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AuDHD hermit living in Aotearoa NZ 🇳🇿 I hyperfixate on politics far too much for my general wellbeing. Other than that, movies/games/books/my cats are my reason for living.

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 6h
"Farrar and Williams have frequently appeared on RNZ, often billed in ways that make them appear almost independent commentators." | How New Zealand’s right turned culture war into political strategy www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610... #nzpol
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How NZ’s right turned culture war into political strategy
Nicky Hager’s latest book argues the tactics of New Zealand’s organised right have changed, but the interests behind them have not.
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 6h
Clarifying that, I mean our welfare system needs updating. The relationship rules need the boot!
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It's long overdue to be looked at and updated for the better
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Ciara 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 6h
Wish I could talk to Chlöe or Marama for 5 mins. Just wanna let them know if they form a government, & during negotiations they made getting rid of relationship means testing for the permanently disabled/chronically ill a non negotiable, & got it across the line, it would change my life. #nzpol
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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 15h
#nzpol Atlas Network and RW party donors are rotting the system for tax-free hundreds of millions for their own pockets 😡😡😡 #taxwealthnotwork www.nzherald.co.nz/business/bes...
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Best Start charity has paid founders $287m tax-free
The charity-owned childcare giant pays another $36m to its rich-lister founders.
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Sophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Constantly giving ground means you'll almost never get it back. Learn your history, people. #nzpol
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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 16h
#nzpol Living wage plans could also fuel productivity, reduce reliance on WFF tax credits and demand for foodbanks, and alleviate child poverty harms another economist warns. 🙏.
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
great minds 😌
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
that definitely seems to be in their campaign notes!
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
At least tribbles are cute while wildly multiplying
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Star Trek: Captain Kirk and the Tribbles
ALT: Star Trek: Captain Kirk and the Tribbles
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They've multiplied #nzpol
Photo taken from car of fence with MANY national party billboards covering it. over 10 billboards it looks like
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh my. #nzpol
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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We’ve all been there. You’re stumbling home drunk and you have to nip into the bushes because you’re busting for a weave.
A flax or harekeke bush that’s had one of its long leaves weaved into a circular mesh about the size of a tea saucer.
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Clip from 2016 There were 37,151 tests and just 55 positive so that is approximately 0.15%
From 2016
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How I arrived on BlueSky
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Good Morning, Nosferatu
ALT: Good Morning, Nosferatu
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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Join me at Turnout Together: People Power vs Big Money
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Turnout Together: People Power vs Big Money
Aotearoa is a country with enough for all of us to live good lives. But this election has shown us what happens when big money teams up with big politics at the expense of our communities, our environ...
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The headline buries the lede: ❌️ Cutting benefit rates after 2yrs ❌️ Incr stand down to 26wks (up from 13wks) ❌️ Incr minimum residence period to qualify benefits from 2yrs to 5yrs These are awful, horrifying policies that will drive povery and misery #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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National promises random drug testing for jobseeker beneficiaries
National is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work".
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womblingweka.bsky.social @womblingweka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Also: "Other parts of the plan included reducing the amount paid to Jobseekers who have been on the benefit two of the previous three years." Way to kick people when they're down. I'm sure their long-term goal is to eliminate the Jobseeker benefit altogether. #nzpol
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the instagram comments were not impressed
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
1.5 million to punch down
Upston said it would start with 10,000 tests in the first year and expand over time.

National expects the policy to cost around $1.5 million per annum and be funded from MSD baselines. The savings are expected to be just over $580 million from 2027/28 to 2030/31.
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Drug testing for politicians, when? #nzol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
National promises random drug testing for jobseeker beneficiaries
National is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work".
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Suhail @liahus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How much brain damage do you need to sustain before you start thinking that being a skilled sportsperson or artist is the same as being a billionaire that makes their money through mass labour exploitation and US military contracts. These people are freaks Please register to vote 🙏 vote.nz #nzpol
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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Worth switching to Whakaata Māori to watch Māori Electorate Debate with Waiariki candidates. Better mood, more interesting even if you don't vote in that electorate. #NZpol www.maoriplus.co.nz/show/whakata...
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Watch Whakatau Election 2026 - Waiariki | MĀORI+ | Whakaata Māori
Māori Electorate Debate - Waiariki. Featuring candidates from all the main political parites. Moderated by Maiki Sherman and Julian Wilcox.
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NZ herald's debate started with an AI segment featuring an AI generated not quite-Ryan Bridge on the 'future' of NZ. I switched off the livesteam so fast #nzpol
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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6if... NB: there were at least 32 false or misleading statements made by PM Luxon (Hipkins 1, corrected in real time)
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The Leader's Debate: Fact Checked.
YouTube video by Paul… The Other One
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ask yourself not what TOP can do for you, but that what the Greens can’t do better? #NZPol
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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have a (very small!) role on TV3’s election special tomorrow (Wednesday) talking about climate change and infrastructure It’s a live show from 7pm looking at the big future challenges facing our country - at the end a panel of political leaders respond to the issues #nzpol #FuturesThinking
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Raquel Blackburn @queenofcobden.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'People found Luxon a bit unrelatable' About the man who spends $60 on Frujus? Never! #nzpol
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Elizabeth S @irihapeta.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The gall of Luxon saying that Te Aka Whai Ora / Māori Health Authority didn't achieve anything when his govt disestablished it so quickly. #nzpol Oh, and now he's saying that Three Waters was divisive! Gaaaah!!!
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Kalaharidown @kalaharidown.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Me yelling at the tv: “BRING UP THE FERRY!” #nzpol
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Live from National Party HQ
Two panel comic strip

