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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Media failure to expose the complete/half/any facts that Nats ticket Willis and Luxon have absolutely borrowed to pay for their election bribery tax cuts, and they’ve let Willis run and change the narrative on it. It bothers me to wonder what letting that story go means #NZPol

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Imagine a dramatically under-resourced and under-staffed IRD failed to issue refund cheques to over SIXTEEN THOUSAND businesses because of half-arsed garbage law. Do you seriously think the responsible minister would be allowed to go ghost rather than being humiliated and sacked in public? #nzpol

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

That’s epic, god level election sign vandalism

One of National’s tax billboards. On the left side it says “9 New Taxes Labour Coalition” and the right hand side it says “No new taxes National”, except someone has painted over the first part of the “N” so the National side now reads “10 new taxes”

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TonyMc589 🇳🇿 @tonymc589.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

That was very cathartic. The National Party candidate just knocked on my door and was left with no doubt that as long as I have a hole in my arse, they won’t be getting my vote. #nzpol

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Its humbling how many people have put so much faith, and passion and community in to the BHN project. Folks who have a deep passion to make this country better for everyone

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“Voting is now open!” It's time to pick your party and back your bird. Let's give nature a clear majority in 2026! www.birdoftheyear.org.nz

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Bird of the Year ‹ Forest & Bird

Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year recognises our unique birds and with each vote you give them a voice.

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

people who wonder how national would have handled covid? here's a hint

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Coming down to platforms 1 and 2 at the Maungawhau CRL station First Look day. Great buzz about the place.

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Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

12.5yrs ago, before I was a councillor, & before my friend Jacinda became Prime Minister (you might have heard of her) we were out campaigning to convince the govt fund the CRL. Two years later PM John Key confirmed they’d fund half. Thanks to Len Brown and all the campaigners who pushed for this!

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Jennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Well done you BRILLIANT peeps. The CRL is going to be such a game changer. Went to the Maungawhau ‘First Look’ today. It was pumping. All the cafes around were full. People are genuinely excited. Bring it on! Bravo 💚⭐️👏👏🤜

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Watched the Green Party's leaders delivering their speeches at the AGM and the press standup afterwards. They are both so smart, so articulate and such great values 💚 #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Green co-leaders speak after AI data centre moratorium call

Green Party co-leaders Chlöe Swarbrick and Marama Davidson are set to speak to media following speeches at the party's AGM.

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

NZ has - almost uniquely amongst our peers - tanked its economy and pushed 10,000s onto the dole (and offshore). We were told that this strategy would 'get interest rates down, tame inflation, and drive growth 🎉'. Yet, here we are, slumped and vying to be inflation champs. What went wrong? [🧵1/n]

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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 20/07/2026

#cuddleUnit6

A tuxedo cat wearing pears sniffs a straw protruding from a glass

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Some of the many people it takes to run our health system. #publicservices #cartooncommission apex.org.nz #NZpol

It takes all sorts to run our health system. Apex

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

“The Government must keep conservation land in public ownership by abandoning the Conservation Amendment Bill.” Thanks @greens.org.nz 👇 action.greens.org.nz/protect_cons...

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Keep Conservation Land in Public Ownership

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Submissions on the Conservation Amendment Bill close 2 July: www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

GetlostwithLiam: "I can't wait to see New Zealand someday"

GetlostwithLiam: You might not get a chance. The government just snuck through a massive change that opens up 60% of our public conservation land to potential sale.

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

“This is the largest rollback of environmental protections New Zealand has seen in nearly 40 years. They are commercialising our national identity to make a quick buck, and they thought we'd be too distracted to notice.” GetlostwithLiam sounding the alarm - this should be front page news 👇

getlostwithliam Why is everybody so silent on this?
The newly introduced Conservation Amendment Bill is a direct, calculated attack on New Zealand's wilderness. It is a radical legislative rewrite designed to hand the keys of our conservation estate over to private industry.
First, the Bill opens up roughly 60% of our public conservation land (five million hectares of forests, mountains, and coastlines) making it eligible for land swaps, disposal, or outright sale if the government decides it's "surplus" or wants to clear a path for big business.
Second, they quietly went behind the public's back. After official consultations closed, Cabinet ordered a rewrite of Section 6 of the Conservation Act. They are fundamentally altering DOC's DNA.
Instead of prioritising preservation, the law will now legally mandate DOC to "recognise economic opportunities" and enable commercial exploitation to the "greatest extent practicable." They even admitted in official documents that the main goal of this rewrite was to stop environmental groups and iwi from being able to legally challenge them in court.
To push this through, they've gutted DOC from the inside. Massive budget cuts have axed hundreds of regional support roles. Frontline rangers are being completely buried under administrative tasks.
They are trapped behind desks doing paperwork instead of being out in the bush maintaining tracks, repairing huts, and keeping our native species from going extinct.
This is the largest rollback of environmental protections New Zealand has seen in nearly 40 years. They are commercialising our national identity to make a quick buck, and they thought we'd be too distracted to notice.
The Bill has passed its first reading. The Select Committee and parallel DOC consultations are open right now, and the absolute deadline to stand up and fight this is July 9, 2026.
These are OUR lands, our children's lands, our mokopuna's lands.
They belong to the people of Aotearoa. Keep our wild places wild.

