Sean Sturm
@seansturm.bsky.social
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa me Tangata Tiriti, philosopher of education, musician, unionist. Toitū te whenua; toitū te Tiriti.
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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
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.
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so they're covering the nz couple who ran facilities... still no Pinker or Thiel in ANY stories though... Pinker is speaking TONIGHT on invitation of the FSU (wonder how many ACT folks et al will be in attendance) but it seems like more prominent associates of Epstein are a protected species in NZ
Kiwi couple who managed Epstein ranch also worked at his notorious island, documents show
The pair were initially brought on the manage the Zorro Ranch, but their culinary skills soon saw them replace Epstein’s personal chef.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 2, 2026 at 5:23 AM
so they're covering the nz couple who ran facilities... still no Pinker or Thiel in ANY stories though... Pinker is speaking TONIGHT on invitation of the FSU (wonder how many ACT folks et al will be in attendance) but it seems like more prominent associates of Epstein are a protected species in NZ
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MBIE has announced the board members of Research Funding New Zealand, the new org that will make funding decisions for NZ's "major public investments in science, innovation and technology"
My initial response: 😬🤔🙄WTF
Why are three of them Aus-based? Why such a strong Agri lean? ⚛️🧪👩🔬
My initial response: 😬🤔🙄WTF
Why are three of them Aus-based? Why such a strong Agri lean? ⚛️🧪👩🔬
Biographical Information RFNZ Board members | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Biographies for the Research Funding New Zealand Board.
www.mbie.govt.nz
January 28, 2026 at 7:25 AM
MBIE has announced the board members of Research Funding New Zealand, the new org that will make funding decisions for NZ's "major public investments in science, innovation and technology"
My initial response: 😬🤔🙄WTF
Why are three of them Aus-based? Why such a strong Agri lean? ⚛️🧪👩🔬
My initial response: 😬🤔🙄WTF
Why are three of them Aus-based? Why such a strong Agri lean? ⚛️🧪👩🔬
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So 38.1%
And 50.7% BELIEVE IT HAS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OR TOO LITTLE INFLUENCE.
Fucking RNZ right-wing takeover fucking showing.
#nzpol
And 50.7% BELIEVE IT HAS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OR TOO LITTLE INFLUENCE.
Fucking RNZ right-wing takeover fucking showing.
#nzpol
Nearly 40% of voters think Treaty of Waitangi has too much influence on government decisions - poll
Nearly 40% of voters think Treaty of Waitangi has too much influence on government decisions - poll
Voters also had their say on whether New Zealand's Prime Minister should be in Waitangi for Waitangi Day commemorations, in the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 28, 2026 at 8:08 AM
So 38.1%
And 50.7% BELIEVE IT HAS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OR TOO LITTLE INFLUENCE.
Fucking RNZ right-wing takeover fucking showing.
#nzpol
And 50.7% BELIEVE IT HAS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OR TOO LITTLE INFLUENCE.
Fucking RNZ right-wing takeover fucking showing.
#nzpol
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OUT NOW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: as a warning for this upcoming election year, a piece from 2024 on the treaty principles bill, the conservative counter-reaction to māori sovereignty, and the global/national forces behind seymour and his policies www.exitfromaffco.com/p/the-haka-i...
The haka in Parliament and the Treaty Principles Bill
David Seymour, the Atlas Network, and the latest attempt to snuff out Māori sovereignty
www.exitfromaffco.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:42 AM
OUT NOW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: as a warning for this upcoming election year, a piece from 2024 on the treaty principles bill, the conservative counter-reaction to māori sovereignty, and the global/national forces behind seymour and his policies www.exitfromaffco.com/p/the-haka-i...
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
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Our absent PM everybody:
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Our absent PM everybody:
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Don't see the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum online yet. But Act are already crowing about having gutted it.
community.scoop.co.nz/2025/10/new-...
community.scoop.co.nz/2025/10/new-...
Community Scoop » New Curriculum Takes Politics Out Of History
community.scoop.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Don't see the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum online yet. But Act are already crowing about having gutted it.
community.scoop.co.nz/2025/10/new-...
community.scoop.co.nz/2025/10/new-...
