Reposted by SuzieblueJarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.com · 03/10/2026Amazing editorial cartoon re artificial intelligence by @mackinnonart.bsky.social 191326454
Suzieblue @lathyrusodoratus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Coming our way in NZ if David Seymour et al hold power. It could be it's already here. Does anyone know? 000
Reposted by SuzieblueDavid Pattemore @dpattemore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hey Bluesky New Zealand!! Can you help spread the message this weekend?! Yeah sure this is just one video, but so many people haven’t enrolled yet and don’t realise they are running out of time. Thank you! 🇳🇿 35648
Reposted by SuzieblueBee @dailybee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026'Before the tender began House of Science chief executive Chris Duggan was also added to a group helping to write the science curriculum, on Stanford's recommendation [...] she stood to gain materially from being on it.' #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/01/l...1news.co.nzLabour calls for investigation into $40m school science kit contractThe House of Science had repeatedly lobbied the Education Minister for funding – but Erica Stanford insists it’s all above board. 44122
Reposted by SuzieblueRussel 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
Reposted by SuzieblueWhakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is GOLD!!! Ngā mihi nui @abelsteve.bsky.social Ka whawhai tonu mātou AKE! AKE! AKE! #nzpol 514562
Reposted by SuzieblueNewsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 26/09/2026Comment: Gerry Brownlee held MPs to a double standard, with harsh punishments for the Opposition and leniency for the coalition.newsroom.co.nzGerry Brownlee, Parliament's ineffectual policeman, wraps up chaotic term 35725
Reposted by Suziebluedunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#nzpol Can we really believe she's an rogue contractor when she was PhD supervised by Elizabeth Rata? Seems deeply entrenched idealogy freight train to me. 'Not happy': Secretary for Education Ellen MacGregor-Reid 'cannot explain' OIA comments www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...rnz.co.nz'Not happy': Secretary for Education Ellen MacGregor-Reid 'cannot explain' OIA commentsThe head of the Ministry of Education says she is "not happy" with a manager caught on video appearing to suggest staff skirt the law, nor a scathing internal review of the culture in its curriculum d... 63716
Reposted by SuzieblueBen Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 23/09/2026Yes. www.labour.org.nz/news/speech-... 15520
Reposted by SuzieblueRussel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The dumbass Govt has finally conceded it can't build an LNG import terminal and its dreams of a revival of fossil gas are dead. NZ wasted 3 years while this Govt delayed the transition off fossil gas, while telling the country a dangerous fossil gas fairy tale. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...greenpeace.orgSimeon Brown's disastrous decision to cancel the Gas Transition Plan (and buy a lotto ticket instead) - Greenpeace AotearoaNew Zealand is in the middle of an energy transition 513353
Reposted by SuzieblueRobot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Groceries. Electricity. Gas. Banking. Insurance. Five sectors. All two-to-four players. All lobbied hard, disclosed poorly. Kiwis pay a higher share of income on food than most of the OECD. Both major parties propose supermarket fixes. Neither will touch lobbying disclosure. #nzpolthekaka.substack.comHow NZ’s captured economy is eroding democracy & choking progressLabour wants to structurally separate groceries duopoly; National wants to break up Foodstuffs; But will either actually happen? It’ll be hard without lobbyist & donor reform; NZ First loves vitamins 0134
Reposted by SuzieblueWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 21/09/2026All the commons Hate him perniciously 341986
Reposted by SuzieblueRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before. 352160645293
Reposted by SuzieblueJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The funniest joke ever. 😂 340208784401
Reposted by SuzieblueWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 17/09/2026A poor, infirm, weak, and despis’d old man 16538115
Reposted by SuzieblueSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I said this years ago. It's been obvious. It remains obvious. It's a tragedy for our country. 706147125269
Reposted by SuzieblueRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo that we need to talk about if we're going to talk about the national debt.youtu.beThe Secret Way the Rich are Getting RicherThe biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch. 20982133464
Reposted by SuzieblueKen @kenzime.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Listen, they know there is no jobs, they love it when there are no jobs, it makes people desperate to keep the job they have. Desperate people can be exploited, desperate people wont complain about conditions, or ask for a pay increase. Desperate people mean more profits for their mates. 44718
Reposted by SuzieblueDr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The absolute brass balls of TPU to complain about the cost of setting up Waikato Water when THEY WERE THE ONES CAMPAIGNING AGAINST 3 WATERS!!! 3 Waters was the cheaper, more cost effective option for councils and taxpayers, and TPU actively fomented and stirred up racial hate to get it ditched. 524770
Reposted by SuzieblueD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The Government defunded flu vaccines for under 12s and other vulnerable people and we’re all paying the cost and now next year they say they’ll refund less than 1/3 of the people they took it away from. #nzpol The article doesn’t mention the defunding at all. 1/2 39239
Reposted by SuzieblueD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026“A living wage isn't a luxury, it is the minimum that every worker deserves: money enough to cover the cost of living.” All large employers should be Living Wage accredited. If you will not pay your workers a living wage, then you are exploiting your workers. #nzpol Sign and share.together.org.nzLiving Wage at University of OtagoJoin us in building a better world 2257
