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#nzpol There are so many unasked questions about our current economic 'policy' one of which - how come employment growth in 2024 and 2025 was worse than the GFC? There wasn't a worldwide slowdown in those years - the growth in unemployment here is entirely self-inflicted.

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 10h

It is just an ACT pamphlet.

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womblingweka.bsky.social @womblingweka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Just like the USA, they bother less and less about trying to hide the grift and corruption. #nzpol

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

What are they trying to do? Force people into crime out of desperation?

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you really want to get "more people off welfare and into work", consider not tanking the economy. That typically works better than performative cruelty.

The party also promised:
to provide "intensive, work-focused support" for 30,000 jobseekers who have been on Jobseeker for more than a year, with more funding for employment programmes that support young people into work.
lowering the rate of payment for those who had been on the benefit for two of the previous three years, from 1 April 2028. There would be a smaller reduction for households with dependent children.
those who repeatedly leave employment without good and sufficient reason would face a 26-week non-entitlement period, up from 13 weeks.
from 1 April 2028, the minimum residence period to qualify for main benefits will increase from two years to five years.
Upston said the party was focused on "getting more people off welfare and into work".

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

He doesn’t mention major US wars such as fighting Nazis. I wonder why.

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Tax Wealth not Wages @progallthethings.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Opportunity Party can get in the bin. EB should resign and go and find his old young nats badge. #nzpol

A decent and fair party leader standing next to a young Nat that never grew up. EB should resign and go and campaign for Luxon.

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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 07/10/2026

I love how Willis and Luxon keep blaming Labour for inflation increases during a global pandemic, and won't admit that it was largely externally driven. BUT firmly and repeatedly blame inflation now on fuel price increases and external factors. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS YOU ASS CLOWNS! #nzpol

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is the most compelling image of the election. Please vote well or our nature will be plundered. The #choice is very clear to me. #nzpol #vote bsky.app/profile/gree...

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I wish I could say the same about Edmonds on National right now. Willis is a hopeless minister of finance but she has got the gift of the gab and doesn’t hesitate to talk over Edmonds who never protests or does the same.

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

All TV shows with more than 2 series.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Seymour claims "obsession with identity" is holding the country back. But it really appears that it's Act and its target voters who are doing the obsessing. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

stuff.co.nz

On the ACT campaign trail, one issue emerges above the others

ACT MPs rolled into Tauranga in their big pink bus - Big Pinky - on Monday. Voters urged them to do more on race-relations and one law for all. Stuff joined them for the day.

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Kevin Hague @kevinhague.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I noticed something interesting. An internet search for Vote Compass brought up a site named VoteCheck before the correct site. The questionnaire on Vote Check has questions worded in ways that I think will tend to steer voters towards parties on the right

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If I were an interest group trying to persuade people to my point of view, I would use the language that the majority of my audience use.

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Council Chambers where they meet are in the Town Hall. Their administration building is not called City Hall either. The Treaty of Waitangi wasn’t signed with Martin van Buren. It was signed with Queen Victoria. I’m all for using words from te reo. I’d rather them than Trump language.

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I love everything about Greater Auckland…except for the use of Americanisms. Auckland doesn’t have a city hall. It’s got a Town Hall.

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What a joke of a slogan from someone whose ideas are so firmly stuck in the past.

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On the other hand Hipkins looks better in drag than in real life.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

NZME will make a lot of noise this week about how much Labour's promises are gonna cost, and it's worth comparing to the noise the same journos made about the cost of the coalition's RONS (over $56b) – i.e. when they even bothered to mention it, it was hidden behind innocuous framing and paywalls.

Jamie Esnor, NZ Herald:

Road projects across New Zealand: What's happening with Roads of National Significance near you
Jamie Ensor Chief Political Reporter • NZ Herald • 9 Jul, 2026

Analysis
Jamie Ensor
Can Labour make it add up? Big questions hang over Hipkins' fiscal plan 03 Oct

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Marama Davidson @maramadavidson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We're actively in touch with local boards and the Mayor on this. The awkward thing is, the lack of funding is the big delay.

