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@kilkenny.bsky.social
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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 1h
I remembered there was a Queenstown webcam I have checked for Aurora with before. Walter Peak is visible on the right hand end. queenstown.roundshot.com#/
On your right
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Lisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Genuinely concerned about what's happening to the space-time continuum in this toilet.
A toilet door with a sign saying "Temporally Out Of Order"
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 4h
Superannuation Luxon will raise the age of superannuation to 67. This is their policy. Hipkins will not raise the age of super.
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 4h
A vote for The Opportunist Party is a 50/50 vote for NAT ACT & NZF. Why take the chance? All their policies they haven’t already ditched are weaker or worse versions of what Greens have already and at least you know Greens have values and won’t jump in to bed with just anybody. ✅✅ #nzpol
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kilkenny.bsky.social @kilkenny.bsky.social · 2h
Parrot tulips, late afternoon.
Two pots of pinky-red 'parrot' tulips (the kind with rilled petals) seem to glow in the late afternoon sun.
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 14h
Something like 450,000 kiwis still aren't registered to vote. Pls ask your friends & family if they are registered - every vote is so f-ing important. Also same day registrations & make it 16 FFS
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 12h
This is going to be one of those debates where Luxo is a total egg and then the commentators will be grading on a curve like "he did so much better than I thought he would, the HEAT IS ON for Chippy" or some shit and I don't think I can bear it #nzpol
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kilkenny.bsky.social @kilkenny.bsky.social · 13h
They literally have no imagination for the country besides MOAR ROADS.
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 13h
Just an incredibly weird choice
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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 16h
In an election this tight, every vote matters But National changed the rules that always allowed Kiwis to register in a relaxed way in the 2 weeks prior to election This was voter suppression It is deeply undemocratic- potentially cutting 175,000 voters Get registered vote.nz/enrolling/en...
vote.nz
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 05/10/2026
one aspect of the Cornell case I've not seen reported on much is what Cornell faculty think of how Cornell has handled it Suffice it to say: hooboy, the texts I'm getting from Cornell faculty, especially those who are junior and can quite easily get snapped up by other wealthy universities
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yes, this makes perfect sense.
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bmrmb @rogers.co.nz · 05/10/2026
So basically it costs me $190 totally fill up the diesel BMW. ~60 litre tank. That will allow it to travel 1100 km. The EV uses $30 of electricity to travel the same distance when charged at home. Both use RUCs Pretty easy to see why the BMW is parked up.
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G @gpatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sums up my feelings. 
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GreenLeft Network 🍉 @nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Do you like more trains? Because the Greens will push for MORE And unlike a blue or red party that over-promises and/or poorly-delivers We will deliver at the right pace by following the advice by Te Waihanga and our local councils (apparently that's too difficult for some parties to do). #nzpol
Potential routes for mass rapid transit

We’ll take advice from the Infrastructure Commission and councils
on the best mass rapid routes for communities to stay connected.

Auckland Light Rail mass rapid transit proposal map.

https://assets.nationbuilder.com/beachheroes/pages/92458/attachments/original/1791067852/Transport_policy_online_.pdf?1791067852Wellington Light Rail and Christchurch Light Rail mass rapid transit proposal maps

