Johnty
@jontymac65.bsky.social
Otepoti, the most progressive city in Aotearoa according to our general election. 🥳
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The Government’s push to reduce its own borrowing to lower borrowing costs for all is backfiring because it turns out pushing costs and debt out and on to councils in an abrupt and chaotic way has just forced S&P to cut 18 council debt ratings. 1/4 thekaka.substack.com/p/s-and-p-do...
S&P downgrades 18 councils, blaming Govt
S&P cuts 18 council debt ratings by one notch with another cut possible for Dunedin & Wellington; S&P cites new Government's abrupt reversal of 3 Waters, cuts to capital grants & new unfunded mandates
thekaka.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The Government’s push to reduce its own borrowing to lower borrowing costs for all is backfiring because it turns out pushing costs and debt out and on to councils in an abrupt and chaotic way has just forced S&P to cut 18 council debt ratings. 1/4 thekaka.substack.com/p/s-and-p-do...
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Grim from the latest Westpac-McDermott Miller survey of consumer confidence in NZ:
"Only two in ten men and fewer than one in ten women expect good economic times in New Zealand over the next year."
That's going into an election year.
"Only two in ten men and fewer than one in ten women expect good economic times in New Zealand over the next year."
That's going into an election year.
March 19, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Grim from the latest Westpac-McDermott Miller survey of consumer confidence in NZ:
"Only two in ten men and fewer than one in ten women expect good economic times in New Zealand over the next year."
That's going into an election year.
"Only two in ten men and fewer than one in ten women expect good economic times in New Zealand over the next year."
That's going into an election year.
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"I don't believe that the government should be involved in casino gambling." - Minister Brooke van Velden
The same minister selling 15 online gambling licenses to mostly overseas operators.
#BreathtakingHypocrisy
The same minister selling 15 online gambling licenses to mostly overseas operators.
#BreathtakingHypocrisy
March 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"I don't believe that the government should be involved in casino gambling." - Minister Brooke van Velden
The same minister selling 15 online gambling licenses to mostly overseas operators.
#BreathtakingHypocrisy
The same minister selling 15 online gambling licenses to mostly overseas operators.
#BreathtakingHypocrisy
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Public health doctors say Simeon Brown is meddling in the submissions they can make and it's having a "chilling effect".
Doctors and health experts should be free to do their job without being micro-managed by Simeon Brown.
Doctors and health experts should be free to do their job without being micro-managed by Simeon Brown.
March 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Public health doctors say Simeon Brown is meddling in the submissions they can make and it's having a "chilling effect".
Doctors and health experts should be free to do their job without being micro-managed by Simeon Brown.
Doctors and health experts should be free to do their job without being micro-managed by Simeon Brown.
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Latest report from World Meteorological Organisation shows climate change is continuing to get worse. Yet many Govts, including NZ, are rolling back climate policies. This is grossly immoral . www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Dire climate report lays out records for ocean heat, shrinking ice cover
Each of the past eight years has set a new record for ocean heat and ice cover is shrinking to new lows, the State of the Global Climate Report says.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Latest report from World Meteorological Organisation shows climate change is continuing to get worse. Yet many Govts, including NZ, are rolling back climate policies. This is grossly immoral . www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Breaking: Luxon/Willis full of crap on debt.
March 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Breaking: Luxon/Willis full of crap on debt.
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Rob Campbell, Bernard Hickey, Simon Wilson and Craig Renney all warning us about the hidden costs in PPPs compared to cheaper govt investment.
In short it's debt for our grandkids.
No free lunch in overseas investment (not even a late or inedible one) #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/17/n...
In short it's debt for our grandkids.
No free lunch in overseas investment (not even a late or inedible one) #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/17/n...
No free lunch in overseas investment (not even a late or inedible one)
Comment: In its eagerness to be busy and open to business, the Government invites not mutually beneficial trades but investment ram-raids, writes Rob Campbell
newsroom.co.nz
March 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Rob Campbell, Bernard Hickey, Simon Wilson and Craig Renney all warning us about the hidden costs in PPPs compared to cheaper govt investment.
