iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Met up with @garypayinda.bsky.social who was attending the ASMS conference today here in Wellington. If you’re looking for a candidate who cares passionately about health, and the good people of Whangārei - then he absolutely deserves your vote!

710215

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Delighted to be at Dr. Ayesha Verrall’s campaign launch today. Ayesha is an MP will get things done for Wellington, and knows how to represent everyone in our City. We have 84 days until we can get rid of this one term government, and start looking after people again.

36010

Reposted by Craig Renney

Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The next big hairy debate is mere days away! Big Hairy Te Tiriti Debate - Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland 15th August Please share around your networks! Tickets: bhn-treaty-debate.lilregie.com

21510

Reposted by Craig Renney

Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

we also have a very limited amount of tickets donated by the BHN community for those that would like to attend, but who are feeling the cost of living, feel free to email us; bhn.nz/contact/

bhn.nz

BHN

Big Hairy Network (BHN) is a progressive media network featuring news, podcasts, and video content.

061

Reposted by Craig Renney

Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Saturday night it's the Big Hairy Health debate. We still have some tickets for the live audience available, and it's a great opportunity for Dunedin Voters to pose questions and hear answers from parliamentarians. bhn.nz/debates/#hea...

1135

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Delighted to stand with @nzpsa.bsky.social and Deb, who works for Nurse Maude. She is one of the 250 care workers on strike today, because their employer wants to cut sick leave, and has offered no pay deal. Deb & other care workers deserve decent pay, decent conditions, and our total support.

Standing with Deb, a Nurse Maude care worker

28029

Reposted by Craig Renney

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

ActionStation are hosting their Hui ē! Together for the Vote Launch this month. If you’re serious about protecting worker rights, Te Taiao, Te Tiriti, or any of the other many things under attack from this Government, come along to learn how we’re getting out the vote this election year. #nzpol

our.actionstation.org.nz

Hui ē! Together for The Vote - The Big Launch

Together for The Vote is for anyone wanting to lift enrolment and get out the vote this election. If you’re serious about Te Tiriti, economic and climate justice, you know the need for real change is...

0148

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Labour will back more tradies and young people through a trades qualification. We'll support employers for up to 2 years rather than one. Apprentices will get up to $1k for tools. We’ll also cover more trades, creating new opportunities. Let’s build a future for young people in Aotearoa.

3457

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Yesterday I posted to insta about being proud to stand with the trans community and allies in Wellington. Within minutes someone sent me a picture of a burning trans flag. Wellington is a city that welcomes everyone, and I will always campaign to keep it that way. This is a city of hope not hate.

413014

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Get where you're going for less with Labour. $20 a week is the most you'll pay for public transport. This package would save a typical 2-commuter household nearly $2,500 a year in Wellington Bays/Rongotai. No paperwork, just real cost of living support for you and your family.

1110021

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Huge turnout in Newtown yesterday for Labour. Volunteers ready to knock on doors and tell everyone how truly bad the Budget was, and why it will leave communities further behind. 160 days until we can deliver the change New Zealand is crying out for, and rebuild the services we all rely on.

4364

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Labour stands with public servants, public service unions, and the services we all need. 167 days to make this a one-term government and turn New Zealand around

911420

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Everyday this government tries to do Wellington down, we just wake up in the morning and look better than ever. It’s the perfect day to see you at Te Papa at 12 - stand with @nzpsa.bsky.social and tell the government how out of touch it is with the values we hold. See you there!

14014

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Out for a quick run - and this is the scene at Princess Bay. Why would you live anywhere else?!

0481

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Cold, wet, bit of a long day? is there anything better for your soul than a roast shop? A delicate balance of essential fats and carbohydrates, backed by modern sports nutritionists. Kilbirne you’ve done it again!

5452

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

With more rain yet to come for Wellington, look out for each other over the next few days. Stay safe, stay out of flood water, and follow emergency services advice. For more information look at the WREMO & Wellington City Council websites www.facebook.com/WREMOnz/ www.facebook.com/wellingtonci...

