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BikerChiwi
@bikerchiwi.bsky.social
Long time lurker on Twitter, part-time denizen on Masto and obviously doing something here.

"Māorification", good times!

Sweary (sorry, Mum). Tau iwi.
Snap election. Do it!

Watch: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to make announcement in Lower Hutt www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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I just think
#nzhealth workforce
#nzpol right-wing grievance
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Simon Watts likely made the announcement in an SMS¹ then forgot to press send

¹this is how ACT NAT NZF do policy, isn't it, Nicola negotiates contracts that way

#nzpol
Confusion reigns as climate minister appears unaware of own announcement
The Govt says it rejected the Climate Change Commission's advice a month ago, but the commission says it hasn't heard anything from the Govt.
newsroom.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Hey peeps. #nzpol
Seymour is removing ingredient lists on foods especially imported foods. Yall gonna allow this?
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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🧵Spotted at an A&P Show in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A tiny human (2?) has spotted a pen of puppies.
Studying them for a long moment, she bursts into tears.
Dad asks what's wrong and looking up at him in abject anguish she wails: "I WANT TO PAT THEM ALL!" (1)
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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We have a bunch of quockerwodgers running the country #nzpol
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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This is what our household thinks of ACT’s “Dear Taxpayer” mass mailer. #nzpol #onetermgovernment
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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RNZ Anneke Smith article is a National Party PR puff piece. Where is opposition comment?

“Coalition lauds 38k fewer victims of violent crime.”

When Luxon came into Govt they changed victimisation stats removing domestic & MH call-outs.

No one truly believes crime is down here do they? #nzpol
Coalition lauds 38,000 fewer victims of violent crime
A new survey reports 38,000 fewer victims of serious violent crime.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Who knew having a strategically shaved Tribble as PM in a time of crisis could end so horrendously.
Remembering the hit of fear as Italians I respect immensely told me in early March that "you must lock down ASAP". While the British government said these were "populist – non-science based – measures that aren't any use" and "they're who not to follow".
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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📺 NZ Green Party #nzpol
📢 We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

👉more news/weather bots
Greens strengthen New Zealand’s first ever stalking law
www.greens.org.nz
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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#NZ’s #Teen #Vaping Crisis
Worsens under this Govt, System 'Truly Failed To Protect Them', Health Organisation, The Asthma & Respiratory Foundation NZ warns #nzpol #SackCostello www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE25...
Teen Vaping Crisis Worsens, System 'Truly Failed To Protect Them', Health Organisation Says
Foundation Māori Community Liaison and youth vaping educator Ms Sharon Pihema says the new figures are a clear sign that things are still heading in the wrong direction.
www.scoop.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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#nzpol Why has asbestos entered our workplaces and education centres?
The NZCTU, along with more than 45 unions, educators and health leaders, is calling for an urgent review into the system failures that allowed this to happen:
Unions, educators, and health leaders demand urgent review into asbestos failures - NZCTU
More than 45 unions, educators, occupational health and safety experts, academics, and public health organisations have signed an open letter calling on the Prime Minister to establish an urgent revie...
union.org.nz
November 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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One way you can support the work of Rights Aotearoa is by shouting me a coffee - details below!
There are three main ways you can help my work with Rights Aotearoa:

First, you can tip me coffee money directly at:

Paul Thistoll
03-0547-0039160-001

(I can't tell you how important these little coffee tips are to my emotional morale - they really keep me going!)
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Here's the submission I made to Wellington City Council regarding the appointment of Cr Ray Chung as chair of the Review and Appointments subcommittee. #gendered #disinformation #nzpol
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Having worked in the public service for a long time, experienced the culture of different public sector orgs, I have absolutely no doubt that these are reflective of the culture in Police.
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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“For anyone who believes that Aotearoa is a country worth living in, this cannot stand.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Maybe don't keep announcing unaffordable trophy roads if you can't pay for them. Just a thought.
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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NZ Government goes hard transphobe and will ban puberty blockers for new gender minority patients.
#NZpol
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Tamatha was right

@paulapenfold.bsky.social deserves enormous credit as a journalist, ka pai
#nzpol
Twenty police staff under investigation over device misuse - charges possible
Police previously said a ‘small number’ of staff were being investigated over inappropriate material. That number is actually about 20
www.stuff.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
"It's just 20 bad apples."
~ Scyphozoa Luxon, probably.
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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demands
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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The Prodigy vs Enya remix you didn't know you needed.
Prodigy vs Enya - Smack up the Orinoco Flow ReMiX (Audiosurf)
YouTube video by Funstorm008
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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If you missed @senatorsurfer.bsky.social’s outstanding speech in parliament on the threat to good policy posed by orchestrated, international disinformation, don’t miss it now.
#AtlasNetwork #Auspol

youtu.be/DHkwa_rrM4w?...
Peter Whish-Wilson Exposes Advance & the Atlas Network
YouTube video by Australian Greens
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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It's always so gratifying when our Centrist Left politicians pander to the Right rather than having the spine to implement agreed, popular policies.

And then they wonder why Everyone Hates Them.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM