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@aucklandcouncil.bsky.social, @richardhills.bsky.social, @aucklandtransport.bsky.social I would have thought it would be appropriate for the flags on the AHB to be at half mast out of respect for the passing of former Prime Minister Bolger.
October 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
@aucklandcouncil.bsky.social, @richardhills.bsky.social, @aucklandtransport.bsky.social I would have thought it would be appropriate for the flags on the AHB to be at half mast out of respect for the passing of former Prime Minister Bolger.
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#nzpol Local Body Election voting deadline is looming. Don't let bad weather/apathy win. Please get out and vote and remember to support retaining Māori wards. Don't let the racists win. 🫶💪
11 October 2025 at 12 noon Election day – voting closes midday
- it's too late for mail so pop your vote directly into one of the orange voting boxes
- it's too late for mail so pop your vote directly into one of the orange voting boxes
Postcards from Wellington, Aotearoa NZ, near Cuba St.
October 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#nzpol Local Body Election voting deadline is looming. Don't let bad weather/apathy win. Please get out and vote and remember to support retaining Māori wards. Don't let the racists win. 🫶💪
More veg, less meat: the latest global update on a diet that’s good for people and the planet has been shared with you from RNZ 🌱💚✅
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More veg, less meat: the latest global update on a diet that’s good for people and the planet
Most New Zealand adults consume more protein than the recommended amount. They could reduce meat without risking inadequate protein intake.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
More veg, less meat: the latest global update on a diet that’s good for people and the planet has been shared with you from RNZ 🌱💚✅
www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...
www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...
If alcohol and drugs are no longer the social lubricants they once were, how do we address this crisis of solitude and isolation? www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
Americans are socialising less - here’s why that’s worrying
Derek Thompson talks about stark declines in the amount of time Americans spend at parties with friends.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
If alcohol and drugs are no longer the social lubricants they once were, how do we address this crisis of solitude and isolation? www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
@nznationalparty.bsky.social @actparty.bsky.social @nzfirst.bsky.social — Will the government extend Child Support obligations to both parents for 18–19yos losing access to benefits?
Currently, Child Support ends when a student turns 18.
This new policy will hit mostly women-led households hardest.
Currently, Child Support ends when a student turns 18.
This new policy will hit mostly women-led households hardest.
October 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
@nznationalparty.bsky.social @actparty.bsky.social @nzfirst.bsky.social — Will the government extend Child Support obligations to both parents for 18–19yos losing access to benefits?
Currently, Child Support ends when a student turns 18.
This new policy will hit mostly women-led households hardest.
Currently, Child Support ends when a student turns 18.
This new policy will hit mostly women-led households hardest.
Good journalism is pivotal to good democracy. Support reputable journalists to do this vital work; they have to pay their bills too. cc @stuff.co.nz
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Why strong media is critical in covering cases like Tom Phillips
This week Stuff came in for direct and sustained criticism from NZ Police, following an article and audio we published of the events leading up to the death of Tom Phillips.
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September 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Good journalism is pivotal to good democracy. Support reputable journalists to do this vital work; they have to pay their bills too. cc @stuff.co.nz
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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August 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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When we reestablish rule of law in the US, one of the reforms we should make is a law capping CEO compensation (salary, options, etc) as a fixed multiple of that of the lowest paid worker (employee, IC, whatever.)
If CEOs couldn’t make more than 20x the minimum pay, you’d see wages skyrocket.
If CEOs couldn’t make more than 20x the minimum pay, you’d see wages skyrocket.
Via Morning Brew
The Institute for Policy Studies analyzed the 100 companies in the S&P 500 with the lowest median pay & found that overall CEO compensation increased nearly 35% over five yrs, outpacing employees' gains.
At those 100 companies,the average CEO-to-worker pay gaphit 632 to 1 last yr.
The Institute for Policy Studies analyzed the 100 companies in the S&P 500 with the lowest median pay & found that overall CEO compensation increased nearly 35% over five yrs, outpacing employees' gains.
At those 100 companies,the average CEO-to-worker pay gaphit 632 to 1 last yr.
August 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
When we reestablish rule of law in the US, one of the reforms we should make is a law capping CEO compensation (salary, options, etc) as a fixed multiple of that of the lowest paid worker (employee, IC, whatever.)
If CEOs couldn’t make more than 20x the minimum pay, you’d see wages skyrocket.
If CEOs couldn’t make more than 20x the minimum pay, you’d see wages skyrocket.
Why go for the guy who was Lady Chatterly’s husband when you could have her lover?
My pick for the new James Bond: Richard Madden. Doesn’t hurt that he’s Scottish like Sean was. However at 5’9”, this might count against him.
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My pick for the new James Bond: Richard Madden. Doesn’t hurt that he’s Scottish like Sean was. However at 5’9”, this might count against him.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
James Bond should be a man, says Dame Helen Mirren
The Oscar-winning actor says that the famous 007 character can't be a woman as it "just doesn't work".
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August 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Why go for the guy who was Lady Chatterly’s husband when you could have her lover?
