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Liz Barry

@lizbnz.bsky.social
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Proud lefty dog lover in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Fighting disinformation, racism and bigotry. Semi retired broadcaster who narrates audio books and plays piano. And I'm proudly Woke! #resisttrump #onetermgovernment #toitutetiriti #nzpol #bhn

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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I went to the top of the Eiffel Tower yesterday. What a view! #France #Eiffel
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans can't cope with a man as smart as Jack Smith who has all the receipts. One day, Smith will send Trump and his corrupt cronies to jail for CORRUPTION, WAR CRIMES, and HIGH TREASON. Mark my words. #JackSmithforAG www.youtube.com/live/tf2kufq...
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LIVE: Jack Smith TESTIFIES Before Senate...
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What the heck is going on at RNZ? We expect better from our public broadcaster!
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great analysis here. From far away in the UK, I'm enjoying seeing the pearl clutching going on in right-wing circles. #nzpol www.klaut.media/single-post/...
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Nicky Hager's latest book is an instruction manual, not an exposé
Hundreds packed Unity Books on Tuesday night to watch Nicky Hager finish his trilogy. I went as a reader, a former political operative and a reluctant expert on the subject. The room told me as much a...
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm sure this soulless grifter has a spare $20,000 in her bank account. It's always the same with these putrid people. Expecting other people to pay for their lifestyle and in this case, to breed. Ugh. #nzpol
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Creep of the year. So glad this racist little perv and his organization is being called out. Get your popcorn folks. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
'No claims': Taxpayers' Union 'categorically denies' sexual harassment payout claim in Nicky Hager book
The Taxpayers' Union has rejected a claim in Nicky Hager's latest book that it settled an employment dispute involving allegations of sexual harassment against its executive director.
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good!
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
HuffPost: Trump's nephew suggested that his uncle may have found the one thing the media can take away from him, attention, and pondered on what would happen if the media simply stopped giving him the attention he craves. It would be about fucking time. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The book has already sold out, Mr Luxon. Yes, we do care. IDIOT! #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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'NZers do not care about this topic' - PM on new Nicky Hager book
The prime minister and deputy prime minister are dismissing claims in a new book that argues the Taxpayers' Union used anti-Māori racism as a political tool - especially during its Stop Three Waters c...
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A glimpse inside the real Iran where ordinary people go about their lives. Leave them the fuck alone, Trump!!!!! youtu.be/BU_SfeLyWZk?...
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Trump Threatens to DESTROY THIS...
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Pure comedy gold with one of Aotearoa's most respected crims. I reckon Karina and Arthur make a great couple. youtu.be/bsVV_8beRLE?...
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New Zealand Today: Arthur Taylor - The Falling Criminal!
YouTube video by New Zealand Today
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is one of the entrances to Westminster Abby. Inside is simply glorious! It was amazing to see the grandeur up close.
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This stunning weather in London is not what I expected. I brought too many winter clothes!
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Shame Jack didn't address the elephant in the room. The Atlas Network. Ruth Richardson is TPU chairman. That tells you everything about this lobby group that aims to only protect the rich. They already have too much influence! Their name should be Tax Dodgers Union. #nzpol youtu.be/tto2BseKGp8?...
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Why the Taxpayers' Union wants government spending slashed
YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Grant McLachlan is spot on about Henry and ACT! #nzpol www.klaut.media/single-post/...
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The Age of the Arsehole: ACT returns to its roots
Paul Henry is not a gaffe waiting to happen. He is a service ACT is buying — and the donors paying for it have never had it easier.
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good morning from Cambridge, UK, my friends 😀 I finally made it to old Blighty. I'm soaking up the history and loving it!
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
At 60+ I've not really heard of Macklemore, but I'm sure going to check him out. Very disappointed in Ed Sheeran. The backlash is well deserved. You can't bothsides a genocide, Ed! What a pathetic response! #freePalestine youtu.be/xERD6vEBUQ4?...