Mr Burns and Smithers look dismayed, with text: Nicola, I'm beginning to think Simeon is not the brilliant tactician I thought he was

Homer rotating sideways on the floor with text: no new taxes no new taxes no new taxes no new taxes
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
UPDATE: friend who sent me the photo says MORE have been put in the empty places
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you took the $800 million National want to spend on 11km of road and shared it equally between all South Island Councils they'd each get $38 million to spend on roads which would have a wider net positive on roads than 11km of north Christchurch highway.
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Increasing pay for women to be equable for women it’s not gone money Women spend money Women pay taxes Fair is fair #NZPol
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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No idea who started re sharing this, but relevant again with the transport policy announcements over the weekend xD #nzpol
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
definitely multiplying, concerning 😅
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Code Veronica remake promotion team going hard
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wayne Brown was not the hero Auckland asked for but the hero Auckland does need In telling Luxon to fuck off yet again
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 04/10/2026
still odd how giant new zealand outlets like 1NEWS report on a story like this, going out of their way to minimize webworm's involvement. to be clear: we led the reporting, & there WOULD BE NO REPORTING if we hadn't broken the story after a year of research: www.webworm.co/multiverse/
one news report from last week
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
the six National Party billboards have increased to EIGHT #nzpol
photo of political party billboards on a fence, there are eight national party billboards compared to six of other different parties
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David Tong @davidxvx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It is hilarious that Todd McClay fairly obviously confused Fernando Hernandez Espino of Both Ends with Francisco Hernandez of the Greens but neither he nor Luxon will admit it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Christopher Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens
Christopher Luxon has walked back claims made by one of his ministers about the Greens, before then suggesting - wrongly - that they originated from the media.
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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Told that the Green Party had not been involved, Luxon replied: "Great, great. That's good to hear. That's good that you've bottomed that out. Well done, well done... Good job."" #nzpol
https://rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs/6abc67e21a627917b58a7cb9/index.html
Oct 2, 2026 3:36 PM
RNZ Live
Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens
Christopher Luxon has walked back claims made by one of his ministers about the Greens, before then suggesting - wrongly - that they originated from the media.

Trade Minister Todd McClay, on Wednesday, accused the Green Party of "joining with foreign actors to attack New Zealand" in regards to a climate change complaint lodged with the European Commission.

The Greens quickly denied any involvement and McClay provided no evidence.

Asked for evidence on Friday, Luxon put the responsibility back on reporters to investigate whether Green co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick had any involvement.

"That'd be up for you guys to ascertain whether she has or hasn't," he said.

Luxon then suggested that the media had first raised the possibility of Swarbrick's involvement.

"I'm just saying that's not appropriate if that's the case. But equally, I'm sure she hasn't done that."

Told that the Green Party had not been involved, Luxon replied: "Great, great. That's good to hear. That's good that you've bottomed that out. Well done, well done... Good job."

In a statement, Swarbrick said McClay had provided "zero evidence" to support his "bizarre claim". She said Luxon's government was blaming everybody else for the consequences of its policy to "shred climate action".

"The worst absurdity of all of this is that the most fired up the Government has got on climate action is trying to cover their tracks by attacking everyone else, instead of doing the responsible thing."

Luxon said he was not worried about the international complaint because New Zealand upheld its free trade obligations.

"It's very disingenuous to suggest otherwise. We take that incredibly seriously. We are a free trading nation. We respect our FTA agreements and what's in them, and we'll continue to do so.

"When any other country gets to 96.3 percent renewable electri…
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is not how democracy should be. Wealth hoarders with their thumbs on the scales, paying for access
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If feeding a hungry kid accidentally benefits an "undeserving" kid, I am prepared to live with this devastating outcome.
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WAIT so I just looked up House of Science, it's part of the Wright Family Foundation?? NZ is just a couple gross orgs stacked on one another in a trenchcoat. #nzpol
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
She was also critical of Duggan's involvement in the curriculum writing group.

"The people that should be in charge of generating curriculum for the tamariki and rangatahi of Aotearoa should be people who are experts, academics, educators basing those assessments on research, not people who are looking to make money or have a vested commercial interest," she said.

"The resources should follow the curriculum, not the other way around."
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Stanford's emphasis on education funding going to resources and workbooks has always made me (in my vibes based opinion) feel uneasy. Schools need more teachers and a support staff. It just seems like a way to funnel public money into for profit learning businesses.
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
'Before the tender began House of Science chief executive Chris Duggan was also added to a group helping to write the science curriculum, on Stanford's recommendation [...] she stood to gain materially from being on it.' #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/01/l...
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Labour calls for investigation into $40m school science kit contract
The House of Science had repeatedly lobbied the Education Minister for funding – but Erica Stanford insists it’s all above board.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In short it's more disintegration of the power network in favour of private providers it's just got some solar panels on it to make you distracted from the shit they're gonna do to existing power trusts etc
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