Reposted by Matt The MooMask Up Comments and Opinions @commentsandopi2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What is this? Community organisation? Astroturfing bs merchants manufacturing outrage in the community. What exactly do they pretend is their "community good"? #nzpol 1208
Reposted by Matt The MooDavid Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 23/09/2026an amazing new project launches today in new zealand: people can report sexual harm, and get matched with others who reported the same person. when you report, you get a lawyer - and lawyer-client privilege. for free. i profile the website, technology, charity, & law firm here: www.webworm.co/tika/webworm.coThis Could Change The Way Victims Get JusticeDavid Farrier's Webworm looks at Alison Mau and Zoë Lawton's Tika: a new way to report sexual harm in Aotearoa, New Zealand. 8351188
Reposted by Matt The Moo🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Henry Cooke and The Post embedding online gambling platform Polymarket's charts into their content makes perfect sense when considered in the context of the press gallery treating politics like a game and not something, that has massive impacts on people and communities (like gambling also does) 25113
Reposted by Matt The MooThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/09/2026Turns out there’s a trick to getting New Yorkers to eagerly engage you in conversation: Ask them what makes a Great Sandwich. The answers are the subject of this video: a sandwich smackdown (snackdown?) featuring eight vegetarian Hall of Famers. nyti.ms/4rkNNqYnyti.msWhat Makes a Great Vegetarian Sandwich?We took eight recipes to a bracket to find out. 134710
Reposted by Matt The MooTerry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 19/09/2026#nzpol I remain as perplexed as ever that too many in the media continue to deem National "the party of business" & "sound economic managers" when data like this exists. But until we break free of the 1984-1993 legacy handbrake, it's just going to be more of the same. 26021
Reposted by Matt The Mookenny 🙋🏻♂️ @itskenny.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I think we forget that some celebrities are just very stupid and can’t understand things 0261
Reposted by Matt The MooTerry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#nzpol I'd like to report a murder 04114
Reposted by Matt The MooBen Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026You can see the exact time National came to power 27832
Reposted by Matt The MooD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026National/NZF/ACT gave us the flu epidemic we are having now. Kids are seriously ill and hospitals are buckling under the strain because they defunded the Flu vaccine for under 12s. Their slogan should be Vote for us We Make You Sick and then remove healthcare. 45222
Reposted by Matt The MooDr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 25/08/2026371 Kāinga Ora developments (involving 1,576 planned homes) were cancelled by Chris Bishop when he came to power. Bishop also slashed the accessibility requirements for state housing. drbex.substack.com/p/social-hou...drbex.substack.comSocial housing is a key part of solving homelessnessCancelling over 1500 new social housing builds is both fiscally and socially irresponsible, given homelessness is on the rise 48548
Reposted by Matt The MooRobot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Since the coalition was elected, landlords have received benefits equivalent to more than 25 years of Treaty settlement redress. #nzpolnzherald.co.nzLandlord tax break cost rose by $800m to $2.9bNational’s pre-election fiscal and tax plans costed the policy at $2.1b. 8177111
Reposted by Matt The MooKeri Hēnare @kerihenare.com · 22/08/2026These same farmers should be denied access to funds for weather emergencies. 3249
Reposted by Matt The MooDanielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Bit pathetic that we have to have Gareth Morgan doing basic fact-checking on the money claims when our apparently Very Important Political Press can't be bothered #nzpol 713543
Reposted by Matt The Moonrc @ncameron.org · 15/08/2026NZ health service is absolutely at breaking point. It’s already affecting thousands of people’s quality of life. If the government doesn’t change this year, it will get worse. Many will die, many more will have their lives ruined. 076
Reposted by Matt The MooNicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026For the victor to fail to turn up for an election count is a gross discourtesy to the returning officer and the hundreds of volunteers who ran polling stations and stayed up all night counting votes. To defend the no-show with a blatant lie, rather than admit the obvious real reason, makes it worse. 4648
