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Brooke Rose

@brooklyn-rose.bsky.social
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Gave up trying to inform adults, now teaching their kids. Former journo with the Post, @NZStuff and @NZHerald, now teach primary. She/her 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
National would never meet with the gangs #nzpol
National prime minister Robert Muldoon shaking the hand of a gang member as part of his policy of talking to New Zealand’s gangs.
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Peters needs to retire. He's done. He just sounds tired and vague and fucking useless.
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Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚 @bumblebigirl.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Dude has made a point of dissing librarians in both debates so far, is that being strong on education?
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Yeah, am I the only one who saw that? Am I dreaming? Have I suffered a concussion? Does my flat have a gas leak?
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Wtf, HDPA calling that Luxon lost the debate?! Whoa. #nzpol
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Does 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
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This should lose National the election #NZPol
Government tells nursing schools to stop training so many nurses
Glenn McConnell
Glenn McConnell
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
More questions about country music and DIY than climate change. Good to see Ryan Bridge is focused on the big issues 🤦‍♀️#nzpol
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Lissa Carlino @lissacarlino.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Wait, was that it for climate? #nzpol #leadersdebate
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Imagine 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
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Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚 @bumblebigirl.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Sorry 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.
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Frank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
All 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...
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Deputy mayor estimates price of fixing Wellington's pipes at $80k per ratepayer over 25 years
Wellington'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.
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Ka pū te ruha - Toitū Te Tiriti @kaputeruha.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Wellingtons ridiculous pipe bill is thanks to the TPU and its racist campaign supported by this govt that derailed Three Waters #nzpol
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I 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...
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Labour claims typical household is $6000 worse off under National
Labour 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.
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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 08/10/2026
I 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.
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Well #nzpol
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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It'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
We're demanding to move forward 12 steps towards a better future:
TPM & Greens - full commitment across all
Labour - a mix of no, some, full commitment & TBA
Opportunity, National NZ first, Act - no responseAnd to repair what's been broken 8 steps to reverse the damage
TPM - full commitment across all
Greens - full commitment across all apart from not considering back pay & interest for pay equity (orange as supports pay equity)
Labour - a mix of no, some, full commitment & TBA
Opportunity, National NZ first, Act - no response
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
absolutely 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.nz
Greens announce jobs guarantee for young people
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚 @bumblebigirl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The dude who doesn't believe in bodily autonomy for trans people shockingly turns out not to believe in bodily autonomy for anyone
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Winston 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.
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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 08/10/2026
Perfect response from Chlöe Swarbrick and the @greens.org.nz.
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KiwiNikki @kiwinikki.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Media should do a deep dive on prices per child for charter schools. And how much they cost to set up. #nzpol.
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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#nzpol …and every nurse and public sector doctor
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We 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
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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Someone 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??” 🙄🙄😑 #nzpol
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Labour's fiscal plan leaves big questions on pay equity
Comment: The Opposition's spending plans are conservative in some respects, but make heroic assumptions about how far unallocated spending can stretch
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And every teacher #nzpol
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Emphatic 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
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I should be able to see the new ferries from my house. Disappointed that was not mentioned in the debate #nzpol
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Section on education was disappointing. Needed a over-worked, frustrated teacher to moderate the debate! #nzpol
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jack 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
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Raquel Blackburn @queenofcobden.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Luxon 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
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Jenny 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.
PM Luxo not looking like cheese Glam but very cranky audience member during questions on healthcare crisis. Is she a nurse?
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
All the men writing about this might be a little less chinstroke-y if they came to the shocking realisation that OUR MONEY WAS STOLEN
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Three scenarios, all home owners. Do renters not exist, RNZ?
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fancy 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.
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I 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?
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This 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.
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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RIP RNZ
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The 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".
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 23/09/2026
Right 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.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If 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.
Hager also criticised the media's role, suggesting it contributed to poor transparency.

"Despite all their undeclared political machinations, both Farrar and Williams are often interviewed uncritically in the mainstream media - far more often than most genuinely independent experts and commentators.

"At the time of writing, for instance, Radio New Zealand had interviewed Farrar about 600 times since 2007, an astonishing amount of coverage considering that he is one of the least independent people available. He is often introduced with labels such as 'polling company maestro', while Williams is given labels such as 'anti-waste campaigner'. It is lazy journalism."
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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Transphobia, 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
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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Another one for the "but we HAVE to put scare quotes around the words racist or sexist, because Those Are Subjective" rebuttal file
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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The "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
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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Deborah 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
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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The difference between Christopher “cry me a river” Luxon and Marie “let them eat cake” Antoinette is that she was misquoted
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Will say I'm a bit surprised not to see this get picked up. At least as wtf as the comment in Rotorua.
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
absurd 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.nz
Agencies join forces as election threats mount
Government agencies are joining forces to strengthen coordination and support public confidence in this year's election.
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Hayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Imagine what it would be like if Mr Fix It wasn't on the case
Audrey young calling simeon brown health mr fix itPatients in soiled beds24 hour ED waits in WellingtonSecond patient found dead in waikato hospital toilet
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NHS 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.
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It doesn’t matter if social media ban works or not just like it doesn’t matter if bootcamps work or not.
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