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Ian Grant

@gruntienz.bsky.social
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Semi Retired RN from Auckland, NZ Old white boomer and Anti-Fascist

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Peter Green @petergreen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TPU unwilling to waive nondisclosure clauses they claim don't exist.
nzherald.co.nz
Hager claps back at Jordan Williams on sexual harassment claim
Dirty Work author Nicky Hager says the Taxpayers' Union could waive confidentiality.
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𝕯𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖘™ @dallasbarnett.com · 23h
Lux after coming 3rd in a 2-person debate last night
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Dexter regurgitates National policy without the balance of ConsumerNZ/consumer groups that could provide evidenced commentary on whether it will do what National say. #nzpol National has form for marketing over substance like CompassNZ, whose meals for schools on their website are pure fiction.
National unveils nine-point energy plan to tackle power bills
Giles Dexter
Political Reporter
Politics / Election 2026 10:21am
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Julie Anne Genter @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz · 03/10/2026
On a fast electric bus heading to Puhinui station, to transfer to train to Waitematā station. ⚡️🚍🚊 Most cost effective and relaxing way to get into town from the airport (for now…)
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Frank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WE WERE WARNED THIS WOULD HAPPEN. This is on the heads of National/Act/NZF and all those who vote for those parties. Climate change denialism will cost us dearly,in more ways than one. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
NZ accused of breaking climate change promise with EU, but Todd McClay rejects claim
A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commis...
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Day two of the campaign and we've got Luxon insisting Labour will have to do every Green, TPM and Opportunity policy while also stating that he would not do NZ First or ACT policy. This will not receive accurate contextual comment that is clearly hypocritical blathering.
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
To clarify; the $2.9 BILLION that “landlord’s” have received, occurred over the last 3/4years alone. (Cry me a river Luxon) The $2.7 Billion that Māori have received, is the total sum over close to 200 FUCKING YEARS. 🤯 So yeah, let’s chat about EQUITY shall we, ya fuckikg appalling c*nts. #nzpol
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The doctor told her absolutely. But she asked him why, if she will just be put in the hallway for 8 hours. The doctor didn't answer her really, just looked pained. I hate what successive govts have done to our healthcare system.
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New Zealand Professional Firefighters' Union @nzpfu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING | Thorndon's ladder truck—one of only two high-reach ladder trucks in Wellington—is ON FIRE. #NZPol
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 17/09/2026
Mark Carney used an address to the European Parliament to to sketch out what Ottawa would want from closer ties with the EU but declined to give full-throated approval of Ursula von der Leyen’s surprise “associate member” plan.
politico.eu
Canada’s Carney stops short of endorsing von der Leyen’s associate member plan
Canadian prime minister says he welcomes “ambition” of European Commission president’s plan in speech in EU Parliament.
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Ol’ ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Which won't drive down the price of anything...at all.
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Frank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Grossly irresponsible. At a time our hospitals are near collapse, this self-serving idiot wants to waste money on tax cuts? If voters fall for this naked bribe, we deserve the 3rd World country we get as a result. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
Nicola Willis hints National to campaign on income bracket changes, research tax credit
Nicola Willis has hinted National will campaign on changes to the research and development tax credit after businesses hailed its success.
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I see former ACT party president, predatory peadophile Tim Jago is back in the news again. Hes better now apparantly. No mention of ACT party leader David Seymour attempting to shield him from police investigation, or the extremely long name suppression lest it affect the election
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Ian Grant @gruntienz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Te Ruru gets my vote 🦉
The New Zealand native owl, the Morepork or Ruru
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Ian Grant @gruntienz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/09/11/p... “Cheat like hell” Simeon Brown instructed - oops Trump said
cnn.com
Trump steps on Vance’s primetime moment and other takeaways from RNC convention’s second night | CNN Politics
Vice President JD Vance offered Republicans a glimpse of what could be the party’s future on Thursday night, as he hammered home a midterm message with overtures to disaffected voters, a pro-family pi...
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Ian Grant @gruntienz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@suzemcn.bsky.social
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cryoutloud26 @cryoutloud26.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#nzpol
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Ian Grant @gruntienz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361.... Seymour thinks he is Elon Musk
stuff.co.nz
Armed with a sledgehammer, David Seymour marks election milestone with midnight mission
A midnight mission secured ACT leader David Seymour an early win in the race towards November 7.
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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you want them to work, pay them what they're worth.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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SpecsChic: Show me cats! I love real specs, not perve glasses! @specschic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
And in 2024 they stopped free flu shots for under 12s, unless they have a serious qualifying condition. It is a design for failure. theconversation.com/flu-vaccines...
theconversation.com
Flu vaccines are no longer free for all under-12s in NZ – children living in poverty and at higher risk will bear the brunt
Influenza accounts for more than half of all potentially vaccine-preventable hospitalisations of children under 14. But those living in poverty are three times more likely to require hospital care.
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J.B Payne @abstractivist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'm guessing nobody has told Luxon how a strike works... #nzpol
Quote under an image of Christopher Luxon saying striking public service workers "should be at work"
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The flu crisis is a consequence of political interference with medical advice. This government would have killed 10k+ people in 2020.
