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Workers First Union @workersfirstunion.bsky.social · 4h

This 10th of October we join the Global Day of Action to once again support the rights of Palestinians for self-determination and to live peacefully in their own lands. Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland event: 2pm, Te Komititanga/Britomart Square

an image of the palestinian flag and the text "10 October.
Global March for Palestine.
Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland: 2pm, Te Komititanga / Britomart Square"

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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 4h

“Simeon Brown is LYING to the entire country” -Kieran McAnulty

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Kiwi on your left @kiwionyourleft.bsky.social · 15h

I hate how we're being prepped for this as if it's inevitable. Nats pretending it's fiscally irresponsible not to, Labour as if they're taking a bullet for us by not. We spend well below the OECD average. It's only the greed of the 1% that makes this a financial issue, like everything else. #nzpol

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Abbie Jury 🌱 @tikorangi.bsky.social · 5h

Which would you rather slash to pay for more Pharmac meds? 1) Foreign aid to poverty stricken people and disaster areas 2) subsidies to Big Tobacco 3) subsidies to oil and gas companies 4) RONS 5) an LNG terminal

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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 5h

Given the current state of the polls, I am expecting to see some kind of 'hit' on the Greens from Dirty Politics/Work players before the election. They won't be able to stop themselves. It's all they have.

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 4h

If you love a long walk, we've got flyers you can deliver. Pick them up from our phone calling sessions 🤙😎

FLYER DROPS

Pick up flyers every Sunday

SUNDAY, 11 OCT
SUNDAY, 18 OCT
SUNDAY, 25 OCT
SUNDAY, 1 NOV

Trade Union Centre, 34 Harwood Street, Hamilton CBD
1-4pm

Maps provided - deliver at your own pace

Authorised by Miriam Ross, greens.org.nz

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 9h

Kyiv. Power outages are back in our lives. Today, we got the outage schedule. Keeping a detailed war diary helps. I checked it to see when the outages began last year. On the night of October 9-10, russians attacked our energy system. We had no power for over 15 hours. What will this year bring?

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 12h

The greenhouse gases that cause global warming have increased to new record levels in New Zealand's atmosphere, new data shows. At the same time, the country's climate is changing, with warmer annual temperatures and a greater proportion of rain falling during extreme events. #nzpol

rnz.co.nz

Greenhouse gases hit record levels in New Zealand's atmosphere, new data shows

The greenhouse gases that cause global warming have increased to new record levels in New Zealand's atmosphere, new data shows.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Mill Road sucks: "In other words, it would cost the country more than the entire City Rail Link project… to enlarge one local road in Auckland, parallel to an existing motorway, in a way that will change nothing: people will still be stuck in traffic." www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/10/06/t...

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Transport policy on the campaign trail - Greater Auckland

Election campaigning is now in full swing. We’ve previously reported on the (unwise)

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Una mujer y dos gatos 🐈🐈‍⬛ @losgatos.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If this is now $1B for 11km of road, that is what the new Dunedin hospital is meant to cost. ELEVEN KILOMETRES of ROAD or one brand new hospital for 300k people. #ohffs #nzpol

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

While the commentariat talk up the nascent recovery (just one more year everyone!), the next slump is already upon us. Total new lending is a decent leading indicator - clear signs of stalling. [🧵1/n]

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Something unusual is happening in Kyiv. Calm. Since last night. It’s 4 pm. This calm feels like a spider’s web. Delicate. Fragile. May the spider keep doing its job.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is the dome of the Boim Chapel (1609-1615) in Lviv. It was a burial chapel for the wealthy Boim family. At today’s lecture, I saw this dome again. Next time I’m in Lviv, I’ll go inside the chapel and show you. As promised earlier. Gorgeous.

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James W @jamesw228.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If they spent $4B on rail infrastructure instead of the dumbest road possible in Wellington then we could boost economic activity and get people and freight off the road across the entire North Island

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The entire Department of Conservation was funded $709 million in 2025/26.

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you took the $800 million National want to spend on 11km of road and shared it equally between all South Island Councils they'd each get $38 million to spend on roads which would have a wider net positive on roads than 11km of north Christchurch highway.