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Ed Sheeran Learns the Hard Way That You Can’t “Both Sides” a Genocide
YouTube video by The Humanist Report
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hello UK
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Let's vote these twats out of power, New Zealand. This is one of the dumbest, most senseless ideas ever. Punching down is all they ever do. #nzpol
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Revealing. I don't trust TOP. 'Forward' to what exactly? I wish they'd tell us. #nzpol
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The UK is lucky to have Medhi. He will fearlessly report the truth that you won't hear on mainstream media! youtu.be/nn38lAnIf3U?...
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MEHDI HASAN on Trump, Reform and the billionaires reshaping politics
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Tautoko Toitu te Tiriti! 🖤🤍❤️ #nzpol
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Too Long Covid 💚 @toolongcovid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Henry at number 4 on the list! This is Trumpist cult of personality stuff. They made a deal. It has nothing to do with political nous. #nzpol
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Mlb Kiwi 🫵✋😛🤚 @mlbkiwi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Get rid of that fucking so called National led government New Zealand. People are dying #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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‘It’s a warzone’: Man found collapsed after suffering aneurysm in hospital toilets
104 ED staff declare state of emergency as ‘diabolical’ conditions put patients’ lives at risk
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why the fuck is Henry at fourth? What a joke! Do not vote for ACT! PLEASE! #nzpol
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
SIGNED! Now it's your turn. Please sign and share. This is important. The clock is ticking. #nzpol
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🤣🤣🤣🤣 youtu.be/m76UI25m4Zg?...
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OUTRAGED Americans ROAST Trump for his 9/11 Lies
YouTube video by Really American
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This sent a chill down my spine. #NeverForget
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is beautiful. Many Kiwis and Americans have been touched by this haka performed by our firefighters. Kia kaha, USA.
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Never a truer word spoken. His dad would be so proud. 🙏
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Next year on 9/11, Trump will tell us it was he who carried the firefighters out of the burning towers! He'll think up another lie. It's what he does best. Fuck this despicable POS! #Trumphasdementia
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
25 years ago today, first came the news reports on the radio as I was getting ready for work. I rushed out and turned the TV on just in time to see the second plane hit. I worked at RNZ, so by the time I arrived, it was frantic in the newsroom. We wept for America that day. Lest we forget. 😞🙏
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
While on holiday in the UK I was shocked to read news of Chewie's arrest at a Paul Henry meeting. Wtf is NZ coming to! How fragile of Henty, ffs. Very proud of you Chewie. We all have a right to ask questions. It's called FREE SPEECH! #nzpol youtu.be/fFUJEajfaWw?...
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#BHN Chewie finds himself at Central police Station for asking the wrong questions at ACT meeting
YouTube video by Big Hairy Network
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Louise Upston should resign in shame. But we know she won't. Blaming others is all they do when we know this MSD scandal is all their own fault. This government has taken a cruel delight in punching down on our most vulnerable people. I'm sick it it and I'm sick of them. They must go! #nzpol
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 10/09/2026
What an absolute clusterfuck #nzpol
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Tens of thousands of people underpaid after ministry errors, review finds
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) has released its review into two issues that left tens of thousands of pensioners, veterans and beneficiaries underpaid.
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Pity we can't have some oversight on the lies and disinformation told to us by the three main parties in the current government. Such oversight can only come from the media who must ask the right questions and report fairly and accurately. But I guess that's wishful thinking. 🤷 #nzpol
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Nailed it! 💯💥🤷👏 #nzpol
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Championing fossil fuel exploration while the planet overheats is insane. #nzpol
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... I have a much better plan. Let's wind up ACT! #nzpol -waitangi-tribunal?fbclid=IwdGRjcAUPI75jbGNrBQ8jp3Bkb2YBZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEebLw-J1fw33mgPnHNx1pmV6PLFCIzpTcip-qsNbaKVOJjkGDwZ5asR9Zf9Ps_aem_tpNp7NkxBzMy_8yUHpU8hQ
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ACT sets out plan to wind up Waitangi Tribunal
The ACT Party wants to wind up the Waitangi Tribunal, saying its contemporary inquiries have become increasingly ideological and expansive.
