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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Kiwi Way Racism First Economy Second Now thanks to the TPU you are all getting stiffed with very high water rates bills compared to if Three Waters stayed www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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'Like a pokie machine': Claims Three Waters campaign sparked donations surge, internal rift
Nanaia Mahuta speaks on the 'insidious' campaign that targeted her.
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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I think our political maestro PM may have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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Stuff’s Pulse of the Nation: 30% less likely to vote National post-coup attempt
Snap polling conducted by Stuff shows nearly a third of voters less likely to vote National following last week’s attempted coup
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Thomas Harvey @happyspastic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Goldsmith said the law would confirm the role of implementing policy in respect of greenhouse gas emissions "sits with the elected government and the parliament." So National no longer believes in the common #law? Or at least when it inconveniences corporates? #nzpol
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Michael @maikeer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I have longer memories than most it seems. Bob Jones setting up his party to give appearance of good common sense etc. sucked up enough left /centrist votes to ensure Tories got back in. Caution is the watchword .
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Luxons govt is putting out this misinformation because they got caught out this morning trying to spin the numbers on nursing. They tried include Labour numbers in theirs to make it look like they had 2100 nurses when really theyve only delivered 54.
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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Because our media’s top positions are stacked with right-wingers, the story of a deeply conservative, anti-abortion fundamentalist remaking the country, incl being National’s election campaign chair, has pretty much escaped their scrutiny. This is the result. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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Second Free Speech Union figure appointed to regulate doctors after meeting minister
A former chairperson of the Free Speech Union (FSU) - who lobbied Health Minister Simeon Brown over proposed changes to how doctors are regulated - has been appointed to the Medical Council.
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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Now is a good time to remind everyone of this absolute classic from 2023. Thank you Aurora Garner-Randolph, 17, and a friend.🥰 www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... #MakeIt16 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol
David Seymour and ACT Party candidate outdoor press conference in 2023.
Behind the ACT Party candidates are two members of the public Aurora Garner-Randolph, 17, and a friend both holding signs.
One sign says CLIMATE ACTION, the other sign says D. SEYMOUR is a F**king Idiot
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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Hey what happened to identifying the ideology of lobby groups, media? Why did that only apply that one time to the 'left wing' tax reform group? Forget the headline, you're not even telling your audience the TPU is right wing.
Stuff: "Taxpayers' Union wants more 

The Taxpayers' Union has welcomed Finance Minister Nicola Willis' target tor reduce the number of roles in public service and want more. Spokesperson for the Taxpayers' Union, Tory Relf, said the announcement today is a big win for taxpayers. "But 55,000 must be the halfway mark, not the finish line.

