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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
National congratulating themselves (as usual) for finally outperforming increasingly pessimistic Treasury forecasts (thanks to inflation). Treasury forecast for the outgoing Labour govt in 2023 was 2.6% annual growth and a return to surplus THIS YEAR. #nzpol www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pref...
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good to see this banger doing the rounds again #nzpol
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbQS... Actually impressed with this detailed, well thought out strategy and the promised quick action to control prices #nzpol ...one of the things not often taken into account is considered here: distance. Making small local stores more competitive is great for many
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Election Hoon: How should the supermarkets duopoly be broken up?
YouTube video by The Kākā with Bernard Hickey
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-... Turns out the "tax bad" rhetoric isn't selling so well this year #tax #nzpol
A graph of Ipsos poll results, showing results for the question "Do you support the introduction of a wealth tax", with 64% yes, 26% no, 10% don't know
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Tax Payers Union" (funded by tax avoiders, not a union) instigating their own takedown is poetry #nzpol
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#nickynoboats
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
FORMER ACT PARTY PRESIDENT AND CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER, SHIELDED FOR OVER A YEAR BY DAVID SEYMOUR PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, says he has "grown out" of his attraction to CHILDREN. He has been declined parole. #nzpol
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
% of income spent on food Latest OECD data US: 6.7% Ireland: 8.4% UK: 8.6% Switzerland: 8.9% Canada: 9.6% Australia: 9.8% Austria: 10% Germany: 11.5% Norway: 11.6% NZ: 12.7% <--- us
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Newsmedia is foolishly amplifying this hype train by the desperate AI industry who are desperate to sell AI as this scary doomsday thing... Because this helps them get more investor money. Anyone actually working with current AI models knows this isn't true. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
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AI extinction is only one way the future is frightening
Analysis - Over the weekend the CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, published an essay with the headline We Must Pace the Frontier.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I know a poll doesnt matter, but sheesh. If we want a change of government we need a real opposition. The "small target strategy" isnt working. @chrishipkins.bsky.social #nzpol
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/persona... @chrishipkins.bsky.social , please campaign on doing something about this. It would be a huge win for Labour, and for everyone.
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Why renting retirees might be better to save nothing if they don't have $200,000
New Zealand's current settings mean renting retirees who do not have at least $200,000 saved may be better off to have nothing.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It might be a rogue poll but how rogue is it? I amd many others have been saying for some time Labour needs to be speaking to non-voters instead of this weak centrist postioning. It just looks weak. #nzpol
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God @thegodshow.com · 26/08/2026
May Dolly Parton's legacy continue to aid and inspire many generations to come. Welcome to Heaven, Dolly.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.1news.co.nz/2026/08/25/g... 🤦 @chrishipkins.bsky.social 🤦 @chrishipkins.bsky.social is buying into National's spurious moral panic yet again. The only way social media giants can confirm age is more of our personal data. It's to their benefit, not ours. #nzpol
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Govt says no time for social media bill after Labour backs it
Chris Hipkins said today he wanted a greatly improved version of National's legislation "implemented" by the next government after the election.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A few years ago there was talk of how EVs could put "too much strain" on the electricity grid. Now it turns out the opposite is true: they could flatten out peaks in demand. Fascinating... www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
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EVs could 'reshape' the entire energy system - report
A massive, co-ordinated effort to help more people into electric vehicles could reshape the country's entire energy system, a new report says.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
@chrishipkins.bsky.social is letting National set the narrative. He's going along with "tax bad". He calls it a "ute tax". Its so frustrating. New taxes can be good and useful. It's not a ute tax it's a clean car discount. Chippy, set your on narrative. #nzpol autofile.co.nz/labour-rules...
