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#NZpol
ACT says: “BILL PASSED: Medicines approved in two trusted countries like the UK or the US will be fast-tracked for approval here.”
But: the US medical approval system currently cannot be trusted as it has been taken over by pseudo-scientists, grifters, & unqualified "yes people" ⬇️
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ACT says: “BILL PASSED: Medicines approved in two trusted countries like the UK or the US will be fast-tracked for approval here.”
But: the US medical approval system currently cannot be trusted as it has been taken over by pseudo-scientists, grifters, & unqualified "yes people" ⬇️
1/n
I’d still like to see all other nations say clearly that at this point in time they are not using health and medicine advice from the affected US administrations,* owing to political interference or 'capture' by inappropriate people, and saying where they get their advice from.
NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#NZpol
ACT says: “BILL PASSED: Medicines approved in two trusted countries like the UK or the US will be fast-tracked for approval here.”
But: the US medical approval system currently cannot be trusted as it has been taken over by pseudo-scientists, grifters, & unqualified "yes people" ⬇️
1/n
ACT says: “BILL PASSED: Medicines approved in two trusted countries like the UK or the US will be fast-tracked for approval here.”
But: the US medical approval system currently cannot be trusted as it has been taken over by pseudo-scientists, grifters, & unqualified "yes people" ⬇️
1/n
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If councils or central govt talk about selling off, say water assets *Don't fall for it*
It's a slippery slope to Thames water and Yorkshire water 😬
#NZPol
It's a slippery slope to Thames water and Yorkshire water 😬
#NZPol
![With apologies to xkcd 'VOTING SOFTWARE'
THEY SAY THEYVE FIXED IT
SOMETHING CALLED ["PRIVATISATION"]
WHATEVER THEY SOLD YOU, DONT TOUCH IT.
BURY IT IN THE DESERT
WEAR GLOVES.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2a2ucpadl5c62xv3ln3wpevt/bafkreicogmrumonedlhyzykzhl356zk5mzjf2pqtgsxsrntcczznce5bqq@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If councils or central govt talk about selling off, say water assets *Don't fall for it*
It's a slippery slope to Thames water and Yorkshire water 😬
#NZPol
It's a slippery slope to Thames water and Yorkshire water 😬
#NZPol
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Sums up leadership as values driven, positive, thoughtful and hopeful.
Leadership extends an invitation to collective action and inspires others to do so while building them up
#nzpol
Leadership extends an invitation to collective action and inspires others to do so while building them up
#nzpol
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Sums up leadership as values driven, positive, thoughtful and hopeful.
Leadership extends an invitation to collective action and inspires others to do so while building them up
#nzpol
Leadership extends an invitation to collective action and inspires others to do so while building them up
#nzpol
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A quick word on kindness - mentions still being a fan of kindness. Frames kindness as fundamental part of being human. Every day people engage in acts of kindness, and even more so when things are tough. Kindness builds trust and results in better performance overall.
#BeKind #nzpol
#BeKind #nzpol
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I can't believe anyone would think the government's "asset recycling" is anything other than an unbelievably stupid idea. Read @bernardchickey.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I can't believe anyone would think the government's "asset recycling" is anything other than an unbelievably stupid idea. Read @bernardchickey.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
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When art imitates life… #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
When art imitates life… #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
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Guess Casey Costello and NZ First will be able to claim a big ol’ bonus from the death industry for her good work. Shameful. But she is proud of her work - NZ First’s investment in alternative realities really paying dividends.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Most deteriorated' - NZ plummets in global tobacco control ranking
An anti-vaping group calls the ranking an "international disgrace".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Guess Casey Costello and NZ First will be able to claim a big ol’ bonus from the death industry for her good work. Shameful. But she is proud of her work - NZ First’s investment in alternative realities really paying dividends.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽. THIS!
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽. THIS!
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New Zealander of the Year: McSkimming's complainant.
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
New Zealander of the Year: McSkimming's complainant.
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Staff at NZ universities will now have to deal with govt mandated free speech complaints process designed to facilitate far right agitprop infiltrating campus spaces and threatening our academic freedom under the guise of protecting it.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Staff at NZ universities will now have to deal with govt mandated free speech complaints process designed to facilitate far right agitprop infiltrating campus spaces and threatening our academic freedom under the guise of protecting it.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
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Just said to my husband it’s as if nobody learned a thing after Clint Richard’s, Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum were front page news.
Feeling sick to my stomach.
Feeling sick to my stomach.
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Just said to my husband it’s as if nobody learned a thing after Clint Richard’s, Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum were front page news.
