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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Genuinely horrifying malevolence. NZ is being pulled into violence and complicity in Trump administration crimes. We didn’t ask for this and it’s not in our name.

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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

#nzpol This is more than disappointing from Treasury. Is not by any means "talking truth to power" through "free and frank advice" that is core role of public service officials. Is just echoing the status quo scare-mongering that we're broke and can't afford anything. Extremely disappointing.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

That’s fantastic exercise, very much NOT pointless, and if It’s what you can manage pretty consistently, it is very much the “right” amount. There is no point aiming for the generic “ideal” amount of exercise if a) it’s never going to happen or b) doing it will break you for the foreseeable future.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I loved art history and I refer to what I learned in high school and uni all the damn time. Devastating.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

That is deeply distressing. I refer to my high school and uni art history all the time.

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Paul Fawcett @paulyfawcett.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

So let me get this right… please help me because I live in Australia. The NZ government recently has: -disenfranchised large numbers of voters off the electoral roll. Mainly Māori -banned school books that have any Māori -suspended a female MP for a week for asking if MPs had a spine. #nzpol

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Always helps me to sleep better at night, safe in the knowledge that our government is focussed on the really important things… 🤦‍♀️ #ThisIsRacist www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/confirmat...

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'English-first': Changes confirmed for NZ passport will place English before te reo Māori

The current passport, with te reo Māori text first, came into effect in 2021.

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

"Dropkicks" and Prisoners Deserve the Right to Vote, I dive into this over at my substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/dropkicks-...

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

I'm not sure where this falls on deterring travellers (I was already deterred), but I guess for those not deterred by the current fascism but concerned about an additional $250 USD per person, it could be a reason.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Once heard a shop assistant refer to a shirt as being “vegan silk” to a woman shopping. Her partner, not missing a beat asked “so, polyester?”

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 16/07/2025

The cunts! Fucking go to hell you evil mutherfuckers. May a 1000 Giardia outbreaks bestow your holiday home water supplies for the next 1000 generations.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I did! Not this year as I had a lot going on in my life. Sadly I’m in Welly, so will miss out, but thanks for thinking of me!

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Nope. I was deeply disturbed when Steve Irwin did it for tv in the 90s and in my mid-40s, now a diver, it still horrifies me. Many sea creatures are naturally curious and there are plenty of amazing shots and special interactions to get without harassment.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The -12 is net favourability not a drop in favourability - they didn’t report on whether that was up, down or stable, only that Seymour’s -12 was a drop of 8 😁

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Christopher Luxon’s legacy summed up with 1 headline

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Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

A Bill that no one wanted / months of disruption and protests / the Haka / the disproportionate penalty that reeks of colonialism - so much vitriol and wasted energy. ACT has a lot to answer for IMHO #nzpol

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Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Pō mārie, e te whānau. Our MPs are heading home tonight. Their suspensions may silence them in the House, but not in the movement. Aroha nui to the kaimahi who stand behind them every step, & to every supporter who amplifies their voice outside the chamber. We are unapologetically whānau. #NZPol

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Well what happened today in Parliament makes complete sense when you realize bullying and subjugating Māori was core tenet of the coalition agreement. Every policy every budget decision leads back to that.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Of course it is. God they will do anything they can to reduce feedback and dismiss what comes in.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

How do we lobby that committee? I wrote my submission last night and I’m not ok with being told this retrospectively.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety’s announcement today on gutting WorkSafe’s enforcement capability signals a return to a failed approach, that will weaken our health and safety system. Read the full release here: union.org.nz/government-guts-worksafe/

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

On an entirely different note from auroras, I befriended a seahorse today. At least I thought I did, but I don’t think the seahorse agreed.

Pale yellow Potbellied Seahorse wrapped around a piece of kelp.

Side view of a pale yellow Potbellied Seahorse with its tail wrapped around a piece of kelp.

Apricot anemones with white tentacles massed on a buoy

Apricot anemones with white tentacles massed on a mussel rope hanging vertically. Dark teal water in the background.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

10.25-10.50. There was an earlier bout, and then we sat and waited for two hours with nothing except that cloud of green, and then it took off quite suddenly.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

South coast of Wellington NZ looking south across Cook Strait (this is aurora australis, southern lights. Aurora are unusual for us here, though much more common in the South Island.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Nearly gave up after just sitting staring at a very static green arc for two hours, and then suddenly it was all go, send visible to the naked eye.

Distinct Aurora rays extending up from the horizon in a starry sky with waves breaking on rocks in the foreground.

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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

"Putting aside the myth that government debt is always a bad thing, the fact that Nicola Willis’s incurred debt is now higher than 6 years of the Ardern Labour government combined is another extraordinary feat of hypocrisy - and indeed, in context, incompetence."

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Nicola Willis's Debt Already Higher Than All 6 Years of Ardern Government

In September 2023, Nicola Willis and Grant Robertson joined Q&A to discuss finances and budgets.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

The complacent and kidding themselves, the people who are so enamoured of their dogs that they just don’t register others’ discomfort at being jumped at and slathered on really put me off visiting some dog owners. I’m not afraid of dogs but I don’t WANT to be licked, scratched by claws or sat on.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Under attack from the Trump administration, Harvard is offering free online courses on the US Constitution, US government, democratic institutions, public engagement, etc. 😉 Do browse. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

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Government | Harvard University

Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Mmmh they make great tiramisu. Great everything. Nom.

