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Mandy Hager

@mandyh.bsky.social
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Writer, Greenie Granny worrying for my grandkids future mandyhager.com

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💾💜 Digital ⚓️ Vagabond 💜💾 @b33tk33p3r.bsky.social · 19h
Another good rendition of the impact of cuts facing friends, colleagues, and the country at Archives Library New Zealand. waateanews.com/2026/09/05/o... #GLAM #Archives #NewZealand #Aotearoa #InformationRecordsMGMT #Legislation #GOVT #NZPol #digipres #DigitalPreservation
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Our History on the Chopping Block: National Library and Archives Face 12% Workforce Cut - Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
The institutions charged with protecting Aotearoa’s documentary memory are facing another major round of job cuts, with a proposal to axe 47 full-time equivalent roles across the National Library and ...
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Brett @brettcd.bsky.social · 16h
I'm from Nuzlind and I endorse this ad. #NZPol youtube.com/shorts/bRP1k...
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NZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^kery
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 16h
newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/f... - hopefully the politicians will start taking climate commitments more seriously if it has trade consequences #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz
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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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 15h
“The police prosecutor said Finegan used full force when he kicked the victim in the head. It was a serious assault and the gravity of the offending was high, the prosecutor said.” #nzpol NZ where you get jailed for being homeless but if you’re the ‘right white type of bloke’ NO CONVICTION.
rnz.co.nz
Army officer attacked taxi driver after being asked for $20 fare
New Zealand Army intelligence officer Arthur Finegan denied a "nasty" assault - until he was confronted with CCTV footage showing an attack that left a taxi driver unconscious.
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Billy Boola @handle.invalid · 15h
#nzpol, the nats giving the hospital one less than they asked for to make sure everyone knows how petty they can be
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Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @opaltiger.bsky.social · 15h
Not necessarily a Labour stan, but Nanaia Mahuta was one of the best Minister of Foreign Affairs we have had. TPUs use of her image to their nefarious ends is disgusting.
6 times the Taxpayers Union used Nanaia Mahuta's image to spread misinformation about 3 Waters, using photo choice, design and editing to amplify negative messaging. Each poster features Nanaia Mahuta and text as follows.

SCRAP THREE WATERS REFORM
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TAXPAYERS UNION

Keep water services locally- controlled
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TAXPAYERS UNION

SCRAP THREE WATERS REFORM
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TAXPAYERS UNION

SAY NO TO CO-GOVERNED WATER SERVICES
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TAXPAYERS UNION

No three waters reform without consultation
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TAXPAYERS UNION

