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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wild to think these 4 will lose their seats if National don't improve, but if anyone else made a $1 billion "mistake", they'd be fired from their job immediately #nzpol Happy 2026 Election, Team. Get out and vote
Left to right: Nicola Willis, Chris Bishop, Gerry Brownlee, PAul Goldsmith
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Louise Upston admits people with cancer and mental disabilities will be sanctioned with reduced benefit payments after 2 years, and face random drug tests in #NewZealand under National's new promises. Winston Peters warns Luxon is moving NZ closer to fascism, ironically #nzpol
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Emphatic win for Hipkins over Luxon in #TVNZ Debate. Swing voters showed that political pundits are out of touch. ACT advisor Ben Thomas said Luxon won, Harman lamented a lack of fireworks, ditto The Post staffer. Politics shouldn't be about performance but NZ media covers it like a circus #nzpol
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Posted on r/znpolitics
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nicola Willis on Inter-islander ferries: "I've delivered" The cancellation cost Kiwis about a billion dollars. Emblematic of the Coalition's last 3 years in power.
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New Zealand delegates listen to Israeli PM Netanyahu as other UN members leave the chambers #newzealand #UN Posted on r/nzpolitics
Picture of NZ delegation listening to Israeli PM as other missions leave
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Greens hit high of 16% as voters shift from major parties. This means Labour / National will be at the whim of minor parties post election 2026 Opportunity still a question mark, as it divides the vote base - further destabilising the ability of a major party to govern & still could go with anyone
1News assumes National won't go with OP but they still couldLuxon preferred PM 19%
Chris Hipkins 14%
Chloe 8%
Seymour and Winston on 7%
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So Simeon Brown's going to hire ~300 nurses at the end of 3 years. This comes after freezing doctor/nurses for over 2 years, resulting in catastrophic patient deaths across #NZ Labour hired thousands & restored nurses. Nats tried to take credit for it & is actively privatising the health system
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Could Erica Stanford be one of the most nefarious Ministers next to Chris Bishop? Sure as hell sounds like it. Mandated propaganda teachings about NZ Taxpayers Union to kids from 2027 #kiwi #newzealand
Year 8 mandatory curricumum teaches kids about the NZ tapxyaers Union and takes their official propaganda lines into the teachings
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So Jordan Williams' Taxpayers Union owns a bot / fake account company. And these bots have been working hard - moving from "it's a conspiracy", to "poor Jordan wasn't asked" (like Epstein wasn't or Trump wasn't?) to to the latest: "it's fiction" Meanwhile in real life #kiwi
Book store sign that Dirty Work is sold out
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Stuff publishes an article by Penk saying he hasn't read #DirtyWok but claims it is a piece of fiction. This is the Stuff corporate paper that dominates Kiwi auidences
Clint Smith
@ClintVSmith
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before we criticise Stuff for publishing a review of a book that Penk admits he hasn't read, let's remember: Penk's a (self-)published author

He wrote a conspiracy book during lockdown in 2020 falsely claiming it caused a surge in suicide, family violence & untreated cancer
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ANZ's outgoing CEO reiterated CGT is necessary for #NewZealand - a country which uniquely puts most of the tax burden on working Kiwis. There's a reason more Kiwis than ever left in the last 3 years. This loss of our young is perhaps one of the most consequential & damaging effects of this RW govt
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fonterra makes $3.4b profit after sale of Kiwi brands to France. Farmers share in $20b in cash returns while outgoing CEO Miles Hurrell, Nicola Willis's old boss, nets $8.2m Fonterra sent NZ law requests to Luxon's Chief Policy Advisor in secret & National implemented it #nzpol #BHN
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
National and ACT continue to outpace the left 3 to 1 on big money, taking in a whopping $20 million of official donations in the last years #nzpol This excludes the secondary big money coming from affiliates such as Taxpayers Union and Hobsons Pledge
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Your ability to vote closes in a month: 385,000 Kiwis haven't enrolled & National's new laws is designed to give the right 2-3 extra seats #newzealand #kiwi #Election2026 Pic: Daniel Vernon
don't just sit back and watch

Be part of the action!

enrol to vote today (poster by Daniel Vernon with the Election NZ orange man)
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Of course.
not sure if it made it into the book, but now is a great time to remind you that jordan williams runs a social media bot company, it's even registered to the taxpayer union/campaign company physical address and shares cloudflare access etc
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Luxon looks terrified #DirtyWork
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jordan Williams refuses to front Nicky Hager's book on live TV - esp. on the sexual harassment Like Luxon, I'm guessing Williams will prefer the friendly, controlled environment of NZME Also revealed, TPU earned most donor money when peddling racism with dishonest fear tactics #kiwi #newzealand
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jordan Williams funneling money from Taxpayers Union into his personal company "Campaign Company" is Trump level genius #nzpol #MAGA
This is an image from over a year ago
Taxpayers Union logo on left and on the right they are well known to take money from tobacco companies & Atlas.

