Skiwi Knittingvibes Toitū te Tiriti
@knittingvibes.bsky.social
Yarn, snow, knit, inclusive feminist, tree hugger, Tangata Tiriti, socialist, mother, daughter, vaxxer, myasthenia, anti fascist, Kei te noho ahau i Tauranga Moana, nō Tenemaka au.
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I'm changing my handle from Skiwi to Knittingvibes.
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Also a hat tip of respect to @paulbarlownz.bsky.social who very much shares the same mission as BHN, and BHN stable mates Frontline with @garypayinda.bsky.social, and Locked out with @clrenney.bsky.social.
personal hi five to my mate Jez and his podcast Interconnector for his Judges pick award
personal hi five to my mate Jez and his podcast Interconnector for his Judges pick award
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Also a hat tip of respect to @paulbarlownz.bsky.social who very much shares the same mission as BHN, and BHN stable mates Frontline with @garypayinda.bsky.social, and Locked out with @clrenney.bsky.social.
personal hi five to my mate Jez and his podcast Interconnector for his Judges pick award
personal hi five to my mate Jez and his podcast Interconnector for his Judges pick award
Well deserved, congratulations 🙌
"The coveted Listeners’ Choice title, decided entirely by public vote, went to #BHN Big Hairy News, reflecting the show’s highly engaged audience across subscriptions and social channels."
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Well deserved, congratulations 🙌
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"They don't realise that if you don't tax the rich, the rich will squeeze you out.
30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich
British economist Gary Stevenson tells 30 with Guyon Espiner fire engines aren't coming to fix the New Zealand economy.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"They don't realise that if you don't tax the rich, the rich will squeeze you out.
30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
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November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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#BHN Tonight at 9pm
GUEST HOST Ash Reborn
- @chrishipkins.bsky.social LIVE on UN decision
- Chloe Swarbrick on Gary's Economics
- Looking at other political response to NZ not recognising Palestinian statehood
#nzpol #nzpolitics
youtube.com/live/WvVLSn3...
GUEST HOST Ash Reborn
- @chrishipkins.bsky.social LIVE on UN decision
- Chloe Swarbrick on Gary's Economics
- Looking at other political response to NZ not recognising Palestinian statehood
#nzpol #nzpolitics
youtube.com/live/WvVLSn3...
#BHN Chris Hipkins LIVE on UN decision | Chloe Swarbrick on Gary's Economics
YouTube video by Big Hairy Network
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September 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
#BHN Tonight at 9pm
GUEST HOST Ash Reborn
- @chrishipkins.bsky.social LIVE on UN decision
- Chloe Swarbrick on Gary's Economics
- Looking at other political response to NZ not recognising Palestinian statehood
#nzpol #nzpolitics
youtube.com/live/WvVLSn3...
GUEST HOST Ash Reborn
- @chrishipkins.bsky.social LIVE on UN decision
- Chloe Swarbrick on Gary's Economics
- Looking at other political response to NZ not recognising Palestinian statehood
#nzpol #nzpolitics
youtube.com/live/WvVLSn3...
Awesome to see Clöe Swarbrick on Gary's Economics!
September 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Awesome to see Clöe Swarbrick on Gary's Economics!
Oh no 😬
#nzpol
#nzpol
So Ruth Richardson & Roger Douglas want Nicola Willis to adopt the Liz Truss libertarian playbook, even though its failed. everywhere
And Douglas wants David Seymour to take her place.
What could go wrong with the Atlas Network (NZI/TPU) formula? A lot - as every country they touch knows #nzpol
And Douglas wants David Seymour to take her place.
What could go wrong with the Atlas Network (NZI/TPU) formula? A lot - as every country they touch knows #nzpol
September 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Oh no 😬
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Sept 3, 2025-Dr Gideon Polya & Professor Richard Hill:
Total death toll in
#Gaza = 680,000+
380,000 = infants under 5
99,000 = children over 5
63,000 = women
138,000 = men
= #genocide #infanticide
Total death toll in
#Gaza = 680,000+
380,000 = infants under 5
99,000 = children over 5
63,000 = women
138,000 = men
= #genocide #infanticide
September 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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And if members of the Five Eyes meant to expanded that concern to children outside of their joint legal jurisdictions, you would think that they would be raising their collective voices against the most horrific instance yet ongoing.
#nzpol
#nzpol
18,500 children have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza.
Despite these war crimes, the US has provided more than $22 BILLION for the war.
Via [ www.facebook.com/senatorsande... ]
#nzpol
Despite these war crimes, the US has provided more than $22 BILLION for the war.