13110

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Sat down to write a few lines for an event tomorrow. Simba has other ideas…back scratching is apparently a more urgent priority 🐈

3513

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Wonderful to be invited to lunch with the Cambodian community here at the Island Bay Temple. I heard from them about the cost of living, transport, jobs, and their special community. It’s places like this that make Wellington Bays/Rongotai unique - and why being their MP would be such an honour.

2246

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Lovely to be invited to talk with the Assyrian community in Wellington, celebrating their 6776th New Years festival. Hearing about their experiences and what matters for them at moment. Akitu Breekha!

Standing with members of the Assyrian Community in their new year festival

1171

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

#nzpol Child poverty data from Stats NZ out today. All political parties except Act agreed to the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018, creating legally mandated targets for child poverty reduction. Right now, we are missing even the looser targets the government has set. A 🧵

29451

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

#nzpol Prices for basics are rising again at a rate much faster than wages, new data from Stats NZ shows. 70% of workers got a pay rise less than 3% last year and 44% got no pay rise at all. Food prices rose 4.6% overall, with the price of white bread rising 58% this year. A 🧵

510350

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

#nzpol I’m here at the release of the Salvation Army State of the Nation for 2026. It’s a portrait of the problems facing Aotearoa, and how we are doing in tackling them. Many of the problems we face have worsened over the past two years. A 🧵

46423

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

#nzpol New unemployment data from Stats NZ today, showing the impact of an economy that isn't working. An additional 5,000 people became unemployed during the quarter, rising to levels last seen in 2015. 164,000 people are now unemployed, up 39,000 in just 2 years. A🧵

411450

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

#nzpol Stats NZ has put Household Living Price Index data - showing how the cost of living is affecting different households. The cost of living has nearly stalled if you have a high income (1.2%). The poorest have a household inflation rate (3.4%) nearly 3 times the rate of the richest.

Household Living Price Index Annual Inflation

36636

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

#nzpol Today in FEC @barbedmonds.bsky.social asked MOF why GDP for 2026 keeps falling. The data from Treasury is clear - forecasts have fallen at every update year - down $14.4bn in just 2 years. Perhaps insanity really is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result

56524

Reposted by Craig Renney

David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

[I am reposting as I have fixed an error in processing the csv file (in turning dates in Jan and Oct from text to date where Excel truncated year.month x.10 to x.1) Visualisation of how much bread the minimum wage can afford to buy, which is well below 2016 when National were last in government.

04628

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

#nzpol Data released by Stats NZ today shows that the cost of living rose at its fastest rate for 18 months. Prices rose for 80% of items in the CPI basket, meaning growth in prices was broad-based. Minimum wage workers are now facing a 3rd year of real terms cuts in wages. A thread

414373

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

#nzpol The Prime Minister spent longer managing his Spotify Playlists than writing that speech. Nothing new, nothing to help manage growing unemployment, more cuts signalled to government investment. That wasn't a State of the Nation - it was asking people to forget the past two years.

1020259

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

#nzpol - I have had a look at these 'green shoots' ahead of the Prime Minister's State of the Nation Speech on Monday. The data tells us that we have spent two years regressing. Let’s not make it another 4. More at: craigrenney.substack.com/p/the-recove...

craigrenney.substack.com

The recovery you want has been further delayed

The government will be desperate to tell a story that things have improved. The data tells us that we have spent two years regressing. Let’s not make it another 4.

47935

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

#nzpol NBR reports the Min. of Finance saying a "Stronger economy will help the Government’s books". nbr.co.nz/politics/str... The chart (from @labourcartel.bsky.social) might explain the government's current situation. Something happened in late 2023, and things have gotten worse since.

13711

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

#nzpol Data released today shows that for all the talk of green shoots, the economy hasn’t grown at all in 2 years. Unemployment is up, & the cost of living is still rising for middle and low-income New Zealanders. The GDP increase today simply balances out the fall previously. A Thread

411754

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

#nzpol In the house today, Nicola Willis said that in my recent book I thought the debt limit for the government should be 80-90% of GDP. As is clear in the book - that is the Treasury's position, not mine. See P.14 of www.treasury.govt.nz/sites/defaul...

