JoJo
@thejojopatch.bsky.social
Cat mother of 2, doomscroll addict. NZ
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2.9 Billion dollars was set aside for property investors. That could literally pay for every nurse and every doctor vacancy to be filled immediately, and provide free dental care for every citizen in New Zealand.
Paraphrasing @garypayunda.bluesky.social here youtu.be/UFINgoFNnQE?...
#NZpol
Paraphrasing @garypayunda.bluesky.social here youtu.be/UFINgoFNnQE?...
#NZpol
The dismantling and privatisation of public healthcare in NZ: Not on our watch.
YouTube video by Dr Gary Payinda
youtu.be
June 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
2.9 Billion dollars was set aside for property investors. That could literally pay for every nurse and every doctor vacancy to be filled immediately, and provide free dental care for every citizen in New Zealand.
Paraphrasing @garypayunda.bluesky.social here youtu.be/UFINgoFNnQE?...
#NZpol
Paraphrasing @garypayunda.bluesky.social here youtu.be/UFINgoFNnQE?...
#NZpol
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Government members on Finance and Expenditure Committee just voted to use an AI bot to read submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill🙄. Turns out democracy under this government is real people making submissions and computers reading them. 👎
June 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Government members on Finance and Expenditure Committee just voted to use an AI bot to read submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill🙄. Turns out democracy under this government is real people making submissions and computers reading them. 👎
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Well said 🙏
As Pākehā I am so embarrassed.
We are a really stupid country.
We are going backwards not looking to the future
#nzpol
As Pākehā I am so embarrassed.
We are a really stupid country.
We are going backwards not looking to the future
#nzpol
This is so disappointing. This could have been the beginning of real power sharing, instead it's more colonial control. I'm Pākehā (white person) Tāngata Tiriti (able to live here because of Te Tiriti o Waitangi) and I feel really taumaha about this (a heavy sadness in the gut).
New Zealand MPs who performed haka in parliament given record suspensions
Parliament votes to enact punishment after hours of fraught debate including attitudes towards Māori culture
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Well said 🙏
As Pākehā I am so embarrassed.
We are a really stupid country.
We are going backwards not looking to the future
#nzpol
As Pākehā I am so embarrassed.
We are a really stupid country.
We are going backwards not looking to the future
#nzpol
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#NZ Y’know the idea is to *invest* in the future… *sigh*
Christchurch is NZ’s largest city, and still growing.
If you can’t read the article, there’s some excellent material online too 🧵⬇️
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Christchurch is NZ’s largest city, and still growing.
If you can’t read the article, there’s some excellent material online too 🧵⬇️
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OPINION: The prospect of securing commuter rail for greater Christchurch is like a mirage that bobs on the horizon. Despite repeated exposure, it has proven to be stubbornly elusive.
Commuter rail: pie in the sky, or worth yet another look?
OPINION: As much I enjoy train travel and nice ideas, operating a commuter service on Canterbury’s main trunk line faces formidable impediments.
www.thepress.co.nz
June 3, 2025 at 7:40 AM
#NZ Y’know the idea is to *invest* in the future… *sigh*
Christchurch is NZ’s largest city, and still growing.
If you can’t read the article, there’s some excellent material online too 🧵⬇️
1/n
Christchurch is NZ’s largest city, and still growing.
If you can’t read the article, there’s some excellent material online too 🧵⬇️
1/n
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⭐ New Zealand polling update⭐
As we wait on new polling data following the recent budget here in New Zealand, I thought I'd crank the handle on my model that aggregates political polling data and infers the "average" levels of support for individual parties.
As we wait on new polling data following the recent budget here in New Zealand, I thought I'd crank the handle on my model that aggregates political polling data and infers the "average" levels of support for individual parties.
May 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
⭐ New Zealand polling update⭐
As we wait on new polling data following the recent budget here in New Zealand, I thought I'd crank the handle on my model that aggregates political polling data and infers the "average" levels of support for individual parties.
As we wait on new polling data following the recent budget here in New Zealand, I thought I'd crank the handle on my model that aggregates political polling data and infers the "average" levels of support for individual parties.
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If we're going to keep this "run a govt like a household" thing, govt debt isn't a credit card: it's a mortgage.
You get a mortgage to buy a home & it's seen as an investment. Refinance to cover the cost of important repairs or renovations.
#nzpol
You get a mortgage to buy a home & it's seen as an investment. Refinance to cover the cost of important repairs or renovations.
#nzpol
May 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
If we're going to keep this "run a govt like a household" thing, govt debt isn't a credit card: it's a mortgage.
You get a mortgage to buy a home & it's seen as an investment. Refinance to cover the cost of important repairs or renovations.
#nzpol
You get a mortgage to buy a home & it's seen as an investment. Refinance to cover the cost of important repairs or renovations.
#nzpol
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Very good article from Simon Wilson in NZH this morning
May 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Very good article from Simon Wilson in NZH this morning
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You know that great RNZ article from RNZ’s The House NZers are sharing? It’s still a strong indictment of Collins, but some of it has been watered down. I just happened to have had the old version up when I opened the ‘updated’ one, thinking it was a new story.
