Reposted by HorusVote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 10hOnce Jordan Williams discovered racism made the TU tills ring, he went at it boot-and-all, tearing at the social fabric of Aotearoa to profit himself and his dirty little hard right cabal. Untold damage ensued. Genuinely sickening. 1163
Reposted by HorusAmped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 10hGood to see this banger doing the rounds again #nzpol 0199
Reposted by HorusCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 8hWelcome to NZ where we have a complex system of checks and balances between the legislature, judiciary and Mike Smith. 1182
Reposted by HorusBen Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 10hAnd the price of listening to ACT, Fed Farmers, and Groundswell are starting to pay their dividends. A complaint has been laid that NACT1 has breached our Trade Agreement with the EU. The EC will investigate and sanctions can include TRADE Sanctions against farmers newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/f...newsroom.co.nzFormal complaint that NZ climate backsliding breaches Europe trade dealThe Government's top law officer warned that if ministers blocked Mike Smith's Fonterra lawsuit, the next case would target the Crown directly. She's been proven right, reports Jonathan Milne. 074
Reposted by HorusCindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 21hNZ: pure shitfuckery. Great new content by @thejuicemedia.com Thanks legends #nzpolyoutube.comNZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^keryYouTube video by thejuicemedia 04522
Horus @guynermie62.bsky.social · 19hMay as well just shut the whole show down now Jason Winstanley named as RNZ’s next chief executive www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines... #nzpolrnz.co.nzJason Winstanley named as RNZ’s next chief executiveJason Winstanley has been named as RNZ's new chief executive and will take up the role in 2027. 170
Reposted by HorusCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The conservative and far right are intent on getting DEI for homophobes, transphobes, racists and other assorted bigots by arguing that the belief that other people aren't people or don't deserve rights should be given equal protection like those offered to victims of those bigotries. 0215
Horus @guynermie62.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The most cursed words in journalism are: “ok let’s move on“ #nzpol 010
Reposted by HorusSassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 28/09/2026SIXTEEN PERCENT LESHGO LOL I KNOW ITS W POLL CANT A GIRL CELEBRATE THE EVENT HASNT HAPPENED I NEED SOMETHING 1867
Reposted by HorusCivil liberties newsfeed (NZ) @civillibertynznews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Officials crack on behind closed doors to limit the OIA, under cover of election - newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/28/officials… - Details and more news at: nzccl.org.nz/newsnewsroom.co.nzOfficials crack on behind closed doors to limit the OIA, under cover of electionAndrew Ecclestone and Russell Opland argue the managerialism of processing official information requests is shielding the heart of the matter: reducing our right to participate in making policies, and... 097
Horus @guynermie62.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Well there you have it - www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/pm-christ...nzherald.co.nz'Very legitimate question' about future of Waitangi Tribunal – LuxonNZ First's policy is to abolish the Waitangi Tribunal if re-elected. 000
Reposted by HorusNinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So, @andrewtychen.bsky.social and I put together a bit of a talk today, facilitated by Napier Libraries, and I wondered if there was interest in taking the messaging out wider? It’s non-partisan information 75217
Reposted by HorusTony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Everyday is a good time to say "Fuck you Winston Peters" #nzpol 2455
Reposted by HorusStephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Not 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 411651
Reposted by HorusCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Its great to see RNZ double down on Nicky Hager's point that they're completely incapable of addressing systemic gaming by the right but will also address the perception of these issues from the left. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...rnz.co.nzThe new education group that wants to represent parents' voicesA new advocacy group has launched with the aim of giving parents a more organised voice in New Zealand's ongoing debates around education. The Parents' Alliance says it wants to be evidence-based and ... 35114
