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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h

Brazilian President Lula: “If it weren’t for me confronting these fascists, they would win the election easily. So I am an obstacle to them. “As long as I am alive, I will work to make sure fascism does not return to this country.”

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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 14h

"Above all, the sum of John Miller's works demonstrates an ethic of love and hope, and a way for us as artists to play a role in political movements." A major examination by Hana Pera Aoake of the oeuvre of Māori photographer John Miller.

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The camera is a patu - Overland literary journal

The camera is indeed Miller's weapon, and his photographs are the evidence necessary for us to grasp if we truly want to understand the nuances of the political and social upheavals je has witnessed i...

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 10h

Conversation between Harry Mowbray and Sean Plunket provides some interesting insights. Amongst other things, wonder how much O'Brien was paid... #nzpol

Mowbray answers that he runs the campaign as an individual. He says the group first considered operating as an organisation, but the Electoral Act would have stopped them saying what they wanted to say, whereas an individual faces fewer limits. He concedes that he lacks third party status and explains the word "we" by saying friends help him around the edges. He describes his spending as very small. The group had first sought roughly $400,000 to $500,000 at a meeting at a large property, but once it grasped the legal constraints he decided to fund the campaign himself within the $17,000 limit for individuals, and he promises not to exceed it. He says he pays no commercial organisation or consultant now, though he did pay Annie O'Brien when the group first employed her, before the plan changed. He denies that any other organisation is involved, says he has talked to Jordan Williams and hosted him for lunch a few times, and insists he has never visited the Taxpayers' Union office. He adds that his son, who appears in Hager's book on pages 109 and 110, barely knew of the union. He attributes the earlier confusion to naivety about the Electoral Act, saying O'Brien and Steven Franks flagged the problems. He has not heard from the Electoral Commission and says he would welcome its guidance on how to avoid a breach.

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Michael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social · 10h

To say I did not have high hopes for this government would be an understatement, but I am nonetheless agog at the utter dogs breakfast they have turned the science funding system into in 3 short years

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David Tong @davidxvx.bsky.social · 11h

It is hilarious that Todd McClay fairly obviously confused Fernando Hernandez Espino of Both Ends with Francisco Hernandez of the Greens but neither he nor Luxon will admit it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Christopher Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens

Christopher Luxon has walked back claims made by one of his ministers about the Greens, before then suggesting - wrongly - that they originated from the media.

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 13h

"Told that the Green Party had not been involved, Luxon replied: "Great, great. That's good to hear. That's good that you've bottomed that out. Well done, well done... Good job."" #nzpol

https://rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs/6abc67e21a627917b58a7cb9/index.html
Oct 2, 2026 3:36 PM
RNZ Live
Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens
Christopher Luxon has walked back claims made by one of his ministers about the Greens, before then suggesting - wrongly - that they originated from the media.

Trade Minister Todd McClay, on Wednesday, accused the Green Party of "joining with foreign actors to attack New Zealand" in regards to a climate change complaint lodged with the European Commission.

The Greens quickly denied any involvement and McClay provided no evidence.

Asked for evidence on Friday, Luxon put the responsibility back on reporters to investigate whether Green co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick had any involvement.

"That'd be up for you guys to ascertain whether she has or hasn't," he said.

Luxon then suggested that the media had first raised the possibility of Swarbrick's involvement.

"I'm just saying that's not appropriate if that's the case. But equally, I'm sure she hasn't done that."

Told that the Green Party had not been involved, Luxon replied: "Great, great. That's good to hear. That's good that you've bottomed that out. Well done, well done... Good job."

In a statement, Swarbrick said McClay had provided "zero evidence" to support his "bizarre claim". She said Luxon's government was blaming everybody else for the consequences of its policy to "shred climate action".

"The worst absurdity of all of this is that the most fired up the Government has got on climate action is trying to cover their tracks by attacking everyone else, instead of doing the responsible thing."

Luxon said he was not worried about the international complaint because New Zealand upheld its free trade obligations.

"It's very disingenuous to suggest otherwise. We take that incredibly seriously. We are a free trading nation. We respect our FTA agreements and what's in them, and we'll continue to do so.

"When any other country gets to 96.3 percent renewable electri…

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 12h

#nzpol The fact that the current coalition deliberately undermined initiatives to reduce our vulnerability to shocks like this ought to be a far bigger deal than it is.

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 12h

Just listened to this excellent interview by Ollie Neas. It was so refreshing to have intelligent, well-informed questions. Also interesting to hear Chlöe's response to Quilae Wong's claim about the Green Party being just activists (10:50) #nzpol www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwrC...

