing them to close entirely.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · Aug 21

🌿 Public Service Amendment Bill

This Bill erases values of equity, inclusion, and participation from our public service. Disabled whānau and marginalised communities end up sidelined.

Your voice matters. Make a submission before 31 Aug. ✍️

📖 Read more: drbex.substack.com/p/submission...

Submission Sunday: Public Service Amendment Bill

I know, it's no longer Sunday but here we are

drbex.substack.com

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Aug 21

Digital equity exists when everyone can access and effectively use digital technologies so as to participate in our society, democracy, and economy.

tomorrow is #NoTechDay, an important cause to use people power to help bring awareness to the digital inequity in New Zealand: www.notechday.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · Aug 20

So, I went away to look at why the A-G thought that. Because, rights advice given to the A-G by their officials gets put up on the Ministry of Justice website (so we can see why any rights limits are considered to be "justified"). Except ... that's weird ... there's no advice listed for this Bill!!!

Advice on consistency of Bills with the Bill of Rights Act | New Zealand Ministry of Justice

Advice provided by the Ministry of Justice and the Crown Law Office to the Attorney-General on the consistency of Bills with the Bill of Rights Act by the title of the Bill.

www.justice.govt.nz

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · Aug 20

Reading the BBC News front page you'd think that the biggest crisis facing this country were some people living in hotels for a bit.

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