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History, philosophy and politics through a Māori lens... or whatever my hyperfocus is at the current moment.

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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yup, here's a thread to back up the Hipkins influence (also I forgot to mention Todd Corporation (a New Zealand Initiative member and Hipkins works parent company) was also an equal donor to both Labour and National till recently while Greens and TPM refused their donations bsky.app/profile/kaim...
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Labour's top cop candidate says no institutional racism in police force
rnz.co.nz
No hard feelings: Rakesh Naidoo refuses to hit back after police row
Labour's top cop candidate Rakesh Naidoo has declined to fire back at police top brass over their criticism of his move into politics, despite maintaining he did nothing wrong.
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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Former cop thinks cops aren't racist. ...which is why former cops should never be cop minister. They're captured by the mindset, and insufficiently sceptical www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
No hard feelings: Rakesh Naidoo refuses to hit back after police row
Labour's top cop candidate Rakesh Naidoo has declined to fire back at police top brass over their criticism of his move into politics, despite maintaining he did nothing wrong.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Naidoo said he had seen no evidence of it during his nearly 25 years in the police force.” Not just in his area of the PoliceNZ. That’s unbelievable wilful ignorance because I’m not a member of PoliceNZ & I’ve seen evidence of their racism, research speaks to an avalanche of it & he’s denying it.
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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Temporarily came back to say this: I warned y'all (the royal y'all, not anyone in particular) that Hipkins was like this, and would continue to act in the interest of oil and gas because of his old job in the industry, and for that I was harrassed by Labour supporters on Tiktok and chased off.
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A Critique of Hipkins
YouTube video by Kaimataara
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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/kaim...
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Matt @kiwimatt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Party vote Green. Make Labour a coalition partner in a Green govt. NZ doesn't deserve (and won't survive) another 3 years of Nat/Act/NZF, but Hipkins' Labour doesn't to lead a Govt. #nzpol
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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Temporarily came back to say this: I warned y'all (the royal y'all, not anyone in particular) that Hipkins was like this, and would continue to act in the interest of oil and gas because of his old job in the industry, and for that I was harrassed by Labour supporters on Tiktok and chased off.
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A Critique of Hipkins
YouTube video by Kaimataara
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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Honestly Labour, fuck you at this point. Like just get fucked. The world is burning and you're all in with the blowtorches just to appease a few people who will never vote for you anyway. What a piece of shit party you are #nzpol
nzherald.co.nz
He waka eke no more – after 18 years, Labour not committing to pricing for agricultural emissions
Labour leader Chris Hipkins said his party will find other ways to reduce emissions.
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Kara Bee @faerytern.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ah bugger. NZI being friendly with Hipkins is more proof that he is compromised and has been for ages. How'd I miss this? Fuck. Thanks.
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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Weekly occurrence of Hipkins attacking Greens and TPM 🙄 Hipkins wants to talk down to TPM yet he's attending a members only lunch on the 25th of July with the Atlas Network think tank New Zealand Initiative #nzpol
Chris Hipkins talking down to TPM on Newstalk ZBNew Zealand Initiative even on 25 July members only lunch with Chris Hipkins
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Communication corporeal entity @commcorps.myatproto.social · 26/08/2026
My favorite part about being right is being too early every single time
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Labour pivots focus to National's stomping grounds of economy and crime
Labour leader Chris Hipkins has told his caucus the party needs to up its game on the cost of living, crime and the economy.
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Billy Boola @handle.invalid · 26/08/2026
Making the wrong assumptions leads to asking the wrong questions. Assuming labour is center and asking why they are not looking after their traditional voter base of poor workers Labour is center right and that question should be why did they abandon the left www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol
rnz.co.nz
Collecting the votes of the discontented
It's election year and there's a cost-of-living crisis, but the traditional party of the struggling worker has moved to the middle and can't promise a rescue for the poor
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 26/08/2026
Wow, seeing people saying Labour agreeing to help National get bills to select committee is good democracy. With perception 99% of politics, the perception to the general public is Labour is supporting National. Just take out shit legislation out at the knees & stop it dead in its tracks FFS
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Labour: "We're going to help a failing National government prop up policy *neither* of us have a mandate for" there is zero way to read this as positive for electoral politics in NZ even in VERY narrow case where there's a small target electoral strategy, the 'unintended' consequences are horrific
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
McAnulty answering everyone's questions as to why he hasn't deposed Hipkins - he's also a bit of a loser it turns out incredible commitment to selling themselves as completely at the whims of fate why not simply... offer something that voters want? *Anything*? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
'It's extraordinary how things change' - NZ election strategies dissected at summit
For Labour to have a shot at government, it needs Opportunity to get five or zero percent at November's election, the party's campaign chair says.
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
With the policy appeasement we're seeing so far, I have a question: Do Labour's campaign volunteers understand the party's cunning plan well enough to stay motivated to knock on doors? #NzPol
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Playing politics. #NzPol
rnz.co.nz
National, Labour agree to disagree over two policies they agree on
Labour's Barbara Edmonds has for the first time revealed the party intends to support the government's legislation for rates capping through initial stages.
