Reposted by Rachel RTze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 10hWow, when you lie so much that there are consequences. Not included in the correction of course, is the fact that (as reported here) the Ipsos survey “showed more respondents supported than opposed a number of new taxes, including a significant majority in favour of a wealth tax". 14412
Reposted by Rachel RConnor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 14hGreens light rail plans should be much cheaper than in their policy document They've used the top end of costs identified in the Infrastructure Commissions work (95th percentile at $250m per km) Whereas 75% of surface light rail projects are $100m per km or under. #nzpol 14511
Reposted by Rachel RTrevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 14hThis amateur statistician has observed that the NZ media does not cover the parties in proportion to their seats in Parliament. It does not cover them in proportion to their current polling average. It does cover them approximately in proportion to their total donations #NZpol #ViciousCycle 37429
Reposted by Rachel RPatrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 16hThis is brilliant. Exactly what the country needs. Invest in great alternatives to always driving. Even benefits drivers: #nzpol youtu.be/LGX6jjJnFBc?...youtu.beGreen Party transport policy sees free travel for children, light rail for key cities and moreYouTube video by nzherald.co.nz 411134
Reposted by Rachel RGreenLeft Network 🍉 @nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 18hDo you like more trains? Because the Greens will push for MORE And unlike a blue or red party that over-promises and/or poorly-delivers We will deliver at the right pace by following the advice by Te Waihanga and our local councils (apparently that's too difficult for some parties to do). #nzpol 47821
Reposted by Rachel RThe Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 13hIpsos urges National to withdraw inaccurate claim about its polling on taxthespinoff.co.nzIpsos urges National to withdraw inaccurate claim about its polling on tax‘We take the accurate reporting of our research and survey data seriously.’ 25322
Reposted by Rachel RCindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 19hNY ... and specifically NYC ... has the fastest growing economy in the US.. So much for the rich moving away in the face of increased taxes: didn't happen. #nzpol www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...governor.ny.govGovernor Hochul Announces New York Had the Fastest Growing Economy in the Nation During Second Quarter 2026Governor Hochul announced that New York State had the fastest growing economy in the nation in the second quarter of 2026, according to new data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of... 15819
Reposted by Rachel RBumbleebee @parrykylie.bsky.social · 19hOur power company doesn't offer the highest price for our excess solar, but it does offer the ability to donate some of it to households that need help. Not all power companies are dicks. Nau mai ra btw 5639
Rachel R @rachelemridley.bsky.social · 23hthespinoff.co.nz/society/04-1...thespinoff.co.nzWe’ve grown old in our own home – we have no plans to leaveMore and more New Zealanders are opting to live out their days in retirement villages. David Hill explains why he and his wife won't be moving anytime soon. 010
Reposted by Rachel RDavid Pattemore @dpattemore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hey 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! 🇳🇿 35448
Reposted by Rachel RSacha Judd @sachajudd.com · 03/10/2026Imagine 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. 3359
Reposted by Rachel RMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026... the only thing holding the numbers up is a chunky increase in the welfare bill caused in broadly equal measure by increased superannuation and working-age benefits (thank you, recession x). Also worth noting the size of that core government services reduction - a 15% cut in real terms. [2/n] 1218
Reposted by Rachel RMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Post is running one of those 'ignore the austerity hyperbole' stories. A few things to note... 1. The article uses unadjusted figures throughout. If you adjust the $ for inflation and population, Govt operating expenditure in 2026/27 is below 2023/24 levels (by $144 per capita), and.... [🧵 1/n] 24826
Rachel R @rachelemridley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"We’re supposed to think of women workers, the homeless and the sick as collateral damage, because tough decisions must be made." simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/theyre-los...simonwilsonhopetown.substack.comThey’re losing their shit over Chloe SwarbrickThe Prefu’s defective, Opp’s got bottom lines and Luxon’s got “balls”, but Chloe doesn’t know finance? 000
Reposted by Rachel RJordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The fact that disgraced National MP Chris Penk is now writing opinion pieces on the election for Stuff News is a real bad look for Stuff News. Why would Penks political opinion be anything but bias? He literally campaigned for National Party THIS YEAR 1314636
Reposted by Rachel RMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Apparently good economic management involves increasing unemployment until one in six young people are out of work, poor, and increasingly disenfranchised. Is this 'building the future'? Would 'fixing the basics' not involve fixing this disaster? 1011336
Reposted by Rachel RRNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Greenhouse gases hit record levels in New Zealand's atmosphere, new data showsrnz.co.nzGreenhouse gases hit record levels in New Zealand's atmosphere, new data showsThe greenhouse gases that cause global warming have increased to new record levels in New Zealand's atmosphere, new data shows. 12012
Reposted by Rachel R🄴🄻🄱🄾🅆 @aotearoaelbow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026National wish to maintain the status quo. #nzpol 25915
Reposted by Rachel RTrevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Luxon can crow about no new taxes, but reversing pay equity agreements was a new $4.5B tax on half of the workforce #nzpol 04218
Reposted by Rachel RIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Reading the details of the US execution story from last night and it is absolute barbarism. Like reading a history of the medieval period. 70957161
Reposted by Rachel RNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Rich privately educated prick who wasn’t even born until 1984 recasts era of rioting, poverty and mass unemployment as Britain’s golden age. Thatcher was the worst thing that ever happened to Britain 1031234270
Reposted by Rachel RBernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And this is before the dividends. 0195
