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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy

@sara-dyatlova.bsky.social
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Candidate for West Coast-Tasman. Trying bring some good old Democratic Socialism into Aotearoa politics Authorised by S Byrnes, 68 Langdons Road, Christchurch

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Ethan Gullery - Alliance Candidate for Christchurch East @ethangulleryeast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Turning public goods and services into commercial entities for privatised profit was absurd in 1986 and it's absurd today." The Alliance would progressively buy back the strategic assets sold off in the 80s and 90s, starting with the electricity system. #nzpol
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Alliance Public Ownership and Economic Democracy Policy
The Alliance launches a reverse privatisation plan for essential services, strategic infrastructure and democratic public ownership.
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m not afraid of calling the slaughter of Palestinians for what it is - a genocide. Alliance Party of Aotearoa New Zealand will expel the Israeli ambassador, sanctions, recognise the right of return and the Palestinian state.
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Ethan Gullery - Alliance Candidate for Christchurch East @ethangulleryeast.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"It's time we started thinking of housing more like manners at a potluck. Everyone gets a plate before anyone has seconds." The Alliance housing policy: a five-year public building programme. allianceparty.nz/the-right-to...
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The Right to a Roof | Alliance Housing Policy 2026
Alliance proposes a five-year public housing programme, a 25 percent net-income cap on Kāinga Ora rents and state-backed mortgages, and co-ownership.
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What’s the name of the party again? If you position yourself where the Taxpayers Union agrees with you, then are you really for the majority of us?
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We have a choice NZ. We continue voting for who we always have, but you will not see different results. And the state of our healthcare system will get worse
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Social security with dignity and individualised irrespective of relationship status Read more here: allianceparty.nz/alliance-pla...
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
4th strike for carers working for Nurse Maud. At the very least they deserve proper wages and sick leave. They also had pay equity cancelled on them.
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Cory Aitken - Alliance List Candidate @aitkesandpains.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Alliance meetups are at: Hokitika: Stumpers Bar on the 16th at 1pm Greymouth: Speights Alehouse on the 16th at 6pm Reefton: Broadway Tearooms on the 17th at 12pm Blackball: at the Former Blackball Hilton on the 17th at 2pm Westport: at the Denniston Dog on the 18th at 12pm
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We do not live like Kings.
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@chewienz.bsky.social and @patbrittenden.bsky.social - I am curious as you’ve both said you’re willing to interview parties and candidates that are willing to front up on BHN. Well. When are we gonna have a Korero?
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So, Alliance plants on covering this under our public health policy. Eye health is still health, isn’t it? No one should be delaying exams and new lenses because of cost
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Ethan Gullery - Alliance Candidate for Christchurch East @ethangulleryeast.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A state shipping line. Rail and coastal shipping as the backbone of domestic freight. Ports and transit publicly owned. Alliance transport policy is out. We're an island at the bottom of the world with no ships of our own, and that's a choice. #nzpol
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National Transport Strategy | Alliance Party Policy
Alliance proposes publicly owned transport, rail and coastal shipping as freight backbones, a State shipping line and better public transport across the...
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What a lazy piece Q and A. Do better. And you failed to mention the issues Tasman are facing. Nevermind Tasman residents usually decide the candidate. youtu.be/vV0eCAoAAq0?...
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Election 2026: "Stark choice" for largest general electorate
YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Jesus. Has it come to this? The lowest common denominator in vote grabbing. We are better than this.
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Ethan Gullery - Alliance Candidate for Christchurch East @ethangulleryeast.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Free GP visits. Free dental, optical and audiology. The Alliance would bring primary care into a public Community Health Service, so practices stop being small businesses and staff become public employees. Same clinic, same doctor, no bill. #nzpol
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Alliance announces free community healthcare plan | Media release
Alliance proposes a public Community Health Service with free GP, dental, optical and audiology care, team-based prevention and workforce pay parity.
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Paul Henry is a liar www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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Podcast host says he was arrested after challenging Paul Henry at ACT event
A podcast host says he was arrested after challenging ACT candidate Paul Henry during a public meeting in Dunedin.
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Bruce Buckman @brucebuckman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This prick wants to dial back the clock not move the country forward. What does he think will happen in a country that chooses to bury its founding obligations and amplify systemic racism rather than combat it? His hypothetical egalitarian utopia is utter bullshit. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
Seymour said as the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty approaches, it was “time to move New Zealand forward”.
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“You’re promising all this stuff - how ya going to pay for it?” Good question and one we as a party welcome. Of course there’s taxation and we will be changing those tax settings to make taxation fairer for the majority. youtu.be/e85be18144M?...
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Labour wants to fix the economy. Do its own rules stand in the way? | In Brief
YouTube video by Public Interest NZ
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
When we say “just transition”, we don’t mean a buzzword so we can feel warm and fuzzy and give ourselves a pat on the back. We actually mean taking ownership of that phrase and having a plan that is of benefit not only for environment, but for people too. allianceparty.nz/alliance-env...
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Environment & Climate Policy | Alliance Party
Public power, clean water and polluters pay. Explore Alliance’s environment and climate policy, with a just transition for workers and communities.
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Paula Penfold @paulapenfold.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I spoke to Sarah Kapene at 7 on a Saturday morning as she finished her final shift in the emergency department. It was another 12 hour one and she feels relief at the decision to not go back. She and other nurses and doctors describe what it’s like on the frontline of NZ’s EDs.
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‘The system’s just broken me’: The pressure in ED is overwhelming
Emergency department doctors and nurses across New Zealand describe conditions they say are unsafe
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Let’s stop calling it “trickle down” and go back to the original name - “horse and sparrow” theory. The idea is you feed the horse enough oats, then those oats come out the other end for the sparrow to eat. It’s a concept that justifies policies favouring the rich.
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Ethan Gullery - Alliance Candidate for Christchurch East @ethangulleryeast.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
An extra $2,408 a year if you earn $65,000. That's the Alliance tax policy: the first $20,000 of everyone's income tax-free, paid for by taxing wealth over $2m and capital gains. Everyone under $178,150 pays less income tax. Tax wealth, not work. #nzpol
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Alliance Tax Plan Makes First $20,000 Income... | The Alliance
Alliance proposes making the first $20,000 of income tax-free, funded by a wealth tax. A worker on $65,000 would keep an extra $2,408 a year.
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Robot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Police are again considering manslaughter charges over Pike River — a workplace disaster that killed 29 men. Meanwhile the coalition is scaling back the very regulator Pike River forced into being. #nzpol
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Police criminal probe into Pike River nearly finished
Police are nearing the final stages of their criminal investigation into the Pike River mine disaster, in which 29 men were killed.
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Ethan Gullery - Alliance Candidate for Christchurch East @ethangulleryeast.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
35-hour week, no loss in pay. Five weeks leave. A real right to strike. Work councils and elected worker directors. Wage theft treated as theft, and corporate manslaughter law. The Alliance workers' rights policy is out. #nzpol
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Alliance Unveils Full Employment And 35-Hour... | The Alliance
Alliance proposes full employment, a 35-hour week with no loss in pay, five weeks of annual leave and stronger union and workplace rights.
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wanna “just transition”? Best get serious about it and take ownership of them mines. A transition also has to include people too whose livelihood depends on mining.
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Sara Dyatlova-Murphy aka Smurphy @sara-dyatlova.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I didn’t sign because environmental impacts aside, I sincerely believe Westport and Buller should not be reliant on a foreign owned multinational extracting OUR minerals for jobs. Bathurst should not have near veto power over Buller’s economic security.
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