Neil K
@mistermemory.bsky.social
I think I have too much social, this may be the escape I’m looking for, will post books as I finish them and perhaps movies I have watched, there may be the odd cat pic, oh and there may be trains
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If I were covering this for a media outlet, I would reach out to film industry people and actors (and companies) whose families, colleagues, and friends would have direct personal comment on this, and if they would change any decisions they make as a result. #nzpol
It's being reported that New Zealand has banned puberty blockers for transgender youth. I removed New Zealand from my recommendations to families fleeing a while back after the far right saw a surge in power in the country.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 AM
If I were covering this for a media outlet, I would reach out to film industry people and actors (and companies) whose families, colleagues, and friends would have direct personal comment on this, and if they would change any decisions they make as a result. #nzpol
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This TERF shit is gonna result in dead kids and the Minister should be pilloried, dragged, reviled, hounded
The Government is banning new patients from being prescribed the most common form of puberty blocker and is explicitly aligning NZ's future policy on this matter to the UK's. PR below.
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
This TERF shit is gonna result in dead kids and the Minister should be pilloried, dragged, reviled, hounded
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“Having an infrastructure that takes harassment and threats against all mayors seriously…could prevent actual acts of violence and help mayors feel supported enough to continue doing their job well.”
I can’t stress enough the daily impact this has. In the end, the whole community suffers. #nzpol
I can’t stress enough the daily impact this has. In the end, the whole community suffers. #nzpol
When I was mayor of Mpls, I was on the leading edge of something people didn’t want to name — a new wave of harassment toward women in public office.
New research shows women mayors face far more harassment and threats than men.
@politico story 👇
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
New research shows women mayors face far more harassment and threats than men.
@politico story 👇
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Survey shows sharp gender gap in political harassment
Female mayors face higher rates of politically motivated violence and harassment, a new poll finds.
www.politico.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“Having an infrastructure that takes harassment and threats against all mayors seriously…could prevent actual acts of violence and help mayors feel supported enough to continue doing their job well.”
I can’t stress enough the daily impact this has. In the end, the whole community suffers. #nzpol
I can’t stress enough the daily impact this has. In the end, the whole community suffers. #nzpol
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Interesting how roads need to be designed for a surge capacity (that they will still likely not meet) but hospital staffing has to be reduced to bare bones that struggles to meet median demand….🤔
This we call a propaganda piece and not actual journalism
No we dont nor ever will need State Highway 1 as 4 lanes to Northland. Ironically showing why Labour Day was a problem also shows why NZTA's analysis is junk. The highway like mall parking lots only get clogged 4x a year
2+1 road is enough
No we dont nor ever will need State Highway 1 as 4 lanes to Northland. Ironically showing why Labour Day was a problem also shows why NZTA's analysis is junk. The highway like mall parking lots only get clogged 4x a year
2+1 road is enough
‘The benefits are huge’: $18b Northland Expressway set to transform road travel
Labour Day traffic showed how travel times could be reduced with the new corridor.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Interesting how roads need to be designed for a surge capacity (that they will still likely not meet) but hospital staffing has to be reduced to bare bones that struggles to meet median demand….🤔
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Simeon Brown tells young jobseekers to “get a paper run” on RNZ this morning 🙀
He is so out of touch, he thinks neighbourhoods still get a daily newspaper delivered
#nzpol
He is so out of touch, he thinks neighbourhoods still get a daily newspaper delivered
#nzpol
October 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Simeon Brown tells young jobseekers to “get a paper run” on RNZ this morning 🙀
He is so out of touch, he thinks neighbourhoods still get a daily newspaper delivered
#nzpol
He is so out of touch, he thinks neighbourhoods still get a daily newspaper delivered
#nzpol
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The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.
October 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.
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They are saying 32% GST and 72 for retirement age so we will happily accept 20% GST and 68 for retirement age. Why don’t they say 5% wealth tax and 40% corporate tax on big conglomerates? No of course they won’t say that no siree.
September 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
They are saying 32% GST and 72 for retirement age so we will happily accept 20% GST and 68 for retirement age. Why don’t they say 5% wealth tax and 40% corporate tax on big conglomerates? No of course they won’t say that no siree.
