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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 10h

I'm picking confidently and arrogantly ignorant.

SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 10h

He's also flat out wrong. The jobseeker benefit includes people who are temporarily unable to work due to health conditions. Key changed it all in 2013.

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 10h

Does he have the charisma required? I kinda doubt it, feels like he would be another Brash or English. Then again Luxon is pretty mediocre in that department (and every other department) so maybe the bar is low.

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 11h

Searching their digital media in case Amelia sent an email explaining where she was and they missed it?

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 11h

If you'll allow me a little mashup...
"I don't deny it's been difficult and it's still tough, but"
"I'm wealthy and I'm sorted".
That's how he really feels folks.

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 1d

What did Act & NZ First do during the Occupation of Parliament, when protesters were talking about hanging Ardern? Seymour and Peters met with the protesters of course!
This is just more hypocrisy from the right. They simply want an excuse to do a UK style crack-down on protests in general.

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 1d

This guy met with protesters in 2022 who were talking about hanging Ardern and Robertson. But now he's outraged about some minor vandalism. He's a fucking hypocrite using this incident to score points against his political rivals.

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 2d

Australia and Europe then?
I remember when Luxon used to bash Labour for not doing enough to stem the "brain drain". Funny how he went from complaining about problems to exacerbating them the instant he got power.

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 2d

And because our society has chosen an economic model that requires some people to be unemployed, our society has a moral responsibility to support those people.

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 2d

It's 2025 and our economic model is still reliant on maintaining a decent bufferstock of unemployed people. This model was *designed* to ensure that employers have the upper hand (and labour could be uberised). Govt distract us from this reality by bashing beneficiaries and abdicating responsibility

SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 3d

And the government is going to force rich parents to support their 18-19 year olds rather than just hanging them out to dry, right? Right?

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 3d

Jobseeker: Parents earning more than $65k must support 18-19yo children

First announced at the Budget, the government had not decided where to draw the line at the time.

www.rnz.co.nz

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 5d

It is offensive for the person supposedly in charge of the government and its economic levers to suggest that youths, and their playstationing ways, are responsible for the most rapid surge in unemployment since the Great Financial Crash

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 5d

The Israel that has carried out unilateral attacks in five different sovereign countries in the last month? That Israel?

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 6d

And of course the "Auckland Ratepayer's Alliance" is just the Tax Payer's "Union" in disguise.

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 6d

Privatised healthcare is not cheaper. It's way more expensive.

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 6d

Also, this graph:
ourworldindata.org/grapher/life...

Life expectancy vs. health spending

The period life expectancy at birth, in a given year. Health expenditure includes all financing schemes and covers all aspects of healthcare. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in liv...

ourworldindata.org

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 7d

The thing I find surprising is that in 2006 Dunedin had a population of 119k, Hamilton had 130k and Tauranga had 104k. In the last 20 years Hamilton and Tauranga have grown by around 50% and Dunedin has grown by 5%.

SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 7d

TF is going on with the floor in the adjacent room? 10cm of padding?

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 8d

This is why people who claim the ozone hole is a conspiracy make very angry.

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 8d

I will reiterate as someone with field and specific knowledge of New Zealand’s oil and gas sector, there is no giant untapped field out there. Even if Labour agrees to this, not a single drop of oil or gas will be produced in the next decade because it’s not there. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon asks Labour leader Chris Hipkins to support offshore gas exploration

The Prime Minister wants a bipartisan approach to offshore exploration for natural gas.

www.rnz.co.nz

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 8d

No attempt from National is a serious attempt at bipartisanship. Remember this?
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

National U-turn: New housing density policy details revealed

Party backs building at least six-storey properties near public transport hubs

www.nzherald.co.nz

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 8d

Let's also not forget that the last bipartisan agreement Labour had with National fell apart because National reneged. If National can't stick to their word such an agreement is worthless.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

National U-turn: New housing density policy details revealed

Party backs building at least six-storey properties near public transport hubs

www.nzherald.co.nz

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 8d

If I was Chippy, I'd be asking why Labour should enter any bipartisan agreement with National when they dropped the last one as soon as it was politic to do so. Any agreement with National is worthless, they can't be trusted.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

National U-turn: New housing density policy details revealed

Party backs building at least six-storey properties near public transport hubs

www.nzherald.co.nz

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 9d

Absolutely. Van Velden literally said we overvalued lives during the covid lockdowns. ACT's callousness and lack of concern for anyone but themselves isn't new, but their willingness to gamble with thousands or even hundreds of thousands of lives is alarming. They are a party of sociopaths.

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SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 9d

The ratio 😂
Get some copium, but not for Ian!

SteveH @stevehnz.bsky.social · 9d

A study from 2021 found there is a 75% chance of a major quake on the Alpine Fault before 2068. Weakening regulations in the face of that fact is incredibly stupid.

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