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Kaz

@serenity22.bsky.social
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Aotearoa born and bred. 🇳🇿 Grandmama, digital strategist, political obsessive (wish I didn't need to be). #ewwdavid She/her

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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Doug Hood sadly passed away two years ago today, 10/9/2024. Here he is with his great friend Martin Phillipps (who we also lost the same year). Doug's immense contribution to NZ music was marked when he became Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2023. audioculture.co.nz/profile/doug...
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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Winstanley is currently the chief audio officer at NZME. He has also worked as head of talk at Newstalk ZB, assistant content director at ZM, and content director of The Hits."🤮🤮🤮 The acceleration of enshitification is about to commence. Didn't think it could get any worse? Wrong. RIP RNZ #nzpol
rnz.co.nz
Jason Winstanley named as RNZ’s next chief executive
Jason Winstanley has been named as RNZ's new chief executive and will take up the role in 2027.
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Magpie Said 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The chickens are coming home to roost. The gvt blocked Mike Smith's court case agst polluters like Fonterra & Z Energy. Now a group in the Netherlands is objecting bc we're not foll the EU trade deal conditions. newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/f...
newsroom.co.nz
Formal complaint that NZ climate backsliding breaches Europe trade deal
The Government's top law officer warned that if ministers blocked Mike Smith's Fonterra lawsuit, the next case would target the Crown directly. She's been proven right, reports Jonathan Milne.
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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NZ police continue to cover themselves in glory. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/cop-who-s...
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'A snake in the grass': Cop stole $68,000 from pensioner he was meant to be helping
Haimona Keelim Tamati-Te Paki tried to stop the public from learning his name.
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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The brand new bus has now arrived in Tekapo and is getting prepped for first official day on the road on October 1. It will be running daily back and forth from Tekapo to Chch Airport. #TekapoBus
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TheSarapocalypse @sarainchch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Health NZ Te Whatu Ora have 3, yes 3, full page ads in The Press today telling everyone how great our health system is. Voting starts in 4 weeks, its the #2 issue, and no more opportunities for opposition MPs to formally question the motives or $. Coincidence? #nzpol
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This government has been cheating every day its been in office, private emails , working to avoid the OIA, bribes from companies etc Most corrupt NZ government ever #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...
rnz.co.nz
Chief ombudsman requests urgent meeting with head of Education Ministry after OIA subversion
The chief ombudsman John Allen has requested an urgent meeting with the head of the Education Ministry.
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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kind of disappointed that Nicky Hager didn’t get as far as pinning the death of the Marsden Fund on the TPU in #DirtyWork — but here’s a reminder of my original observations on the topic. It fits the same pattern as the rest #nzpol
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels, so it’s unsurprising that: “Last year, the UK military banned Chinese EVs, even those made with Chinese components, from parking within 3 km of some of its most sensitive locations.” Would it be different with a VW? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Australians love these cars. Experts have 'real security concerns'
To test the risks of surveillance and sabotage, Four Corners asked a hacker to show what China's top EV brand could see and do remotely.
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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We MUST get these scheming, backstabbing arseholes voted into oblivion in November 🤬 #nzpol
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‘Betrayal’: Government U-turn strips fishing protections won in the wake of Rena
After rebuilding from the devastating Rena oil spill and winning landmark court protections, Motiti islanders condemn the Government's sudden U-turn gutting local marine biodiversity rules.
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is just disgusting: an assault on how the kāwanatanga should be meeting its obligations under the Tiriti being pushed through using urgency. Opposition parties should make clear they will require a supermajority for urgency in future.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I would be more direct and say more students DEFINITELY WILL FAIL UNDER NEW NCEA QUALIFICATIONS, and TEACHERS WILL BE BLAMED FOR IT!! Teachers have been set up to fail alongside the students by fucking useless political ideology!! 🤬🤬🤬 #nzpol
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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New Zealanders or visitors to NZ - just wanted to help spread the word that one of our clients has just launched a daily bus service between Tekapo and Christchurch Airport. Seats available from Oct 1 TekapoBus.co.nz Please help spread the word. #kikorangi
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Travel Tekapo to Christchurch Airport Bus | Daily Service | Tekapo Bus
Daily return bus service between Lake Tekapo and Christchurch Airport via Fairlie, Geraldine and Ashburton. Comfortable bus travel through the Mackenzie Basin from $89. Book online.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Studied Ansell's livestream. Targeting of MPs Paul, & Verrall was coordinated. Anti-vaxxer Barry Young on stage levelling accusations of mass murder, an associate heckling on cue, Ansell narrating for online redistribution. This wasn't just heckling, but a production designed for viral replication.
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Kia ora! I got a call from Curia Research this week, and I thought the polling script would be of interest. As is customary, it appears to reflect a mix of public and private polling purposes. Some questions seem targeted for potential campaign rhetoric and one is just strange. Here we go, then ...
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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“They are terrified that regular people will turn up & turf out this government. So it’s important that regular people turn up & turf out this government - because we can have a politics and an economics that works for all of us.” Swarbrick shows more nous in 50 secs than this govt the whole term.
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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 02/09/2026
Airlink has withdrawn plans for another jetliner flyover before Sunday’s third test after safety concerns in Cape Town sparked an investigation.
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Flyover for All Blacks’ next test in Johannesburg cancelled amid aviation probe
Airlink has withdrawn plans for another jetliner flyover before Sunday’s third test after safety concerns in Cape Town sparked an investigation.
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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"On the 2023 campaign trail, National leader Christopher Luxon promised his Government would spend $257 million to “supercharge” electric vehicle infrastructure, delivering 10,000 chargers by 2030. But Luxon’s Government hasn’t injected any new money into the scheme..." #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz
National’s ‘supercharge’ EV promise falls flat
Just 129 new electric vehicle chargers were built in the year to June, marking a slowdown in the Government scheme.
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Michael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Better late than never: In response to very high influenza levels, FROM TODAY free flu vaccines are available for all children aged 6 mo to 5 years immune.org.nz/news/free-fl... (Next year thankfully they'll be eligible from the beginning of the season in April)
immune.org.nz
Free flu vaccines for all children aged 6 months to under 5 years available from today (1 Sept) - Immunisation Advisory Centre
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Sophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#SaveOurHealthServices #nzpol
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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“Just as we expect our drinking water not to give us cholera, we should expect the indoor air that we breathe into our lungs to be clean. The government needs to invest in the health of New Zealanders.” It’s long past time for action on clean air - politicians not picking this up are well behind.
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
IT WENT TO HER STAFF!! SHE WAS INFORMED!! Either she did nothing bc she didn't care OR her staff didn't tell her bc they are scared of her. Neither of these options look good 👀😳
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Chris Luxon now criticising the Tiaki Wai management and organisation which was approved by Simon Watts, the Minister for Local Government, in October 2025 who serves in the Cabinet of Chris Luxon, following the Local Water Done Well reforms made law by the Government led by Chris Luxon.
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
And they said iREX was wasting money Ferry company’s $14.6m consultant spend includes $3.4m contract with director’s firm www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
thepost.co.nz
Ferry company’s $14.6m consultant spend includes $3.4m contract with director’s firm
The state-owned ferry company has committed more than $14.6m to consultants and contractors, with millions more flowing to recruitment agencies and professional services firms.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Great reporting by @paulapenfold.bsky.social allowing the sheer hypocrisy of the FSU as institution, and this individual, to surface. | She champions free speech – then went to court over what a blogger said about her www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610... #nzpol
stuff.co.nz
She champions free speech – then went to court over what a blogger said about her
Free Speech Union board member accepts her case against a left-wing blogger may look hypocritical, as she faces questions over her own online history
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Danielle ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
AI can move faster than our ability to control it, and Trump’s answer is basically: GO FASTER. No guardrails. No brakes. JB Pritzker wants audits and an emergency kill switch. Trump wants his billionaire tech buddies happy. Guess whose safety comes last.
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
'I seriously doubt Henry or Seymour have any idea what these kids or their teachers or parents actually need. Instead, they are shitting from a great height on kids they don’t know or care about at all. Just to get themselves in the headlines in the run-up to an election.' - Aaron Smale ($) #NzPol
nzherald.co.nz
Aaron Smale on Act’s education policy: Just a load of crap
Act’s education policy is a performative stunt, ignoring what kids & teachers really need.
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Talaria.FYI @talaria-fyi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Salt batteries for grid storage will cut cost by 66% within 18 months. Has the govt or media announced this? No rare earth minerals. Double the longevity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT2C... #nzpol
youtube.com
BYD's $20 Battery Just Killed the Last Argument Against Renewables
YouTube video by The Electric Viking
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This is who they are & a vote for National/ACT/NZF is for more destruction #nzpol “A decision by Minister responsible for RMA Reform Chris Bishop to refuse a plan to urgently tackle destructive land use practices in Tairāwhiti/Gisborne has been labelled “indefensible” by a local environmental group”
stuff.co.nz
Chris Bishop blocks council plan to tackle forestry slash and erosion
An environmental group says the RMA Reform Minister’s decision to reject urgent land-use protections for flood-hit Tairāwhiti is “indefensible”.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Free Speech Union having their CE and board member stand as candidates for Internet NZ and emailing their members to rank them 1 and 2 and not rank any other candidates feels like it should be more of a news story. It's antithetical to a genuine election and the democratic process.
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Thalia @thaliathalia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Tomorrow is the last day to register for the Internet NZ AGM. 'Free Speech' 'Union' folks are going to be there in force - we need to be there to vote.
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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Week 4 starts once again with rissoles from the biggest rissole of all who is solely responsible for #Seymour’sSlop #nzpol
The label says ‘Rich Gravy on Beef Rissoles & Potatoes’ — more like a watery grave for budget mixed veges, sad excuse for potatoes, and cheap, cheap mince of a dubious colour 😩
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/08/2026
Can I get an amen?
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The ghouls don't understand that the Govt deficit is a balancing figure not a choice. If Govt want to run a surplus then they need to slow the import of fossil fuels, bring ownership of bank equity onshore, tax luxury cars etc. We can't sell enough ecocidal products to 'balance the books'. [Ends]
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 09/08/2026
the internet has become such a septic place since i got on this place in the 90s. one the the wildest things i did not expect with webworm, was a return to a smart - pure - comments section. i have to pinch myself. www.webworm.co/wisconsin/#g...
What a journey this has been so far. This whole experience resonates with a favorite poem by Langston Hughes - Mother to Son... look it up it's epic.

