Mandy Hager
@mandyh.bsky.social
Writer, Greenie Granny worrying for my grandkids future
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Asians Supporting Tino Rangatiratanga on Brian Tamaki's violence against the Sikh community: "The Destiny Church/“True Patriot” display of anti-Indian racism targeting the Sikh community is reprehensible and only serves white supremacy." Via Facebook www.facebook.com/Asians4Tino/... #nzpol
December 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Asians Supporting Tino Rangatiratanga on Brian Tamaki's violence against the Sikh community: "The Destiny Church/“True Patriot” display of anti-Indian racism targeting the Sikh community is reprehensible and only serves white supremacy." Via Facebook www.facebook.com/Asians4Tino/... #nzpol
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The much requested Urgency Comparisons for the last 7 New Zealand Parliaments is now available on nzpt.cjs.nz.
Last major change for this #nzpol tool until the New Political Year (Jan 27th).
Going to add other tools to the site at some point, so still open to any suggestions!
Last major change for this #nzpol tool until the New Political Year (Jan 27th).
Going to add other tools to the site at some point, so still open to any suggestions!
December 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The much requested Urgency Comparisons for the last 7 New Zealand Parliaments is now available on nzpt.cjs.nz.
Last major change for this #nzpol tool until the New Political Year (Jan 27th).
Going to add other tools to the site at some point, so still open to any suggestions!
Last major change for this #nzpol tool until the New Political Year (Jan 27th).
Going to add other tools to the site at some point, so still open to any suggestions!
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A very thoughtful and well written piece.
"We can be a country that people choose to stay in. We can be a country that honours its elders with more than rhetoric. We just have to choose it and 2026 is as good a year as any to start."
#NZPOL
"We can be a country that people choose to stay in. We can be a country that honours its elders with more than rhetoric. We just have to choose it and 2026 is as good a year as any to start."
#NZPOL
The year ahead: Watching one child after another pack their bags for opportunities overseas, a former minister insists NZers can choose to do better.
A country is not its GDP, a country is its people
newsroom.co.nz
December 26, 2025 at 5:26 AM
A very thoughtful and well written piece.
"We can be a country that people choose to stay in. We can be a country that honours its elders with more than rhetoric. We just have to choose it and 2026 is as good a year as any to start."
#NZPOL
"We can be a country that people choose to stay in. We can be a country that honours its elders with more than rhetoric. We just have to choose it and 2026 is as good a year as any to start."
#NZPOL
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""The apps you already have on your phone, the ones that you use on a regular basis, - are actually far more likely to be maliciously utilised
“It does make perpetrators' ways of abusing people more efficient and give them greater reach and that's kind of the terrifying part of it."
“It does make perpetrators' ways of abusing people more efficient and give them greater reach and that's kind of the terrifying part of it."
Increase in tracking devices in abusive partner stalking: experts
Domestic violence experts warn they are seeing an alarming increase in abusive partners stalking their exes using mini tracking devices and mobile...
www.odt.co.nz
December 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
""The apps you already have on your phone, the ones that you use on a regular basis, - are actually far more likely to be maliciously utilised
“It does make perpetrators' ways of abusing people more efficient and give them greater reach and that's kind of the terrifying part of it."
“It does make perpetrators' ways of abusing people more efficient and give them greater reach and that's kind of the terrifying part of it."
