Reposted by Mandy HagerCraig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 59m"Did Chris Hipkins look angry during the debate?" I fucking hope so. #nzpol 081
Reposted by Mandy HagerPoisonwood babble @poisonwoodbible.bsky.social · 56mThing that would help small businesses the most? Lots of people having discretionary income - nothing in the plan addresses that... #nzpol 1103
Reposted by Mandy HagerFlorence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 42mThis is the most compelling image of the election. Please vote well or our nature will be plundered. The #choice is very clear to me. #nzpol #vote bsky.app/profile/gree... 043
Reposted by Mandy HagerKent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 39mSteve Braunias totally nails the Leaders Debate and Luxon's performance: "For 90 minutes, he often looked weak, petty, not especially smart, not all that interested in principle, a gimp. It has been easy to see why there have been leadership challenges." #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/07/l...newsroom.co.nzLeaders debate: night of the possibly living deadSteve Braunias reviews the Leaders Debate 254
Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 2hGiven the current state of the polls, I am expecting to see some kind of 'hit' on the Greens from Dirty Politics/Work players before the election. They won't be able to stop themselves. It's all they have. 0168
Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 2hThis cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pl...our.actionstation.org.nzPledge: Make Your Vote Count for PalestineThis year’s General Election provides a crucial opportunity to elect representatives who will take a stand for justice and be accountable to us, the people. Voters can use their power to demonstrate t... 021
Reposted by Mandy HagerRyan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 12hImagine coming 3rd in a 2 person debate, and this is your response. #nzpol 5399
Reposted by Mandy HagerMs Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 9hThe greenhouse gases that cause global warming have increased to new record levels in New Zealand's atmosphere, new data shows. At the same time, the country's climate is changing, with warmer annual temperatures and a greater proportion of rain falling during extreme events. #nzpolrnz.co.nzGreenhouse gases hit record levels in New Zealand's atmosphere, new data showsThe greenhouse gases that cause global warming have increased to new record levels in New Zealand's atmosphere, new data shows. 1116
Reposted by Mandy HagerBiker "Cash Bazooka" Chiwi @bikerchiwi.bsky.social · 23hPretty much across all central and local government we will see more downstream effects of austerity. Services will be cut and more jobs lost. So that we can have more fucking roads. #nzpolrnz.co.nz'Nasty decisions' for Wellington councillors looking to find $60m in savingsFunding for Te Papa, opening hours for galleries, the city's new years' eve fireworks display, and school swimming subsidies, are on the chopping block as Wellington City Council tries to meet rates c... 2252
Reposted by Mandy HagerRyan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 23hthere are STILL nearly 450,000 - yes, nearly 10-12% of elligible voters are NOT registered yet. Only 19 days left to register! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE speak to everyone you know that should be elligible to vote to please ensure they are registered. IT'S CLOSE. EVERY VOTE IS GOING TO COUNT! #nzpol 22723
Reposted by Mandy HagerSacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 23h1) PSA is not an accurate enough test for a prostate screening programme. 2) First-world countries fund both health and foreign aid. Real lack of ambition here. #NzPolrnz.co.nzElection 2026: National promises to cut foreign aid to boost Pharmac's budget, cancer screeningsThe National Party wants to redirect foreign aid money into funding for new medicines, if it leads the next government. 55212
Reposted by Mandy Hagermanuwai.bsky.social @manuwai.bsky.social · 22hNational has always been the party for the wealthy. The wealthy only care about the wealthy. They always want more, more, more. Let's give New Zealand the best Christmas present ever - empathy for our fellow human beings! Do NOT vote National, ACT or NZFirst. Please! #NZPol 0165
Reposted by Mandy Hagermanuwai.bsky.social @manuwai.bsky.social · 22h...and the owner of that huge blue superyacht, currently birthed in Auckland's Viaduct, is owned by the guy who financed, & continues to finance, the child raper sitting in the White House! #NZPol 072
Reposted by Mandy HagerAndrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 22hVery weird to find myself agreeing with Winston. His response to National's proposed cuts to overseas aid: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol 3193
Reposted by Mandy HagerCartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 22h“There is a live question as to whether the National Party’s election campaign is, in itself, a misstep. For its dogged single-mindedness, the ‘no new taxes’ mantra is pure Simeon Brown. But is it really working?” New cartoon for Pattrick Smellie’s column on @businessdesknz.bsky.social #nzpol 32011
Reposted by Mandy HagerGrant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 22h#NZpol This is messed up National _seems_* to want to do a techbro-style cutting of foreign aid to the South Pacific, à la Elon Musk’s gutting of USAID and all the soft power that bought the USA. rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs...rnz.liveblog.proElection blog Tuesday 6 Oct 284
Reposted by Mandy HagerGary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Remember. We have to make this a one term Government so the coalition parties all get the message that we will never tolerate their toxic punch-down racist bullshit ever again.💩4️⃣🧠🥚 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol 14113
Reposted by Mandy Hager🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026❌Jobs ❌Health ❌Housing ❌Education ❌Water/infra ❌Social welfare Utter shambles of ideology #nzpol 4218
Reposted by Mandy HagerMs Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Nicola Willis unravels #nzpolnickrockel.substack.comGood RiddanceNicola Willis unravels as the fate of National’s list MPs gets clearer. 2176
Reposted by Mandy HagerChris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Risky behaviour... #NZpol 2022 310132
Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Bill Hammond painting - soooo happy the agreed to let me use it! 1110
Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Stop Trump’s attack on wolves! actions.eko.org/a/stop-trump...actions.eko.orgStop Trump’s attack on wolves!Majestic, intelligent, and fiercely loyal, gray wolves live in devoted family packs—led by an alpha pair who mate for life and raise their pups as a tight-knit unit.Among them is the Mexican gray wolf 130
Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#pukapuka #aonzbooks #aotearoabooks #nzbooks #booksnz (see above) 031
Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026First review in for my new novel 'Lifted'. Available now, launch at Unity Books October 28th 42611
Reposted by Mandy HagerBiker "Cash Bazooka" Chiwi @bikerchiwi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I find it unceasingly amusing that the parties who love to shout "Communism!" are in fact the one who engage in Soviet-style propaganda and lies. #nzpol 1123
Reposted by Mandy HagerJjengar @jjengar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026DON’T ever forget this. Pass it on: #nzpol 212062
Reposted by Mandy HagerYorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A rare misstep from Simeon Brown #nzpol 0124
Reposted by Mandy Hagery'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#nzpol Made an article about 'No New Taxes' National Already Taxed Families, Especially those with Newborn Children yknowthatjournalist.substack.com/p/national-a...yknowthatjournalist.substack.comNational Already Taxed Families, Especially those with Newborn ChildrenThe Party of ‘No New Taxes’ is fine with taxes as long as you don’t notice 083
Reposted by Mandy HagerChar Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just sharing some good shit. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUs www.youtube.com/live/i6AQg6a...youtube.comCoffee & Context: Is Chloe Swarbrick the Devil?YouTube video by Paul… The Other One 0103
Reposted by Mandy HagerKay in the End Times 🏳️🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Don't forget attacks on education including gutting Relationships and Sexuality Education in schools, stuff which if well taught would keep children ad teenagers safer with meaningful content about consent. That and promoted laws which took away doctors' rights to care for trans patients. #NZpol 162
Reposted by Mandy HagerMei 🐯 🧡 @tigermeifury.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It screams so many things and not a thing good with this Nat/Act/NZ First government. Brad's doing everyone a solid here. #nzpol 1206
Reposted by Mandy HagerKiwiNikki @kiwinikki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Ha! Nats caught in their lies again. #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/04-...thespinoff.co.nzIpsos urges National to withdraw inaccurate claim about its polling on tax | The Spinoff‘We take the accurate reporting of our research and survey data seriously.’ 1146
Reposted by Mandy HagerMs Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The price of backsliding on climate deals “the complaint has been covered by international media, and academics here are concerned that New Zealand is no longer seen as a "leading climate change actor that it once was".” #nzpolrnz.co.nzThe price of backsliding on climate dealsNew Zealand faces its first climate complaint under EU trade rules, but the government rejects claims climate promises have been broken. 3307
Reposted by Mandy HagerGanesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#nzpol The economy is there to serve the people and communities in which it operates✊. To maintain that licence to operate the economy has two tasks🤔. Feed the people and house the people♥️. That is the measure of a successful economy🙂. Anything less is a failed economy😥. 🙏 18036
Reposted by Mandy HagerThe Right News, Right Now. @porcellato.bsky.social · 02/10/2026GUEST BLOG: Matt Blomfield – A review of Dirty Work, sort of. ift.tt/DAlZm1P Nicky Hager has a new book out. Dirty Work: The Taxpayers’ Union and New Zealand’s Hard Right, launched last week... via The Daily Blog ift.tt/N5Igq7b October 2, 2026 at 12:07PM 031
Reposted by Mandy Hagerwhat the everloving fuck. @eldjee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Nicky Hager, Dirty Work, p. 37 #NZpol 0196
Reposted by Mandy Hagerwomblingweka.bsky.social @womblingweka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026As a wealth tax enters the conversation in Aotearoa NZ, this is a great explainer. #nzpol 172
Reposted by Mandy HagerCindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 03/10/2026NY ... and specifically NYC ... has the fastest growing economy in the US.. So much for the rich moving away in the face of increased taxes: didn't happen. #nzpol www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...governor.ny.govGovernor Hochul Announces New York Had the Fastest Growing Economy in the Nation During Second Quarter 2026Governor Hochul announced that New York State had the fastest growing economy in the nation in the second quarter of 2026, according to new data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of... 16021
Reposted by Mandy HagerHans Versluys 🏳️🌈 @hansversluys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Luxon declared the Auckland to Wellington sleeper train a white elephant but forgot about the 17 "roads of national significance", which need a whole new taxonomy of colourful pachyderms to describe them. #nzpol 2222
Reposted by Mandy HagerNinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hope this bodes well for us on this side of the planet!! #nzpol 1212118
Reposted by Mandy HagerChar Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026One road. 🤦♀️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUs 0114
Reposted by Mandy HagerPatrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is brilliant. Exactly what the country needs. Invest in great alternatives to always driving. Even benefits drivers: #nzpol youtu.be/LGX6jjJnFBc?...youtu.beGreen Party transport policy sees free travel for children, light rail for key cities and moreYouTube video by nzherald.co.nz 412037
Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ur...our.actionstation.org.nzUrgent Establishment of a Sudan Special Humanitarian Visa PathwayContext April 15 marked three years since the outbreak of war in Sudan. The crisis has escalated into one of the most severe humanitarian emergencies globally, with over 33.7 million people in n... 032
Reposted by Mandy HagerHuia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Over 33,000 children & young people in NZ are growing up in severe housing deprivation, more likely to miss school, suffer preventable illness & come into contact with the justice system, & 2.9x more likely to experience abuse #Poverty #nzpol #PartyVoteGreen✅ www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...thepost.co.nzMore than 33,000 children are homeless in Aotearoa. Most are invisible in the dataOne in five homeless children has recorded abuse finding, new research shows 152
