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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 12h

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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henry cooke @henrycooke.bsky.social · 13h

Todd McClay earlier this week accused of Greens of "acting with foreign actors" to make a complaint to the EU about climate. But asked about this claim today, the PM has suggested that it was actually just something the media came up with.

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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 13h

WAIT so I just looked up House of Science, it's part of the Wright Family Foundation?? NZ is just a couple gross orgs stacked on one another in a trenchcoat. #nzpol

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Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 15h

That's a handy 'tidbit'. Making the banks pay for paywave is *much* better than Nationals policy imo. #nzpol

Williams even revealed an extra tidbit to The Spinoff. Though it wasn’t part of the headlines handed out to the media, Labour plans to ban paywave fees as part of its new policy, putting the fees to use the service back on banks and credit card companies rather than small businesses. “Consumers should pay the sticker price, not extra charges at the till,” she said in a statement.

Williams is sometimes touted as a future Labour leader, and she probably eclipsed the current one in Māngere yesterday.

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 15h

Here we go again. On the left and on the right the unaffordable pension nonsense is hitting the news again. RNZ happy to both sides transphobia and a genocide but straight up one eyed one sided on NZ Pensions. #nzpol

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 15h

Always worth a reminder of what investing in the country looks like.

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 15h

So, yeah, this happened early hours this morning in Dijon France.

Accolades in France for Māori YA novel

Aotearoa author Tania Roxborogh wins Génération Mer award for Charlie Tangaroa

Author Tania Roxborogh has won a 2026 Génération Mer literary award for the French edition of her children’s novel Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea.

The novel has been named the winner of the Étoiles Bleues – Ados category, an award celebrating books that engage readers aged 13 to 18 with marine life and the ocean.

Originally produced in Aotearoa by Huia Publishers, Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea was published in France by Au Vent des Îles and translated into French by Christine Roth.

Roxborogh said she was deeply honoured that Charlie’s story had found another home with readers on the other side of the world.

‘It means a great deal to me that a story about a Māori boy from Aotearoa New Zealand has crossed the ocean and been welcomed in France. Stories connect us, and I think our oceans connect us too.

‘In Charlie Tangaroa, the sea isn’t simply the setting for the story. Charlie’s identity and whakapapa are connected to Tangaroa and to the moana. If we understand the ocean as something we are in relationship with, rather than simply something we own and use, that changes how we behave towards it.

‘I’m enormously grateful to Génération Mer for recognising Charlie’s story, to Christian Robert and the team at Au Vent des Îles for bringing the book to French readers, and especially to Christine Roth, whose translation has allowed French children to connect with Charlie and his world.’

Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea follows Charlie, a Māori boy who discovers he has an extraordinary connection to the ocean and the creatures within it. The novel draws on pūrākau, whakapapa and mātauranga Māori while asking questions about the relationship between people and the natural world. It combines wild adventure and humour with themes of belonging, identity and care for the environment.

The Génération Mer award adds an international honour to a book that has already received significant recognition in Aotearoa.

Roxborogh said she was ‘delighted’ to share the news.

‘When you write a story that is grounded so firmly in Aotearoa, you don’t necessarily know whether readers thousands of kilometres away will see themselves in it. This award reminds me that the particular can also be universal. Charlie can remain completely himself—a Māori kid from Aotearoa—and still make a connection with a young reader in France.’

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We know everything is totally fucked-up because Americans have completely fail to murder somebody.😮 Making people dead is the USA's only superpower, their specialist subject, their only area of expertise. FFS! #FuckTrump #FucktheUSA #nzpol

rnz.co.nz

Death row inmate Christa Pike still alive after two lethal injection doses, says legal team

A woman on death row who received two doses of lethal injection drugs has been rushed to hospital after a botched execution attempt.

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#NZpol Labour: changes to government & elections incl – lobbyist code of conduct, public register of who is paying them – urgency restricted to emergencies – modernise Official Information Act, incl. proactive releases – voting: election-day enrolment, 16 & 17-year-olds local election votes – More⬇️

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Hipkins pledges local election voting rights for 16 and 17-year-olds

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has used a speech at the Law Association at Auckland’s Northern Club to set out a commitment to transparency.

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 16h

How is an interest bill that’s 1% of GDP “drowning in debt”?

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Cat Calculator Cat Meme

ALT: Cat Calculator Cat Meme

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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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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In one piece. That my friends is what I like to call a tiny win for democracy in AotearoaNZ. A small step for Dad, a giant leap for critical thinking. That’s my story & here is my picture. 😇 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUs

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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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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

5.34 degrees above normal. Ouch.

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#NZpol On the NZ current government not keeping its side of the NZ – EU trade agreement, and being honest brokers. Prof Bronwyn Hayward (MNZM, FRSNZ) is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury.

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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Highly original - in order to avoid OIA request, Health NZ tells Newsroom it "cannot easily access" its own board papers #FFS #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/01/h...

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Health NZ says it ‘cannot easily access’ board papers

Labour’s Ayesha Verrall says it's troubling Health NZ can't access documents, while an ex-union boss suggests it has something to hide

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

strong argument to be made that Brian Roche is ideologically compromised *against the public service*, going beyond even what he was asked and advocating for harsher cuts His removal needs to be a key decision for any incoming change of government www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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How to cut public sector jobs? A much more aggressive approach to AI

The government's recipe for cutting thousands more public sector jobs demands using AI much more. RNZ looks through 16 documents that led up to Nicola Willis's announcement in May that 8700 jobs would...