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Why are we being subjected to Nicola Willis commenting on the feasibility of Labour’s fiscal plan? Her own track record should invalidate her opinion on this meaningless.

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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What these means is that, for example, Stage 1 of surface light rail between Auckland City Centre and Mt Roskill, about 9km, 'costs' $2.25billion in the Greens policy, but would be $0.9billion if it were $100m per km. Of course, the first line will be most expensive, but you get the point!

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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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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Can we criticise the Nats’ insane transport policies without insulting an age group. I know many boomers who are against more expensive roads. The non-boomer Nat candidate for AKL Central has repeatedly demanded more car parks near the CRL stations! She goes on about the “war on cars”.

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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is brilliant. Exactly what the country needs. Invest in great alternatives to always driving. Even benefits drivers: #nzpol youtu.be/LGX6jjJnFBc?...

youtu.be

Green Party transport policy sees free travel for children, light rail for key cities and more

YouTube video by nzherald.co.nz

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IT'S RAINING BEN @bentorkington.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

we need to set aside the fact that it is rooted in expletive, and make "bullshit" a word we teach children in year one. A word that so succinctly describes something that is more abundant than nitrogen should not be a dirty word.

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

That was my thought as soon as I saw the dim Luxon say that.

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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#nzpol $1.75bn for road - is OK as allowed to subsidise road, so don't have to prove commercial sustainability😢. $4bn for rail - not OK 'cos can't afford, need to prove commercial viability, don't want to subsidise white elephant💔. Comparing apples with apples😠 Go figure (again) 🤔. Sigh. 🙏🏾.

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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Quick reminder of Nationals biggest promise to you in 2023. Nobody got this.

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Exactly 😤😡

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Because their entire raison d’être is to channel tax dollars into their and their mates’ pockets

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It will need more than that to be useable. They need an escalator to Parnell Road.

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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 29/09/2026

Nicola’s ferries won’t arrive until 2029, if ever. IREX would’ve been sailing by now and cost less that just one of National’s new RONs, that they now also can’t build. You only have a few weeks left to enrol. If you aren’t enrolled, your vote is like Nicola’s ferries. non-existent. #nzpol

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A slap on the wrist for a vicious violent crime. This makes a mockery of justice.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

No new taxes, no new ideas, no new anything.

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Heavens! Argentina is just going to claim the Falklands just got bigger and try to take us over. Will we notice the difference between Luxon and Milei?

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Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I saw a post over the weekend talking about Labour's proposal to cap public transport fares. Hadn't thought about it in ages because nobody seems to be campaigning on it. Surely it's one of the more tangible things to be hammering when elections are won and lost in the cities?

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angloczech.bsky.social @angloczech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Willus has just stated on TV that Labour just increase debt. WTF National have plunged the country into serious debt to fund landlords tax cuts and rich tax cuts. It's worst than they predicted because they can't do the maths. #NZPol

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Don’t travel outside the country. The time difference may kill you.

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ACT’s purpose is to work for the wellbeing of a small rich minority & devil take the hindmost. They cover it up with a thin veil of populism such as against boy racers. Besides motorbikes the loudest cars I’ve seen are sportscars worth 100’s of 1000s of $s. I’ll bet ACT won’t target them.

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Should be reposted every month....

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Auckland dweller @aucksky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Noise cameras were installed by the left-wing mayor of Paris. Excessively loud car and bike exhausts are a severe burden on health and quality of life everywhere in a city.

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Quick offcut. We have lots of dwellings being consented at the moment (yay) but, unusually, it's not translating into increased investment in housing. It looks a bit like late-2010 when RBNZ upped the OCR during a slump (before retreating quickly). Note how much *instability* monetary policy causes!

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