I wanted to express my deepest gratitude to THE David Farrier for writing about and continuously reporting on Everlee’s story, and for keeping her in the public eye. Every time a report on Everlee came out, we would be swamped with calls and emails. I believe it was that intense public scrutiny that finally prompted the New Zealand Consulate to step up and begin fulfilling the measure of their office. David’s reports were like adding liquid jet fuel to the flames, this kept the public aware.

But as phenomenal as David is, I also want to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone here in the comments section. I cannot tell you how much your words buoyed us up.

There were days when the vile comments from strangers online left soul-deep bruises. There were times when the lies from an ageing, tiny little wannabe Trump with Napoleonic syndrome, casting shade on our daughter, would enrage us. And then there were the quiet times when, as parents, we questioned whether we were doing enough.

Through every twist and turn, every mountain and molehill, we had a group of people whom we didn’t even know standing beside us. You were there, giving us kind words, worrying with us, strengthening us, being outraged with us, and cheering with us as we followed Everlee’s progress.

You may never fully know how much that meant to us.

With heartfelt thanks.

Ngā mihi nui.

Arohanui.
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Dave @dpdiver.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Makes me wonder whether this is in part behind National's dogged determination to build an LNG terminal. I don't buy the Compute Centre and government's mealy mouthed words about using renewables. #nzpol
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“A study of the Hansard supports Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick’s allegation that Speaker Gerry Brownlee gives New Zealand First’s Winston Peters a latitude he denies her, and other MPs who challenge Peters’ conduct.” #nzpol
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The Speaker’s selective severity: Rules for Swarbrick, rank for Peters
A study of the Hansard supports Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick’s allegation that Speaker Gerry Brownlee gives New Zealand First’s Winston Peters a latitude he denies her, and other MPs who c…
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Hannah @hkmolloy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The wasp nest has been well and truly kicked. The situation for the arts in this country is a shitshow. So many people around me (and me!) are devastated, exhausted, nervous, cynical, hopeless, you get the idea. Do we as a country *actually* love the arts? www.theatreview.org.nz/2026/08/01/r...
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Request for an Arts and Culture Sector Restructuring and Funding Investigation - Theatreview
Request for an Arts and Culture Sector Restructuring and Funding Investigation By Jan Bolwell ONZM and Dr Tania Kopytko Disclaimer:  the views expressed in this document are our own and not those of a...
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 29/07/2026
Naked corruption #nzpol
stuff.co.nz
National donor Bayleys pockets $2.5m for selling state houses
Kāinga Ora says Bayleys Real Estate won the lucrative contract in a competitive tender.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: The scheduled meeting between John Cornyn and Todd Blanche has just been called off after Cornyn said Blanche didn't have the proposals on the slush fund he demanded.
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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
What’s going on with all these gender bill submissions being rejected?
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What’s going on with all these gender bill submissions being rejected? 
With over 40,000 public submissions made on the definition of a woman and man bill, questions remain over the number of rejections....
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Periodic reminder that Ukraine is one of our best allies. Between the intelligence sharing, capability sharing (drones, counter drone systems), and the fact they’re degrading the capability of one of our primary adversaries, anyone rooting against them looks even dumber now.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It’s that time of year again. Teachers, THANK YOU for what you do. If you need help stocking your room this year, please drop a link to your Classroom Wishlists in the comments! I’ll get as much as I can, and there are always some great members of the community who chip in too!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/07/2026
Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”
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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
🔥 @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The only minority destroying America is billionaires: Trans people aren’t taking away our healthcare. Muslims aren’t defunding our schools. Immigrants aren’t cutting taxes for themselves + their rich friends… It’s billionaires & their puppet politicians.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 7,400 cases across 9 states. The FDA just recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,300 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”
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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
For anyone in NZ looking for coverage of the Comm Games, TV3 appears to be the place to find it.
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Beckie @fitkiwi.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Help our lovely friend re-home her parents senior cat in Hamilton ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #AoNZ #HamiltonNZ
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