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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fictional scenarios; misspoke; incorrect suggestions! I mean you can’t call someone a liar in Parliament because ‘the rules’ but given how often the incumbent crew in Govt have lied, the media have no business giving them the benefit of the doubt or letting the liars choose the words. #nzpol

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

OMG full page full racist Hobson’s Pledge in The Post today is this even legal? #nzpol

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Brett @brettcd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm from Nuzlind and I endorse this ad. #NZPol youtube.com/shorts/bRP1k...

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NZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^kery

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A photo of Donald Trump inspecting the scale model of the Trump arch with drones, snipers, and golden statues was unavailable due to reporters being banned from the briefing. So, here is Hitler and other top Nazis inspecting a scale model of a planned Triumphal Arch in Berlin, circa 1939.

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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Found elsewhere, worth a share here. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is only the past week of headlines... Do we really want more of this? #nzpol

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

371 Kāinga Ora developments (involving 1,576 planned homes) were cancelled by Chris Bishop when he came to power. Bishop also slashed the accessibility requirements for state housing. drbex.substack.com/p/social-hou...

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Social housing is a key part of solving homelessness

Cancelling over 1500 new social housing builds is both fiscally and socially irresponsible, given homelessness is on the rise

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J.B Payne @abstractivist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm guessing nobody has told Luxon how a strike works... #nzpol

Quote under an image of Christopher Luxon saying striking public service workers "should be at work"

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James W @jamesw228.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

If anyone believes ACT will actually build a dedicated cancer hospital which is publicly funded and operated, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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ACT to campaign on Paul Henry's 'Starship for cancer' proposal

The ACT Party wants to build New Zealand's first dedicated national cancer centre, turning a musing from new candidate Paul Henry into a campaign promise.

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J.B Payne @abstractivist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Yeah, but conceding that point to Seymour is letting him get away with more whataboutism. TOP are not my bag, but this is a conversation worth having. Doubly so if it makes ACT squirm.

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J.B Payne @abstractivist.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Forget STUFFs clickbait headline. This is legitimately funny. Seymour knows very well that ACT would be cooked by serious donation reform. They have received +$1.7m this year alone. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

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Seymour attacks Opportunity’s donation limits as double standard

Opportunity has unveiled a suite of proposals aimed at limiting private influence in politics.

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J.B Payne @abstractivist.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

"test groups who used ChatGPT had the lowest brain activity and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioural levels”. We undergo not just cognitive offloading, but cognitive surrender: we forget what was possible..."

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‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom

Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?

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J.B Payne @abstractivist.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Guess the PR hacks haven't pointed out how on brand it is for the ACT party to target children. #nzpol

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The majority of these kids have disabilities, are non speaking, developmentally delayed, etc. Neither schools nor parents are getting the funding they need for adequate interventions, training, or support. Fining parents exacerbates the financial strain. Manhandling kids leads to abuse. #nzpol

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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

1/7 Yet again, David Seymour provides an appalling, evidence-free policy. His new welfare reforms are built on a complete fantasy (shock!) and the machinery he’s designed will reliably break real bodies while completely missing the target. 🧵 andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/staining-t...

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Staining the Poor: The Cruelty and Coercive Control of Seymour's New Card

ACT’s cashless welfare card ignores years of failed evidence to do something far worse: treat state-sponsored financial abuse as public policy.

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J.B Payne @abstractivist.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Definitely agree on the regulation sentiment, but this is more marketing hype from OpenAI. It's part of the "these things are so powerful only we can control them" narrative. What happened was rather more prosaic than the headline suggests.

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 21/07/2026

"Dylan doesn't win Lotto, but if numbers had been different he would have"

Headline screenshot:
Inflation rises to 4.1%, but if fuel prices had not changed it would be 2.9%

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J.B Payne @abstractivist.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Breathtaking stupidity. An unprecedented heatwave is literally killing record numbers of people in Europe while our own infrastructure is crumbling but these vandals want hit the accelerator #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

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NZ First pledges $1b for surveying offshore oil and gas to drill

Winston Peters announced the policy saying the “existential threat to fuel security and fuel supply” was one of the most concerning issues facing New Zealand.

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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Probably a good time to point out that after cuts to services like our bio-security under the last National Govt, M.bovis was able to breach our borders and infect our farms. It was the next Labour govt that managed to eradicate it and set up a 10 year plan to monitor its situation long term.

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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

#nzpol Today he’s separating himself from Brian Tamaki, but in 2018 Seymour and Tamaki were bosom buddies. Video from @mountaintui.bsky.social youtu.be/Wb2sC2XMMfA?...

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David Seymour calls Brian Tamaki a "good man" (2018)

YouTube video by Mountain Tui

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 19/06/2026

Today's chart, after a couple of chunky donations to the National Party Still looks a bit lopsided😉 Chart by @marcdaalder.bsky.social #nzpol

National $823,670
Labour $401,511
Green $143,014
ACT $1,357,480
NZF $500,000
Te Pāti Māori $40,000
Opportunistic Party $290,520

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J.B Payne @abstractivist.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Lest we forget the current NZ Government thinks AI can be rolled out as quickly as possible to discard public service workers #nzpol

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Emily @emilywrites.co.nz · 05/05/2026

Please please please share this post. There is some bizarre magic spell on the words "pay equity" that makes people's eyes glaze over but there's nothing boring about working women being robbed of BILLIONS of dollars by the chaos coalition

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Government's treatment of women in Aotearoa goes to the United Nations

One year after legislation killed existing pay equity claims and basically ended the opportunity to bring new claims, the government is being taken to the United Nations. It's a huge deal. The team ...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

He means it this time.

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J.B Payne @abstractivist.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

“Our number one priority is keeping team and customers safe, and we believe that FRT can play an important role in helping to protect people from violence, abuse and intimidation,”… Yeah right.

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Bunnings to introduce facial recognition tech in all stores

The technology was intended to provide proactive warnings when serious repeat offenders entered a store.

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Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The Government is currently negotiating an Enhanced Border Security Partnership with the US Department of Homeland Security that would grant US agencies, including ICE, automated, direct access to New Zealanders' biometric data and identity records.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 08/02/2026

The Guardian: here’s how Substack makes money hosting Nazi newsletters. These newsletters weren’t even hard to find or subtle: swastikas and in-app recommendations from one antisemitic newsletter to a bunch of others. [theguardian.com]

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Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 27/01/2026

In the lawsuit, plaintiffs allege “that Meta and WhatsApp ‘store, analyze, and can access virtually all of WhatsApp users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications’ — and accuse the companies and their leaders of defrauding WhatsApp’s billions of users worldwide.”

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Lawsuit Claims Meta Can See WhatsApp Chats in Breach of Privacy

An international group of plaintiffs sued Meta Platforms, Inc. alleging that the company has made false claims about the privacy and security of its WhatsApp chat service.

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

#nzpol Data released by Stats NZ today shows that the cost of living rose at its fastest rate for 18 months. Prices rose for 80% of items in the CPI basket, meaning growth in prices was broad-based. Minimum wage workers are now facing a 3rd year of real terms cuts in wages. A thread

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

This week the country was again battered by summer storms with tragic outcomes. It’s emergencies like these that our state media is really important for keeping people informed. But how am I to trust RNZ if they’re putting laundered astroturf content in with that coverage? youtu.be/RqSeS_04bfQ