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Labour's willingness to alienate its entire base just to appeal to a handful of wavering National voters is batshit crazy. Formulate policies to address our many, glaring problems. Articulate them as clearly as possible. That's the whole job. Why is this so hard? #NZPol
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Mickey @mickeytreadwell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
When you can't afford to take your kids to the museum, please dm me so I can direct you to the local Labour MP. #NZpol www.thepress.co.nz/politics/361...
thepress.co.nz
Labour to support council rates cap bill to first reading
Labour is open to the Government’s bill to cap rates rises at 4% in principle, but spokesperson Tangi Utikere notes that councils need to be funded appropriately.
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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 26/08/2026
What is going on with NZ Labour leadership this week??? Greens voters (like me) are now furious and even some Labour voters I've seen are upset at them. Wow. Like what are they even thinking? Is this some big brain strategy I don't understand? Or am I just terminally online?
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Biker "Cash Bazooka" Chiwi @bikerchiwi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
All your Chris are belong to us! #nzpol
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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Reposting this from my thread last year on Hipkins at a Labour event. There's no 3D chess going on here guys, he believes in everything he's pushing through and through (which sorry, McAnulty hopers, that means that Kieran most likely believes in it all too). #nzpol
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
voters: we want a vision of the future to vote for, the status quo isnt working Labour: nah lol
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Seriously, what is going wrong with Labour right now? Do they not realise its an election year and they are *competing against* National? If you want rates caps and social bans come up with your own policy and push that, point out where you would do better, why the other one is bad #nzpol
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Sophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Labour's Barbara Edmonds has for the first time revealed the party intends to support the government's legislation for rates capping through initial stages. Are they out of their minds?? #nzpol
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David Palmer @cloventt.net · 25/08/2026
Labour supporting the under-16 social media ban and rates caps through first reading. Seriously, what is the point of the NZ Labour Party? They have presented no effective opposition this term, which is a major reason so much horrible shit has gone through. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
National, Labour agree to disagree over two policies they agree on
Having agreed to join forces on a social media ban for under-16s, National and Labour are squabbling over the process and time taken.
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Lew @lewsos.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Labour supporting the rates cap bill to first reading Their strategy for beating the least popular National leader in 20 years appears to be "we agree with Chris"
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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Labour supporters keep telling me to just chill and that there's a plan but it's a bit hard to have faith when every element of the plan so far is 'We'll do exactly what National did but we'll ban smoking again or something, maybe.'
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
really interested to see the varied breaking points of Labour supporters, members, caucus(?) as the party supports increasingly damaging National Party policy 😌🙏
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jonathansgamecast.bsky.social @jonathansgamecast.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Well, labour just lost my party vote and electorate vote. This isn't better starts now it's enshittification + surveillance and the death of anonymity on the internet. 3rd party ID check providers Internationally can't be trusted, they make their own rules. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361... #nzpol
stuff.co.nz
Labour to back social media ban for under 16s
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says his party will support National’s proposal to ban children from social media.
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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh look it's exactly what the Labour party in NZ are failing to learn #nzpol
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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
@chrishipkins Seriously???? You’ll hand our privacy our privacy to big tech on the back of a Stuff poll? This is your idea of BETTER???? I too was holding out hope for your party, but I see you’ve wholeheartedly embraced Starmer’s failure. Shame on you. Do us all a favour and stand down now. #nzpol
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Tax Wealth not Wages @progallthethings.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
35,000 dead. Our govt could not care less about climate change. Death cult. #nzpol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves
Figure only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals
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Mike FireBeard @mikefirebeard.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Ij... I'll just leave this here. #nzpol
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How Atlas influences both sides of Parliament and how to stop it
YouTube video by Kaimataara
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Carl Horsley @carlhorsley.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I am genuinely astounded that we all meant to look around at the state of things and are expected to think "yeah, best not to spend any money trying to fix that". We want Scandinavian social services while still maintaining a "tax is theft" mentality. Health, climate, housing, research... #nzpol
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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So because I've got so many appointments procedures and tests from this Friday till late January I probably won't be on here very much neither writing nor reading till after they're over. I need to take a break from social media and just relax till it's over
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
FFS, so Hipkins also seemed OK continuing on with rates caps? What a day. #NzPol
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aodhan @mvaodhan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Don't think it would happen here? Luxon is already licking trumps boot. I don't think anyone thought it would end up like this.
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aodhan @mvaodhan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Point out how In America, they denied someone to the country for a meme, how Ice uses identification data to target brown people (Including a Maori Woman) and how people are considered domestic terrorist for being against AI Data centers.
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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Some Labour stans are real pieces of work man. One was trying to imply that only conspiracy theorists were against the social media bans AFTER people in the trans community were speaking about how it would negatively impact them. Y'all aren't safe. You're the 'I'm the nice guy' of politics. #nzpol
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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Chris Hipkins as Fry from Futurama thinking 'Not sure if I even want to win this election'
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Because I know that the membership do not want this either x
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So, I'm a Labour member. I'm furious about the support of the social media ban as an expert who researches and writes about online harm and online safety regulation (and I know that some MPs have read my work as well as many MANY other experts). But my ire is at leadership here, not Lab supporters.
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is who they are. #NzPol
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Release: Labour clears way for social media bill to go to select committee
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It's so anti evidence, I'm considering throwing in my membership.
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 25/08/2026
Kahurangi Carter walking the walk There's a better way of living💚 Party vote @greens.org.nz #kikorangi
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Political Power: Kahu Carter Green Party MP
YouTube video by Rewiring Aotearoa
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