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Andy Gardner

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Cantabrian returned from Mexico. EV hacker. Fascinated by the shitshow that is the U.S. political system. WokeAF. I put the macrons on Windows 95 and Apple OS/7 . LGTBQ+ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Ally #StandWith 🇺🇦

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Andy Gardner @discovery-process.bsky.social · 26m
WLG<—>AKL & DUN<—>CHC Armageddon party trains coming up!
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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 1h
Nicky Hager gets my vote for....well everything Just finished the Preface and the Roll Jordan Roll chapter and already spitting tacks: gripping, easily readable, and bloody brilliant #nzpol
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McKeen Photos (I shoot people and things for money. And fun.) @mckeenphotos.bsky.social · 1h
Be goose, do crime.
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What The Fukc Is Happening? @dudeseriouslywtf.bsky.social · 2h
#SeanCollier #National's No New Taxes is a ruse for Doing Nothing Better. #VoteGreenPartyAotearoa26 #DitchThePricksIn26 #nzpol #nationalnotfittogovernnz
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 2h
Seems to me that it’s gone beyond the normal amount of ‘stretching the truth’ you might expect at an election. National appears to be deliberately breaking its connection with reality and facts; waging a post-truth election campaign.
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Cath S @cathsheard.bsky.social · 23h
You mean they lied in their advertising,
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 2h
To bring Auckland to Tauranga Inter City Rail up to snuff with full electrification, and trains running at 160km/h every hour both directions is about $4b or half a Road of National Party Significance. JAPAN, HONG KONG, AND SINGAPORE are all ready to assist us! Just ask! voakl.net/2024/01/30/e...
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Enter Japan: Inter-City Trains Between Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga? Yes Please.
In a bold proposal, the idea of implementing Japan Rail-style intercity services in New Zealand’s Golden Triangle gains significant traction with wide-ranging support, marking a striking shif…
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🖌 Myandra sez: 🖍 Impeach the MF'er soon. We're waiting. @myandra.bsky.social · 8h
Poor Agatha!
One witch is asking the other why she is so sad. 
She says she can't have children
The first witch says, "Allergies aren't the end of the world."
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Abbie Jury 🌱 @tikorangi.bsky.social · 1h
If RNZ wants to win back more listeners, they need to try and win back women. Instead, too many of their leading women have gone. Mihi, Susie, Mani Dunlop etc. Lisa Owen and Kathryn Ryan must be wondering when the axe will fall. RNZ likes it women presenters to be charming, non-threatening (cont)
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 1h
It’s not just ‘troubling’, it’s a breach of s 17(2) of the Public Records Act, which is an offence under s 61 of that Act. Parties promising to ‘strengthen the OIA’ must face the fact that the Chief Archivist can’t or won’t do the job of ensuring compliance, & transfer it to an Info Commissioner.
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 1h
Surprise, LNG no longer has a purpose
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Julie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social · 14h
Looking through some old stuff and found this cartoon I cut out c1996. They just never really have new ideas, just new packaging. (For younger readers - right wing think tank the NZ Initiative formed out of a merger of the NZ Business Roundtable and the NZ Institute in 2012.)
Photo of a black and white cartoon with a bunch of men sitting around an executive board table. A sign in front reads “Quiet please, Roundtable in session”. From left to right they are saying:
“The govt should get out of education and health…”
“We need more contestability in social welfare…”
“the govt should sell ACC and the post office…”
“We should privatise electricity and roading…”
“Seen the polls? Winston could be the next PM”
“That’s disgraceful. What happened to the New Zealand we all knew and loved?”
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 15h
'National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable' $2.7bn on an LNG terminal we dont need $671m on iRex $60m on a failure of a concrete facility $9m on Council amalgamation they didnt have a plan for #nzpol
$2.7bn LNG terminal$700m on cancelling ferries$60m for failing concrete plant$9m on council amalgamation
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 16h
Another bold populist infra policy that is IMMEDIATELY leading the conversation - the Greens have done the impossible and WINSTON PETERS has had to rush to agree with it Fantastic to see this kind of policy finally being developed, promoted and communicated by the Greens - hope they have follow-up!
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Greens announce plans for Auckland to Wellington overnight rail service
The party also wants a passenger rail service between Christchurch and Dunedin.
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 15h
"Restoring commuter rail will give smaller regions and towns the benefits of more travellers stopping at their town stations, creating more economic opportunities and connecting them to main centres and other towns." @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz #NzPol
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Greens' $4b rail plan: Overnight trains, Christchurch-Dunedin service
The passenger rail plan includes routes from Auckland to Wellington, Christchurch to Dunedin and extending the current Te Huia train to Tauranga.
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Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are seeing this with cookers as well as RW players. The rest of us have to step up and apply for these positions and (somehow) raise more funds so we can challenge them. Oh, & we need *much* better slogans & attack lines, or we're always on the back foot, rebutting their attacks. #nzpol
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“All governments will put their own people into positions of power – but a far-right government will intentionally put people into positions of power and influence where they will deliberately cause conflict.” #nzpol farrightplaybook.nz
farrightplaybook.nz
The Far-Right Playbook
A collection of essays describing tactics used by the far-right in Aotearoa, New Zealand
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
User interface design is my passion
screenshot of a form that says "position title (optional) required"
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Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That's a handy 'tidbit'. Making the banks pay for paywave is *much* better than Nationals policy imo. #nzpol
Williams even revealed an extra tidbit to The Spinoff. Though it wasn’t part of the headlines handed out to the media, Labour plans to ban paywave fees as part of its new policy, putting the fees to use the service back on banks and credit card companies rather than small businesses. “Consumers should pay the sticker price, not extra charges at the till,” she said in a statement.

