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Kurt M

@kiwikurt.bsky.social
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Airline Pilot | Girl Dad From Gisborne to Auckland by way of West Papua and the Rhône Valley Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Also remember that their former president was being trailed (and eventually convicted) for child sexual abuse during the last election and David Seymour shielded him and spent huge amounts of money to make sure his name surpression didn’t lapse until after the election.
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Kurt M @kiwikurt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Very much feels like an ideology quite far from the mainstream doesn't guide an effective election campaign. How would have thunk?!
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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"And besides your debate is stupid anyway, I don't need any of you" he said through clenched teeth, his eyes welling up with tears.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Frankly, I don’t care” epitomises Luxon’s time as PM. #nzpol Some of the things Luxon doesn’t care about: Homelessness NZers dying in hospital while waiting to be seen. People dying on the streets in winter People starving People being made homeless by no cause evictions Pay equity Racism Lies
Part of a stuff headline that epitomises Luxon’s tenure as PM
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Kent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Watching Luxon trying to be prime ministerial is like watching a Neanderthal wander aimlessly around a nuclear reactor, smearing it with mud and hitting it with sticks, whilst proclaiming ‘what I’m saying to you is I’m doing a really great job of running this thing’ #nzpol
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Kurt M @kiwikurt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Funnily enough Stuff hasn't allowed comments on this latest addition to the cannon of their most premier contributors 😂 #nzpol
Damien Grant, hot off the back of Chris Penk's masterful contribution of delusion adds to the decline of anything useful from Stuff
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Minister Erica Stanford refuses to divulge #curriculum feedback amid #OIA secrecy claims, despite it being her job & her responsibility. She should be sacked. #nzpol #education #AtlasNetwork www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Minister refuses to divulge curriculum feedback amid OIA secrecy claims
The Education Minister says information about the feedback she personally gave on curriculum changes "does not exist", amid accusations of a culture of secrecy.
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Kurt M @kiwikurt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's arrived! Merry Hagermas to me #nzpol #dirtywork #dirtypolitics
Nicky Hager's latest book Dirty Work sitting on a coffee table
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Kurt M @kiwikurt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@arusbridger.bsky.social with this happening and many other things this kiwi is quite missing Media Confidential
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Julie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you think about it ACT is in fact the least economically efficient of all our Parliamentary political parties. Highest vote to donations/spending ratio. Makes you think.
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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#nzpol @henrycooke.bsky.social @paulapenfold.bsky.social @marcdaalder.bsky.social We have known for well over a decade that the TPU and associated astroturf orgs and junk tanks (NZI) are working to destroy our democracy in favour of corporate greed. Will NZ Journalism continue to use them…
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OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For the benefit of Jordan Williams, David Farrar et al, here is a comprehensive list of everyone who has successfully sued Nicky Hager for defamation in relation to allegations made in his meticulously researched books: .... End #NZPol
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#nzpol A vote for National or ACT is a vote for more Taxpayers Onion and these awful white men abusing their positional power. Vote them out. Vote them all out.
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Kurt M @kiwikurt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Got blocked by The Parents Alliance on Facebook for asking questions. Before the release of Dirty Work too #nzpol
David Farrar, Dirty Politics practioner in NZ dressed as Jimmy Saville. A sticker at the bottom is of the Parents Alliance, another Atlas-aligned group just started up.
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Kyle Matthews @kylermatthews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Some thoughts on Nicky Hager's "Dirty Work: The Taxpayers' Union and New Zealand's Hard Right" which was launched tonight. These thoughts are informed by a research project we did earlier this year looking at NZTU discourses which involved analysing two years of its media releases and other outputs.
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Kurt M @kiwikurt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Feel like a 6 year old on Christmas Eve. Merry Hagermas Eve! #nzpol
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 21/09/2026
Labour confirms it is "National Party Lite" Milquetoast centrism, clap fucking clap #nzpol
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Labour to keep 'tax cuts for landlords' in place
Labour commits to allowing property investors to deduct interest from their tax bills.
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I couldn’t believe Jack Tame actually platformed that corrupt (Atlas Network, Astroturfing, Fake Union), prick at all. He & his merry band of misery merchants are the reason why NZ isn’t thriving & inequality has been rapidly increasing. Shit work NZ Q&A. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#nzpol
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
People will die because of this I want to know if the building in going in is going to fall down This is not ok #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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Thousands of buildings no longer deemed earthquake-prone after new law passes unanimously
Thousands of buildings are no longer deemed earthquake-prone after Parliament passed legislation reforming building rules.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/09/2026
Of all the weird recurring motifs of the stories people tell me about the AI labor wars, the *weirdest* is when bosses demand to be reassured that their contractors and workers will *absolutely* use AI to get the job done.
