Reposted by Amped UpPERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 2hParty vote Green💚 #nzpolyoutu.beYouth Jobs GuaranteeYouTube video by NZ Green Party 12511
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026National 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...beehive.govt.nz 021
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Good to see this banger doing the rounds again #nzpol 02711
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ffs isn't this just reading off a script written by the US far right? Calling people who critique them "elitists"... Trouble is it doesn't really fit NZ 030
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Good point. I guess i mean Robertson, really. His Wellbeing Budgets were very solid 110
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Chippy doesn't seem to understand what made Labour so popular under Ardern - and Robertson. Or what it means to be the worker's party. 110
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.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 manyyoutube.comElection Hoon: How should the supermarkets duopoly be broken up?YouTube video by The Kākā with Bernard Hickey 153
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-... Turns out the "tax bad" rhetoric isn't selling so well this year #tax #nzpol 37328
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It's better to not make a decision and be considered stupid, than to make a decision and remove all doubt 030
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026He said it himself, he had 100+ staff. Has he ever even heard of Occam's Razor? 030
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 0184
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026bhnshop.nz/products/bhn... get yours here (and contribute to some of NZ's best news and political commentary)bhnshop.nz#BHN 'Nicky No Boats' t-Shirts (as seen on 1News)As seen on 1News Nicola 'Nicky No Boats' Willis has given us a lot of content this year especially after the disastrous decision to cancel the ferries. Here's a way you can show your displeasure whils... 000
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I got mine about 2 years ago. Stunning how relevant it still is 000
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If the wording of the question was really "believed in" it's not a good question. It's frustrating to see public figures being asked whether they "believe in" scientific consensus, it happens an awful lot. #science #globalwarming #climatechange 000
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I immediately thought of this guy...static.klipy.comMortal Kombat Goro: I Do Not Fail!!!ALT: Mortal Kombat Goro: I Do Not Fail!!! 010
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026That part of the headline is wrong also. NOT "young men", CHILDREN. 030
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026FORMER 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 020
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Or how about: "As AI bubble grows, AI CEOs try to scare more money out of investors" 011
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 13/09/2026@rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy is not really doing journalism here (nor the sources they get it from). It's just "powerful people say..." with minimal analysis, even more minimal investigation, minimal facts More accurate headline: AI CEOs try to scare investors into investing more 100
Reposted by Amped UpJordan 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 32710
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Newsmedia 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...rnz.co.nzAI extinction is only one way the future is frighteningAnalysis - Over the weekend the CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, published an essay with the headline We Must Pace the Frontier. 120
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Just adding to the AI hype train to attract more investment. The real danger from AI is the human finger pushing the button. 010
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If only their closed off walled garden business model wasn't so anathema to what i consider to be a healthy approach to tech... 020
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I 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 051
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 03/09/2026www.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.rnz.co.nzWhy renting retirees might be better to save nothing if they don't have $200,000New Zealand's current settings mean renting retirees who do not have at least $200,000 saved may be better off to have nothing. 000
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Denying the Nat's claims that Labour will introduce new taxes isn't opposition. It's still accepting Nat's narrative "tax bad". When we know taxing those who can afford it for investment that will reap returns for everyone is a good idea. People in straw polls are even saying it. #nzpol 000
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Saying what's been said by many already, and what I've observed myself for the last 40 years (showing my age lol)... More people need to know this. More people need to sell this truth to the people. Like @chrishipkins.bsky.social 000
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It 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 130
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This current Government is killing people. They're dying outside electorate offices, in ditches, in their homes. Just heard on RNZ this morning, we have an incoming epidemic of blindness as over 100,000 people are long overdue for assessment and treatment of macular degeneration #nzpol 140
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 30/08/2026His full title is Minister of Health Privatisation #nzpol 140
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 26/08/2026As far as i can tell basically the entire internet is hoping he's next. 1120
Reposted by Amped UpGod @thegodshow.com · 26/08/2026May Dolly Parton's legacy continue to aid and inspire many generations to come. Welcome to Heaven, Dolly. 291753255
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Good analogy from @chewienz.bsky.social - keeping kids out of the poisoned river doesn't help anyone else still swimming in it. The river is still poisoned. Also if it's not even effective at keeping u16s out of the poison river, and verifying age means giving up privacy... terrible idea #nzpol 050
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 26/08/2026McAnulty just communicates far better. Pushes back far better. Calls them out far better... But yes, trying to change position or move to the centre to attract nat voters just makes them look weak, it's a losing strategy 010
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Perhaps i shouldn't just single out Chippy here, tbf. Their caucus backed it too. Wtf guys. The u16 social media ban is failing in Aus, upwards of 80% are still online. And it doesn't solve the problem. We need better education, and social media companies need to be held to account. #nzpol 030
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. #nzpol1news.co.nzGovt says no time for social media bill after Labour backs itChris Hipkins said today he wanted a greatly improved version of National's legislation "implemented" by the next government after the election. 261
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Potential to unlock consumer role during electricity peaks www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...rnz.co.nzPotential to unlock consumer role during electricity peaksIt's driven calls to speed up consumers' ability to feed back into the grid via their electric vehicles. And to pay households for cutting electricity use at peak times. 000
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A 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...rnz.co.nzEVs could 'reshape' the entire energy system - reportA massive, co-ordinated effort to help more people into electric vehicles could reshape the country's entire energy system, a new report says. 110
Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 21/08/2026...if it were commercial housing yes. But we're talking about state housing, rent controlled. It will both solve the housing crisis and improve our economy in a number of ways (construction = employment, affordable housing results in economic stimulus from new tenants able to spend etc) 100