Hands off our three waters
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TAXPAYERS UNION
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 15h
Nicola’s ferries won’t arrive until 2029, if ever. IREX would’ve been sailing by now and cost less that just one of National’s new RONs, that they now also can’t build. You only have a few weeks left to enrol. If you aren’t enrolled, your vote is like Nicola’s ferries. non-existent. #nzpol
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 15h
Good to see this banger doing the rounds again #nzpol
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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 15h
The link to Nicola Willis claiming the 'books' look better is direct. She's the Mum skiting her whanau has an extra $100 in the bank while forgetting the two kids she starved, the one who pissed off to Australia in desperation, and that her sister now sleeps on the street. This is not success #nzpol
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Dawn D @proudmanckiwi.bsky.social · 15h
I'm also sick of your average person moaning about taxes and then in the next breath complaining that Aunty Betty is having to wait 18 months for a hip replacement.
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Pauline Moran Preston she/her @pauline1944.bsky.social · 15h
Well said, I don’t begrudge a penny of my taxes. Proportionally I probably pay more from my pension than the very wealthy do. It’s not how much you are liable for, it’s how much you have left. If you pay a hefty sum and still have millions after paying that’s ok. Otherwise it’s selfish greed.
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Russcolli @russcolli.bsky.social · 15h
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-.... #nzpol. Classic right wing hypocrisy
thespinoff.co.nz
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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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 14h
Formal complaint that NZ climate backsliding breaches Europe trade deal newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/f... #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz
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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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Extracting such promises to fix such so obvious an inherently unfair policy should not appear as painful as pulling teeth. #nzpol
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Chris Hipkins promises to reverse pay equity changes in first 100 days if elected
Chris Hipkins has made a campaign commitment to reverse pay equity changes in the first 100 days of a Labour government, during a packed public meeting in Christchurch.
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Krystal Chandelier @krystalchandelier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just a gentle reminder that polls are bullshit, even if they are positive for the left. Just because we have one good poll doesn't mean we can let off the accelerator. There's still over a month until the election, we need to keep working. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
'There's a long way to go' - ACT, Greens on gains in polling, and working with Opportunity
The Greens and ACT are both playing coy about their respective gains in the latest polling - and on working with the Opportunity Party.
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Not good news for women': The internal emails exposing cancer screening harm #nzpol
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'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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What The Fukc Is Happening? @dudeseriouslywtf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is keeping our rangatahi safe!!?? #Bootcamps are an abysmal failure caused by #ChrisLuxon's govt. Young offenders deserve better State care. ALL offenders do. #nzpol #OrangaTamariki #nzyouthjustice #KarenChhour #nzjustice #nationalnotfittogovernnz www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/young-per...
nzherald.co.nz
Young person taken to hospital after attack at youth justice facility
He returned to the facility nine hours after an ambulance trip to hospital.
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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#NZpol 🤔 (Not _that_ surprised, TBH.)
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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Winston Peters warms to calls from Don Brash, Michael Laws, Act's favourite billionaire Nick Mowbray, and some bloke called Dieuwe de Boer for Kiwis to deliberately rort the voting system #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...
thespinoff.co.nz
Winston Peters warms to overhang strategy: ‘You don’t just carry on with previous ways’
John Key’s speech to National faithful was ‘suicidal’, says NZ First leader.
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Jjengar @jjengar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Where are the billboards?! SEYMOUR’S BROWN GUNK (A-plus alt-text btw) #nzpol
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Additionally, ~120 election related emails studied from leading anti-vaxx, far-right, disinfo networks (now near indistinguishable from NZ First messaging), & fringe 'freedom' parties feature a constellation of conspiracies that appeal to anti-establishment, sov-cit, & libertarian ideologues.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NZ First/Winston Peters are, by order of magnitude more than in '23's general election, acting as a network bridging/bonding agent - linking to, & through party's health 'policy', invoking/courting leading anti-vaxx, conspiracy, & far-right network discourse, & related disinformation + conspiracies.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You then have Family First, identified by @globalextremism.bsky.social as one of NZ's leading far-right networks, launching their general election related website today. There's an associated guide. Amongst others, one of the most significantly/explicitly targeted in it incl. LGBTIQA+ identities.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As with 2025's local govt elections, Voices for Freedom is accelerating general election-related output - which is to say, anti-Labour/Green narratives (from subtle to strident), aimed at influencing the exercise of franchise through network-effects, which they are very good at crafting.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NZ's far-right, anti-science, anti-vaccine, disinfo, & conspiracy accounts (which demonstrate considerable imbrication through network bridging, & bonding effects) are increasingly vocal about Nov's general election, & influencing voting behaviours to dismiss, & decry Labour, & Greens. #nzpol
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#nzpol ⬇️🤬
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Only a fraction more than 5% of this housing development will be ‘affordable’: 13 out of 250. Hopeless. www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions... #nzpol
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Hundreds of homes given fast-track green light near Wānaka
A 250-home development has been granted fast-track approval near Wānaka.
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🍃🌹🌿 Backed by Billionaires- Opportunity is “ACT version 2.0” Now with a Green Update, (to woo away Green voters & stop Green’s #WealthTax on billionaires which makes 96% of Kiwis better off) #nzpol #PartyVoteGreen ✅💚❤️🖤 open.substack.com/pub/weareund...
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ACT version 2.0
Now with a Green update
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our 150 richest families that made $129billion in the last year get UBI, our poorest & middle pay much higher taxes & may lose the family home to land taxes-& returning Kiwis don’t get it? NAH! #PartyVoteGreen✅ for GREAT policies+💚❤️🖤 www.reddit.com/r/nzpolitics...
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Craig Wright-St Clair @craigwrightstclair.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#nzpol
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Talaria.FYI @talaria-fyi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@chewienz.bsky.social puts the final argument on #CapitalFlight from #WealthTax perfectly. They DON'T contribute. "Drive them to the airport." #nzpol (add to: Norway's wealth tax INCREASED. They EAT tax - in "deductions". Their "philanthropy" is 75% paid by OUR taxes, forcing WHERE tax is spent.)
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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
National scaremongering and telling tax lies again in their latest newsletter. VOTE THIS LOT OUT #nzpol
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 27/09/2026
Surprise, surprise — it’s the taxpayers union crew. thedailyblog.co.nz/allan-alach-...
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Allan Alach – I Smell the Stench of the Taxpayers Union
Just when we thought Nicky Hager had driven a wooden stake through the heart of the Taxpayers Union, here they...
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🍃🌹🌿NZ #Greens reject Taxpayers' Union's dirty politics – & call to clean up politics, The Green Party is calling on all parties and political organisations to reject the tactics used by the Taxpayers’ Union, as documented in Nicky #Hager ’s book. #AtlasNetwork www.greens.org.nz/greens_rejec...
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Greens reject Taxpayers' Union's dirty politics – call to clean up politics
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson
A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now
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Jasmin Taylor @meshedlight.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cos I'm almost finished reading it & hoping @mandyh.bsky.social is going to continue this series "Revenge and Rabbit Holes" by Mandy Hager Second book in the Chasing Ghosts Mystery series (image is a pic of the front cover). I like Bella & Freyja, they remind me of folk I know
Front cover of "Revenge and Rabbit Holes" by Mandy Hager

