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Cath S @cathsheard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been a librarian for 33 years this month. Part of my role is scanning the horizon for what’s coming our way, in every sense. i’ve been waiting for book challenges to become organised and more politicised. People, let me present likely instigators. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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The new education group that wants to represent parents' voices
A new advocacy group has launched with the aim of giving parents a more organised voice in New Zealand's ongoing debates around education. The Parents' Alliance says it wants to be evidence-based and ...
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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Destroyed the local community economic loops and healthy school lunches, force feeding kids disgusting Compass Group swill. She is a merchant of slop. RNZ ascribing "non partisan" to the motivations of her new astroturf org is an extraordinary confirmation of everything in the Dirty Work book.
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Josh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · 25/09/2026
Pols journos sneering that “everyone knows about the Taxpayers Union” and ”it’s just lobbying” are telling on themselves; the fact is that the public *doesn’t* know about the TPU‘s antics and that is because of the failure of mainstream journalists
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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That these 2 guys can dismiss the book as 'business as usual' tells us a shitload about their warped perspective on NZ politics and the infiltration of lobbyists. It also insults their listeners, who care deeply about the influence of corporate money, esp when it's ramping up racism and dividing us
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Catherine Law's (OIA concealer) PhD supervisor is Elizabeth Rata. Elizabeth Rata is Erica Stanfor'd's key education advisor Rata and Stanford have a stated common goal: To stop the success of decolonisation in Aotearoa New Zealand. The OIA concealment from one of Rata's people is no surprise
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Whistleblower video of Catherine Laws instructing Ministry staff to conceal from OIA
YouTube video by Mountain Tui
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 23/09/2026
an amazing new project launches today in new zealand: people can report sexual harm, and get matched with others who reported the same person. when you report, you get a lawyer - and lawyer-client privilege. for free. i profile the website, technology, charity, & law firm here: www.webworm.co/tika/
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This Could Change The Way Victims Get Justice
David Farrier's Webworm looks at Alison Mau and Zoë Lawton's Tika: a new way to report sexual harm in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Labour needs to be clearer that it will rip up any agreement this govt signs during election with zero compensation. Counterparties need to be clearly warned. Weakness on this invites LNG gamblers to frame deal simply for a payout. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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Simeon Brown says controversial LNG contract could be signed during election campaign
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says it would be “recklessly irresponsible” for the government to to sign a binding LNG contract before the election.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026
It's always a good time to share this.
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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Newspaper founded to argue the side of the colonisers' Waikato Invasion remains simpering handmaiden to vested interests with dismal agenda
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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“The number one thing predicting whether or not somebody is going to hold extremist attitudes is whether they think violence against women is acceptable.” Given overwhelming stats showing we think violence against women is acceptable could we listen to experts on policy we need vs policy we don’t?
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ndlela @ndlela.com · 23/08/2026
The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday The media’s coverage of the academic’s life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"We recognized that sometimes [the United State's] signature was written in pencil." — Mark Carney
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Remember that poverty and homelessness is a political choice.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
No ‘new taxes’ but lots of sneaky cost increases #nzpol PT fares will rise GP fees will rise Prescription fees will rise ACC levies will rise NZTA licensing fees will rise Rates will rise Food prices will rise Rents will rise Petrol taxes will rise Healthcare costs will rise School fees will rise
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It’s funny* that our hospitals are at 200% capacity with the flu and people think it would have been fine with rampant Covid in 2020. We have to flatten the curve now too but we can’t have that convo. *not funny, tragic and actually scary Also, Covid is just the flu and the flu is doing this.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
They would rather be racist than live.
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Luxon’s apartment is across the street and premier house is like a 10 min walk to parliament. If dude can’t handle it maybe he shouldn’t be in charge of running the whole fucking country.
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Will Ferrell: I'm Taking Crazy Pills
ALT: Will Ferrell: I'm Taking Crazy Pills
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
' “Now what you've got is a whole bunch of bike lanes up Molesworth St that made it very difficult for me getting from my apartment into the parliamentary precinct,” he said. 'Luxon hasn’t lived in that apartment since moving into Premier House as prime minister.' Oh okay. Incompetent AND a liar.