May 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
You know that great RNZ article from RNZ’s The House NZers are sharing? It’s still a strong indictment of Collins, but some of it has been watered down. I just happened to have had the old version up when I opened the ‘updated’ one, thinking it was a new story.
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BROWNLEE is mad about the punishment for TPM?
*Brownlee.*
*BROWNLEE?!*
THAT Brownlee?!
Chat, I am aghast and agog at how badly the coalition has fucked up that it is forcing BROWNLEE to decide a "gone too far" line exists and that they're on the wrong side of it. #nzpol #kikorangi
*Brownlee.*
*BROWNLEE?!*
THAT Brownlee?!
Chat, I am aghast and agog at how badly the coalition has fucked up that it is forcing BROWNLEE to decide a "gone too far" line exists and that they're on the wrong side of it. #nzpol #kikorangi
Brownlee says the scale of penalties means he will not permit a closure motion until all views have been expressed.
That's a very clear steer for the government to pull its fuckign head in, amend to seek a lesser penalty, or he lets the opposition talk it out and eat the Budget #nzqt
That's a very clear steer for the government to pull its fuckign head in, amend to seek a lesser penalty, or he lets the opposition talk it out and eat the Budget #nzqt
May 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
BROWNLEE is mad about the punishment for TPM?
*Brownlee.*
*BROWNLEE?!*
THAT Brownlee?!
Chat, I am aghast and agog at how badly the coalition has fucked up that it is forcing BROWNLEE to decide a "gone too far" line exists and that they're on the wrong side of it. #nzpol #kikorangi
*Brownlee.*
*BROWNLEE?!*
THAT Brownlee?!
Chat, I am aghast and agog at how badly the coalition has fucked up that it is forcing BROWNLEE to decide a "gone too far" line exists and that they're on the wrong side of it. #nzpol #kikorangi
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It's honestly what fucks me off about a lot of attitudes to "AI" the most. It's a tool. There are uses.
But the idea you can use it to cut out entry level skills isn't just anti-society. It assumes expertise just appears. It doesn't. You get good at a thing by learning less complex stuff first.
But the idea you can use it to cut out entry level skills isn't just anti-society. It assumes expertise just appears. It doesn't. You get good at a thing by learning less complex stuff first.
May 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's honestly what fucks me off about a lot of attitudes to "AI" the most. It's a tool. There are uses.
But the idea you can use it to cut out entry level skills isn't just anti-society. It assumes expertise just appears. It doesn't. You get good at a thing by learning less complex stuff first.
But the idea you can use it to cut out entry level skills isn't just anti-society. It assumes expertise just appears. It doesn't. You get good at a thing by learning less complex stuff first.
With the recent passing of the equal pay amendment act under urgency, it is important to recognise that the coalition of cruelty will likely do the same for the upcoming regulatory standards bill. I don't know how we stop that. Submissions are ignored. Protests are ignored. I'm tired, boss. #nzpol
May 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
With the recent passing of the equal pay amendment act under urgency, it is important to recognise that the coalition of cruelty will likely do the same for the upcoming regulatory standards bill. I don't know how we stop that. Submissions are ignored. Protests are ignored. I'm tired, boss. #nzpol
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What we’re seeing from this govt goes beyond austerity, this is deliberate ideological violence dressed up as fiscal discipline. Its not about balancing books it’s about rebalancing power away from te tiriti, equity & the most marginalised toward the privileged,white, able-bodied majority #oneterm
May 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
What we’re seeing from this govt goes beyond austerity, this is deliberate ideological violence dressed up as fiscal discipline. Its not about balancing books it’s about rebalancing power away from te tiriti, equity & the most marginalised toward the privileged,white, able-bodied majority #oneterm
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Bernard Hickey: The Govt’s retrospective law wrecks 33 pay equity deals. $17 billion in wages & back-pay will not now go to over 150,000 workers. That means the $14 billion of tax cuts going mostly to landlords & highest earners are being paid for by wage cuts for the poorest NZers, mostly women.
May 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Bernard Hickey: The Govt’s retrospective law wrecks 33 pay equity deals. $17 billion in wages & back-pay will not now go to over 150,000 workers. That means the $14 billion of tax cuts going mostly to landlords & highest earners are being paid for by wage cuts for the poorest NZers, mostly women.
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Listen I love democracy as much as the next person but I’m so tired of submitting to bills, signing petitions, and sending emails to MPs. Why can’t these people do their jobs competently by default. They get paid really well like I don’t want to do all this I want to call HR and fire David Seymour.
May 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Listen I love democracy as much as the next person but I’m so tired of submitting to bills, signing petitions, and sending emails to MPs. Why can’t these people do their jobs competently by default. They get paid really well like I don’t want to do all this I want to call HR and fire David Seymour.
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with Te Tiriti o Waitangi, I am Tangata Tiriti. without it, I'm just another fkn coloniser.
