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Raquel Blackburn @queenofcobden.bsky.social · 18h
I like the way he compares NZ to higher tax economies #nzpol
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Rich @friendlykiwi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Absolutely. It can be a hard sell spending, say, $1500 on a VFD for a pool when ROI is uncertain. I’m always an early adopter… I am fortunate to have time to research and play. It has saved us loads, coupled with solar.
Graph of power consumption of our pool pump Vs frequency. Running at 80% of full speed (40Hz) saves 50% of power.
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Rich @friendlykiwi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Can confirm. I’ve used an Invertek VFD on our pool pump for ten years.
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Greens propose Inter City Rail that costs less than Roads of National Party Significance, have a higher Benefit Cost Ratio than Roads of National Party Significance, and even NZF supports it. Of course National wont despite their conservative voters supporting it because Luxon is a fuckwit
rnz.co.nz
Green Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ cities
The Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected.
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Alex Turner @turnerinroc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Reading "Life After Cars" and was blown away by this fact. A light rail station being added to a rural area in Japan reduced health care costs in that community to the tune of $600 per person per year!! 🤯
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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 04/10/2026
Honestly pretty funny. National has never found a road they didn't want to build.
Greens promise $2 capped fares and free travel for millionsNational promises $1.75b to start corridor along SH1 in Auckland
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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ouch! Simeon caught misrepresenting Ipsos poll. Ipsos polling “showed more respondents supported than opposed a number of new taxes, including a significant majority in favour of a wealth tax”. #nzpol
thespinoff.co.nz
Ipsos urges National to withdraw inaccurate claim about its polling on tax | The Spinoff
‘We take the accurate reporting of our research and survey data seriously.’
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McKeen Photos (I shoot people and things for money. And fun.) @mckeenphotos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Be goose, do crime.
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Rich @friendlykiwi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just tuned in when I saw this.Could be exciting!
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Jjengar @jjengar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
DON’T ever forget this. Pass it on: #nzpol
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is my clip and GIF of the election. Both as a creator of joy and a prediction of what is to come. Entitled boys trying to take down the 💚GREENS💚.. (National, Labour, NZ last and no FACTs) #nzpol
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Cath S @cathsheard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You mean they lied in their advertising,
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David Tong @davidxvx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It is hilarious that Todd McClay fairly obviously confused Fernando Hernandez Espino of Both Ends with Francisco Hernandez of the Greens but neither he nor Luxon will admit it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
Christopher Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens
Christopher Luxon has walked back claims made by one of his ministers about the Greens, before then suggesting - wrongly - that they originated from the media.
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Quick reminder of Nationals biggest promise to you in 2023. Nobody got this.
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yeah simping up to Andrew Tate isnt a good look there NZF #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
stuff.co.nz
NZ First candidate defends past praise of controversial influencer
Elliot Ikilei campaigns on his work with vulnerable young people. He repeatedly praised Tate in social media posts in 2022.
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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
The fact that disgraced National MP Chris Penk is now writing opinion pieces on the election for Stuff News is a real bad look for Stuff News. Why would Penks political opinion be anything but bias? He literally campaigned for National Party THIS YEAR
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s called lying. #nzpol “National leader Christopher Luxon has incorrectly suggested that an allegation about the Greens originated from the media - when it in fact came from his Minister.”
thepost.co.nz
Luxon wrongly suggests allegation about Greens originated with media
Todd McClay had alleged the Greens were “joining with foreign actors” to make a complaint to the EU.
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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is a good headline! It refuses to amplify the false claim by using "wrongly", and includes the truth in the headline for everyone who doesn't read the full story (which is mostly everyone). It's also compelling clickbait for those ad guys. Now do this all the time!
The Post:
Christopher Luxon wrongly suggests allegation about Greens came from media - it came from his minister

