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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trains are unbelievably awesome. I’m so proud of what you did there Auckland 🥹
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My current supermarket peeve is them putting muddy white potatoes into a bag labelled “brushed Agria” to sell them at elevated prices knowing you won’t know until you peel one and even then there’s no way to prove. These fuckers can’t get regulated soon or hard enough.
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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That, I think, is why some of the attacks on Swarbrick feel oddly objectless. The danger isn’t just what she might do as Finance Minister. It’s what she might reveal about the people who have spent 40 years telling us the money is all gone. andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/chloe-swar...
andrewdicksonnz.substack.com
Chlöe Swarbrick Nicked Luxon’s Cotton Reel
Lacan explains why the tough guys of fiscal politics are so emotional right now
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gosh how can we get this level of economic literacy to spread like wildfire 🔥🔥🔥
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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#NZpol Saw this excellent quote-reply to Simeon Brown’s latest attack on Labour. Worth sharing.
David Peez @RebelEkonomista

"The truck driver in Pakuranga helps pay off a lawyer's loan." No, Simeon. He doesn't. Not a cent.

When the government lends a student money, it creates the dollars and credits their account. No tradie's tax was collected and posted to a law degree. When the graduate repays, those dollars are deleted, drained back out like tax. They don't land in the truck driver's pocket either.

So nobody foots the bill. The worker and the graduate aren't on opposite sides of a ledger. Setting them against each other is the trick, and it runs on the same myth as "add it to the tab", that the government is a household counting coins. It issues the currency. The real limits are real resources and inflation, not a truck driver's tax bill.

"Someone always pays." Sure. Just never the person you keep pointing at.