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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dr Brown makes a medical breakthrough. My #cartoon today #NZpol #HealthSystem #HealthCare
Cartoon. Title: “Medical Breakthrough”  A caption says, “In an audacious innovation Dr Brown transfused $95million from hospitals to GPs” Image shows Health Minister Simeon Brown putting a line into the arm of a skeletal Health System to remove blood and transfer it over to the other arm, overseen by PM Christopher Luxon. Luxon is saying, “Your audacity knows no bounds, Dr Brown!”
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Wtf is going on? Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, Yayoi Kusama AND Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) All within 2 days? Can we please start losing some evil dictators and warmongers instead soon?
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Defunding vaccines for under 12s in the middle of a cost of living crisis has been catastrophic. National/ACT/NZF didn’t fix the basics they f**ked them and we’re all paying. Starship Hospital defers less urgent cases to cope with 'flood' of kids with flu symptoms #nzpol
rnz.co.nz
Starship Hospital defers less urgent cases to cope with 'flood' of kids with flu symptoms
Starship Children's Hospital is deferring less urgent cases to cope with a "flood" of very young children in hospital with flu symptoms.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“Paul Davison’s report into the Mount Maunganui landslide is brutal. Six people died in January, and his central finding is that they didn’t need to. Yet almost a week after its release, remarkably little has happened to anyone responsible for the council that failed them.” #nzpol
democracyproject.org.nz
Democracy Briefing: Where’s the accountability after the Mt Maunganui report?
Paul Davison’s report into the Mount Maunganui landslide is brutal.
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Jennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Simeon Brown is a liar. Vote them OUT #nzpol
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
371 Kāinga Ora developments (involving 1,576 planned homes) were cancelled by Chris Bishop when he came to power. Bishop also slashed the accessibility requirements for state housing. drbex.substack.com/p/social-hou...
drbex.substack.com
Social housing is a key part of solving homelessness
Cancelling over 1500 new social housing builds is both fiscally and socially irresponsible, given homelessness is on the rise
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Robot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Since the coalition was elected, landlords have received benefits equivalent to more than 25 years of Treaty settlement redress. #nzpol
nzherald.co.nz
Landlord tax break cost rose by $800m to $2.9b
National’s pre-election fiscal and tax plans costed the policy at $2.1b.
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Rich Williams @richwilliams74.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump I Rump!
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I knew an old President who swallowed a tariff, he swallowed the tariff to hide from a war, he started the war to distract from a pool, he ruined the reflecting pool to avoid his ballroom, he started his ballroom to hide from the files… We all know why, he hid from those files… Perhaps he’ll die.
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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 24/08/2026
The Government’s $95m-a-year boost for general practice is being funded through the budget for hospital and specialist services, documents reveal.
dlvr.it
‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: GP funding boost paid for by hospital cash
The Government’s $95m-a-year boost for general practice is being funded through the budget for hospital and specialist services, documents reveal.
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Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Facebook was commandeered by overseas bad actors to convince at least 10% of adult New Zealanders that Covid vaccines killed thousands & J Ardern literally imprisoned us for years, but yeah let's ban kids from TikTok.
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
No new taxes No new Nurses No fire engines No science investment No school lunches No housing No public transport No future #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
stuff.co.nz
‘The choice is clear’: National says no new taxes at PM’s campaign launch
The National party has promised there will be no new taxes if it is re-elected on November 7.
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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Not only has RNZ copy-pasted Act’s racist, anti-Tiriti announcement & sought no opposing views, but they've also included a link to Act’s website so readers can view the “full policy". But a few days ago, RNZ made sure to get Seymour’s quotes in an article on the Greens school lunch policy🫩🧵 #nzpol
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harkin61.bsky.social @harkin61.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#nzpol
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Kylie @styla73.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Our health system is not prepared for this at any level. This government learned nothing from Covid except it costs money to prevent and treat illness so let's save money and let people get sick and die. We are all we have. TAKE PRECAUTIONS. Stay home if you are sick. www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
rnz.co.nz
Healthline calls in reinforcements amid biggest flu outbreak in 10 years
Healthline has called in reinforcements to cope with a deluge of calls amid the biggest flu outbreak in years.
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
FYI: Luxon has refused to do a second debate like in a normal election. This man preaches "accountability" but has avoided media for 3 years and now refuses take part in debate season 🤦🏾
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Melanie D'Arrigo Is Correct.......
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Kent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Banking Reform Coalition wrote to the Minister asking why MSD payments can't be paid to NZ-owned Fintechs and must instead go to the traditional banks. Inexplicably that correspondence was lost as well #nzpol
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
They can when Matt Doocey would have lost his seat if it had proceeded given how fucked off his electorate is with this and the amalgamation reforms.
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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Scandalous result of the 30/30 policy. Totally arbritrary limit on the size of govt & debt as % of GDP. Sinking lid on non-NZ Super spending Ignores ageing and sickening population. 30/30 currently bipartisan policy of both National & Labour. Has driven structural under-spending for 30 years #nzpol
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ignore me @ibjoshua.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Interisland Ferries, Dunedin Hospital, 10k EV chargers, Auckland Harbour bridge, etc etc etc. These morons are just so so incompetent. They have no respect for our money, our people, our children, or our environment. If you believed the hype, they’d at least be good with our money but that’s a myth
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The donations have already been spent. #NzPol
rnz.co.nz
Fast-tracked housing developments can't be paused, Chris Bishop says
The housing and infrastructure minister says he can't legally pause fast-tracked housing developments.
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