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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#nzpol In relation to alleged "$cost" of restoring pay equity ... Am interested in "$cost" of: (1) abolishing child labour? (2) abolishing slavery? (3) forcing employers to provide safe working places? (4) allowing workers to take annual leave? "$Cost" is NOT relevant🤔. They are rights✊. 🙏

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Grumpy Goblin Dawg @loosewheelnz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Whānau. Nephew turns 18 on election day - looking at the www he can register to enrol and on birthday will be atomically enrolled seeing a bit of a grey area here… #nzpol

Screen shot from ‘are you eligible..’ page of vote.nz
Are you 17 years old?
If you're 17, you can fill out an enrolment form now. On your 18th birthday, we'll automatically enrol you and you'll be ready to vote. Easy.
Enrol now

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wow, when you lie so much that there are consequences. Not included in the correction of course, is the fact that (as reported here) the Ipsos survey “showed more respondents supported than opposed a number of new taxes, including a significant majority in favour of a wealth tax".

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Ol’ ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I absolutely do not trust that the party that spent half a billion on 0 boats is giving accurate numbers coming into an election. #nzpol

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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Reject $4,000,000,000+++ gold plated rural motorway. Embrace glorious light rail down Dominion Road.

Meme with Reject Modernity and a render image of Warkworth to Te Hana motorway above, and Embrace tradition and a render of Dominion Road light rail below

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Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What has this government been up to? Brad knows. Brad's been keeping a list (over on FB)... #nzpol

Over the last three years, I’ve been keeping a list of the rubbish this Government has done.
Stopped work on Auckland light rail.
Stopped all work on the Lake Onslow renewable battery project.
Disestablish the Ministry for the Environment.
Scrapped the smoke-free law to fund tax cuts.
Scrapped Fair Pay Agreements.
Gave $3 billion in tax cuts to landlords.
Tired to paid himself $52,000 to live in one of his own many properties, on top of his half a million dollar salary.
The so-called party of infrastructure ... cut Cook Strait ferry deal, then paid $8 million for consultants to tell them they need new ships. $700 million wasted in total. Still no ships.
Stopped the Clean Car Discount, after Luxon took an $8,000 discount himself.
Blocked statistical reporting on who does and doesn’t pay their share of tax. Think about that!
Broke its election promise and didn’t scrap the app tax.
Scrapped Three Waters, pushing costs onto ratepayers and increasing rates.
Used $4,150 of taxpayers’ money to pay for his te reo Māori classes after saying, “People in the real world should pay for it themselves.”
Halved the crayfish take for locals, but cut the commercial take by only one-fifth.
Gutted freshwater protections so cruel intensive winter grazing could continue to pollute water ways.
Took $80 million from hospitals.
Cut DOC funding by $125 million.
Scrapped the First Home Grant.
Gave half a million dollars of taxpayers’ money to their mate Bill English to do a "review".
Blew $8 million on consultants for a proposed tunnel under Wellington.
Wasted $4 million on a six-person advisory group to talk about crime and reduce youth offending. They achieved nothing.
Gave big tobacco a $216 million tax cut.
Refused to reinstate Jobs for Nature while unemployment soared.
Reduced the qualifications needed for relief teachers.
Introduced new road tolls.
Deprioritised police responses to mental health and family violence call-outs.
Slashed $107 million a year from school lunches, costing…

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Kyiv. Early Sunday evening. I went to have warcoffee at my favourite place. Drones? Frequent uninvited ‘guests’ during the day. One of the bridges was hit earlier. People are out, doing the same as I do: living their lives.

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

NZ Labour promises immediate pay rise for care + support workers. This will obviously help those workers and their families AND will also help local economies too. Low wage workers spend most of their income locally. Pay surety will also reassure care recipients. #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

rnz.co.nz

Labour releases its fiscal plan, promises pay rise for care and support workers

Labour has released its long-awaited fiscal plan saying every election promise is paid for, but it has not provided a cost for fully re-implementing pay equity legislation.

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Trevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This amateur statistician has observed that the NZ media does not cover the parties in proportion to their seats in Parliament. It does not cover them in proportion to their current polling average. It does cover them approximately in proportion to their total donations #NZpol #ViciousCycle

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Lan Pham @lanpham.greens.org.nz · 04/10/2026

Tākaka on form ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 and ready for a Green-led Government who has the plans and the political will to prioritise affordable lives, healthy nature and a democratic and honest politics that operates for ALL of us, not just the wealthy few.

