Katya
@nzkatya.bsky.social
Woke socialist, stray cat magnet, Tūī feeder, she/her/ia. Living in Tāmaki Makaurau. I was katya@critical_gaze on twitter.
North: Helsinki
South: Bluff
South: Bluff
What is the farthest north and south you have ever been?
NORTH: Umeå, Sweden
SOUTH: Bluff, New Zealand
NORTH: Umeå, Sweden
SOUTH: Bluff, New Zealand
What is the farthest north and south you have ever been?
NORTH: Denali National Park, Alaska, USA
SOUTH: Cusco/Machu Picchu, Peru
NORTH: Denali National Park, Alaska, USA
SOUTH: Cusco/Machu Picchu, Peru
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
North: Helsinki
South: Bluff
South: Bluff
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'why don't we just put a cap on the rates increases' is not a serious response. It just isn't. It's adolescent (perjorative) at best.
'I would simply just not raise the rates' is adolescent (complimentary) shit posting, but the irony and snark is inherent to the format.
'I would simply just not raise the rates' is adolescent (complimentary) shit posting, but the irony and snark is inherent to the format.
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
'why don't we just put a cap on the rates increases' is not a serious response. It just isn't. It's adolescent (perjorative) at best.
'I would simply just not raise the rates' is adolescent (complimentary) shit posting, but the irony and snark is inherent to the format.
'I would simply just not raise the rates' is adolescent (complimentary) shit posting, but the irony and snark is inherent to the format.
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I'll be very interested to see the analysis Mnr Watts has that shows a rates cap range of 2-4% is viable. And any evidence that rates are currently in the unaffordable range. I ask council staff every time if the rates proposed are within the affordable range (as % of income); so far always yes.
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I'll be very interested to see the analysis Mnr Watts has that shows a rates cap range of 2-4% is viable. And any evidence that rates are currently in the unaffordable range. I ask council staff every time if the rates proposed are within the affordable range (as % of income); so far always yes.
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'The school has its own commercial kitchen and wanted to make its own meals, but the ministry had always argued that was a risk to food security, she said.' #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches
The possibility that students may have eaten contaminated lunches "fills me with horror", says a Christchurch school principal.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
'The school has its own commercial kitchen and wanted to make its own meals, but the ministry had always argued that was a risk to food security, she said.' #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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If this is what being "Back on track" looks like, I preferred it when we were off the rails #nzpol
Well, I’ve been made redundant. The literal mum and dad company I worked for, and loved working for, has had so little business recently that they’ve had to let go of a quarter of their staff.
This is a direct result of the government intentionally or incompetently crashing the economy.
This is a direct result of the government intentionally or incompetently crashing the economy.
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If this is what being "Back on track" looks like, I preferred it when we were off the rails #nzpol
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As a committed Christian, Luxon is celebrating the birth of his Lord and Saviour by acting as Jesus would, aka, telling the poor, hungry, and homeless to fuck off out of his sight.
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
As a committed Christian, Luxon is celebrating the birth of his Lord and Saviour by acting as Jesus would, aka, telling the poor, hungry, and homeless to fuck off out of his sight.
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Must read “Simon Upton isn’t exactly fire‑breathing eco‑warrior…former Nat minister, conservative institutionalist,& 1 of (NZ’s) more thoughtful policy thinkers. When someone like Upton uses phrases ie“constitutional concern” &”erosion of public accountability”,Govts normally pause & listen” #nzpol
Democracy Briefing: Sneaking in turbocharged Muldoonist powers to the Fast Track Act
There’s something deeply off about the way the Government is trying to re‑wire its controversial Fast Track Approvals Act.
www.democracyproject.org.nz
November 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Must read “Simon Upton isn’t exactly fire‑breathing eco‑warrior…former Nat minister, conservative institutionalist,& 1 of (NZ’s) more thoughtful policy thinkers. When someone like Upton uses phrases ie“constitutional concern” &”erosion of public accountability”,Govts normally pause & listen” #nzpol
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November 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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good summary of where AI is at, lol
November 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
good summary of where AI is at, lol
This government wants to sell off everything else to private investors, who will asset strip before offering a very poor service at a much higher cost
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This government wants to sell off everything else to private investors, who will asset strip before offering a very poor service at a much higher cost
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National-led government will force councils to sell assets to pay for water infrastructure etc. #NzPol
Luxon indicates council rate capping law imminent
The Government would be introducing rates caps to help people with the rise in the cost of living, Luxon said.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
National-led government will force councils to sell assets to pay for water infrastructure etc. #NzPol
Labour lost a lot of their volunteers in 2023 when Hipkins trashed the tax reforms Parker and Robertson wanted and they have continued to lose supporters because Hipkins will only listen to the small group of people who agree with him. He seems intent on following Starmer's lead #nzpol
I almost feel sorry* for my Labour friends, this is the headline of the Wellington rag...
