Henry Barnard
@henrybarnard.bsky.social
Anthropologist. Free wheeling. Aotearoa.
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Seymour: let's not make "assumptions" that a serious food safety incident is the responsibility of a company with a record of food safety incidents so bad that officials strongly warned against contracting it. Maybe it was the person who reported it! What a prick. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchu...
Seymour labels principal at centre of mouldy school lunches a media 'frequent flyer'
The principal has hit back saying the food is delivered daily and leftovers removed.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Seymour: let's not make "assumptions" that a serious food safety incident is the responsibility of a company with a record of food safety incidents so bad that officials strongly warned against contracting it. Maybe it was the person who reported it! What a prick. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchu...
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I wish Disinfo Project had ¼ of the funding, & resources he had to continue work we did. Examples like this make it harder for other folk to access philanthropy. | The transparency project that went dark: Inside the collapse of Bryce Edwards’ Integrity Institute www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
The transparency project that went dark: Inside the collapse of Bryce Edwards’ Integrity Institute
A million-dollar political integrity project has imploded with little transparency, revealing a tangle of broken promises, stalled research and an institution unwilling to explain what went wrong.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I wish Disinfo Project had ¼ of the funding, & resources he had to continue work we did. Examples like this make it harder for other folk to access philanthropy. | The transparency project that went dark: Inside the collapse of Bryce Edwards’ Integrity Institute www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support
Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support
"We can do it right now, if Winston Peters is willing to walk the walk."
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support
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Some opposition MP should put a "Regulatory Standards Act Repeal Bill" into the biscuit tin, approach the NZ First backbench MPs to sign on in support of it, and then see what happens if it gets pulled from the lottery ... NZ First didn't promise not to vote to repeal it once enacted!
Winston Peters vows to repeal Regulatory Standards Bill; David Seymour hits back
"We did our best to neutralise its adverse effects and we will campaign at the next election to repeal it," Peters told Radio Waatea.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Some opposition MP should put a "Regulatory Standards Act Repeal Bill" into the biscuit tin, approach the NZ First backbench MPs to sign on in support of it, and then see what happens if it gets pulled from the lottery ... NZ First didn't promise not to vote to repeal it once enacted!
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This is grimly amusing. Bishop couldn't fulfil a campaign promise because of Simeon Brown's footpath fatwa, so he had to raid a Kāinga Ora fund. Maybe running transport policy as a culture war was a stupid and destructive thing to do in the first place, eh.
NEW: Chris Bishop used housing money to fund a bridge in his electorate his own Govt had killed off.
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Chris Bishop diverts Kāinga Ora money to fund a bridge in his electorate
Officials warned against the use of housing funds for bridge building but Bishop says it was a “pragmatic choice”.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is grimly amusing. Bishop couldn't fulfil a campaign promise because of Simeon Brown's footpath fatwa, so he had to raid a Kāinga Ora fund. Maybe running transport policy as a culture war was a stupid and destructive thing to do in the first place, eh.
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Paywall now lifted: Just eight of the Government's 17 Roads of National Significance have already seen costs blow out by $5.1 billion - before any shovels are even in the ground.
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
$5b-plus blowout for eight Roads of National Significance
The Government's 17 Roads of National Significance will cost it at least $44 billion – enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over. Marc Daalder reports.
newsroom.co.nz
October 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Paywall now lifted: Just eight of the Government's 17 Roads of National Significance have already seen costs blow out by $5.1 billion - before any shovels are even in the ground.
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
“She discovered through subsequent research that Māori were not given this access to land after World War II, she says.”
The value of the land given to Pakeha was, in current $, about $12B. Compare that with the Waitangi settlements of about $3B. Pakeha have little idea of their privilege.
The value of the land given to Pakeha was, in current $, about $12B. Compare that with the Waitangi settlements of about $3B. Pakeha have little idea of their privilege.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“She discovered through subsequent research that Māori were not given this access to land after World War II, she says.”
The value of the land given to Pakeha was, in current $, about $12B. Compare that with the Waitangi settlements of about $3B. Pakeha have little idea of their privilege.
The value of the land given to Pakeha was, in current $, about $12B. Compare that with the Waitangi settlements of about $3B. Pakeha have little idea of their privilege.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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A particularly deranged opinion piece from Julian Leys in today's paper: he seems to think that if it weren't for the ban on gas exploration we wouldn't be in the energy predicament we are currently facing. He knows that it is utter drivel but still voices it.
September 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
A particularly deranged opinion piece from Julian Leys in today's paper: he seems to think that if it weren't for the ban on gas exploration we wouldn't be in the energy predicament we are currently facing. He knows that it is utter drivel but still voices it.
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A reminder that NZ increase in Govt spending during 2020 - 2022 was middle of the pack by any sensible measure you choose. Treasury for *some reason* are still using a rushed together, inconsistently measured, and hopelessly out of date IMF report from 2021.
August 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A reminder that NZ increase in Govt spending during 2020 - 2022 was middle of the pack by any sensible measure you choose. Treasury for *some reason* are still using a rushed together, inconsistently measured, and hopelessly out of date IMF report from 2021.
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Two private helicopters took the Australian and NZ prime ministers to a mountain top lunch in Queenstown. This week I asked, what was the purpose of that trip?
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Two helicopters, two prime ministers and a pavlova. Was this $27,000 lunch worth it?
