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Faith Austin

@mfamuso.bsky.social
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Avid follower of politics, viola player, arguing the point. Enjoy fine food and wine.

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GreenLeft Network 🍉 @nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There's 1 month left until Voter Enrolments close. Landlords, lobbyists, bot farmers, anti-vaxxers, real estate agents, and CEOs have enrolled to vote. But have your family, whānau, friends, colleagues, flatmates, or peers enrolled to vote? It's easy to enroll at vote.nz/enrolling #nzpol
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Simeon Brown's quoted response here – that New Zealanders voted to "end Labour’s co-governed system" – is the most deranged culture-war nonsense, even by Simeon Brown standards. Is he saying the Medical Council was "co-governed" because the chair, a respected surgeon, happened to be Māori?
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angloczech.bsky.social @angloczech.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The biggest prick on NZ TV joins the biggest prick in NZ politics. What could possibly go wrong? #NZPol
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Ben Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 24/05/2026
Why is this not front page on RNZ or NZH this morning? Slipped out late on Sunday and now it's nowhere?
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Trump is effectively surrendering. A good read especially as it applies to NZ being closely allied to the USA. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Trump’s Endgame Is Surrender
He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat.
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is par for the course in terms of what is happening to legal residents of the US, who have literally done everything by the book. Is the Big Fat Nothing that the NZ govt is doing to help her - other than letting Winston lie about it - par for the course for what we can expect of our own govt?
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The thing with fascism is no matter how far you give in, it's never enough until they have absolute control. Media have tried to 'play ball' with this govt with friendly headlines & verbatim quotes, often unchallenged lies - but it won't be enough. We've seen this in the USA too
RNZ & TVNZ slogan
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The only soap opera happening in Aotearoa right now is the National Party and its Coalition of Clowns.
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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 21/03/2026
#nzpol
Screenshot of a Facebook post from the New Zealand National Party with much of the caption scribbled out in yellow. Below is a group photo of party members in suits against a blue background with the words “Common sense” partially obscured. Over each person are bold yellow captions reading phrases like “NO COPS,” “NO JOBS,” “NO DOCTORS,” “NO FERRIES,” “NO HOUSES,” and “NO MAORI WORDS,” with the central figure, PM Luxon, labeled “NO CLUE.”
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Potato enthusiast 🇵🇸🥔 @br3nda.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Australia has had solar subsidies for so long that some of my Aussie colleagues are eligible for a second round of upgrades because it's been ten years. NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.
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Les Edwards @makolesedwards.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
In 1975, Bill Rowling's Labour Govt introduced a compulsory contributory scheme that would have made AoNZ the 'Switzerland of the South Pacific'. Naturally the right-wing National Party under Muldoon wrecked it and with it our chance for individual prosperity in retirement. National are vandals.
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The ‘enormous bribe’ 50 years ago that cost New Zealand $625 billion. And the price we will pay for decades
Changes made today will still take decades to make up for the shortfall of a decision made in 1975. Damien Venuto looks into how a fiery politician changed the course of New Zealand’s history.
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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How much longer will Trump be able to keep doing this?
Last night, while the rest of us were asleep, the man entrusted with the nuclear codes and the safety of over 330 million Americans was somewhere in the White House in the dark of night, hunched over ...
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Arrowtown is the most polluted small town in AoNZ in the winter and nobody gives a dam.
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
NZ educators are not having it.
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'Just absolutely ridiculous' - new school curriculum unpopular with principals
The draft curriculum documents are old fashioned, sideline Māori knowledge, and appear to be written by foreign contractors, say critics.
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I saw Prime Minister today. It was a moving account of Jacinda’s 5 years of superlative and inspiring leadership. The sad part is that it really hits home how far we’ve sunk as a country. The current Govt led by Luxon has trashed this country’s soul and our international reputation.
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Auntie Joan @auntiejoan.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
I’ve been quiet on here mainly because I’m back working in the public service and feel less able to express myself. But I’ve been having a lot of thoughts about checks and balances, and the fragility of our democracy. I’ve always assumed that there is fundamental decentness and plodding 1/ #nzpol
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Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
When you fuck up the Workplace Safety policy so bad that even BusinessNZ agrees with the CTU - maybe you should have had some actual workplace experience, eh Brooke? Yes - you heard that right - BusinessNZ *and* the CTU agree!! (rarest sentence in NZ English) ...they think you're dumb. #nzpol
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
#nzpol
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
When your life gets infected by a malignant narcissist, you feel utterly violated.
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
So Hipkins did front the inquiry & they let him go an hour early b/c they ran out of questions. Also Winston was part of the leadership team & urged vacs, ACT were offering $ for vax and National were begging for Labour to borrow more. Such dirty politics & 1News analysis tonight wasn't great
Chris hipkins attended the covid inquiry
And they let him go an hour early because they had no more questions for him
Meanwhile ACT was offering $ for vax, Winston was part of government & told everyone to get jabbed, National wanted Labour to borrow more