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#nzpol Labour is proposing to create a Capital Gains Tax on property - excluding farms and the family home. That income will help make GP visits free for the majority of people. Is that a better policy than continuing tax-free profits on, say, someone's seventh property? Absolutely. A🧵
Release: Targeted tax to grow the economy and fund free doctor’s visits
www.labour.org.nz
October 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#nzpol Labour is proposing to create a Capital Gains Tax on property - excluding farms and the family home. That income will help make GP visits free for the majority of people. Is that a better policy than continuing tax-free profits on, say, someone's seventh property? Absolutely. A🧵
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Shame on this government for the deeply racist Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Amendment Act, just passed into law.
October 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Shame on this government for the deeply racist Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Amendment Act, just passed into law.
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Could I politely suggest, that with how Arts & Humanities research funding has been pulled from all of these, that political interference has already occurred.
Marsden Fund shake-up raises potential for political interference, Royal Society says
Marsden Fund shake-up raises potential for political interference, Royal Society says
MBIE will take over administration of the Marsden Fund, but the society warns such centralisation could undermine the country's science credibility.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Could I politely suggest, that with how Arts & Humanities research funding has been pulled from all of these, that political interference has already occurred.
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refusing to recognise Palestine statehood wasn't enough for Simon Court; now he wants to stop MPs from using the word genocide to describe...GENOCIDE. fuck this guy and fuck the 'Free Speech (except when we don't like what you're saying)' ACT party.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
ACT MP asks Parliament to limit use of ‘genocide’ when describing Gaza war
Despite being in a party committed to freedom of speech, Simon Court asked Parliament’s Speaker to consider restricting the use of the word ‘genocide’ to describe what’s happening in Gaza.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
refusing to recognise Palestine statehood wasn't enough for Simon Court; now he wants to stop MPs from using the word genocide to describe...GENOCIDE. fuck this guy and fuck the 'Free Speech (except when we don't like what you're saying)' ACT party.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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4300 teens will be thrown off jobseekers as youth jobs disappear across the country.
More stress, more homelessness, more domestic violence, more poverty, more crime, more prisoners, more profit for PPPs - National Party's back on track is right on track #nzpol
More stress, more homelessness, more domestic violence, more poverty, more crime, more prisoners, more profit for PPPs - National Party's back on track is right on track #nzpol
god help me. this is just cruelty. these are human beings, you monsters.
October 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
4300 teens will be thrown off jobseekers as youth jobs disappear across the country.
More stress, more homelessness, more domestic violence, more poverty, more crime, more prisoners, more profit for PPPs - National Party's back on track is right on track #nzpol
More stress, more homelessness, more domestic violence, more poverty, more crime, more prisoners, more profit for PPPs - National Party's back on track is right on track #nzpol
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My story in this week's Listener tracks impacts of the Trump administration's cuts on research in Aotearoa, from vaccine studies to climate change. More great stuff in the magazine, also online (albeit paywalled). Free to read on Libby if you have a library card!
www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
Slash & burn: How Trump’s health and science cuts are hitting home in NZ
US govt research cuts cast a global shadow, threatening serious consequences for us all.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My story in this week's Listener tracks impacts of the Trump administration's cuts on research in Aotearoa, from vaccine studies to climate change. More great stuff in the magazine, also online (albeit paywalled). Free to read on Libby if you have a library card!
www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
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📢 Minister of Justice Paul Goldsmith said he was worried New Zealand was developing a "bespoke" legal system that incorporated concepts of tikanga Māori.
Māori lawyers reject Goldsmith's comments over tikanga Māori court rulings
www.rnz.co.nz
September 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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'The countries who don’t recognise Palestine are scattered across the globe, but many of them do share a commonality: They rely on American military support.'
September 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
'The countries who don’t recognise Palestine are scattered across the globe, but many of them do share a commonality: They rely on American military support.'
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Norway puts our backtracking to shame:
Norway’s uptake of EVs is nearly 100%. August set a new record of 98.4% of all new sales (with plug-in hybrids a mere 1.5%). The government has a goal of ending the sale of fossil-fuelled cars by the end of this year.
cleantechnica.com/2025/09/09/e...
Norway’s uptake of EVs is nearly 100%. August set a new record of 98.4% of all new sales (with plug-in hybrids a mere 1.5%). The government has a goal of ending the sale of fossil-fuelled cars by the end of this year.
cleantechnica.com/2025/09/09/e...
