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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 9h
I know how it feels - I’ve been temporally out of order at least since covid arrived and maybe even before then.
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 13h
It is actually incredible how little they did. Trumpian levels of do-nothing
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 9h
I’m going to go out on a limb, and say no.
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 14h
Thank goodness that the coalition front footed this with their awesome 4 phase fuel response plan scheme, that did fuck all to help #nzpol
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Petrol cost jumps to highest point since start of war
The price of fuel has reached its highest point since the outbreak of the Iran war, according to live fuel app data.
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 14h
There are a few people explaining what it's about, more making fun of the conspiracy theorists. But yeah, a solid group of people, many of them real accounts, spouting absolute batshit fantasy nonsense. Meet your neighbours.
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 16h
Poor Mr Pip. We're trying to take the bandage off his foot and he is Not Keen. He's whimpering and swinging his head at us, then having to apologise for his bad manners by cuddling us. It's a bit stressful for all concerned. We've given him pain killers and are taking a break while they kick in.
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Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What has this government been up to? Brad knows. Brad's been keeping a list (over on FB)... #nzpol
Over the last three years, I’ve been keeping a list of the rubbish this Government has done. 
Stopped work on Auckland light rail.
Stopped all work on the Lake Onslow renewable battery project.
Disestablish the Ministry for the Environment.
Scrapped the smoke-free law to fund tax cuts.
Scrapped Fair Pay Agreements.
Gave $3 billion in tax cuts to landlords. 
Tired to paid himself $52,000 to live in one of his own many properties, on top of his half a million dollar salary.
The so-called party of infrastructure ... cut Cook Strait ferry deal, then paid $8 million for consultants to tell them they need new ships. $700 million wasted in total. Still no ships.
Stopped the Clean Car Discount, after Luxon took an $8,000 discount himself.
Blocked statistical reporting on who does and doesn’t pay their share of tax. Think about that!
Broke its election promise and didn’t scrap the app tax.
Scrapped Three Waters, pushing costs onto ratepayers and increasing rates.
Used $4,150 of taxpayers’ money to pay for his te reo Māori classes after saying, “People in the real world should pay for it themselves.”
Halved the crayfish take for locals, but cut the commercial take by only one-fifth.
Gutted freshwater protections so cruel intensive winter grazing could continue to pollute water ways. 
Took $80 million from hospitals.
Cut DOC funding by $125 million.
Scrapped the First Home Grant.
Gave half a million dollars of taxpayers’ money to their mate Bill English to do a "review".
Blew $8 million on consultants for a proposed tunnel under Wellington.
Wasted $4 million on a six-person advisory group to talk about crime and reduce youth offending. They achieved nothing.  
Gave big tobacco a $216 million tax cut.
Refused to reinstate Jobs for Nature while unemployment soared.
Reduced the qualifications needed for relief teachers.
Introduced new road tolls.
Deprioritised police responses to mental health and family violence call-outs.
Slashed $107 million a year from school lunches, costing…
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Jjengar @jjengar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Fantastic 👏👏👏
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pip, fast asleep and snoring after his hectic day out, his flouro bandage tucked up underneath him.
Sandy coloured spoodle lying on the floor with his head on his pillow, fast asleep and snoring.
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We had to drive to Petone to get the Sunday vet - the walk/cycle way along the harbour was chocka with people walking, running, cycling, and just hanging out. It's really lovely to see it so popular.
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Potato enthusiast 🇵🇸🥔 @br3nda.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wellington could have grassy trams
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A very 'only in New Zealand' story this.
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Kiwibank is desperately trying to stop people saying they want to fuck its sheep mascot | The Spinoff
New Zealand's home for independent journalism, illuminating perspectives and good times.
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My afternoon took a turn. One minute I'm minding my own business enjoying the sun, next minute the dog's foot is bleeding everywhere. He ripped off a nail. 😬😱 He's been to the vet and been checked and bandaged. I'm now drinking tea to calm my nerves and googling how best to get blood out of carpet.
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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
High point of a great thread. The more you know! #nzpol
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"There were far too many things that were done in a secretive and unethical way," she said. "Too many financial interests that have no business in that space." “work on the curriculum was heavily politicised and several of the ministry insiders who contacted RNZ made similar allegations.” #nzpol
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Whistleblowers offer to aid Education Ministry probe
Education Ministry whistleblowers, who contacted RNZ in the past week, plan to add their voices to an investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman.
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Greens propose Inter City Rail that costs less than Roads of National Party Significance, have a higher Benefit Cost Ratio than Roads of National Party Significance, and even NZF supports it. Of course National wont despite their conservative voters supporting it because Luxon is a fuckwit
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Green Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ cities
The Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected.
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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
insidegovernment.co.nz/jelly-tip-ba...
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Jelly Tip batch recalled over bacteria fears - Inside Government NZ
New Zealand Food Safety is supporting the Tip Top Ice Cream Company in a recall of a specific batch of its 6-pack Jelly Tip ice-cream due to the possible presence of Bacillus cereus. “The concern with...
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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Mortons, my first adult novel, written with @scottwesterfeld.bsky.social is now available in the UK! (Joining Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand & the USA.) www.penguin.co.uk/books/470028...
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The Mortons
'A TOUR DE FORCE: WITTY, THRILLING AND DELICIOUSLY CRUEL' Lev Grossman Murder is money, and business is booming. The Mortons are a modern day, old money dynasty with impeccable taste, from exquisite...
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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Luxon dumping on Chloe is a sure sign they're shitting themselves. Time for the media to call out Nat lies. If they don't like being criticised in Europe for being climate deniers, they should stop undermining efforts to protect our kids futures.