67530

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

#nzpol HYEFU shows that the OBEGAL deficit is no longer in the same postcode as the National Party Fiscal Plan. We never get close to the surplus being promised - to the tune of -$48bn across the period to 2027/28

OBEGAL at PREFU, National Fiscal Plan, and HYEFU 25

23715

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

#nzpol HYEFU data today showed that unemployment is forecast to stay much higher than forecast by Treasury at the last election. There will be 76,000 more people on jobseekers by 2027. Wages going up by less every year than forecast at the last election.

Chart showing unemployment between HYEFU and PREFU

85327

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

#nzpol Just catching up with the HYEFU data today - but the data looks grim pretty much across the board. One data point stood out to me - the economy will be cumulatively $28.3bn smaller at the next election than predicted by Treasury at the last election.

1111553

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

#nzpol Congratulations to Unions Wellington on the opening of the ‘front door to the union movement’ - resource centre and community & union organising space in Wellington Trades Hall. Come and talk to the lovely people here on Vivian Street about worker rights and organising!

The front window of the Reception - a Unions Wellington organising space

08828

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

#nzpol Today the government announced that the minimum wage will rise by 2% in April 2026. On current forecasts this will represent the 3rd successive year in which minimum wage workers will face a real terms cut in pay. Over 3 years full time workers are $4,184 worse off. A 🧵

18037

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

#nzpol Data out today on the economy ahead of the GDP reading next week. It’s a mixed bag – Profits up for firms but not wages. Some sectors are seeing growth, but parts of the private sector are smaller than at the election. This isn’t broad-based growth - we’ve just stopped falling. A 🧵

36426

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

#nzpol Here at a packed meeting at the Basin Reserve to talk about the SH1 changes. At $3.8bn it’s a lot money - and NZTA is talking about tolling, a regional fuel levy, and a levy on your rates. Nothing to tackle climate change. We need a solution to traffic, but Wellington also needs a fair deal.

4396

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

#nzpol NZTA put out a very redacted report on the proposed changes to SH1. It shows that the likely cost of the package will be borne by Wellingtonians, regardless of whether they use the roads. Wellington does need new infrastructure, and it needs a fair deal. A🧵 nzta.govt.nz/assets/proje...

nzta.govt.nz

13918

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

#nzpol Standing in solidarity with @NZPSA workers, and unions here in Auckland. Healthcare workers look after us and our families. The government should come to the bargaining table, listen, and settle this dispute.

28218

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

#nzpol Is the government so broke that it will allow "at least three years of ageing Interislander ferries plying the notorious stretch of water with no viable rescue vessel if things go wrong"? thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608... 1/3

thepost.co.nz

Cook Strait rescue tug going with no replacement

Transport Minister Chris Bishop blames “a significant escalation in costs and little clear benefit” for calling it quits on a replacement.

55117

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I’m delighted to announce I'm standing as the Labour candidate in Wellington Bays/Rongotai in 2026. I'm thrilled to fight for better jobs, housing, and health services in our community. Look in the bio to donate, volunteer, and help us deliver a better government next year.

3024535

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

#nzpol Standing with Firefighters who are fighting for better wages and equipment that works. It’s time to support them and keep New Zealanders safe

414123

Reposted by Craig Renney

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Today marks 15 years since the Pike River mine disaster. Anna and Sonya are meeting with Brooke van Velden today to call for stronger health and safety protections in our country, taking time out of the most precious day of their year to fight for all New Zealanders. #nzpol

35821

Reposted by Craig Renney

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

#nzpol Tomorrow will mark the 15-year anniversary of the Pike River mine disaster which killed 29 workers, shocked the nation, and opened a conversation about our poor workplace health and safety record. A decade and a half later, we still haven't resolved that conversation. A🧵

46730

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

#nzpol The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of: - Food prices up 4.7% - Fruit up 11% - Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2% - Bread up 11.4% - Cheese up 14.8% - Eggs up 16.2% - Electricity up 11.8% Laser-focused on the cost of living

10245112

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

#nzpol Good News Alert 🚨 ETU and @workersfirstunion.bsky.social won their case in the Supreme Court against Uber - meaning the court found some workers were employees rather than contractors. Opening the door to more workers being able to claim their rights! www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...

courtsofnz.govt.nz

26418