Read more: http://therebeleconomist.substack.com
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Happy 49th birthday, Jumping the Shark
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is the real “the ai will kill us” — powerful idiots using it, trusting it, relying on it, for things it’s absolutely shit at. Which is most things.
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New Zealand is probably one of the only countries in the world where owning a supermarket can put someone on the rich list #nzpol #newzealand
rnz.co.nz
Supermarket owners shouldn't make the rich list – supplier
New Zealand is probably one of the only countries in the world where owning a supermarket can put someone on the rich list, a grocery supplier and distributor says.
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
National, the party currently in power, could have done anything about the supermarkets in the last 3 years, and still could up until November. Fuck them.
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
FFS MAKE THIS MAKE SENSE
rnz.co.nz
Are oil price hikes putting a pre-election OCR increase back in play?
Recent spikes in global oil prices and bond yields appear to be increasing the possibility the Reserve Bank will need to hike the Official Cash Rate again in October.
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Bumbleebee @parrykylie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ruru has never won bird of the year. This is an outrage! Don't let those horny Kākāpō seduce you. Vote Ruru! #teamruru #birdoftheyear
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
More Bad News. Superior to This Is Spinal Tap in every way.
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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
everyone should watch this. nothing that works this way is conscious.
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fact checking feels like a "hit piece" when you peddle in DISINFORMATION. #nzpol #NZFirst #FamilyFirstNZ #Mundt #abortion #abortionishealthcare #proabortion #prochoice #ReproJustice www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
stuff.co.nz
The truth behind NZ First candidate’s abortion claims
Senior journalist Paula Penfold examines an NZ First candidate’s abortion claims against the law, official data and medical practice.
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Reminder that we are in the longest slump in living memory and RBNZ have decided that the slump needs to be longer to 'tame inflation'. Medieval monetarism. @kentduston.bsky.social
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Generational harm
rnz.co.nz
Apprenticeship numbers hit 15-year low
The number of people in apprenticeships and workplace training hit a 15-year low last year and continued falling in the first quarter of the year.
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Lots of commentary on OCR and mortgage rates (expectedly), but spare a thought for the unemployed and underemployed. Jobs aren’t coming back until this hopeless government has been shown the door.
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
'Wages caused inflation' , this 2024-26 Wages 4.4% Rates 22% Elec 21% Fuel 17% Health ins 40% House ins 9% Mince 28% Butter 41% Milk 26% Bread 67% So perhaps its time to re-evaluate that first statement .. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
stuff.co.nz
Wages rose 4.4%. Look what happened to the cost of actually living
Mince, milk, butter, power and rates have all climbed much faster than wages over the past two years.
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I dunno y’know, maybe time to stop voting National? 🤷🏼‍♂️
rnz.co.nz
Older kiwis struggle with basic living expenses: 'We are living in a very bad time'
Grey Power wants government policies to address the needs of an increasing number of older New Zealanders struggling to meet the most basic living expenses.
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm the high voltage coil in the back of a CRT TV that my dad warned my not to touch
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Fuck no. I'm not paying fuel tax so that rich people in traffic-addled Queenstown can avoid proper transport planning and put in a monorail.
NZ Herald photo of PM Christopher Luxon at the South Island Election Conference, headline reading "Watch: National would let petrol taxes fund Queenstown gondola project"
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Love this for Penk. At least one Chris got theirs.
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Luxon (to Rotorua businesses): Have you tried using Claude code and disrupting yourselves? Rotorua businesses: Sir, this is a Wendys Chippie: I pledge more small business AI support in Rotorua #nzpol
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
If Chippie wins by default he’ll govern like he won by default #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The Pointy End. Racism. Seems to have been a defining feature of the Coalition Govt. My #cartoon today #NZpol
Cartoon. Title: “The Pointy End” A map pin with “Racism” written on the head, has been dropped in a map of NZ, except it’s pointy end up. Christopher Luxon is frantically trying to stay atop it. He’s saying “Ow! Oh! Oo! Don’t bother me! I’m dancing!” Then in smaller writing, “MMP referendum, anyone?”
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The government: we need you to have more kids! Also the government: and we’re going to let their teachers beat them!
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“I’m defending New Zealand’s democracy” He means whiteness. He means whiteness.
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The chutzpah to alienate women, and Chinese people especially Chinese women, in separate instances all on the same day just months from an election. Brave? Or stupid? Only time will tell. Stayed tuned for this thrilling season of Demented Elderly Misogynistic Racist Cooker Runs Again!
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Renée Slater Dancing in a Tulle Skirt
Alt: Gif of a woman curtsying, somewhat clumsily.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Tired of all the spin and BS coming from the coalition? Well I’ve got your back fam! At this link you’ll find 50 fact checks (and growing) checking the veracity of claims made by the coalition. Complete with who made the claim, the reality and sources. paultheotherone.com/factcheck26/
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Back on track. Fixing the basics.
rnz.co.nz
40% of Kiwis taking on debt to cover increased living costs - Kiwibank
The cost of living - and rising grocery bills in particular - is proving a big barrier to New Zealanders saving, according to a new report from Kiwibank.
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
When these inept, hopeless bunch of assholes finally get voted out what will be left?
rnz.co.nz
‘Another employer lost’: Marton malt mill set to shut
Aotearoa's main malt supplier announced it will close its Marton mill, leaving the district with one less employer and local growers, farmers and workers facing uncertain futures come September.
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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 20/07/2026
The Green Party will cut your power bill and take power back from the big four power companies, because a warm, dry home powered by clean energy should be within everyone's reach 💚💡
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Disregarding centuries of maritime tradition, senile old coot names ship after a man to own the libs.
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
RIP Bonnie Tyler
youtu.be
Total Eclipse of the Heart Literal Video Version
YouTube video by artistwithouttalent
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Fuel prices appear to have stabilised, now to get the economy cranking again. What shall we do first NZ? 1. Punish mortgage holders some more 2. Pursue that LNG terminal even harder 3. Build some data centres 4. Zilch to help our thousands of unemployed *fuel prices have not in fact stabilised
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Ethan Gullery - Alliance Candidate for Christchurch East @ethangulleryeast.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
$430m in supermarket excess profit. State Insurance sold in 1990, premiums up 500%. Kiwibank at 7%, big four can ignore it, government wants to sell that too. Power: $2.41 in dividends per $1 in new generation. We sold the public option. Prices went up. Every time. #nzpol
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Every economic brainiac on the news crowing about how we’re springing back to life now the effects of the war are waning and COMPLETELY MEMORY HOLING the last 3 years of misery, redundancies, closures, and the highest unemployment rate for 15 years 😭
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Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered & entitled. The higher the opinions of themselves leaders expressed, the more they coveted power and status—& the more they favored return-to-office mandates."
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Brosephine Wires, Perennial Soup-Lover @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Can’t sleep? Simple methods that work: • study hurricane forecast • who hates me • what did i forget • relive supreme humiliation • win 12-yr-old argument • buried alive? could happen • what i did vs should have done • dead people i miss • what if i’m bad • why do i say stuff • what’s my fuckin deal
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Justin Maxwell @303.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Another absolutely amazing vid from @jjbbllkk.bsky.social Taste is a weapon, class warfare Not presented as scold at all. Pondering how consumerism eats away at our identity I think about this a lot as I believe good vibe makers and gear positively impact my own headspace and work
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We're at the "private police force" chapter of small government 🙄
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Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com · 02/07/2026
Because a combination of short term thinking, climate change denial and multiple billions being taken out as profits by privatisation is a toxic blend that leads to chronic underinvestment in what the country needs to prosper.
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Who fits this guys suits 🤭
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
When you’ve had your last Shi
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Executive white man who’s been Prime Minister for 3 years derides his own country example #5472
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
TOP is only gaining popularity because people are desperate for change. Labour has its head up its own arse.
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
@greens.org.nz if you simply add this tile to the top of your tax calculator it'll instantly make a lot more sense to people.
A new tile designed for the Green Party of New Zealand's tax policy calculator that says "Your own home; The Super-Rich Tax does not apply to your own home! You do not need to include your own home here."
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
JFC the tax isn't suddenly a surprise announcement right at the point you're confronted with the grief. It's not like the doctor says "I'm so sorry to have to tell you this, but as well as your dead relative you've got some tax to pay." Get a fucking grip.
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