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that is great news. No more "I own six houses so get to vote six times" bullshit.

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Bill Bennett @billbennett.bsky.social · 51m

Today's newsletter looks at how the Commerce Commission will decide if the proposed 2degrees-One NZ network sharing joint venture should go ahead. It's important in the light of what happened long term after two supermarket chains merged 25 years ago. billbennett.co.nz/comcom-to-te...

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Commerce Commission examines 2degrees - One NZ network deal

The Commerce Commission will test the proposed network sharing joint venture between 2degrees and One NZ. Rocket Lab gets Iridium go ahead. Tuanz breaks even in time for 40 year anniversary.

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 55m

Marama Davidson: "There is enough in Aotearoa to make sure everyone has what they need to live with dignity" I watched all of this interview, in spite of being intensely irritated by Jack Tame at times, who is not nearly as clever as he thinks he is #nzpol www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Xs...

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Marama Davidson on Greens' super-rich tax, KiwiMart, and working with National

YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame

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Alma De Anda @almadeanda.greens.org.nz · 45m

I'd love to meet you at any of these Meet the Candidate events being held across Selwyn this October #nzpol

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 3h

So, yeah, this happened early hours this morning in Dijon France.

Accolades in France for Māori YA novel

Aotearoa author Tania Roxborogh wins Génération Mer award for Charlie Tangaroa

Author Tania Roxborogh has won a 2026 Génération Mer literary award for the French edition of her children’s novel Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea.

The novel has been named the winner of the Étoiles Bleues – Ados category, an award celebrating books that engage readers aged 13 to 18 with marine life and the ocean.

Originally produced in Aotearoa by Huia Publishers, Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea was published in France by Au Vent des Îles and translated into French by Christine Roth.

Roxborogh said she was deeply honoured that Charlie’s story had found another home with readers on the other side of the world.

‘It means a great deal to me that a story about a Māori boy from Aotearoa New Zealand has crossed the ocean and been welcomed in France. Stories connect us, and I think our oceans connect us too.

‘In Charlie Tangaroa, the sea isn’t simply the setting for the story. Charlie’s identity and whakapapa are connected to Tangaroa and to the moana. If we understand the ocean as something we are in relationship with, rather than simply something we own and use, that changes how we behave towards it.

‘I’m enormously grateful to Génération Mer for recognising Charlie’s story, to Christian Robert and the team at Au Vent des Îles for bringing the book to French readers, and especially to Christine Roth, whose translation has allowed French children to connect with Charlie and his world.’

Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea follows Charlie, a Māori boy who discovers he has an extraordinary connection to the ocean and the creatures within it. The novel draws on pūrākau, whakapapa and mātauranga Māori while asking questions about the relationship between people and the natural world. It combines wild adventure and humour with themes of belonging, identity and care for the environment.

The Génération Mer award adds an international honour to a book that has already received significant recognition in Aotearoa.

Roxborogh said she was ‘delighted’ to share the news.

‘When you write a story that is grounded so firmly in Aotearoa, you don’t necessarily know whether readers thousands of kilometres away will see themselves in it. This award reminds me that the particular can also be universal. Charlie can remain completely himself—a Māori kid from Aotearoa—and still make a connection with a young reader in France.’

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 17h

Somebody wake up green day

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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 17h

Appetite for construction

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 15h

Your Climate Watch Forecast: WE ARE SO FUCKED www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oup...

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ClimateWatch: El Niño strengthens, OCTOBER update

YouTube video by WeatherWatchTV

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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 17h

Have youse noticed that the slap head pm is going out of his way to not say the words “I used to run an airline”, I guess that line ficus groups badly now? #NZPol

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 16h

Can we have a referendum to kick Nick Mowbray out of Aotearoa. He is basically causing political harm to this country #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

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‘These are the rules’: Nick Mowbray hits back at Hipkins over tactical voting comments

Follow the election campaign live.

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 17h

I know my default is grumpy cynicism but I actually started thinking maybe this Govts going to be done on November 7 today and that was a really really warm beautiful feeling.

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 17h

For our friends in Aotearoa-New Zealand as they head to an election on Sat 7 Nov 🇳🇿 👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz 🚨 Enrolments close October 25!

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 15h

this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time

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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 15h

Just heard on RNZ that polling showing 28% of Māori planning to vote Green for Party vote on Māori Roll, absolutely no wonder Christopher Luxon evacuating in his ill fitting trousers #NZPol

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 19h

Listen, people give journalists and journalism a hard time but honestly, where else can you get quality up-to-the-minute reporting like this?

Herald Facebook post that reads (IN ITS ENTIRETY): Emergency services rush to scene of incident in Auckland suburb.

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It just keeps getting worse and worse for Cornell.

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Jennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 20h

Excellent! The coalition of Ghouls should NEVER have stopped pay equity claims BUT they did 😐. Time to vote them OUT ⭐️🤜💚✅✅ #nzpol Greens put $4.5b bill on first part of reversing government's pay equity changes www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Greens put $4.5b bill on first part of reversing government's pay equity changes

The Green Party has pledged to reinstate the pay equity scheme and fund a settlement for the 65,000 care and support workers whose claim was stopped by the government's changes.

