iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

cj sandall @cjs.nz · 28/09/2026

As the election looms, I will be focusing my efforts into tools to help kiwis feel more informed. If you have anything you’d like to see, let me know. I will update again when the data is verified. 3/3 See the data: nzpt.cjs.nz/urgency Follow the bot: @nzpt.cjs.nz #nzpol #aonz

nzpt.cjs.nz

The New Zealand Politics Toolbox by CJS

The NZ Govt has passed bills under urgency! See all the stats for free!

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 28/09/2026

I currently have someone checking the historical data, as there seems to be issues raised with how that’s been calculated. When this is finished, a more polished comparison of rates and use cases of urgency will be published. This will be a more editorial style. 2/2

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 28/09/2026

Regarding the #nzpol Urgency Tracker: The 54th Parliament data is now frozen as a best-estimate. Errors previously raised regarding duplication and hashing issues have been addressed. The final numbers are below, however will be revised once the final sessional journals are made available. 1/1

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 23/09/2026

New cat moved into the complex and is exploring the neighbourhood I don’t think (s)he knows we can see

Cat watching the camera lens through glass door

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 22/09/2026

job hunting in new zealand is a humiliation ritual and i completely understand the brain drain

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 21/09/2026

The University of Canterbury Students Association petition to parliament to grandfather in Fees Free to current students (many of whom made their decision to go to university based on fees free) closes tonight. Please consider signing and sharing #nzpol #nzao petitions.parliament.nz/dcc78884-1a1...

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 22/08/2026

Why does he look like that

Black/Brown Burmese X with lopsided eyes looking longingly at the camera.

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 22/08/2026

How I have felt all day seeing the CRL posts 🥲

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 22/08/2026

I can’t believe I’m actually feeling jealous seeing jafas with their fancy new train network almost here

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 12/08/2026

How we feeling NZPol

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Lilith Grace Toitū Te Tiriti @lilithgrace.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Landlording is the only occupation where “didn’t realise they were being inappropriate” is a defence. Holy crap. #NZPol Upper Riccarton tenants win $2500 after repeated uninvited visits from landlord’s mother www.rnz.co.nz/news/communi...

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Upper Riccarton tenants win $2500 after repeated uninvited visits from landlord’s mother

A group of flatmates knew a garage renovation would be happening at the property they were renting when they moved in.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Goddammit RNZ don't get my hopes up #nzpol

RNZ headline that cuts off at "National Party MP Louise Upston has quit"

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 12/07/2026

I’m so glad that they didn’t continue the trend of rushing everything under urgency so we couldn’t submit against it

NZPolToolbox | NZPT
Urgency Tracker
SITTING DAYS
190
URGENT SITTING DAYS
21
% OF DAYS URGENT
11.1%
Last updated: 12 July 2026 • nzpt.cjs.nz
Data sourced from parliament.nz
BILLS THIS PARLIAMENT
227
BILLS UNDER URGENCY
125
% OF BILLS URGENT
55.1%

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 08/06/2026

I could have made you Wellington folk a website that passes basic web standards for a hell of a lot less just an fyi #nzpol

'Angry' Andrew Little launches independent investigation into $600k library website spend
Ethan Manera
Wellington Reporter • NZ Herald

PageSpeed insights report for new central library site: COMPLETE FAIL CORE WEB VITALS

PageSpeed insights report for new central library site: Critical Fail: Accessibility

PageSpeed insights report for new central library site: Fail - SEO

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 30/05/2026

Turns out this was wrong and they never did drop below it…

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 30/05/2026

I am sorry for undercounting this Parliament’s determination for skipping consultation. If you’re looking for a more technical writeup, that is coming soon, I just need to head into campus and take advantage of some better hardware. I may need to write some OIAs too. 🧵 x/x nzpt.cjs.nz/urgency/

nzpt.cjs.nz

NZPT — New Zealand Politics Toolbox

Free, open-source tools for New Zealand political transparency.

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 30/05/2026

Turns out that the scraper didn’t correctly handle weird spacings that had happened 18 times this parliament, meaning 8 bills had never been correctly counted (accounting for duplicates). 🧵 3/x

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 30/05/2026

Last night I was told that the new urgent bills weren’t counted correctly. Today I have explored and I found that not only had the parliamentary service made a change that broke my tool (again), I had been undercounting for months. 🧵 2/x

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 30/05/2026

Although parliament is still sitting for budget related urgency, here are the latest urgency stats (57% OF BILLS URGENT!). If you are curious why the stats are so much higher, keep reading this thread, I have something to admit ⤵️ #nzpol #aonz 🧵 1/x Source: @nzpt.cjs.nz

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 28/05/2026

As a pie chart if you want to look share of the cake (via @nzpt.cjs.nz) Such a large cut to NACT

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 28/05/2026

My favourite sign from the Ōtautahi Fees Free Protest #savefeesfree #nzpol

“GET STUDENTS BACK ON CRACK #savefeesfree” with a unflattering photo of Luxon

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 27/05/2026

Just in case you don't appreciate just how fucking awful everything is.

