Reposted by Brooke RoseYorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 14/10/2026National would never meet with the gangs #nzpol 36215
Reposted by Brooke RoseGrumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Peters needs to retire. He's done. He just sounds tired and vague and fucking useless. 139516
Reposted by Brooke RoseBianca Michelle Parker 🏳️⚧️📚 @bumblebigirl.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Dude has made a point of dissing librarians in both debates so far, is that being strong on education? 031
Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Yeah, am I the only one who saw that? Am I dreaming? Have I suffered a concussion? Does my flat have a gas leak? 120
Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Wtf, HDPA calling that Luxon lost the debate?! Whoa. #nzpol 241
Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Does my head in, as it likely does most teachers and other educators, how political commentators and gallery journalists see Luxon and National as stronger on education. Infuriating. 😤 #nzpol 0193
Reposted by Brooke RoseFoxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This should lose National the election #NZPol 1012445
Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 14/10/2026More questions about country music and DIY than climate change. Good to see Ryan Bridge is focused on the big issues 🤦♀️#nzpol 040
Reposted by Brooke RoseLissa Carlino @lissacarlino.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Wait, was that it for climate? #nzpol #leadersdebate 061
Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Imagine bringing up transport infrastructure, and the lack of bipartisan approach, and not bringing up the ferries shambles. Shocker from Ryan Bridge and Chris Hipkins. #nzpol 040
Reposted by Brooke RoseBianca Michelle Parker 🏳️⚧️📚 @bumblebigirl.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Sorry if Quilae Wong has no parties she's willing to rule out working with then she has no principles. Anyone willing to work with NZ First is a threat to the queer community, whatever policies they claim to have. 1122
Reposted by Brooke RoseFrank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026All of a sudden, Labour's 3Waters starts to look damn good. I'd like to send my water bill to Taxpayers not-a-union for those b@stard5 to pay... www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...rnz.co.nzDeputy mayor estimates price of fixing Wellington's pipes at $80k per ratepayer over 25 yearsWellington's deputy mayor is warning it could cost every ratepaying household or business more than $80,000 over the next 25 years to fix the city's poor pipes alone. 811039
Reposted by Brooke RoseKa pū te ruha - Toitū Te Tiriti @kaputeruha.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Wellingtons ridiculous pipe bill is thanks to the TPU and its racist campaign supported by this govt that derailed Three Waters #nzpol 04415
Reposted by Brooke RoseTony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I can concur that this is about the right figure. And wages haven't gone up either. But RW politicians wages have🤔 #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...stuff.co.nzLabour claims typical household is $6000 worse off under NationalLabour has launched a cost of living attack on National, claiming it costs the typical family $6000 more to live than when the Government took office three years ago. 22210
Reposted by Brooke RoseJennifer @jennifilm.nz · 08/10/2026I wrote this because I think we have to be clear about what Peters means when he says he wants to relitigate the ban, and who the intended target of that harm is, and how this is the third time this term NZF have directly acted in line with UK anti-trans movements. 27930
Reposted by Brooke RoseDr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Well #nzpol 37533
Reposted by Brooke RoseAuckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It's here! The Coalition for the Safety of Women & Children's Election 2026 scorecard of 2 halves: 12 new steps from violence towards freedom & 8 steps to halt & reverse current regression. Thanks @tepaatimaori.bsky.social @greens.org.nz @labournz.bsky.social for replies - at www.awc.org.nz/20steps 13422
Reposted by Brooke Rosekyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026absolutely incredible policy, & if any are worth being a bottom line for coalition negotiations this would be one hope to see the Greens once again leading the discourse this week because this would almost immediately drive positive change in NZ for a generation www.greens.org.nz/greens_annou...greens.org.nzGreens announce jobs guarantee for young peopleWe are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally. 29727
Reposted by Brooke RoseBianca Michelle Parker 🏳️⚧️📚 @bumblebigirl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The dude who doesn't believe in bodily autonomy for trans people shockingly turns out not to believe in bodily autonomy for anyonernz.co.nzWinston Peters wants ban on conversion therapy revisited, says abortion can be 'murder'New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says he hopes the country's ban on conversion therapy is revisited. 151
Reposted by Brooke RoseJennifer @jennifilm.nz · 08/10/2026Perfect response from Chlöe Swarbrick and the @greens.org.nz. 822277
Reposted by Brooke RoseKiwiNikki @kiwinikki.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Media should do a deep dive on prices per child for charter schools. And how much they cost to set up. #nzpol. 1163
Reposted by Brooke RoseGreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#nzpol …and every nurse and public sector doctor 031
Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We keep hearing how a wealth tax will make the ultra rich piss off overseas, and allegedly take jobs with them. Don't hear so much about the Govt's axing of pay equity and other policies has resulted in teachers and other essential workers leaving, taking their skills and labour with them. #nzpol 56418
Reposted by Brooke RoseNinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Someone help me understand the angst around paying women what they are worth, where that money will go back directly into the economy, vs this constant angst hang up with “How will we pay for it??” 🙄🙄😑 #nzpolnewsroom.co.nzLabour's fiscal plan leaves big questions on pay equityComment: The Opposition's spending plans are conservative in some respects, but make heroic assumptions about how far unallocated spending can stretch 2214824