My pick for the new James Bond: Richard Madden. Doesn’t hurt that he’s Scottish like Sean was. However at 5’9”, this might count against him.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
My pick for the new James Bond: Richard Madden. Doesn’t hurt that he’s Scottish like Sean was. However at 5’9”, this might count against him.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Streisand effect is in play here with Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick 'named' for refusing to leave Parliament. @nzgreenparty.bsky.social is managing to highlight these unjust issues even more thanks to the Speaker’s personal bias and ignorance. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick 'named' for refusing to leave Parliament
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer re-used the 'C-word' in Parliament in response, and Winston Peters spoke in Swarbrick's defence, despite voting to have her ejected.
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August 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The Streisand effect is in play here with Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick 'named' for refusing to leave Parliament. @nzgreenparty.bsky.social is managing to highlight these unjust issues even more thanks to the Speaker’s personal bias and ignorance. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
@fergalkeane, I can relate to this. I’m NZ-born and raised with 4 Irish grandparents and an Irish father, all of whom emigrated to NZ. I’m proud to have an Irish passport, as are my children. My grandmother had a saying about this: if the cat had kittens in an oven, you wouldn’t call them scones.
The complex question of what it is to be culturally Irish in 2025
Ed Sheeran grew up in England but described himself as 'culturally Irish,' prompting debate about what that really means
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August 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
@fergalkeane, I can relate to this. I’m NZ-born and raised with 4 Irish grandparents and an Irish father, all of whom emigrated to NZ. I’m proud to have an Irish passport, as are my children. My grandmother had a saying about this: if the cat had kittens in an oven, you wouldn’t call them scones.
Tell me someone is going to make the movie of how Australia's tax office lost billions in a simple scam www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
How Australia's tax office lost billions in a simple scam
It took just minutes, could be done on your phone, and didn't require a criminal mastermind to figure it out.
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July 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Tell me someone is going to make the movie of how Australia's tax office lost billions in a simple scam www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Opinion: Echo Chamber: These people are just speaking for the sake of it thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-...
I laughed.
I laughed.
Echo Chamber: These people are just speaking for the sake of it
Wednesday’s question time was a perfect reminder of why people hate politicians.
thespinoff.co.nz
July 24, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Opinion: Echo Chamber: These people are just speaking for the sake of it thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-...
I laughed.
I laughed.
Former National Party president Sue Wood slams Government’s pay equity changes www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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July 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Former National Party president Sue Wood slams Government’s pay equity changes www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.instagram.com/reel/DLDyi_4... Next election, you’ll have a choice between this backwards-looking party and their co-conspirators and the coherent, progressive, evidence-based, future and present-focused @nzgreenparty.bsky.social ably co-led by Chlöe Swarbrick. Nothing changes if nothing changes.
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June 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
www.instagram.com/reel/DLDyi_4... Next election, you’ll have a choice between this backwards-looking party and their co-conspirators and the coherent, progressive, evidence-based, future and present-focused @nzgreenparty.bsky.social ably co-led by Chlöe Swarbrick. Nothing changes if nothing changes.
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@finlaymacdonald.bsky.social, the obvious solution to the tail wagging the dog is for the parties who are closest to form a coalition i.e. Labour and National. The outdated, binary mindset is what needs to change for MMP to work in the best interests of most.
@finlaymacdonald.bsky.social, the obvious solution to the tail wagging the dog is for the parties who are closest to form a coalition i.e. Labour and National. The outdated, binary mindset is what needs to change for MMP to work in the best interests of most.
With so many parties ‘ruling out’ working with other parties, is MMP losing its way?
ACT won’t work with Labour, Labour won’t work with NZ First, National won’t work with Te Pāti Māori … What happened to the cross-party compromise MMP was meant to foster?
theconversation.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
theconversation.com/with-so-many...
@finlaymacdonald.bsky.social, the obvious solution to the tail wagging the dog is for the parties who are closest to form a coalition i.e. Labour and National. The outdated, binary mindset is what needs to change for MMP to work in the best interests of most.
@finlaymacdonald.bsky.social, the obvious solution to the tail wagging the dog is for the parties who are closest to form a coalition i.e. Labour and National. The outdated, binary mindset is what needs to change for MMP to work in the best interests of most.
“Pacific nations urged to 'stand together as a region' against 'external forces'.”
So, it was ok for France to colonise the Pacific but it’s not ok for China 🤔
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So, it was ok for France to colonise the Pacific but it’s not ok for China 🤔
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Pacific nations urged to 'stand together as a region' against 'external forces'
Foreign Minister Winston Peters warned other nations to be "transparent and supportive of good governance" when dealing with the Pacific region.
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June 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“Pacific nations urged to 'stand together as a region' against 'external forces'.”
So, it was ok for France to colonise the Pacific but it’s not ok for China 🤔
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
So, it was ok for France to colonise the Pacific but it’s not ok for China 🤔
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
“You do have to marvel at a political class and media ecosystem that reacts more viscerally to a four-letter word than to the actual structural inequality it was being used to highlight and the people that affects.”
“You do have to marvel at a political class and media ecosystem that reacts more viscerally to a four-letter word than to the actual structural inequality it was being used to highlight and the people that affects.”
I said what I said. And I’m sorry... sort of
OPINION: Choreographed fragility and weaponised offence from female MPs over my use of a rude word has served as a distraction from their own actions.
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May 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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“You do have to marvel at a political class and media ecosystem that reacts more viscerally to a four-letter word than to the actual structural inequality it was being used to highlight and the people that affects.”
“You do have to marvel at a political class and media ecosystem that reacts more viscerally to a four-letter word than to the actual structural inequality it was being used to highlight and the people that affects.”