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Alice Te Punga Somerville

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Water is both the highest good and our common denominator. We cannot afford to sacrifice its health. www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
cbc.ca
Outgrowing Fascism by Rita Wong | CBC Books
The Vancouver writer is on the 2026 CBC Nonfiction Prize longlist.
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🦇 Mel 🦇 @melbailey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
*cough*
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
if any labour leader, even hipkins, delivered a barnstormer that promised REAL change and that it was time to "roll up our sleeves and build the nz of the future" or some shit i actually believe their numbers would improve drastically the electorate is INCREDIBLY hungry for vision and hope
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UBC Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies @ubc-cenes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
In May 2026, the UBC Faculty of Arts signed a multi-year agreement with the Swedish Institute to support the Swedish Language Program at UBC. @arts.ubc.ca cenes.ubc.ca/news/cenes-r...
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CENES receives funding for Swedish Program - Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies
In May 2026, the UBC Faculty of Arts signed a multi-year agreement with the Swedish Institute to support the Swedish Language Program at UBC.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Something that truly breaks my heart, is that the thing most damaging to the National party hasnt been the homeless people that froze to death this year, the weak stance on racism or the thousands of children theyve pushed into poverty. It was Luxon insulting buisness owners.
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Gonna just say it, this book is iconic and you should buy it. So proud to have been a part of this.
Cover of Between Dreams: Resistance and Representation in Asian Aotearoa, ed Grace Gassin 林素真
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Seattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 24/04/2026
We have noticed a very pixelated version of this image kicking around. Here's a better quality one. Were you there for this photoshoot on 2nd Ave nearly 20 years ago?
200 people in cars, without cars, on bikes, on 3 buses on 2nd Ave - comparing the space each one takes.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Ben Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 08/04/2026
If only we had some sort of "fund" that could help with "resilience" for things like "climate emergencies". www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
rnz.co.nz
'Damaging, potentially life-threatening' Cyclone Vaianu increasingly likely to hit NZ
MetService is now very concerned about the system which is expected to deliver strong winds and rain.
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Wine-Throated Hummingbird a bumblebee-sized hummingbird in Central America 📷: Luis Burbano #birds
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Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Pacific peoples should be able to travel to Aotearoa to visit their family without needing to jump through bureaucratic hoops to get a visitor visa approved. Otherwise all this talk from Govt saying we are a part of a family of Pacific nations is just that. All talk.
nzherald.co.nz
Inside Christopher Luxon’s Pacific trip: Michael Jones, visas, dancing, and what really happened with his matai title
Christopher Luxon travelled to the Pacific as a prime minister and returned a Samoan chief
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Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Surrounded by festival goers this morning at Auckland Polyfest 2026, The Green Party announced that a Green Government would bridge the funding gap currently faced by Polyfest organisers.
rnz.co.nz
Watch: Green Party promises to 'properly' support Polyfest
Greens MPs attending Polyfest in Auckalnd say they will bridge the $3 million funding gap should they get into government after November's general election.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/03/2026
Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.
Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account 

Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart”
Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001
Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar  at city hall

Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/03/2026
Some First Nations are challenging Carney’s resource-extraction plans to strengthen Canadian economy from US threats.
aljazeera.com
Carney's ‘build big and build fast' push is dividing Canada’s Indigenous
Some First Nations are challenging Carney's resource-extraction plans to strengthen Canadian economy from US threats.
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Chris Miller @thelittlepakeha.net · 06/03/2026
If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kākāpō chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct. Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...
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Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery
Breeding is getting more competitive, suggesting the population is growing, a new study shows.
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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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Tahetoka | Ómar @amscraig.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Criminalising homelessness isn't the answer - it's a cruel distraction from real solutions. The government's announcement to expand "move-on" orders across Aotearoa is deeply concerning. The following skeets on why this approach sucks. #Homelessness #HousingCrisis #AotearoaNZ #Whakahangahanga
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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Voyager 1 is currently more than 24 billion kilometres from Earth and getting 17km farther every second and hilariously it is not as out of touch with New Zealand as our Prime Minister
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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Come on guys, wait until the 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓻𝓭 one-in-a-hundred year storm to hit in a couple of weeks, 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓷 you can bring up climate change ❤️❤️❤️
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Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Tragically I think 11 people have already died in Aotearoa this year because of extreme weather. We need to reduce our emissions and invest in climate adaptation with urgency. But naturally, this government is instead pursuing coal mines and an LNG terminal. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/weather-l...
nzherald.co.nz
'Threat to life': State of emergency declared across entire region as low rapidly deepens
People are strongly urged to take this seriously and prepare now.
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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Mayor @andrewlittlenz.bsky.social and WW CEO Pat Dougherty will also be there. Head along whānau. #nzpol @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz @greens.org.nz
Let's talk Moa Point disaster
IMPORTANT: VENUE CHANGE
Or watch it back on Julie Anne Genter's or Tamatha Paul's Facebook page
Join us for this public meeting. An opportunity for everyone to come together, ask questions, and speak directly with the experts.
Mon 16th Feb | Doors open 6:30pm | St Patrick's Performing Arts Centre
Authorised by Julie Anne Genter MP
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
At this rate, how long is it before climate change pushes Aotearoa into a constant State of Emergency? At what point does recovery become impossible? #nzpol #climatechange
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I don't currently have the words for my anger and frustration seeing climate events happen all over the motu and knowing - we could have been better prepared. We could have made different choices. People don't have to die. I'm trying terribly hard to not be bitter.
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Restarting oil exploration, importing LNG fossil gas and expanding the dairy industry is climate extremism.
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
After YEARS of having the dairy industry denying, delaying and diluting any effort to cut their climate emissions, the irony is excruciating. #nzpol #TooManyCows #ClimateChange www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
stuff.co.nz
Washed away road leaves farmers ‘stressed’ and cut-off with thousands of litres of milk to be dumped
Stranded: there’s no way in and no way out for a dairy farming family after heavy storms cut off their rural road.
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The book is in press! HK Lennon Wall cover fuck yeah ✊ @keithng.bsky.social , harking back to Te Papa's first round of Asian activist materials collections. I wrote the intro & a few other bits & bobs. Can't wait to see how Grace has let our history speak through objects in the national collection.
tepapa.govt.nz
Between Dreams: Resistance and Representation in Asian Aotearoa | Te Papa
This landmark collection presents fresh, progressive perspectives on what it means to be ‘Asian’ in Aotearoa.
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Luxon's mad plan to start importing gas locks NZ into fossil fuels for longer – just as clean energy surges. It's absolutely BONKERS! With the same investment in rooftop solar panels and batteries, we could have cheaper electricity, a more resilient grid and a more reliable energy supply.
theconversation.com
Importing gas locks NZ into fossil fuels for longer – just as clean energy surges
Even as the US steps back from Paris and New Zealand flirts with imported gas, the global energy transition is gathering speed.
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A climate emergency fund would be useful right about now. Oh, that's right, Luxon canned it so he could funnel more money to landlords.
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
"In my experience, academic work that acknowledges racism, inequality, oppression & climate injustice is in no way easier than any other form of learning. It is oftentimes harder, more complex, as it is fighting against the grain, and THAT is exactly why we need to bring care to our teaching."
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I think it is important to not say "Britain colonised Nigeria(or similar entity)", but rather "Nigeria is a creation of the British Empire." This feels like a small difference but I think it fundamentally changes how we respond to the challenges of history and the present.
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Luxon is still not back at work?! What the actual fuck. Bro gets paid half a million dollars of taxpayer money EVERY YEAR.
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Michael Tisserand @tisserand.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
In Minneapolis
A Baptist church sign reads Blessed Are the Whistle Blowers for They Play the Music of Salvation
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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Ahh yes, when I am organising an arts event, I think to myself "you know who the board really needs? an airport manager!"
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 09/01/2026
“I was a poor Chicano boy from El Paso,” Acosta said. “I made my name in toxicology at the University of Texas.”
statesman.com
He offered UT a $100,000 endowment for Hispanic scholars. Texas Exes denied it
After years trying to create a scholarship at UT's College of Pharmacy for Hispanic scholars, Texas Exes denied it because of its diversity focus, a donor said.
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
This ICE shit is gonna be here one way or other if we don’t nip this shitshow in the butt this year.
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Here, I reflect on my experiences of trying to get African food catered for university events that I have organised. I also explain why providing edible Jollof (or other international food) in UK HE is a vital decolonising matter in an educational setting. folukeafrica.com/decolonising...
folukeafrica.com
Decolonising Catering in UK Universities: An often elusive quest for good Jollof and Dodo
Why we are not alone when we find the taste of home
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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Thinking about what it means that our elected representatives in Aotearoa are so close with those in the US who are complicit in the murder of their own citizens and what that means if our current elected representatives are elected for another term.
You can’t
invite violence to the dinner table
and be shocked when it starts eating.
@RudyFrancisco
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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
As a former Director of Adelaide Writers' Week I am appalled that the Adelaide Festival Board has rescinded Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's invitation to the 2026 AWW, explicitly linking its decision to the shattering crimes in Bondi. A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.
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Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Following the decision from the Board of the Adelaide Festival, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support from this year’s literary festival. Here is our statement, and a personal one from me.
Statement from the Australia Institute withdrawing from Adelaide festival. Personal statement withdrawing from the Festival.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I stand with Randa and everyone standing against hate, genocide, oppression and terror. In all its forms.
Statement from the Australia Institute announcing its withdrawal of support and sponsored events from the Adelaide Writers’ Festival Statement from Amy Remeikis withdrawing from Adelaide Writers’ Festival
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
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How You Like Me Now?... @1bigbullshitbill.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Result! NZ’s Supreme Court says Luxon govt must consider climate change if offering oil and gas tenders… which in the #ClimateCrisis logically means no permits should be awarded. Wind and solar is clearly a better bet for energy security anyway. Embarrassing for Shane Jones.
rnz.co.nz
Supreme Court finds government must consider climate change when offering oil and gas tenders
The country's highest court says climate change is "a pressing concern" when it comes to oil exploration - but Shane Jones says it must not triumph over energy security.
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Postcards from Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Photo of a large silver metal utility box on a sidewalk of red bricks with a street in the background and shops. A large pasetup on the box is black with white writing that reads PUBERY BLOCKERS SAVE LIVES repeated several times
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