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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

'National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable' $2.7bn on an LNG terminal we dont need $671m on iRex $60m on a failure of a concrete facility $9m on Council amalgamation they didnt have a plan for #nzpol

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Same ghouls calling for working people to cut back on heating to save more for retirement (so super can be rationed and super-wealth retained) are same people fretting about govt books. Here's NZ Govt net financial worth. Surprised? We're rich. We have huge capacity to invest in the country. [2/3]

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There are those among us who believe that the answer to all manner of challenges is investing more in kiwisaver, pension funds, savings etc. Kiwi households are nearly top of the world at the wealth accumulation thing folks - not you? Ah, maybe you can spot the real issue then?!? [1/3]

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Also, electrify the entire network and we’ll be able to move around our own country without relying on foreign oil. Make the network robust and get trucks off the roads. It’ll be better for everyone.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Autumn in Kyiv. It’s a beautiful Saturday, from time to time disrupted by russian drones.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

These days there’s so much talk of a nightmare waiting for Kyiv: we’ll freeze with no water or electricity, and strikes on bridges connecting the two banks will cause a logistical collapse… I don’t say times are or will be easy. But I stay in Kyiv. This panic benefits russia.

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"There were far too many things that were done in a secretive and unethical way," she said. "Too many financial interests that have no business in that space." “work on the curriculum was heavily politicised and several of the ministry insiders who contacted RNZ made similar allegations.” #nzpol

rnz.co.nz

Whistleblowers offer to aid Education Ministry probe

Education Ministry whistleblowers, who contacted RNZ in the past week, plan to add their voices to an investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman.

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Greens propose Inter City Rail that costs less than Roads of National Party Significance, have a higher Benefit Cost Ratio than Roads of National Party Significance, and even NZF supports it. Of course National wont despite their conservative voters supporting it because Luxon is a fuckwit

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Green Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ cities

The Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected.

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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable. "Of course we're very committed to our 17 roads of national significance and we make no apology for that." Hmmm which one is a white elephant? #nzpol

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 03/10/2026

Labour’s Ayesha Verrall says it's troubling Health NZ can't access documents, while an ex-union boss suggests it has something to hide

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Health NZ says it ‘cannot easily access’ board papers

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

To bring Auckland to Tauranga Inter City Rail up to snuff with full electrification, and trains running at 160km/h every hour both directions is about $4b or half a Road of National Party Significance. JAPAN, HONG KONG, AND SINGAPORE are all ready to assist us! Just ask! voakl.net/2024/01/30/e...

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Enter Japan: Inter-City Trains Between Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga? Yes Please.

In a bold proposal, the idea of implementing Japan Rail-style intercity services in New Zealand’s Golden Triangle gains significant traction with wide-ranging support, marking a striking shif…

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Jasmin Taylor @meshedlight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ōtepoti: if you're out & about, go down & support local musicians ticket sales on the gate, its family friendly, take the kids, the kind of event you can be there however long or short you want theres food trucks or you can take a picnic

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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The craziest thing about elections is seeing how many grown adults have been tricked into thinking that their tax money going towards public services that serve them is a bad thing and not the point of taxes. People proudly living worse lives because theyve been convinced a better life is "woke"

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oh come on Ryan Park! This is 💯% BS! Nicotine addiction exaggerated by zealots! ‘Ryan Park told NSW Great Health Debate government initially hoped vaping would help smokers quit, but was now concerned it would lead to another generation becoming addicted’ www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

smh.com.au

‘Keeps me up at night’: The biggest health issue facing NSW revealed

Health Minister Ryan Park went head-to-head with Coalition and Greens counterparts in the Great Health Debate.

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Sacha Judd @sachajudd.com · 03/10/2026

Imagine running a conference for women in Aotearoa and inviting someone who has said he’s proud of his work in the TRUMP WHITEHOUSE as your keynote. F$&k this actually.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/10/2026

Israeli air attack on Gaza City apartment kills at least five aje.news/66fcwn

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Post is running one of those 'ignore the austerity hyperbole' stories. A few things to note... 1. The article uses unadjusted figures throughout. If you adjust the $ for inflation and population, Govt operating expenditure in 2026/27 is below 2023/24 levels (by $144 per capita), and.... [🧵 1/n]

https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361090646/ignore-hyperbole-has-not-been-austerity-government

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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The ROCK'EN'ROL "tour" is grassroots music venue led! It began in Sept & ten of the 18 events are happening this weekend!!! Our event is āpōpō/tomorrow!! Entry by enrolment or proof of enrolment - we can help with that at the door thanks to On A Roll onaroll.nz Be that person; encourage enrolment

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