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Brain activity meme. Box 1, no activity. 'NZ Labour: we are not National' Box 2, bit of activity. 'NZ Labour we will support workers' (waves hand) Box 3, lots of activity. 'NZ Labour: we will bargain in good Faith's Box 4, mind blown. 'NZ Labour: we will pass legislation that supports unionization, workers AND we will bargain in good faith'
December 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Unimpressed man meme. Text reads: now Nicola, don't you be lecturing people on doolally politics. Implication being that she herself has terrible doolally politics
November 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
greenbirdo.bsky.social
National Party prepares to sell NZ government assets
#nzpol #workers #union
Google translate meme. 1st language is National PR speak. Translate to English. First box: let's have a mature discussion. Translates to: we're in government and I don't want any talking back
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Ok, my learning from this is that, former All Blacks need to call out David Seymour on all his horrible policies. #nzpol #workers #union
RNZ photo of NZ Deputy PM David Seymour with the headline: a lot of upgrades needed for county's fire trucks. This comes after a former All Black and firefighter called him out for minimizing the problem
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Cartoon about joining a union. The first panel shows two people on a seesaw. 'The boss' an old white man in a suit is down (the heavier person with more power) and on the other end a girl with brown skin and long dark hair is up (the lighter person with less power). Text reads: The relationship between you and your employer is not one of equals. The second panel shows the same man on and girl on a seesaw except now the girl is joined by four other people and the seesaw is level. Showing a leveling of power. The text reads: Being in a union fixes the imbalance 📸: unknown
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
greenbirdo.bsky.social
#workers #union #health #nzpol
Bernie Sanders meme. I am once again asking you did people working in health ASK for this?
October 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
greenbirdo.bsky.social
JFC, she's just trolling us!
#nzpol #nz
Judith Collins (New Zealand Attorney General, Minister of Defense, Minister of the GCSB, Minister of the SIS, Minister of Digitizing Government and Minister of Space) meets with US Secretary of Homeland Security, Krist Noem. She describes Kristi as her friend. Judith Collins (New Zealand Attorney General, Minister of Defense, Minister of the GCSB, Minister of the SIS, Minister of Digitizing Government and Minister of Space) meets with US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. Judith Collins (New Zealand Attorney General, Minister of Defense, Minister of the GCSB, Minister of the SIS, Minister of Digitizing Government and Minister of Space) meets with US Attorney General, Pam Bondi.
October 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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#NZ dairy farmers win regularity coup. Methane (~50% of NZ's GHG emissions) reduction now consists of hand waving and future tech. #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Graph showing New Zealand's green house gas emissions by gas. Carbon dioxide 41.3%. Methane 48.1%. Nitrous oxide 9.1%. Combined F gases 1.5%
October 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Rana Hamida, detained by the IDF
Youssef Sammour, status unknown
Youssef Sammour (left), Rana Hamida (right)
October 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Contact lost with New Zealanders Youssef Sammour (right), and Rana Hamida (not pictured)
Photo of New Zealander Youssef Sammour (right)
October 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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New Zealander, Sam Leason, detained by the IDF
Photo of New Zealander, Sam Leason giving an interview to RNZ after the flotilla was attacked by IDF drones
October 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Google translate meme. The initial text/language is what Erica Stanford would like to say and the 'translation' is her published 'work appropriate' version
October 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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NZ senior doctors on strike
#rnz #news #nz #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Senior Doctors in New Zealand strike after negotiations break down. Minister for health, Simeon Brown, criticised the strikers.
September 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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I am making an exception for this article. I don't usually read or share substack posts but I admire the 🥎🥎s this man shows in the face of Trump. This particular bit could easily be #NZ especially with the changes to the election process. #nzpol
Exert from the linked article written about the US and President Trump but could easily apply to NZ and the current National Party Government. "...If your goal is to give tax breaks to yourself and your wealthy friends, then stripping millions of people of their healthcare and food assistance to pay for it makes sense. And if that causes the majority of the public to want to vote against your party, thwarting their will in the 2026 elections requires forceful intervention in the election process..."
September 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
greenbirdo.bsky.social
Is it wrong that my first reaction to this was, given who they have shown themselves to be as a government, is it's fake?
#gaza #uk
Post by United Kingdom (UK), Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying that the UK will recognise the State of Palestine
September 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Also see:
An alternative to cancelling Disney+ suggested by Dan Satterfield. He suggests boycotting your local Sinclair or nexstar station advertisers.
September 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🕜 tick tock
Photo of two cabbages. 1 red. 1 white
September 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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The relationship between you and your employer is not one of equals. Being in a #union fixes the imbalance
#workers
Cartoon about joining a union. The first panel shows two people on a seesaw. 'The boss' an old white man in a suit is down (the heavier person with more power) and on the other end a girl with brown skin and long dark hair is up (the lighter person with less power). Text reads: The relationship between you and your employer is not one of equals. The second panel shows the same man on and girl on a seesaw except now the girl is joined by four other people and the seesaw is level. Showing a leveling of power. The text reads: Being in a union fixes the imbalance 📸: unknown
September 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Simpsons meme: Abu takes a bullet. National takes the bullet when ACT is criticized
August 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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How National think they're doing vs. how they're doing #nz #nzpol
Homer meme where his fat is bulldog clipped behind his back. Good from the front with all the secrets in the back. Marge wolf whistles at Homer from the front (he looks slim).Text reads: how National wants you to think they run the economy. Homer from the back. Now we can see how he's achieved this misdirect -- bulldog clips and cable ties. Text reads: thousands lose jobs. Unplanned borrowing. Economic recession. Mining in national parks.
August 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Apparently very rereadable. I love how Sheryl is such a baddie (not the good young person version). I also love that Mark didn't know people let him win at board games.
#nzpol #facebook #carelesspeople #book #pukapuka
@jay.bsky.team you should read this if you haven't already 🙂
Photo of the book Careless People by NZer Sarah Wynn-Williams. Fluro orange cover with Barbie legs of someone diving into a rounded corner cobalt blue square. Very easy read. Full of funny anecdotes about the author's time at Facebook. It gives you insight into the uncountable wealth of these people. What's important and what's not. What would make Facebook change and what won't. How to regulate them and how they're shaping elections. Also how little they care
August 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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I really want Labour to flip this narrative about the Health System. Make it about nurses, doctors, specialists, allied health etc.. having fully staffed shifts bc they're paid well and have enough staff and things get fixed when they're broken. Basic s#it. #nzpol
www.instagram.com/reel/DL-uf14...
Screenshot of leader of the opposition/NZ Labour making a speech about the NZ Health system
July 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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That is a lot of different data brokers for 1 app...
#onlineprivacy #meta
Screenshot from DuckDuckGo app tracking protection. It is 'normal' for apps to track with 1 or 2 data brokers but 34 separate data brokers is extreme. #Meta Screenshot from DuckDuckGo's app tracking protection summary. It shows the number of individual attempts as well as the attributes
July 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Does anyone else want to know which platform (FB, YouTube etc...) radicalized him? #nzpol
Screenshot of a podcast into the Christchurch mosque shooting asking did the guy work alone?
July 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Three degrees of Rachel Hunter. Someone must know someone who knows her or her kids? Tell them to take away Rod's FB account pronto!
#nzpol
Aged musician, Rod Stewart, tells his audience at [UK music festival] Glastonbury to give (openly racist, eugenics/pro white, anti refugee, anti asylum seeker, leader of right wing Reform Party) Nigel Farage a chance.
June 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM