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David Lormans

@dlormans.bsky.social
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Old fart from Gore, NZ. Into doom scrolling, photography & videography, collecting movies on physical media, and  computers. Married to Gayle and dad to three boys who are no longer small, two gorgeous doggies and a cat.

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Frankly, I don’t care” epitomises Luxon’s time as PM. #nzpol Some of the things Luxon doesn’t care about: Homelessness NZers dying in hospital while waiting to be seen. People dying on the streets in winter People starving People being made homeless by no cause evictions Pay equity Racism Lies
Part of a stuff headline that epitomises Luxon’s tenure as PM
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Finally a candidate in Lower Hutt we can all get behind #nzpol
Election hoarding featuring a photo of a tabby cat with the slogan "vote puss puss for MP, the Purrfect choice"
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Turner Classic Movies @tcmtv.bsky.social · 18h
We are saddened to say goodbye to our dear friend, Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint. One of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, we’ll forever be grateful for unforgettable contributions to cinema, her generosity and her humor. Our thoughts are with her loved ones.
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Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How do you come third in a two person race?
Graphic showing the set up for a tv leaders debate, with the split for who won the debate. The numbers show 49% for Chris Hipkins, 27% undecided, and 24% for Luxon.
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Shutupika @shambolika.bsky.social · 21h
He got fewer points than Undecided!
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Paparoa @handle.invalid · 06/10/2026
Jack Captein is not the only Neo-Nazi Action Zealandia member that has been part of the New Zealand military, as fellow AZ members Max Newsome and James Fairburn/Hector were also soldiers before we helped expose them. newsroom.co.nz/2020/03/08/a... and newsroom.co.nz/2020/11/25/f...
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Action Zealandia member planned terror cell
An anonymous member of the white supremacist Action Zealandia organisation discussed purchasing firearms from the black market and creating terror cells in New Zealand.
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Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition @ponekeantifa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We can now legally share this article from @unicornriot.bsky.social in Aotearoa! unicornriot.ninja/2019/new-zea...
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New Zealand Soldier With Alleged Nazi Ties Arrested - UNICORN RIOT
New Zealand – On December 14, a soldier in the New Zealand Defense Forces (NZDF) was arrested in an investigation believed to be related to his suspected involvement in neo-nazi groups. According to v...
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ross and I noticed this the other day, but yeah - anyone noticed how many families and murder suicides are happening - and then look at the reason. Austerity kills. Austerity kills. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
Experts and community leaders told the Herald the killings may reflect a rise in families wrestling with financial stress, and the failure to support and treat people with serious mental health and addiction problems.
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Old Movies for Young Stoners @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
RIP Marjoe Gortner, the child evangelist who became an exploitation movie star in STAR CRASH (1978), FOOD OF THE GODS (76) and ACAPULCO GOLD! Enjoy the high in the sky Marjoe.
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Acapulco Gold (1976) OFFICIAL TRAILER [HQ]
YouTube video by PREVIOUS HDRT
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Farewell to Marjoe Gortner (1944-2026) who used an Oscar-winning documentary about his life as a bogus Pentecostal preacher to launch a long and varied acting career. MARJOE (1972) is on Tubi if you need a reminder that religious conservatives have always fallen for charismatic charlatans. #FilmSky
A poster for MARJOE (1972) produced and directed by Howard Smith
and Sarah Kernochan.
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Our central city vibrancy policy just 👏 makes 👏 sense 👏
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mothcub @mothcub.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Gay dog comic.
A three panel comic.

In the first panel, a girl says, "I need to draw a comic that will elicit a strong emotional reaction in my audience".

In the second panel, she says, "something that speaks deeply to them".