Henry Cooke

The Post
October 2, 2026
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 29/09/2026
#nzpol ✅✅
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade thinks the reversal of the oil and gas exploration ban breached the EU Free Trade Agreement. How do we know? Because they accidentally leaked their own legal opinion in Sep 2024. newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/01/g... www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Magpie Said 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'The primary function of fiscal rules has been to justify austerity measures. By pretending that there are financial limits to what governments can do, they have provided cover for cuts in public services, social security, and investment in social infrastructure' Richard J Murphy
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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#nzpol PREFU results actually confirm the Greens’ understanding that higher tax revenues drive better economic outcomes. The major difference of course is where that tax revenue is sourced.
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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Your friendly reminder that Ben Thomas isn't a "political commentator". He's a for-hire spinner whose c.v. skews heavily right. No matter how disingenuous or straight-up dishonest, he's NEVER going to speak any inconvenient truths that will mess with his money. #nzpol
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If there are any disillusioned ex-MPS members or traumatised ex-staffers of #AtlasNetwork units IPA, CIS, or Advance etc willing to spill the tea anonymously (see Nicky Hager’s expose of Jordan Williams ‘Dirty Work’ and the NZ Taxpayers Union 😂) … PLEASE DO get in touch 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏📞📱🖋️🤳🏻☎️😁 #auspol #Canpol
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Ka pū te ruha - Toitū Te Tiriti @kaputeruha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ben Thomas claiming he can't find the origin of Luxon saying "Cry me a river" and Kathryn Ryan says it's "obscure". The Prime Minister of this country said it in parliament FFS #nzpol
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Some fairly chilling predictions about how the response to Nicky Hager’s book will play out. Worth a read. www.klaut.media/single-post/... #nzpol #hagerbook #dirtypolitics
klaut.media
The Ten Ds: how the Taxpayers’ Union will answer Dirty Work
Nicky Hager’s book has been out for two days and the response is already following a script. I know the script. It was run against me. Here it is in advance, so readers can tick it off as it happens.
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Barbarella Stormforce @barbarasturmfels.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A thing to remember about the Green Party's proposed wealth tax is that wealthy people will still be wealthy after they've paid the tax.
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Ling Yee 令怡 @bigduckling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I actually can't believe that Luxon said "cry me a river" in response to cost of living crisis. Until I look it up on Hansard. Yep Luxon actually said it. Talk about being out of touch with reality. #nzpol
Hansard 15 September 2026 Oral Questions #2:

Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: When real wages have fallen, power prices have gone up, insurance prices have gone up, rates have gone up, insurance has gone up—all by more than 20 percent, under his leadership, in just the last two years—will he now admit that the cost of living crisis is not only not over; it’s getting worse under his leadership?

Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: What I’d say, again—you know, cry me a river. But I’d say if that member was serious about supporting people, why didn’t you support tax relief for the first time for working New Zealanders? Why don’t you come out and support a council rates cap? Why don’t you come out and support structural separation for supermarkets? No idea.
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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not only is it telling that all these groups are basically the same five agitators with different tour bands, we must remember that they had to form a fake parents' advocacy group because they are utterly unpopular losers
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Victoria 💚 🌏 @vebate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New AstroTurf org released: Parents Alliance. Filled with all the usual TPU aligned folk. No doubt the ultimate purpose will be to ensure the reign of charter schools. #nzpol
6.7. Upon incorporation, the following persons are the Directors of the Society: 
6.7.1. Anya Zohrab; 6.7.2. Cameron Bagrie; 6.7.3. Catherine Moody; 6.7.4. John Fiso; 6.7.5. Joanne Chaplow; 6.7.6 David Farrar; 6.7.7 Jonathan Ayling
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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Let us all remember that the creator of the Morris Worm of 1988 didn't intend to infect 10% of internet connected devices in the world and the accompanying damage, but his poor design choices resulted in his legal responsibility for the outcome. Of course, he wasn't an oligarch.
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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Destroyed the local community economic loops and healthy school lunches, force feeding kids disgusting Compass Group swill. She is a merchant of slop. RNZ ascribing "non partisan" to the motivations of her new astroturf org is an extraordinary confirmation of everything in the Dirty Work book.
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jordan Williams’ nefarious network #nzpol
Jordan WIlliams graph
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is GOLD!!! Ngā mihi nui @abelsteve.bsky.social Ka whawhai tonu mātou AKE! AKE! AKE! #nzpol
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Rich @friendlykiwi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What an excellent project. #NewZealand needs more of this. #nzpol 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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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 25/09/2026
The afterword to Dirty Work gives an explanation for the poor media coverage, particularly at RNZ - Hager explicitly calls out their collusion with TPU et al and makes clear suggestions for RNZ to improve. Unsurprising but disappointing to see it fall on closed ears
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This one site is twice NZs grid China built the world’s largest solar farm on a high-altitude Tibetan plateau desert that was 98% sand. Three years later it grew so much grass they had to bring in 20,000 sheep to eat it www.autonocion.com/us/china-wor...
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China built the world's largest solar farm on a high-altitude Tibetan plateau desert that was 98% sand. Three years later it grew so much grass they had to bring in 20,000 sheep to eat it
A Chinese utility blanketed Tibet's Talatan desert in solar panels. Three years later, herders have more grazing land — and fatter sheep.
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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"It is morally repugnant – to Hager, to his TU informants, to many others – that you would deliberately stir up hatred in a society, simply because it was an effective way to achieve your goals." Great read by Simon Wilson on Nicky Hager's book simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/dirty-work...
simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com
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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Denise @denisest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Labour has just shown off their new mobile billboard on FB. #nzpol
Labour Party mobile billboard reading "Cry me a river" with Luxon's face on it
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Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Absolutely cracking analysis of Hager's "Dirty Work" & the damage a few men (one in particular) did to the delicate precious fabric of our society in pursuit of power & profit. Also a reminder Simon Wilson is one of Aotearoa's best essayists. simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/dirty-work...
simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com
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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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 25/09/2026
Right now, the richest pay $9 in tax for every $100 they make, while a teacher pays $22. The Greens would give 96% of earners an income tax cut, paid for not by cuts to public services, but ensuring the super wealthy pay their fair share.
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Gavin Shoebridge @kiwiev.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Forgive me for spamming this place with my own content but Bluesky is now the only site left that doesn't use shitty algorithms to lock down each video I make unless I pay the ransom. So, enjoy! 😀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LP1...
youtube.com
KGM Musso EV: Built for the City? Let's Find Out.
YouTube video by EVs & Beyond
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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#NZpol If the phrase "belongs in the fiction section" sounds familiar, yes, it's the same BS when "Dirty Politics" was released ⏬ Williams and Farrar withdrew *slightly* from speaking/ slots then — riiiiiight up until they got asked back *AGAIN AND AGAIN* to give 'insights'. Rinse BS, Repeat BS.
Two stalls set out and a crowd gathers. One stall displays "Comforting Lies", the other "Unpleasant Truths".