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Kevin Hague @kevinhague.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

20 years ago I was leading the West Coast DHB, and we were working to lead thinking and practice on rural health services. A point that I made was that the difficulties sustaining services in rural areas would become more intense and would progressively impact on services outside the biggest cities

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Because of gender and ethnic pay gaps in Aotearoa, Pacific women are now working for free until the end of the year. This election year, we need to vote for pay equity. It’s the only way to make sure that all working people are respected, valued, and paid what they’re owed. #nzpol

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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Not that mind-boggling mate.

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

media decry the fact theyre losing subscribers & trust but regularly take money from virulent racists & ideologues to promote racism & extremism you actually *can* turn down money for moral and ethical reasons, folks how (liberal) media figures justify this is beyond me. do something to stop it 🤷‍♀️

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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#NewZealands first inter city EV bus service $10 to go from Oamaru to Dunedin

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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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Historyweaver @historyweaver2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This. And I think they are terrified that when she is in that position she will make it glaringly obvious how incorrect those stereotypes actually are.

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today’s front page in Scotland 📰 New satellite pictures lay bare Israel's destruction of Gaza

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

National have f**ked the basics #nzpol “More than 1300 women were overdue for their colposcopy - a test needed to check for cervical cancer - at the end of July, figures obtained by Stuff under the Official Information Act reveal”. #nzpol

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'Not good news for women': The internal emails exposing cancer screening harm

Documents and emails shed new light on major issues with the cervical screening programme.

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Greens, quite rightly, argued the government has been undermining climate action since the coalition was formed, and said McClay was "trying to blame absolutely everybody else" for his own government's decisions. #nzpol “Concern over claim NZ breached FTA climate commitments”

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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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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We bloody told you so #nzpol

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Trevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#nzpol NACT party leadership provides some good counterexamples to those who believe in nominative determinism: Seymour doesn't, the lights are off in Luxon's head, and Winston's career still hasn't petered out.

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Trevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The right to free speech: a cherished principle in theory, a brutal power dynamic in practice #nzpol #ukpol #auspol #uspol

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Megan @mharvey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Me, at 18, voting National because my parents did. Me, at 21, voting Labour because I'd experienced a bit more of the world. Me, this year? Voting green, because it's about helping everyone, not just yourself.

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James W @jamesw228.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Heard a lawyer on RNZ saying the best course of action that the govt could take to respond to the complaint logged with the EU about the breach of the FTA would be to strengthen our climate response to rectify the issue Looking forward to that pivot mid campaign from the Nats, ACT & NZF #nzpol

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Carl Horsley @carlhorsley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When you are blind to the social structures that underpin markets and society, it is easy to mistake success for individual brilliance. I'm wealthy and sorted because I'm awesome. The narrative of the "deserving rich" (and therefore the deserving poor). #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/business/361...

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How ACT has decimated long-established employment laws

OPINION: Reflecting on the current Government’s track record on employment matters over the past term, it appears that the tail has truly wagged the dog.

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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

60% increase in voter registration from overseas!!!! No, that is not a typo. #nzpol 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

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Dr Neil & Mr Price @drneil.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

anyone who understands how buffered systems work is petrified by this

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Daniel @danentropy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New Zealand democracy - you've been captured The Right Wing: The largest political donors Control both Left & Right Main Stream Media Control Think Tanks & public (mis)information but Political ‘culture of fear’ drives NZ CEOs, NZ Initiative says But Luxon is sorted so "Cry me a river" #NZpol

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Ryan @boynamedshit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Isn’t Swarbrick the only party leader that currently has a positive net favorability? Bit of an own goal to be flipping out going “can you imagine if this popular politician was an important minister?!” (Especially if you yourself are one of the most despised) #nzpol

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Ciara 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I haven’t felt so angry in a really long time. LOOK AT THE RACIST SHIT WE GOT IN OUR LETTERBOX!! Absolute Bastards. I wish I saw who put it in, I would have had WORDS. Can I report this shit somewhere?! 😡🤢😡🤢😡 #nzpol

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ⓘ Kaiwhiu ⓘ @aotearoa-nz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

omg goldsmith is a sanctimonious prick! "Have you heard of the straight of hormuz?" "The last Labour govt ran up debt…” Have you heard of THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC PAUL!? #NZPol

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 30/09/2026

Dad was life long Labour till I sat with him one day. Asked about his strong union days & if Labour still reflected them. His last 3 elections he voted Green.

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GreenLeft Network 🍉 @nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

gOvErNmEnTs HaVe MoRtGaGeS tOo No they bloody don't Mr Seymour. What bank has the power to foreclose the New Zealand Government and Public Sector? And why would they need to, when you're happily cutting up the Public Sector for the Private Sector to gobble up? #nzpol

Excerpt from 1news's live election coverage:

"'Governments have mortgages too': Seymour warns on debt

ACT leader David Seymour says the only thing worse than the current state of the books would be a Labour government running them, warning Kiwis "can't afford to relax" about debt."

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Brett @brettcd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm from Nuzlind and I endorse this ad. #NZPol youtube.com/shorts/bRP1k...

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NZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^kery

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @opaltiger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Not necessarily a Labour stan, but Nanaia Mahuta was one of the best Minister of Foreign Affairs we have had. TPUs use of her image to their nefarious ends is disgusting.

6 times the Taxpayers Union used Nanaia Mahuta's image to spread misinformation about 3 Waters, using photo choice, design and editing to amplify negative messaging. Each poster features Nanaia Mahuta and text as follows.

SCRAP THREE WATERS REFORM
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Keep water services locally- controlled
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SCRAP THREE WATERS REFORM
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SAY NO TO CO-GOVERNED WATER SERVICES
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No three waters reform without consultation
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Hands off our three waters
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