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🇯🇵🇳🇿 Tangata Tiriti from Ōtepoti Dunedin | He/him | Toitū te Tiriti I love to go jump in the lake or get in the sea. No unsolicited DMs please.

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 4h
just, the BIGGEST and most GOOBERY Goober
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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 3h
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
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 4h
Based on the 2026 Election Protocols elections.nz/guidance-and... wrote to Election Commission regarding this despicable video, since it clearly framed candidate of a (registered) fringe conspiracy/far-right party promoting himself. I hope they investigate it, him, & party. #nzpol
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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 23h
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
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Has anyone checked on National’s election promises from last time? How’s that Dunedin hospital going? #NZPol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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National promises to fund $800 million Christchurch Northern Motorway extension
National is promising to fully fund an extension to the Christchurch Northern Motorway at the cost of $800 million in next year's budget, if it leads the next government.
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manuwai.bsky.social @manuwai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tamatha's commentary makes the Brentness of the video bareable.
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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 04/10/2026
Honestly pretty funny. National has never found a road they didn't want to build.
Greens promise $2 capped fares and free travel for millionsNational promises $1.75b to start corridor along SH1 in Auckland
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John Farrell @mcfreddo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#nzpol
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Ken @kenzime.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Who's that? The "i will stand down if we borrow money for tax cuts" finance minister?
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Jjengar @jjengar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
DON’T ever forget this. Pass it on: #nzpol
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Alex Turner @turnerinroc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Reading "Life After Cars" and was blown away by this fact. A light rail station being added to a rural area in Japan reduced health care costs in that community to the tune of $600 per person per year!! 🤯
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Marama Davidson @maramadavidson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Coleaders have already said we would not lead Greens into any arrangement with them. It's a non goer. Focus is on Party Vote Greens so we have the biggest mandate.
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GreenLeft Network 🍉 @nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Do 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
Potential routes for mass rapid transit

We’ll take advice from the Infrastructure Commission and councils
on the best mass rapid routes for communities to stay connected.

Auckland Light Rail mass rapid transit proposal map.

https://assets.nationbuilder.com/beachheroes/pages/92458/attachments/original/1791067852/Transport_policy_online_.pdf?1791067852Wellington Light Rail and Christchurch Light Rail mass rapid transit proposal maps

