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Steph Phi

@freestylesteph.bsky.social
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Standing for Whakatū Nelson Council . Architect with Interest in social justice, creative arts & creating a better society for all. Aotearoa. Whakatū Tangata Te Tiriti

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Steph Phi @freestylesteph.bsky.social · 8h
So where do you invest if you want to sway polling $ spent. / polling result % Which parties are better value Large donations per % in polls Greens: 16% $21,450 per % Labour: 28% $31,068 National: 28% $78,248 The Opp Party: 6%) $81,943 NZ First: 9% $83,667 ACT: 11% $197,458
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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 18h
We know everything is totally fucked-up because Americans have completely fail to murder somebody.😮 Making people dead is the USA's only superpower, their specialist subject, their only area of expertise. FFS! #FuckTrump #FucktheUSA #nzpol
rnz.co.nz
Death row inmate Christa Pike still alive after two lethal injection doses, says legal team
A woman on death row who received two doses of lethal injection drugs has been rushed to hospital after a botched execution attempt.
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Steph Phi @freestylesteph.bsky.social · 19h
“Neoliberalism has exhausted itself and governments are being forced to abandon its tenets, whether they want to or not.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'Piggy bank is empty' nonsense provides cover for the political class. Once the lie is exposed, they have to answer questions like 'If we have 100,000s of people wanting work, and plenty of raw materials, why is our infrastructure falling to bits? Sounds like mismanagement, ay? (It is!)
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Less than 900 hours until we’re hopefully rid of this malevolent government.
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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That, I think, is why some of the attacks on Swarbrick feel oddly objectless. The danger isn’t just what she might do as Finance Minister. It’s what she might reveal about the people who have spent 40 years telling us the money is all gone. andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/chloe-swar...
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Chlöe Swarbrick Nicked Luxon’s Cotton Reel
Lacan explains why the tough guys of fiscal politics are so emotional right now
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
60% increase in voter registration from overseas!!!! No, that is not a typo. #nzpol 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 29/09/2026
Nicola’s ferries won’t arrive until 2029, if ever. IREX would’ve been sailing by now and cost less that just one of National’s new RONs, that they now also can’t build. You only have a few weeks left to enrol. If you aren’t enrolled, your vote is like Nicola’s ferries. non-existent. #nzpol
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✧°・:* izzie *:・°✧ @winterwhe.at · 29/09/2026
fun fact: new zealand has the highest rates of homelessness in the OECD because we've been in a real estate bubble since like 1980
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Carl B Latro @carlblatro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Three Waters. The supposed plot by which 'the public would lose control of water' and, because of 'co-governance', Māori would gain 'ownership or control', leading to a 'cash-flow to Māori'. It wasn’t true but that didn’t matter." substack.com/home/post/p-... #nzpol #NewZealand #Aotearoa
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Dirty work and the disinfecting sunshine it deserves
Nicky Hager’s new book ‘Dirty Work’ reminds us how much we’ve lost in the last three years
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What will the Taxdodgers Onion Ltd do when a government properly regulates lobbying? #NzPol
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Steph Phi @freestylesteph.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thinking about Hager’s book - it won’t change most voters opinion - they aren’t following the finer detail - but it does put TVNZ & RNZ on self watch for lazy platforming of lobbyists & helps us fighting the war to put the shite into perspective - they are one & the same troll not a mass movement
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Steph Phi @freestylesteph.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“But the waka is getting a little heavy,” sighed a tired Jones, holding tight to a crayfish he was struggling to finish. “So now, what we’re saying is, it’ll be two racisms, and washed up, or washed up and disgraced, or… it’ll be two out of three. Two out of three.”
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Theocracidal🍝🇳🇿 @theocracidal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NZ First says new candidates must now be both washed up AND disgraced thecivilian.co.nz/2026/09/27/n...
thecivilian.co.nz
NZ First says new candidates must now be both washed up AND disgraced
Overrun with a torrent of applicants seeking to reignite their political careers, or who are unwelcome in other parties on character grounds, New Zealand First has tightened its criteria for accept…
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In New Zealand, the super-rich pay proportionately far less tax than everyday people do www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #TaxTheRich
rnz.co.nz
Proving the wealthiest New Zealanders pay low tax rates is a good start – now comes the hard part
Analysis - If nothing else, the just released Inland Revenue study of the tax rates paid by the wealthiest New Zealanders should put to rest the notion we have a progressive tax system. We don't.