A worn out keyboard, cropped over the bottom left modifier keys. Posed in the image is a bearded prophet in Bronze Age robes, arms uplifted in worship.

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Do you know someone that votes for ACT? Tell them they are a cunt, from me. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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ACT pledges to freeze adult minimum wage, lower youth training rate
The party says wages can sustainably rise when workers become more productive and businesses can afford to pay more.
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Found elsewhere, worth a share here. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The cost of the PPP Warkworth boondoggle would have; - gold plated iRex and battery electric ferries - full Dunedin Hospital build - fed every schoolkid around the country for a decade - funded the flu jabs for U-12s - half price public transport for U25's AND HAVE WALKING AROUND MONEY SPARE
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Kurt M @kiwikurt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
That Ayling was on the RNZ Nine to Noon politics chat yesterday just feels icky. #nzpol
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The Herald announce proudly that they are going to start publishing big scary debt numbers as we head into the election. Way to go guys. I suspect that Liam is embarrassed by the crude summation, but, that doesn't excuse some of the reckons in this article, Liam! Let's get stuck in... [🧵 1/n]
As Labour and National face off on debt, are we asking the right questions? – Liam Dann
NZ Herald 30 Aug 2026
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Counterpoint: ACT is demonstrably not the party of cost-benefit analysis. The right has looooong-abandoned economically-grounded evidence-based policy because the results shit all over their ideological preferences.
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HLindalee🦋 @warriorgal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
THIS‼️💔 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #EndPredatoryPolitics
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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
RNZ story re Starship: What you're seeing at our hospitals is a start of what the govt at the time moved to avoid. Overwhelmed hospitals. The covid response measures worked. This govt fucked it all up. Including the stupid Seymour attendance rules.
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Last term we looked at closing a community centre, a pool and sell airport shares amongst other savings. Local MPs of various stripes, including Labour & National, intervened to save these. They might want to cap rates but are the first to try and stop us doing what that requires.
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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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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...
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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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The Tucson Kid @thetucsonkid.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#nzpol This is what economics should be all about. Balancing the books is all well and good, but for what purpose, says Ganesh Ahirao (with emphasis on the Purpose) - Too many people are missing from the table. "Be a good ancestor" Well worth a watch.
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How to fix the economy? Be a 'good ancestor'
YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Christopher Luxon is a wet end, pass it on #NZPol
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Spotted on Molesworth St. Hopfully the PM can't get to work easier now.
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Cay @caymanwent.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Repost to make it die faster
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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Jesus. Putting intl forestry companies ahead of the people, bridges, farms and coastlines of Tairāwhiti? This one thing sums up everything I hate about this government #vote #nzpol
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Kurt M @kiwikurt.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This didn't end well
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Matt at Keyboard @mattatkeyboard.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
#nzpol Perennial Meme
Moe and Barney meme, where A Chris is thrown out of the bar by A Different Chris, but Another Chris appears behind him
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Umm, wut now?! Penk ❌️voted against the Abortion Legislation Bill in 2020 & actively opposed the legislation, voting against amendments during committee stages ❌️voted against the safe-areas leg for abortion facilities ❌️ sought stronger protections for drs objecting to providing abortion services
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 13/08/2026
If you want to vote for a party that cares about tax system reform, that cares about the environment, that cares about social welfare, great, there’s already a proven party for that … 💚💚✅✅ #nzpol
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Kurt M @kiwikurt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
#nzpol 🧵
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Attempting to outst the Prime Minister? Sackable offence as a Minister. Racism? Still fine apparently.
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Kurt M @kiwikurt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Fantastic headline from @bernardchickey.bsky.social: Luxon, like NZ, is bogged down with the hand-brake jammed on. A clear, concise and to the point summation. #nzpol
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Luxon, like NZ, is bogged down with the hand-brake jammed on
Knowing the status quo is unsustainable, but unable to move without the permission of an 81-year-old (self-described) handbrake on the nation, National’s caucus fails again to get rid of PM Luxon
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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a leadership statement like that from a Prime Minster ever in my entire life. He gave the impression of running away from that podium. Goodness.
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Kurt M @kiwikurt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Utterly surreal to be giving a talk to 12 classes at my daughter's school about what leadership as a pilot is. Meanwhile we are so utterly devoid of leadership in our government. #nzpol
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