Bee
@dailybee.bsky.social
AuDHD hermit living in Aotearoa NZ 🇳🇿
I hyperfixate on politics far too much for my general wellbeing. Other than that, movies/games/books/my cats are my reason for living.
I hyperfixate on politics far too much for my general wellbeing. Other than that, movies/games/books/my cats are my reason for living.
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Puppysitting today. Making sure to get enough smell on me for my shoe loving cats
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Puppysitting today. Making sure to get enough smell on me for my shoe loving cats
Does this government realise how little legitimacy it has to critise other parties for not having a plan? Because the only plan they appear to have is to repeal everything.
What were their plans and solutions before the election? #nzpol
What were their plans and solutions before the election? #nzpol
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Does this government realise how little legitimacy it has to critise other parties for not having a plan? Because the only plan they appear to have is to repeal everything.
What were their plans and solutions before the election? #nzpol
What were their plans and solutions before the election? #nzpol
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Okay now nz labour stop looking at uk labour and look at Mamdani instead of
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Okay now nz labour stop looking at uk labour and look at Mamdani instead of
"We are looking at a range of things in order to clean up the CBD" is a particularly putrid way to answer whether or not you're going to ban homeless people from city centres. They're people not garbage. #nzpol
![Hon Kieran McAnulty: So which is it: the Government isn't working on legislation to shift homeless people from the CBDs, or they are considering legislation to shift homeless people from the CBDs?
Hon CHRIS BISHOP: The member asked whether or not the Government was developing legislation. The Government is not, but, as I say, we are looking at a range of things in order to clean up the CBD. [Interruption]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qp5fevjl7vx4rgkphkedmcpm/bafkreic2j2x4lta7jw6ey4u7ib6mahlv47vgncw2hcr46aygazrp4rdfuu@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
"We are looking at a range of things in order to clean up the CBD" is a particularly putrid way to answer whether or not you're going to ban homeless people from city centres. They're people not garbage. #nzpol
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Mamdani: "Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Mamdani: "Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
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The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Government quietly loosens climate rules
An announcement at 8pm on Tuesday saw the Government delinking the ETS from the Paris Agreement and extending another emissions deadline by 25 years.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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And just in from Seymour.
This is the intent. Forget whatever flowery words Erica uses. They want your child growing up in a NZ that is blind to its history. That’s not learning, it’s indoctrination.
This is the intent. Forget whatever flowery words Erica uses. They want your child growing up in a NZ that is blind to its history. That’s not learning, it’s indoctrination.
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
And just in from Seymour.
This is the intent. Forget whatever flowery words Erica uses. They want your child growing up in a NZ that is blind to its history. That’s not learning, it’s indoctrination.
This is the intent. Forget whatever flowery words Erica uses. They want your child growing up in a NZ that is blind to its history. That’s not learning, it’s indoctrination.
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Hipkins made the point that this was Hobson’s Pledge policy.
I’m pleased to see him being reasonably forceful about this and I’m pleased to see his words leading the article.
I’m pleased to see him being reasonably forceful about this and I’m pleased to see his words leading the article.
'A victory for Hobson's Pledge': Hipkins critical of Govt removing school board Treaty clause
'It's a step backwards for our education system.'
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Hipkins made the point that this was Hobson’s Pledge policy.
I’m pleased to see him being reasonably forceful about this and I’m pleased to see his words leading the article.
I’m pleased to see him being reasonably forceful about this and I’m pleased to see his words leading the article.
Does Erica Stanford have connections to school resource books, because she sure does think they'll solve everything.
It is patronizing to act as if school books in reo absolves their actions against maori language, culture, history, ect, in our curriculum
#nzpol
It is patronizing to act as if school books in reo absolves their actions against maori language, culture, history, ect, in our curriculum
#nzpol
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Does Erica Stanford have connections to school resource books, because she sure does think they'll solve everything.
It is patronizing to act as if school books in reo absolves their actions against maori language, culture, history, ect, in our curriculum
#nzpol
It is patronizing to act as if school books in reo absolves their actions against maori language, culture, history, ect, in our curriculum
#nzpol
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This all aligns with Stanford's new curriculum that has her racist paws all over it, ditch the requirement to teach NZ history & Maori culture with the pyramids... #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Teachers shocked by government decision to remove Treaty of Waitangi requirement in schools
The minister had been moving to change the requirement, but has announced it will remove it altogether.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This all aligns with Stanford's new curriculum that has her racist paws all over it, ditch the requirement to teach NZ history & Maori culture with the pyramids... #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Louise Upston on benefit targets, 23 Oct 2025
"We will not lower our targets because they're challenging"
Louise Upston on child poverty targets, 25 July 2024
"Unfortunately, with the previous government numbers going up it's really challenging"
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/523...
"We will not lower our targets because they're challenging"
Louise Upston on child poverty targets, 25 July 2024
"Unfortunately, with the previous government numbers going up it's really challenging"
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/523...
Minister defends lowered child poverty targets as 'achievable'
Louise Upston has rejected criticisms of lowered child poverty reduction targets, saying they are achievable and ambitious.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Louise Upston on benefit targets, 23 Oct 2025
"We will not lower our targets because they're challenging"
Louise Upston on child poverty targets, 25 July 2024
"Unfortunately, with the previous government numbers going up it's really challenging"
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/523...
"We will not lower our targets because they're challenging"
Louise Upston on child poverty targets, 25 July 2024
"Unfortunately, with the previous government numbers going up it's really challenging"
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/523...
