LouieTheRed Toitū Te Tiriti
@louiethered.bsky.social
Quote: "Yeah, I am a socialist and I'm proud of it"
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#NZpol
Absolutely unacceptable given rising unemployment overall + losing plane after plane of good people offshore!
PSA's Fleur Fitzsimons:
"These figures show that delays in recruitment are a deliberate cost-saving tactic, driven by the government's failure to fund the health system properly."
Absolutely unacceptable given rising unemployment overall + losing plane after plane of good people offshore!
PSA's Fleur Fitzsimons:
"These figures show that delays in recruitment are a deliberate cost-saving tactic, driven by the government's failure to fund the health system properly."
Wellington Hospitals waiting up to six months for Health NZ approval to recruit
Data obtained under the Official Information Act shows 219 recruitment requests took more than two months to be approved, 91 waited more than 20 weeks, and 45 roles applied for in March were still vac...
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
#NZpol
Absolutely unacceptable given rising unemployment overall + losing plane after plane of good people offshore!
PSA's Fleur Fitzsimons:
"These figures show that delays in recruitment are a deliberate cost-saving tactic, driven by the government's failure to fund the health system properly."
Absolutely unacceptable given rising unemployment overall + losing plane after plane of good people offshore!
PSA's Fleur Fitzsimons:
"These figures show that delays in recruitment are a deliberate cost-saving tactic, driven by the government's failure to fund the health system properly."
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Talk about a waste of taxpayer money, which they're always going on about. Do you know how much it costs to pass a bill? I don't but it must run into the many thousands given all the people who have to work on it. We're just passing bills to make sure David Seymour doesn't have a sook? #nzpol
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Talk about a waste of taxpayer money, which they're always going on about. Do you know how much it costs to pass a bill? I don't but it must run into the many thousands given all the people who have to work on it. We're just passing bills to make sure David Seymour doesn't have a sook? #nzpol
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"We might campaign on repealing the law we just passed" is dumber and more flailingly chaotic than literally ANYTHING on the left (and I'm making the call that that includes losing an MP to kleptomania and the implosion of TPM)
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"We might campaign on repealing the law we just passed" is dumber and more flailingly chaotic than literally ANYTHING on the left (and I'm making the call that that includes losing an MP to kleptomania and the implosion of TPM)
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246,473 people voted for ACT in 2023
Over 98% of public submissions against the Regulatory Standards Bill
Every other party wants rid of it
Yet Luxon sold us all out for a knighthood
#nzpol
Over 98% of public submissions against the Regulatory Standards Bill
Every other party wants rid of it
Yet Luxon sold us all out for a knighthood
#nzpol
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
246,473 people voted for ACT in 2023
Over 98% of public submissions against the Regulatory Standards Bill
Every other party wants rid of it
Yet Luxon sold us all out for a knighthood
#nzpol
Over 98% of public submissions against the Regulatory Standards Bill
Every other party wants rid of it
Yet Luxon sold us all out for a knighthood
#nzpol
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Ahhhhhhhhh hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaomfgloljfcwtf!!!1!1!!!
#nzpol
#nzpol
Christ on a bike, these fucking idiots are ruining the country for no other reason than coalition agreements.
VOTE THEM OUT
#nzpol
VOTE THEM OUT
#nzpol
'It's not impossible': National may campaign on regulatory standards repeal
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Ahhhhhhhhh hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaomfgloljfcwtf!!!1!1!!!
#nzpol
#nzpol
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If Labour/Greens had tried to pull a stunt like this it would have been all dancing cossacks and reds under your beds again. This looks pretty bad.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
If Labour/Greens had tried to pull a stunt like this it would have been all dancing cossacks and reds under your beds again. This looks pretty bad.
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Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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 11:48 PM
Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Auckland is a dump they say, no foot traffic they say, nobody wants to go to the city they say .....
Auckland city hold my beer!
Auckland city hold my beer!
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Auckland is a dump they say, no foot traffic they say, nobody wants to go to the city they say .....
Auckland city hold my beer!
Auckland city hold my beer!
