Reposted by @kennedytMs Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 13hwww.facebook.com/share/p/1Fiv... #nzpol 25418
@kennedyt @kennedyt.bsky.social · 13hAnd this is why i minimise the use of DD's. Watercare are probably preferred initiators also. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...stuff.co.nzWatercare apologises after $6.14m taken early from nearly 44,000 accountsConsumer NZ says affected Watercare customers should seek refunds and reimbursement for any bank fees or other losses caused by the reported billing error. 000
Reposted by @kennedytSimonM @gingereejit.bsky.social · 20hNext time you hear a National MP crow about how great the NZ economy is doing under their Gov... tap the sign 065
Reposted by @kennedytMichel Mulipola @bloodysamoan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Getting fired up for Māngere at the Māngere Arts Centre Fa'afetai tele lava to the organisers of tonight's Meet the Candidates event and to everyone for turning up tonight Make sure you, your family and your friends are enrolled to vote by 25 Oct! 37323
Reposted by @kennedytVictoria 💚 🌏 @vebate.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Thomas Coughlan turned up very late to a political event in Tāmaki where Chris Hipkins was speaking. Unlike other journalists, he took no notes, and when his phone was out, it was to play word games and scroll messages. No wonder his columns are so ill-informed. #nzpol 67215
Reposted by @kennedytRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Graph of ED wait times (benchmark is six hours) posted by Simeon Brown last night versus a graph of the same data on the Health NZ website. Managing to abuse both X and Y axes in the same graph is almost impressive. 811445
Reposted by @kennedytPatrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 12/10/2026“This is exactly why Government is supposed to exist," Swarbrick continued, "to regulate what needs regulating, to ensure benefits are appropriately shared and harms minimised." www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nz'We don't work for AI': Greens vow to regulate artificial intelligenceThe Green Party says it will regulate artificial intelligence (AI) so its benefits are shared with New Zealanders, not just the technology companies that operate them, if elected. 111734
Reposted by @kennedytMs Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 12/10/2026A decision taken in a carpark that a vital medical service be denied newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/11/a... #nzpolnewsroom.co.nzA decision taken in a carpark that a vital medical service be deniedComment: The last part of Roger Fowler's life were marred by the many casual cruelties of our health system, writes his Rob Campbell. 086
Reposted by @kennedytFrank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I'm more than hacked of at Barbara Edmonds. She's confirmed on Nine ToNoon that Labour WONT be undoing Nationals policy not to allow 18 and 19 year olds to get unemplyment welfare. Honestly, what is the point of Labour now? "Less nasty" is not a selling point! #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...rnz.co.nzLabour lays out finance planFinance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds says everything Labour is planning is costed. 104211
@kennedyt @kennedyt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026All these National party promises, thay had 3 years to implement and didn't do it. 3 more years and they still won't happen. 000
Reposted by @kennedytMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance. 894333896987
Reposted by @kennedytKiwi on your left @kiwionyourleft.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's like Foodstuffs owning New World and Pak n Save. The illusion of choice. #nzpol 1289
Reposted by @kennedytKatie @anarkaytie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Tldr: @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social are the only party with a fully ratified arts policy. Here, I looked it up for you: www.greens.org.nz/arts_culture...greens.org.nzArts, Culture and Heritage PolicyWe are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally. 25014
Reposted by @kennedytDr Lucy Stewart @lcsnz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Not recovering from cancer fast enough? Maybe if your benefit gets cut you'll work harder on that! Good god.tickaroo.comNats: Cancer patients on Jobseeker benefit could face sanctionsNats: Cancer patients on Jobseeker benefit could face sanctionsNational's promising new hardline rules for beneficiaries, including payment rate cuts for those who've been on welfare for more two year... 69845
Reposted by @kennedytEddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The government and the reserve bank colluded to deliberately raise unemployment to address inflation. The government is now raining misery on the people it helped push out if jobs. Six month stand down will uncomplicatedly make people homeless. Old fashioned beneficiary bashing. 0137
Reposted by @kennedytPaparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026A senior figure in New Zealand First’s youth wing has been linked to a neo-Nazi group and online accounts that praised Adolf Hitler. Great work from @comingupcharlie.bsky.social www.thepress.co.nz/politics/361... 415483
Reposted by @kennedytRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If you really want to get "more people off welfare and into work", consider not tanking the economy. That typically works better than performative cruelty. 420550
Reposted by @kennedytMandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6if... NB: there were at least 32 false or misleading statements made by PM Luxon (Hipkins 1, corrected in real time)youtube.comThe Leader's Debate: Fact Checked.YouTube video by Paul… The Other One 49445
Reposted by @kennedytIdiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The anti-public transport cookers have become dangerous www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...nzherald.co.nzHomemade bomb found near new City Rail Link station, safely disposedA New Zealand Defence Force team identified the object as an improvised explosive device. 092
@kennedyt @kennedyt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's budget time in ireland. One feature is that all social welfare beneficiary's including pensioners get a double payment for Christmas. RTE news: €500 disability payment, rural pub tax rebate in Budget. www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...rte.ie€500 disability payment, rural pub tax rebate in BudgetCoalition leaders have signed off on a new cost of disability payment worth €500. 000
Reposted by @kennedytMs Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026National recycling old promises into new liesthespinoff.co.nzThe full timeline of National’s broken cancer drugs promise | The SpinoffHow a key campaign pledge came undone. 084