Christopher Luxon hailed his Queenstown catch-up with Australia’s Anthony Albanese as a success for tourism and trans-Tasman relations. But what did it achieve?
www.stuff.co.nz
August 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Two private helicopters took the Australian and NZ prime ministers to a mountain top lunch in Queenstown. This week I asked, what was the purpose of that trip?
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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Can’t wait for Fonterra to up our dairy prices by 15% to compensate
US refuses to budge on 15 percent trade tariff imposed on NZ
US refuses to budge on 15 percent trade tariff imposed on NZ
Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay says the 15 percent trade tariff on New Zealand will harm exporters.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Can’t wait for Fonterra to up our dairy prices by 15% to compensate
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Van Veldon’s whole view of productivity seems to be that it is held back by worker safety, workers’ rights and fair pay. That’s it. That’s all she’s really got. An ideological obsession that workers are the enemy of work.
July 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Van Veldon’s whole view of productivity seems to be that it is held back by worker safety, workers’ rights and fair pay. That’s it. That’s all she’s really got. An ideological obsession that workers are the enemy of work.
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Surprise, surprise, the corruption and nepotism within this government is disgusting.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Reserve Bank chair denies conflict of interest amid Waikato medical school deal
The Government has agreed to spend more than $82m to help build the school.
www.nzherald.co.nz
July 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Surprise, surprise, the corruption and nepotism within this government is disgusting.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Sad, absurd, outrageous.
Watch as an activist is arrested in Glasgow for displaying a sign reading 'genocide in Palestine, time to take action'
'We're not terrorists', he said as he was taken away by police
'We're not terrorists', he said as he was taken away by police
July 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Sad, absurd, outrageous.
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Re-upping this at the end of a long week. I am disappointed with the candour and openness of @methanesat.bsky.social and that our Ministry is letting them wiggle out of giving a spin-free accounting to the New Zealand public.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Space Minister Judith Collins goes to ground over alleged government failures managing NZ's first space mission
A physicist wrote to the government warning the public was being given a "materially incomplete" picture.
www.rnz.co.nz
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Re-upping this at the end of a long week. I am disappointed with the candour and openness of @methanesat.bsky.social and that our Ministry is letting them wiggle out of giving a spin-free accounting to the New Zealand public.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Shortly before banning Palestine Action, British parliamentarians dressed up in the colours of another, famous Direct Action group - The Suffragettes.
A group they would certainly have proscribed for their campaigns, which included bombs & vandalism
Irony is dead.
A group they would certainly have proscribed for their campaigns, which included bombs & vandalism
Irony is dead.
July 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Shortly before banning Palestine Action, British parliamentarians dressed up in the colours of another, famous Direct Action group - The Suffragettes.
A group they would certainly have proscribed for their campaigns, which included bombs & vandalism
Irony is dead.
A group they would certainly have proscribed for their campaigns, which included bombs & vandalism
Irony is dead.
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Trump didn’t just reshape the office of the presidency, he rewired our political culture. It’s just policy, he’s changed, but our nation’s perceptions. This essay explores how Trump turned governance into spectacle, loyalty into currency, and truth into a battleground—and what that’s done to us.
Trump Didn’t Just Change the Presidency—He Changed Us
Trump didn’t dismantle democracy. He rewired how we participate in it—and what we expect from it.
jamesbgreenberg.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Trump didn’t just reshape the office of the presidency, he rewired our political culture. It’s just policy, he’s changed, but our nation’s perceptions. This essay explores how Trump turned governance into spectacle, loyalty into currency, and truth into a battleground—and what that’s done to us.
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Seeing as RFK Jr is in the news–
From 6 months ago, this candidates for the #NZ science journalism awards (see my earlier repost).
‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and a visit from RFK Jr
by @michelleduff.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n... 1/2
From 6 months ago, this candidates for the #NZ science journalism awards (see my earlier repost).
‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and a visit from RFK Jr
by @michelleduff.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n... 1/2
‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and a visit from RFK Jr
A few months before the outbreak in 2019, Kennedy travelled to Samoa and met with anti-vaccine figures, contributing to what health experts claim was a ‘significant disinformation campaign’
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Seeing as RFK Jr is in the news–
From 6 months ago, this candidates for the #NZ science journalism awards (see my earlier repost).
‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and a visit from RFK Jr
by @michelleduff.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n... 1/2
From 6 months ago, this candidates for the #NZ science journalism awards (see my earlier repost).
‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and a visit from RFK Jr
by @michelleduff.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n... 1/2
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Excellent summary of the privileges committee/haka situation.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Impeccably factual, and accurately describes some of Judith Collins' justification for the scale of the penalty as an "untruth".
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Impeccably factual, and accurately describes some of Judith Collins' justification for the scale of the penalty as an "untruth".
The House: Parliamentary privileges - Race as an aggravating factor?
Analysis: Reactions and advice from Parliament's Clerk, Speaker and even the committee chair show it has recommended indefensibly harsh punishments.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Excellent summary of the privileges committee/haka situation.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Impeccably factual, and accurately describes some of Judith Collins' justification for the scale of the penalty as an "untruth".
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Impeccably factual, and accurately describes some of Judith Collins' justification for the scale of the penalty as an "untruth".
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"The committee report now appears partisan, indefensible and open to attacks of racism."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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The House: Parliamentary privileges - Race as an aggravating factor?
Analysis: Reactions and advice from Parliament's Clerk, Speaker and even the committee chair show it has recommended indefensibly harsh punishments.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 17, 2025 at 6:06 AM
"The committee report now appears partisan, indefensible and open to attacks of racism."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...