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“We ought to be tripling disability related allowances, making Total Mobility 100% funded, and providing a range of state housing options. We could also implement accessibility legislation, make employment-related funding more easily accessible, and reduce prescription fees” - Dr Bex #nzpol
Disability, Material Hardship, and Data
New research shows clear links and a raft of possibilities for change
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“We ought to be tripling disability related allowances, making Total Mobility 100% funded, and providing a range of state housing options. We could also implement accessibility legislation, make employment-related funding more easily accessible, and reduce prescription fees” - Dr Bex #nzpol
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I don’t want to alarm anyone, but my observations have detected a number of National Voters vowing to vote for NZFirst instead next election…we have really got to get young people enrolled to vote asap or we are going to have a 2nd term of this hoofwanking bunglecunted freak show. 🤦♀️ #nzpol
December 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I don’t want to alarm anyone, but my observations have detected a number of National Voters vowing to vote for NZFirst instead next election…we have really got to get young people enrolled to vote asap or we are going to have a 2nd term of this hoofwanking bunglecunted freak show. 🤦♀️ #nzpol
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Luxon's government: Happy to cap rates; wouldn't even consider capping rents... And yet somehow the Greens are the crazy ones. #nzpol #GovernmentByLandlordsForLandlords
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Luxon's government: Happy to cap rates; wouldn't even consider capping rents... And yet somehow the Greens are the crazy ones. #nzpol #GovernmentByLandlordsForLandlords
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Brian Tamaki is NOT a Christian rather he is an autocrat pretending to preach the word of god but only to promote himself, the tithing he gets & his fascism. His lack of tolerance, his dictatorial exclusion of ‘others’ & his complete lack of self reflection, forgiveness & tolerance show this #nzpol
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Brian Tamaki is NOT a Christian rather he is an autocrat pretending to preach the word of god but only to promote himself, the tithing he gets & his fascism. His lack of tolerance, his dictatorial exclusion of ‘others’ & his complete lack of self reflection, forgiveness & tolerance show this #nzpol
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If we obtain a testing kit that detects the presence of police officers but doesn't detect the porn stored on their phones, can we demand that they be banned from driving for 12 hours?🤔
#nzpol
#nzpol
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
If we obtain a testing kit that detects the presence of police officers but doesn't detect the porn stored on their phones, can we demand that they be banned from driving for 12 hours?🤔
#nzpol
#nzpol
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My most recent article on how the medical system in NZ is pretty damn awful to Māori and how docs are much like cops open.substack.com/pub/kaimataa...
#nzpol
#nzpol
The health system broke me
Racism and suffering as medical method in Aotearoa New Zealand
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My most recent article on how the medical system in NZ is pretty damn awful to Māori and how docs are much like cops open.substack.com/pub/kaimataa...
#nzpol
#nzpol
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This is a message to MAGA-Republicans you keep saying that Democrats want free stuff and that the government can't do anything right so you voted for Trump. It's time for a little education.
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is a message to MAGA-Republicans you keep saying that Democrats want free stuff and that the government can't do anything right so you voted for Trump. It's time for a little education.
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#NZpol
"If there is a clear-and-present danger to NZers, it’s drink driving. And while drug-driving needs to be addressed, it can’t be solved by bringing in bad or inaccurate, (though profitable), testing."
"If there is a clear-and-present danger to NZers, it’s drink driving. And while drug-driving needs to be addressed, it can’t be solved by bringing in bad or inaccurate, (though profitable), testing."
"Roadside drug testing could be a great idea if it was accurate and effective. But is it?"
YouTube video by Big Hairy Network
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December 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
#NZpol
"If there is a clear-and-present danger to NZers, it’s drink driving. And while drug-driving needs to be addressed, it can’t be solved by bringing in bad or inaccurate, (though profitable), testing."
"If there is a clear-and-present danger to NZers, it’s drink driving. And while drug-driving needs to be addressed, it can’t be solved by bringing in bad or inaccurate, (though profitable), testing."
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The #Mãori RW bloc in #NZGovt isn’t defending Mãori rights. It’s actively dismantling them. Mãori MPs are giving political cover to policies that weaken #TeTiriti, marginalise Maori, & undermine the principles their whakapapa connects them to #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/drhsingh...?
Māori MPs Driving the Rollback of Māori Rights and Te Tiriti
By Dr Harpreet Singh | drhsinghnz.substack.com | FB: @DrHSinghNZ
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The #Mãori RW bloc in #NZGovt isn’t defending Mãori rights. It’s actively dismantling them. Mãori MPs are giving political cover to policies that weaken #TeTiriti, marginalise Maori, & undermine the principles their whakapapa connects them to #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/drhsingh...?
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I don't think corruption gets enough follow up in New Zealand. The links (should I say "concidences") between donations to politicians/parties and laws passed. The NZF/Costello tobacco link. NZF and fishing industry. Property and virtually every RW party.
