Zac Painting
@zacpainting.bsky.social
Painting is the name but ranting is the game
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www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rod-emmer... Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of January 27 - February 2 #nzpol
February 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rod-emmer... Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of January 27 - February 2 #nzpol
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Shenangins from the Post. It's never been easier to park in Wellington City than it is at the moment
The Post printed an article today asserting that Wellington’s car parking is “overstretched”. I asked what their basis was for asserting this, given that WCC parking occupancy at peak times is only 52% and there are around 30,000 car parks overall in the central city. They removed the assertion.
January 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Shenangins from the Post. It's never been easier to park in Wellington City than it is at the moment
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A whitewash? Cartoon by Murdoch in the Sunday Star Times today:
January 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A whitewash? Cartoon by Murdoch in the Sunday Star Times today:
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#NZpol
The whole premise of this govt is "We want Scandi-Nordic style results, without even US levels of investment."
Anyone giving these 🤡's an airing w/o pushback is helping launder outright BS. Make no mistake: Seymour *knows* himself it's total shit, but *he's sorted*. It's *organised fraud*.
The whole premise of this govt is "We want Scandi-Nordic style results, without even US levels of investment."
Anyone giving these 🤡's an airing w/o pushback is helping launder outright BS. Make no mistake: Seymour *knows* himself it's total shit, but *he's sorted*. It's *organised fraud*.
Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Finland, UK… have public healthcare. Will any NZ journalist pull David on this, or will NZ leaders, like in US, talk shit unopposed? #nzpol
January 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
#NZpol
The whole premise of this govt is "We want Scandi-Nordic style results, without even US levels of investment."
Anyone giving these 🤡's an airing w/o pushback is helping launder outright BS. Make no mistake: Seymour *knows* himself it's total shit, but *he's sorted*. It's *organised fraud*.
The whole premise of this govt is "We want Scandi-Nordic style results, without even US levels of investment."
Anyone giving these 🤡's an airing w/o pushback is helping launder outright BS. Make no mistake: Seymour *knows* himself it's total shit, but *he's sorted*. It's *organised fraud*.
Not only should we be squeamish, we should be bloody livid that our government is trying so hard to privatise our public services.
They want us to copy the US with their diabolical health system that bankrupts and kills people so their mates and donors can make money off our suffering.
They want us to copy the US with their diabolical health system that bankrupts and kills people so their mates and donors can make money off our suffering.
Watch: David Seymour delivers State of the Nation speech
The ACT leader has used his first major speech of the year to argue the country is at a tipping point.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Not only should we be squeamish, we should be bloody livid that our government is trying so hard to privatise our public services.
They want us to copy the US with their diabolical health system that bankrupts and kills people so their mates and donors can make money off our suffering.
They want us to copy the US with their diabolical health system that bankrupts and kills people so their mates and donors can make money off our suffering.
And don't forget that our annual earnings from mining royalties were spent trying to fix the damage at a single mine
January 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
And don't forget that our annual earnings from mining royalties were spent trying to fix the damage at a single mine
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This doesn't exactly inspire hope that they have learned from the last election. New Zealanders will not be served by more tinkering at the edges - we need to change how the economy works and who it works for. Time will tell when they develop their policies I suppose, but I won't hold my breath
Labour pivots focus to National's stomping grounds of economy and crime
As the party begins its year, leader Chris Hipkins says it needs to up its game on the cost of living, crime and the economy.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This doesn't exactly inspire hope that they have learned from the last election. New Zealanders will not be served by more tinkering at the edges - we need to change how the economy works and who it works for. Time will tell when they develop their policies I suppose, but I won't hold my breath
As always, this Government puts the interests of its donors - in this case the fishing industry - above the interests of ordinary New Zealanders and the environment
Fisheries officials warned Shane Jones the changes might be ‘inequitable’ and reduce the effectiveness of long-awaited marine protections
Govt to weaken Hauraki Gulf protections over $14k in fishing revenue newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/22/g...
Govt to weaken Hauraki Gulf protections over $14k in fishing revenue newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/22/g...
Govt to weaken Hauraki Gulf protections over $14k in fishing revenue
Environmentalists are questioning the economic basis for the Government's decision to weaken proposed marine protections in the Hauraki Gulf.
newsroom.co.nz
January 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
As always, this Government puts the interests of its donors - in this case the fishing industry - above the interests of ordinary New Zealanders and the environment
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“I think it's fair to say that we're not really a Nordic model country anymore.”
My interview with @liandersson.bsky.social wcwd.substack.com/p/thatcheris...
My interview with @liandersson.bsky.social wcwd.substack.com/p/thatcheris...
"Thatcherism with racism": Fighting the far right in Finland
I spoke to Li Andersson, the most popular politician on the Finnish left, about her fight against the austerity policies of the right-far right coalition government
wcwd.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
“I think it's fair to say that we're not really a Nordic model country anymore.”
My interview with @liandersson.bsky.social wcwd.substack.com/p/thatcheris...
My interview with @liandersson.bsky.social wcwd.substack.com/p/thatcheris...
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On the eve of Christopher Luxon’s State of the Nation speech to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, professionals & managers are voting with their passports against the just-hustle-harder approach to economic policy. The economy itself isn’t cooperating either. thekaka.substack.com/p/nz-now-fro...
NZ now frozen, listless, mean & hopeless
Parents of disabled kids stuck in defunded & desperate limbo; Hospitals & councils dispirited & face fresh turmoil under new ministers; 42% of professionals want to migrate to Australia in 2025
thekaka.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
On the eve of Christopher Luxon’s State of the Nation speech to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, professionals & managers are voting with their passports against the just-hustle-harder approach to economic policy. The economy itself isn’t cooperating either. thekaka.substack.com/p/nz-now-fro...