Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 6hI think it’s a great ploy to win over more National voters before they go with the Left bloc, which is where most of their policies are more at home. 000
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 21hElection hoardings are so offensive. #nzpol #BillboardLiberationFront 911536
Reposted by Manu CaddieJordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The craziest thing about elections is seeing how many grown adults have been tricked into thinking that their tax money going towards public services that serve them is a bad thing and not the point of taxes. People proudly living worse lives because theyve been convinced a better life is "woke" 28529
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I was thinking the Army must be desperate if an 18 year can (a) be an officer and (b) get a role requiring high security clearance. 101
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/f... - hopefully the politicians will start taking climate commitments more seriously if it has trade consequences #nzpolnewsroom.co.nzFormal complaint that NZ climate backsliding breaches Europe trade dealThe 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. 13916
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jeezus, if this doesn’t get a White Guy “with potential” a conviction, would anything? www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a... #nzpolrnz.co.nzArmy officer attacked taxi driver after being asked for $20 fareNew 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. 76019
Reposted by Manu CaddieSacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Simeon sneakily changed the finance to lower interest-only repayments, then a lump sum in the future for another government to take care of. #NzPol 14424
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Looks good, but is that the photographer in the reflection? 000
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“So now, what we’re saying is, it’ll be two racisms, and washed up, or washed up and disgraced, or… it’ll be two out of three. Two out of three.” #nzpol thecivilian.co.nz/2026/09/27/n...thecivilian.co.nzNZ First says new candidates must now be both washed up AND disgracedOverrun with a torrent of applicants seeking to reignite their political careers, or who are unwelcome in other parties on character grounds, New Zealand First has tightened its criteria for accept… 0125
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The revolving doors of the Dirty Work Alliance continue to spin faster… I guess they’ve found a formula that works really well for the causes they champion. 152
Reposted by Manu CaddieKent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Incredible speech from Steve Abel - @abelsteve.bsky.social - and a shining example of what principled political leadership looks like #nzpol 1337
Reposted by Manu CaddieMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Chris Bishop calls Nicky Hager a "far left" figure. Guess fact based is "far left" Chris Bishop's Dad co-founded TPU with Jordan & David Farrar Bishop is best remembered for failing to roll Luxon twice in two years while enabling corrupt, anti community fast track laws in #NZ 1614558
Reposted by Manu CaddieFelix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“Why am I publishing a book leading up to an election?” His answer: “…elections are exactly the time we should be thinking about and discussing politics. What better time?” 412810
Reposted by Manu CaddieFelix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“…the coalition ministers have tolerated and benefited from these unscrupulous groups. They should be held accountable by the public.” 717327
Reposted by Manu CaddieFelix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Five: “…the Taxpayers’ Union earning money by collaborating with the tobacco industry year after year – helping the tobacco industry giant British American Tobacco fight smokefree legislation so it can continue to sell products that kill half of their long-term customers.” 211121
Reposted by Manu CaddieFelix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“There is the chapter on their work as tobacco lobbyists, a whole chapter on Jordan Williams’ abysmal attitude to women, a major chapter on the deliberate use of racism as a political tool, a chapter on dirty politics attacks and smears…” 111422
Reposted by Manu CaddieFelix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Three: “I think one of the grubbiest dirty politics attacks in recent history was the hit job that pushed Maiki Sherman out of her position as political editor at TVNZ a few months ago. The inside story is told for the first time in Chapter 5.” 114029
Reposted by Manu CaddieFelix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Two: “The little understood story of David Seymour, who barely mentioned race politics for six years in parliament and then suddenly became Mr-Anti-Treaty as if he’d always deeply cared… he and others unleashed the worst race politics in a generation.” 113727
Reposted by Manu CaddieFelix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“Less than 24 hours after Jordan Williams’ press release the first Taxpayers’ Union source made contact… The second made contact a few weeks later. And so it began.” 113115
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I don't believe Luxon doesn't know who Nicky is, but on the other hand it might explain why he's been repeating so many #nzpol mistakes of the past – www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...stuff.co.nz‘Don’t know who he is’: Luxon dismisses new book from Dirty Politics authorPrime Minister Christopher Luxon says he has never read a book by famed investigative journalist Nicky Hager, even suggesting he had no idea who he was. 160
Reposted by Manu CaddieIdiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Standing Orders Committee refuses to deal in any way with the constant abuse of urgency. The farhterest they'll go is to require that skipping an SC stage should require a motion and a reason (unclear if the motion is debatable; if it is then its another hour of time, but no actual scrutiny)... 3174
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Woohoo! I love a new Hager in #nzpol election season! 💥 0203