Poppy Clark"RNZ: ""Too much duplication': Slashing public sector jobs the right move - NZ Initiative"
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Ex-Labour staffer from years ago does social media skits & is called a troll by Stuff's Jenna Lynch, wife of ACT Chief of Staff. But ex-National staffer & current Jordan Williams employee Ani O'Brien consistently runs troll campaigns against media & opposition MPs, but is legitimate? F*** Stuff
ANI O'BRIEN
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Here's a hypocrite if I ever saw one: Ani O'Brien saying people should be able to say what they want in their free time, even if "crude" Maiki's wasn't even a public case like this one Jordan William's "Free Speech Union" should abolish itself - was always obviously a fake
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Michael @maikeer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Maiki Sherman
TV journalist Maiki Sherman
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Michael @maikeer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Waiting for the country to get back on track. Any moment now ???
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 20/04/2026
This government, lead by NZF, is going ahead with eroding the Treaty Principles anyway, on the sly, even though Seymour’s awful bill was shitcanned. Now they’re not even telling us which laws they’re rewriting. These fuckers MUST go come November. #nzpol
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Ye gods.
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Brad Company @waeherebro.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
As we move closer to the NZ General Election you must remember that this recession was not caused by the conflict in the Middle East. It was caused by this Coalition Governments desire for personal enrichment at any cost to the people of Aotearoa They are vile, sociopathic liars. #nzpol
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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
#NZpol I'm just going to make the bold but possibly entirely erroneous assumption *some* MP in our much vaunted Oppo is going to have *at least* one question over this put to him. NZF simply cannot be allowed to get away with sheeting blame everywhere *else*, like they had nada to do with it all.
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
i’m still seeking answers to why the entirety of NZs political reporters CONTINUE to do debase themselves like this
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Michael @maikeer.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The guys in the shed are looking at new project, making Nobel Peace Prizes. Anyone interested let me know.
Men working in the shed..
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Oof 😬🤣
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
All because a tiny minority of grave dancers didn’t like Māori having their contractual rights honoured. I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again; Racism is an expensive business. 🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
#ChrisBishop continues fire sale of #KaingaOra assets-ending plans for a 10storey social housing block in Ak & selling the land cheaply to property developers who donated to Nats & RW Coalition. Meanwhile, state housing list=20,000 & #homelessness increases in #NZ www.oneroof.co.nz/news/knock-o...
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Oof, this one would have stung. Clearly those violent unionists are enthusiastically keeping that bed leg swinging! 😎😂 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #ToitūTeTiriti
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Educated Voters @educatedvoters.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
A new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives looked at 25 countries and found those with more privatized health care fared worse on seven mortality indicators. The report comes as several provinces pursue privatizing some health-care services. #cdnpoli #skpoli
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Study links health-care privatization with higher mortality rates
A new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives looked at 25 countries and found those with more privatized health care fared worse on seven mortality indicators. The report comes as s...
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
#GP owners #GenPro want a separate primary health organisation after big corporates make their own #PHO: #GreenCross & #Tend Corporates #privatisation of #NZHealth #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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GP owners want separate primary health organisation after big corporates make their own
Two large corporate healthcare providers have received approval from Health NZ to set up their own primary health organisations.
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Michael @maikeer.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Bonsai awakens for another Summer. So comforting to know it will probably out last so many of the bastards around the world who are making misery a part of so many people's lives. Looking at you , coalition of crap.
Bonsai maple awakens for another Summer
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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Excellent cartoon by fellow Listener cartoonist Anthony Ellison #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
nzherald.co.nz
Anthony Ellison’s Cartoon of the Week
Anthony Ellison shares his take on the week in politics.
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
At the height of the rail compatible vs not rail compatible argument when Nicola Willis was still talking about Toyota Corollas, Don Braid from Mainfreight was on RNZ explaining that if the ferries were not rail compatible it would mean 10,000 more trucks on the roads #NZPol
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Concerns new Cook Strait ferries won't be rail capable
The loss of ferries that can carry rail vehicles will mean more trucks on the roads, advocacy group says.
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Victoria 💚 🌏 @vebate.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
At a time when everyone is seeing straight through this government, her take is completely outdated and irrelevant. Time to retire Audrey.
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Michael @maikeer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Rob Campbell's piece in the Newsroom today is one of the best essays yet on our current politics It is both clear and easily understood, but also one of the most chilling assessments of where we are and the direction being taken.. we have one brief window of opportunity to stop this. ELECTION.
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Michael @maikeer.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Politics is giving me heartburn. Taking a break to make tables for my bonsai trees. Creative acts helps with keeping perspective. Come Spring, trees will be proud to sit on these.
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Elizabeth Rata is coaching Erica Stanford on how "to end de-colonisation's success" Rata is a regular on Plunket's 'The Platform' and has previously written a Decolonisation Essay for 'The Democracy Project' (now "Integrity Institute) #nzpol
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Erica Stanford Advisor: Let's "end decolonisation's success"
Yesterday, news came that the Ministry of Education stopped publishing ‘About the Marae’, ostensibly because there were “too many Māori words” embedded within the book.
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Boris Rybalko @borisrybalko.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
To all the kiwis of the world, from someone actively planning to flee the u.s. by any means possible, GET THE F.B.I. THE FUCK OUT OF AOTEAROA.
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flaneuse1.bsky.social @flaneuse1.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Well said, Toby Moore. newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/01/l...
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Let's not open the gate to US-style voter disenfranchisement
Opinion from Victoria University: Making it harder for certain groups to vote isn’t traditionally how we’ve done things in NZ. Let’s keep it that way, writes Toby Moore.
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I think this is probably the kind of thing that needs more public buy-in, eh? Especially in the current climate. An office upgrade and a permanent position?? Wtf are the FBI even doing here in the first place? This is institutionalised foreign interference.
Beehive press release, clip of first few sentences:

"Ministers welcome new FBI office in Wellington
 
The FBI’s upgrade of its Wellington office demonstrates the strength of the Five Eyes partnership and enhances the safety and security of New Zealanders, the Minister Responsible for the GCSB and NZSIS Judith Collins and Police Minister Mark Mitchell say.