Chris Bishop's dad co-founded it and there's an image of Bish with a cigarette hanging from his mouth on the right
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I've been waiting for James Ross, Taxpayers OIA Lead AKA SuitandTie9999 to comment for his employer What a predictable lot this crew is #dirtywork
Suit and tie (on Twitter)

Blah blah Chloe Swarbrick won't turn up to Taxpayers Union event cry cry - no seriously it's not worth reading,
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Chris Bishop calls Nicky Hager a "far left" figure. Guess fact based is "far left" Chris Bishop's Dad co-founded TPU with Jordan & David Farrar Bishop is best remembered for failing to roll Luxon twice in two years while enabling corrupt, anti community fast track laws in #NZ
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NZME doing their best to protect their friends at Atlas Network's Taxpayers Union.
4 NZ Herald headlines in last 19 hours  - 3 that profile Jordan Williams pathetic excuses
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nicky Hager is a hero, but watching Taxpayers Union and their ilk react to his latest book is hilarious. Should Earl Spencer have consulted with UK's King Charles before writing his book? Should Epstein whistleblowers have consulted with Epstein before writing theirs? Comical defences #DirtyWork
David Farrar and his copy of Dirty Politics signed by author Nicky Hager
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Jordan Williams channeled dirty, foreign tobacco money from #NZTPU to his personal "Campaign Company" (that hires Ani O'Brien) He & successive TPU managers followed tobacco orders. Many of the TPU staff later worked for ACT. TPU being funded by tobacco is already on record #nickyhager #dirtywork
Jordan Williams in a TPU promo video with David Seymour earlier this year 2026
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Taxpayers Union co-founder & disgraced Curia Market Research's David Farrar pushed TPU to spend money on anti-Maori rights It also validates prior reporting that TPU had helped ACT & David Seymour run election campaigns and aided National during elections #NickyHager #dirtywork
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Jordan Williams said women would have a "bounty on their heads" if they didn't have "p*s*ies" David Farrar dresses up as Jimmy Saville & talked about getting "dirty" girls to "flip it up" for he & National Party guests This Dirty Politics crew are just credible people, right?? #nzpol #dirtywork
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The surprise isn't that foreign fossil fuel & tobacco funded astroturf group Taxpayers Union is the subject of Nicky Hager's new book It's that NZ media including The Post, Stuff, RNZ, TVNZ etc keep profiling & interviewing these people and groups #NickyHager #Dirtywork
Newsroom: Chiding in Plain sight
An article on Taxpayers Union and Jordan Williams from 2024
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thanks for your service, Nicky Hager Let's not forget the last time Hager unveiled the dirty underbelly of #NZ politics & media, that Matthew Hooton (Editor in Chief,The Post) & David Farrar doxxed Hager's personal address in the hope rich Chinese would "chop chop" him #dirtywork #NickyHager
Nciky Hager at book launch - it's called Dirty Work. He is at Unity Books in Wellington for the 6pm launchSorry I can't do this whole one but  Mathew Hooton and Cam Slater dox Nicky Hager after a person asks them for his address so rich Chinese who Hager unveiled can "chop chop" him
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Decisions could have been improved in hindishgt" sums up Willis's Covid-19 RBNZ report Desperate and how much did she pay for this at our expense? #nzpol #COVIDー19
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nicola Willis tries to pin #NZ multi-decade unemployment & business failures on National's watch THIS TERM onto RBNZ. Says her handpicked Atlas Network economist that led review is "independent" Willis designed inquiry to be released 8 weeks before election to create misleading narrative #nzpol
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nicola Willis tries to pin #NZ multi-decade unemployment & business failures on National's watch THIS TERM onto RBNZ. Says her handpicked Atlas Network economist that led review is "independent" Willis designed inquiry to be released 8 weeks before election to create misleading narrative #nzpol
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Listening to Winston Peters on RNZ Morning Report babbling about & claiming to be a skilful diplomat Also claimed Helen Clark doesn't follow him enough & misunderstands him. Then says he has a lot of respect for China: "How can you not?" he says Peters is a populist Trump wannabee w/ diff faces
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nicky Hager's book reminds me of Jordan Williams & Slater old leaked texts What surprises me is that Jordan Williams, Taxpayers Union & co are still considered credible members of society by media simply because they are well funded and sworn partners of right wing networks #kiwi #NickyHager
Jordan Williams, 1/10, 10:11am