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Luxon tells cycleway city Wellington: 'You get what you deserve'
At a public meeting in Lower Hutt on Tuesday, the PM was asked about ever-increasing rates and costs by Green and Labour councillors in the capital.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/08/2026
This is not ok. www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that.
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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Vox pop on RNZ has some drone intoning the wisdom that “people forget the country was in a mess” and Luxon is great because “he’s running the country like a business” and I bet you if you asked him for even three bits of data to support this he’d have no fucking clue
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Lew @lewsos.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
No wonder Luxo can't discipline Winston Peters and David Seymour, who are both serious political operators with their own secure power bases He's the numpty at a cabinet table of yahoos, and his own incompetent yahoos, people who can't even count to 25, have the wood on him
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Lew @lewsos.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
But the truth is that this episode shows the same standard of conduct we have seen from the govt all term: They can't count They have no sense of what works They talk big but fade under pressure They are disloyal & insincere They lie constantly to themselves and the country They fucking suck at this
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Matt @kiwimatt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Huh, so Luxon does have the capacity to remove Ministerial portfolios, after all. I guess it's just a question of what he sees as a sackable offence and what he doesn't. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Chris Penk loses ministerial portfolios after Luxon leadership challenge
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has removed Chris Penk's ministerial portfolios.
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Attempting to outst the Prime Minister? Sackable offence as a Minister. Racism? Still fine apparently.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Peak manager vibes. Call everyone to an in person all hands on their day off. Waste everyone's time for three hours and achieve nothing. Puff yourself up about how good you are. Refuse to answer questions and leave.
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DHS @drhsinghnz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“Has probably done more damage to race relations in our time than any other single individual.” In March 1989, Prof. Mead called out Winston Peters for attacking the Waitangi Tribunal. 35 years later, the rhetoric around Te Tiriti in Aotearoa feels virtually unchanged. #NZPol #NZHistory #TeTiriti
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“A study of the Hansard supports Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick’s allegation that Speaker Gerry Brownlee gives New Zealand First’s Winston Peters a latitude he denies her, and other MPs who challenge Peters’ conduct.” #nzpol
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The Speaker’s selective severity: Rules for Swarbrick, rank for Peters
A study of the Hansard supports Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick’s allegation that Speaker Gerry Brownlee gives New Zealand First’s Winston Peters a latitude he denies her, and other MPs who c…
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Telling us not to listen to our gut/the vibes/sense of ick is one way that society sets women up for men to take advantage, overstep boundaries, and engage in abuse and harm. It's one of those frames that enables abusers to carry on abusing, bc their male mates find him "likeable"
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silverbeet-gd.bsky.social @silverbeet-gd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Why we call Winston Peters ‘Lao Pi’: he is wearing old skin that refuses to shed – Mengzhu Fu For decades, Lao Pi and NZ First have promoted overtly racist, anti-Māori, anti-Black, anti-Asian, colonial, Islamophobic, ableist, and transphobic discourse and policies e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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Why we call Winston Peters ‘Lao Pi’ | E-Tangata
“Mandarin-speaking communities are so familiar with Winston, we have nicknamed him 'Lao Pi'. Lao Pi is like that grumpy neighbour everyone knows is a problem. Except he’s not a random neighbour. He is...
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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This policy would directly lead to physical abuse of disabled and neurodivergent children. Tell your friends. I'm absolutely serious.
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Here's Mitchell's article, paywalled, but consider a subscription to support this kind of journalism. If that's not doable, if your library has PressReader you can log in with your library card and read it online as it appeared in print (where it was a full page) www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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The young men behind New Zealand’s new far-right movement
An investigation reveals how young Kiwi activists are using global far-right tactics to target local migrant communities.
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
TOP is DOGE
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
So much here, but the point that stood out to me is that stupid Netflix documentary that she refused to engage with (good on her). Everyone in NZ should boycot that shit. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...
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'He was a dictator': Mother of Marokopa children speaks out about her relationship with Tom Phillips
For most people, the Tom Phillips case began when he first disappeared with his children into the bush in 2021 and ended when he was shot dead by police last year.