In the third panel, we see hands hokding a large comic panel featuring a cute dog saying "I am a gay dog" and "and I love being gay".
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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Watching this guy become bitter and unfunny has been pretty sad. He makes Will Smith look more well-adjusted.
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Jjengar @jjengar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
DON’T ever forget this. Pass it on: #nzpol
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Can't stop thinking about how Todd McClay and then Christopher Luxon confused Fernando Hernandez Espino of Both Ends with Francisco Hernandez of the Greens - but neither of them will admit it 🤣😳
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Racism
ALT: Racism
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Honestly, if you actually listen to the “radical woke loony leftist” Greens policy proposals with an open mind, I find it so baffling that they’re not already polling higher than National or Labour. It’s fucking brilliant game changing inspirational stuff! ✨💚 #nzpol youtu.be/LGX6jjJnFBc?...
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Green Party transport policy sees free travel for children, light rail for key cities and more
YouTube video by nzherald.co.nz
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Biker "Cash Bazooka" Chiwi @bikerchiwi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Remember: A vote for National equals A vote for NZF in government equals A vote for racism. #GiveNothingToRacism #nzpol
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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable. "Of course we're very committed to our 17 roads of national significance and we make no apology for that." Hmmm which one is a white elephant? #nzpol
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'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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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Luxon dumping on Chloe is a sure sign they're shitting themselves. Time for the media to call out Nat lies. If they don't like being criticised in Europe for being climate deniers, they should stop undermining efforts to protect our kids futures.
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Should retailers be doing the same in NZ? Yes. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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Prominent Dutch retailer bans Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses
One of the largest Dutch eyewear retail chains said on Friday (all times local) it had suspended sales of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands and Belgium amid growing privacy concerns, in ...
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Brad Company @waeherebro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ahh. How time have not changed... Vote them out! #nzpol
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Heres what the top 2 major parties are talking about this election.
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manuwai.bsky.social @manuwai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Absolutely #NZPol
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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 30/09/2026
Meeting our Paris commitments is written into our Free Trade Agreements with the European Union and the United Kingdom. Farmers and exporters rely on that market access, and they deserve a Foreign Minister who checks what withdrawal would put at risk before he promises it.
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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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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The "say the line Bart" meme from the Simpsons with the text:
"Say the line Prime Minister"
"I got Francisco Hernandez confused with someone else"
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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yay for basic consumer rights policy! www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Labour promises law to stop businesses 'tricking' customers with hidden costs and surprise fees
Labour is campaigning on a new law to stop businesses "tricking" people into unnecessary costs.
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River Ranch Dog @riverranchdog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump Protestors in Durant, OK this afternoon. (Photos by Oklahomans Against ICE and KWTV)
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AJ Hunter @brianoblivionnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So these "9 new taxes" National keeps babbling on about are just some drivel that they made up. Thought so. rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs... #nzpol
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Kieran @nugmonster.cryptoanarchy.network · 01/10/2026
"We need to regulate and there are clear international standards and we should implement those here." There absolutely are not "clear international standards", which is a significant part of the problem, and if she's the technology spokesperson for TOP and doesn't know that? Yikes.
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Opportunity party leader Qiulae Wong on recognising the good and the bad of AI
In the lead-up to November's election, Midday Report is speaking with the technology spokesperson for a range of parties about their biggest hopes and fears with artificial intelligence (AI) and the r...
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I want a LAW that criminalises the promotion of RACISM in politics & I want it now! 🤬 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUs
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The second tax he mentioned is the Bed tax he already committed National too but decided he lied
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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
THIS. And let's be honest, what passes for wit in New Zealand political-media circles isn't exactly the second coming of Oscar Wilde or Dorothy Parker. Winnie isn't fierce, just shady.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You know it's going well when Seymour is inadvertently promoting a Capital Gains Tax by not reading the sub heading of his screenshot.
David Seymour FB post

Cc Green Party 

Netherlands ditches wealth tax over exodus fears 

Dutch PM scraps plan to target paper profits instead introducing a more conventional capital gains levy
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Inhumane, barbaric, torturous.
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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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Kat 👩‍🌾 @kats-garden.nz · 30/09/2026
Well. I guess good thing that's what I've always done then? Cute little tool. Accurate and entirely unsurprising for me.
1st Greens 2nd Te Pati Māori, 3rd Labour
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen.
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Kim Tairi (ia/she/her) Nā te mea he Māori ahau ia rā ia rā @kimtairi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My sincerest hope is for a government change. Please vote! It is heartbreaking how hard it is for so many. #NZpol
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We should raise the retirement age but there’s no jobs is the same as a vaccine only disease policy with no access to vaccines. These people are pooed in the head.
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Posted on r/znpolitics
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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
First of its kind eh? We really do punch above our weight dont we. Hope UK environmental groups are not watching this.
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Andrew Jull NZRN (he/him) @andrewjull.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A leading Māori health advocate says efforts to abolish or limit the Waitangi Tribunal are an attempt to "bury" a body that exposes Treaty breaches. www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-m...
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Coalition parties want to 'bury' Waitangi Tribunal for exposing Treaty breaches - Lady Tureiti Moxon
A leading Māori health advocate says efforts to abolish or limit the Waitangi Tribunal are an attempt to "bury" a body that exposes Treaty breaches.
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 29/09/2026
#nzpol ✅✅
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Ken @kenzime.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Some brief reflections on another Ōtepoti -Ōtautahi road trip. No trains... Again. Hundreds of trucks... Again The road is FUCKED. Loads of potholes, bumpy, patched, everything you'd expect from years of overweight trucks smashing it. James Meager, you have done nothing for us. SHAME.
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Slow BOO!s Dave @wellingtonskeleton.space · 29/09/2026
I had the true and genuine pleasure of working with Adrian a few times while I was at Parliament. He was the first MP I ever wrote speech notes for, and when he went immediately off script he was gracious enough to say that the original notes were good, he just wanted to be more political...
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Dawn D @proudmanckiwi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm also sick of your average person moaning about taxes and then in the next breath complaining that Aunty Betty is having to wait 18 months for a hip replacement.
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A truly refreshing honest ad about the New Zealand Government Including the famous FUCK ALL calculator www.youtube.com/shorts/bRP1k...
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NZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^kery
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The police prosecutor said Finegan used full force when he kicked the victim in the head. It was a serious assault and the gravity of the offending was high, the prosecutor said.” #nzpol NZ where you get jailed for being homeless but if you’re the ‘right white type of bloke’ NO CONVICTION.
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Army officer attacked taxi driver after being asked for $20 fare
New Zealand Army intelligence officer Arthur Finegan denied a "nasty" assault - until he was confronted with CCTV footage showing an attack that left a taxi driver unconscious.
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