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Autofile - News / Labour rules out ‘ute tax’
Leader dismisses suggestions it will reintroduce policy that hits high-emissions vehicles with fees.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The most charismatic "neh" ever #nzpol youtu.be/0tjUh5R2b7o
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PARODY: Tova O'Brien and Kieran McAnulty call Chris Bishop out after attempted coup
YouTube video by SimonCHulse
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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Labour MP Damien O’Connor has been handing out popcorn to the media who are waiting to hear what’s happening at Parliament *guffaws* #NZPol
Pic of an opened packet of “Sweet and Salty” popcorn, followed by the quote “Veteran Labour MP Damien O’Connor has arrived with a supply of Sweet & Salty Kettle Corn, and dropped off a few bags of popcorn to press gallery reporters who are waiting for news from the National Party caucus room. 

He said popcorn seemed like a fitting snack.”

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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Speaker will not take action over Winston Peters' 'racist' comments www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... Speaker Brownlee should resign. Peters should be fired. #nzpol
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Speaker will not take action over Winston Peters' 'racist' comments
The Speaker will not be taking action on a request from the Green Party that New Zealand First leader Winston Peters be asked to withdraw and apologise for his comments to their MP Lawrence Xu-Nan.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is exactly what i thought too #actnz #nzpol
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I don't like to play the blame game but in this case it's necessary. THIS GOVERNMENT IS KILLING PEOPLE. Kicking them out of social housing, underfunding an already overstretched health system. Please tell anyone you know planning to vote for them. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...
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'Christchurch is my tomb': From homelessness to hopelessness
Tormented by transience, Caitlin McDonald's life was as fragile and fleeting as the butterflies she saved from the street. Surviving less than two years homeless in Christchurch, she chronicled her jo...
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I've been saying this to anyone who will listen. #nzpol
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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
NZ politicians except the Greens, every election: “We actually think people have an appetite for us to be conservative. We need to balance wild progressive ideas with being fiscally responsible. We’ll make tough decisions and look after middle New Zealand. Vulnerable communities do not exist.”
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I made a meme.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Another #davidseymour failure back in the news. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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Porirua College discusses school lunch programme report
The auditor general has raised questions over whether the government's school lunch programme is delivering on its goals. Porirua College has been providing lunches at a loss in order to meet their ow...
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 24/06/2026
OH DO FUCK OFF YOU DISINGENUOUS TWATS You do everything to break the EV & Solar change & then months out from an election pull this stunt.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/the307/p... Glyphosate concentrations 10,000 times higher than regular round-up sprayed soil. Add this to the list of heinous war crimes. #lebanon #israel #palestine
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Lebanon Accuses Israel Of Violating The Chemical Weapons Convention By Spraying Toxic Herbicide Over Farmland.
Lebanon Says Israel Violated The Chemical Weapons Convention By Spraying A Cancer Causing Herbicide In South Lebanon.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Nice summary here from alex falcone. It's especially galling that the guy who did indeed help crack the car market open for EVs and put starlink in space is just a scam artist now. On the biggest scale ever. #elonmusk
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
youtu.be/SUkLIAf3owo On RNZ yesterday Bernard Hickey was described as "left wing" because he "criticises everything the current govt is doing" ... that's not left-wing, that's just accurately describing the govt as unhinged, ignoring experts, taking us in the wrong direction. #nzpol
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A mini-Hoon with Mike Casey on Sapere's dry year report
YouTube video by The Kākā with Bernard Hickey
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This is what i mean about #nzlabour. @chrishipkins.bsky.social "continuity" messaging is appeasement. It's bad strategy. It doesn't work. Be a real opposition. #nzpol
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Excellent news! A huge 180 from National on renwables and sustainability. A welcome distraction also from the hiuge corruption scandal around this govt being lobbied and legislating under urgency to protect polluting corporations including fossil fuels. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...