Reposted by Brooke RoseMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Emphatic win for Hipkins over Luxon in #TVNZ Debate. Swing voters showed that political pundits are out of touch. ACT advisor Ben Thomas said Luxon won, Harman lamented a lack of fireworks, ditto The Post staffer. Politics shouldn't be about performance but NZ media covers it like a circus #nzpol 77513
Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I should be able to see the new ferries from my house. Disappointed that was not mentioned in the debate #nzpol 0201
Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Section on education was disappointing. Needed a over-worked, frustrated teacher to moderate the debate! #nzpol 060
Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Jack Tame's been alright, but don't like that he didn't hammer Luxon for failing to deal with racist, divisive comments from ministers in his Government #nzpol 0130
Reposted by Brooke RoseRaquel Blackburn @queenofcobden.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Luxon supports charter schools by saying they're getting great results. So you're going to fund all state schools at the same rate per student? #nzpol 0111
Reposted by Brooke RoseJenny Nicholls @jenster.bsky.social · 06/10/2026#nzpol winner of the nz leader’s debate is the girl in red who is not having it. 623645
Reposted by Brooke RoseDanielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026All the men writing about this might be a little less chinstroke-y if they came to the shocking realisation that OUR MONEY WAS STOLEN 613036
Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Three scenarios, all home owners. Do renters not exist, RNZ? 020
Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fancy claiming to do work supporting vulnerable young people, with actions and beliefs such as his. Despicable, gross individual, people like this have no right being near positions of power and influence. 010
Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I called him out afterwards, saying his party clearly had no intention of engaging with and listening to the community their policies were negatively affecting, and he was simply a troll. Why turn up to a debate when your intention is just to provoke and upset a vulnerable community? 110
Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This smug, smirking scumbag was at an LGBTQI+ debate last week in Poneke, jeering and cheering on his homophobic and transphobic NZF colleague on the panel. His presense and regular filming of others made people uncomfortable and unsafe. Not a particularly pleasant individual. 120
Reposted by Brooke RoseCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The answer to "what is a woman" when NZ first give it the big one is "someone who you thought wasn't worth equal pay for equal work". 812732
Reposted by Brooke RoseLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 23/09/2026Right hates trans people - most public go "it's the right, they're nuts". So-called left join in - "Well now, what's going on, there must be an issue if they agree!" It's why the Guardian/Labour going anti-trans is, ultimately, more much more harmful than the Times/Telegraph/Tories doing it. 5707162
Reposted by Brooke RoseCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If you're wondering why the media will give Farrar, Williams a good old run at denying everything without being specific or proving anything, it's because Hager criticises the media for their uncritical platforming of both of them and calls them lazy which is 100% correct. 417862
Reposted by Brooke RoseStephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Transphobia, genocide and climate disasters are literally being funded and exacerbated by intensely unlikeable billionaires. If you don't know how to make that relevant to the working class, that's really just a you problem 14113
Reposted by Brooke RoseStephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Another one for the "but we HAVE to put scare quotes around the words racist or sexist, because Those Are Subjective" rebuttal file 13710
Reposted by Brooke RoseStephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The "AI will kill us all" panic says everything about the dudes promoting it: genAI is already killing people through inaccuracy, encouraging violence and self-harm, and giving bad leaders false confidence to make harmful decisions But that's not a *cool* kind of "killing us all" so they don't care 17417
Reposted by Brooke RoseDavid Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Deborah Russell knitting during QT got more critical coverage than Paul Henry calling the Greens subhuman and Christopher Luxon's "cry me a river" combined. #nzpol 415574
Reposted by Brooke RoseDavid Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The difference between Christopher “cry me a river” Luxon and Marie “let them eat cake” Antoinette is that she was misquoted 1024369
Reposted by Brooke RoseEddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Will say I'm a bit surprised not to see this get picked up. At least as wtf as the comment in Rotorua. 1317
Reposted by Brooke Rosekyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026absurd that neither the commission, nor the reporter, are able to publicly reckon with the fact that the greatest threat to voting this election has *overwhelmingly* been the active disenfranchisement that the National coalition has pushed through in legislation www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzAgencies join forces as election threats mountGovernment agencies are joining forces to strengthen coordination and support public confidence in this year's election. 27824
Reposted by Brooke RoseHayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Imagine what it would be like if Mr Fix It wasn't on the case 1215768
Reposted by Brooke RoseAbigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026NHS cancelling surgeries for adults even after they’ve already paid for travel + accommodation and waited years to get there. Some were about to be wheeled into theatre! Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation. 4541321751
Reposted by Brooke RoseSassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It doesn’t matter if social media ban works or not just like it doesn’t matter if bootcamps work or not. 1111438