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Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

David Seymour just introduced a bill to make “ignoring Māori” legally consistent. Horrid day. The Regulatory Standards Bill isn’t about better law. It’s about burying Te Tiriti under bureaucracy. It’s slick, it’s dangerous, Don’t be fooled. #NZPol

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A television shows ACT Party leader David Seymour speaking in the New Zealand House of Representatives during the first reading of the Regulatory Standards Bill. The TV is placed in a wooden cabinet with books, plants, and framed art around it. A visible on-screen caption reads: “1st reading / Panuitanga tuatahi.”

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Voila.

A National blue background, with a clipped photo of Shane Jones, David Seymour being led by Nicola Willis in the centre.

Text says, in small left justified: "A budget of"

Extremely large letters, two either side of the photo, spell out C U T S.

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Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

One thing that may get missed from today. Erica Stanford admitted in response to a question in parliament that she knew the teachers pay equity claim would be affected by the move from 60% to 70% because she knew the ratio for those teachers.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Supposedly but I never see them enforced except in shared rooms at night. Sometimes.

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Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

In today’s HeraldOnSunday #nzpol

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Do you know what I find “uncivil” in parliament, what I think brings it into disrepute? A sneering PM who refuses to answer questions with anything more than a snide substanceless one liner or outright lies; his deputy and deputy-to-be, serving overseas pressure groups and their own lust for power.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

What a horrifyingly unjust decision. I feel deeply ashamed of our parliament and our nation for this.

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The Coalition Machine. My Stuff #Cartoon today #NZpol #Women #PayEquity #TeTiriti

Cartoon. Title: “Direction of Travel”. The Act leader David Seymour is driving a vehicle and PM Christopher Luxon, Finance Minister Nicola Willis, and Winston Peters are passengers. The armoured vehicle has “Coalition Machine” written on the side, and a woman has been scooped up and smashed into the windscreen. Her placard bearing the legend “Women” is beside her, and another placard that says, “Te Tiriti” is at the back. From the backseat a smiling Christopher Luxon has his arm raised and is asking. “Where are we off to now, David?”

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

It’s such a crock to say we can’t compare across professions and industries. Like… we do that ALL THE TIME. But somehow when women’s roles are involved we lose all our human ability to compare and contrast. The wall, it is insurmountable.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

If kidnapped, what would you post that would alarm your followers without the kidnappers knowing you're asking for help? “What I really like about David Seymour is…”

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

As it seems my local paper isn't going to publish my letter to the Ed (TBF it has published a lot of similar opinion in the last few days) so I just want to say it think it is rhetorically useful to spread "The National government is passing laws to remove rights faster even than the current US one"

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Pōneke @archivesrock.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

This POS "bill" has been around in AoNZ since the 80s, failing at every turn. It's Atlas to its very core & it must be stopped. Prof Jane Kelsey has made it a focus of study ALL THIS TIME. e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

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Proposed bill 'an ideological project that must be stopped' | E-Tangata

“It is extraordinary that this minister is asserting the power to redefine core constitutional principles to govern future polities, just as he did with the ‘principles of the Treaty’.” — Emeritus Pro...

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Not providing answers to these questions would suggest that the government has something to hide - or that it hasn’t done the basic level of due diligence that would be expected of any competent Minister holding a warrant. We deserve better.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

@nationalparty.bsky.social @actpartynz.bsky.social @actparty.bsky.social @nzfirst.bsky.social You do something affecting 100s of 1000s of workers, under urgency, without consultation, never flagged the possibility publically, answers to these questions are the very *least* you owe your constituents.

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 08/05/2025

Having declared war on the environment, the Government is now declaring war on women.

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Anne Salmond: She won't be right, mate

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I think what the man who owns seven (7) houses, who has just signed off on the status quo of women being less likely to be the sole owner of a home in Aotearoa, as well as the fact that women earn nearly $900,000 less than men over a lifetime, means is: “Women need to keep paying for my lifestyle.”

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NZ ‘has been living beyond its means’, PM says in pre-Budget speech

The prime minister said recovery was the focus of the 2025 Budget, with fiscal restraint and economic growth as key priorities.

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Alison G, blower of bubbles @alisonlpg.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Don’t magic up $2billion out of nowhere for military helicopters one week and tell me this the next, shit-licker.

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Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

These are the pay equity claims that the government wiped out in just two days to make its budget balance. It's appalling that tax breaks for tobacco companies are being funded by cutting women's pay rises and backpay. (Also listed in alt text)

Education
- ECE teachers
- Early Intervention teachers
- Primary and Area teachers in state or state integrated schools
- Secondary teachers in state or state integrated schools
- Support workers, youth workers in residential schools, Education Service
- Education Advisors (Learning Support) MoE
- Psychologist MoE employed
- Service Managers MoE employed
- Early Learning Teachers
- Tertiary Education Library Assistant
- Tertiary Education Administration and Clerical
Public Service
- Public Service Administration/Clerical Claim 1
- Public Service Administration/Clerical Claim 2
- Corrections Psychologist
- Corrections Probation Officer and Senior Practitioner
Health
- Social Service Workers (5 NGOs)
- CSWs 1 (1.7.22)
- CSWs 2 (20.11.23)
- Front line Managers and Coordinators
- Plunket Administration/Clerical
- Plunket Nurses and Clinical
- Community Midwives in Primary birthing units
- Hospice Nurses and Health Care Assistants
- Primary Care Administration
- Primary Care Nurses
- Access Community Nurses
- Labtests Awanui
- Nurses in Residential Care
- NZ Artificial Limb Service
- Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa
Local government
- Librarian and Librarian Assistant in Councils

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