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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No new taxes... #NZpol #Listener #cartoon
Luxon: "No new taxes"Cartoon depicts PM Luxon on an election podium in fron of an audience. Luxon: "No new taxes."
Various audience members heckle: 
"Or nurses
Or Police
Or Ferries
Or houses
Or equal pay
Or libraries
Or Bridges
Or ideas."
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KoBettyAhau ♥️🤍🖤 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kobettyahau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just saw this on LinkedIn - I'm completely floored 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
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Steph Phi @freestylesteph.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-m...
rnz.co.nz
Profits from iwi-led solar project tagged for families experiencing energy hardship
A floating solar project has transformed a Dannevirke wastewater treatment pond into a source of clean energy, with profit from the electricity generated going to whānau the Tararua community experien...
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Steph Phi @freestylesteph.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I would so love to see this govt out for an historic loss - all the awful things - but specifically for ramming through legislation under urgency & disregarding public feedback & submissions - awful race baiting. NO gov should win reelection after treating us like that
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Trevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Luxon and Willis claim their economy will allow New Zealanders to “get ahead”. Ahead of who? We can’t all get ahead. When you ask this it is obvious that their policies aim for SOME Kiwis to get ahead of others, and that these policies probably will not help YOU. #nzpol
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anyone else notice Jason Walls fronting political coverage on TVNZ 1NewsNZ broadcasts now? As predicted - Walls, the pro-Israel, anti-left party political editor from Newstalk ZB has been moved into politics after Ani O'Brien & SuitandTie999's (TPU) dirty work hit job on Maiki Sherman #nzpol
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te pua o te rēinga @cucumber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
this video has everything (carpool coalition on instagram) #nzpol
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Steph Phi @freestylesteph.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My take on Nicky Hager’s book Dirty work - a small group of deeply unserious well funded trolls set about destabilising the fabric of Nz society - opening barely healed wounds of racism - amplifying & funding extreamist racist views and doubling down to destroy lives & careers for sport
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New Zealand Herald (Unofficial) @nzherald.nzcow.com · 27/09/2026
📢 Karl Stanley's solar farm saves the piggery about $75,000 in power costs each year. 👉[Ad] Dedicated-IP VPN: WireGuard/Hysteria2, 1h free trial, AU, JP, SG, ad blocking. vpn.photonmark.com
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Taranaki pig farmer goes whole hog to stay ahead
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Ailsa Pehi @ailsaaotearoa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Clear case of child abuse by a lawyer. Goes on to rort the system to the tune of $500,000 and gets his ugly violent mug blurred from public view. This is what it is to be cis male, white, wealthy and sorted. We pay for it. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
stuff.co.nz
This lawyer hospitalised his son, kept practising and was paid $500k of public money
The barrister has continued to practise and receive legal aid funding. The Ministry of Justice says it is considering the matter.
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Simon O'Neill @sjponeill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Also... No new ferries No new nurses No new police officers No new fire engines No new firefighters. No new fuel price relief. No new pay equity for women No new smoking-free No new pop-up ED wards It's all 'no news' from National... #Election26 #OneTermGovernment #BinTheBuffoons
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Draw the line 🥳 #nzpol 💚 “NZers don’t like politics precisely because of the shady behaviour of organisations like the Taxpayers Union. Differences of opinion are expected in a democracy, but underhanded, nasty tactics should not be. This is where the political leaders can and should draw the line”
greens.org.nz
Greens reject Taxpayers' Union's dirty politics – call to clean up politics
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jordan Williams’ nefarious network #nzpol
Jordan WIlliams graph
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Steph Phi @freestylesteph.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hager’s book dirty work - The weird absence of vaping regulation by big Tobacco was the win on the board for TPU - the non union of non taxpaying mega wealthy spawned from the neoilberal economic destruction of a caring society.