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Budget 2026: 30 million fund will see solar panels on 500 schools
The government is pushing ahead with solar panels to try ease the pressure of high energy costs.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This is one of many MANY examples why @chrishipkins.bsky.social "continuity" message is very much the wrong message. National is bad for business. Labour's track record on business is much better. Campaign on that. #nzpol
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Lotographia 🍹 @lotographia.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
There's a scene in Andor where (spoiler) Krennic tells Dedra that she is either a rebel spy or indistinguishable from one. I feel the same way about Hipkins. He's either a right wing plant with the objective of preventing politics from moving to the left, or he's indistinguishable from one.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
If people want "continuity" of the current government as Chippy says here, they will vote for the current government. This message is far too wishy-washy. Labour needs to stand for their core values and state them strongly, not this fence-sitting don't-rock-the-boat timidness #nzpol
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
www.youtube.com/live/AEIwpir... @barbedmonds.bsky.social is a real one. What she talks about is so much closer to home than NZLabour's leader. So is Tania Waikato. Both are advocating for the rest of us. Mana Wahine. This is an awesome conversation/interview/korero. #nzpol
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Ep04 Barbara Edmonds: Future Finance Minister of Aotearoa
YouTube video by Big Hairy Network
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... Can we get big money out of politics please. It's anti-democratic. #nzpol #politics
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ACT gets $600,000 donations surge in 20 days, doubling campaign year contributions
David Seymour's party has doubled its election year donations tally and surged past other parties.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Does everyone who hates big rates rises know that the cancellation of 3 waters is the main reason for big rates rises? 3 waters would have eased the main burden on local councils: aging water/wastewater/stormwater infrastructure. Remind those complaining about rates how their vote can help #nzpol
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
#luxon #nzpol
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 24/05/2026
Nothing to see just the Prime Minister & Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand threatening NZ journalists within 24 hrs of each other. We are $1 shop America
'I'd be careful saying that, John,' Luxon warns RNZ host during interview
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has given RNZ host John Campbell a blunt warning following a question about the potential influence of corporate ...David Seymour threatening a journalist asking questions

"Jack, you would do well as an interviewer to not make comments like that."
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... wouldn't it be great if headlines gave the necessary facts. DISGRACED former Labour minister Nash joins DISGRACED former Labour minister Jones in New Zealand First. It's where disgraced politicians go. #nzpol
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Former Labour minister Stuart Nash switches to NZ First
The former Labour minister will contest the Napier electorate seat for Winston Peters' party.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
nzdsn.org.nz/disability-s... absolutely disgusting. Yet unsurprising for a government that has shown time and again they don't give a shit about people. #nzpol
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Disability Support Services Bill Select Committee process not accessible for disabled people – New Zealand Disability Support Network – NZDSN
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
National is passing INSANE legislation. Really awful and mean-spirited. This is only one example. Am I the only one who thinks Labour's muted or total lack of pushback amounts to sanewashing? #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Disability Support Services Bill 'worst piece of legislation I've ever seen' - advocate
The government introduced the Disability Support Services Bill on Monday, aimed at
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... - increasing unemployment - more thousands of small to medium businesses going broke - public services benefit the most vulnerable people, disability services already literally leaving people out in the cold thanks to this govt - crashing the economy even more #nzpol
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Public servant 'terrified' job on the line again after government announces more cuts
The government plans to slash 8700 public service jobs over the next three years in a bid to save $2.4 billion.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I think it was COVID when the stock market became fully detached from the economy. Why? Massive transfer of wealth to the rich. Of course they throw that into the stock market. Starting a big company is no longer about profits, it's about growing rapidly, IPO, run the company off the share value
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons for more walkable streets.
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50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
youtu.be/853pDQ21DGs a very young person in #gaza interviews some other Gazans and gives us a glimpse of what it's really like there. I challenge anyone to still support Israel after looking at these very human faces, see their homes, schools, hospitals, libraries now rubble and rats
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Its Bisan From Gaza, This Is Life After 'Ceasefire'
YouTube video by AJ+
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 11/05/2026
new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...
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Everlee Has Disappeared
Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Wuen asked whether Fees Free was a good policy, @chrishipkins.bsky.social said he "wouldn't design it the same way now". The answer is YES, it helped thousands into education. Push back on N/Act's outright lie that it was a "failure". There's always room for improvement but it succeeded. #nzpol
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Tania Waikato. One of the examples of very impressive talent now on the Green Party lineup.
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