April 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
with Te Tiriti o Waitangi, I am Tangata Tiriti. without it, I'm just another fkn coloniser.
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It's time for the Left to take the ACT approach to politics.
Ask for things well beyond your wildest dreams -free dental/optical/medical for everyone. Best in class schools. Public transport. A million new builds for public housing and just freaking push until people are exhausted.
#NZPol
Ask for things well beyond your wildest dreams -free dental/optical/medical for everyone. Best in class schools. Public transport. A million new builds for public housing and just freaking push until people are exhausted.
#NZPol
April 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It's time for the Left to take the ACT approach to politics.
Ask for things well beyond your wildest dreams -free dental/optical/medical for everyone. Best in class schools. Public transport. A million new builds for public housing and just freaking push until people are exhausted.
#NZPol
Ask for things well beyond your wildest dreams -free dental/optical/medical for everyone. Best in class schools. Public transport. A million new builds for public housing and just freaking push until people are exhausted.
#NZPol
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NZ Ministry of Social Development declines > 90 emergency housing applications a month because people have "caused or contributed to their immediate need".
Will HealthNZ or NZ hospitals decline to treat patients with lung cancer if they are or were smokers?
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Will HealthNZ or NZ hospitals decline to treat patients with lung cancer if they are or were smokers?
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Third of emergency housing applications being rejected by MSD
The Ministry of Social Development is declining more than 90 emergency housing applications a month because people have "caused or contributed to their immediate need".
www.rnz.co.nz
April 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
NZ Ministry of Social Development declines > 90 emergency housing applications a month because people have "caused or contributed to their immediate need".
Will HealthNZ or NZ hospitals decline to treat patients with lung cancer if they are or were smokers?
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Will HealthNZ or NZ hospitals decline to treat patients with lung cancer if they are or were smokers?
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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I keep returning to words from Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw:
“We all have a role to play in framing the values that lead to the sort of community we want to live in - compassionate, responsible, inclusive, creative and wise.”
NZ’s systems are not safe - and upcoming elections will be our most vital yet.
“We all have a role to play in framing the values that lead to the sort of community we want to live in - compassionate, responsible, inclusive, creative and wise.”
NZ’s systems are not safe - and upcoming elections will be our most vital yet.
March 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I keep returning to words from Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw:
“We all have a role to play in framing the values that lead to the sort of community we want to live in - compassionate, responsible, inclusive, creative and wise.”
NZ’s systems are not safe - and upcoming elections will be our most vital yet.
“We all have a role to play in framing the values that lead to the sort of community we want to live in - compassionate, responsible, inclusive, creative and wise.”
NZ’s systems are not safe - and upcoming elections will be our most vital yet.
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Some thoughts on an absolutely damning report. | Trust in freefall: What 2025 Acumen Edelman Barometer reveals about New Zealand's future www.linkedin.com/pulse/trust-... (LinkedIn), sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/t... (WordPress)
March 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Some thoughts on an absolutely damning report. | Trust in freefall: What 2025 Acumen Edelman Barometer reveals about New Zealand's future www.linkedin.com/pulse/trust-... (LinkedIn), sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/t... (WordPress)
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Otherwise
"Because in the end the bullshit is just right wing politicised wrestling kayfabe weaponized as cultist self indoctrinating shibboleth mantras of reality denying conspiracy theories to the deluded, deranged or just duplicitous."
#nzpol
"Because in the end the bullshit is just right wing politicised wrestling kayfabe weaponized as cultist self indoctrinating shibboleth mantras of reality denying conspiracy theories to the deluded, deranged or just duplicitous."
#nzpol
March 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Otherwise
"Because in the end the bullshit is just right wing politicised wrestling kayfabe weaponized as cultist self indoctrinating shibboleth mantras of reality denying conspiracy theories to the deluded, deranged or just duplicitous."
#nzpol
"Because in the end the bullshit is just right wing politicised wrestling kayfabe weaponized as cultist self indoctrinating shibboleth mantras of reality denying conspiracy theories to the deluded, deranged or just duplicitous."
#nzpol
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The proposal to remove the living wage requirement from public sector procurement rules turns back the clock on a progressive step towards valuing essential workers,” argues Lyndy McIntyre. #nzpol
Going backwards for growth
Taking the living wage away from government contractors turns back the clock on a progressive step towards valuing essential workers.
thespinoff.co.nz
March 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The proposal to remove the living wage requirement from public sector procurement rules turns back the clock on a progressive step towards valuing essential workers,” argues Lyndy McIntyre. #nzpol
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In the last five years I can count on one hand and not use all my fingers the number of media pieces that have provided clear analysis, and clear, needed, vital warnings about David Seymour’s politics - this is one of them.
Thank you @etangata.bsky.social 🙏
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
Thank you @etangata.bsky.social 🙏
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
March 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In the last five years I can count on one hand and not use all my fingers the number of media pieces that have provided clear analysis, and clear, needed, vital warnings about David Seymour’s politics - this is one of them.
Thank you @etangata.bsky.social 🙏
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
Thank you @etangata.bsky.social 🙏
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...