women; if they didn’t have a fanny between their legs they’d have a bounty on their heads

nice pic with Judith holding Truth
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Cameron Slater, 1/10, 10:13am

if they didn;t have cunts we’d chuck rocks at them
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ginny Andersen tonight on r/znpolitics AMA We are also thrilled to be welcoming Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson next Monday www.reddit.com/r/nzpolitics #nzpol
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As Summer approaches, remember to Slip Slop Slap. Australia has found some sunscreens to be far below the labelled SPF, leading to higher risk of skin cancer. In #NZ, NZ First stopped the Therapeutics Act being implemented - which would have made misleading SPF label illegal. #kiwi #australia
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christopher Luxon confirms National's supermarket policy is unlikely to proceed & faces "insurmountable hurdles & risks" Luxon also noted NZ's supermarket industry makes 4% profit margins, far in excess of global #. Labour promises to implement its policy within 100 days #kiwi
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The legend returns - Nicky Hager new book out 22 September #newzealand #kiwi
Tuesday 22 September 2026, 6pm
Unity Books, 57 Wiliis Street, Te Aro
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For any one who thought that Labour and Greens weren't doing well before this Coalition took over, think again: mountaintui.substack.com/p/i-hate-lab... #nzpol #kiwi
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ACT and National are a package deal: ACT pledges to stop power companies being broken apart
ACT pledges to stop power companies being broken apart
With a picture of Simon Court etc in Parliament (boring)
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have to laugh at this fake saga. National is not going to break up Foodstuffs. Willis ran a full supermarket inquiry this term and did nothing at all. She stood by while energy & cost of living crisis escalated continually. Then we have the duopoly Foodstuffs crying foul while running PR #nzpol
Four Square St Heliers

A Facebook post showing a family which owns Four Square appealing to not break up their duopoly. Apparently Foodstuffs are running these types of ads everywhere
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I think that there's a reason Chlöe Swarbrick tops Nicola Willis on the economy. Counties with the highest central govt. debt include Singapore, UK & Germany. Debt in and of itself isn't an issue, but what it's used for matters, and other factors e.g. demographics & climate are huge. #nzpol
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
1 kid died in Nationa/ACT's Boot Camp trial. ALL re-offended & went back to the justice system. Decades of research show boot camps don't work & makes crime worse. John Key's govt agreed. Yet this one continues to abuse urgency & ignore evidence, passing the law under urgency last night #nzpol
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Another poll shows Chris Hipkins & Labour are most trusted political party, this time, on the economy. Post/Freshwater Poll says Kiwis trust Hipkins/Labour +10 & RBNZ +32 heads & shoulders over the incumbents: Luxon is -16, Willis -14, Winston -13, Seymour -18 #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reminder: We would now have had future proof, high capacity, hybrid fuel, Interislander ferries if National &d NZ First hadn't cancelled it, throwing away ~$1 billion Now NZ waits for 2 lower spec, more expensive ships & lesser quality ports that need national security checks #nzpol #kiwi
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Paul Henry had Chewie from #BHN arrested for speaking at an ACT event. This isn't the first time ACT Party thugs have worked the room Look at the enjoyment on their faces #nzpol #newzealand
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dame Jacinda Ardern tops New Zealand Aotearoa's most popular politician stakes, years after leaving politics. Next is Chris Hipkins. The other government leaders sit at negative double digit popularity. Luxon is the worst at -30, Seymour at -25 & Winston -16 #nzpol #kiwi
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Per NZ First's key strategists, under likely overhang scenario, Coalition would trump the left 65 to 55 TOP will also negotiate with the party with the highest number of votes: that could be National OR Labour so TOP is just a wild card. Even IF TOP went with left, they would lose Enrol and vote
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Dodgy polls disrupt and influence the Kiwi psyche #nzpol #Kiwi
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Louise Upston didn't like being called "heartless" for telling cancer patients to find work. In 2024, she said she'd cut job beneficiaries by 50K To date, there are 80K MORE. That's 130K from target Watching her try to blame MSD for laws SHE rushed under urgency is farcical but on brand #nzpol
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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