@kennedyt @kennedyt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026How about simplifying the registration process, 16 character password, entered twice and no method to display what you have typed. Tooling up to stop the next 'massive weed' before it gets started www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...rnz.co.nzTooling up to stop the next 'massive weed' before it gets startedRaising the alarm early about new or fast-spreading weeds is now easier and faster, with a new Department of Conservation (DOC) digital surveillance tool 000
Reposted by @kennedytBronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 05/10/2026no taxes? I’d rather NZ political parties dealt with the fact we have 1) NO rules around lobbying 2) NO disclosure of targeted digital campaigns 3) NO limits on party donations 16317
Reposted by @kennedytDylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 05/10/2026Needed to get Myki transport cards for the two youths in Melbourne... They were $5 each. That's it. All they pay. Full stop. Free travel for under-18s. For Mel and I the cards were $6 each and we pay normal fares, but with a daily cap of like $5.70 or something. 4444
Reposted by @kennedytHuia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#Greens' brilliant $4b rail plan: Overnight sleeper trains from Auckland-Wellington & passenger services between Christchurch & Dunedin, & extending the TeHuia train to Tauranga. Restoring commuter rail gives smaller regions & towns benefit of more travellers stopping www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/03/g...1news.co.nzGreens' $4b rail plan: Overnight trains, Christchurch-Dunedin serviceThe passenger rail plan includes routes from Auckland to Wellington, Christchurch to Dunedin and extending the current Te Huia train to Tauranga. 58016
Reposted by @kennedytNick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is good news because the Greens also have the best policies for anyone who calls Aotearoa home. Greens surge to new high as Labour and National drop in latest poll www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...stuff.co.nz‘We’ll need portfolios’: Swarbrick lays down demands as Greens surge in new pollThe party will have 19 MPs if the results of Monday’s 1News Verian poll are repeated in November’s election. 2404
Reposted by @kennedytIdiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Greens promise to make the trains run on time www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzGreen Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ citiesThe Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected. 2283
Reposted by @kennedytIdiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Laws don't apply to rich people www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...rnz.co.nzNelson councillor Tim Skinner discharged without conviction after appealA long-serving city councillor fighting to save his name and job has been discharged without conviction after appealing his family violence matter. 2247
@kennedyt @kennedyt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A hologram wants AI to produce cabinet papers. What could possibly go wrong. ACT leader David Seymour doesn't see why AI shouldn't write government Cabinet papers www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzACT leader David Seymour doesn't see why AI shouldn't write government Cabinet papersIn the lead-up to November's election, Midday Report is speaking with the technology spokesperson for a range of parties about their biggest hopes and fears for artificial intelligence (AI) and the ro... 020
Reposted by @kennedytTony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Can we have a referendum to kick Nick Mowbray out of Aotearoa. He is basically causing political harm to this country #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...stuff.co.nz‘These are the rules’: Nick Mowbray hits back at Hipkins over tactical voting commentsFollow the election campaign live. 10719
@kennedyt @kennedyt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Has any party promised to reverse the proposed 2027 changes to the cover of the AoNZ passport 000
Reposted by @kennedytKevin Hague @kevinhague.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Really worth making time for : youtube.com/watch?v=dwrC...youtube.comCan the Greens overtake Labour? | In BriefYouTube video by Public Interest NZ 44217
@kennedyt @kennedyt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026ACT has been bought and paid for. Vote accordingly. Political donations tracker: ACT gets another $225,000 and overall parties total exceeds 2023 campaign www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzPolitical donations tracker: ACT gets another $225,000 and overall parties total exceeds 2023 campaignACT has overtaken National in large donations, declaring another $225,000, bringing its total to $2.3 million. 000
Reposted by @kennedytPERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 30/09/2026Brian Roche is an absolute arsehole For everyone's sake, VOTE THEM OUT #nzpolrnz.co.nzHow to cut public sector jobs? A much more aggressive approach to AIThe government's recipe for cutting thousands more public sector jobs demands using AI much more. RNZ looks through 16 documents that led up Nicola Willis's announcement in May of 8700 jobs to go and ... 4247
Reposted by @kennedytCindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Post could have refused to run this. Hooton chose to. 0636
Reposted by @kennedytJim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Anything other than material redistribution is tokenism,” Chloe Swarbrick #nzpol www.publicinterest.nz/the-system-i...publicinterest.nz“The system is rigged”: Chlöe Swarbrick on capitalism, democracy and the Greens’ path to powerChlöe Swarbrick wants to take on corporate power, redistribute wealth and expand public ownership. But can the Greens build the mass political movement needed to make this happen? Since becoming co-... 02814
Reposted by @kennedytKieran @nugmonster.cryptoanarchy.network · 30/09/2026huh, so Chloe was 100% correct to lay the blame on Winston. Who would have guessed. And yet the media are quoting him as if he's correct. 1103
Reposted by @kennedytRussel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The NZ Govt travels the world telling people how they take their climate commitments seriously. But at home they dismantle every policy that constrains emissions and subsidise more emissions. So we've joined international efforts to hold them to account. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...greenpeace.orgGreenpeace joins complaint to EU over NZ climate policy reversal - Greenpeace AotearoaThe complaint addresses Government reversal of climate policies, which Greenpeace has labelled a 'race to the bottom on environmental regulation'. 413545
@kennedyt @kennedyt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Interesting choice of candidate photos. RNZ show their true colours. Naked residents and dangerous dogs: The perils of the political door knock www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzNaked residents and dangerous dogs: The perils of the political door knockThere are just 38 days to go until the general election and until then, you can be sure that political candidates will be pounding the pavement and knocking on thousands of doors as they seek to win v... 000
