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Katya

@nzkatya.bsky.social
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Woke socialist, stray cat magnet, Tūī feeder, she/her/ia. Living in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 6h
I know of a mother who was snatched up by ICE as she was boarding a plane to go to her son’s graduation from a military academy. She was not undocumented, had no criminal record, and had been here for decades. She was expelled to a country in Africa she’d never been to before.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 4h
“Organisations like TU and FSU are quite successful in shifting our collective focus away from the outsized influence of the very wealthy and in normalising the selfishness and greed of the very rich.” #nzpol #DirtyWork #TaxpayersUnion
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Nicky Hager’s Dirty Work
The launch of Nicky Hager’s latest book, Dirty Work, was all across social media and news outlets last night.
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Dr Michelle LaRue @drmichellelarue.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I feel it’s safe now to talk about this leopard seal that was on a Christchurch beach back in September - gorgeous isn’t he?? He was quite little though, maybe ~7 feet. And, sleepy. And contrary to popular belief, we have resident leopard seals here in NZ! 🦑🦊🧪🌎
Leopard seal sleeps on a sandy beach
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 4h
Jeez, the lettuce hadn’t even started to wilt
Katie Zacharia
dismissed as White
House press secretary after five days, say reports
Zacharia faced questions about whether she had misrepresented herself as a lawyer
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Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 13h
We're so thrilled that Catherine Chidgey is an Arts Foundation laureate for literature! 🎉 “Catherine shows no signs of slowing down, with her extraordinary work ethic and her impeccably crafted novels winning awards and accolades near and far,” the judges said. www.rnz.co.nz/life/culture...
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Actors, writer and painter among eight Arts Foundation laureates named
The awards recognise practising New Zealand artists for exceptional achievement, world class work and lasting contributions.
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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Not one single mention of the government's public service job cuts nor the threat of further cuts looming over those of us still lucky to have a job. You'd think that might be relevant in an article about drops in Wellington's hospo spending 🙄 www.rnz.co.nz/life/food/we...
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Wellington nightlife is struggling, spending in bars has halved
Bar and brewery owner Tim Ward says he's even taking his venues' laundry home to wash instead of spending money on a service.
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🦇 Mel 🦇 @melbailey.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
If you can I would recommend supporting David and Webworm. A) it's really good and interesting journalism and B) there are 2 people in the world that I consider to literally be the nicest, kindest humans. One is my little sister and the other is David Farrier.
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 17h
Nearly always
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 17h
I think staying in awful British B & B's in the 1990s put me off lilac walls forever. Tbf the lilac was usually combined with some hideous floral furnishings and lace curtains
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 17h
Luxon made Simeon Brown the Minister of Health to accelerate the privatisation of our health service. They both claim to be Christian, but are fine with letting children suffer for the sake of their rightwing ideology. Totally inhumane #nzpol
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 18h
Not unlikely imo. I have yet to hear Qiulae Wong say anything even mildly critical of ACT and, although Luxon would want to be PM, some in his caucus may have other ideas
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 19h
I've been voting since 1972 and totally agree. This is the worst government in my lifetime and I fear for the future of this country if they are reelected #nzpol
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 20h
Cancer treatment delays at Starship Hospital 'unacceptable', says Greens co-leader Marama Davidson
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Cancer treatment delays at Starship Hospital 'unacceptable', says Greens co-leader Marama Davidson
Delays to cancer treatments at Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital is "unacceptable", Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson says.