The former is manned by Jordan Williams of the TPU and yes, that's David Farrar, and yes, that is the pic of him dressed as Jimmy Saville, the pedo, and yes, it's weird anyone would dress up like him even as a joke, even weirder this happened *after* he was outed for being a pedo.

But then again, David may just want to feel more comfortable at those "Princess Parties" he helped oversee (VOMIT). Makes the "meat on legs" as one attendee put it easier to catch Davey?

Jordan Williams expounds and exhorts his (faux) ignorance of anything and dishes out words like "It's all lies" and other BS to the crowd.

On the other side, a lonely figure mans the "Unpleasant Truths" stall, with three of Nicky Hagers books showing: "The Hollow Men", about the then-Brash led National Party and its underhanded tactics in tandem with the Exclusive Bretheren (among others), "Dirty Politics" which covered the Key-led National government and the dirty machinations of Jordan Williams, Simon Lusk, David Farrar, Cameron Slater and others... and lastly, the latest release, "Dirty Work", featuring, again, Jordan Williams and David Farrar as more principle players this time.

And of course... the media, and assorted hangers-on, are readily publishing excuses and diversions of course, because, that's... what they do.

LINKS TO THE BACKGROUND OF THE BOOKS BY HAGER

The Hollow Men
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollow_Men_(book)

Dirty Politics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Politics

Dirty Work
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Work_(Hager_book)
Dirty Works
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Rich @friendlykiwi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I love the moments when everything we are generating is going to the house, the car and hot water. We’re not paying line charges to Powerco or gentailer charges to Meridian. It all makes perfect sense. New Zealand made energy in action! #nzpol @greens.org.nz
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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
these are not “autonomous” attacks: they are failures by humans to implement appropriate controls for the computers acting on their behalf, and we must not forget it.
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They are *always* complaining about spending yet will almost every day think of new ways to waste our money on shit like this #nzpol
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Luxon’s office and Fonterra conspired to unlawfully defeat the Official Info Act, while subverting the Smith climate court case. It seems to be a govt pattern: www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...
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More claims of Education Ministry staff trying to avoid OIA come to light
More whistleblowers have contacted RNZ with fresh allegations of Education Ministry managers actively trying to avoid scrutiny via the Official Information Act.
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