Reposted by MS ButlerFoxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 20/09/20251/2 When the only thing growing is leadership speculation Andrea Vance September 21, 2025 Some highlights below, source in threaded post #NZPol 64615
Reposted by MS ButlerMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Anyone who is attending this in Auckland - heads up. Change of plan due to forecasted winds of up to 80 km/hour on the bridge tomorrow. Still going ahead but change of location #nzpol #auckland #kiwi 03221
Reposted by MS ButlerGreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 21/05/2025#nzpol IT’S HERE!!! youtu.be/QLOjiiC3P1Y?... #atlasnetwork @lucyham.bsky.socialyoutu.beMata Reports | ACT: The Foreign Influences That Have Shaped David Seymour's Political Agenda | RNZYouTube video by RNZ 13521
Reposted by MS ButlerKay in the End Times 🏳️🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Good work by @paulapenfold.bsky.social following up conflict of interest story involving former ACC manager JohnBennett seconded to #HealthNZ And $1M contract to mate. Looks dodgy as. #NZpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...stuff.co.nzACC admits failings as controversial ex-manager’s emails emergeA former senior ACC exec left out details when he disclosed a conflict of interest. Now the government agency has launched another review of its processes. 1158
Reposted by MS ButlerSalty Sea Hag @kasiazoe.bsky.social · 26/04/2025#nzseedsaving #nzpol Does anyone know of Aotearoa seed saving and seed swapping Bluesky groups please? I've only put in nzpol so I get a response as I've no idea which hashtag names will get a response. Food as a lure. 122313
Reposted by MS ButlerKelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 25/04/2025Abilities Group had the building that caught fire in Glenfield yesterday - not only are they a service provider for the Shore, they're also an employer of over 100 people with disabilities and they're now asking for donations to assist with rebuilding and supporting their staff.givealittle.co.nzAbilities GroupAbilities Group asks for your help, as we support our 100+ disabled staff and volunteers following a devastating fire. 072
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 24/04/2025🙄🥹 www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/24/j...1news.co.nzJohn Campbell on Destiny Church: ‘I’ve never encountered so much fear’Today John Campbell launches Under His Command, a five-part investigation into Destiny Church and the women who live in its shadows. 181
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 24/04/2025www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04... #nzpolabc.net.auGrowing questions in NZ about organisation called Atlas NetworkIn New Zealand, there is now a conversation about an organisation called Atlas Network and whether or not it has influenced the right-bloc government's agenda. 32313
Reposted by MS ButlerJane @janethoye.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Check out this new multi-lingual, culturally diverse cookbook full of community-sourced recipes from across NZ, celebrating the sharing of food with whānau and friends. gbb.org.nz/shop/familia... @goodbitchesbake is the NFP I work with, and we're super proud of it. 074
Reposted by MS ButlerSimon O'Neill @sjponeill.bsky.social · 24/04/2025To make a submission, visit www.covid19inquiry.nz or call 0800 500 306. 011
Reposted by MS ButlerGary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Locked Out with Craig Renney Finn Cordwell - Living Wage Wellington Community Organiser. The living wage. #nzpolyoutu.beEp02 Finn Cordwell on the Living WageYouTube video by DOC Studios 0146
Reposted by MS ButlerPhil Twyford @philtwyford.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Grattan Institute says expanding skilled migration visa a better option: "...a better approach is...trying to identify talented people that have started businesses overseas and bringing them here, rather than just bringing people with lots of money.” 2/2 042
Reposted by MS ButlerMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 07/02/2025What happend to David Seymour's claims that Atlas Network is a conspiracy? Looking back after a year. #nzpolyoutube.comDavid Seymour and the Atlas Network Conspiracy - Is it Real?YouTube video by Mountain Tui 25825
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Oh sheesh 😬 Gift article from NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...nytimes.comElon Musk and His Friends Help Trump Shake Up the Government (Gift Article)The billionaire and his Silicon Valley allies landed in Washington and immediately moved to cut the size of the federal government, reprising the playbook he used after buying Twitter in 2022. 020
Reposted by MS ButlerDuncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Don't let McKee loosen our gun laws! Have your say by the 28th Feb. You can make a submission by: Link: consultations.justice.govt.nz/policy/publi... Email: firearms@justice.govt.nz Post: Firearms Policy Ministry of Justice – National Office DX SX10088 Wellington 68861
Reposted by MS ButlerPsych-Recruitment @psych-recruitment.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Best Location: Each week, we spotlight a New Zealand location with strong immigration prospects for overseas psychologists. This week, we are featuring Invercargill, the southernmost and most affordable city in New Zealand. Check out our Invercargill blog post: zurl.co/ibmvl #psychology 121
