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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · 3h

The Welly motorway billboard has been artfully adjusted again. Spotted today:

An election billboard, which says ‘9 new taxes’ on the left. The wording on the right has been altered from ‘No new taxes’ so that it now reads ‘110 new taxes’

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 5h

Au contraire, the onion is wearing several layers.

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 5h

“Cry me a river” callback!

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 7h

“The answer to ‘Where’s the money coming from?’, that neoliberal catchcry raised against every demand to improve the welfare state - not to mention paying for infrastructure or addressing climate change - is pretty obvious. It comes from ending poverty.” A great read from @simonbwilson.bsky.social

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 7h

Now we’re talking: bsky.app/profile/dall...

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 8h

“There must be a degree of cognitive dissonance involved in announcing new roads at a time when fewer and fewer of us can afford to drive. The current oil price spike will not last forever, of course, but to talk grandly of bigger, faster roads in this economic climate seems tin-eared.”

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 8h

Minor correction: “When in doubt, ANNOUNCE roads” www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

thepress.co.nz

Roads of electoral significance

EDITORIAL: Transport policies offer different views of the future.

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 8h

Way back when… bsky.app/profile/dims...

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 8h

Like, remember when: bsky.app/profile/odds...

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 9h

Is anyone officially compiling this year’s electoral billboard art in one place? 🎨 Artful “edits” used to be such a highlight of the election season - surely some good examples out there… #nzpol

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And disability can be yours in a heartbeat. Vote accordingly. #NzPol

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A round trip on a well-rounded underground 🚇 for your (well-earned) round number birthday! 💝

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Greater Auckland @greaterauckland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Happy Friday, folks – here's our weekly roundup of the top stories in transport, infrastructure, and how cities work. Featuring: Mill Rd, safe speeds, gardens, all-ages train love... plus, Matt went to the brick show last weekend and got some cool pics! 😁 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/10/09/w...

greaterauckland.org.nz

Weekly Roundup 9-October-2026 - Greater Auckland

Kia ora and welcome to our regular roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we took some time to analyse the election campaign transport announcements...

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Can’t a man do a little kaimono in peace! 🥹

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Clean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing Nine out of 10 people felt motivated to act after watching film outlining threats to food security, economy and public health

theguardian.com

Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing

Nine out of 10 people felt motivated to act after watching film outlining threats to food security, economy and public health

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I do feel a bit sorry for the elderly Nobel laureate getting stalked by Japanese media while he's out doing the shopping 💖

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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Kensō Soai, fielding questions while off to the shops on his bicycle.

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Aha! Thank you for clarifying.

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Also this illustrates just how badly we need debates between putative coalition partners. National announces a regressive, punitive benefit policy. NZF says it's a step towards fascism. ACT says it's insufficiently regressive and punitive. Put all 3 parties on stage and force them to talk about it.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The headline buries the lede: ❌️ Cutting benefit rates after 2yrs ❌️ Incr stand down to 26wks (up from 13wks) ❌️ Incr minimum residence period to qualify benefits from 2yrs to 5yrs These are awful, horrifying policies that will drive povery and misery #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

rnz.co.nz

National promises random drug testing for jobseeker beneficiaries

National is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work".

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Ben Dickson @drbenomycin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"Your personal health is nothing compared to your duty to the capitalist machine" is quite the campaign slogan

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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...

stuff.co.nz

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

Follow the election campaign live.

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And yes, it would be extra-fascinating to chart how the donations map politically, by size of donation. (Beyond my own skills, but the data is available - have at it, nerds!)

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Translation of this chart: people with $20,000+ in spare change are about THREE times more likely (2.89) to support the current political situation, as to be interested in helping change it. Are billionaires immoral? Dunno, but the data sure suggests the casually wealthy may be a tad biased. #nzpol

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

But what point type did you write it in… bsky.app/profile/virg...

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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Finally a candidate in Lower Hutt we can all get behind #nzpol

Election hoarding featuring a photo of a tabby cat with the slogan "vote puss puss for MP, the Purrfect choice"

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Michele Bannister @astrokiwi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'll note the reorganizing of the NZ funding landscape has just disestablished the Marsden Fund, which is what supported local work for IceCube... www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Did you know you only need a small brain to make silly little drawings?

4 panel comic: Panel 1: pink blob guy on a table, pencil in their hands. Grey circle on a piece of paper and a glass of water on the table. They say “look here” Panel 2: Proudly, they hold up the drawing of a grey blobby character on two stick legs up in the air. The pink blob says “I drew this!” Panel 3: Satisfied they sit back down on the table. They now go “it’s not much, but..” The grey drawing looks a bit peeved because the drawer is calling it “not much” Panel 4: But it’s okay, because now the pink blob is very pleased finally. He says “it came from my brain!” Holding the pencil up. The grey drawing blob is happy again, too. End well, all well!

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The incumbent came third. *in a poll of the studio audience, which was made up of undecided voters, population-weighted. bsky.app/profile/danx...

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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I have a (very small!) role on TV3’s election special tomorrow (Wednesday) talking about climate change and infrastructure It’s a live show from 7pm looking at the big future challenges facing our country - at the end a panel of political leaders respond to the issues #nzpol #FuturesThinking

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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ooof

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Lew @lewsos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Impossible to invent something as absurd as the Minister for Cracking Down On Truancy And School Lunches not knowing it is the school holidays www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Oct 6, 2026 2:56 PM
RNZ Live
'Why are you not in school?' It’s school holidays

David Seymour stopped to speak to some children at Velocity Valley in Rotorua, giving them a piece of advice.

“Don’t trust politicians,” he said. “Are you a politician?,” they questioned.

After the three children asked if he was going to be on the news and waved at the cameras, he said: “hey, one question, how come you guys aren’t at school?”

It’s school holidays, they said.

Seymour said they could still go into school, but the kids didn’t seemed thrilled by that idea.

“No, it’s ok,” they said before walking away.
- Rachel Moore, Reporter

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Risky behaviour... #NZpol 2022

Two NZ pedestrians crossing tracks in front of a speeding train are nearly struck by a train labelled 'Climate Crisis'.

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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 06/10/2026

there are STILL nearly 450,000 - yes, nearly 10-12% of elligible voters are NOT registered yet. Only 19 days left to register! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE speak to everyone you know that should be elligible to vote to please ensure they are registered. IT'S CLOSE. EVERY VOTE IS GOING TO COUNT! #nzpol

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Mill Road sucks: "In other words, it would cost the country more than the entire City Rail Link project… to enlarge one local road in Auckland, parallel to an existing motorway, in a way that will change nothing: people will still be stuck in traffic." www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/10/06/t...

greaterauckland.org.nz

Transport policy on the campaign trail - Greater Auckland

Election campaigning is now in full swing. We’ve previously reported on the (unwise)

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“And I’d do it again”. Incorrigible. #nzpets

A petite black cat, with a fetching white chest patch, bright golden eyes and impressively cobby build (she’s half British Blue, and half opportunistic tabby scoundrel, hence a bargain and a rogue) caught mid-way through sharpening her lethal claws on a favourite midcentury armchair, the little beast. Her ears are back and she has an unblinking stare: an absolutely impenitent recidivist, already plotting her next attack on the furniture, even though there are perfectly good and heavily used scratching trees right outside. Those are different, apparently.

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This sounds brilliant - and what a gorgeous and evocative cover, too!

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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

First review in for my new novel 'Lifted'. Available now, launch at Unity Books October 28th

Book cover of Mandy Hager's latest novel 'Lifted' with quote from review at https://www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/lifted-by-mandy-hager

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