Williams is sometimes touted as a future Labour leader, and she probably eclipsed the current one in Māngere yesterday.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Anyone else smell panic? archive.is/EpvyO
Brash and Mowbray’s call to split National’s vote is a fool’s errand – Liam HehirSimpsons meme two monkeys are knife fighting one is labelled National the other labelled The Right 

The cheering crowd betting money is labelled everyone else.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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manuwai.bsky.social @manuwai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another Luxon/National money grab... Luxon announces his "Electrify NZ" where .."investors can build transmission & recover costs from users...". Yeah right! Fool me once/fool me twice comes to mind here. You 'actually' mean let your wealthy mates own it & then they control prices forever! #NZPol
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This RNZ article demonstrates pretty clearly that the moderators let Peters run over them - and reveals the "Winston won" narrative is just a result of Winston talked more and longer than anyone else. That's poor work from the moderators! It's favouring the govt. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Who talked the most?

Peters chalked up 3013 discernable words during the debate compared to second place Seymour's 2781.

Waititi said 2122 words and Swarbrick and Wong both fewer than 2000. At just 1045 words, Wong spoke roughly a third of the words as Peters.

The percentage of words Peters spoke was in line with his performances in debates in 2020 and 2023.
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Frank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Interesting. Added to that article, is that RNZ no longer puts a disclaimer at the bottom of each Curia Poll story that it is no longer a member of RANZ. (At some point a decision was made. I must remember to put in an OIA to RNZ onbthis point.) Fascinating story. Of course,MSM wont run with it.
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Una mujer y dos gatos 🐈🐈‍⬛ @losgatos.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Want to know why we can't have nice things in Aotearoa NZ like hospitals, dependable health care, doctors, nurses, affordable housing, social safety nets, teachers, schools, etc? @bernardchickey.bsky.social is onto it: this govt refuses to INVEST IN OUR COUNTRY because it wants to hobble it #nzpol
Debt is the headline. But what about assets and net worth?
The Government is totally focused on running surpluses (profits) and reducing net debt, but doesn’t talk much about the Government’s assets and net worth. They show a more rounded and much healthier position than the Government likes to paint.
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Kimmy Caulton @kimmycaulton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My love for Sepang International cannot be overstated. The track of all tracks. Premium circuit. A treat to see you again? Yes. But also. Please come back to us full time
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Accusing your political rivals of treason because you're so racist that you can't even deal with Spanish names, now *that* is bottoming out.
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f*male b*tch 🇵🇸 @ahhmandah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
kia ora aotearoa. it's native bird nesting season! get your traps out. here is a photo of a very cute possum caught snacking on a kereru egg. sorry cute possum but imma kill you a lot and your friends and family too
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
National bashing the mostly community trust owned lines companies rather than taking on the gentailers is absolutely pitch perfect nasty Nat stuff. Those lines are owned by the users, National policy would eventually see them privatised, in part by beginning privatisation of newly developed lines.
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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Improved accessibility for marginalised communities... #NZpol #NZListener
Cartoon shows a mountain of money labelled ‘Influence’ connected to the ninth floor of the beehive by a plank. A wealthy man with a cigar is about to cross walk in. Greeting him is PM Luxon, Simeon Brown & Nicola Willis.