Reposted by Rachel RBen Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Again: $4.5b still costs less than National's Holiday Highway PPP to the border of Northland 37134
Reposted by Rachel RNew Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Because 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 05147
Reposted by Rachel RPeter Green @petergreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Worth remembering that if it costs the government $4.5b to reverse the gender pay tax, then it costs the women affected $4.5b to leave it in place. 618297
Reposted by Rachel RMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 17071361954
Reposted by Rachel RIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This deserves an honourary knighthood 36802131
Reposted by Rachel RMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Wonder if anyone willask whether govt has simply given up on people who can't find work in this low demand, sale at briscoes, profits above wages economy? Yesterday's benefit forecasts suggest we will miss the govt's target by over 60,000 people! 96122
Rachel R @rachelemridley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Opinion: No one is wasting more ratepayer cash than the government thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-...thespinoff.co.nzNo one is wasting more ratepayer cash than the governmentThe $9 million already spent on council amalgamation proposals is just the start. 011
Reposted by Rachel RGreenLeft Network 🍉 @nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 29/09/2026gOvErNmEnTs 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 17231
Reposted by Rachel RSacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Simeon sneakily changed the finance to lower interest-only repayments, then a lump sum in the future for another government to take care of. #NzPol 14424
Reposted by Rachel RNew Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#nzpol Today's update from Treasury shows ongoing pain for working people and declining public services if New Zealand stays on the same track:union.org.nzPREFU shows jobs pain and service cuts locked in under Luxon NZCTUTreasury’s Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) forecasts show ongoing pain for working people and declining public services if the fiscal approach doesn’t change. The election provides an ... 03316
Reposted by Rachel RKa pū te ruha - Toitū Te Tiriti @kaputeruha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This comment sums it up for me. What good is an economy that crushes its own citizens while lining the pockets of a privileged few? #nzpol 512940
Reposted by Rachel RRussel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When the right say we can’t tax the rich because of the ‘economy’, what they really mean is we can’t tax the rich or the rich won’t be able to afford so many super yachts. www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/29/j...1news.co.nzJeff Bezos' $800m superyacht Koru docks in AucklandThe 127m-long, 17m-wide superyacht passed Rangitoto before docking at Wynyard Quarter. 33712
Reposted by Rachel RLouise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Poll was released at 6pm last night, took till 12pm following day for the abuse to ramp back up again. And people think it isn't coordinated and deliberate. 37518
Reposted by Rachel RNew Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is the commitment we've been waiting for since the day this Government ripped away their right to fair pay. It’s time to vote for change. It’s time to vote for pay equity. ✊💜 #nzpol 3154
Reposted by Rachel RBarry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Gosh how can we get this level of economic literacy to spread like wildfire 🔥🔥🔥 0288
Reposted by Rachel RChris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My #NZpol cartoon in the latest issue of the Listener, in print & online. www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...nzherald.co.nzChris Slane’s cartoon of the weekChris Slane shares his view on the week in politics. 02918
Reposted by Rachel RFoxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think the media are really out of touch with how much women want pay equity for all women #NZPol 58218
Reposted by Rachel RMandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026National scaremongering and telling tax lies again in their latest newsletter. VOTE THIS LOT OUT #nzpol 34015
Rachel R @rachelemridley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzChris Hipkins promises to reverse pay equity changes in first 100 days if electedChris Hipkins has made a campaign commitment to reverse pay equity changes in the first 100 days of a Labour government, during a packed public meeting in Christchurch. 000
Reposted by Rachel RRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Along with others, I've had a bit to say about Simeon Brown's deranged 2024 Transport GPS. But this is actually shocking. It was altered *after the consultation period* to make the books look better – in a way that wrecks the National Land Transport Fund. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/09/29/t...greaterauckland.org.nzTransport borrowing comes back to bite - Greater AucklandToday, Treasury is releasing the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (or PREFU) ahead of the election. So I figured it was worth looking at a significant recent change to the way transport expendi... 911766
Reposted by Rachel RKevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I love that the Greens themselves are saying: "The poll's fun but let's keep doing the Actual Work together, here are some ideas" #nzpol 14511
Reposted by Rachel RAnneleise @anneleise.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just a reminder of who costs the most and commits the biggest abuses of the OIA... #NZPol 04526
Reposted by Rachel RChris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026No new taxes... #NZpol #Listener #cartoon 516268
Reposted by Rachel RD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Another successful enrolment event. Our small team have done 2 and we will do another at the AGM on the 5th 5th Oct. #nzpol 2257
Reposted by Rachel RLouise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today's debate - put on by Enabling Good Lives - a disability leadership group: National: Not there, but Ryan Hamilton supplied answers ACT: Not there NZF: Not there Labour: Not there but had a spokesperson TOP: Was there, but still have no disability policy New Conservatives: Present! 74912
Reposted by Rachel RWhat The Fukc Is Happening? @dudeseriouslywtf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#nzpol #PartyVoteGreensAotearoaNZ Do it. 04915
Reposted by Rachel RDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. 18872123005