Oliver @oiwoods.bsky.social · 10hAmazing to see the Alliance polling again in New Zealand! 0.2% is a great start, given that the effort is entirely grassroots and with very limited media oxygen versus the raving reviews and endless headlines are given to TOP. 010
Oliver @oiwoods.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Glad to see the Alliance Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is back in business, polling 1% behind TOP amongst Māori voters (and 3% behind National!). thespinoff.co.nz/atea/17-09-2...thespinoff.co.nzWhakaata Māori poll: Labour leads party vote as Te Pāti Māori dominates Māori rollHauraki-Waikato MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke has drawn strong backing in the preferred prime minister stakes in a new poll. 054
Reposted by OliverSara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Social security with dignity and individualised irrespective of relationship status Read more here: allianceparty.nz/alliance-pla... 0114
Reposted by OliverBronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 01/07/2026To repeat: NZ finds itself at the bottom of the OECD on lobbying - we basically have no effective rules governing lobbying This is eroding voter trust in democracy. It is corruption in plain sight NZ needs fair transparent regulations-any political parties ensuring this will get voter support 1119393
Oliver @oiwoods.bsky.social · 15/07/2026ACT, New Zealand First and TOP jostling to be National coalition partners reminds us why it is structurally critical for the Alliance to return to Parliament. Labour & the Greens need a a third partner to build a serious government of the left, ever more so given that TPM is struggling. 010
Oliver @oiwoods.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Not sure if this is a particularly controversial opinion on bluesky, but Faith No More's live albums are some of the tightest versus their studio work, particularly Mike Patton's voice. 000
Oliver @oiwoods.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This reminds me so much of happened to NZF in 1996 and then United Future in 2002. So much wishful thinking and projecting going on. A lot of people are going to be disappointed if they make it into Parliament, whatever the outcome. 010
Oliver @oiwoods.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I didn't think Twitter could get worse, but it truly has become a far-right toxic waste dump. 000
Oliver @oiwoods.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Besides the excellent news about Andy Burnham getting in, very troubling to see fascist party Restore Britain coming 3rd. Glass half-full take: history repeats, and the National Front couldn't translate their by-election results in 1977/78 into general election success. 010
Reposted by OliverSassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Westpac NZ is gonna make about a billion dollars in profit this year and still begs for donations for the chopper appeal. It’s a worthy cause but they could just fund it. Profits are stupid in the face of human lives. 1119044
Reposted by Oliversamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 08/06/2026I asked a couple dads at school if they knew our government was killing off basic science. They hadn't heard a thing It's a crime against journalism that the NZ press isn't all over the dissolution of the Marsden Fund, and a crime against academia that our universities aren't yelling to the rafters 217480
Reposted by OliverJennifer @jennifilm.nz · 04/06/2026This is interesting news - the Maritime Union of NZ has formally affiliated with the Alliance Party. It's the first time a union in nz has ever affiliated with a party other than labour: m.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO26...m.scoop.co.nzAlliance Party Welcomes Historic Affiliation Of Maritime Union Of New ZealandAlliance Party Leader Victor Billot described the affiliation as a massive step forward for working-class politics in New Zealand. 5217
Oliver @oiwoods.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Urrak is my favourite alcohol. Who'd have thought that the first distillate of cashew fruit would be so delicious?! 120