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'If Upston is reading these same reports, how does she get from “structural inequality” to “lazy youth ruining the economy”?'
www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-governme...
www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-governme...
The government's creative storytelling must be addressed
Today, I'm happy to share a guest post from one of the best people I know. My dear friend Helen Gilby is so bright and so funny. And y’all loved her last posts, Seymour's Aotearoa: How to Lose a Count...
www.emilywrites.co.nz
October 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
'If Upston is reading these same reports, how does she get from “structural inequality” to “lazy youth ruining the economy”?'
www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-governme...
www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-governme...
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From Auckland University - Opinion: How much did the Govt pay for a curriculum that is so inferior to the version already mandated in our schools? And how else might we have spent that money?
If the curriculum ain't broke, don't fix it
newsroom.co.nz
October 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
From Auckland University - Opinion: How much did the Govt pay for a curriculum that is so inferior to the version already mandated in our schools? And how else might we have spent that money?
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Well that’s certainly the headline the government wanted when they drew it up on the whiteboard, cheers NZME, job done.
October 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Well that’s certainly the headline the government wanted when they drew it up on the whiteboard, cheers NZME, job done.
I'm almost finished reading a book about this guy, and yeah, he's a dangerous fool. If his NZ citizenship is any indication of the 'investment' the coalition's golden visas will bring then they'll be duds.
www.nzherald.co.nz/world/peter-...
www.nzherald.co.nz/world/peter-...
‘The Antichrist’: Billionaire Peter Thiel slams Greta Thunberg in private lectures
Thiel tied tech regulation to global totalitarian rule.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I'm almost finished reading a book about this guy, and yeah, he's a dangerous fool. If his NZ citizenship is any indication of the 'investment' the coalition's golden visas will bring then they'll be duds.
www.nzherald.co.nz/world/peter-...
www.nzherald.co.nz/world/peter-...
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#nzpol
As ever, Anne Salmond is on point
"When Act mounted its despicable Victim of the Day campaign, delivered by Act’s parliamentary staffers at the taxpayers’ expense and attacking individual scholars as ‘deranged,’ that was another attack on institutional autonomy and academic freedom."
As ever, Anne Salmond is on point
"When Act mounted its despicable Victim of the Day campaign, delivered by Act’s parliamentary staffers at the taxpayers’ expense and attacking individual scholars as ‘deranged,’ that was another attack on institutional autonomy and academic freedom."
Anne Salmond: Academic freedom and its enemies
In NZ there are chilling moves towards illiberal democracy. While they are being strongly resisted so far, political leaders and others must wake up.
newsroom.co.nz
October 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#nzpol
As ever, Anne Salmond is on point
"When Act mounted its despicable Victim of the Day campaign, delivered by Act’s parliamentary staffers at the taxpayers’ expense and attacking individual scholars as ‘deranged,’ that was another attack on institutional autonomy and academic freedom."
As ever, Anne Salmond is on point
"When Act mounted its despicable Victim of the Day campaign, delivered by Act’s parliamentary staffers at the taxpayers’ expense and attacking individual scholars as ‘deranged,’ that was another attack on institutional autonomy and academic freedom."
"Everyone has challenges" Paul Goldsmith says when asked about leaving young jobseekers with medical certificates with no safety net.
I'll add that line to the list of ways this government sounds like a invalidating and gaslighting abuser. #nzpol
I'll add that line to the list of ways this government sounds like a invalidating and gaslighting abuser. #nzpol
October 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"Everyone has challenges" Paul Goldsmith says when asked about leaving young jobseekers with medical certificates with no safety net.
I'll add that line to the list of ways this government sounds like a invalidating and gaslighting abuser. #nzpol
I'll add that line to the list of ways this government sounds like a invalidating and gaslighting abuser. #nzpol
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Govt to cut #JobSeeker benefit for 18 & 19 year olds who’s parents earn over $65,000, even if the teens have a disability or health condition. With #CostOfLiving & the job shortage they’re cranking up stress levels to 11, all to meet a target.
My #cartoon today about hard-nosed #NZpol
My #cartoon today about hard-nosed #NZpol
October 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Govt to cut #JobSeeker benefit for 18 & 19 year olds who’s parents earn over $65,000, even if the teens have a disability or health condition. With #CostOfLiving & the job shortage they’re cranking up stress levels to 11, all to meet a target.
My #cartoon today about hard-nosed #NZpol
My #cartoon today about hard-nosed #NZpol
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Essential services are not suited to "the market" — the objectives of private capital are too misaligned with the nature of the inelastic demand for the services.
October 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Essential services are not suited to "the market" — the objectives of private capital are too misaligned with the nature of the inelastic demand for the services.
This government's understanding and curiosity about solving societal issues is as shallow as a dinner plate.
October 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This government's understanding and curiosity about solving societal issues is as shallow as a dinner plate.
Louise Upston says she doesn't want to leave "young people to *rot* on welfare".
So what has she done about that other than boot people off of a system that awful? #nzpol
So what has she done about that other than boot people off of a system that awful? #nzpol
October 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Louise Upston says she doesn't want to leave "young people to *rot* on welfare".
So what has she done about that other than boot people off of a system that awful? #nzpol
So what has she done about that other than boot people off of a system that awful? #nzpol
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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...
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
October 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/08/g...
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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"
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
October 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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"
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