Reposted by Keith HummJjengar @jjengar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026DON’T ever forget this. Pass it on: #nzpol 212362
Reposted by Keith Hummmanuwai.bsky.social @manuwai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026So let's get this straight.... The National Party, who have been the lead party in power for 3 years are saying, "Vote for us! because we can be trusted to fix the problems that we created." That's it, in a nutshell. #NZPol 24412
Reposted by Keith HummMandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026That these 2 guys can dismiss the book as 'business as usual' tells us a shitload about their warped perspective on NZ politics and the infiltration of lobbyists. It also insults their listeners, who care deeply about the influence of corporate money, esp when it's ramping up racism and dividing us 68833
Reposted by Keith HummNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 181141076479
Reposted by Keith HummEmz of Big Hairy News @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"CRY ME A RIVER"??? He actually said "cry me a river" on record?? Labour just got their next billboard - use it. Show the people who this man really is. Mask off, out-of-touch MILLIONAIRE running our country into the ground. Motherfucker. 1013541
Reposted by Keith Hummleaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Today our prime minister was told a major cost of living crisis is harming the people he governs, and he responded, “Cry me a river”. Aotearoa, please show this man that trying to sound like America’s all-time worst president isn’t how you win elections here. #nzpol 18133
Reposted by Keith HummSimon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Predatory delay, housing and climate action: new Substack post up now simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/housing-fo...simonwilsonhopetown.substack.comHousing, Fonterra, cement: the crisis of predatory delayThe tactic that holds back the progress we know we need. 12313
Reposted by Keith HummKieran @nugmonster.cryptoanarchy.network · 21/07/2026You might be shocked to learn that David Seymour is a liar, but I am not. 56023
Reposted by Keith HummEthan Gullery - Alliance Candidate for Christchurch East @ethangulleryeast.bsky.social · 05/07/2026$430m in supermarket excess profit. State Insurance sold in 1990, premiums up 500%. Kiwibank at 7%, big four can ignore it, government wants to sell that too. Power: $2.41 in dividends per $1 in new generation. We sold the public option. Prices went up. Every time. #nzpol 12615
Reposted by Keith HummGrant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 28/06/2026#NZpol On X, Jack Tame has posted – “Internal documents show multiple tiers of staff at MSD are being assessed on whether they keep emergency housing grants below the government's targets, and threatened with performance management if they don't.” 88038
Reposted by Keith HummChar Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Tax the super rich, because in reality there is no justification for this absolute grift by the 1% . #nzpol #TaxTheRich #TaxJusticeNZ #OneTermGovernment #NZ ✅✅ 110257
Reposted by Keith HummBen Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 15/06/2026A handy set of visualisations for anyone who cares. 1013993
Reposted by Keith HummDr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 15/06/2026New Zealand public servants graph [officially shared by the National Party on its Facebook, and by other National MPs] fudges figures www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ne... Fact checked by @aapfactcheck.bsky.social #nzpolaap.com.auNew Zealand public servants graph fudges figuresA widely shared graph supposedly showing the number of NZ public servants over successive governments is faulty. 35125
Reposted by Keith HummDaily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 02/06/2026C'mon, where's the "it comes as"?? Normally the press gallery only need two instances to say there's a pattern and you have at least four. I want a "it comes as National MPs have been caught out using personal email repeatedly this term" before the week is out! 37232
Reposted by Keith HummGrumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Nicola Willis's new household budget savings plan is to reduce the household income by 25% whilst costs go up by 10%, and then say it's the fault of the household having too many people in it...even though it's the same number as it was before 514751
Reposted by Keith HummChris T. @readyuser.one · 28/05/2026[🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹 —🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹 ] 🎶 USE MY AI 🎶 IT SIMULATES THE UNIVERSE 🎶 AND ALL THE OTHER PLACES TOO 🎶 'I think you'll find that the Universe pretty much covers everything' 🎶 Shut up, woman , use my AI 1312
Reposted by Keith Hummsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 20/05/2026tough to overstate how quickly science funding in New Zealand has been blown to pieces - on Friday the NZ govt straight up disbanded the Marsden fund (our version of the NSF) it'll be replaced by a 'transition fund' with less money and zero information, as of yet, about what it will support #nzpol 13214135
Reposted by Keith HummRyan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 19/05/2026This is the key message that EVERY Kiwi needs to read and understand before November. #nzpol 0135
Keith Humm @spronkey.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Insanity: "Aotearoa is ... a place where the median wealth of the poorest fifth of households is less than the cost of a second-hand Toyota, while 119 families pile up $102 billion and 311 of the wealthiest people pay tax at less than half the rate of a checkout worker" receipts.digiwha-labs.comreceipts.digiwha-labs.comShe'll Be Right — A Cheeky Audit of Aotearoa's Wealth 030
Reposted by Keith HummGauche Vibes @nedgilmore.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Not 'to be fair' or anything, but the NACT approach to government is basically entirely incompatible with the select committee process, which assumes that a group of reasonable MPs will listen to a number of well-researched, carefully written submissions and then make the best decision. 24716