Feeling sick to my stomach.
Feeling sick to my stomach.
Nicole McKee hasn't even registered her own firearms and refers to police as 'blue shirts' and she is making our firearms law. That seems fine #nzpol
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Nicole McKee hasn't even registered her own firearms and refers to police as 'blue shirts' and she is making our firearms law. That seems fine #nzpol
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This ⬇️ #nzpol
At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
This ⬇️ #nzpol
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Get yourself a PM who doesn’t talk about public-owned national infrastructure as assets in a ‘portfolio’.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Get yourself a PM who doesn’t talk about public-owned national infrastructure as assets in a ‘portfolio’.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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At least it's something🙏
We get nothing here in New Zealand.
But we continually promote our country as 100% Pure.
With this corrupt climate denial government, what a load of bullshit.
#nzpol
We get nothing here in New Zealand.
But we continually promote our country as 100% Pure.
With this corrupt climate denial government, what a load of bullshit.
#nzpol
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
At least it's something🙏
We get nothing here in New Zealand.
But we continually promote our country as 100% Pure.
With this corrupt climate denial government, what a load of bullshit.
#nzpol
We get nothing here in New Zealand.
But we continually promote our country as 100% Pure.
With this corrupt climate denial government, what a load of bullshit.
#nzpol
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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Chris Bishop has allowed Christchurch to dump MDRS housing densification rules in another big win for NIMBYs protesting against 'sunlight stealing' YIMBYs. Bishop is declaring victory, even though Chch’s house-price-to-income multiple is still 13.1. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/tuesdays-c...
Tuesday's Chorus: NIMBYs win MDRS fight
Bishop allows Christchurch to dump MDRS in big win for NIMBYs protesting against 'sunlight stealing' townhouses; Victory declared on housing supply with city's house-price-to-income multiple at 13.1
thekaka.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Chris Bishop has allowed Christchurch to dump MDRS housing densification rules in another big win for NIMBYs protesting against 'sunlight stealing' YIMBYs. Bishop is declaring victory, even though Chch’s house-price-to-income multiple is still 13.1. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/tuesdays-c...
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Palmer asks Parliament: What’s the rush?
‘That is not a democratic process, that is a shambles,’ former PM says of truncated debates on vital legislation
#nzpol
‘That is not a democratic process, that is a shambles,’ former PM says of truncated debates on vital legislation
#nzpol
Palmer asks Parliament: What's the rush?
The overuse of urgency and insufficient scrutiny of new laws are hurting Parliament's public reputation, ex-PM says
newsroom.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Palmer asks Parliament: What’s the rush?
‘That is not a democratic process, that is a shambles,’ former PM says of truncated debates on vital legislation
#nzpol
‘That is not a democratic process, that is a shambles,’ former PM says of truncated debates on vital legislation
#nzpol
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An indictment on the limping state of the NZ media ecosystem.
“A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.”
#nzpol
“A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.”
#nzpol
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
An indictment on the limping state of the NZ media ecosystem.
“A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.”
#nzpol
“A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.”
#nzpol
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PhD student looks at the lie behind the political line: ‘NZ can’t afford it’
#nzpol
Link to read 👇
archive.today/D8Uyf
#nzpol
Link to read 👇
archive.today/D8Uyf
PhD student looks at the lie behind the political line: ‘NZ can’t afford it’
University of Otago student Morgan Edwards believes Kiwis need to understand more about our monetary system and push back harder against public service cuts and other government spending decisions.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
PhD student looks at the lie behind the political line: ‘NZ can’t afford it’
#nzpol
Link to read 👇
archive.today/D8Uyf
#nzpol
Link to read 👇
archive.today/D8Uyf
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Luxon thinks we need a "mature conversation" about selling state assets... But I don't think he really means that, because a mature conversation would look at the history of failure and the shortsighted focus on profit ahead of public interest.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Luxon thinks we need a "mature conversation" about selling state assets... But I don't think he really means that, because a mature conversation would look at the history of failure and the shortsighted focus on profit ahead of public interest.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
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Instead of getting money that's really owed to the country as a portion of Capital Gains, Nats want to sell off some of the few Assets they've left us at the back've the cupboard? They say to spend on Education/Health but they could've spent the $3Billion for Landlords that way, couldn't they #NZPol
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Instead of getting money that's really owed to the country as a portion of Capital Gains, Nats want to sell off some of the few Assets they've left us at the back've the cupboard? They say to spend on Education/Health but they could've spent the $3Billion for Landlords that way, couldn't they #NZPol