Via [ www.facebook.com/senatorsande... ]
#nzpol
September 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
And if members of the Five Eyes meant to expanded that concern to children outside of their joint legal jurisdictions, you would think that they would be raising their collective voices against the most horrific instance yet ongoing.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Agree! And us voters need to stop voting for any political candidate who appear on there.
#nzpol All Aotearoa politicial candidates and MPs need to stop appearing on Reality Check Radio pronto.
Be better because we deserve better.
Be better because we deserve better.
Government ministers continue to appear on Reality Check Radio, a media outlet that promotes the 'great replacement' conspiracy theory (among others) and frequently platforms far-right figures
factaotearoa.nz/call-for-min...
factaotearoa.nz/call-for-min...
September 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Agree! And us voters need to stop voting for any political candidate who appear on there.
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Primary school teachers reject latest pay offer, will vote on strike action
I stand with #teachers, #midwives, #nurses, carers, doctors & all who NZ Govt robbed of #PayEquity #nzpol
I stand with #teachers, #midwives, #nurses, carers, doctors & all who NZ Govt robbed of #PayEquity #nzpol
September 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Primary school teachers reject latest pay offer, will vote on strike action
I stand with #teachers, #midwives, #nurses, carers, doctors & all who NZ Govt robbed of #PayEquity #nzpol
I stand with #teachers, #midwives, #nurses, carers, doctors & all who NZ Govt robbed of #PayEquity #nzpol
😬 #nzpol
Chris Bishop’s fast track law is designed so that applicant’s false information cannot be challenged by the public during the consenting process and hence a consent can be given based on fake information
False information on West Coast hydro scheme submitted to fast-track panel, claims mountain club
September 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
😬 #nzpol
February March next year!!
#nzpol
#nzpol
Don't know if this is true. I'd like to see something concrete. But, a speaking tour that included Aotearoa would be very welcomed.
#NZPOL
#NZPOL
Garry Stevenson is apparently going to do a tour of Australia and New Zealand next year. I'm a little tempted at the idea of seeing him.
#poverty #tax #rich #wealth #inequality #billionaires
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
#poverty #tax #rich #wealth #inequality #billionaires
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
September 7, 2025 at 5:54 AM
February March next year!!
#nzpol
#nzpol
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With the $8.5B hole in National’s budget & the fact that ACT policies would ruin us further, this is the perfect opportunity for progressive policies to step into the void.
We can save Aotearoa by creating jobs that build green infrastructure to address intensifying climate disruption.
#nzpol
We can save Aotearoa by creating jobs that build green infrastructure to address intensifying climate disruption.
#nzpol
September 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
With the $8.5B hole in National’s budget & the fact that ACT policies would ruin us further, this is the perfect opportunity for progressive policies to step into the void.
We can save Aotearoa by creating jobs that build green infrastructure to address intensifying climate disruption.
#nzpol
We can save Aotearoa by creating jobs that build green infrastructure to address intensifying climate disruption.
#nzpol
Awesome points!
I’ve had time to sit with Doyle’s resignation. What stands out is not only the volume of abuse but the moment abusive narratives were legitimised by mainstream (senior) political actors. That’s when harm scales, and institutions often fall quiet. Some thoughts 🧵
#nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/05/b...
#nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/05/b...
Benjamin Doyle resigns amid ongoing harassment and wellbeing issues
The first-term MP has been subjected to online attacks and physical threats after they used language online that some considered to be inappropriate.
newsroom.co.nz
September 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Awesome points!
Damn right!
This is a rights problem more than a resilience problem. “Be tougher” is not a policy. The right to participate in democratic life without being driven out by coordinated harassment should not depend on an MP’s personal tolerance for abuse or that of their children.
September 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Damn right!
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We've had a couple of years of seeing what vision NAT/ACT/NZ1 have for this country.
and then I watch speeches from Tūrangawaewae...
I know this country NEEDS Māori centred vision to take us ALL forward
and then I watch speeches from Tūrangawaewae...
I know this country NEEDS Māori centred vision to take us ALL forward
September 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We've had a couple of years of seeing what vision NAT/ACT/NZ1 have for this country.
and then I watch speeches from Tūrangawaewae...
I know this country NEEDS Māori centred vision to take us ALL forward
and then I watch speeches from Tūrangawaewae...
I know this country NEEDS Māori centred vision to take us ALL forward
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There’s a real theme here…following on from the reserve bank debacle, with Nicky No Clue covered in unlawful interference with an independent body, now this fleck of dust thinks he’s king. Fucking shambles everywhere all of the time. 🙄 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol
"The Minister's actions are highly unusual and a direct intervention in bargaining, which is unlawful."
