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Phil Wheeler

@phil-wh.bsky.social
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New Zealand based Engineering Manager and recovering web developer, trying to learn as much as possible about languages, cricket, drums and cycle adventures. Was also a music teacher (drums, percussion & orchestral) for a few years. 日本人ですか?日本語を習って助けてください!

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 1h
"There were far too many things that were done in a secretive and unethical way," she said. "Too many financial interests that have no business in that space." “work on the curriculum was heavily politicised and several of the ministry insiders who contacted RNZ made similar allegations.” #nzpol
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Whistleblowers offer to aid Education Ministry probe
Education Ministry whistleblowers, who contacted RNZ in the past week, plan to add their voices to an investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman.
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Kent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today a friend memorably described the Hon Christopher Luxon as ‘the horrifying result of a bout of hate-sex between a windup cymbal-clapping toy chimpanzee and a roll on deodorant’ … and now I can’t get the image out of my mind #nzpol
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 6h
Green Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ cities
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Green Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ cities
The Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected.
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Sacha Judd @sachajudd.com · 12h
Imagine running a conference for women in Aotearoa and inviting someone who has said he’s proud of his work in the TRUMP WHITEHOUSE as your keynote. F$&k this actually.
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Phil Wheeler @phil-wh.bsky.social · 12h
With Act and their like, the objective isn't what they're talking about or announcing; it's what they're not. Ask about whether Act will be extending their assisted dying policy. What does that mean for the disabled or elderly communities? The story isn't AI cabinet papers; it's the dark corners.
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✧°・:* izzie *:・°✧ @winterwhe.at · 02/10/2026
in funnier news. new zealand's state owned retail bank is apparently causing controversy by issuing DMCA notices to people making erotic art of their new mascot and also people who makes erotic art that even looks like their new mascot. also they designed her to look like this
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Gavin Shoebridge @kiwiev.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Accurate 😄
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Lyndon Hood @lyndonhood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wait do we have our own Hawks incident
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is it just me?
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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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
rnz.co.nz
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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Phil Wheeler @phil-wh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is actually the more important question. Fuck arguing about taxes. They can be moved around by any government at any time and aren't fundamentally a sticking point. Major deliberate constitutional destruction, on the other hand...
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
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Phil Wheeler @phil-wh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Help I'm confused. Which morally bankrupt far-right incompetent is actually the energy minister for the next few weeks? Also - who cares? It's not like any of them listen to official advice anyway.
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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We're fortunate that no-one died due to ACT's anti-regulation crusade www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Government reverses 'lethal' electrical rule change after inspectors' warnings
The government has reversed a rule change following warnings from electrical inspectors that homes and businesses would be exposed to a new lethal risk.
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-year-old Arya Satheesh from Ireland has developed a plant-based plastic that can biodegrade and release an enzyme that helps break down other plastic waste. A plastic that could actually help clean up plastic waste.
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Phil Wheeler @phil-wh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yep. Completely mind-boggling mystery, this one.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 30/09/2026
Minor thing but seriously another big fuck you to tech companies who immediately updated their maps when king dipshit decided he was changing the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario but aren't updating a thing now that he's calling their emotional support ponzi scheme "super intelligence"
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They’re Back. Enjoy 😎🕊️ #nzpol thecivilian.co.nz
thecivilian.co.nz
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All the news that's fit on a page
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That, I think, is why some of the attacks on Swarbrick feel oddly objectless. The danger isn’t just what she might do as Finance Minister. It’s what she might reveal about the people who have spent 40 years telling us the money is all gone. andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/chloe-swar...
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Chlöe Swarbrick Nicked Luxon’s Cotton Reel
Lacan explains why the tough guys of fiscal politics are so emotional right now
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#nzpol ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 29/09/2026
#nzpol ✅✅
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its #climatechange promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commission. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
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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Phil Wheeler @phil-wh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If Nicola Willis is arguing that she can't afford to apply income tax cuts before the books are back in surplus this year, how was that argument different in their last term when it was a pre-election pledge they made before even seeing the PREFU? rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs...
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Election blog Weds 30 Sept
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Phil Wheeler @phil-wh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hilarious that National have lumped all the opposition leaders into one photo and only included their own party's villains like they're not being collectively gimp-masked through the main street by two equally radical, offensive and demonstrably uncontrollable coalition partners themselves.