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Pumpkin Spice NZ 🇳🇿 @pumpkinspicenz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Even more shitfuckery from our worst-ever government. Spread the word, make a submission, make your voice heard. Don’t let them get away with destroying everything we hold dear in the interests of short-term gains! #nzpol

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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 11/06/2026

A far-right group planned a protest over a small city’s drag story hours. Only 9 people showed up. - buff.ly/gL7Ayc4

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

ISRAEL has never stopped killing palestinians, the peace deal was and always was a lie to get us to look elsewhere

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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

RespectEd Aotearoa, one of the few specialist sexual violence prevention organisations in the country, is to close after government's sector funding was withdrawn. “We are not closing because the need has gone away. We are closing because the funding did.” - Jan Logie, RespectEd Aotearoa

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Sorry, ballhead in charge isnt taking advice

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

when Purchasing my first home, Kiwibank didn't want to know me, but the mainline foreign owned banks would, this is not to knock kiwibank, just pointing out that the deck is stacked against them so the aussie owned banks just extract profit from us.

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

"Austerity still isn't working so we are going to do more, and harder" - local idiot, Chris Luxon

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Proud husband time:

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Krystal Chandelier @krystalchandelier.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

BREAKING NEWS: People who voted against centralised three waters are angry that they now have to pay for three waters themselves. Very "I didn't think the leopards would eat my face" vibes here. #nzpol www.odt.co.nz/regions/nort...

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Hundreds of angry ratepayers attend meeting

The council needs to be ‘‘open about the challenges facing Waitaki in the coming financial year’’, the district’s mayor says. This week, along with...

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Every single person who, after decades of evidence disproving the fact, believes that neoliberal austerity is the way forward and that, somehow, all debt, no matter who creates it, is caused by public spending, is a dunce.

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

These fucking pricks are not listening to us. Next on the chopping block will be the retirement age and I am SICK TO FUCKING DEATH of being the generation and income bracket that gets rug pulled in favour of the weathy property owning class

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We could do that, but I will also accept feeding horncastle, the mowbrays, and the entire wright family feet first into an industrial grinder to see if that works

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

This country had a smaller tax base in the past, so how did we build hospitals, rail, roads and bridges and at the same time have world class education and healthcare? We taxed the wealthy hard. They were still wealthy, and society was better off.

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 11/05/2026

new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...

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Everlee Has Disappeared

Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Every person on wages and benefits pay taxes diligently and government services keep dwindling and deteriorating not just for the people paying but also for the community as a whole which includes children. If the social fabric is fraying, it is because of this reason.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

NZ Debt rose from about 40% of GDP to 49% of GDP under National But internationally speaking, NZ's debt to GDP is very low - and explains why NZ has such a big infrastructure deficit and standards are lower in builds #nzpol #newzealand #debt

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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

#BHN Tonight at 9pm - Shannan Halbert live on losing 'fees free' - Christopher Luxon on retirement age - Mariameno Kapa-Kingi exits TPM - NZ Herald poll of polls #nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social youtube.com/live/_3AOmSt...

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#BHN Shannan Halbert live on losing 'fees free' | Luxon on retirement age | Kapa-Kingi exits TPM

YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Once more for those in the back: THERE IS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT OR EVEN A FORM AT THE BORDER FOR GREEN CARD HOLDERS RE-ENTERING THE US TO DECLARE A PREVIOUS CONVICTION, WINSTON IS LYING & SPREADING DISINFO ON PURPOSE

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

In his latest, @connorsharp.bsky.social looks at another cost of the government's RoNS mania: deaths and serious injuries that could have been avoided with low-cost safety improvements that were sidelined by "a myopic focus on over-scoped highways". www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/05/12/t...

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The Road Toll of the RoNS - Greater Auckland

How many people have been killed or seriously injured because of a myopic focus on over-scoped highways? This isn’t a rhetorical question. The Roads of National Significance (RoNS) – the name of which...

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Paywall now lifted: Analysts from the world’s foremost economic forum have rebuked the Government’s plans to import liquefied gas and spark a renaissance in domestic fossil fuel production. newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/11/o...

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OECD tells NZ there's no future in gas

NZ could achieve electricity security, affordability and sustainability by breaking the power sector's reliance on gas, economic forum advises

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

this cannot be correct. endorsed by our worst existing councilors (lund and vandervis), gave an answer to a interview question so racist she panicked and freaked out over it getting out, this is a really backward step for Dunedin. www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

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Jo Galer on track to win Dunedin by-election

Jo Galer is ahead in the Dunedin City Council by-election, according to preliminary results. Ms Galer, who was endorsed by Crs Russell Lund and Lee...

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

no lessons learned from selling off NZ banks in years past.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 04/02/2026

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I love it here, I'm fighting really hard to change what I can, and I don't want to quit. I'm too old to learn Finnish but the state of play here in this country is exhausting, and you stack the global situation on top and I am Weary

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

She has a masters, and works helping child victims of sexual harm. her compensation is close to mine...and I sell smartphones. It enrages me how much she has to carry, ho much she has to fight with the machinery of ACC and the DHB. her work is infinitely more important than mine. 2/

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Last night my wife asked me if I'd consider moving to another country. her reasoning being that everything seems to be getting worse, harder edged, meaner. while the things that make new zealand a unique and desirable place to exist erode away in front of us. 1/

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Greater Auckland @greaterauckland.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Could City Rail Link have been built for less, as CRL’s ex-CEO now says? Maybe – but skimping on stations would likely have raised costs across the whole network. Matt Lowrie outlines how shortcuts aren’t always cheaper in the long run (or the short run!) www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/05/13/t...

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The higher cost of a "cheaper" CRL - Greater Auckland

Almost two years after l

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