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Suzieblue

@lathyrusodoratus.bsky.social
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Recovering English and Classics teacher. Love literature, history, politics, word games, gardening, embroidery, crochet but particularly the people in my life. Aotearoa New Zealand

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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Jarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.com · 03/10/2026
Amazing editorial cartoon re artificial intelligence by @mackinnonart.bsky.social
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Suzieblue @lathyrusodoratus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Coming our way in NZ if David Seymour et al hold power. It could be it's already here. Does anyone know?
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David Pattemore @dpattemore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey 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! 🇳🇿
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Bee @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...
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Labour calls for investigation into $40m school science kit contract
The House of Science had repeatedly lobbied the Education Minister for funding – but Erica Stanford insists it’s all above board.
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 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...
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Greenpeace joins complaint to EU over NZ climate policy reversal - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The complaint addresses Government reversal of climate policies, which Greenpeace has labelled a 'race to the bottom on environmental regulation'.
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is GOLD!!! Ngā mihi nui @abelsteve.bsky.social Ka whawhai tonu mātou AKE! AKE! AKE! #nzpol
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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 26/09/2026
Comment: Gerry Brownlee held MPs to a double standard, with harsh punishments for the Opposition and leniency for the coalition.
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Gerry Brownlee, Parliament's ineffectual policeman, wraps up chaotic term
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dunnersmads.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...
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'Not happy': Secretary for Education Ellen MacGregor-Reid 'cannot explain' OIA comments
The 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...
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Ben Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 23/09/2026
Yes. www.labour.org.nz/news/speech-...
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The 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...
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Simeon Brown's disastrous decision to cancel the Gas Transition Plan (and buy a lotto ticket instead) - Greenpeace Aotearoa
New Zealand is in the middle of an energy transition
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Robot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Groceries. 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. #nzpol
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How NZ’s captured economy is eroding democracy & choking progress
Labour 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
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 21/09/2026
All the commons Hate him perniciously
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For 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.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The funniest joke ever. 😂
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 17/09/2026
A poor, infirm, weak, and despis’d old man
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I said this years ago. It's been obvious. It remains obvious. It's a tragedy for our country.
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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 31/08/2026
This should be a criminal matter.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
In 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.
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The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch.
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Ken @kenzime.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Listen, 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.
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The 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.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The 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
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D 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.
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Living Wage at University of Otago
Join us in building a better world
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
When the Luxon government was more worried about donors, entitlements, landlord incentives and not caring about its people.
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This 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? #nzpol
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Henry Cooke: Chris Penk shouldn’t have to leave politics altogether
OPINION: Far too many of our MPs now see politics as a mid-career pit-stop, not a calling.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If 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
"If you can't afford to pay a living wage, you can't afford to be in business.
Asking people to work below poverty wages so you can own a business is entitlement at it's finest.
You are asking human beings to use their Lives to subsidize your desire to own a business.

If a job is worth being done it’s worth being paid enough to live

- Mohamad Safa,
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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New Zealand expert here! This is not funny, New Zealand only does this when it’s in extreme distress.
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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Only took 3 hours to get the full support of my caucus... #nzpol
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Of 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...
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Christopher Luxon defends using Air Force flight to attend National Party fundraiser
Christopher 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".
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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup @rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
A town sign seen through a train window.
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D 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-...
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We 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...
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Jennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Looking 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
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The 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
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Fixing 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/...
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Ambulance patients left waiting for hours to get into emergency department
This 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.
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Folks have enjoyed these when I've posted them in the past. Enjoy this minute of baked goods (sound on) www.reddit.com/r/Satisfying...
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Cartoon by Steve Kelley
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
A global chart we should be proud to be at the bottom of.
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
NZ 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...
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Local publishers cry foul over education contracts
Local education publishers are unhappy foreign companies have beaten them to government contracts worth about $100 million.
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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Government Scientists Fired by Trump Launch New Website for Sharing Climate Data
A group of former NOAA staffers fired in 2025 has organized a new website to share important climate data with the public.
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Mindy @mindysworld.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
#NZpol
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Andrew 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!
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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
No lies detected.
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TurningTexasBlue @tigerfan519.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A novel but accurate description
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BønneBalletten @loverespectnature.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Absolutely, what a feeling... #BookSky
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Suzieblue @lathyrusodoratus.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I would like to know the connection between the far right organisations in NZ (TPU, NZ Initiative, ACT etc ) and Project 2025.
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Lauren Deschain @thatnerdchick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜
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