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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 21h
I cannot repeat this often enough. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Failure to remove this coalition from Government will be used by them as a mandate to do more of the shitty things they've done to us since 2023. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 #OneTermGovernment #PartyVoteGreen #nzpol
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 21h
Luxon would absolutely negotiate with TOP if he needed them to form a government
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Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 22h
From the archives - April ‘24
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 22h
I have 2 in their 80s! Plus one in her 70s and 1 in her 60s. None of us feel that old inside so a glimpse in the mirror comes as a shock
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The upturned deck chair is providing Figment with a headrest and a tailrest
Orange and white cat sleeping under a deckchair with his tail and head resting on the wooden bar
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Lines 1 and 2 are just luck
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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 23h
#nzpol Another BRILLIANT policy announcement from the mighty Greens 💚💚💚✅✅ www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Greens promise universal payment for trainee teachers, nurses, vets and dentists
The Green Party says it will give students a universal payment while they complete their training to be teachers, nurses, and other essential health and social support workers such as midwives, vets, ...
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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I’ve opened this one up to all to read, listen and share after requests from paying subscribers as part of my public interest journalism mandate. Many thanks to subscribers who pay to allow me to do as much of this work in public as possible #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/this-story...
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This story should dominate the election debate
Starship’s cancer treatment suspension is emblematic of decades of health system underfunding eroding public services to points of collapse; Hospital system now second-biggest voter concern, & rising
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Seymour paves the way for NACTO i.e. Opportunity to join the fray. Interestingly, a recent RNZ poll showed TOP and ACT voters share similar views on many economic issues and how to approach Te Tiriti o Waitangi #NZPOL
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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
"Can Aoteraoa New Zealand afford 3 more years of this Coalition government? If your answer is no, my personal recommendation is do not vote for Opportunity."
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Why a vote for Opportunity could put Luxon and the right back in power
As news emerges this morning that Starship has had to defer cancer surgeries due to a nursing shortage, the impacts of the right wing Coalition couldn’t be clearer
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
⚡️GREAVESTHREAD⚡️ we can worry a hell of a lot about the big, complex and scary political (and global) currents that are resulting in democratic backsliding, but as a simple minimum response we could try *adequately funding our frontline electoral democratic infrastructure*
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CuriousCat @felissapien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
“The Greens have the best policies to address the cost-of-living crisis and restore dignity and mana to our most vulnerable communities.”… By Emily Writes #nzpol www.emilywrites.co.nz/nobody-wants...
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Nobody wants to talk policy
It’s no secret that I’m a Greens supporter. The Greens have the best policies to address the cost-of-living crisis and restore dignity and mana to our most vulnerable communities. As the parent of a ...
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Geoff Palmer @geoff-palmer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
"When you’re poor, you notice what happens to every dollar. If you’re a billionaire, paying more tax would make no difference to you at all." #nzpol simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/why-arent-...
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Why aren’t we talking about child poverty?
Child poverty was a hot topic in the last three elections. But it’s slipped off the agenda, even though it’s got worse. What’s going on?
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I got lucky (haven't had a line 2 for ages) Wordle 1,945 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
#nzpol As @clrenney.bsky.social keeps pointing out all Budgets are choices.
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 omg 🤣 #nzpol
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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
It’s one of the hardest things as a parent, to have your child in agony due to their illness & you’re completely helpless to do anything about it. You’re totally reliant on the nurses & doctors for help. When their Minister lies about their levels of staffing, it’s a complete gut punch #nzpol
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 15/10/2026
It gets worse as the day goes on, and it's only 9:18am🤡 The photo choice is quite something🤣
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Brown appears to rule out Opportunity after leader appeared to rule the party in
National campaign chair Simeon Brown has clarified Luxon's remarks.
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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This situation is consistent with the way the government has sidelined and devalued just about every marginalised group in the last 3 years. This is not how people should be treated in a fair and civilised society. #NZPol
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Horus @guynermie62.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
He’s just such an irredeemable lying wanker #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
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Christopher Luxon walks back promise to raise minimum wage by rate of inflation
Luxon said he had only committed to talking inflation into account.
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Kieran @nugmonster.cryptoanarchy.network · 15/10/2026
I too think politicians hanging around with criminals is disgusting. Especially when those criminals are the president of a political party and the courts give that man name suppression to protect his party from being associated with his rape of minors.
a photo of david seymour with his best friend and prolific child rapist, tim jago.