Reposted by SuzieblueTony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026When the Luxon government was more worried about donors, entitlements, landlord incentives and not caring about its people. 0103
Reposted by Suziebluenzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is weird, right? We're into day three of eulogies for Chris Penk. A man who's pro conversion therapy, anti bodily autonomy for women, and anti covid vaccines and mandates. He's an extremist whose views are well out of the mainstream. So what are we doing here? #nzpolthepost.co.nzHenry Cooke: Chris Penk shouldn’t have to leave politics altogetherOPINION: Far too many of our MPs now see politics as a mid-career pit-stop, not a calling. 1815042
Reposted by SuzieblueD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026If a job is worth being done/needs to be done it’s worth being paid enough to live. All else is exploitation. You’re part of the problem if you don’t have a plan to get a Living Wage over the line and/or you’re on the rich list opining about inequality but pay staff less than a Living Wage. #nzpol 2338
Reposted by SuzieblueJulie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026New Zealand expert here! This is not funny, New Zealand only does this when it’s in extreme distress. 332277
Reposted by SuzieblueWatershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Only took 3 hours to get the full support of my caucus... #nzpol 8677
Reposted by SuzieblueD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Of course he is. He’s the king of entitlement, not the Prime Minister - he gives nothing of substance except cliches and jargon - Luxon is the Prime Taker. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzChristopher Luxon defends using Air Force flight to attend National Party fundraiserChristopher Luxon is defending his use of an Air Force flight after attending a National Party fundraiser, saying he has a "busy job" and "full schedule". 2378
Reposted by SuzieblueSteffen Rayburn-Maarup @rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet. 209109792166
Reposted by SuzieblueD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 01/08/2026“It is not impolite to name racism, to document it, or to organise against it. What is impolite is telling a New Zealander of 30 years to go home. What is indecent is a cabinet that shelters him.” — Mohan Dutta. #nzpol e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...e-tangata.co.nzWe must name racism when it happens | E-Tangata"It is not impolite to name racism, to document it, or to organise against it. What is impolite is telling a New Zealander of 30 years to go home. What is indecent is a cabinet that shelters him." — M... 08233
Reposted by SuzieblueJennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Looking at you AoNZ coalition government… “Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.” #nzpol 0194
Reposted by SuzieblueRussel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The similarities between Trump and Luxon. NZ weakened fuel efficiency standards for imported cars, and weakened the methane reduction targets for agribusiness while stopping their entry into the ETS 1115
Reposted by SuzieblueD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Fixing the basics?? I don’t think think so. Ffs, Luxon, Seymour and Peters have made them worse. Their transfer of money from services to donors is killing NZers. “Ambulance patients left waiting for hours to get into emergency department” #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...rnz.co.nzAmbulance patients left waiting for hours to get into emergency departmentThis story has been updated to reflect that Waikato Hospital ED was short on doctors, rather than staff as a whole the day a patient died. 23611
Reposted by Suzieblue𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Folks have enjoyed these when I've posted them in the past. Enjoy this minute of baked goods (sound on) www.reddit.com/r/Satisfying... 31567101143
Reposted by SuzieblueEcon Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Cartoon by Steve Kelley 19345901167
Reposted by SuzieblueRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 29/06/2026A global chart we should be proud to be at the bottom of. 1825968
Reposted by SuzieblueHuia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 29/06/2026NZ Government departments should have to support 100% NZ-owned Banks, insurance & businesses - to do anything else is stupid. Mind you- the new Govt curriculum is terrible! It will probably be thrown out by a good government! #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...rnz.co.nzLocal publishers cry foul over education contractsLocal education publishers are unhappy foreign companies have beaten them to government contracts worth about $100 million. 1144
Reposted by SuzieblueKepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 29/06/2026futurism.com/science-ener...futurism.comGovernment Scientists Fired by Trump Launch New Website for Sharing Climate DataA group of former NOAA staffers fired in 2025 has organized a new website to share important climate data with the public. 12111
Reposted by SuzieblueAndrew Frame @napierinframe.bsky.social · 18/06/2026"Conservative" & "Libertarian" MPs wasting thousands & thousands of other peoples' tax dollars day after day. Grift, misappropriation, wealth transfer, corporate welfare. But it's beneficiaries struggling to feed & house their families that are "bludgers" "welfare queens" & "in the wrong"?! GTFO! 16517
Reposted by SuzieblueMack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 17/06/2026No lies detected. 653271567387
Reposted by SuzieblueTurningTexasBlue @tigerfan519.bsky.social · 15/06/2026A novel but accurate description 234132673235
Reposted by SuzieblueRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Absolutely, what a feeling... #BookSky 160104002001
Suzieblue @lathyrusodoratus.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I would like to know the connection between the far right organisations in NZ (TPU, NZ Initiative, ACT etc ) and Project 2025. 000
Reposted by SuzieblueLauren Deschain @thatnerdchick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜 277189355173