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Leonie Morris

@leoniemorris.bsky.social
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Toitū Te Tiriti, feminism, tax wealth, climate justice. I work for Auckland Women's Centre but this is my personal account.

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Sporran Peace @sporranpeace.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
here's the stats
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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Health targets. My #cartoon today #Health #NZpol
Cartoon. Title: “Health Targets” Simeon Brown pushing a patient in a wheelchair, in an Emergency Department. He’s wheeling her towards a cupboard that is stuffed full of people, and saying, “Technically, this isn’t the ED. Our targets are working!”
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Unthinkable not so long ago but women are collectively worse off now than we were 3 years ago. But damage control is not progress, & we don't want to go back to 2023. Instead let's lift our horizons, imagine a relaxing future - and vote with that future in mind. Scorecard commentary:
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Election 2026: Political Party Scorecard Revealed - Auckland Women's Centre
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Greens would establish programme to guarantee jobs for all young Kiwis
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Greens would establish programme to guarantee jobs for all young Kiwis
The Green Party says it will guarantee a job for every young New Zealander aged 16 to 24 who has been out of work for six months or more.
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Prime Minister’s Office is facing fresh questions over transparency and corporate lobbying after the Chief Archivist formally directed it to account for records relating to dealings with two of New Zealand’s biggest companies, Fonterra and Z Energy. #nzpol
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Missing Records, Corporate Lobbying and the PM: Chief Archivist Demands Answers Over Fonterra and Z Energy - Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
The Prime Minister’s Office is facing fresh questions over transparency and corporate lobbying after the Chief Archivist formally directed it to account for records relating to dealings with two of […...
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We wonder why 🤔 Pregnancy Choice, one of the largest Crisis Pregnancy Centre (CPC) is only NOW putting a disclaimer on their website? They're disinformation, antichoice centres. They say, "Our supporters are not professionally registered counsellors, midwives, doctors, or medical specialists" #nzpol
Pregnancy Choice website screenshot where they have put up a disclaimer which says they're not liable for any damages or anything they say because they are not medical professionals and are all staff. 

📢 ⁉️ We wonder 🤔 why one of the largest Crisis Pregnancy Centres (CPC) in Aotearoa New Zealand - Pregnancy Choice, is only *NOW* putting a disclaimer on their website? This is new. 

We have been vocal 🔊📢 about the disinformation from CPCs and the very real danger CPCs put pregnant people in by their information and services they offer. So if they're just a bunch of volunteers with no expertise - why are they giving medical advice and in some cases, offering pregnancy scans!?

Every. Single. Crisis Pregnancy Centre in Aotearoa NZ is anti-choice and anti-lgbtqia. These are anti-abortion centres. 