Reposted by HorusTe wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Hey guys! GUYS! Damien Grant (convicted fraudster) thinks Hager's Dirty Work "falls well short" so don't read it ok? Ok guys? And if thats not enough to convince you, Chris Penk (who hasnt read it) says its a work of fiction, so please, dont read it. Please. 119820
Reposted by HorusJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 16892733039
Reposted by HorusJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3233541237
Reposted by Horusyogibear6363.bsky.social @yogibear6363.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The frame rate of the camera matches the rotation of the rotor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPHs...youtube.comStatic Helicopter Blades | Quick DYouTube video by Captain Disillusion 3372
Reposted by HorusBen Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026For NZME to platform an actual known proto kiwi nazi means everything Hager said was true beyond any doubt 151
Horus @guynermie62.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Between these cookers, ACT and a supine racist set of Nats, this is about alarm call to keep these fuckers out of power. If you thought the anti ACT Treaty Principles Bill was someting, this shit would see the start of a civil war imho www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzNew Zealand First announces plan to abolish Waitangi TribunalNew Zealand First says it will seek to immediately abolish the Waitangi Tribunal following the election. 000
Horus @guynermie62.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They make it so easy. A woman is someone who covers her drink or leaves when Karl Mokaraka enters the room #nzpol 'What's a woman?': Vision NZ's Karl Mokaraka heckles Chris Hipkins at Ōtara Markets www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nz'What's a woman?': Vision NZ's Karl Mokaraka heckles Chris Hipkins at Ōtara MarketsLabour leader Chris Hipkins has been confronted by political disruptor Karl Mokaraka during a rainy campaign visit to the Ōtara Markets, with Mokaraka repeatedly shouting "what's a woman?" and accusin... 1204
Reposted by HorusTze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Journalists are crowing 'what's new?!' because they have forgotten that there is a second draft of history, and don't seem to recognise that a book like this, is it. This govt has literally forced the TPU into the *school curriculum* in its ideological vandalism, well here's the primary reference. 514457
Reposted by HorusGreville Whittle @greville.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I wish I could repost this more than once... 04312
Reposted by HorusGreenLeft Network 🍉 @nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There'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 14331
Reposted by HorusJombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's important to remember that The Taxpayers Union are not just awful people, they also do awful things. #nzpol 16915
Reposted by HorusGrumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Has Hager been interviewed by anyone in RNZ yet? A simple search on the RNZ app suggests that they've published pieces quoting Luxon, Williams, and Farrar, but not actually interviewed Hager to get their own take on it. So much for Both Sides... 96820
Reposted by Horus💫Foxy💫 @getyourfoxyback.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@markhamillofficial.bsky.social Happiest of Birthdays to you Thanks for always inspiring us ❤️ 26882061435
Reposted by HorusDavid Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"It shows that in the past three years, police have refused to lay charges against staff despite recommendations to do so from the current Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA)." #nzpolrnz.co.nzPolice rejected 13 IPCA calls to lay charges against staff in past three yearsA report says the new police watchdog should be able to call for independent review in cases where they disagree with police over whether staff should face charges. 14218
Reposted by HorusJosh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · 25/09/2026Pols journos sneering that “everyone knows about the Taxpayers Union” and ”it’s just lobbying” are telling on themselves; the fact is that the public *doesn’t* know about the TPU‘s antics and that is because of the failure of mainstream journalists 618653
Reposted by HorusKoBettyAhau ♥️🤍🖤 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @kobettyahau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Exactly - it was the kind of lazy journalism Nicky talks about in the final chapter 061
Reposted by HorusBen Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Penk is the very definition of the 4th Estate in Aotearoa basically: interviewing their keyboards for 750 words on reckons their reckons never read Am I wrong? Go have words with Boucher who enabled today's absolute brain fart firststatic.klipy.com 051
