Brad Crone
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This is what happens when you have a government operating on vibes rather than evidence, and beholden to the fossil fuel industry. 🤦♂️ #nzpol
December 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This is what happens when you have a government operating on vibes rather than evidence, and beholden to the fossil fuel industry. 🤦♂️ #nzpol
Such a distraction.
The TPU and Willis are now fighting about the debate venue. Willis wants it in parliament, Richardson wants it on ZB and citing 'anywhere anytime'.
This is stupider than the Elon V Zuckerberg MMA bullshit.
They should have it on Jupiter where they can both get stupider
This is stupider than the Elon V Zuckerberg MMA bullshit.
They should have it on Jupiter where they can both get stupider
December 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Such a distraction.
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I finished work on the 19th December and will come back to work on the 5th January. Is that not too much? It's not summer holidays that are ruining the economy btw, www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
‘Are we still in holiday mode until March?’ Simon Bridges also questions the long summer break
The summer shutdown is coming but should the Kiwi summer holiday still stay sacrosanct?
www.stuff.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I finished work on the 19th December and will come back to work on the 5th January. Is that not too much? It's not summer holidays that are ruining the economy btw, www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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In 1975, Bill Rowling's Labour Govt introduced a compulsory contributory scheme that would have made AoNZ the 'Switzerland of the South Pacific'.
Naturally the right-wing National Party under Muldoon wrecked it and with it our chance for individual prosperity in retirement. National are vandals.
Naturally the right-wing National Party under Muldoon wrecked it and with it our chance for individual prosperity in retirement. National are vandals.
The ‘enormous bribe’ 50 years ago that cost New Zealand $625 billion. And the price we will pay for decades
Changes made today will still take decades to make up for the shortfall of a decision made in 1975. Damien Venuto looks into how a fiery politician changed the course of New Zealand’s history.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In 1975, Bill Rowling's Labour Govt introduced a compulsory contributory scheme that would have made AoNZ the 'Switzerland of the South Pacific'.
Naturally the right-wing National Party under Muldoon wrecked it and with it our chance for individual prosperity in retirement. National are vandals.
Naturally the right-wing National Party under Muldoon wrecked it and with it our chance for individual prosperity in retirement. National are vandals.
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God. He’s so embarrassing
IKEA opened its first store in new zealand today, a big enough news event in our little country that the prime minister showed up www.tickaroo.com/e/Gl1R2NvhOf...
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
God. He’s so embarrassing
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National's Local Water Done Well will come to be recognised as a generational cock-up. Simon Watts's vague claim that rates will not increase is farcically untrue. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Revealed: Councils expected to foot a near $48 billion bill for Local Water Done Well
Officials estimate water service infrastructure will cost $47.9 billion to 2034.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
National's Local Water Done Well will come to be recognised as a generational cock-up. Simon Watts's vague claim that rates will not increase is farcically untrue. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Boy, this guy is absolutely rightfully angry against Luxon.
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Boy, this guy is absolutely rightfully angry against Luxon.
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Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
What gets me angry about this is that if Labour proposed this. We will never hear the end of it. Political promises need to be realistic.
Hard choices lie ahead, Bishop says, as he explains funding the $56 billion in motorways promised by the Government would require a nearly 50c per litre lift in petrol taxes.
Transport Minister Chris Bishop says funding $56b in roads a 'challenge'
Hard choices lie ahead, Bishop says, as he explains funding the $56 billion in motorways promised by the Government would require a nearly 50c per litre lift in petrol taxes.
dlvr.it
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
What gets me angry about this is that if Labour proposed this. We will never hear the end of it. Political promises need to be realistic.
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We do not need LNG imports, we need to understand the energy revolution is already here. Described below with a fresh metaphor that perhaps can get through to the backward facing crowd…?
open.substack.com/pub/electrot...
open.substack.com/pub/electrot...
Silos for Sunshine
We’ve mastered harvesting the sun, but storage is the gamechanger
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
We do not need LNG imports, we need to understand the energy revolution is already here. Described below with a fresh metaphor that perhaps can get through to the backward facing crowd…?
open.substack.com/pub/electrot...
open.substack.com/pub/electrot...
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Did you know?
More Kiwis have left New Zealand under the Klown govt than served overseas in WW2.
More Kiwis have left New Zealand under the Klown govt than served overseas in WW2.
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Did you know?
More Kiwis have left New Zealand under the Klown govt than served overseas in WW2.
More Kiwis have left New Zealand under the Klown govt than served overseas in WW2.
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Oh the government hasn't fixed the economy? You mean...
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Oh the government hasn't fixed the economy? You mean...
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1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Long live the sandwich.
Breaking news: A jury acquitted a D.C. man who was charged with assault after throwing a sandwich at a federal agent.
The one-sided food fight became a slapstick symbol of resistance to President Trump's" summertime takeover of local law enforcement.
The one-sided food fight became a slapstick symbol of resistance to President Trump's" summertime takeover of local law enforcement.
Jury finds D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting officer
Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.
wapo.st
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Long live the sandwich.
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So.. we move urban traffic snarl 1 junction forward for just $152m and the drivers complain?
This.. this is always going to happen? It does nothing to reduce trafic?
#nzpol
This.. this is always going to happen? It does nothing to reduce trafic?
#nzpol
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
So.. we move urban traffic snarl 1 junction forward for just $152m and the drivers complain?
This.. this is always going to happen? It does nothing to reduce trafic?
#nzpol
This.. this is always going to happen? It does nothing to reduce trafic?
#nzpol
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If they're not rating bakeries then they shouldn't even bother, the people are crying out to know where they can get a Michelin-starred pie
Michelin reviewers to rate New Zealand restaurants for first time
They will dine at restaurants in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown for a New Zealand edition of the famous food guide.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
If they're not rating bakeries then they shouldn't even bother, the people are crying out to know where they can get a Michelin-starred pie
Congratulations
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Congratulations
The most consequential and powerful vice president America ever had.
Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84
Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84
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VP served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush
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Cheney will be remembered for key role after 9/11
The former White House chief of staff, congressman, secretary of defense and US vice-president Dick Cheney has died, his family has said. He was 84.
A Yale dropout who avoided service in Vietnam, Cheney nonetheless became a giant of Republican politics. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The most consequential and powerful vice president America ever had.
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'The White House Effect' on Netflix is a depressing look at how and why America shit the bed on climate change.
November 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
'The White House Effect' on Netflix is a depressing look at how and why America shit the bed on climate change.
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“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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BREAKING:
Labour has announced a tax policy that includes a tight Capital Gains Tax:
- 28% on profit after 2027 for residential and commercial property
- Family home, KiwiSaver, farms, financial assets excluded
- Would pay for a medicard for three free GP visits a year
It’s a good start!
#nzpol
Labour has announced a tax policy that includes a tight Capital Gains Tax:
- 28% on profit after 2027 for residential and commercial property
- Family home, KiwiSaver, farms, financial assets excluded
- Would pay for a medicard for three free GP visits a year
It’s a good start!
#nzpol
October 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
BREAKING:
Labour has announced a tax policy that includes a tight Capital Gains Tax:
- 28% on profit after 2027 for residential and commercial property
- Family home, KiwiSaver, farms, financial assets excluded
- Would pay for a medicard for three free GP visits a year
It’s a good start!
#nzpol
Labour has announced a tax policy that includes a tight Capital Gains Tax:
- 28% on profit after 2027 for residential and commercial property
- Family home, KiwiSaver, farms, financial assets excluded
- Would pay for a medicard for three free GP visits a year
It’s a good start!
#nzpol