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thxchef.bsky.social @thxchef.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I stand with our Zelensky, NATO and our Allies. I am not a Russian OR Netanyahu's Asset.
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'm not the only one who feels ashamed of our government bending the knee to Israel and the US. We need a leader with enough common decency, empathy and courage to tell it like it is and make a stand on the genocide perpetuated by Israel. Chippy is that leader. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Labour would prioritise recognition of Palestine, sanctions on Israel
Labour is calling the government's stance on Israel an embarrassment to the country, and says it is failing to meet its responsibilities under the genocide convention.
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today I'm flying out to the UK. I'll be away 6 weeks also traveling to Europe to catch up with friends. But first, a 16 hour flight to New York and a 4 hour stopover, before 9 hours to Heathrow. Hope I don't see ICE agents at JFK! It's a long journey when you live at the bottom of the world!
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
How very revealing that ACT uses Maori pou as an example. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... -millions-in-roadside-art-spending?fbclid=IwdGRjcAUICRljbGNrBQgI5XBkb2YBZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEencAC3BrYcIqDZZgKtNIva8JGwL0mw_ZT7KR96fuTe0OYkiGxVYAbuUMpZWs_aem_wSM2Zkn4UEwqQF0DJ1YPsw
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ACT promises to axe millions in roadside art spending
ACT is promising to stop motorists' money being spent on roadside sculptures, cultural monuments and decorative artwork, saying fuel taxes and road-user charges should pay for roads instead.
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is depressing. We had a gutsful of these anti-science loudmouths during Covid. Now, the terminally stupid have a new target to rant about. Cookers are a menace to society. #nzpol #birdflu www.rnz.co.nz/news/science...
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Bird flu 'hoax' claims spread online
As biosecurity and conservation groups work to shield the country's wildlife from any spread of bird flu, researchers say some New Zealanders are embracing false narratives about the virus on social m...
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We need a government that actually cares about people! #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
stuff.co.nz
Labour signs pledge to extend living wage to all state sector workers
An estimated 20,000 workers across the country will benefit if the living wage is extended to all state sector workers.
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our health system is an overwhelmed and under funded mess. You'd think that during the lead up to an election, our Health Minister would give some reassurance to medical professionals and hear their concerns? But no. Simeon is a coward! #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
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Health minister pulls out of senior doctors’ conference amid growing tensions over regulatory overhaul
Simeon Brown agreed to attend in April but has offered no explanation for his withdrawal on August 20.
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
AI won't be able to catalogue the ever growing number of donations to Archives. AI won't guide school kids through He Tohu or help people navigate thousands of records. AI won't have the deep understanding or respect for our taonga. Nor does this government! #nzpol www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO26...
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Our Precious History Under Threat As National Library And Archives Face More Govt Cuts
The key custodian of our nation’s history, the National Library and Archives NZ is again being savaged by Government spending cuts, with a proposal to shed 12% of its workforce.
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is heartbreaking. This kid's death is on you, Donald Trump, and Stephen Miller. You disgusting, inhumane MONSTERS! youtube.com/post/UgkxePA...
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Post from ABC News - YouTube
A 20-year-old Haitian who had just graduated high school and had recently lost temporary protected status died by suicide Monday, according to an advocacy gr...
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A Snells Beach vigilante group with links to the National and ACT parties targeted NZ writer Grant McLachlan when he threatened to expose their corruption. I've helped Grant tell his story in Stitch Up - a compelling 6-part series launched today on Spotify. #nzpol open.spotify.com/show/0oFg9yw...
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Podcast · Liz Barry, Jon Hogan, Grant McLachlan. · TWELVE ATTEMPTS. ZERO COINCIDENCES. A six-part investigation into how New Zealand's justice system can be turned into a weapon.
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Liz Barry @lizbnz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
INHUMANE and CRUEL! Fuck you, Trump. You're a monster! youtu.be/m4m_ba-ne7M?...
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Maddow: Trump shamed by DISHONOR in betraying U.S. promises to Afghans, Iranians
YouTube video by MS NOW
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