#nzpol #cpc #crisispregnancy #crisispregnancycenter #disinformation #abortion #abortionishealthcare #prolife #antichoice #antiabortion #ReproJustice #ProlifemyassLimitation of Liability
Engagement with our services is entirely voluntary. We take no liability for a client's independent decisions, nor for any harm or perceived harm resulting from the voluntary receipt of our information and support.Not Professional Counselling or Medical Advice
Our supporters are not professionally registered counsellors, midwives, doctors, or medical specialists. The information we provide across all our services—including this website, phone calls, online chats, texts, and in-person visits—is for general educational and emotional support purposes only.
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Who wants to run when a major political party is posting AI slop depicting 2 women leaders as little girls. Disgusting. That's before we get into the deliberate disinformation campaign attacking a nonbinary MP based in homophobia #nzpol
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Julie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ps it’s National, I just ran out of characters Remember - toilet seats - pulling pony tails - proud to be a man - 30% of their top 20 are women - stopping pay equity overnight And I see they have a bs sexist AI slop image they are sharing today too. Argh
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Well #nzpol
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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It's here! The Coalition for the Safety of Women & Children's Election 2026 scorecard of 2 halves: 12 new steps from violence towards freedom & 8 steps to halt & reverse current regression. Thanks @tepaatimaori.bsky.social @greens.org.nz @labournz.bsky.social for replies - at www.awc.org.nz/20steps
We're demanding to move forward 12 steps towards a better future:
TPM & Greens - full commitment across all
Labour - a mix of no, some, full commitment & TBA
Opportunity, National NZ first, Act - no responseAnd to repair what's been broken 8 steps to reverse the damage
TPM - full commitment across all
Greens - full commitment across all apart from not considering back pay & interest for pay equity (orange as supports pay equity)
Labour - a mix of no, some, full commitment & TBA
Opportunity, National NZ first, Act - no response
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Sidney Wong @sidneygjwong.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"If a PM who sees himself as a CE of a corporation starts offering special privileges to wealthy ‘customers’ – for instance, the right to draft laws that serve their own interests [...] one can see how quickly that might lead to a collapse of faith in democracy." newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/06/a...
newsroom.co.nz
Anne Salmond: Hayek's bastards, revisited
Neoliberalism's attempt to make self-interest into a governing philosophy has proven to be a disaster, writes Dame Anne Salmond, but alternatives do exist
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Chantalle Smith @chaneyz85.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hearing National say those with “mild or moderate” mental health issues shouldn’t be on the benefit… My Mum had a break down. It took her 4 years to recover to the point she could be employed again. These changes would force someone like her to get into work quicker or have their benefit cut 🤬
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Aotearoa Greens Global @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Our London-based legend show you how easy it is to vote from overseas! #Kikorangi #nzpol #PartyVoteGreen.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am staying at the port in Toulouse, which collects a NZ 60c bed tax from visitors. THIS IS NORMAL IN EVERY PARTY OF THE WORLD. So why are we having these never ending agonising debates about implementing stuff like this in NZ?
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Hīkoi for Health @healthreformnz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🌟 Hīkoi for Health doco is here! Featuring the voices of those we met along the 2025 hīkoi, directed by Oriwa Hakaraia. vimeo.com/1227117828/0... Pukapuka that collects everyone's whakaaro, written submissions, & imagines what a health system COULD look like 👉 www.glenncolquhoun.net/index.php/gl...
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HikoiForHealth_Screener_Final
This is "HikoiForHealth_Screener_Final" by Māoriland on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Jjengar @jjengar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just watched Ollie Neas’s revealing interview with Nicky Hager Highly recommend 👍 youtu.be/taCF7kC2WF8?...
youtu.be
How do you manufacture a movement? Nicky Hager on Dirty Work | Undercurrents
YouTube video by Public Interest NZ
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'This culture manifests in many ways: fiscal irresponsibility, crony capitalism, “petromasculinity” (hat tip to George Monbiot for the phrase), climate denial, culture wars, performative nonsense.' @simonbwilson.bsky.social #NzPol
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They’re losing their shit over Chloe Swarbrick
The Prefu’s defective, Opp’s got bottom lines and Luxon’s got “balls”, but Chloe doesn’t know finance?
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A word at the end of the day about people saying "I'm okay with drug testing if all MPs have to do it". No. That is *not* where we want to go. Part of the danger of National's stunt policy is that it sets us off down a slippery slope where the privacy and human rights of *everyone* are infringed.
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Strypey @strypey.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
"The Human Rights Commission does polling every year on Te Tiriti (o Waitangi), and this year ... found that 87% of people in NZ think it's important we understand our history, and 83% think it's important we have positive Crown-Māori relations." Max Harris, 2026 […]
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026
It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
X post from AI industry insider Alvin Sng :