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Can the Greens overtake Labour? | In Brief

YouTube video by Public Interest NZ

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Gir @edufk.bsky.social · 14h

Just drove past a NZ First election sign and someone has cut Winston's face out of it. And I can't help but wonder, political commentary, or someone looking for a particularly horrifying Halloween mask?

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 15h

It's October 2026. Someone at Labour needs to better appreciate the fact that RCR explicitly promotes, week after week, month after month, w/out exaggeration, exactly the same violent extremism that the ChCh killer based his 'manifesto' on. This isn't a platform that should be engaged with. #nzpol

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deb te kawa @debtekawa-ao.bsky.social · 18h

Add the roll to this. The Māori roll is 7.3% above its 2023 election count (311,547 against 290,300) with three weeks of enrolment left, mostly Māori choosing it over the general roll. Since April, the biggest rise on it has been among 18 to 24s.

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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 18h

I think the Mata poll showing a surge in support for the Greens among Māori voters signals a structural shift as millennials/Gen X Māori rapidly outnumber the older population. This shift was emerging 10 years ago, and for the foreseeable Labour/Greens/and TPM will roughly share support in thirds

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 16h

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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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 19h

'Before the tender began House of Science chief executive Chris Duggan was also added to a group helping to write the science curriculum, on Stanford's recommendation [...] she stood to gain materially from being on it.' #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/01/l...

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Labour calls for investigation into $40m school science kit contract

The House of Science had repeatedly lobbied the Education Minister for funding – but Erica Stanford insists it’s all above board.

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 20h

In short it's more disintegration of the power network in favour of private providers it's just got some solar panels on it to make you distracted from the shit they're gonna do to existing power trusts etc

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 19h

Marama Davidson: "There is enough in Aotearoa to make sure everyone has what they need to live with dignity" I watched all of this interview, in spite of being intensely irritated by Jack Tame at times, who is not nearly as clever as he thinks he is #nzpol www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Xs...

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Marama Davidson on Greens' super-rich tax, KiwiMart, and working with National

YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 20h

This National energy policy looks like Luxon wrote it with the amount of word salad in it. "Address the dry year problem by levelling the playing field for backup power by opening the backup market." Like, what does that actually mean? #nzpol

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Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 20h

Things are so grim on the Nat Party list Goldsmith is campaigning in Epsom

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It was such an incredible disappointment to hear John Campbell git the world's softest, chummiest interview to Winston Peters after his "quiet diplomacy" speech and not push back at all about Peter's cretinous "we're having conversations rather than recognising Palestine" line. Utterly disgraceful.

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 22h

As ever, men talk over women...

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 21h

This has been the case all year but it makes no difference. A seriously demented and incoherent man remains president

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Peter Green @petergreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Worth remembering that if it costs the government $4.5b to reverse the gender pay tax, then it costs the women affected $4.5b to leave it in place.

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Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Please read & share: critical to how we move forward with an actual democracy is outing the influence campaigns & fresh air & sunlight.

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Omfg I just caught up on this and the earlier article. God this protected from disclosure scheme is batshit: relying on scouts honour of megadonors to not tell the candidates, and the candidates to not know.

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Rachel Brooking MP for Dunedin @rachelbrooking.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#urgency I have spend days of this term debating bills or vast amendments that have bypassed select committee - any scrutiny limited to questions opposition MPs ask before government back benchers close the debate. Bad.👇 from Hipkins 🙌 Any bill under urgency will have post enactment review! #nzpol

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This thread ⬇️ is essential (albeit alarming) reading. I don't know how we can counter these well funded far-right operations but we must #nzpol

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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

National, ACT & NZ First are parties of the PAST. Their voters are significantly closer to death than ALL the voters on the left. The right is literally dying. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 #nzpol

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Kieran @nugmonster.cryptoanarchy.network · 01/10/2026

"We need to regulate and there are clear international standards and we should implement those here." There absolutely are not "clear international standards", which is a significant part of the problem, and if she's the technology spokesperson for TOP and doesn't know that? Yikes.

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Opportunity party leader Qiulae Wong on recognising the good and the bad of AI

In the lead-up to November's election, Midday Report is speaking with the technology spokesperson for a range of parties about their biggest hopes and fears with artificial intelligence (AI) and the r...

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This photo of Luxon in today's print version of the NZH makes him appear particularly gormless. Looks like his carers have taken him on an outing to see the gorilla and have an ice cream as a special treat #nzpol

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Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So would this website need a promoter statement? splityourvote.co.nz Pretty explicitly recommends people to vote in particular ways.

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Split Your Vote | National, Act and NZ First

This web site has been created to explain the advantages of splitting your vote.