WetNapkins asks his party to what now?
Surely he's gone after Xmas?
(*you know there's an inspirational leftist party in Green right)
WetNapkins asks his party to what now?
Surely he's gone after Xmas?
(*you know there's an inspirational leftist party in Green right)
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Labour lost a lot of their volunteers in 2023 when Hipkins trashed the tax reforms Parker and Robertson wanted and they have continued to lose supporters because Hipkins will only listen to the small group of people who agree with him. He seems intent on following Starmer's lead #nzpol
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National's Local Water Done Well will come to be recognised as a generational cock-up. Simon Watts's vague claim that rates will not increase is farcically untrue. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Revealed: Councils expected to foot a near $48 billion bill for Local Water Done Well
Officials estimate water service infrastructure will cost $47.9 billion to 2034.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
National's Local Water Done Well will come to be recognised as a generational cock-up. Simon Watts's vague claim that rates will not increase is farcically untrue. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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This whole govt believes reducing immediate funding is the measure of success rather than any long term picture.
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This whole govt believes reducing immediate funding is the measure of success rather than any long term picture.
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@bodycartoon.bsky.social on the mark.
November 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@bodycartoon.bsky.social on the mark.
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Husband just appeared to tell me (with a bout of horrified laughter, if you know what that sounds like - I do it a lot myself) that one of the MoE docs he was reading about the new curriculum put Māori, Pacific, and disabled learners in one paragraph at the end. You know, because they're all "other"
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Husband just appeared to tell me (with a bout of horrified laughter, if you know what that sounds like - I do it a lot myself) that one of the MoE docs he was reading about the new curriculum put Māori, Pacific, and disabled learners in one paragraph at the end. You know, because they're all "other"
Sat down beside Elsie when she was mid wash and got the look
November 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Sat down beside Elsie when she was mid wash and got the look
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when he was hit he went OUEF
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
when he was hit he went OUEF
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Also: this girl on roller skates out for fresh air with her pet lamb (and dog).
Encountered in the neighbourhood during the August 2020 stay-home-to-save-lives effort. Like something out of a dream! 🥰
Encountered in the neighbourhood during the August 2020 stay-home-to-save-lives effort. Like something out of a dream! 🥰
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Also: this girl on roller skates out for fresh air with her pet lamb (and dog).
Encountered in the neighbourhood during the August 2020 stay-home-to-save-lives effort. Like something out of a dream! 🥰
Encountered in the neighbourhood during the August 2020 stay-home-to-save-lives effort. Like something out of a dream! 🥰
Walking around my neighbourhood seeing families playing in the middle of the once car-filled streets
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Walking around my neighbourhood seeing families playing in the middle of the once car-filled streets
It's like a game of political Cluedo with the journalists as the weapons #nzpol
But there are Known Knowns.
We know there are rumours.
We know people in National are spreading them & discussing them with journos.
We know Bishop has been accused of being behind it, & that some in National want us to think it's all over and Luxon rinsed him.
These are Known. Not much else is.
We know there are rumours.
We know people in National are spreading them & discussing them with journos.
We know Bishop has been accused of being behind it, & that some in National want us to think it's all over and Luxon rinsed him.
These are Known. Not much else is.
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's like a game of political Cluedo with the journalists as the weapons #nzpol
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Gone get on my bullshit a bit and try and figure out what we can actually know. Spoiler: Not Much but Not Nothing.
lol. Very difficult to parse these yarns for truth on account of how by their nature you are getting self interested sources briefing journos off the record. There are no reliable narrators here, just people telling you what they want you to think rumours mean, but still, lol
Chris Bishop in failed National leadership coup - report
Former Hutt South MP and Transport, Housing, Infrastructure and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop was behind a recent failed coup plan within the National Party, The Post has reported.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Gone get on my bullshit a bit and try and figure out what we can actually know. Spoiler: Not Much but Not Nothing.
Upstairs Downstairs cats.
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Upstairs Downstairs cats.