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Paul_BarlowNZ

@paulbarlownz.bsky.social
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Former Hamiltonian now living in Tāmaki Makaurau. Views are my own and don’t represent any company or client. Yeah, I probably am that guy you saw on Tik Tok.

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 3h
Death threats are more than just trolls and keyboard warriors - they seek to make people smaller, make them afraid to speak their values, and push them out of politics altogether They cost us time and money, and the donations are already stacked against us. It's time for us to have a real democracy
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 17h
Based on some of the tweets I’ve seen come from wealthy coalition donors who can definitely afford the very expensive narcotic whose use is on the rise, I’d rather have those donors drug tested and NZF voters put through conversion therapy.
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Mad Angry
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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 23h
#BHN Tonight at 9pm - Luxon drug tests beneficiaries - Paul Barlow on Media bias - Qiulae Wong responds to Winston - Tamatha Paul's mic drops in last night's "debate" #nzpol #nzpolitics @paulbarlownz.bsky.social @chewienz.bsky.social youtube.com/live/OL4AEhq...
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#BHN Luxon drug tests beneficiaries | Barlow on Media bias | Wong responds | Tamatha's mic drops
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Leader's Debate: Fact Checked. youtu.be/B6if94Xpb78
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The Leader's Debate: Fact Checked.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
At least 5 demonstrably false statements from Luxon in his opening statements
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I love the reaction to Labour’s costings from National. National who has been fact checked multiple times by the AAP. National who was called out by the ASA for misleading voters. National who use AI slop and lies on their social media every damned day. They call it “dishonest”.
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J. Jonah Jameson's Iconic Laugh
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
With the Act party launch today, I’m staying well away from the place. 3 years ago I accidentally stumbled into the launch they had at Skycity. I was taking the moko to visit Weta and it was traumatic for both of us.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Come join me on my live stream on facebook, YouTube and Instagram tomorrow at 10am! Each weekend we look at a different media study theory to help people see that the world isn’t exactly on fire, but there’s a lot of right wing influence that makes it seem like it is.
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David Pattemore @dpattemore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey Bluesky New Zealand!! Can you help spread the message this weekend?! Yeah sure this is just one video, but so many people haven’t enrolled yet and don’t realise they are running out of time. Thank you! 🇳🇿
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I really hope once the election is over, there’s some good quality research into the campaigns because the infiltration of bots, the use of bs, the normalised extremism on msm and impacts of astroturfing and money, need to be looked at to see how we fucked up the system so badly.
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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#BHN Tonight at 9pm - A recap on The Press 'Kingmaker' debate - Looking at the Green Party poll surge - To overhang, or not to overhang, that is the question #nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social @paulbarlownz.bsky.social youtube.com/live/lbqhO0L...
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#BHN The Press 'Kingmaker' debate | Green Party poll surge | To overhang, or not to overhang
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fake podcasts from National, now a fake tv interview from NZ First and fake humans from Act - stating to feel like the only real thing from the coalition is the suffering they’re causing
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Picked up my copy today. One thing I noticed as a saw RNZ with 3 “won’t someone think of the poor astroturf lobbyists” stories is that it sure feels like RNZ was trying to prove Hager right when he called media outlets uncritically platforming the TPU as enablers and complicit.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s been an amazing evening seeing so many so excited to learn just how awful the TPU and Jordan Williams. Now I want that energy aimed at media who have been uncritically using them as a source and demand change! Even Old Winston agrees lol
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Seeing a heap of posts from RW politicians about signs being vandalised and how that’s not how we should democracy (and yes, vandalising things is bad) but nothing from RW politicians asking what they’re doing that makes them so clearly unpopular that they’re being called awful things by the public
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Join Me: Solve a Mystery
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ooh new flip seat toy on stuff… read the description and the mention using “credible polls” then one of them Turns out to be 😑 Curia. The one NZ based poll that’s not regulated and clearly from a partisan astroturf lobbiest. 🤦🏼‍♂️
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Friends don’t let friends vote National. Especially if your friend has a child that went to school with the bed leg beater.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Went full sports commentator mode last night! Pity I don’t know anything about sports. Good thing it wasn’t for actual sports and I can’t be blamed for the Warriors outcome. There may have been some scrums involved.
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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#BHN Big Hairy Education Debate Live from Dunedin 7-9pm tonight. No coalition MPs or candidates will be there, BHN made them cry. Is education "back on track"?🤔 Find out if @chewienz.bsky.social will trespass himself.🤪 Relax, nobody will be forced to eat a school lunch.😱 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol
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Big Hairy Education Debate - Dunedin, 12th September
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The state of it
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In two years, Curia was investigated 3 times by RANZ where they were found to be biased, misleading in their questions and misrepresenting their results accuracy. RANZ recommended suspension or removal. Farrer quit when he was found to be under investigation. Media today should note all of that.
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Do Better Faith Garden
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Seth Meyers: I Can't Tell You How Much I Love That
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Of course Peter’s thinks communism is bad - he has confirmed Nazis in his party and those two ideologies never saw eye to eye. And we know which one he chose to defend.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Of the Geeens policy on supermarkets, to tackle prices with real competition and keep profits local is “communism” according to the party of… checks notes… Buying back BNZ to make it government run to drive down prices And stop profits going off shore and increase competition in the market isn’t.
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Hogan's Heroes: Idiot with Hammer
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
They went out and danced this weekend - the latest fundamentalist Christian group trying to strip people of rights and stop progress is here - Turning Point NZ paulbarlow.substack.com/p/turning-po...