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 27/05/2026

I’m sure today’s budget will fix this as operating expenditures are expected to increase despite cuts

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 27/05/2026

Happy Budget Day Urgency will be used to pass the budget as with every other year - this is normal

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NZPT Bot @nzpt.cjs.nz · 26/05/2026

NZPT Changes 27 May: Finances shows donations in order. Urgency historical page now shows parties in government instead of prime minster.

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 26/05/2026

For the first time in about a year, the %age of bills urgent has dropped below 50%, with an all time peak of 58%. Budget is normally passed urgently, so this may not be true after this week. Source @nzpt.cjs.nz #nzpol #aonz

NZPT URGENCY TRACKER:
Sitting Days: 188
Urgent Sitting Days: 20
% of days urgent: 10.6%
Bills Seen: 216
Bills Urgent: 106
% of bills urgent: 49.1
Data as of 27/05/2026

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 25/05/2026

Awesome! Now about the paedophilia…

From AP News:

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.”

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 24/05/2026

Why the fuck does Acrobat install McAfee bro I don’t want this shit

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Imagine being so bad at your job that the only way to 'balance the books' is to take money from poor people.

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NZPT Bot @nzpt.cjs.nz · 21/05/2026

Urgency Tracker: Again the urgency tracker has decided to stop working. Here’s the current plan: - A patch for the urgency tracker should be out today, with the tracker returning to normal from next sitting day. - A new tool is in the works that tracks the Hansard for more than just urgency. 1/x

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 17/05/2026

She does because it’s straight out of his playbook.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Erica Stanford says she has done more for Māori than any Education Minister in NZ, and blames the "left" and "media" for her actions, and ignorance. She also didn't know school boards are crown entities, and boasts the MoE requires micro-managing Quite extraordinary stuff #nzpol #kiwi

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Erica Stanford: I have done more for Māori than any Education Minister

YouTube video by Mountain Tui

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 17/05/2026

Two Cabinet ministers made the decision to reject the latest global health rules against official advice, just before the eruption of the hantavirus outbreak. - Newsroom Pro - $ -

newsroom.co.nz

Officials said new health rules would protect NZ - but ministers rejected them

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 17/05/2026

It has been a week and the Parliamentary Service have reformatted the way their sites work again. This is getting suspiciously repetitively coincidental.

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 10/05/2026

My points about the Radware are the equivalent of the National Library requiring a chicken costume to enter. There is no reason for the strictness of the protection software, all it does it make it hard for tracking applications to access the information regularly.

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 10/05/2026

At least they’ve responded to you, they just ghosted me completely. I’ve been working on a project that analyses parliament video footage/house sessions and the entire way the website works is not great.

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 10/05/2026

Yeah I assume they just don’t check the email account anymore I’d be curious to know who made the decision to add bot blocking to the platform, as there’s definitely external consequences

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 10/05/2026

Yeah the point isn’t too much that it’s hard to get around, more that the parliamentary service are blocking non-humans from reading an RSS feed (and the links within the RSS feed). Without the feeds, I have to scrape an entire webpage, and then use text filtering to find what I’m looking for.

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 10/05/2026

I don’t normally write blog posts so excuse the poor writing, but I feel it is an important enough issue to share. Feel free to share this, or provide feedback, and if anyone knows someone at the Parliamentary Service who may have answers, please reach out #nzpol

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 10/05/2026

#nzpol it’s been a long two working days but I’m sure they’ll get back to me soon…

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 10/05/2026

I didn’t include in the blog post, but I first raised this issue to the Parliamentary Services on January 5th and have not had any acknowledgment since. It seems despite their website saying two business days, they just ignore the email.

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 10/05/2026

Since NZPT first went public, small changes to the Parliament website have rendered many civic-tech applications useless. I’ve written a blog post about this in order to air my frustrations and concerns, and I’m sharing here in case anyone is curious. #AoNZ #NZPol #NZPT

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When the Doors Close Quietly: How a Bot Filter is Undermining Parliamentary Transparency — CJ Sandall

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 08/05/2026

NZPT has been reworked, if you enjoyed the earlier tool, I hope you’ll enjoy this new rework. Feedback welcome. nzpt.cjs.nz

nzpt.cjs.nz

NZPT · New Zealand Politics Toolbox

Free, open-source tools for New Zealand political transparency.

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NZPT Bot @nzpt.cjs.nz · 08/05/2026

[AUTO] NZPT has been updated with brand a new backend, better error handling, and more tools and features. Check it out today on nzpt.cjs.nz #NZPol

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 06/05/2026

I’m sure the link between Greymouth Petroleum and Wildlife Amendment Bill being rushed under urgency is coincidental.

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 06/05/2026

I have identified the duplicate TOP entries (resulting from the name change taking place AFTER first donation filing date) This will be fixed in the coming hours

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