Reposted by Manu CaddieKevin Hague @kevinhague.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It occurred to me just now that many people won’t know the significance of Soweto as the location for ABs v Springboks tonight. In 1976 hundreds of school students were shot in Soweto when they protested against compulsory use of Afrikaans in school. 27722
Reposted by Manu CaddieRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This should be a reminder that capitulating to tyrants in advance is not necessarily a viable business strategy.theguardian.comMapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario orderNavigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’ 551811449
Reposted by Manu CaddieJacqui @jamelle33.bsky.social · 03/09/2026ANALYSIS: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: we can’t trust U.S. tech companies The president’s decree is dumb. Why is anyone going along with it?tvo.orgANALYSIS: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: we can’t trust U.S. tech companies | TVO TodayThe president’s decree is dumb. Why is anyone going along with it? 48074791894
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The stories just keep getting worse! No wonder the MPI CE has been so negligent in following recommendations from the 2023 Ministerial Inquiry on Land Use - his own agency that is responsible for forestry industry standards is also one of the worst offenders. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610... 1113
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Doh! That was clearly a late night post with some doozy grammatical/syntax accidents. 120
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A overseas forestry company that asked David Seymour to pressure Gisborne Council to ease up on it was responsible, along with an iwi-owned forest management company, for leaving a harvested forest in one of the worst conditions independent experts have ever seen www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610... 36127
Reposted by Manu CaddieMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I knew this would be bad, but it's awful. Malpractice even. I'll limit my criticism to 9 posts. The Herald have added together the gross debt of NZ public & private sectors and called this debt 'we collectively owe the world'. Pure unadulterated nonsense. Literally untrue. [🧵1/n] 415188
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Such a good person, such important analysis of our predicament. 030
Reposted by Manu CaddieJames W @jamesw228.bsky.social · 31/08/2026What is Timely, Targeted & Temporary about cancelling an increase in fuel excise tax & using $450m set aside for addressing issues created by the USA attacking Iran to partially offset the $1.4B funding deficit you've just created in the NLTF which already can't fund everything you promised #nzpol 33913
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Excellent article by Denis Welch this week in The Listener on the situation in #Tairāwhiti and the related #nzpol issues at play by the various powers that be. I’ll leave the last couple of pages out so you go and buy a copy or visit your library. 073
Reposted by Manu CaddieClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king 296140143199
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Would the world's biggest artists put their brand on the line for #BDS these days? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpDW...youtube.comArtists United Against Apartheid | Sun City | 1985 | Music Video 4KYouTube video by Cloudbuster 021
Reposted by Manu CaddieTe wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Is there anything more on the nose than a homeless man dieing on the doorstep of the government minister that introduce move on orders for homeless people? 57621
Reposted by Manu CaddieRussel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Glaciers in the Himalayas are being destabilised by climate change. Hundreds are being killed in the floods. Increasing climate pollution - thru fossil fuel or agribusiness expansion - is pushing to make this worse for profit. We need to cut climate pollution. Oil cos don't give a sh*t about people. 0133
Reposted by Manu CaddieDavid Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Christopher Luxon is forever talking about the colossal economic train wreck the last government left and this gets repeated as certain fact. But what are the actual numbers? www.davidslack.net/borrow-story/davidslack.netTrainwreck debt quizChristopher Luxon is forever talking about the colossal economic train wreck the last government left and this gets repeated as certain fact. But what are the actual numbers? 119446
Reposted by Manu Caddieminimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026RNZ interview here www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...rnz.co.nzGisborne residents push for forestry land use changeIt comes as the forestry industry has voiced concerns that some of the rules the council is trying to impose are unworkable. 021
Reposted by Manu CaddieRobert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right 1101286066342
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w16ku... Chris Bishop told Council to use the enforcement tools available to them. Then McClay tells Council he's employing a professional tattletale to look over the shoulder of councillors and staff, to report back and tell him if Council isn't doing what the industry wants. 011
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Basically the #nzpol industry lapdogs in Wellington have decided local democracy is dead and forestry executives should govern the region. 1186
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Gotta play by the same rules until they change I guess. 100
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 16/08/2026This seems like a long overdue #nzpol policy for someone to push, and it definitely won’t be coming from the Far Right coalition parties. TOP vows to 'clean up politics' with lobbying and donations reforms www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzOpportunity Party vows to 'clean up politics' with lobbying and donations reformsThe Opportunity Party is vowing to "clean up politics" by regulating lobbying and reforming political donations. 470
Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Yeah, that’s a very weird story given his abysmal track record this term. 010