Illustrated with photo of hands making shadow of a rabbit (or an animal). Photo is a negative, so hands are dark and the shadow creature is light
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manuwai.bsky.social @manuwai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pause for a moment New Zealand... & count just how many on this list you are witnessing happening in our country. Vote National, ACT & NZFirst OUT! in November! #NZPOL
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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Let me explain how it works for you Jack. As soon as Kiwimart is a thing, massive numbers of people like myself will cease spending ANY money at the current rip-off arsehole shit stores. Why is that such a difficult concept for you Jack? 1/2 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol
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Marama Davidson on Greens' super-rich tax, KiwiMart, and working with National
YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Speeches & lies- and the #AtlasNetwork #govt in Aotearoa #NZ pushing through policies to benefit toxic #corporations above NZers health, safety & well-being #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Inappropriate' & political 'overreach': Medical leaders condemn Simeon Brown's 'interference' with Medical Council. Brown is an #AtlasNetwork fundamentalist Christian like most of this NZGovt #Zionists www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Te Whatu Ora data released today shows patients are continuing to be put at risk by the far-RW Coalition Government's deliberate failure to safely staff hospital wards #nzpol #Health #PartyVoteGreen✅ www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/undo...
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Hospital data shows nursing shortages continue to put patients at risk
Te Whatu Ora data released today shows patients are continuing to be put at risk by the Coalition Government’s deliberate failure to safely staff hospital wards, NZNO says
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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No doubt, the Parents Alliance, is another well-funded ACT front that doesn't represent anyone other than a small group of privileged ideological zealots #nzpol
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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Excellent coverage (except for surname spelling!)
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Watching in real time as Hagar is proven right
YouTube video by Paul… The Other One
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NZME must be really scraping the barrel to dig up Fascist Speech Union and known xenophobe Dane Giraud to go write dribble they we wouldn't even understand the words he claimed to have written. Old Jim the majority shareholder must have gotten his orders from Nat and Act party donors
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Nicky Hager is part of an elite intelligentsia who hold a Free Speech Union derangement
OPINION: Hager’s book Dirty Work went looking for foreign money. Instead, he found Kiwis.
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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"It is morally repugnant – to Hager, to his TU informants, to many others – that you would deliberately stir up hatred in a society, simply because it was an effective way to achieve your goals." Great read by Simon Wilson on Nicky Hager's book 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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The Right News, Right Now. @porcellato.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Allan Alach – I Smell the Stench of the Taxpayers Union ift.tt/R71wcIZ Just when we thought Nicky Hager had driven a wooden stake through the heart of the Taxpayers Union, here they... via The Daily Blog ift.tt/lFsyTCP September 25, 2026 at 02:27PM
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The study, published in the open-access journal iScience, analysed samples from natural waterways, tap, bottled, tank and rainwater, and found hormone-disrupting substances – estrogenic endocrine-disrupting chemicals – in many.”
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Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in tap water, NZ-linked study finds
Otago researchers have developed a test to detect oestrogenic contamination in water.
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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sub-attaching this as Wilson has a decent grip on it (as per his post, Danyl McLaughlin evidently doesn't, but that won't surprise anyone ever). Behind ALL of these books is getting timelines and players organised coherently. In the light. Or it remains as dark as rumours. bsky.app/profile/mrje...
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Anneleise @anneleise.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Free Speech 'Union' is effectively a libertarian propaganda organisation. It's only interested in free speech that supports ACT/Atlas Network global Nazi movement's ideas. #NZPol
\ Kiwi ¥ @ @ breadcap: Dec 19,2023 «=
4) Free Speech Union Board Member,
Melissa Derby has been appointed to an
advisory group for education (science,
english and maths in primary school)
Honestly what a line up of grifters. Most
of them have been pundits in the media
over the last term.
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“mes Thrilled that the FSU will be in our first
High School this week, speaking with
students about the importance of free
speech for a peaceful, prosperous,
open-minded future! Looking forward to
engaging with thousands of students
this year across the dozens of events
lined up!
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of our team based up in Auckland, and |

wanted to copy you in on a quick note just

to celebrate with you. 9)

Today, the Free Speech Union held its first

'Speak Up' class in a high school, fighting

for a new free speech generation.

We met with several dozen students and

chatted through the importance of free

speech, what happens if we don't have it,

and how we can respect one another while

still disagreeing. Our guys say the kids

loved it! So much, they even invited us

back to meet with their younger students.

We're going to be doing dozens mor

these this year.

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It might not seem like all that much, but it's
off the back of a week where we began
finalising complaints for two court cases
we'll be fighting, standing up for two
individuals' basic right to speak; we also
wrote to the Prime Minister, submitted
advice to new Cabinet Ministers, and
scheduled meetings to meet with them,
too. We published two op-eds in national
media, and chatted on the radio about why
the Christchurch Call mustn't be used to
suppress gender-critical views... and
continued plans for much more.

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Trevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The media claiming it's a nothingburger encapsulates perfectly why it's a somethingburger #dirtywork #nzpol
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