Reposted by MS ButlerDr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Didn't realise NZ Herald was into free publicly for Free Speech Union by running a lazy op-ed copy/pasted from a press release. Prof Donna Haraway calls this “a conquering gaze from nowhere” - an uninvested, vapid framing that's seemingly "objective" but “represent[s] while escaping representation”. 5267
Reposted by MS ButlerKo Ess Ahau ☀️😷 @occasio.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Consumer writes about not paying Microsoft 365 price increase / don’t pay it NZconsumer.org.nzYou don’t have to pay the Microsoft 365 price increaseHere’s how to keep the price of your subscription the same as it’s always been. 2159
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 07/01/2025What we know about HMPV www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/h...nytimes.comWhat We Know About HMPV, the Virus Spreading in China (Gift Article)While cases are climbing in China, the situation is very different from what it was when Covid-19 emerged five years ago, medical experts say. HMPV is common and decades old. 010
Reposted by MS Butlerflaneuse1.bsky.social @flaneuse1.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Me too. It's gone under the radar to a large degree, but the consequences of it becoming law will be disastrous. I also don't have the expertise to properly criticise it but I found this hugely helpful especially the Linktree links provided near the bottom. melanienelson.substack.com/p/will-the-r...melanienelson.substack.comWill the Regulatory Standards Bill Silence te Tiriti?Unpacking the Proposed RSB's Impacts on te Tiriti and Māori Rights 053
Reposted by MS ButlerSMC @smcross.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Very helpful summary making it easy to submit your thoughts on the latest tranch of bills being pushed through NZ parliament 082
Reposted by MS ButlerAlison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 06/01/2025If you haven't made a submission yet, please consider doing so. Soon. It profoundly sucks that the submission period for all these runs over the summer break. OK fine, what submissions do I have to make FFS?! open.substack.com/pub/emilywri...open.substack.comOK fine, what submissions do I have to make FFS?!Don't worry - I got you. Here's everything you need in one place! 032
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 06/01/2025"While the Bill claims to promote clarity, conversation, & social cohesion, the evidence clearly indicates it has instead fuelled division, misinformation, & harmful rhetoric in Aotearoa New Zealand, growing at pace." A stunning, research-based piece, by Dr Hattotuwa. 🤲 Essential reading 1256
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 30/12/2024The children evacuatd from Gaza for treatment of dire injuries 🥹 (free to read). ://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/world/middleeast/gaza-children-evacuated.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lU4.sb35.eioHwVK_prKu&smid=url-sharenytimes.comThe Children Who Left Gaza (Gift Article)Sixteen young people evacuated from Gaza for treatment of dire injuries. Months later, they face new lives in an unfamiliar country. 001
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 19/12/2024MSD placing barriers for those urgently seeking housing. "There are credible reports that to verify applicants because they're victims of domestic violence, MSD staff are encouraged to phone the abusive partner to confirm their partner did not contribute to the violence" 😳😡 #NZpoli 110
Reposted by MS ButlerKay in the End Times 🏳️🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 16/12/2024NZ Govt: "We have a whooping cough epidemic, please get vaccinated especially if you're pregnant" 💉🤰 Also NZGovt - you health professionals want funding to be able to vaccinate patients? A big NO! ⚕️💉💲❌ #NZpol #HealthNZ #NZHealth www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...rnz.co.nzImmunisation programme faces funding cut, as whooping cough loomsThe successful programme for pregnant Māori and Pasifika and their babies in South Auckland has been forced to cut services, amid warnings of a whooping cough epidemic. 0185
Reposted by MS ButlerGreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 16/12/2024#nzpol #atlasnetwork This is the regulation that is doing the actual damage. As important as it is, the TPB is running distraction from this particularly odious piece of legislation. They are seeking to built our country on a libertarian foundation. Please submit e te whānau 💚 12421
Reposted by MS ButlerMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 15/12/2024In which I write about no-cause evictions, Nicola Willis stuffing up finances again and how this is a fundamental lipstick on pig government. Happy festive season, Bluesky and thanks for allowing me to join your family this year. #Kiwisubstack.comA Lipstick GovernmentSocial services, no-cause evictions, terror of job cuts over Christmas, and putting lipstick on new laws. 12610
Reposted by MS ButlerMeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 14/12/2024This bastard goes on about equal rights whilst trying to get a bill through that *goes against the Bill of Rights* They want poors and Māori to have nothing. 0112
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 15/12/2024"It’s why this govt - who appear to be advised by these lobbyists - have confidence to keep pushing the envelope to their ideology, & detractors & evidence are unimportant - because the goal isn’t unity or social cohesion - it’s power..." 🤲👏👏👏 010
