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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 12h

Some quick Googling suggests Ross, surprise surprise, has thoughts on race as well.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 12h

Isn’t there some saying about the acorn not falling far from the tree? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa...

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Vanessa Weenink - Wikipedia

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Banks Peninsula Green candidate Craig Pauling absolutely tearing it up at Te Waipapa/ Diamond Harbour tonight. Young ACT candidate behind him seems totally stunned whereas as current MP is smirking as usual.

View from audience at community candidate meeting. A woman in a red top with grey hair had her back to the audience. A good looking Māori man is speaking at a podium. Behind home a young male candidate states blankly while a middle aged woman MP smirks

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yes! I don't think we can empahsise this enough. We aren't talking about confiscation (yet, anyway). Well managed wealth should be growing at a rate much faster than the modest wealth tax proposals being floated so far.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Really been struck this year by how many people I find when door knocking and calling that say disability is one of their key issues. There's a big and rightfully angry community out there and parties are ignoring it at their peril.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The way they are falling over themselves to tell us "nothing to see here" is really telling on themselves.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361... “Let me start with a confession: I haven’t read the latest Nicky Hager book.” Really? If Stuff is publishing reviews by people who haven’t read the book then my cracker review of “ War and Peace” is on its way.

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Nicky Hager’s Dirty Work belongs in the fiction section

Former minister Chris Penk says that there’s an element of Dirty Work inherent in printing a succession of anonymous comments without a right of reply.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Next week: "Cancer is your friend but don't let lefties try to sell you on chemotherapy"

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I have to say that does look a little Soviet era.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Grand Central Station was the former main post office on 8th Ave. I have a sentimental attachment to it as we used to post our Christmas presents home from there at the LAST possible moment.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Even in some weird upside down world where his claim was true do we think he was suggesting the Engineer should be paid more? Or that actually we cut benefits further below survival level based on this weak anecdote.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Ugh, that billboard claiming credit for 14 new classrooms on Cashmere road was bad enough.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Fire service? Or do they only do kittens?

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I read it as “we won’t need Govt flood or drought relief because it’s all a hoax” We will see.

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Lan Pham @lanpham.greens.org.nz · 02/09/2026

Our most anti-environment Govt ever - has officially lost the plot in embedding environmental destruction and climate denialism and delay into the heart of their new Planning and Environment laws ☠️☠️ It's possible& necessary to prioritise the health of our people& environment 🌏 this ain't that.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I didn't realise that ERO even went into the classrooms. The reports always seemed all about process, record keeping and training. I do remember as a child being told to be on best behaviour when the "inspectors" were visiting but somehow it was implied the kids were being inspected.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I would guess there's a fair chance OP will be "confidence and supply" only as their "outsider" schtick seems pretty important to them.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

They won't *campaign* on it at least. It's not that there aren't people in Labour who wouldn't want to see a more reasonable tax regime (Renney for example) and strong partner vote share as well as internal pressure might in fact see some progress in tax under cover of "coalition agreement".

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Also failure to understand MMP. Some people think the *need* to vote Labour to get National out.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Yeah, but the real cost was those agonising hours walking around the shelves trying to find something everyone can agree on.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hey if you live in South Christchurch and you hate that ugly and dangerous billboard at the Colombo Somerfield Strickland intersection there’s a petition to sign. c.org/4hXnKvtjzk

c.org

Sign the Petition

Remove new ad tower in our community

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This has been the rule in other places. We stayed in a modest converted farmhouse in Hokkaido that had hotel-like exit signs, emergency lighting and alarms as well as a hotel type register.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

One thing I’ve found from campaigning is that a *lot* of people have at least some misconceptions about MMP. So you aren’t alone. Not a reason to get rid of it IMO. Might be a case for more publicity campaigns though.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Great list. I would add techniques for estimation, at least to the correct order of magnitude.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"Worrying" is a particularly grating way to describe it. If they are that worried have they done anything to improve air quality and reduce respiratory disease? As it is it comes across as a patronising attempt to shame parents who are nearly all doing the best they can.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I have sometimes asked what “identity politics” means. Mostly because I don’t actually know since it seems never to be applied to NZF despite their party name being an identity statement. Good on ya for door knocking BTW. The people I do like are those that commend you for making the effort.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Wow, you are pretty restrained in your response.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I think that's bluetooth on your phones or something. I've had similar things recently.