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Simeon Brown is funding private equity telehealth companies up to ~4.5 times ($65/appt) more than community GPs. These same companies e.g. Tend Health are then charging Kiwis $80-100 for a call. #kiwi
September 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Simeon Brown is funding private equity telehealth companies up to ~4.5 times ($65/appt) more than community GPs. These same companies e.g. Tend Health are then charging Kiwis $80-100 for a call. #kiwi
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I think we need to start making every wealthy person so uncomfortable they start demanding an end to name suppression for wealth by asking every one of them every time if they are the convicted. Let them all think we are assuming it is them.
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I think we need to start making every wealthy person so uncomfortable they start demanding an end to name suppression for wealth by asking every one of them every time if they are the convicted. Let them all think we are assuming it is them.
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Housing (shelter) is and always should be a Universal Right above all else
ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury, who authored the bill, "it will start the process of reshaping the way we think about housing in this city".
"It will create a new requirement, by law, for the Govt to treat housing not as a private asset for wealth creation, but as a foundational social good”
"It will create a new requirement, by law, for the Govt to treat housing not as a private asset for wealth creation, but as a foundational social good”
An important step.
"It's never been done in Australia before — enshrining housing as a human right. But it's a concept that will soon become a reality in the ACT."
#Canberra #housing #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
"It's never been done in Australia before — enshrining housing as a human right. But it's a concept that will soon become a reality in the ACT."
#Canberra #housing #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
September 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Housing (shelter) is and always should be a Universal Right above all else
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While Simeon Brown and Chris Bishop have decided they want more deaths and injuries on our roads #nzpol
Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales - BBC News share.google/b46odRfoZwfn...
Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales
Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.
share.google
September 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
While Simeon Brown and Chris Bishop have decided they want more deaths and injuries on our roads #nzpol
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Let's check in with the international then:
September 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Let's check in with the international then:
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New Zealand thinks they know better than the world yet the world says otherwise with speed limits 👇
2 years of default urban/village 20mph in Wales has resulted in over 1,000 fewer killed or injured. The data shows a 25% reduction in casualties on the 20/30mph roads. Drivers gain with damage risk, crashes and premiums down. Well done Wales. bit.ly/4ppl030
September 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
New Zealand thinks they know better than the world yet the world says otherwise with speed limits 👇
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our government runs a structural deficit - revenue from taxes doesn’t even cover operational expenses - and we have embedded structural limitations in the economy: low investment in plant and machinery (and R and D), a housing market scam, massive private debt funding everyday purchases, etc
September 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
our government runs a structural deficit - revenue from taxes doesn’t even cover operational expenses - and we have embedded structural limitations in the economy: low investment in plant and machinery (and R and D), a housing market scam, massive private debt funding everyday purchases, etc
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“Using woke as a slur dismisses not only a word but the centuries of struggle, pain, and progress it represents. Whether intended or not, it aligns with the same forces that upheld slavery, apartheid, and white supremacy.” — Gregory Fortuin.
Being woke is not weakness | E-Tangata
“Using woke as a slur dismisses not only a word but the centuries of struggle, pain, and progress it represents. Whether intended or not, it aligns with the same forces that upheld slavery, apartheid,...
e-tangata.co.nz
September 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“Using woke as a slur dismisses not only a word but the centuries of struggle, pain, and progress it represents. Whether intended or not, it aligns with the same forces that upheld slavery, apartheid, and white supremacy.” — Gregory Fortuin.
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As David Runciman warns in 'How Democracy Ends', democracies rarely collapse in a single moment — instead they hollow out from within. That’s the risk we see in two recent government bills.
Read our submissions on the Public Service Amdt Bill & Electoral Amdt Bill
trustdemocracy.nz/2025/09/wron...
Read our submissions on the Public Service Amdt Bill & Electoral Amdt Bill
trustdemocracy.nz/2025/09/wron...
The wrong direction: Restricting the franchise, paving the way for politicising the public service - Trust Democracy NZ
Two government bills weaken Aotearoa’s democracy by restricting the franchise and paving the way for the politicisation of the public service. Trust Democracy’s submissions call for more and better de...
trustdemocracy.nz
September 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
As David Runciman warns in 'How Democracy Ends', democracies rarely collapse in a single moment — instead they hollow out from within. That’s the risk we see in two recent government bills.
Read our submissions on the Public Service Amdt Bill & Electoral Amdt Bill
trustdemocracy.nz/2025/09/wron...
Read our submissions on the Public Service Amdt Bill & Electoral Amdt Bill
trustdemocracy.nz/2025/09/wron...