Reposted by MS ButlerPaula Penfold @paulapenfold.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Here’s the timeline setting out how in the space of a week the assault by Vietnamese officials went from case closed to all of a sudden not. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605... 96824
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Two of Braunias' Xmas carols #NZpoli newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/14/t... 143
Reposted by MS ButlerLinas NZ @linasj.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Oct 2024: After nearly 4.5 years of pioneering research, analysis, and reporting on the growing landscape of disinformation in Aotearoa, The Disinformation Project is closing as our small team moves on to new things. :( www.thedisinfoproject.org #disinformation #conspiracytheories #nz #nzpolthedisinfoproject.orgThe Disinformation Project 052
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 13/12/2024"In her fatuous accusation that KiwiRail had irresponsibly opted for Ferrari instead of Toyota, Willis got it back-to-front. What NZ actually secured were Ferrari-standard ferries at Toyota price. "In unilaterally tearing up KiwiRail $saving contract, Willis signalled NZ’s signature means nothing. 0233
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Please listen, important kōrero. And submit! Whilst NACT are deflecting, DS / ACT are continuing their agenda. www.youtube.com/live/vhbp1nn...youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 010
Reposted by MS ButlerAssociate Professor Suze Wilson @suzewilson.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Some thoughts from me on the govt's failure of #leadership in deciding to cut social sciences and humanities from the Marsden Fund. #nzpol #AcademicSky www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605... 37426
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 11/12/2024"Willis' handling of replacing the inter-island ferries has been a masterclass in incompetence" 58834
Reposted by MS ButlerTula Brannelly @tulabrannelly.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Signatures needed to save socsci research in Aotearoa. www.together.org.nz/love_humanit...together.org.nzSave Humanities and Social SciencesJoin us in building a better world 043
Reposted by MS ButlerPat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 11/12/2024#BHN Breaking News The CTUs Craig Renney will also join the conversation live at 9pm to talk the ferry announcement of an announcement #nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/bdbpGXQ...youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 15311
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Garner: "What goes up must come down, but in Luxon’s case, what didn’t go up very far needed to go further, & now it’s coming back down it won’t take long before it’s all over. I think his popularity, if you can call it that, has peaked – & if he had a honeymoon,(we) must've missed it..." 🤔 #nzpoli 072
Reposted by MS ButlerSarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Any researchers out there with opinions about the cuts to Marsden funding? Contact Deborah - she want to hear from you. And can actually help. #nzpol 67034
Reposted by MS ButlerAlison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Anyway, I wrote a thing: blog.waikato.ac.nz/bioblog/2024... I don't have a big following, but this isn't something we should let go without speaking about it.blog.waikato.ac.nzchanges to the Marsden Fund seem very short-sighted : BioBlogAotearoa NZ has for many years funded what’s known as “blue-sky” research via the Marsden Fund. This afternoon, social media platform BlueSky¹ is full of posts commenting on the NZ government’s decisi... 33018
Reposted by MS ButlerChris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Dinosaurs of Aotearoa #nzpol sketch #carbon 16017
Reposted by MS ButlerOliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 04/12/2024And now we have the answer: the Auditor-General agrees. Redundancies and holiday back pay was counted in the year before they were incurred. Former CFO Rosalie Hughes is vindicated, and Lester Levy is left looking quite untrustworthy.newsroom.co.nzHealth NZ commissioner loses $130m battle with Auditor-GeneralMinisters have agreed to provide Lester Levy a 'letter of comfort' guaranteeing a billion-dollar bailout if needed. Jonathan Milne investigates. 48837
Reposted by MS ButlerAssociate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Some comments from me, @nicgaston.bsky.social, @troybaisden.bsky.social & @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social on the gutting of funding for humanities and social sciences in Aotearoa New Zealand… www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2024/12/04/g...sciencemediacentre.co.nzGovt cuts humanities and social science funding - Expert ReactionHumanities and social science funding has been cut from the Marsden Fund, the main fund for 'blue-skies' research in Aotearoa New Zealand. The areas that have been cut include research in subjects lik... 617261
Reposted by MS ButlerNZ Stuff Posts @shanila.bsky.social · 04/12/2024www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605... 011
Reposted by MS ButlerChris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Big promises #nzpol #cartoon www.slanecartoon.com/-/galleries/...slanecartoon.comCHRIS SLANE CARTOONS | Firm Budget FootingCartoon depicts a crumbling rocky cliff and two people walking off the edge poised to fall. NZ National Party leader Christopher Luxon is tossing up a cricket ball ready with a bat "I can keep smashin... 13210