EVs At A Record 98.4% Share In Norway — KGM Musso Arrives - CleanTechnica
August saw plugin EVs at a record 98.4% share in Norway, up from 95.7% year on year. BEVs alone took 96.9% share.
cleantechnica.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Norway puts our backtracking to shame:
Norway’s uptake of EVs is nearly 100%. August set a new record of 98.4% of all new sales (with plug-in hybrids a mere 1.5%). The government has a goal of ending the sale of fossil-fuelled cars by the end of this year.
cleantechnica.com/2025/09/09/e...
Norway’s uptake of EVs is nearly 100%. August set a new record of 98.4% of all new sales (with plug-in hybrids a mere 1.5%). The government has a goal of ending the sale of fossil-fuelled cars by the end of this year.
cleantechnica.com/2025/09/09/e...
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#nzpol Monthly employment data - and there are 4,814 more jobs than this time last month! Whoop. Only 42,746 to go to get us to where we were at the last election. 62 jobs lost every single day of this government, one roughly every 23 minutes. A 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
#nzpol Monthly employment data - and there are 4,814 more jobs than this time last month! Whoop. Only 42,746 to go to get us to where we were at the last election. 62 jobs lost every single day of this government, one roughly every 23 minutes. A 🧵
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Billion dollars in profit but can’t lower domestic prices.
Get fucked Fonterra.
Farmers better not ask for a fucking cent next bit of rough weather.
#nzpol
Get fucked Fonterra.
Farmers better not ask for a fucking cent next bit of rough weather.
#nzpol
September 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Billion dollars in profit but can’t lower domestic prices.
Get fucked Fonterra.
Farmers better not ask for a fucking cent next bit of rough weather.
#nzpol
Get fucked Fonterra.
Farmers better not ask for a fucking cent next bit of rough weather.
#nzpol
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WTF is going on at RNZ #NZPol?
Do they really need to put "genocide" in quotes almost every time it's mentioned? 🙄
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Do they really need to put "genocide" in quotes almost every time it's mentioned? 🙄
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Jacinda Ardern calls for the end of 'genocide' in Gaza
The former Prime Minister wrote for The Guardian on "women give birth during war".
www.rnz.co.nz
September 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
WTF is going on at RNZ #NZPol?
Do they really need to put "genocide" in quotes almost every time it's mentioned? 🙄
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Do they really need to put "genocide" in quotes almost every time it's mentioned? 🙄
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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So Charlie Kirk was killed by a right wing cis man in the middle of a speech about how dangerous trans people are?
Not one single one of them is going to stop and think are they
Not one single one of them is going to stop and think are they
September 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
So Charlie Kirk was killed by a right wing cis man in the middle of a speech about how dangerous trans people are?
Not one single one of them is going to stop and think are they
Not one single one of them is going to stop and think are they
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I don't understand Charter Schools, don't they just prove if you spend more per child they will get better outcomes? Where is Act in this whole thing saying the state should pay more per child? Lets just spend that much on all the kids #NZPol
September 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I don't understand Charter Schools, don't they just prove if you spend more per child they will get better outcomes? Where is Act in this whole thing saying the state should pay more per child? Lets just spend that much on all the kids #NZPol
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The 2023 IRD wealth study found that the richest 300 people in NZ pay tax on income of 9.4%, versus 28% for someone earning $80k. Luxon Govt is removing the clauses of the tax law that allowed IRD to collect the study data. They don’t want you to know. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Shielding the rich? Govt to axe info-gathering power that shed light on how much tax the rich pay
Axing the power will improve taxpayer privacy but weaken the quality of IRD policy advice.
www.nzherald.co.nz
September 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The 2023 IRD wealth study found that the richest 300 people in NZ pay tax on income of 9.4%, versus 28% for someone earning $80k. Luxon Govt is removing the clauses of the tax law that allowed IRD to collect the study data. They don’t want you to know. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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Te Pāti Māori will introduce: Wealth Tax. Foreign Companies Tax.
Land Banking Tax. Vacant House Tax. GST off Kai
Land Banking Tax. Vacant House Tax. GST off Kai
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September 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Te Pāti Māori will introduce: Wealth Tax. Foreign Companies Tax.
Land Banking Tax. Vacant House Tax. GST off Kai
Land Banking Tax. Vacant House Tax. GST off Kai