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Hadley Thomson
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One of the human beings
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#nzpol
Mountain Tui: “Ferries cancellation cost $671 million - that's around 20% more than the cost of procuring the next-generation ferries. • The cost of cancelling i-Rex represents around 120% of the full fixed cost of the cancelled ferries, i.e., instead of spending 20% less to get the next-gen ferries, we are paying much more for (*checks notes*) nothing. at. all. • Note the real cost is much higher, because there are significant unaccounted costs- including doubling maintenance costs, the 60% price reduction we had secured for next-generation future-proof ferries, the cost of downtime and retiring current ferries (i.e., rail-enabled Aratere is being retired on Monday), future costs assuming the next purchase is not scaled to the same future-proof specifications etc. • In short, the decision was reckless; and rather than receiving the next-generation, hybrid, fuel-efficient and future-proofed ferries that we got for 40% of market price this year and next, we now have to wait years more. • We can also expect to see reduced functionality and reduced capacity to make this government look as good as it can, while probably hearing claims they have ‘saved billions’.”
August 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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“Democracy is not a spectator sport, but nor is it one when we are expected to do the job that the government is supposed to do for us. They are blanketing us, overwhelming us, misleading us, lying to us, hiding critical information from us, icing us out of democratic policy processes, maligning experts, attacking academics, attacking country's distinguished and longest serving health professionals, attacking our media for reporting on them, sowing culture wars, playing USA dirty politics, attacking minority and vulnerable groups - all equivalent to an attack on the people they are meant to serve. This is how democracy dies.” - Mountain Tui
July 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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June 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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May 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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#nzpol
#EqualPayForEqualWork
#PayEquity
#HumanRights
#BHN

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May 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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#EqualPayForEqualWork
#BHN
May 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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#nzpol

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“Sadly, as much as l'd like to suggest that readers not get sucked into a culture war, sometimes you must defend institutions that matter. InternetNZ, and its goal of free and open access to the internet, matters. It is reaching for the Treaty of Waitangi to try to understand how communities can come together in Aotearoa across difference to guide its work in meaningful ways. Its ability to make that decision is at risk from an organisation that is using "free speech" to impose its ideology on the organisation that has been managing our internet for decades. If the FSU signs up enough supporters, it could take over InternetNZ's governing board at the next AGM, undoing all its good work. You can step up to defend them by becoming a member (cost $21) at internetnz.nz.” - Kyle Matthews
March 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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His name’s Ngauranga.
When he’s in the right mood, he’s a good big bro to little sis Dusty.
March 4, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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This guy.

#CatsOfBluesky
Black & white cat sleeping on a blue crochet blanket; basking, stretched out and showing white fluffy belly, and some front-paw toe-beans. Black & white cat sleeping on a blue crochet blanket, curled up against the side of the couch. Hint of toe-beans.
March 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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“Things seemed hopeful then. But in 2024, it feels as if we have the least inclusive government we've had in a long time. A government committed to removing and restricting hard-fought recognition and rights for Māori and supports and respect for disabled people. Te Tiriti is under attack. Disabled people are under attack. Would having Tangata Whaikaha politicians and openly neurodivergent politicians make a difference? Or maybe a better question is - if Parliament is inaccessible for disabled people and Tangata Whaikaha, is it any wonder that Parliament is making Aotearoa inaccessible to disabled people and Tangata Whaikaha?” Emily Writes - October 2024
February 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Reminded me of this:
February 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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#nzpol
‘The Good Place’ “My thing is different” meme format: NZPM Luxon: “Our 'Golden Visa' for investors will supercharge growth in the New Zealand economy!” Chidi (representing any competent journalist): “You mean the same scheme that was already tried in the UK, Spain, Australia, etc., and was cancelled because it delivered no real economic benefits, but did increase the risk of corruption and organised crime?” Luxon: “What I would say to you is no, you're not getting it, and my thing is different.”
February 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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“I'm proud to be woke, whatever it means. I'm proud to care about our critters and our natural beauty, I'm proud to stand up for those that can't speak up, or those who are maligned for their sexual choices or skin colour. I'm proud to care about curiousity, observation, new means and awareness. I'm proud to stand with all those that stand for equality and fair treatment. I think thinking long term and in generations - not in election cycles - benefits those I care for. I think deep listening and hearing heals.” - MOUNTAIN TŪĪ
February 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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January 23, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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“I'm sure Seymour knows his Orwell and the value of a forever war to focus the population. That seems to have been his plan from the beginning. Opposition to Three Waters, Co-Governance, Nanaia Mahuta, or respecting the intent of the Treaty. Promoting false narratives that are repeated until people accept them at face value without stopping to question whether Mãori actually hold a privileged position in this country or whether that is, in fact, laughable. Unfortunately, the way the Herald and One News are reporting on the Bill at present seems to encourage this. They are furthering the myth that this is an important debate for our nation and not merely dog-whistle politics on behalf of the ACT party, with the goal of building support based on fear and lies.” - Nick Rockel
January 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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14th Amendment, Section 3:
“No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”
January 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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They need you to be distracted,
so that you won’t notice.
“It's almost like people with tons of capital benefit from running the economy into a huge recession every decade or two so they can buy up assets on the cheap and consolidate even more wealth into a small number of hands.”
January 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Prescience.
(From youtu.be/x5c3-zaVzU0)
January 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Have your say:
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Written submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill close on 7 January, with consultation on the Regulatory Standards Bill ending on 13 January.
December 22, 2024 at 9:40 AM
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“You live in this country,
you’re the right person
to be talking about it.”

Well said, @chewienz.bsky.social

#NZPol
#BigHairyNews
#TreatyPrinciplesBill
December 21, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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November 26, 2024 at 6:09 AM
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A post from Mountain Tui: If you've ever wondered why it can feel disorienting and confusing under this government's whirlwind of fake news, deception, propaganda and spin - this might give you some hints. “Flooding the Zone with Shit” In 2018 Trump advisor Steven Bannon told a Bloomberg journalist the following strategy: "The Democrats don't matter. The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit." That's the Bannon business model: Flood the zone. Stink up the joint. As Jonathan Rauch once said, citing Bannon's infamous quote, "This is not about persuasion: This is about disorientation."
November 20, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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Wellington District Police
on FB a few mins ago:
November 19, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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The Wellington Police suggest that numbers are a bit higher than that.
November 19, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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So, just so everyone’s all caught up:
This government *will* make policy choices that make NZ’s economy & society worse for most people, & *will* lie right to your face about it actually being good for you.
They’ve been doing it, & they’ll keep doing it, & don’t you believe ‘em for a second. #nzpol
October 31, 2024 at 2:38 AM