Sign in

Smirky 😼

@smirky.bsky.social
341 followers 270 following 246 posts

Te Tai o Poutini

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 5h
Initiative by a pal of my bestie's
032
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 9h
This discussion on Tuesday, about the future of the census, was awesome. Well worth watching. Donna Cormack's contribution on the power of the state in surveilling us, and how it forms part of ongoing colonialism is great. As was @laragreaves.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LxJ... #nzpol
youtube.com
Future Census – Constitutional, Te Tiriti o Waitangi & Māori Data Sovereignty Considerations
YouTube video by Te Ngira Institue for Population Research
084
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Ciara 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 14h
Any chance you could share my post below? I’m struggling to stitch because my hands are in pain so I’ll never get my cross stitch finished in time to sell before Christmas, which I’ve been relying on these past few years to get us through. Any help is amazing. 💗🫶🏼 #AoNZ #Kikorangi #nzpol
21222
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 11h
Here's the post on Instagram. www.instagram.com/p/DeLgVNiAF0...
4187
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Anneleise @anneleise.bsky.social · 14h
"10 former MPs from across the political spectrum, convened to hear evidence that Parliament never considered, finding that the changes amounted to a “flagrant and significant abuse of power”. " #NZPol
23719
Reposted by Smirky 😼
GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 10h
#nzpol Watch, like and share e te whānau youtu.be/FoIq1PTkMIM?...
youtu.be
Don't let Old Zealand Dictate The New Zealand Election
YouTube video by Every Kiwi Vote Counts
065
Reposted by Smirky 😼
PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 10h
💚🔥 #nzpol
youtu.be
Marama Davidson's Parliamentary Adjournment Speech| Green Party of Aotearoa NZ
YouTube video by NZ Green Party
183
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 9h
Bastards. I was lucky enough not to need a benefit while I was ill, but a friend of mine very much needed it bc he just wasn't well enough after his first bout of cancer, despite being in remission. And sadly, the cancer came back and couldn't be treated. #FuckCancer #FuckNational
0173
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Kim Tairi (ia/she/her) Nā te mea he Māori ahau ia rā ia rā @kimtairi.bsky.social · 11h
The veil between the employed and the unemployed is very thin. Do you want to be treated with dignity? Don’t vote for National #nzpol
011526
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 15h
The headline buries the lede: ❌️ Cutting benefit rates after 2yrs ❌️ Incr stand down to 26wks (up from 13wks) ❌️ Incr minimum residence period to qualify benefits from 2yrs to 5yrs These are awful, horrifying policies that will drive povery and misery #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
National promises random drug testing for jobseeker beneficiaries
National is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work".
28216116
Reposted by Smirky 😼
GreenLeft Network 🍉 @nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
All it takes is a search on any given internet search engine... "Xero controversies" "Rocket Lab controversies" and inappropriate behaviour with former staffers, and launching spy satellites to aid with America's military-industrial complex... are not "moral rules" to be worried about. #nzpol
From: https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/27/politics-live-national-and-labour-to-launch-election-campaigns-today/

"Oct 07 • 06:13pm
'I'd like to see more billionaires': Seymour wades into debate row

ACT leader David Seymour says he wants to see more billionaires in New Zealand, after the issue was raised in last night's leaders debate.

"It's morally acceptable to be a billionaire if you have not broken any rules and you have voluntarily exchanged value for value with the other people that you're doing business with," Seymour told media.

He pointed to companies like Xero and Rocket Lab.

"If people value it so much they want to pay that person a billion dollars over time, then what moral rule has been broken?" he said.

Seymour said creating businesses was the only way to generate the wealth needed to fund the promises other parties were making to voters.