https://assets.nationbuilder.com/beachheroes/pages/92458/attachments/original/1791067852/Transport_policy_online_.pdf?1791067852
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
back to back transport bangers from the Greens the failure to engage the missing 15-20% has been an indictment on our politics for years - the Greens are making serious play to bring working people back inside the tent
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A great Christmas gift for all NZ this year would be if Winston Peters retires and let some young vibrant non racist MP join the house. #nzpol
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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Greens continue to be *extremely good* at communications strategy, and their policy-led approach keeps breaking through into wider media. #nzpol Wouldn't surprise me if this is a trap to let them compare the benefits of rail/roads in debates, as well as a sincerely great policy on its merits.
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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think the Auckland CRL has shown Kiwis love trains. And now the Greens step in and say “What about the CRL, but for the whole country?” And people, who remember love the CRL, are saying “Yes! Choo choo motherfucker!”, and hopefully choo choo motherfucker we shall. #nzpol
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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is such a good policy because we’re not building the network from scratch. It’s already there and just needs upgrading. We used to build trains and rolling stock ourselves, and we could do it again creating high paid, skilled jobs. It doesn’t need to stack up commercially. It’s the government.
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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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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Someone tell them where Bezos’ yacht is
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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Luxon dumping on Chloe is a sure sign they're shitting themselves. Time for the media to call out Nat lies. If they don't like being criticised in Europe for being climate deniers, they should stop undermining efforts to protect our kids futures.
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 03/10/2026
FUCK YEAH #nzpol
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Auckland-Wellington sleeper train part of Greens’ $4.02b passenger rail pitch
The Greens are proposing a $4.02b passenger rail plan spanning Auckland, Wellington, Tauranga, Christchurch and Dunedin.
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kilkenny.bsky.social @kilkenny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm so tired of clickbait headlines in MSM news sites. At this rate they'll announce the start of WW3 like: "You'll never guess which country just dropped an atomic bomb on its rival". 🙄🤦🏼
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
when pushpolls get leaked & media don't refer to them as that, while also not even implying which group leaked it, then they're just platforming campaign PR weirdly they go on to refer to NZF and ACT policy, but not Labour or Greens?? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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Leaked poll reveals what public think about supermarket split
A poll commissioned by supermarket giant Foodstuffs and leaked to Stuff shows 45% support National’s plan to forcibly separate Pak'nSave and New World, while only 38% oppose the idea.
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kilkenny.bsky.social @kilkenny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Paved with gold 💛💛💛
A suburban footpath is littered with kōwhai blossoms that have fallen from the trees above.
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 02/10/2026
Prime Minister 'walks back' the lies he repeated by Todd 'habitual liar' McLay. You mean you thought you could get away maligning the media & Greens & the truth outed. You slimy little wanker www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Luxon walks back bizarre claims about the greens
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is not a ceasefire. It's the daily murder of unarmed Palestinians, watched in slow motion in the wing mirrors of the bullet proof limos that shuttle world leaders anywhere but there. They have failed Palestinians, their own citizens, and everyone who has fought and or strived to stop genocides.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
under old scottish law, you just gotta let someone go after a failed execution because the sentence has been carried out
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
All I want is a seaside cottage, the distant rumble of thunder, a vintage mystery novel, a kettle on the stove, a comfortable reading chair, a crackling fire, a raven keeping watch, and a basket of freshly-baked emotional support scones.
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
First Labour policy that has made me go “oh nice one 👏🏽🙌🏽”
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Video of a Russian attack drone making a direct hit on a school in Kyiv this morning. No injuries, as the children were in a shelter at the time. Absolute barbarism from fascist Russia, which almost certainly deliberately targeted the school.
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Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely fantastic. As Chlöe says, politics is just a game to some politicians. A way to exert power and line themselves up for comfortable well paid jobs in the future. They can’t fathom that not everyone is like them. This shouldn’t come as a shock but I’m voting ✅✅ @greens.org.nz
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Peter Green @petergreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Worth remembering that if it costs the government $4.5b to reverse the gender pay tax, then it costs the women affected $4.5b to leave it in place.
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Jennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Excellent! The coalition of Ghouls should NEVER have stopped pay equity claims BUT they did 😐. Time to vote them OUT ⭐️🤜💚✅✅ #nzpol Greens put $4.5b bill on first part of reversing government's pay equity changes www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
Greens put $4.5b bill on first part of reversing government's pay equity changes
The Green Party has pledged to reinstate the pay equity scheme and fund a settlement for the 65,000 care and support workers whose claim was stopped by the government's changes.
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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New Zealanders pride ourselves on being honest brokers in our export economy we trade fairly- and we still use "Pure NZ" as a key export slogan. But the reality is that we are not playing by the climate trade rules we signed & we expect our EU partners to follow too www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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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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NZ Transit Buzz @nztransitbuzz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#BusNews: From October 1, NZTA has introduced new rules that require road users to give way to buses leaving bus stops. On roads with a 60km/h or lower speed limit, if bus drivers are leaving a bus stop, the side of the road or moving out of a bus lane, other drivers must give way to the bus.
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kilkenny.bsky.social @kilkenny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Curious to think how a simple pot of tulips (like this one by my front door) would have cost a fortune at the height of Tulip Mania in 1637 - around $2,000,000 or more in today's money.
A pot of magenta-coloured tulips sits by a wooden front door.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
National have f**ked the basics #nzpol “More than 1300 women were overdue for their colposcopy - a test needed to check for cervical cancer - at the end of July, figures obtained by Stuff under the Official Information Act reveal”. #nzpol
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'Not good news for women': The internal emails exposing cancer screening harm
Documents and emails shed new light on major issues with the cervical screening programme.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Self Portrait with a Cat, 1938 by Swedish German painter Lotte Laserstein #WomensArt
Painting featuring a white woman with short dark hair wearing a white overall and holding a tabby cat on her lap while painting at the easil and looking outwards
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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My position on why the EU- NZ trade agreement complaint’s so serious- we can’t have it both ways - we can’t claim to be honest brokers on a world stage while at home we’re not keeping to the fair climate/sustainability rules we expect our trade partners to also stick to www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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'Stakes could not be higher': Concern over claim NZ breached FTA climate commitments
International relations experts are warning a case claiming New Zealand is not meeting EU trade agreement climate commitments could seriously impact the country's reputation.
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026
I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living.
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Kim Tairi (ia/she/her) Nā te mea he Māori ahau ia rā ia rā @kimtairi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My sincerest hope is for a government change. Please vote! It is heartbreaking how hard it is for so many. #NZpol
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🐶🐙Dr. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you or people you know aren't sure who to vote for in the upcoming NZ election, this handy resource has been created by some awesome people I know. www.onthefence.co.nz
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On the Fence 2026
On The Fence helps Kiwis get started on their political journey. Answer a series of questions on the issues that matter most to you, and we'll show you which political parties share your values.
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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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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The police prosecutor said Finegan used full force when he kicked the victim in the head. It was a serious assault and the gravity of the offending was high, the prosecutor said.” #nzpol NZ where you get jailed for being homeless but if you’re the ‘right white type of bloke’ NO CONVICTION.
rnz.co.nz
Army officer attacked taxi driver after being asked for $20 fare
New Zealand Army intelligence officer Arthur Finegan denied a "nasty" assault - until he was confronted with CCTV footage showing an attack that left a taxi driver unconscious.
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Kieran @nugmonster.cryptoanarchy.network · 29/09/2026
Oh my god they've increased nurse hiring by 50% (because they've hired 54 nurses in 3 fucking years)
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Health NZ agrees to 24 new nurses for North Shore Hospital after 'nightmare' winter
North Shore Hospital emergency nurses have secured a victory - and are set to get the staff they have been asking for since before their "nightmare" winter.
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think the media are really out of touch with how much women want pay equity for all women #NZPol
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NZ Army intelligence officer Arthur Finegan lied about a "nasty" assault that rendered a man unconscious - until he was confronted with CCTV footage showing the attack but gets off because of ‘potential’. #nzpol He’s not capable of protect and serve.
rnz.co.nz
Army officer attacked taxi driver after being asked for $20 fare
New Zealand Army intelligence officer Arthur Finegan denied a "nasty" assault - until he was confronted with CCTV footage showing an attack that left a taxi driver unconscious.
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