Reposted by Matt The MooAmuse. @anamusingaddress.bsky.social · 14/08/2026bsky.app/profile/happ... 111518
Reposted by Matt The MooVicci Ho @vicciho.com · 13/08/2026My brain is basic and so is my knowledge of NZ politics in general but my simple reason I won't give TOP a vote is because they have said repeatedly they're willing to join a coalition with Nat/ACT/NZF. It doesn't need to be complicated. 0214
Reposted by Matt The MooDylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 12/08/2026It's a secondary thing, but can we talk about how ridiculous "Fix the basics" is as an election slogan for an incumbent government? Especially one that ran on that same slogan last time. 1719436
Reposted by Matt The MooCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Peak manager vibes. Call everyone to an in person all hands on their day off. Waste everyone's time for three hours and achieve nothing. Puff yourself up about how good you are. Refuse to answer questions and leave. 621844
Reposted by Matt The MooAndy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Let's not vote for more of this. 05515
Reposted by Matt The MooMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Here's the glorious detail - cvid borrowing was basically free money. Important that folks realise that Govt pay a fixed rate on almost all their bonds - so basically all the 2018 - 2023 debt is deflating away (debt costs are below inflation). 05319
Reposted by Matt The MooJohn Swolltrane 🫠 @pigeonhistorian.bsky.social · 09/08/2026✨ Dorothy Ashby - Afro-Harping (1968) #nowspinning #jazzsky #vinyl 0151
Reposted by Matt The MooSplakey @splakey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I’m curious, Damien, is it as painful as watching a woman die freezing under a bridge because of his policies? #nzpol 2017146
Reposted by Matt The Moonewimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 09/08/2026You can never convince a Tory that their policies don’t work. If you show them evidence of their failures, they believe the problem is that they didn’t Tory hard enough. 57529
Reposted by Matt The MooMatt @mfyfyr.bsky.social · 07/08/2026incredible thing for a prime minister to say at the *end* of a term in government 2358
Reposted by Matt The MooSacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026'Hipkins said any dissatisfaction with MMP was down to Luxon's poor leadership, and the country should not have to change its entire electoral system because the prime minister could not manage his government.' #NzPolrnz.co.nzChristopher Luxon will call referendum on MMP voting system if elected back into powerThe Prime Minister says he will call a referendum on the country's MMP voting system if he's back in power after the November election. 1017446
Reposted by Matt The MooDylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 26/07/2026Man, if only National had been in power for the last few years and been able to do all these things they've suggested recently.rnz.co.nzNational promises to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-electedNational has pledged to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-elected. 1118243
Reposted by Matt The MooBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions 50105812736
Reposted by Matt The MooD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026National MPs that robbed 180,000 women of pay equity, cut funding to SA prevention and survivor organisations and made ACC more difficult for abuse survivors to access. They’re supporting their MP here but imo I think they’d be singing a different tune if it was a Green MP being attacked. #nzpol 108622
Reposted by Matt The Mookleinstadt.bsky.social @kleinstadt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026🔴🎼🎶🎵 #kleineNachtmusik MON , July 20, 26 #JazzSky #Jazz #Blues #MusicSky #jazzmusic ..:: R A H S A A N R O L A N D K I R K ::.. RR Kirk - ts, fl Ron Burton - pio Henry "Pete" Pearson - bb Robert Shy - dr Joe Texidor - perc Montreux Jazz Festival, 24 June 1972youtu.beRoland Kirk - Live in Montreux 1972YouTube video by Eifila 081
Reposted by Matt The MooSassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Asking about wage inflation when this is the FUCKING STATE OF IT. Why is our state broadcaster so shit. 24816
Reposted by Matt The MooPERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 20/07/2026Today's chart following another $135,000 for ACT The system is rigged #nzpol 55419
Reposted by Matt The MooMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Early signs that Treasury's latest benefit forecasts grossly over-estimated the 'recovery'... again. It's almost like they haven't got a clue. 109234