He criticised the Greens' policy to tax the "super rich", saying it sent the message that people's problems were caused by someone else's success."
42312
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Why is a woman still not safe @treemuseums.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Australia too!
1105
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Aliya D @alinasu33.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Let everyone know about this gem 👇
17541
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is on top of the millions of dollars in server charges caused by AI bots hammering Wikipedia’s servers to scrape the entire encyclopedia.
03020
Reposted by Smirky 😼
D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 21h
“Watch the latest episode of Undercurrents on the incredible backstory to Nicky Hager’s new book Dirty Work, the fallout from its publication, and what it reveals about the changing machinery of political influence in New Zealand.” #nzpol #DirtyWork
youtu.be
How do you manufacture a movement? Nicky Hager on Dirty Work | Undercurrents
YouTube video by Public Interest NZ
1175
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions... I've seen this stuff many times over a long time now, and it should be illegal to force employees to become contractors who have to buy their own gear. Economic dependence that Australia's moved away from.
rnz.co.nz
Auckland bin collectors dumped, offered chance to buy their own rubbish trucks
Almost two dozen rubbish truck drivers in east and south Auckland have been dumped, with some offered the option to buy their own trucks and become contractors instead.
66219
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Cartoon Movement @cartoonmovement.com · 07/10/2026
With their massive consumption of energy and water, the rushed planning and lack of transparency with the frenzied rollout of AI data centers is a massive concern for all communities. Today’s cartoon by Peter Sully. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenters
Movie poster-style cartoon of giant red, tripod-legged data‑centre machines stomping over a suburban neighborhood as terrified residents flee, captioned with the bold headline ‘AI Productions Presents: Rise of the Data Centres’.
13315
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 21h
“The picture Hager’s trilogy paints of the last 20 years is not of democracy corrupted by a few bad apples, but of the brutal conflict between the interests of ordinary people and those of the rich and powerful.” #nzpol
stuff.co.nz
How New Zealand’s right turned culture war into political strategy
Nicky Hager’s latest book argues the tactics of New Zealand’s organised right have changed, but the interests behind them have not.
012054
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 19h
I’ve noticed, have you? #nzpol #OneTermGovermment #NZ #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUs
0306
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 19h
15 hours of unheard audio tapes with Epstein.
1810046
Reposted by Smirky 😼
D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 21h
Replay: New Zealand was once a world leader on pay equity. Dame Marilyn Waring explains how the government wound back decades of progress – and why the fight to properly value women’s work is far from over. #nzpol
publicinterest.nz
Marilyn Waring on how New Zealand went backwards on pay equity
New Zealand was once a world leader on pay equity. Dame Marilyn Waring explains how the government wound back decades of progress – and why the fight to properly value women’s work is far from over. ...
19740
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Krystal Chandelier @krystalchandelier.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Well there you have it. I rescind all my generosity towards TOP. This 100% confirms they are a Trojan horse, created by RWers to provide a teal party to sap votes from the left. This is the deputy leader, not some backbencher. He wants to vote for Nats. #nzpol www.tickaroo.com/e/GYui53TulW...
tickaroo.com
Opportunity's deputy says he'd vote National if he couldn't vote for his party
Opportunity's deputy says he'd vote National if he couldn't vote for his partyDeputy Leader of the Opportunity Party Daniel Eb says he would vote for the National Party if he couldn’t vote for Opportu...
45220
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Harete Hipango's Wikipedia page: "Hipango acknowledged that she had asked a member of her staff to edit her Wikipedia biography to remove any mention of negative or controversial issues that Hipango was involved in, including her attendance at anti-vaccination rallies" She's no.7 on NZF's list
33912
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Honestly, the full quote is much more qualified but makes very little sense???
He was asked who he would vote for if he couldn't vote for the Opportunity Party. “Maybe the National Party,” Eb said. 

Asked why, Eb responded that he used to vote for them.

"I used to vote for them a lot of the time when I was a younger person, and then I changed a little bit and started voting for other parties.

"I voted for the Green Party before; I almost voted for the Te Pāti Māori party before. So I'd probably just go back to what I used to do, which is not a good reason to do anything,” Eb said.
165110
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Kārikiōrangi @sharonm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And there it is: voting for Opp is voting for National or someone not Labour. The fact he even engaged with the question - during an election campaign! - shows a breathtaking degree of incompetence that would be a liability if part of a coalition government.
14217
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I read Project 2025 and this basically was written down in it by the authors.
212627
Reposted by Smirky 😼
cryoutloud26 @cryoutloud26.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.instagram.com/reels/DeIm91...
instagram.com
Child Poverty Action Group NZ - CPAG on Instagram: "Speaking of leader’s debates… 47,500 more kids are living in material hardship today compared with June 2022. That increase started during a Labour...
1,127 likes, 36 comments - child_poverty_action_group_nz on October 5, 2026: "Speaking of leader’s debates… 47,500 more kids are living in material hardship today compared with June 2022. That increa...
001
Reposted by Smirky 😼
D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Frankly, I don’t care” epitomises Luxon’s time as PM. #nzpol Some of the things Luxon doesn’t care about: Homelessness NZers dying in hospital while waiting to be seen. People dying on the streets in winter People starving People being made homeless by no cause evictions Pay equity Racism Lies
Part of a stuff headline that epitomises Luxon’s tenure as PM
510132
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 05/10/2026
The legislation was found to be inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act and the changes to enrolments could prevent 100,000 or more people from voting.
48426
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 06/10/2026
A vote for The Opportunist Party is a 50/50 vote for NAT ACT & NZF. Why take the chance? All their policies they haven’t already ditched are weaker or worse versions of what Greens have already and at least you know Greens have values and won’t jump in to bed with just anybody. ✅✅ #nzpol
24211
Reposted by Smirky 😼
GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Finally the media is paying attention to the shocking rise in violent crime. The ram raid fest the media pushed at us at the last election was nothing compared to what communities are living through now 💔💔
062
Reposted by Smirky 😼
angloczech.bsky.social @angloczech.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Calculating you need $billions to provide land lords & rich tax cuts, then finding you need billions more is not fiscal management. Cancelling a ferry project without a plan or consideration of money spent and cancellation fees is stupidity. Luxon & Willis are shit at simple arithmetics. #NZPol
1264
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Good Bitches Baking @goodbitchesbake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What's in this new volunteer's box? This was their first bake for GBB: Banana & Chocolate Chunk Muffins and Oat, Chocolate & Apricot Cookies delivered to Alzheimer's Whanganui. Box decorated lovingly by her moko 🍰
051
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Lotographia 🍹 @lotographia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Does anyone know if it's possible to track down who is paying for a specific billboard? This billboard on Murphy Street outside Thorndon New World exactly matches National Party content but has no authorisation statement and no owner other than "concerned citizens". I would like to do Research.
A billboard.