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Turning Point is Here, Hiding In The Shadows
The sad devotees who want to see themselves as persecuted for their beliefs
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Aww thanks Matt - hopefully it helps a few people start to ask why they’re being fed disinformation
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Oh great - now NZ First candidates are campaigning on reversing the Abortion Legalisation Act because of bullshit scaremongering that’s tied into Christian fundamentalism. This election really is so freaking dumb.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I made a game for meet the candidate events and the debates when they come up! It’s called Bullshit Bingo - just tap the lie or misleading statement when you hear them to get points. Fill out the boxes for a bonus or unlock a streak bonuses for lots of lies in a short time. www.election2026.co.nz
Game board of Bullshit Bingo
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I’m opposed to the social media ban - the data and research absolutely does not back it up as an option that reduces harm. But seeing David Snapchat Seymour comment about it at all feels like yet another ick to add to the ick pile that party and its leaderships give me.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I’m really tired right now but all I’ve seen of today’s dumb shit from National is lying about the left’s tax plans & Luxon getting excited to say no and all I could think of was this idiotic comment from last year’s national conference. These people are just so frustratingly ridiculously inane 🤦🏼‍♂️
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
According to the People’s Panel, cancelling Pay Equity was calculated, cruel and has long term negative impacts. And based on what they did to hide the plan, that alone should - imo - mean people never vote for the coalition again ever. paulbarlow.substack.com/p/dont-be-la...
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"Don't be lazy..."
Remember that time the Coalition got rid of pay equity?
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Weird morning comments today include “why don’t you prove Simeon said the Greens tax plan means people earning more than $160k will pay 45% of it all in tax” so I sent the AAP Fact check. Which was followed up with “yeah but that doesn’t prove the claims about other Labour taxes are fake”.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I asked Dame Marilyn Waring last night at an event on the People’s Panel and Pay Equity what advice she would give voters this year. She gave it some consideration before saying “don’t be lazy, read the evidence”. The evidence from the Peoples Panel lone should be a bough to disqualify the coalition
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If the defence minister is behind the rolling of the PM, does that count as the kiwi knockoff version of a military coup?
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RuPaul in Drag Applying Makeup with Opera Glasses
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Read all of this and rejoice - because it’s 1: fucking awesome, 2: something hopeful and 3: did I mention it’s fucking awesome!
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Oh look, another from the “I fucking told you so” list from last years election. This was the conspiracy theorist who came up and costed me at a community event after she had stalked Jacinda and Neve in a playground and wanted to storm parliament. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/former-wa...
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Great piece from @foxmeyer.bsky.social on misleading election advertising with input from @dylanreeve.com - could other media start calling out the misleading or outright BS now instead of both siding everything? newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/07/c...
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
6 months - that’s how many businesses have been liquidated. Up on 1296 for the same period last year. But don’t worry, this is the party of “grow up businesses”
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
In 2015 Ron Mark told National MP Melissa Lee to go back to Korea. With a record like that he definitely still fits in with modern NZ First.
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Matt | Toitū Te Tiriti | Tax Work Less Tax Wealth More @matt-rogersnz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
@paulbarlownz.bsky.social great chat on the FALSE speech Union contextualising how frequently they get promoted and more things to look out for. Having context soothes my soul so thank you Paul 🙏🏼 #nzpol #bhn #contextisking www.youtube.com/live/r0uwx0t...
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Context & Coffee: 2 August, 2026
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Who could have foreseen that the man behind the English language bill was also the one dribbling and then doubling down on all the racism this week.
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Fry: Shocked, Not That Shocked
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Seriously, what the hell is going on with Nationals idiotic campaign this year. AI slip, outright bullshit and now whatever this is - “you don’t deserve” - gawwwd damn these people are the worst.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Can’t decide if my favourite thing today is the TPU deleting this post and the results because they lost their own poll or seeing the right wing councillors around the country bitching about amalgamation plans that no one wants to play with them over from the government THEY told people to vote for.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Dumb comment of the day - someone who didn’t like the fact checks checking facts AND felt the overwhelming need to put in a cooker dog whistle so everyone knows they’re a very special NZFirst voter.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Tired of all the spin and BS coming from the coalition? Well I’ve got your back fam! At this link you’ll find 50 fact checks (and growing) checking the veracity of claims made by the coalition. Complete with who made the claim, the reality and sources. paultheotherone.com/factcheck26/
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Visited the Food Show today - saw some whimsical cakes and we always need more whimsy!Also met the people behind the Kitchen Project, a training ground for people starting Kai businesses with the support of Council to help learn the ropes, requirements and processes..
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Dumb comment of the day - it’s now “undemocratic” to list the things the government has done in an election year to help people decide who to vote for.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A circus tent would have been a more appropriate location for last weekend’s NZFirst event - a few of them seemed to enjoy being in tents outside Parliament a few years back. open.substack.com/pub/paulbarl...
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You Best Start Believing In Ghost Stories....
The Full Extent of how cooked NZ First really is
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Another slip at Mauao this week - thankfully not tragic like the one in February - in part because the walking tracks hadn’t yet been reopened while TCC continued engineering checks. And here’s local MP Sam Uffindell demanding the walkway reopen last week because people want to walk it now 🙄
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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
#BHN Just a reminder that the first debate is in seven days in Dunedin and tickets are selling fast. We'd hate anyone to miss out so be quick and head to bhn-health-debate.lilregie.com and pick up yours. Going to be a great night, you don't want to miss out
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