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Matt

@mattthetechie.bsky.social
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NZ nerd, posting about politics, economy, technology , earth sciences and other related geeky interests

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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Chris hipkins getting fired up with the somewhat big call of saying Winston shouldnt be in parliament right now #nzpol
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Who wants to make a complaint to the ASA, 2014 the last time national was elected in charge had united future, ACT and Maori party with them. Let's deal with the misinformation. #nzpol
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Let's talk crypto coins, ministers and regulations around then, these are recent withdrawals posted to by X/twitter by fall guy Chris Penk and still receiving his ministerial salary and now recent stuff opinion writer. #nzpol #nzecon #nzcrypto
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Okay followers of NZ politics and star wars where does this fit on the scale of class by the national social media team. #nzpol @lucyham.bsky.social
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is his role according to their own website, he's failing on multiple levels of his own job description but it also says the commissioner is appointed by the PM, id have to check if it was a Carry over from labour
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Anyone keen for a free market economics approach led by the new #mbie ceo, hattip to @fleurfitzsimons.bsky.social and @jemtraylen.bsky.social this cant be good #nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Urgh sure he can be the best, if destroying the fabric of NZ is the goal. Vote him and his friends out of every organization and his political friends this November #nzpol
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What a day to follow politics. Will we have a new PM by the time this national party event happens, grab your popcorn folks. #nzpol
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
courtesy of @bernardchickey.bsky.social substack, employment confidence levels looking pretty damn bad right now. #nzecon #nzjobmarket #nzpol
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
alright @benakl.bsky.social this is your expertise sort of, where in any recent annoucement have we actively tried to get the builders back from australia, this is in the budget, you tell me we have the capacity and planners for this
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
this is included in the conservation amendment bill first introduced last thursday or friday which covers a big change to how marine and doc land is looked after etc
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
from the ctu and stats nz, yeah its not great out there, and with things continuing to happen across the tertiary education sector it could even worsen. @nzctu.bsky.social #nzpol
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Nationals new candidate for Auckland Central, anyone else spotting a red flag or two. #nzpol
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Act trying to split the vote with national in another Auckland seat, vote for the labour candidate instead and tell all your friends. #nzpol
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
So a policing amendment bill is in the works and open for submissions, this is the jist of it. #nzpol
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Fuel stocks coming in
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Be prepared everyone for some real price spikes, this came out of the commerce commission a few days ago as well as some historical context, massive spikes, related graphs for previous spikes and general changes. #nzpol #nzfuelcrisis #nzecon #nztransport
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This graph also from the Commerce comission also reflects prices from importers back to 2022 when it was high
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This is from the commerce comission, so id expect a lot of importer costs going up and the margin #nzpol #nzecon #nzfuelcrisis
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Health professionals and those following the governments actions what do you make of this #nzpol
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Atlas associates coming here to our unis @chewienz.bsky.social @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social @xkaosmagex.bsky.social
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Good news coming out of the NZ parliament, finally leaving X.
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Thank this guy for our mineral reforms right now which we know from pike river has grave potential to go badly.
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Everyone probably knows that times are tough, this graph shows a lot especially the spikes around covid, is less regulation really the answer #nzpol
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Can anyone confirm that the price of groceries is coming down, this is taken from X. 👀👀
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Yup I'm sure there's lots of legal issues now
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I'm sure Brian tamaki is an expert on unlawful disruption right in the name of free speech.
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Emergency services in NZ what are you doing, was there a fault in this truck you didn't inform the branch of. You're looking very suspect here #nzpol #FENZ #emergencyservicesnz
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
NZ sort our emergency services out, these are people and services we rely on #nzfirefighters #emergendyservicesnz #nzfunding #FENZ
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
@kiwichar.bsky.social 3-0 for the left coming up next week
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
#nzlabour has just put out a future fund policy which will be separate from the Super fund, lets go for growth in this one and invest in ethical, sustainable companies and products here. Attached is a stat about the super fund. #nzpol
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Anyone else remember public funds being used for the smear campaign by DS, now it's another government entity #nzpol #aotearoa
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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