https://assets.nationbuilder.com/beachheroes/pages/92458/attachments/original/1791067852/Transport_policy_online_.pdf?1791067852
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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is brilliant. Exactly what the country needs. Invest in great alternatives to always driving. Even benefits drivers: #nzpol youtu.be/LGX6jjJnFBc?...
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Green Party transport policy sees free travel for children, light rail for key cities and more
YouTube video by nzherald.co.nz
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So we want intercity rail, the Greens and Winston First have said yep, but we need some coin and some expertise to make the experience work: Time for he Fukuoka Blueprint where Inconvenience is extremely "illegal" voakl.net/2026/02/24/b...
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Briefing: Transforming New Zealand’s Transit: The Japanese Integrated Development Model
Short term, 3-year electoral thinking rather than 100-year generational thinking means we can not have nice stuff like intercity rail! Executive Summary This briefing document outlines a strategic …
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Greens propose Inter City Rail that costs less than Roads of National Party Significance, have a higher Benefit Cost Ratio than Roads of National Party Significance, and even NZF supports it. Of course National wont despite their conservative voters supporting it because Luxon is a fuckwit
rnz.co.nz
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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Dave @dpdiver.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Greens proposal would cost less than just one of the RoNS, the Warkworth to Te Hana motorway to nowhere will cost over twice as much as all the trains, for almost zero benefit to anyone.
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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable. "Of course we're very committed to our 17 roads of national significance and we make no apology for that." Hmmm which one is a white elephant? #nzpol
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable' $2.7bn on an LNG terminal we dont need $671m on iRex $60m on a failure of a concrete facility $9m on Council amalgamation they didnt have a plan for #nzpol
$2.7bn LNG terminal$700m on cancelling ferries$60m for failing concrete plant$9m on council amalgamation
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fuck yes!!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞 🛤️🛤️🛤️🛤️🛤️🛤️🛤️🛤️🛤️🛤️🛤️ 🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇 🚊🚊🚊🚊🚊🚊🚊🚊🚊🚊🚊 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 #nzpol
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Greens' $4b rail plan: Overnight trains, Christchurch-Dunedin service
The passenger rail plan includes routes from Auckland to Wellington, Christchurch to Dunedin and extending the current Te Huia train to Tauranga.
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Another bold populist infra policy that is IMMEDIATELY leading the conversation - the Greens have done the impossible and WINSTON PETERS has had to rush to agree with it Fantastic to see this kind of policy finally being developed, promoted and communicated by the Greens - hope they have follow-up!
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Greens announce plans for Auckland to Wellington overnight rail service
The party also wants a passenger rail service between Christchurch and Dunedin.
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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
trainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrainstrains 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol
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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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Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Who loves trains? We love trains 💚💚💚 www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/03/g...
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Greens' $4b rail plan: Overnight trains, Christchurch-Dunedin service
The passenger rail plan includes routes from Auckland to Wellington, Christchurch to Dunedin and extending the current Te Huia train to Tauranga.
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Cath S @cathsheard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You mean they lied in their advertising,
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I AM DECEASED!!! #NZPol
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David Tong @davidxvx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It is hilarious that Todd McClay fairly obviously confused Fernando Hernandez Espino of Both Ends with Francisco Hernandez of the Greens but neither he nor Luxon will admit it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Christopher Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens
Christopher Luxon has walked back claims made by one of his ministers about the Greens, before then suggesting - wrongly - that they originated from the media.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mind-boggling - just mind-boggling Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December
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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Check/Update/Enroll⬇️ Reply/Repost/Re-Message♻️ #nzpol
vote.nz
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The "say the line Bart" meme from the Simpsons with the text:
"Say the line Prime Minister"
"I got Francisco Hernandez confused with someone else"
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manuwai.bsky.social @manuwai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Absolutely #NZPol
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’ve just realised what happened! Luxon saw reporting Greenpeace joined the EU challenge and doesn’t know the difference between Greens and Greenpeace, you know I am right! #NZPol
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yesterday Luxon was asked to explain the Lie hes been telling everyone about labour and an apparant "9 new taxes" He could only name 1. The CGT. Which 9/10 kiwis wont even pay. Then he got flustered and changed the subject. 🤦🏾
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David Pattemore @dpattemore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey 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! 🇳🇿
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yeah simping up to Andrew Tate isnt a good look there NZF #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
stuff.co.nz
NZ First candidate defends past praise of controversial influencer
Elliot Ikilei campaigns on his work with vulnerable young people. He repeatedly praised Tate in social media posts in 2022.
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Jennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
✅✅ simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/theyre-los...
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They’re losing their shit over Chloe Swarbrick
The Prefu’s defective, Opp’s got bottom lines and Luxon’s got “balls”, but Chloe doesn’t know finance?
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 02/10/2026
Today's chart after National Party got $100k, Labour with a cheeky $20k The system is rigged #nzpol
ACT $2,347,033
National $2,190,954
Labour $869,896
NZFist $753,000
Opportunistic $491,660
Greens $343,194
Te Pāti Māori $114,000
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Welcome! On page 5 of this doc: www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor... There's a link to a list of all 550 or so 'think-tanks' comprising the global #AtlasNetwork bsky.app/profile/jere...
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 01/10/2026
this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The thing about high lines charges is that it's not a lot about the Commerce Commission setting the cap too high in 2024, it's that a LOT of lines and transmission work needs to get done to increase network capacity. National is proposing reducing the ability to do that work with their policy.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You know it's going well when Seymour is inadvertently promoting a Capital Gains Tax by not reading the sub heading of his screenshot.
David Seymour FB post

Cc Green Party 

Netherlands ditches wealth tax over exodus fears 

Dutch PM scraps plan to target paper profits instead introducing a more conventional capital gains levy
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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We do that. And then instead of joining us, men prefer to tell us that it’s “not all men”
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Aotearoa's Electoral Orange Guy @poti-aotearoa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
General Election 2026 Deadlines Days left to enrol for the first time: 24 days Switching rolls has closed, new enrollments can still choose rolls Enrol or update here: vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/e… Remind your Friends & Whanau #nzpol
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ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Overseas Kiwis: enrol to vote if you're eligible. Deadline to enrol is mid to late Oct. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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A tight election looms in New Zealand. This time, overseas voters could be bad news for the big parties
More than 100,000 have enrolled to vote from abroad in the November poll, and many are unhappy with how things look back home
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#nzpol 🚨⬇️🎯⬇️🎯⬇️🚨
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Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jeezus, if this doesn’t get a White Guy “with potential” a conviction, would anything? www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a... #nzpol
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Army officer attacked taxi driver after being asked for $20 fare
New Zealand Army intelligence officer Arthur Finegan denied a "nasty" assault - until he was confronted with CCTV footage showing an attack that left a taxi driver unconscious.
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade thinks the reversal of the oil and gas exploration ban breached the EU Free Trade Agreement. How do we know? Because they accidentally leaked their own legal opinion in Sep 2024. newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/01/g... www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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FookyFBSandcat @funkypuffin56.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Absolutely disgusting . Beyond belief that he was discharged no conviction. Thats fucked. The writing too. The drivers barely mentioned but we get shite about 'great potential' etc about the young white man offender www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/army-inte...
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Army officer attacked taxi driver after being asked for $20 fare
The driver was kicked and punched until he was knocked unconscious.
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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dear Hipkins: How many policies have you publicly ruled out before anyone's voted for them, let alone before negotiation has started? It seems like a high number. Particularly high compared to the "0" you want in order for this current complaint not to be laughably hypocritical. #nzpol
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Hipkins slams Swarbrick for lining up jobs ‘before anyone has even voted’
Later today, the Treasury will reveal how the Government’s books are looking ahead of the election with the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU).
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