Reposted by Matt The MooD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 11/07/202640,000+ kids end up in hospital each year because of cold damp homes, some don’t make it back.120,000 households can’t afford electricity even when it’s not cold. The electricity marketplace is a criminal enterprise making $$ for shareholders at the expense of our health, well-being & lives. #nzpol 33713
Reposted by Matt The MooTrevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 12/07/2026We're top of the jobless charts and bottom of the wages charts and business leaders are over the moon, Brian #nzpol 34917
Reposted by Matt The MooTerry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 12/07/2026#nzpol The Govt's interest & dividend revenue for FY26 is $6.82b or 4.3% of its total revenue so dividends can be said to be tax by stealth. Cheap power SHOULD be a strategic advantage but at the moment the market is incentivised for short term gains. Sigh. www.treasury.govt.nz/publications... 1207
Reposted by Matt The MooNat Torkington @gnat.bsky.social · 11/07/2026As always, if the free market fails it must be because it isn’t free enough. It’s axiomatic. I loved that Australian editorial. The things fucking our cost of living are mostly privatised formerly-public infrastructure. 2175
Reposted by Matt The MooAndy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 08/07/2026'Of the 37 rich nations tracked by the [OECD], only New Zealanders have suffered a steeper fall in their after-inflation wages than Australians over the same period. By contrast, British real wages have increased by almost 8 per cent.' www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...theage.com.auAustralia’s real wages slump one of the worst in developed worldOne of the nation’s top economic forecasters warns the next two years will also be a grind thanks to higher unemployment and more poor wage growth. 37139
Reposted by Matt The MooTom Bagatelle @tombagatelle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I think we should start measuring government programmes in Hayden Donnell's 'metres of roading'. Lowering the age of bowel cancer screening to 45? 5 metres of road. A year of Three Waters? 63 metres of road. Reading recovery? 13mm of road. 7250121
Reposted by Matt The MooMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Let's take a moment to remember Luxon's KPI outcomes: 12-15 year business failure high, 10-15 year unemployment high, record job beneficiaries, record gang numbers & surpassing police #, higher sexual assaults & record domestic violence, 3500 cancelled state homes while 20,000 wait ... 512750
Reposted by Matt The MooGlitchy Democracy @finn-cardno.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Context: National reduced govt Kiwisaver contributions in half & created a loophole for employers to not pay their part. Hardship withdrawals have also doubled while they changed the rules to allow farmers to use Kiwisaver to buy homes. National now campaigns on mandatory Kiwisaver policyreddit.comFrom the nzpolitics community on Reddit: ELECTION 2026: National reduced govt Kiwisaver contributions in half & created a loophole for employers to not pay their part. Hardship withdrawals have also d...Explore this post and more from the nzpolitics community 176
Reposted by Matt The Moobmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 16/08/2025This Brit nails it. #Immigration 602098813
Reposted by Matt The MooKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?" 468320896925
Reposted by Matt The MooMichael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Which would you rather have for $65 m - a year of public transport cap of $20 a week, or 588 meters of motorway? 411151
Reposted by Matt The MooRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Nicola Willis doesn't want to send billions of dollars offshore to pay for carbon credits to meet our obligations. And also doesn't want to enact domestic policy that would meet our obligations. Grown-up choices are hard. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzGovernment facing up to $5 billion bill over carbon credits, Treasury revealsHowever, Finance Minister Nicola Willis has said she doesn't want to see billions of dollars go offshore to pay for credits. 1112750
Reposted by Matt The Moo🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Gentailers have a monopoly Gentailers keep fossils in the mix Gentailers make 93% margins Gentailers stripped billions in profits rather than invest Price of electricity has rocketed when 87% of ours is renewable Gov sets the rules owns a huge chunk of the gentailers They exploit us #nzpol 17532