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GreenLeft Network 🍉 @nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
National, ACT, and NZ First made voter suppression a law - prohibiting voter enrollments 13 days before AND on Election Day. Voter enrollments for this General Election close on October 25. Check your voter enrollments, as soon as possible: www.vote.nz #nzpol
Before 25 October
Enrol to Vote
www.vote.nz

Authorised by Miriam Ross, greens.org.nz
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GreenLeft Network 🍉 @nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There's 1 month left until Voter Enrolments close. Landlords, lobbyists, bot farmers, anti-vaxxers, real estate agents, and CEOs have enrolled to vote. But have your family, whānau, friends, colleagues, flatmates, or peers enrolled to vote? It's easy to enroll at vote.nz/enrolling #nzpol
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Tom Fitton @tomfitton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality
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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 25/09/2026
And how much chucked into the fire so that we do not have 2 new ferries today? And the infrastructure to work with them for the next 100 years?
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That's more like it. #NzPol
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 23/09/2026
an amazing new project launches today in new zealand: people can report sexual harm, and get matched with others who reported the same person. when you report, you get a lawyer - and lawyer-client privilege. for free. i profile the website, technology, charity, & law firm here: www.webworm.co/tika/
webworm.co
This Could Change The Way Victims Get Justice
David Farrier's Webworm looks at Alison Mau and Zoë Lawton's Tika: a new way to report sexual harm in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 24/09/2026
Party vote @greens.org.nz 💚 #nzpol
greens.org.nz
Greens reject Taxpayers' Union's dirty politics – call to clean up politics
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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GreenLeft Network 🍉 @nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Will never forget TPU's Wealth Tax Facebook poll and them having to delete it, because taxing wealth is more popular than taxing work #nzpol
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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘“If the complaint letter and subsequent settlement do not exist, as Jordan Williams and David Farrar claim, then they will have no problem publicly waiving any and all rights they have to any claims of confidentiality, non-disclosure, or privilege, in relation to them,” Hager said.’
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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sincerely good job on this one, Labour.
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kororā @davejac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@oldmatecans.bsky.social if you haven’t seen the back
is the book we have been waiting for.
we've got the racists, we've got the country hicks, we've got the culture war TERFS;' he'd list them off in this way. 'And these, he would conclude, 'are the things we're going to use to change the government!'
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
one thousands years of cans posting vindication
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Will de Cleene @zippygonzales.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NDA's are an insidious import from the notoriously litigious US legal system. There's no place for them here. Parliament could nullify them, if it chose to do so.
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Aotearoa Greens Global @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🥐 Calling Aotearoa folks in Paris!! ✅ Are you ready to vote in the NZ election this November? 🙊 (It's super easy!) 💻 Do you need help getting enrolled or registered as overseas? 🍷 Do you like wine and hanging out with cool people?! Event link: www.facebook.com/events/10853...
A photo of Rerenga Wines in Paris at night through the front window of the shop.
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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The only silver lining to Labour keeping the property investor tax deductibility would be if they tied it into a Rental WoF standard, because if you're claiming interest as a business expense you should be regulated like a business. #nzpol
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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 21/09/2026
Comment: National and Labour are scrambling with reactive cost-of-living policies while the Greens advance a coherent systemic alternative, writes Rob Campbell 👉 newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/21/n...
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Magenta Kaos of Bright Hairy News @xkaosmagex.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good to see the Greens are committing to reversing the tax cuts for landlords!!! #nzpol
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New Zealand Professional Firefighters' Union @nzpfu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Auckland and Wellington are down to a single high-reach truck EACH. Auckland’s 17m "baby" ladders can't reach—and now they’re breaking down too. Ellerslie’s truck lost its fan belt returning from an emergency. 📍 Parliament Lawn | Wed 12pm #nzpol #Auckland #Wellington
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Far-left party wins Berlin election, pledging to nationalise housing
reuters.com
Far-left party wins Berlin election, pledging to nationalise housing
While the AfD ​has attracted most attention, the ⁠Left Party has benefited from a general turn against the mainstream parties.
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Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A wee stunner of a cartoon 🔥
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Rory @roryreckons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So how many things have the government been advised against with research showing why it's bad for our citizens and then done it any way this term... Smokefree Legislation Roads of National Significance Move on Orders Regulatory Standards Act Blocking Action Against Climate Polluters
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