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D Jukic She/her
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Enthusiastic amateur gardener. Dalmatian. Croatian. Pākehā. Tangata Tiriti. Parent. Partner. Baba. Teta. Cis. She/her. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
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I remember when $3bn got you 2 Ferrari ferries and 100 year support infrastructure
February 10, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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Yes we certainly employ a lot of highly paid idiots.
#nzpol
February 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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LMFAO we're being taxed for this, we may not use it, and we're buying it on HP and paying $2.7bn fo rit

Are we utterly fucked in the head?
But wait! There's more!!

#nzpol
February 10, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Simon Watts saying the levy the govt called a levy in its own media release documents isn't a levy, having also said that a charge set against all users to pay for something government is building isn't a tax is a new low point for "words don't mean anything any more".
February 10, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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Got a new t-shirt dropping hopefully this week, please buy it or I'll probably just run screaming into the forest and never be seen or heard from again
February 9, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Me, buying pine nuts: I’VE MADE IT! I’m rich!!

Billionaires murdering people, destroying the earth’s ecosystems, and also eating people: Same!!!
February 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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Just a reminder that all policy positions are ones that have consequences, and none are neutral. All have outputs, outcomes, & externalities.

This policy decision was positioned as more 'natural' but using status quo market forces is itself a conscious policy decision
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...
The EV slowdown: How government decisions changed the road ahead
We look at what went wrong and what needs to happen after the great e-slowdown.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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The High Court decision stands!
Paul Goldsmith tells me today he has decided not to appeal this decision.

"I didn't see the point of dragging it out for more months and more expense."
NEW: The High Court has ruled that Paul Goldsmith's appointment of Dr. Stephen Rainbow as Human Rights Commissioner was unlawful

www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
February 9, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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Just got an email from Chris Bishop, wearing his hat as Chair of the National Party Campaign Cttee. He relies on donations from businesses to run a successful election campaign. He is also the decision making Minister giving businesses access to the fast track.
February 9, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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Govt to pay up to $180m/year or $2.7b over 15 years to lease LNG re-gasification plant, paid for by $15-$30 'levy' per household per year. That $2.7b would build four Benmore Dams worth of electricity #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
Why not spend $2.7b on solar & batteries instead?
Govt to pay up to $180m/year or $2.7b over 15 years to lease LNG re-gasification plant, paid for by $15-$30 'levy' per household per year. That $2.7b would build four Benmore Dams worth of electricity
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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As is now plain to see the fossil fuel industry controls the NZ Luxon Govt. Not only is Luxon taxing us to pay for an LNG import facility, he is opening the door to taxpayers paying the decommissioning costs of old oil fields. This is the story of how they did it: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
How oil companies made you pay $300m to clean up their oil field mess (and how they are trying to do it again) - Greenpeace Aotearoa
How oil companies made you pay $300m to clean up their oil field mess (and how they are trying to do it again)
www.greenpeace.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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Guyon Espiner on RNZ's Mid-Day Report interviewed the so-called Taxpayers ✌️Union✌️ on Nationals proposed levy on consumers to pay for its new billion dollar Think Big project, LNG Terminal.

Why didnt he interview Tax Justice Aotearoa?

Why does media always go to the TU,never Tax Justice Aotearoa?
February 9, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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The Govt claims to be pro-market yet: $200m subsidy for oil exploration; Uncapped subsidies to decommission old oil fields; $1billion subsidy for LNG imports; Fonterra faces zero price for emissions under ETS. There is a pattern here. They are using the state to support and subsidise pollution.
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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This Luxon gas scheme feels dodgy, like he needed to lock it now just in case they lose election. The minister says it could be online by next winter , this, the same gov that couldn't even run a roadcone tip line.. #nzpol
February 9, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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And this comes out on the same day that they post AI caricatures of the opposition parties that accuse them of wanting to increase taxes.
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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Absolutely disgusting from NSW police.
#nzpol
Assaulting people while they pray peacefully in public is a new low for the Australian police. Shame on them. #Herzog #Gaza
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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It’s Auckland Pride season! The D*List has curated a list of accessible, joyful events happening throughout February to enjoy. Happy Pride!
An accessible events guide for Auckland Pride 2026
It’s Auckland Pride season! The D*List has curated a list of accessible, joyful events happening throughout February to enjoy. Happy Pride!
thedlist.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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We're spending a billion dollars on the generating equivalent of an 8 track cassette player

#nzpol
February 9, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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Can someone explain the disconnect betw Luxon who bangs on about how the US needs critical minerals for EVs, etc, stuff needed for the clean energy revolution
Yet Trump hates EVs & renewables, denies climate change, is doing everything he possibly can to stop or slow the US decarbonising
#nzpol
February 9, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Kiwis have been harping on about NZ as a low productivity nation for almost as long as we have been warning about climate change...

Just as the Manu is our unofficial summer sport, kicking the can down the road is our national pastime - make it an olympic sport, NZ Gold every time.
The opposite of this

NZ's low productivity (gap between value of inputs and outputs) is the primary reason why our self-ideation as a prosperous country able to provide a good life for everyone fails to match reality

Workers are largely victims of it, and we should demand better productivity
Our obsession with productivity is psychotic.

Because there's never enough productivity.

If you work hard, they want you to work even harder.

Making a line go up for the sake of making a line go up is just flawed.
February 9, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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The takeaway here is the declaration that Goldsmith ran a shoddy process that was inconsistent with some mandatory statutory criteria in the appointment of two high ranking tribunal members stands. And we're entitled to take that into account when assessing how Goldsmith does his job.
February 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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In now publicly available text correspondence between the British health secretary Wes Streeting and former British ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, Streeting admitted that Israel was committing war crimes, conspiring to ethnically cleanse Gaza, and that the UK should sanction the government.
Wes Streeting privately said Israel committing war crimes, backed sanctions on 'rogue state'
The British health secretary privately admitted last year that the Israeli government 'talks the language of ethnic cleansing'
www.middleeasteye.net
February 9, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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Would be very funny if Streetings future as Prime Minister gets axed by Labour Friends of Israel because he published WhatsApps messages to distance himself from Mandelson.
In now publicly available text correspondence between the British health secretary Wes Streeting and former British ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, Streeting admitted that Israel was committing war crimes, conspiring to ethnically cleanse Gaza, and that the UK should sanction the government.
Wes Streeting privately said Israel committing war crimes, backed sanctions on 'rogue state'
The British health secretary privately admitted last year that the Israeli government 'talks the language of ethnic cleansing'
www.middleeasteye.net
February 9, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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🚨A plea to save our lives in Gaza from the storm. We are freezing to death. Our tent is torn & destroyed We are flooded by heavy rain.

We implore you to donate so we can buy a tent that costs $150 tent😭

Your donation will be our lifeline🤲

Plz Help & share link donation
chuffed.org/project/1400...
February 9, 2026 at 10:19 PM