The Ministers met with FBI Director Kash Patel, who officially opened the new Wellington office at the US Embassy earlier today and installed a permanent Legat position."
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
This is incredibly petty and wasteful. All so they can do a bit of racist posturing for their most revanchist base. The headline calls it a small change, but it actually carries a large symbolic and cultural weight. The changes won't come into effect until 2027, so get in before then. #nzpol
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The small change confirmed for the NZ passport
The Minister in charge says the passport is in the process of being changed to have the English words appear above the te reo Māori.
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Jules @julianjackson.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Interview with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Q&A #nzpol
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Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
In today’s NZ Herald #nzpol
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Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
More topical stuff, in case NZ Labour think of backing out... #nzpol
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LadyWriter @ladywriternz.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Share widely. The facts are damning. #nzpol #warriors #upthewahs #fightfacism #onetermgovernment #kiwi #nzbirds #nzfashion #toitutetiriti
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Kārikiōrangi @sharonm.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Each to their own, but few things are less comfortable than an inner-circle heavyweight government Minister letting rip while liquored up in public. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Luxon 'comfortable' with Chris Bishop's response after Aotearoa Music Awards 'rant'
The PM says the senior Cabinet minister had already corrected himself and said he should have kept his thoughts to himself.
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Frank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
One of Mountsin Tui's best - and most damning - blogposts yet. This is the kind of insight and analysis missing from msm. open.substack.com/pub/mountain...
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Nicola Willis's Debt Higher Than All 6 Years of Ardern Government
Current & planned debt will surpass Labour's full term debt in less years. Willis also admitted Budget 2024 had a higher deficit than all of Grant Robertson's bar Covid.
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flaneuse1.bsky.social @flaneuse1.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
A must-read. Well done again, Andrea Vance. "C... is an incendiary word. But that doesn’t mean its use is indefensible — especially where the point is to expose entrenched misogyny and political betrayal." www.thepress.co.nz/politics/360...
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I said what I said. And I’m sorry... sort of
OPINION: Choreographed fragility and weaponised offence from female MPs over my use of a rude word has served as a distraction from their own actions.
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Michael @maikeer.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Rangitoto Island ( Auckland NZ) watching over two very important women. Grandma and granddaughter . This old man is so lucky to have such women accept him as a friend.
rangitoto island watching over two important women
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Michael @maikeer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Prisoner voting ban to be brought back - Paul Goldmsith Politics 9 mins ago As voting is an intrinsic right of every citizen , surely he must first pass bill that prison sentence includes loss of citizenship. Right to vote is not dependent on anything except citizenship.
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Michael @maikeer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
When need to be with myself gets strong.
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Michael @maikeer.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Participate in Democracy. With all the issues by this coalition, govt admin should setup website for citizen response. Standard form-issue id(dropdown box)- yes/no/ don't know.- comment 200 chtrs
Democracy as a concept
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 14/04/2025
What's even more disturbing is imagine paying $155 licence for an AI generated image. Might just hang up my camera now, no point taking another photo ever. There is NOTHING original or honest about ACT.
An AI generated generic maori couple as seen on the Adobe Stock page
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Michael @maikeer.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
So Seymour has finally fizzled out in a whimper. Wasn't able to get to see it . If I had been choreographing the scenario, I would have had the entire opposition silently stand to do the Bayley "loser" hand signal. Seymour didn't even get to hold hands with his partners in law .
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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Michael @maikeer.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
We keep getting the Trump Tariffs nonsense daily. I think someone tried to explain history but he hasn't grasped the details. When he talks of how other countries are going to make US wealthy, he is using the wrong word. He means tributes as in empires demand tributes .
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