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Andy Gardner @discovery-process.bsky.social · 19h

Any time you attend a Tesla accident , look closely in case the accident was caused by front or rear suspension failure. I have pics. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

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Hollywood actor involved in Auckland crash

Stuff understands the film star was behind the wheel of a customised matte black Tesla that crashed into a parked taxi.

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Andy Gardner @discovery-process.bsky.social · 19h

#nzpol Anyone in chc got access to a high traffic location I can erect a 3m3 billboard with hand painted “National Minister paid Hyundai $600,000,000 to stop building our ferries “ on it? I have the materials but not the location

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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 21h

#NewZealands first inter city EV bus service $10 to go from Oamaru to Dunedin

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Because of gender and ethnic pay gaps in Aotearoa, Pacific women are now working for free until the end of the year. This election year, we need to vote for pay equity. It’s the only way to make sure that all working people are respected, valued, and paid what they’re owed. #nzpol

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Michael DiTullo @d2lo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The new BMW 3 series is available in both gas and EV variants. The EV variant: 💸 - $4k cheaper than the gas M variant w/ same performance 🏃‍♂️- gets over 400 miles of range and ⚡️ - can add 200 miles in 10 minutes of charging It’s time to stop making gas cars. apple.news/Az8vujjaVS72...

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BMW built the same car for gas and electric. The EV is $4,400 cheaper. — TechCrunch

The new BMW 3 Series shows just how quickly EVs have caught up to fossil fuel vehicles on pricing.

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Snugbucket @snugbucket.bsky.social · 23h

WTF? Give it to me, I'd do better than him... Lance Stroll F1 salary revealed in Aston Martin accounts share.google/wLgCM5QnlzFZ...

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Lance Stroll paid $12.2 million in F1 2025

Company accounts also hint at what Fernando Alonso earned...

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The Riverboat Captain @riverboatcapt.bsky.social · 22h

Mowbray dismissed Hipkins' criticisms of him, telling The Post most of his family’s money was made overseas and that he was not part of an “entrenched interest”. " Not sure that's the devastating burn Mowbray thinks it is.

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A lot of people who are lashing out at anyone and anything are furious because they'd convinced themselves Jacinda and Labour and COVID were the problem and it's been three years of not that and their lives have gotten worse so now they're just mad and being suckered by Winston again

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is the logical endpoint of trope tag marketing, tho in a music context. Please serve up what I *think* I want and nothing that will challenge or surprise. (In reality, of course, whether certain tropes are enjoyable is 100% down to execution. Frequently disappointed by things I 'should' like)

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

OMG full page full racist Hobson’s Pledge in The Post today is this even legal? #nzpol

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NZ Transit Buzz @nztransitbuzz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#BusNews: From October 1, NZTA has introduced new rules that require road users to give way to buses leaving bus stops. On roads with a 60km/h or lower speed limit, if bus drivers are leaving a bus stop, the side of the road or moving out of a bus lane, other drivers must give way to the bus.

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Looking at these 4, I bloody well hope so. #nzpol

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Robert McLachlan @robertmclachlan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New NZ utility solar records set on 24 & 29 Sep, 550 MW peak, 4408 MWh for the day, due to the Tauhei & Kowhai Park solar farms (each 150 MW) entering service. Will double in next 12 months. Previous record was 360 MW set in August during Tauhei commissioning.

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

“At the moment, e-trucks are mainly a Chinese phenomenon — more than nine out of 10 sold globally in the first half of 2026 were in the country, according to BNEF. But that’s changing." #alwaysbecharging #battchat 🔋🔋🔋

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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oil prices go up China - absolutely the fuck not

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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 23h

I mean, speaking for the entire world, we hate you now.

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Diane Fanning @dianefanning.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If we all just switched to cursive and stick shift cars, we could cripple an entire generation. #seenonateeshirt

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pk-solo-1.bsky.social @pk-solo-1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ocon gone but Stroll still in the game…. F1 in a nutshell #F1

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sometimes the Onion hits one out of the park. 🤣

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 22h

Mum just rang: they're starting sis on chemo Monday. Taku teina has the type of esophageal cancer that is fast moving & secondary liver. She's been given 6 months without treatment; 12 with The specialist said 'if your family had 100k, we could give a drug that would fix you." Can this be correct?

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Chris Miller @thelittlepakeha.net · 30/09/2026

tax and spend is a big cash injection right into the economy. it feels like nat and labour are scared of chloe swarbrick because she might successfully demonstrate alternatives to austerity.

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Robert McLachlan @robertmclachlan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Another massive month for EVs in NZ EV with 4138 new light EVs (ie cars, utes, and vans combined) sold, 2nd highest on record. 25% market share. Source: evdb.nz, always quick to update.

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