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This is the plan that the coalition government says is "not about centralising power". Jesus wept. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This is the plan that the coalition government says is "not about centralising power". Jesus wept. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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So tell me how the local body minister is going to have time to sign off EVERYTHING FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY because that does not sound even slightly realistic to me #NZPol
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
So tell me how the local body minister is going to have time to sign off EVERYTHING FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY because that does not sound even slightly realistic to me #NZPol
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There are so many other things but the level of dick move this is when the 132 regional councillors were elected across the country in October - how cunty is that? #NZPol
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
There are so many other things but the level of dick move this is when the 132 regional councillors were elected across the country in October - how cunty is that? #NZPol
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Going out on a limb here to suggest that the PM doesn’t understand what it is that regional councils do
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Going out on a limb here to suggest that the PM doesn’t understand what it is that regional councils do
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It feels like cancelling the regional councils at the same time as completely altering the RMA is a very shifty way to disguise which part made everything go fucking wrong #NZPol
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
It feels like cancelling the regional councils at the same time as completely altering the RMA is a very shifty way to disguise which part made everything go fucking wrong #NZPol
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The sun sunned, the insects invited partners for sexual relations. I had a little cry and the sun dried my tears
Then I was ready for my picnic, it tasted pretty good and the beer was fairly cool and now best of all I feel better
I came back and told my dad I love him very much 3/3
Then I was ready for my picnic, it tasted pretty good and the beer was fairly cool and now best of all I feel better
I came back and told my dad I love him very much 3/3
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The sun sunned, the insects invited partners for sexual relations. I had a little cry and the sun dried my tears
Then I was ready for my picnic, it tasted pretty good and the beer was fairly cool and now best of all I feel better
I came back and told my dad I love him very much 3/3
Then I was ready for my picnic, it tasted pretty good and the beer was fairly cool and now best of all I feel better
I came back and told my dad I love him very much 3/3
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So I wanted to destress. I packed a sandwich, some caramel corn and a bottle of beer and trekked off up the hill a ways and then down to our damn. I popped the beer in the water to cool and lay down to watch the clouds 2/3
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
So I wanted to destress. I packed a sandwich, some caramel corn and a bottle of beer and trekked off up the hill a ways and then down to our damn. I popped the beer in the water to cool and lay down to watch the clouds 2/3
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This morning I did a bad thing, I lost control and yelled at my dad. It's not his fault I was annoyed he asked me the same thing three times. I need to control what I can, which is me. So I realised I probably lost it because I was tired & feeling stretched & stressed 1/3
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This morning I did a bad thing, I lost control and yelled at my dad. It's not his fault I was annoyed he asked me the same thing three times. I need to control what I can, which is me. So I realised I probably lost it because I was tired & feeling stretched & stressed 1/3
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They're good pies Doug
* New Zealand takes pies (namely, handheld meat pies) so seriously that there are National Pie Awards that get major media coverage. The New Zealand National Library has a whole dedicated category for “Pies — Competitions.”
Pie.
Pie.
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
They're good pies Doug
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After sacking 50% of Te Whatu Ora tech workers. What could possibly go wrong.
Hospitals to move away from paper records to new digital systems
Hospitals to move away from paper records to new digital systems
More than 65 percent of hospitals still use paper notes, Health Minister Simeon Brown says.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
After sacking 50% of Te Whatu Ora tech workers. What could possibly go wrong.
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Public sector still too strong? Send in the leeches.
#NzPol
#NzPol
Public sector bosses ordered to look again for new cost savings
As the coalition Government struggles with the state of its books, Finance Minister Nicola Willis once again turns to bringing down costs.
newsroom.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Public sector still too strong? Send in the leeches.
#NzPol
#NzPol
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If you can subscribe in support, and if you can’t afford to just now read this brilliant round up of revolt and share it far and wide. Thank you Emily Writes for so many good reads and a way to give to Palestine families everytime my pension lands in my bank. #nzpol
The Year in Revolt
It's not yet December, but I'm getting in early. This is a reflection on the past year and what we've been doing here as a community.
As I went to publish this, at 5pm, the government put out a state...
www.emilywrites.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you can subscribe in support, and if you can’t afford to just now read this brilliant round up of revolt and share it far and wide. Thank you Emily Writes for so many good reads and a way to give to Palestine families everytime my pension lands in my bank. #nzpol
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#nzpol
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
#nzpol
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
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#nzpol Tomorrow will mark the 15-year anniversary of the Pike River mine disaster which killed 29 workers, shocked the nation, and opened a conversation about our poor workplace health and safety record. A decade and a half later, we still haven't resolved that conversation. A🧵
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
#nzpol Tomorrow will mark the 15-year anniversary of the Pike River mine disaster which killed 29 workers, shocked the nation, and opened a conversation about our poor workplace health and safety record. A decade and a half later, we still haven't resolved that conversation. A🧵
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Today marks 15 years since the Pike River mine disaster. Anna and Sonya are meeting with Brooke van Velden today to call for stronger health and safety protections in our country, taking time out of the most precious day of their year to fight for all New Zealanders. #nzpol
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Today marks 15 years since the Pike River mine disaster. Anna and Sonya are meeting with Brooke van Velden today to call for stronger health and safety protections in our country, taking time out of the most precious day of their year to fight for all New Zealanders. #nzpol
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#nzpol Standing with Firefighters who are fighting for better wages and equipment that works. It’s time to support them and keep New Zealanders safe
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
#nzpol Standing with Firefighters who are fighting for better wages and equipment that works. It’s time to support them and keep New Zealanders safe
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I’m delighted to announce I'm standing as the Labour candidate in Wellington Bays/Rongotai in 2026. I'm thrilled to fight for better jobs, housing, and health services in our community. Look in the bio to donate, volunteer, and help us deliver a better government next year.
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I’m delighted to announce I'm standing as the Labour candidate in Wellington Bays/Rongotai in 2026. I'm thrilled to fight for better jobs, housing, and health services in our community. Look in the bio to donate, volunteer, and help us deliver a better government next year.