Reposted by HorusNew Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Are you tired of Aotearoa New Zealand’s politics being dominated by racism and xenophobia? We’re sick of it, and we’re fighting back. SAVE THE DATE: 17 October, and follow our friends @workersfirstunion.bsky.social to stay in the loop. #nzpol 06934
Reposted by HorusDan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 25/09/2026Just spotted that THE QUIET EARTH has been added to Beamafilm for those of you whose libraries provide that service. funeralsandsnakes.net/p/something-...funeralsandsnakes.netSomething to watch tonight: The Quiet EarthThe Quiet Earth (Murphy, 1985) is a digital rental on AroVision. 1294
Reposted by HorusSimon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The new book #DirtyWork by #NickyHager is the story of how Jordan Williams and the Taxpayers' Union orchestrated the use of racism in the 2023 election. Here's my take on what we lost as a result, free to all on my Hopetown substack now simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/dirty-work...simonwilsonhopetown.substack.comDirty work and the disinfecting sunshine it deservesNicky Hager’s new book ‘Dirty Work’ reminds us how much we’ve lost in the last three years 46629
Horus @guynermie62.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This applies equally to Aotearoa #nzpol Politics is a sorting hat - assholes skew right. www.wonkette.com/p/the-rights...wonkette.comThe Right’s Advantage Is That It Loves To Lie!Bad faith bad faith! 071
Reposted by HoruswordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In case you've been wondering about Tory [sic] Relf, who's been fronting for the Taxpayers' Union on the TV news, she previously worked as a campaign manager for the UK Conservative Party, which probably tells you all you need to know. 🙄 #nzpol 1196
Horus @guynermie62.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Playing the Stooges 1969 and James Williamson guitar is a straight razor to the ears #Stooges #iggy 000
Reposted by HorusTony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Scourge of New Zealand Jordan Williams #nzpol 4343
Reposted by HorusMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Let's take a moment to appreciate one of the best articles on Taxpayers Union by @newsroom.co.nz journalist David Williams: Chiding in Plain Sight Well worth a read & confirms critical elements like the tobacco money and TPU essentially working in partnership w/ ACT & Nats #nickyhager #DirtyWorknewsroom.co.nzChiding in plain sightInside the Taxpayers’ Union’s in-your-face push for change. Part 1 of a 2 part series. 25516
Reposted by HorusBopeep-Burton 💙🐓🏝🐈🏡🏖 🦋🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️🌈🇫🇷🇵🇸🏳️⚧️🌎 @bopeep-burton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026 5296137
Horus @guynermie62.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Dear @scalzi.com you mentioned in a post today you were working to finish a book this year. Assuming it wasn’t Monsters, is there any info on the title, publication date etc? Thank you 🙏! PS forget those cruises, hop on a plane and come to Aotearoa sometime! 000
Reposted by HorusJosh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · 23/09/2026this is exactly what I expect from mainstream politics journalists and it amounts to "yeah we're all operatives for neoliberal propaganda outlets at the end of the day, so what?" 1278
Reposted by HorusGary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026New rule: Any media reporting on David Farrar must be accompanied by this photo of Farrar dressed as Jimmy Savile. #OneTermGovernment #nzpol 58725
Reposted by HorusDylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 23/09/2026Close your eyes and you can't tell you're listening to a comedy sketch... 313345
Reposted by HorusKent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Apparently our "business leaders" have signed an open letter opposing the pro-consumer policies of all the parties except Act. Which is a roundabout way of saying – based on votes at the last election – that they are going against the wishes of 92% of NZers www.thepost.co.nz/business/361...thepost.co.nzCorporate heavy hitters tell MPs: ‘hands off our businesses’Fifty-one business leaders sign open letter protesting political promises to break up power companies, supermarkets and force the sale of a bank. 31810
Reposted by HorusMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The surprise isn't that foreign fossil fuel & tobacco funded astroturf group Taxpayers Union is the subject of Nicky Hager's new book It's that NZ media including The Post, Stuff, RNZ, TVNZ etc keep profiling & interviewing these people and groups #NickyHager #Dirtywork 617147
Reposted by HorusStephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026For serious though, once again we see clearly that the right do not have good ideas or good people, just a shitload of money and power, and even with all that, they can't withstand a single whiff of criticism or pushback 18716