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Weather Mizumoto @weathermizu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tokyo has recorded 34 consecutive rainy days today, breaking the all-time record since 1886. #tokyo #kanto
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Thoth @thoth.ptnote.dev · 20/09/2026
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An image of a pelican with its gigantic mouth open, commonly associated with the "put baby in pelican mouth" post.
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Between 2023-2026 …”data from the Public Service Commission indicates that across broader public sector workforce cuts during this identical timeframe, 63% to 65% of those made redundant were women” #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Erica Stanford's Education Ministry banned "Aotearoa" from new education curriculum Same Minister banned books with 7 Māori words, like "kai", as too complex for kids to understand Insanity and notice how subdued the headlines are #nzpol #kiwi
rnz.co.nz
Māori words in curriculum shouldn't be controversial, principals say
Principals and a Māori language advocate are angry and disappointed by the Education Ministry's treatment of te reo Māori and the secrecy that has surrounded it.
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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m going to be writing more from this OIA batch. The first piece is here: andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/david-seym...
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David Seymour’s Two-Tier Attendance System
At one school, children can learn at home two days a week. At another, the same thing counts as an absence.
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Comment from a Facebook friend: "They only build roads so they can kick cans down them."
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Phil Wheeler @phil-wh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is not fixing things or building an aspirational vision for the future. It's a blind continuation of the cruelty and pointless starvation of basic public services every New Zealander deserves to expect from its government. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
National sharpens spending pledge on eve of Treasury update
National appears to have sharpened its promise to shrink government spending, drawing a starker comparison with Labour, a day before Treasury opens the books.
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Phil Wheeler @phil-wh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All the discourse on socials about known bad-faith, right-wing talking head running lazy PR and proportionately bugger all on an RNZ anchor who's either too lazy or too incompetent to challenge such a provably bullshit argument.
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Phil Wheeler @phil-wh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Film poster of Tank Girl, directed by Rachel Talalay
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They lie because they think it doesn't mean anything, it's just a game, it's just a job, it's basically a joke, totally meaningless and everyone knows it haha no need to be serious or sad about a soul rotting away
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Andrew Rudolph @kautami.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I mean, apart from video evidence and the official record of parliament, there's absolutely no evidence to corroborate this. It obviously didn't happen. #nzpol
Four lights meme from Star Trek: TNG - Top caption referencing RNZ Commentator "I can't find any reference of Luxon saying "Cry me a rover"
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a pretty uncomplicated untruth right? It's in Hansard. Audrey Young found the full quote for her column today. Thomas is a lobbyist & former staffer. He knows how to search Hansard. If he genuinely looked for evidence & couldn't find it then he's totally incompetent at his job.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Analysis: It was a set of interviews I did on the Māori delegation to Israel for Te Ao with Moana recently – and the release of the Nicky Hager book Dirty Work – that took me back
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The powerful have figured out how to work together. Journalists need to catch up
Analysis: It was a set of interviews I did on the Māori delegation to Israel for Te Ao with Moana recently – and the release of the Nicky Hager book Dirty Work – that took me back
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One in seven schools. (paywalled) #NzPol
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Govt’s claim of ‘transformational’ literacy gains based on data from 14% of schools
A principal who suspected the Government was hiding literacy results spent months asking for its release.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being
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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No she’s not.
TLS: Mary Beard on the Bayeux Tapestry.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
cuth pube
A sign that attempts to spell out "the Cube pub" by shifting the B in Cube down with the PU right before it and TH before the E.
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Steve continues to be one of the most underrated people sitting in our Parliament
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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 26/09/2026
Comment: Gerry Brownlee held MPs to a double standard, with harsh punishments for the Opposition and leniency for the coalition.
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Gerry Brownlee, Parliament's ineffectual policeman, wraps up chaotic term
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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since it was created in 1975, the Waitangi Tribunal has awarded $2.8bn to Iwi. In one year, the govt Peters is part of gave away $3bn to landlords in socially worthless tax breaks. Peterson and this govt should be abolished. #NZpol
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John @notheotherjohn.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
Dance like no one is watching. Like no one came to your dance recital. Your dad? He completely forgot. How do you feel? No, don't tell me. Show me.
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Stuff publishes an article by Penk saying he hasn't read #DirtyWok but claims it is a piece of fiction. This is the Stuff corporate paper that dominates Kiwi auidences
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before we criticise Stuff for publishing a review of a book that Penk admits he hasn't read, let's remember: Penk's a (self-)published author

He wrote a conspiracy book during lockdown in 2020 falsely claiming it caused a surge in suicide, family violence & untreated cancer
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Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
great stuff. really worth everyone's time.
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