In short it's debt for our grandkids.
No free lunch in overseas investment (not even a late or inedible one) #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/17/n...
In short it's debt for our grandkids.
No free lunch in overseas investment (not even a late or inedible one) #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/17/n...
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#BHN Can someone explain to me how Brian Tamaki is not also sitting in the dock beside his church members as his incitement to the violence seems crystal clear?
This is from his 'sermon' the day after the event
More tonight at 9pm
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social
This is from his 'sermon' the day after the event
More tonight at 9pm
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
#BHN Can someone explain to me how Brian Tamaki is not also sitting in the dock beside his church members as his incitement to the violence seems crystal clear?
This is from his 'sermon' the day after the event
More tonight at 9pm
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social
This is from his 'sermon' the day after the event
More tonight at 9pm
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social
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"at absolutely no point will I ever ever do anything to oppose Trump. Did you know I have a book out?"
WATCH: Schumer says "our democracy will be at stake" if Trump disobeys the Supreme Court—but "we're not there yet."
March 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"at absolutely no point will I ever ever do anything to oppose Trump. Did you know I have a book out?"
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So we're hitting the crisis point, with the apparent defiance or evasion of court orders on deportations and immigration, plus shutting down agencies, cancelling grants, and firing civil servants contrary to existing law. And claims from DOJ that Article II of the Constitution enables autocracy.
So we're hitting the crisis point, with the apparent defiance or evasion of court orders on deportations and immigration, plus shutting down agencies, cancelling grants, and firing civil servants contrary to existing law. And claims from DOJ that Article II of the Constitution enables autocracy.
March 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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So we're hitting the crisis point, with the apparent defiance or evasion of court orders on deportations and immigration, plus shutting down agencies, cancelling grants, and firing civil servants contrary to existing law. And claims from DOJ that Article II of the Constitution enables autocracy.
So we're hitting the crisis point, with the apparent defiance or evasion of court orders on deportations and immigration, plus shutting down agencies, cancelling grants, and firing civil servants contrary to existing law. And claims from DOJ that Article II of the Constitution enables autocracy.
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Good lord #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/17-...
March 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Good lord #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/17-...
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I dunno man I kind of think threatening to make political appointees to a university specifically to axe courses you disagree with is, in fact, the exact opposite of academic freedom but, you know, I’m not a learned free speech advocate like you so what do I know.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/david-sey...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/david-sey...
March 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I dunno man I kind of think threatening to make political appointees to a university specifically to axe courses you disagree with is, in fact, the exact opposite of academic freedom but, you know, I’m not a learned free speech advocate like you so what do I know.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/david-sey...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/david-sey...
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The Government’s PPP drive ignores that they cost twice as much as Govt-funded projects, they’re often late, fiendishly complicated, beset by litigation & vulnerable to public bailouts. The projects themselves are mostly lucky to generate BCRs >1, even without accounting for climate & health cost.
PPPs are more expensive, slower & riskier than Govt DIY
Luxon pitches for “tens of billions” of pension funds for motorways, prisons & hospitals, but the deals are too small or infrequent to garner interest; PPPs are also poor value for money for taxpayers
thekaka.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Government’s PPP drive ignores that they cost twice as much as Govt-funded projects, they’re often late, fiendishly complicated, beset by litigation & vulnerable to public bailouts. The projects themselves are mostly lucky to generate BCRs >1, even without accounting for climate & health cost.
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A reminder to Kirikirora people that in the weeks following the Christchurch shootings, it was patched-up Mob members who stood guard over the mosque here in Claudelands. And they were very welcome at the time.
March 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A reminder to Kirikirora people that in the weeks following the Christchurch shootings, it was patched-up Mob members who stood guard over the mosque here in Claudelands. And they were very welcome at the time.