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Every time I hear Health NZ representatives say the nurses are putting people at risk I think: no, Health NZ, you are putting people at risk and this strike is Nurses trying to stop your harm
I want the government to fund our nurses and healthcare system. I know people whose healthcare was delayed, not by strikes, but by our overburdened system struggling under the load.
There isn't even appropriate gynaecological care in our capital city. It's INSULTING how poorly our public system is.
There isn't even appropriate gynaecological care in our capital city. It's INSULTING how poorly our public system is.
I support the nurses strike
September 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Every time I hear Health NZ representatives say the nurses are putting people at risk I think: no, Health NZ, you are putting people at risk and this strike is Nurses trying to stop your harm
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It is disgusting how the government and health NZ are trashing our nurses. It is bullying in a national scale.
They have every right to strike, no matter what.
Our nurses work harder and do more for people in a *day than Simeon Brown has in his whole shitty little life.
#nzpol
They have every right to strike, no matter what.
Our nurses work harder and do more for people in a *day than Simeon Brown has in his whole shitty little life.
#nzpol
Every time I hear Health NZ representatives say the nurses are putting people at risk I think: no, Health NZ, you are putting people at risk and this strike is Nurses trying to stop your harm
I want the government to fund our nurses and healthcare system. I know people whose healthcare was delayed, not by strikes, but by our overburdened system struggling under the load.
There isn't even appropriate gynaecological care in our capital city. It's INSULTING how poorly our public system is.
There isn't even appropriate gynaecological care in our capital city. It's INSULTING how poorly our public system is.
September 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It is disgusting how the government and health NZ are trashing our nurses. It is bullying in a national scale.
They have every right to strike, no matter what.
Our nurses work harder and do more for people in a *day than Simeon Brown has in his whole shitty little life.
#nzpol
They have every right to strike, no matter what.
Our nurses work harder and do more for people in a *day than Simeon Brown has in his whole shitty little life.
#nzpol
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Your weekly reminder that voter "concern" with immigration doesn't correspond to actual immigration levels.
It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.
This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.
It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.
This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.
September 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Your weekly reminder that voter "concern" with immigration doesn't correspond to actual immigration levels.
It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.
This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.
It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.
This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.
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So where is the 10 year jail sentence for the CE and the $100m fine?
The NZ Electricity Authority has found that generator Meridian Energy manipulated the power market, spilling water to burn coal & charge consumers top rates- costing consumers about $80 million
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Meridian spilled water to hike electricity prices - Authority ruling
The Electricity Authority has found that generator Meridian Energy manipulated the power market, costing consumers about $80 million.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
So where is the 10 year jail sentence for the CE and the $100m fine?
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union - an organisation of *workers* whose purpose is to *maintain or improve the conditions* of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving safety standards...
TPU - not workers (lol)
TPU - absolutely not about maintaining/improving condition (of anything)
TPU - not workers (lol)
TPU - absolutely not about maintaining/improving condition (of anything)
September 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
union - an organisation of *workers* whose purpose is to *maintain or improve the conditions* of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving safety standards...
TPU - not workers (lol)
TPU - absolutely not about maintaining/improving condition (of anything)
TPU - not workers (lol)
TPU - absolutely not about maintaining/improving condition (of anything)
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I don't know if it's intentionally dishonest, but headlines like this imply it's a trade union behind this.
Nope. It's the fucking TPU (not a real union) bullying candidates to be more evil.
Fuck off, TPU.
#nzpol
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Nope. It's the fucking TPU (not a real union) bullying candidates to be more evil.
Fuck off, TPU.
#nzpol
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Bullying of candidates by union alleged
Dunedin City Council candidates say they have received a barrage of emails using "bullying and intimidation tactics", urging them to sign a New...
www.odt.co.nz
September 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I don't know if it's intentionally dishonest, but headlines like this imply it's a trade union behind this.
Nope. It's the fucking TPU (not a real union) bullying candidates to be more evil.
Fuck off, TPU.
#nzpol
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Nope. It's the fucking TPU (not a real union) bullying candidates to be more evil.
Fuck off, TPU.
#nzpol
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
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When I look at my children, I see the children in Gaza.
When I look at the children in Gaza I see my own #GadiGaza🇵🇸
When I look at the children in Gaza I see my own #GadiGaza🇵🇸
August 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
When I look at my children, I see the children in Gaza.
When I look at the children in Gaza I see my own #GadiGaza🇵🇸
When I look at the children in Gaza I see my own #GadiGaza🇵🇸