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
OMG OMG OMG when I read the name of that Dutch NGO guy I immediately knew something amazing was about to happen to @fran4dunedin.bsky.social, but I totally underestimated how far the amazingness would go
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just had a lovely watch party of my nephews wedding with my in-laws and whaanau. The conversation afterwards turns to politics. I brace myself. I know these folk and they're not traditionally 'left wing' voters. ##nzpol
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Alice Soper @alicesoapbox.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
All the political news this week has been absolute garbage. It feels overwhelming and that’s on purpose. So it’s more important to seek out the people and causes that give you hope. And give them your time, money and attention. It can be better. We just have to work together.
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‘Cheap’ Thursday night petrol at the local Waitomo station was $3.24 last night. That’s about 30c more than two weeks ago. Eek.
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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Total pop enrolled at election time: 2017 - 92.4%, 2020 - 94.1%, 2023 - 94.7%, 2026 at 30 Sept 90.77% old data elections.nz/assets/2023-... current elections.nz/stats-and-re... But 18-24 age current down about 15% on 2023 (by eye), 25-29 down about 5%
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reposted without comment, because my Friday afternoon brain can’t come up with a suitable joke. #nzpol
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is so racist it doesn't make sense to people who aren't racist. Like, seeing a dude with a facial moko smiling at you should not make you freak out (also I DREAM of Chippy being in TPM's pocket, he'd have better policies) #nzpol
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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Within living memory, we've gone from a job for everyone to no jobs for anyone, including highly qualified graduates. Nobody under 50 has any idea what full employment prioritised over delivering profits looks like. None of this happened by accident.😡 #PeopleB4Profit #OneTermGovernment #nzpol
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Graduate job seeker applies for more than 600 jobs amid tough market
A recent Wellington graduate says she has undertaken more than 600 job applications and 53 interviews in a year amid a tough job market.
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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A fully integrated airport between International & Domestic just makes sense. But for so many of us who lived overseas for long periods of our lives, coming home via Auckland to the quiet walk between the two terminals, especially so at dawn, is such a core thing for us, and I’ll miss it.
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The horrors are particularly horrific at the moment. Every time there’s a high profile rape we go round the same loop. Women collectively excavate sexual trauma in an attempt to explain its ubiquity. People talk earnestly about teaching consent, as if men simply need to be told rape is wrong.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I can’t speak for NZ’s electoral history, but can authoritatively say that nothing like what I'm studying at present around the far-right's influence operations, coordinated messaging, & related funding (propped by billionaires) was this evident in the lead up to the 2023 general election. #nzpol
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 01/10/2026
this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hipkins saying the right stuff on lobbying, urgency, the OIA and voting today. Lobby register, code or conduct, restrict urgency and put all urgency bills to Select Committee within six months, more proactive OiA releases, and restoring all the voting rights and 16/17y/o in local elections.
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Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Greens are either hopeless political naifs, or they're capable of colluding with foreign powers to undermine our government, because surely they can't be both
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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An advance copy of this turned up the other day and it looks great. Due out from @bwbnz.bsky.social in November.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Lyndon Hood @lyndonhood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She's a youngish left wing woman, you see, and that's the opposite of finance
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An excellent 🧵. #nzpol
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Cam Banks 🇳🇿 ❌👑 @rustysellsword.com · 30/09/2026
Also can we stop treating men who sexually assault women as some kind of unstoppable natural phenomenon like a hurricane or deep water and quit suggesting that if women want to stay safe it’s on them to manage their safety The men are the problem
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TERFism’s proposition to cis women has always been “What if you accepted having fewer rights than men in order to guarantee that trans people have fewer rights than you?”
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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 29/09/2026
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A detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.A flatlay of green t-shirts, featuring a detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 29/09/2026
TWO MORE DAYS TO MAKE DOUBLE THE IMPACT If you're not able to donate, you could always volunteer an hour or two. Whatever you do, just make sure that you Party vote @greens.org.nz 💚 #nzpol
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Septembee Match Appeal
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Eriko Christy @erikochristy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
what a strange coincidence that every woman has friends who have been sexually assaulted (and quite possibly has been herself) and no man seems to be friends with any rapists!
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Annnnnd the death threats have started again 🙃
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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anybody publicly associating themselves with "not all men" and related sentiments in 2026 is doing fascist work. Regardless of whatever politics they claim to associate themselves with, that's the work they're *doing.* And they're doing that work *in public,* knowingly, where people can see.
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Nick Baker @nickbaker.digital · 27/09/2026
This is your school holiday assignment. Complete the school lunch quiz by matching the image to the name - a quiz based on the school lunch images sent by @ninjakitty.bsky.social this past school term. There are 15 images in total. forms.gle/et7qDL4VGBJH...
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The Aotearoa New Zealand School Lunch Quiz
The images show 15 school lunches delivered to a school in August 2026. Your task is to pick the name that was assigned to each one.
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Alice Soper @alicesoapbox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If your live in Pōneke, you know how miserable the weather was yesterday. These legends knocked on 1170 doors anyway.
Game face with a crew of volunteers Thumbs up to change the government
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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OMFG if I see one more person suggest that people talking about Covid in 2026 want permanent lockdowns I’m going to lose it The asks are clean air in public places, treatments for long covid, masks in places like healthcare + normalization of masking elsewhere, expanded vaccine access, sick leave
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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not only is it telling that all these groups are basically the same five agitators with different tour bands, we must remember that they had to form a fake parents' advocacy group because they are utterly unpopular losers
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manuwai.bsky.social @manuwai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pause for a moment New Zealand... & count just how many on this list you are witnessing happening in our country. Vote National, ACT & NZFirst OUT! in November! #NZPOL
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Roz Loves Food @rozlovesfood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As a human getting my jab tomorrow, a PSA regarding one of the best pieces of advice I've ever read on the internet (seriously, a million thank yous to Rah)
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