Under this 3 images
First is ACT David Seymour offering $250 tax credits for Vaccinations
Second Winston NZ First telling people to get vaccinated
Third Andrew Bayly requesting Rental Support package for commercial landlords
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beekaynz @beekaynz.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This feeling of being dragged kicking and screaming back into the dark ages is so exhausting. The existential despair is crushing this morning and we are meant to just go and do our silly jobs and pay our silly bills and act like everything is normal when it’s all wrong.
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Dave @dpdiver.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
This is why Trump's lickspittle henchman Kash Patel sneaking into the country and opening an FBI Office here should be of great concern to AoNZ. Asha Rangappa is a former FBI agent. The new office is like allowing the Gestapo to open an office in Wellington in 1938. #nzpol
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Very interesting article about what we know about COVID and importance of vaccination 5 years on. I’ve had all my shots and I’m sure that protected me in a recent close exposure. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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What do we know about the Covid-19 virus five years on?
As the virus continues to evolve, experts assess its latest variants, seasonal prevalence and levels of vaccine uptake
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
“If our tamariki grow up in neighbourhoods where liquor stores are closer than libraries, where pokies outnumber playgrounds, and vape shops are easier to find than doctors, then our babies are pushing against strong headwinds.” — Hikitia Ropata.
e-tangata.co.nz
'Why are there more vape shops than GPs in my suburb?' | E-Tangata
“If our tamariki grow up in neighbourhoods where liquor stores are closer than libraries, where pokies outnumber playgrounds, and vape shops are easier to find than doctors, then our babies are pushin...
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Yes Thomas, care to elaborate.
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The hated of this is a total shocker. open.substack.com/pub/emilywri...
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The campaign to destroy Tory Whanau
And the media's role in the sexual harassment campaign
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Sleazy Seymour in action www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot | The Guardian
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How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot
Whether it’s bloodshed at Glastonbury or starving people on benefits, their ‘irony poisoning’ seeps obscene ideas into the range of the possible, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Music, dance, it’s the ultimate conversation
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...
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PM Luxon: Uphold Codes of Conduct - Call David Seymour into line
Responsible leaders welcome advice from experts when they are creating laws and policies. They know good decision making means planning for the long term, considering diverse points of view and making...
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
ACT and Seymour are at stage 2 already, with ‘derangement syndrome’ posts and lies about submissions by bots.
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Paul Henry appointed to TVNZ Board.!🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ What faaaarking joke.
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
An apt description of BVV
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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 24/05/2025
Analysis: If the Investment Boost tax deductions run to $10 billion, or even $100 billion, it's all good for growth, the Government insists.
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Investment Boost: Govt's ticking fiscal time bomb
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Dave @dpdiver.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Nicky NoBoats lying her arse off on Radio NZ. The Learning Support dollars are not all new budget. My ECE teacher wife had all her Learning Support professional development funded by the MoE cancelled to help pay for it, taking LS dollars away from kids in ECE to give to primary schools #nzpol
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
This is an absolute disgrace.
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Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Tautoko. Austerity doesn’t “build back” anything. It hollows out our communities while pretending to balance books. You want strong nations? Fund the people. Fund the workers. Fund the future. Fund research. Care for the vulnerable. Show manaaki. Be compassionate. #AotearoaNotAtlas #NZPol
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Poor Winston! In total unhinged mode.
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Kevin Pluck @kevpluck.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Christchurch peeps! Missing Pounamu "Hi Ki Ora my brother misplaced his pounamu - he is unsure how or were but please if you find it please return it - this is an incredibly special piece and he is gutted" He frequents: "Lincoln, Papanui, and the hills for walks." www.reddit.com/r/chch/comme...
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
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Carney’s Checkmate: How Canada's Quiet Bond Play Forced Trump to Drop Tariffs
Carney, Japan And The EU proved America's Idiot Emperor Has No Clothes
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Autism didn’t make them do it. Mental illness didn’t, either. This personal piece from The Big Picture cuts through the excuses and names the real issue: some people are just hateful, and we need to stop giving them cover.
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Neither Neurodivergence Nor Mental Illness Made Them Bigots—They're Just Awful People
It's hard to admit your heroes are jerks, but the mentally ill and neurodivergent shouldn't be collateral damage.
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
SoNational MPs ‘personal beliefs’ should remain private & not scrutinised (even if allegations of child abuse or extremism ), but Green party MPs historic social media with ‘innuendos’ are ‘worrying’ & deserve death threats? got it. #nzpol
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Melanie D. @melulater.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Rhys Williams, businessman from New Plymouth, is behind the X handle that calls female MPs the C word, calls Christopher Bishop a paedophile, insults Christopher Luxon & calls Nicola Willis and b***h, and targeted Benjamin Doyle. Williams is an NZ First guy. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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Businessman behind toxic online Benjamin Doyle campaign
A Taranaki businessman, a former NZ First member, controls the anonymous account behind the inflammatory posts.
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Danielle Moodie @daniellemoodie.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
It’s really fascinating what happens when you remove diversity—white male incompetency is placed on full display and with no one to blame for their actions —so they just lie.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
BREAKING: People are being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime. Keep sharing everywhere.
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Itamar Ben Gvir: "Annihilate, smash, eradicate, erase, crush, shatter, burn, be cruel, punish, ruin, crush. Annihilate!" This is the genocidal voice of the Israeli government.
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Peace Action Wellington @peacewellington.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We send out deepest solidarity and aroha to our Muslim whānau today as we mark six years since the white supremacist terrorist attack on al-Noor and Linwood Masjids in Ōtautahi/Christchurch. Since that time, the circumstances for another racist attack have only become more likely, not less.
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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Illarionov says he learned of the Trump administration decision to cut off all military support to Ukraine on February 25th, before Zelensky's White House meeting on February 28th. Zelensky's visit was then blamed retroactively in the March 4th announcement of the decision. youtu.be/TRdkzNb5VI4
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Trump decided to end military support for Ukraine BEFORE Zelensky's White House meeting - Illarionov
YouTube video by The Racecar Driver
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
More insanity from the maga moron. m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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Faith Austin @mfamuso.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
It’s my Birthday 🥂🤗🍾
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