My wife: Can you read our baby a book?
Me: I can just play an audiobook from my phone.
My wife: But then it won't be in your voice.
Me: I can train a voice model.
Parenting hits different when you work in Al.
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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What makes these policies extra hateful is that neolibs want people unemployed and under-employed. It's core to their dubious economic theory. The thinking goes that having more job-hunters than jobs keeps inflation down by suppressing wages. (Despite evidence against this.)
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ICYMI Kmart stopped selling Anko Smart Glasses (after selling out, obvs). We shouldn't have to rely on retailers having good sense. Regulate risky tech. www.stuff.co.nz/wellbeing/36...
stuff.co.nz
Kmart pulls $99 ‘pervert glasses’ from website
Kmart appears to have pulled its inexpensive “camera glasses” from its website, less than three months after launching the product.
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Dr Lucy Stewart @lcsnz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Not recovering from cancer fast enough? Maybe if your benefit gets cut you'll work harder on that! Good god.
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Nats: Cancer patients on Jobseeker benefit could face sanctions
Nats: 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...
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Andrew Jull NZRN (he/him) @andrewjull.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Join me at Turnout Together: People Power vs Big Money our.actionstation.org.nz/events/turno...
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Turnout Together: People Power vs Big Money
Aotearoa is a country with enough for all of us to live good lives. But this election has shown us what happens when big money teams up with big politics at the expense of our communities, our environ...
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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 08/10/2026
Perfect response from Chlöe Swarbrick and the @greens.org.nz.
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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Facilitated by RNZ’s Susie Ferguson, with plenty of time for questions from the audience. 📅 13 October 🕠 Networking from 5.30pm, panel from 6pm Come along, hear where candidates stand, and bring your questions. Register via the link below events.humanitix.com/online-safet...
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Online Safety Coalition Presents: Political Panel – Online Safety, Privacy & AI
This hybrid and cross-party event will focus on the need for regulation of digital platforms in New Zealand
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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"'rigid harmful gender norms', including deep-seated entitlement to control a female partner, as well as colonisation, were underlying drivers of family violence in New Zealand." - We agree with Shine expert Mira, who is a member of our Coalition for the Safety of Women & Children, paraphrased here.
nzherald.co.nz
'Those poor babies': Children among 16 dead in 47 days amid spate of violence
Several of the deaths appear linked to family or intimate partner violence.
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ready now for the IHC election forum - interested to see what each of the parties have to say about disability and the promises they will make... #nzpol #IHC
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Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What's even better than trains (wait, nothing is better than trains 😂). What's a really fantastic add on... affordable public transport across the motu, for all of us 💚🚃🚍🚃💚 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
stuff.co.nz
Greens promise $2 capped fares and free travel for millions
The Greens are promising free travel for children, students and several other groups, with bus and train fares capped at $2 for everyone else.
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 03/10/2026
Do as Aunty Marama says whānau, party vote @greens.org.nz💚 and let's kick ALL of them out #nzpol
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just came back from my most positive door knocking session ever. Nobody voting for the current coalition and lots of both potential and committed Green Party voters #nzpol
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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I know it's cliché at this point but the Cornell case so perfectly proves the double standard applied to women's behaviour vs men's. The actions (and inactions, and coverups) of dozens of men don't count if one young woman dared to go to a party first
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Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Do you know what's awesome about our transport policy, you can download, print and make your own Green transport assets.nationbuilder.com/beachheroes/...
An image of a model kit for a Green Party train that you can print, cut out and folder to make your own train
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Will de Cleene @zippygonzales.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In another rare mis-step, National campaign manager Simeon Brown steps on yet another rake.
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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My Listener column on rough sleepers, move-on orders and the wonderful Helen Robinson at the Akl City Mission is now online ($) but you can also read it in the magazine in shops this week www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
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Simon Wilson: Wider Auckland needs about 1000 emergency beds. Move-on orders won’t fix that
Why aren't we listening to those with solutions to NZ's rough-sleeping crisis?
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Along with others, I've had a bit to say about Simeon Brown's deranged 2024 Transport GPS. But this is actually shocking. It was altered *after the consultation period* to make the books look better – in a way that wrecks the National Land Transport Fund. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/09/29/t...
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Transport borrowing comes back to bite - Greater Auckland
Today, Treasury is releasing the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (or PREFU) ahead of the election. So I figured it was worth looking at a significant recent change to the way transport expendi...
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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
At the heart of Nicky Hager’s book is a tale of how a group of cynical hard-right ideologues made racism a winning political platform, not because they’re white supremacists, but because it suited their interests. My Hopetown post is here #nzpol simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/dirty-work...
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Dirty work and the disinfecting sunshine it deserves
Nicky Hager’s new book ‘Dirty Work’ reminds us how much we’ve lost in the last three years
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Care and support workers have waited far too long for their work to be valued properly, and today’s announcement from the Greens shows there is a clear path to getting it done. #nzpol
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Greens' pay equity commitment a win for care and support workers NZCTU
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi welcomes the Green Party's commitment to restore pay equity and fund a settlement for around 65,000 care and support workers.
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Because of gender and ethnic pay gaps in Aotearoa, Pacific women are now working for free until the end of the year. This election year, we need to vote for pay equity. It’s the only way to make sure that all working people are respected, valued, and paid what they’re owed. #nzpol
Tile showing a rally march with people carrying signs and flags. Text reads: “From today until the end of the year Pacific women are working for free because of gender and ethnic pay gaps. Working for Free Calendar.' Flower logo reads “Respect Us, Value Us, Pay Us.” Footer text: “*Stats NZ Household Labour Force Survey 2026.”
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is so racist it doesn't make sense to people who aren't racist. Like, seeing a dude with a facial moko smiling at you should not make you freak out (also I DREAM of Chippy being in TPM's pocket, he'd have better policies) #nzpol
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Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/f... - hopefully the politicians will start taking climate commitments more seriously if it has trade consequences #nzpol
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Formal complaint that NZ climate backsliding breaches Europe trade deal
The Government's top law officer warned that if ministers blocked Mike Smith's Fonterra lawsuit, the next case would target the Crown directly. She's been proven right, reports Jonathan Milne.
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RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 30/09/2026
📢 An employment lawyer says New Zealand needs a stronger culture of accountability for safety, following the resignation of Tauranga City Council's chief executive.
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Tauranga City Council CEO's resignation highlights NZ’s weak safety culture - employment lawyer
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/09/2026
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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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 · 30/09/2026
“Māori have long cottoned on to that. Nicky Hager’s latest book helps to join the dots for others who may have wondered how it was iwi became public enemy number one during the Stop Three Waters campaign.” #nzpol www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/09/28/t...
teaonews.co.nz
The powerful have figured out how to work together. Journalists need to catch up
Analysis: It was a set of interviews I did on the Māori delegation to Israel for Te Ao with Moana recently – and the release of the Nicky Hager book Dirty Work – that took me back
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Russcolli @russcolli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-.... #nzpol. Classic right wing hypocrisy
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No one is wasting more ratepayer cash than the government
The $9 million already spent on council amalgamation proposals is just the start.
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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
stuff.co.nz
'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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