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Lew @lewsos.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Like clockwork, the govt that has done more to destroy employment than any other in decades is trying to get re-elected by blaming people for being unemployed. No solutions, only punishment. Pure cynicism. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

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What about drug testing at Parliament? Luxon is ‘quite open’ to it

Follow the election campaign live.

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Mask Up Comments and Opinions @commentsandopi2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What is this? Community organisation? Astroturfing bs merchants manufacturing outrage in the community. What exactly do they pretend is their "community good"? #nzpol

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 23/09/2026

an 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/

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This Could Change The Way Victims Get Justice

David Farrier's Webworm looks at Alison Mau and Zoë Lawton's Tika: a new way to report sexual harm in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Henry 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)

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/09/2026

Turns 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/4rkNNqY

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What Makes a Great Vegetarian Sandwich?

We took eight recipes to a bracket to find out.

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Terry 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.

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kenny 🙋🏻‍♂️ @itskenny.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I think we forget that some celebrities are just very stupid and can’t understand things

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#nzpol I'd like to report a murder

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#nzpol 🎯⬇️

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

You can see the exact time National came to power

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

National/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.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

371 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...

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Social housing is a key part of solving homelessness

Cancelling over 1500 new social housing builds is both fiscally and socially irresponsible, given homelessness is on the rise

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Robot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Since the coalition was elected, landlords have received benefits equivalent to more than 25 years of Treaty settlement redress. #nzpol

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Landlord tax break cost rose by $800m to $2.9b

National’s pre-election fiscal and tax plans costed the policy at $2.1b.

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Keri Hēnare @kerihenare.com · 22/08/2026

These same farmers should be denied access to funds for weather emergencies.

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Matt The Moo @mattthemoo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hahaha - going to use this SO much.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Bit 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

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nrc @ncameron.org · 15/08/2026

NZ 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.

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Nicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

For 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.

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Amuse. @anamusingaddress.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

bsky.app/profile/happ...

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Vicci Ho @vicciho.com · 13/08/2026

My 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.

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 12/08/2026

It'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.

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Peak 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.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Let's not vote for more of this.

Older Kiwis choosing between 'starving or heating' as price increases bite

Children as young as 7 seeking help as Youthline calls reach record high

Shoplifters blaming cost of living crisis for their crimes, police say

No hope and no prospects for thousands of Kiwi teens

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Here'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).

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John Swolltrane 🫠 @pigeonhistorian.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

🪉✨ Dorothy Ashby - Afro-Harping (1968) #nowspinning #jazzsky #vinyl

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Matt The Moo @mattthemoo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This is literally brilliant btw.

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Splakey @splakey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I’m curious, Damien, is it as painful as watching a woman die freezing under a bridge because of his policies? #nzpol

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newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

You 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.

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Matt @mfyfyr.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

incredible thing for a prime minister to say at the *end* of a term in government

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Sacha @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.' #NzPol

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Christopher Luxon will call referendum on MMP voting system if elected back into power

The 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.

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 26/07/2026

Man, if only National had been in power for the last few years and been able to do all these things they've suggested recently.

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National promises to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-elected

National has pledged to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-elected.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

National 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

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kleinstadt.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 1972

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Roland Kirk - Live in Montreux 1972

YouTube video by Eifila

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Asking about wage inflation when this is the FUCKING STATE OF IT. Why is our state broadcaster so shit.

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 20/07/2026

Today's chart following another $135,000 for ACT The system is rigged #nzpol

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Early signs that Treasury's latest benefit forecasts grossly over-estimated the 'recovery'... again. It's almost like they haven't got a clue.

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

40,000+ 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

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Trevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

We're top of the jobless charts and bottom of the wages charts and business leaders are over the moon, Brian #nzpol

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Terry 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...

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Nat Torkington @gnat.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

As 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.

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Andy 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...

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Australia’s real wages slump one of the worst in developed world

One 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.

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Tom Bagatelle @tombagatelle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I 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.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Let'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 ...

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Glitchy Democracy @finn-cardno.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Context: 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 policy

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bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

This Brit nails it. #Immigration

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

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Michael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Which would you rather have for $65 m - a year of public transport cap of $20 a week, or 588 meters of motorway?

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Nicola 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...

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Government facing up to $5 billion bill over carbon credits, Treasury reveals

However, Finance Minister Nicola Willis has said she doesn't want to see billions of dollars go offshore to pay for credits.

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