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
My Listener column about enduring under the worst government of my lifetime was surprisingly difficult to write – I wrangled text for days trying to work out what I could fit in the page I had. www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
There is no corresponding whopper attached to the present government, if only because that would be hard to top. Instead, there’s been a series of feckless, arrogant decisions that will cost us dearly in years to come, and an inordinate focus on culture war issues while the economy stalled. Youth unemployment rose to a 30-year high while we wasted time and money on the Treaty Principles Bill.
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I know that feeling. Good luck!
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Not the most spectacular photo I've ever taken of Glastonbury Tor, but probably my favourite.
Glastonbury Tor, as viewed from the banks of the River Brue at sunset, with a perfect pink cloud reflected in the river.
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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
#nzpol This was utterly heartbreaking to listen to, thank God Cillian is now in remission Mother speaks out after two-year old son's cancer treatment is delayed www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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Mother speaks out after son's cancer treatment is delayed
Tanya Lapu'aho speaks to Ingrid Hipkiss about the delays in treatment at Starship Hospital for her two-year-old son, Cillian. He has neuroblastoma, a cancer that develops in a child's nerve tissue. Ci...
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Whoever in Labour Comms sees my posts, it's now time to stop bashing the Greens and point out Luxon has only made this statement after Seymour did - once again showing who's actually in charge of the coalition. You can hit him in his weakest spot, that he's a weak leader who's led around by ACT/NZF
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 15/10/2026
31% of New Zealand households (nearly one in three) experienced food insecurity in the past year. 17% experiencing severe disruptions like skipping meals A nation with billionaire should NOT have poverty (but this is why we have poverty). www.nzfoodnetwork.org.nz/wp-content/u...
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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Least surprising headline you’ll read today. Especially considering the shared donors between the parties.
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Live: ACT leader David Seymour open to coalition with Opportunity
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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The youth journalists are doing amazing mahi. This video is off of Instagram. It's really bloody awful how this man thinks life is only a 'pay to play' way. Sickening. Show this to your young voters. 9 days left to enrol! #NzPol #NzElection2026
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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This is unacceptable. We spent months at a kids cancer ward 20 years ago when our eldest needed treatment. I developed stress-induced hives. Delays compound the stress for whānau, even if the treatment is not urgent. #NZPol www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
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Starship Hospital's cancer ward three months away from full staff after chemotherapy delays
Health NZ says it will be three months before Starship Hospital's cancer ward is fully staffed.
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
2 massive cancer stories in the news this week. Both results of the Luxon govt. Jee I wonder why theyre tryna make us talk about anything else.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
"In a victory for Lula, the Senate approves a bill ending the six-day workweek and workers will have two days off per week" HUGE g1.globo.com/politica/not...
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Em vitória de Lula, Senado aprova PEC do fim da escala 6x1 e trabalhador terá dois dias de folga por semana | G1
Mudança na Constituição deve ser promulgada na próxima semana, a dias da eleição; PL cede e vota a favor da mudança.
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T✨ @tastromo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Gang members aren’t cartoon villains, they’re humans with complex stories. Often they were born into this life or had an extremely narrow pathway out Stereotyping and dehumanising them and refusing to engage is about the worst you can do to improve the situation Most people just want to be heard.
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Yep
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Andrew Jull NZRN (he/him) @andrewjull.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The only to prevent nursing shortages in the future is to put nurse to patient ratios into law; govts can still change law, but they have to do so through public process instead of hiding how they have turned off the tap. #1:4MakeItLaw www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
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Auckland's Starship Hospital delays some cancer treatments due to nurse shortage
The health minister has confirmed some cancer treatments have been delayed by up to seven days at Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital.
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
For a so called Christian he sure likes bearing false witness
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
So much this. There was no money for extras in our working class, one income family either. Five children, no car, and no phone until I was 12, but we had the security of a sate house and always had enough to eat. Neoliberalism is responsible for the levels of poverty we see now #nzpol
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