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

omg it's the 2015 ads from Britain!!!! My "this is NZs 2015" theory is bang on. It's the same advert, it's the same fucking advert

A 2015 advert from Britain with noted sex abuser and dead guy Alex Salmond who was the SNP leader at the time with Ed Miliband, Labour leader, in his front breast pocket.

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The Riverboat Captain @riverboatcapt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mowbray dismissed Hipkins' criticisms of him, telling The Post most of his family’s money was made overseas and that he was not part of an “entrenched interest”. " Not sure that's the devastating burn Mowbray thinks it is.

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

'Piggy bank is empty' nonsense provides cover for the political class. Once the lie is exposed, they have to answer questions like 'If we have 100,000s of people wanting work, and plenty of raw materials, why is our infrastructure falling to bits? Sounds like mismanagement, ay? (It is!)

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yesterday a 98 year old woman asked to lean on my arm as she walked up a very steep path to an office she needed to get to as a barrier at the bottom prevented her getting thereon her mobility scooter. She was still living in her own home and as sharp as a tack.

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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My position on why the EU- NZ trade agreement complaint’s so serious- we can’t have it both ways - we can’t claim to be honest brokers on a world stage while at home we’re not keeping to the fair climate/sustainability rules we expect our trade partners to also stick to www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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'Stakes could not be higher': Concern over claim NZ breached FTA climate commitments

International relations experts are warning a case claiming New Zealand is not meeting EU trade agreement climate commitments could seriously impact the country's reputation.

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Still true. Their bottom lines are so wishy-wshy they may as well have not bothered #nzpol

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"The stakes could not be higher for us as a nation and I am deeply concerned that our government has put our country's reputation and trade at risk." "These actions have tainted New Zealand's reputation as an honest broker and added to the seriousness of this case," Hayward said. #nzpol

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'Stakes could not be higher': Concern over claim NZ breached FTA climate commitments

International relations experts are warning a case claiming New Zealand is not meeting EU trade agreement climate commitments could seriously impact the country's reputation.

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And the level of hate she's getting is, as always, off the charts.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Google and Apple immediately update their maps.

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For 11 of his 15 years Cobbs had Gus as his constant companion. Today was the first time I have taken him for a walk on his own since Gus died. We both felt sad 😥

Border collie on wet sand, standing astride a stick

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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 30/09/2026

Meeting our Paris commitments is written into our Free Trade Agreements with the European Union and the United Kingdom. Farmers and exporters rely on that market access, and they deserve a Foreign Minister who checks what withdrawal would put at risk before he promises it.

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wonder if anyone willask whether govt has simply given up on people who can't find work in this low demand, sale at briscoes, profits above wages economy? Yesterday's benefit forecasts suggest we will miss the govt's target by over 60,000 people!

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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

today's legal complaint against NZ for breach of climate rules under EU trade agreement is a high-stakes case. NZ's Coalition govt is predictably using nationalism (foreigners can't tell us what to do) to divert attention from NZ not being fair in trade www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2026/09/30/n...

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NZ's trade with Europe at risk after climate complaint - Expert Reaction

An official complaint alleges that NZ has broken its climate promises, failing to uphold its legal commitments in the EU-NZ Free Trade Agreement. Dutch climate group Both ENDS is lodging the first com...

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Unscheduled photo dump because I was treated on my walk to work today to two quite different "bird enjoys spring flowers" experiences. Tūī: "I shall delicately sip nectar yum yum" Kererū: "FEED ME FLOWER"

Tui reaches up to sip from a white blossom

Tui curls around a white and pink flower cluster, about to drink.

kereru bends around a kowhai branch, about to snip a flower off with its beak.

kereru attempts to stuff entire kowhai flower down its cavernous gob. It ate about another half dozen in the minute after I took this photo.

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wish broadcasters would focus on policies instead of trying to manufacture conflict. Chlöe again does very well, particularly with her tribute to Adrian Rurawhe when advised on air of his sudden death. Imagine if this had been Luxon and he was asked for an immediate response (shudder) #nzpol

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Chloe Swarbrick discusses rise in polls

The Greens recorded their highest ever poll result this week - 16 percent in the 1News Verian poll. Greens co-leader Chloe Swarbrick says if it makes it into government, the party will expect some hef...

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 29/09/2026

Aren't you just tired of it all? The fucking lies, deceit, denial, insanity, arrogance, stupidity, senseless, brazen fucking hypocrisy & worst of all, destruction, by every single fucking right wing politician walking this polluted & increasingly uninhabitable world www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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NZ accused of breaking climate change promise with EU, but Todd McClay rejects claim

A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commis...

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Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Lindsay Wood has more background on the complaint about NZ's compliance with the EU-NZ Free Trade Agreement climate obligations here:

climatemattersnz.substack.com

“NZ in the Dock” Climate Matters Special

Guilty as charged?

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