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March 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Yep. He could stand up to them in cabinet not give them a space for promoting division and gun reform.
a member of HIS government, called a Keffiyah a "terrorist tea towel"...not a peep from him then, so maybe there is a place eh luxo
the government he leads is also trying to loosen our gun laws, at the behest of the of the gun lobbyist that is part of his government
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
the government he leads is also trying to loosen our gun laws, at the behest of the of the gun lobbyist that is part of his government
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Luxon says NZ must confront forces that led to mosque attacks on the sixth anniversary
Prime Minister says the country must continue to confront the forces which led to the deadly attacks on 15 March 2019.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Yep. He could stand up to them in cabinet not give them a space for promoting division and gun reform.
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a member of HIS government, called a Keffiyah a "terrorist tea towel"...not a peep from him then, so maybe there is a place eh luxo
the government he leads is also trying to loosen our gun laws, at the behest of the of the gun lobbyist that is part of his government
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
the government he leads is also trying to loosen our gun laws, at the behest of the of the gun lobbyist that is part of his government
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Luxon says NZ must confront forces that led to mosque attacks on the sixth anniversary
Prime Minister says the country must continue to confront the forces which led to the deadly attacks on 15 March 2019.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
a member of HIS government, called a Keffiyah a "terrorist tea towel"...not a peep from him then, so maybe there is a place eh luxo
the government he leads is also trying to loosen our gun laws, at the behest of the of the gun lobbyist that is part of his government
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
the government he leads is also trying to loosen our gun laws, at the behest of the of the gun lobbyist that is part of his government
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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"We'll end up with a system like the United States, which is the most inefficient and the most expensive in the whole world.”
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
Surgeon warns NZ could be heading towards ‘Americanisation’ of health system
Dr Phil Bagshaw says the Government’s plan to use private investment to fund public health infrastructure could lead to one of the “most inefficient and most expensive” health systems in the world.
www.thepress.co.nz
March 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"We'll end up with a system like the United States, which is the most inefficient and the most expensive in the whole world.”
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
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There's that Talbot Mills on Friday, just like I said it'd drop. National at 31%, Labour at 34% www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Labour’s lead grows over National in latest poll
The new poll shows a Chris Hipkins-led coalition would govern if an election was held today, but Christopher Luxon says the public will be able to judge his record next year.
www.stuff.co.nz
March 14, 2025 at 6:16 AM
There's that Talbot Mills on Friday, just like I said it'd drop. National at 31%, Labour at 34% www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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& the sad thing is even the good people of bsky were saying “oh this isn’t true, they’re not this bad”.
28-year-old Rebecca Burke from England, kidnapped and thrown in a US concentration camp for the last two weeks for trying to vacation in the US.
The United States is an international no go zone. Get it on your travel advisories.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
The United States is an international no go zone. Get it on your travel advisories.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
British tourist in custody at Tacoma ICE detention center for weeks
Rebecca Burke, 28, is detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center “related to the violation of the terms and conditions of her admission,” an agency spokesperson said.
www.seattletimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
& the sad thing is even the good people of bsky were saying “oh this isn’t true, they’re not this bad”.
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Officials have said this will save the lives of 111 Māori & Pasifka people & you decide to go against official advice.
I'm sorry the only word for that is...
I'm sorry the only word for that is...
March 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Officials have said this will save the lives of 111 Māori & Pasifka people & you decide to go against official advice.
I'm sorry the only word for that is...
I'm sorry the only word for that is...
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As we approach the anniversary of March 15 it is important to remember that one of the things to come out of that was that lawmakers came together and banned high powered semiautomatic weapons. Only the ACT Party voted against it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Muslim community fears more mass shootings if gun laws rolled back
More people will die in mass shootings if firearms restrictions are rolled back, members of the Muslim community say.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
As we approach the anniversary of March 15 it is important to remember that one of the things to come out of that was that lawmakers came together and banned high powered semiautomatic weapons. Only the ACT Party voted against it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...