#nzpol
#nzpol
Senior doctors' union refuses arbitration, accuses Health Minister of illegally interfering in bargaining process
The Health Minister gave the union and Health NZ until 4pm today to respond to his urgent request for arbitration.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
There’s a real theme here…following on from the reserve bank debacle, with Nicky No Clue covered in unlawful interference with an independent body, now this fleck of dust thinks he’s king. Fucking shambles everywhere all of the time. 🙄 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol
Love this from Chadleft:
"We accepted the principle of sacrificing short-term private profit for long-term collective health and wellbeing.
That principle is an existential threat to the political right. This is why the attacks are so relentless."
#nzpol #covid
www.emilywrites.co.nz/why-are-peop...
"We accepted the principle of sacrificing short-term private profit for long-term collective health and wellbeing.
That principle is an existential threat to the political right. This is why the attacks are so relentless."
#nzpol #covid
www.emilywrites.co.nz/why-are-peop...
Why are people lying about Covid-19 lockdowns?
As I started up the car, Duncan Garner's voice boomed out. In his shrill 'trying to be one of the boys but failing' shout, he raged about how 'we were all locked down' and 'Jacinda needs to front up!*...
www.emilywrites.co.nz
September 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Love this from Chadleft:
"We accepted the principle of sacrificing short-term private profit for long-term collective health and wellbeing.
That principle is an existential threat to the political right. This is why the attacks are so relentless."
#nzpol #covid
www.emilywrites.co.nz/why-are-peop...
"We accepted the principle of sacrificing short-term private profit for long-term collective health and wellbeing.
That principle is an existential threat to the political right. This is why the attacks are so relentless."
#nzpol #covid
www.emilywrites.co.nz/why-are-peop...
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Interesting analysis of who wanted to buddy up with who at the 2023 election
#nzpol
#nzpol
The New Zealand Election Study has been running for 35 years, polling voters (and non-voters) about their views and votes after each election since 1990.
The latest edition, released recently, covers the 2023 election. I spent the past two weeks delving through the data.
A 🧵 – with lots of 📊!
The latest edition, released recently, covers the 2023 election. I spent the past two weeks delving through the data.
A 🧵 – with lots of 📊!
September 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Interesting analysis of who wanted to buddy up with who at the 2023 election
#nzpol
#nzpol
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"The Ombudsman's findings related to Jaques' requests in April 2024 for data from Health NZ's Care Capacity Demand Management System on how many shifts were understaffed, broken down by district."
#nzpol
#nzpol
September 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"The Ombudsman's findings related to Jaques' requests in April 2024 for data from Health NZ's Care Capacity Demand Management System on how many shifts were understaffed, broken down by district."
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Interesting that Seymour suddenly wants out of this not long after the International Court of Justice determined that the 1.5°C temperature target is LEGALLY BINDING under the Paris Agreement.
Heaven forbid Governments be held legally responsible for not walking their talk. #nzpol #OneTeemGovt.
Heaven forbid Governments be held legally responsible for not walking their talk. #nzpol #OneTeemGovt.
September 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Interesting that Seymour suddenly wants out of this not long after the International Court of Justice determined that the 1.5°C temperature target is LEGALLY BINDING under the Paris Agreement.
Heaven forbid Governments be held legally responsible for not walking their talk. #nzpol #OneTeemGovt.
Heaven forbid Governments be held legally responsible for not walking their talk. #nzpol #OneTeemGovt.
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NZ OIA show NZ's #EpsteinFiles = works by Richard Epstein, a US legal scholar who promoted a doctrine of regulatory takings that if colonisers' property rights are restricted, compensation should be paid. NZ Initiative's Bryce Wilkinson adopted idea for NZ's #RSB Regulatory Standards Bill.
#NZpol
#NZpol
The more we learn about the RSB the worse it looks. #NZPol
Dr Ryan Ward and Melanie Nelson have published an investigative piece on the foreign influence on the RSB and extensive lobbying by Bryce Wilkinson.
youtu.be/LPO26Rc8pls?...
Dr Ryan Ward and Melanie Nelson have published an investigative piece on the foreign influence on the RSB and extensive lobbying by Bryce Wilkinson.
youtu.be/LPO26Rc8pls?...
#BHN Foreign influence on the RSB and lobbying by Bryce Wilkinson exposed
YouTube video by Big Hairy Network
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September 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
NZ OIA show NZ's #EpsteinFiles = works by Richard Epstein, a US legal scholar who promoted a doctrine of regulatory takings that if colonisers' property rights are restricted, compensation should be paid. NZ Initiative's Bryce Wilkinson adopted idea for NZ's #RSB Regulatory Standards Bill.
#NZpol
#NZpol