Top says "Wake Up New Zealand".

Left has a picture of Chris Hipkins and says "9 New Taxes".

Right has a picture Christoper Luxon and says "No New Taxes".

Bottom says "Sponsored By Concerned Citizens".
85812
Reposted by Smirky 😼
🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 06/10/2026
170 of these bad bois have sold in the last week, and you’ve got one more week to scoot in and grab a pre/order. There will be extra stock, but your size and fit aren’t guaranteed unless you pre-order! $500+ raised so far for Forest & Bird too :3 🌳
04518
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Stu Fox @stufox.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When you're voting this year remember that ACT hates you and every person who works for a living www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
ACT wants to freeze minimum wage and reduce youth training rate
The ACT Party would freeze the adult minimum wage for three years and reduce the training minimum wage for workers under 20 years old to 60 percent, if re-elected.
511739
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Don’t be left standing in the rain after October 25th begging for a second chance, enrol to vote now! If you like this comic, and want to support, grabs pre-order of my new comic book: danielvernon.bigcartel.com
3203114
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It is actually incredible how little they did. Trumpian levels of do-nothing
45311
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 05/10/2026
But the ferries had to be cancelled.
06318
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#nzpol There's a reason there's a populist streak ... 'cos supermkts have lost their social licence. Call it woke, but there is heaps of literature about value of social licence. And, if lost, no amount of bleating will help. Bluntly, no one trusts you anymore🙏🏾. www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/04/p...
1news.co.nz
'Populist' streak in supermarket break-up plans - Foodstuffs boss
Chris Quin said the plans had alarmed the owners of the co-operative's stores.
67020
Reposted by Smirky 😼
David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 04/10/2026
still odd how giant new zealand outlets like 1NEWS report on a story like this, going out of their way to minimize webworm's involvement. to be clear: we led the reporting, & there WOULD BE NO REPORTING if we hadn't broken the story after a year of research: www.webworm.co/multiverse/
one news report from last week
620460
Reposted by Smirky 😼
cryoutloud26 @cryoutloud26.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
waateanews.com/2026/10/05/6...
waateanews.com
602 Lives Lost: Māori Suicide Rate Remains Highest in Aotearoa - Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
The latest suicide data has again highlighted the disproportionate impact of suicide on Māori, with the 2025/26 figures showing Māori recorded the highest rate of suspected self-inflicted deaths in Ao...
001
Reposted by Smirky 😼
cryoutloud26 @cryoutloud26.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.instagram.com/reels/DdbSRY...
instagram.com
No New Nurses on Instagram: "Very reckless economic management indeed, Nicola. @christopherluxon @nicolawillismp"
189 likes, 13 comments - nonewnurses on September 18, 2026: "Very reckless economic management indeed, Nicola. @christopherluxon @nicolawillismp".
112
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 05/10/2026
It found that the woman should have been believed and a safety response actioned when she advised staff that she felt unsafe, and that ED staff should have notified police immediately after the assault occurred. www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
rnz.co.nz
Health NZ breached two rights after Hutt Hospital ED assault, HDC finds
A woman supporting her friend through a mental health crisis tried to tell Emergency Department staff she was afraid he would hurt her.
2183
Reposted by Smirky 😼
🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Labour 30.8% National 25.9% Greens 14.8% NZF 10.6% Act 9% Opp 5.5% TPM 2% #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
RNZ-Reid Research poll: National crashes, Greens surge, Opportunity kingmaker
National has plunged below 26 percent in a new RNZ-Reid Research poll, while the Greens have surged about a month out from voting day.
7298
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
no taxes? I’d rather NZ political parties dealt with the fact we have 1) NO rules around lobbying 2) NO disclosure of targeted digital campaigns 3) NO limits on party donations
16317
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hey yeah, friendly reminder that men denying or minimizing the work of women and taking credit for it themselves happens so much we have a NAME for it. (It’s the Matilda Effect.) 2nd fun fact: I’ve written many bios of women in STEM at this point and this is *always a factor in their history*
8363123
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In an election this tight, every vote matters But National changed the rules that always allowed Kiwis to register in a relaxed way in the 2 weeks prior to election This was voter suppression It is deeply undemocratic- potentially cutting 175,000 voters Get registered vote.nz/enrolling/en...
vote.nz
15828
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The entire Department of Conservation was funded $709 million in 2025/26.
44220
Reposted by Smirky 😼
Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The complaint identifies legislation blocking Mike Smith’s climate case against some of New Zealand’s largest emitters as the tipping point in a wider pattern of climate policy.
teaonews.co.nz
‘They killed the case before it was heard’: Smith backs EU climate complaint
The complaint identifies legislation blocking Mike Smith’s climate case against some of New Zealand’s largest emitters as the tipping point in a wider pattern of climate policy.
0115