December 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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#nzpol Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand, because this awful National/NZ First/ACT coalition government considers you and your loved ones expendable. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing
Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
#nzpol Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand, because this awful National/NZ First/ACT coalition government considers you and your loved ones expendable. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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The UK Guardian is transphobic trash, but this is the good stuff.
Bottom line: banning vital healthcare for kids kills kids. Anyone who passes and pushes this sort of policy simply doesn’t care or more likely really wants fewer trans kids in the world, no matter how that happens. Fucking ghouls.
Bottom line: banning vital healthcare for kids kills kids. Anyone who passes and pushes this sort of policy simply doesn’t care or more likely really wants fewer trans kids in the world, no matter how that happens. Fucking ghouls.
Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns
Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The UK Guardian is transphobic trash, but this is the good stuff.
Bottom line: banning vital healthcare for kids kills kids. Anyone who passes and pushes this sort of policy simply doesn’t care or more likely really wants fewer trans kids in the world, no matter how that happens. Fucking ghouls.
Bottom line: banning vital healthcare for kids kills kids. Anyone who passes and pushes this sort of policy simply doesn’t care or more likely really wants fewer trans kids in the world, no matter how that happens. Fucking ghouls.
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Knowing that this NZ government will legislate new laws based upon ignorance, bigotry, public harm and personal bias, (fascism) over expert clinical advice, is the stuff that truly warms the cockles of half the NZ voting public, apparently. 🙄 #nzpol #VoteThemOutNZ
New from me: Health officials said there was ‘no evidence base’ about the likely impacts of the Government’s decision to ban puberty blockers for transgender youth.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/c...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/c...
Cabinet overrode health advice in decision to ban puberty blockers
Health officials said there was 'no evidence base' about the likely impacts of the Government's decision to ban puberty blockers for transgender youth.
newsroom.co.nz
December 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Knowing that this NZ government will legislate new laws based upon ignorance, bigotry, public harm and personal bias, (fascism) over expert clinical advice, is the stuff that truly warms the cockles of half the NZ voting public, apparently. 🙄 #nzpol #VoteThemOutNZ
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A PERMANENTLY LOWER GDP?!
“Treasury reports 45,000 fewer people employed than in 2023, and its latest forecasts show a permanently lower GDP growth trajectory compared with May projections due to this smaller workforce.”
Economic vandalism. 😠 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
“Treasury reports 45,000 fewer people employed than in 2023, and its latest forecasts show a permanently lower GDP growth trajectory compared with May projections due to this smaller workforce.”
Economic vandalism. 😠 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
Sorry! The economic recovery you ordered has been delayed
Sorry! The economic recovery you ordered has been delayed
Expectations were repeatedly raised and dashed, but 2025 ended up being another frustrating year in the desert for many New Zealanders....
thespinoff.co.nz
December 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A PERMANENTLY LOWER GDP?!
“Treasury reports 45,000 fewer people employed than in 2023, and its latest forecasts show a permanently lower GDP growth trajectory compared with May projections due to this smaller workforce.”
Economic vandalism. 😠 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
“Treasury reports 45,000 fewer people employed than in 2023, and its latest forecasts show a permanently lower GDP growth trajectory compared with May projections due to this smaller workforce.”
Economic vandalism. 😠 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
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Shilling for the tobacco, mining, fishing & alcohol industries to the detriment of people, communities & the environment isn’t the responsible face of capitalism, it is just its skewed and donor loving face and Winston is, once again, applying lipstick to the pig that is NZF. #nzpol #LiarAndDinosaur
Winston Peters returns to Labour-friendly language
Winston Peters talks up “responsible face of capitalism” as he promotes minimum wage hikes and health policy ahead of 2026.
www.thepost.co.nz
December 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Shilling for the tobacco, mining, fishing & alcohol industries to the detriment of people, communities & the environment isn’t the responsible face of capitalism, it is just its skewed and donor loving face and Winston is, once again, applying lipstick to the pig that is NZF. #nzpol #LiarAndDinosaur