Rich man: “I’M JUST IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY FOR MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES.”
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Craig Hill @craighill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
China is amassing an absolute fortune in EV sales worldwide, thanks to Trump starting a war in Iran and making petrol driven vehicles too expensive to run. Xi Jinping must be pissing himself laughing.
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KiwiNikki @kiwinikki.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
China halts supplies. US has told Europe to release strategic supplies or else. I’d expect them to announce halting diesel exports tomorrow. And Russia is threatening war (including nuclear). None of which (I’m betting) will make 1News. #nzpol
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Kent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today a friend memorably described the Hon Christopher Luxon as ‘the horrifying result of a bout of hate-sex between a windup cymbal-clapping toy chimpanzee and a roll on deodorant’ … and now I can’t get the image out of my mind #nzpol
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Maaate hospo is fucked nobody wants a 56 year old working the coffee machine Mind you he can deliver the deliverables and serve it with a (word) salad
Luxon as a barista
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Andy Gardner @discovery-process.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And the owners of BestStart childcare empire (national party donors) involved as well?
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
'How is this election different' with zero mention of the outrageous funding of the coalition partners going on #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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How's this election different? Disgruntlement, Opportunity and first-termitis
Analysis - Polls leading into the campaign proper, which kicked off this week with Parliament rising and the two major parties holding their campaign launches, have been filled with headlines about "k...
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh hai Aotearoa! Which party’s policies are best at closing the loopholes that multinationals use to dodge taxes? We need this revenue to pay for public services and investment in infrastructure. #nzpol
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Mask Up Comments and Opinions @commentsandopi2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The person who claims no conflict of interest was by her own admission involved in the RFP response from her company. Magical internal mind walls something something #nzpol
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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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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CEO: We need to cut costs. Accountant: We paid you $50 million last year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting. CEO: Who's that in the hallway? Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards. CEO: Fire Greg.
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Petition of Natasha Henderson: Inquiry into the proposed Kenepuru Sound cattle feedlot petitions.parliament.nz/5ef9edbe-36e...
petitions.parliament.nz
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#nzpol The fact that the current coalition deliberately undermined initiatives to reduce our vulnerability to shocks like this ought to be a far bigger deal than it is.
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good morning with good news: EVs in Australia reach 2035 sales goal a decade early! Plug-in vehicles' share doubles to 25.8% in H1 2026 vs. 12.1% in H1 2025. Sales may be 29% for all of 2026. August EV sales were ~36%, with BEVs a record 24.1%. thedriven.io/2026/09/30/w... #energysky
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"We got there a decade early:" EV industry hails breakthrough year as "average Australians" turn to electric cars
EV lobby hails breakthrough year for electric cars, but warns the market could stagnate if the likes of Toyota convince the government to dilute vehicle emission rules.
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Basically its called corruption #nzpol
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Andy Gardner @discovery-process.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I reckon they should have just removed Monaco from the championship results due to administrative error.
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Krystal Chandelier @krystalchandelier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good job to all those Ranger drivers. Mission accomplished. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
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Greenhouse gases hit record levels in New Zealand's atmosphere, new data shows
The greenhouse gases that cause global warming have increased to new record levels in New Zealand's atmosphere, new data shows.
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
car service guy: We can fill your tires with nitrogen for only $100 more me: 😑 car service guy: 😑 me: 😑 air... is... car service guy: 😑 yeah i know me: 😑 78% nitrogen
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KiwiNikki @kiwinikki.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
eek! Even less refined fuel around? Price goes up. Instability. NZ is at the end of the chain. #nzpol oilprice.com/Latest-Energ...
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China Halts October Fuel Exports as Global Diesel Crunch Deepens | OilPrice.com
China’s major refiners have suspended most refined fuel exports for October as Beijing prioritizes domestic supply security
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
OMG OMG OMG when I read the name of that Dutch NGO guy I immediately knew something amazing was about to happen to @fran4dunedin.bsky.social, but I totally underestimated how far the amazingness would go
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just listened to this excellent interview by Ollie Neas. It was so refreshing to have intelligent, well-informed questions. Also interesting to hear Chlöe's response to Quilae Wong's claim about the Green Party being just activists (10:50) #nzpol www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwrC...
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Can the Greens overtake Labour? | In Brief
YouTube video by Public Interest NZ
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