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Benjamin 🜬 (they/she) @enbyemu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
For anyone who ever wants to read (or re-read) @trungles.com's Pride & Prejudice readthrough commentary w/o having to slog through needing to constantly expand the original thread, I put it all together on a google doc! 135 glorious pages! 💙📚 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Pride & Prejudice Commentary by Trung
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Lest we forget, Cook attempted to enter Wellington harbour on two occasions (once on the Endeavour and once on the Resolution) and failed both times. Not a good omen really. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Kupe and Cook: Names of new Cook Strait ferries announced
The two new Cook Strait ferries will be named Kupe and Cook.
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Lew @lewsos.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A humane state would prosecute the government agencies that permitted this state of affairs to occur, pour encourager les autres www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...
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'Christchurch is my tomb': From homelessness to hopelessness
Tormented by transience, Caitlin McDonald's life was as fragile and fleeting as the butterflies she saved from the street. Surviving less than two years homeless in Christchurch, she chronicled her jo...
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
He’s not “ charming, cheeky or outlandish” He’s childish, misogynist, racist and has value for far right ACT because he’s walking clickbait. He gets away with it because he’s white, connected, entitled & wealthy & media are willing to do puff pieces like this that excuse him because of it. #nzpol
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The cussing character that may become the PM’s latest curse
If a celebrity candidate can claw some right voters back to ACT - National could be headed for devastation station
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Couldn't agree more: "If you want the malign influences of David Seymour, Simeon Brown and Winston Peters consigned to history, vote for a party that is committed to doing it. Not one that might keep them in power" #nzpol
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Mickey @mickeytreadwell.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
📢 Latest update on the Dunedin weather. We had a higher volume of rain than predicted last night. Most of the system has held up well, but Mosgiel has been hit hard due to localised rainfall there. The Taieri Bowling Club on Wickliffe Street is open as an evacuation and Welfare Centre.
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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
When women are ignored and disbelieved every day, what options do we have left?
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When women are ignored and disbelieved every day, what options do we have left?
A disturbing incident detailed in a newly released IPCA report is part of a pattern that goes back years, across the criminal justice system....
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Tāne @daylightdawn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
“…in one year, the current Government awarded landlords more money than has been paid out to Māori in 40 years as compensation for historical wrongs.” Dr Neal Curtis. (2.9b v 2.7b) #AoNZpol
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Another thing about the birthrate discourse that pisses me off is “replacement”. For the most part it’s up to women to replace ourselves and ALL THE MEN IN THE WORLD. The same men that on a macro level treat us like dogshit. NO THANK YOU FUCK OFF. DIE OFF.
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 17/06/2026
I don't want to hear one single 'show us the costings' with regard to Pay Equity discussions in NZ A nation that pays people inequitably simply because of their gender or race isn't a nation to take seriously. Pay Equity or get the fuck in the sea.
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Robot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Government: 'Every mother gets a 3-day postnatal stay.' Officials: 'That needs $100m and 175 beds.' Government: 'Here's $34.4m and a press release.' Bed not included. #nzpol
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The Government announced a three-day stay in maternity care for new mums. It didn’t fund the beds
The Ministry of Health advised 175 extra beds would need to be added with a price tag in excess of $100m.
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 10/06/2026
Otago Harbour dead calm today. Petrol tanker Esteem Houston followed by our brand new tug Ōtepoti
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 10/06/2026
a few hours ago, a judge in wisconsin ruled that everlee wihongi's 2014 marijuana charge has been vacated. this means ICE now have *zero* legal grounds to keep her detained. please RT, and thanks for carting about this story: www.webworm.co/hugewin/
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A Huge Win For Everlee
David Farrier reports Everlee Wihongi's 2014 marijuana charge has been vacated and she may be freed from her ICE prison as early as next week.
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
David Farrier's Webworm: "Someone tell that to New Zealand's minister of foreign affairs Winston Peters, who has given exactly zero shits this entire time – never apologising for throwing Everlee under the bus by telling the media she'd lied on a form at LAX."
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Instead of raising wages and improving conditions so workers want to work on farms, ACT proposes visas akin to indentured servitude to ease farmer worker shortages. #nzpol
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ACT proposes new 'Rural Workforce Visa' to ease farmer worker shortages
The 'Rural Workforce Visa' is aimed at giving farms a more reliable source of workers year round.
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Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you're repeatedly "unaware" and don't get the hint that you should be and make the necessary changes then that's a decision you've made. That's Strategic Innocence, which I feel like is a first cousin to Weaponised Incompetence.
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