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Lan Pham @lanpham.greens.org.nz · 13/08/2026

RSVP at link below to join Dr Tim Chambers, public health researcher and leading expert on the health impacts of nitrate contamination in drinking water. Whether you're concerned about our environment or want to learn more about the future of freshwater this is a conversation not to be missed.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Basic policy has always been sound. Standard of communication and packaging have improved as far as my in-expert eye can tell.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Something about the keeping the number of move on orders and suburban helipad approvals high?

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Josh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · 12/08/2026

#nzpol bsky is doing Should I Vote For The Opportunity Party discourse again so I'll just leave this here www.emilywrites.co.nz/should-you-v... (if you reply and it's clear you haven't read this I am going to block you and I'm not sorry)

emilywrites.co.nz

Should you vote for the Opportunity Party?

⁉️For a while now, folks have been asking me that exact question. I've been surprised to hear from Green voters who are considering voting TOP. I have publicly said I don't like TOP. I view them as ce...

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 12/08/2026

These are all Green policies (on the whole) & we need NZ Greens as strong as possible Convince your wavering NZF / National friends about the virtues of TOP instead?

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sorry to be a bummer but, especially in this economy, there’s a lot of folks at McDonald’s just happy to have a job TPU/FSU employee of the month on the other hand…

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

'Goober' is the word I've been searching for all morning. Thanks!

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

OMFG. The Nat MPs clearly do not have confidence in Luxon. Yet they cannot organise a leadership change. As the old saying goes, if you can’t organise a piss up in a brewery it’s no wonder you’ve made a mess of the economy.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Is that wēka available for a political party leadership role?

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

There may still be time for the chaos you crave. Peters is basically unleashed at this point and Seymour won't miss a chance to exploit a weak Nat leader to get all the attention. Many Nats will be sharp elbowing each other with an eye to be the leader who rescues the party after a defeat.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's also a jab at local government who apparently are addicted to "nice to haves" and need to be restructured to the point of no longer being able to function.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

There are people, not all of them dumb, who seem to have bought the "Jacinta spent all the moneys" line. I imagine this is aimed at them. The idea that the job of "fixing" things is of such huge magnitude that it's a multi-term effort.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I love how you have an unpopulated peg board as an FU to obsessive order. Actually I think I read somewhere it’s more efficient to leave your tools out like that while you are working with them. I guess you are always working with them.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I hardly ever see kW/100km reported and other EV owners I've talked to often don't even know. I think range is overstated. If you size the battery for the biggest journey you might take once a year you are making a mistake since you'll be carrying that battery around for all your smaller trips.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Those ADSL filters that were on every phone jack. I have a surprising number of them as they came with every router and some part of me believes that may be useful one day.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Part of the problem is that, unlike this post, most of our mainstream pundits are incapable of describing the reality of the situation so vividly and so accurately.

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

He didn’t like Key much either so this kinda tracks

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Yeah but apparently people “shedding” it can “infect” you so no doubt he’ll have an explanation.

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Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"The ‘electric election’ is already well underway, but Rewiring Aotearoa CEO Mike Casey says today’s announcement from the Greens is “the most ambitious and comprehensive energy policy we’ve seen so far" www.rewiring.nz/news/media-r...

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MEDIA RELEASE: Greens take the 'electric election' up a notch with ambitious and comprehensive energy policy

The ‘electric election’ is already well underway, but Rewiring Aotearoa CEO Mike Casey says today’s announcement from the Greens is “the most ambitious and comprehensive energy policy we’ve seen so fa...

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Quentin McDonald @dqmcd.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

And everybody else should take a moment to peruse the Moata Tamaira collection. There's some great photos there that really captured the mood of 2011, equal parts grim and absurd.

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