Reposted by Keith HummMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 09/05/2026How a coordinated far-right network — The Platform, NZ First, ACT, Free Speech Union — took down NZ's only media regulator with statutory teeth. An excellent article by Mohan Dutta, who is frequently attacked by the alt right in NZ: culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/05/how-... #nzpol #auspol 38353
Reposted by Keith HummSacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026'The democratic question raised by the BSA's destruction is not, in the end, about broadcasting law. It is about whether Aotearoa retains the institutional capacity to constrain, even modestly, the merger of disinformation and political power.' @mohanjdutt.bsky.social #NzPolculture-centered.blogspot.comHow a Far-Right Network Took Down New Zealand's Broadcasting WatchdogMohan Dutta, Culture-centered approach, CARE, Massey University, Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Prof Mohan Dutta, Mohan J. Dutta, Communication for social change 15534
Reposted by Keith HummAndrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026This is fundamentally undemocratic, just like central government rate-capping is. This government has done many things to harm democracy in Aotearoa, but this is one of the worst. Wasn’t in their manifesto. Will centralise power, not disburse it, and is hostile to public participation. #nzpol 23119
Reposted by Keith Humm🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Who could have predicted this farce? Apart from all of us? Reminder we would have iRex ferries in #NZ right now if it wasnt for these clowns #nzpol 34921
Reposted by Keith HummMichael Bain @mikejbain.bsky.social · 01/05/2026No more hiding their love of conspiracy theory pushers - the TPU needs to rebrand officially to Toxic Cookers Union. #nzpol 94914
Reposted by Keith HummNew Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 28/04/2026🚨BREAKING: The NZCTU has nominated Uber as one of 2026’s Corporate Underminers of Democracy. Wealthy multinationals should NEVER have a say in the laws that protect our people. (1/3) #nzpol 15921
Reposted by Keith HummDr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 17/04/2026This heavy use of urgency — shortcuts in the parliamentary process — is cheating democracy. And ministers know it too. 610037
Reposted by Keith HummRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Anyway, here's the Free Speech Union's UK affiliate, soaking it up in an Orban-funded junktank. That's who and what these people really are. 47426
Reposted by Keith HummJolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Essential read on this govt’s reckless gaslighting: “It’s election year, I get it. But implying science & health advice was routinely being ignored fuels the distrust that erodes social cohesion—something the report is at pains to emphasise must be restored.” #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-...thespinoff.co.nzThe real lesson of the second Covid-19 inquiry? We live in a post-truth worldGovernment ministers’ creative interpretations of the royal commission’s report took spin to scary new levels. 46127
Reposted by Keith HummDavid Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 11/03/2026It’s also funny how one of the features of Trickle Down economics appears to be shutting down sites or moving operations offshore when “costs” get too much here. 🤔 #nzpol 082
Reposted by Keith HummPaul Brislen @brislen.nz · 11/03/2026Ah, Heinz. Closing the factories in New Zealand because you can. Time to stop selling everything offshore and hoping they keep us employed instead of treating us like a cash cow. Looking at all of you. 56314
Reposted by Keith HummDavid Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 11/03/2026In a sane political environment, the iReX debacle would have the current government unelectable this November. In a term chocka block with monumental cock ups, this has be pretty much in the no. 1 position. #nzpol 610839
Reposted by Keith HummMarc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 11/03/2026We know L3 was lockdown because: 1. The Royal Commission defined lockdown as L3 or L4 2. That was the common understanding at the time 3. If you ask any Aucklander, they'd say they were locked down for 107 days to Dec 2 when L3 ended, not just 35 days to Sept 21 when L4 ended 1234
Reposted by Keith Humm🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 09/03/2026The solution is obviously fund public health to a level it requires Paying private companies to do the same work is (1) just privatization by the back door and (2) going to cost more None of that is better for us as a country #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...rnz.co.nzMore scope for private sector to ease public healthcare woes, report saysThe Westpac report found the public health system was under growing presssure, with an ageing population and wider social challenges pushing demand ever further beyond capacity. 24714
Reposted by Keith Hummⓘ Kaiwhiu ⓘ @aotearoa-nz.bsky.social · 10/03/2026I don't expect much from Peters and Seymour, but to see Simeon and Luxon blatantly politicising the 2nd Covid report is disgraceful. Dr Ayesha Verrall is right, they are desperate. #NZPol 811327
Reposted by Keith HummFoxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 28/02/2026lol Nicola Willis is so shit at her job! #NZPol 1369
Reposted by Keith HummBernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 27/02/2026And people wonder why NZ’s R&D spend is way lower than the rest of the OECD & our productivity is in the toilet. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...stuff.co.nzGovernment’s new science institute to lose 6% of staff less than a year after formingThe Bioeconomy Science Institute is shedding 6% of its staff. 610946
Reposted by Keith HummGanesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Consistent with the total ignorance of any evidence (not to mention genuine consultation and consideration of informed advice) in the policy choices made by this administration. ☹️😢😠😡. 2336
Reposted by Keith HummNō 𝔸𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕒 @wittyeti.bsky.social · 24/02/2026This is only a year ago. And now we're having a conversation about homelessness. Who would've guessed it? Well, apart from the people screaming this would happen, but apart from them, who would've guessed!? #nzpol 13113
Reposted by Keith HummCraig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 22/01/202668% of workers across the economy are facing another year of real-terms pay cuts under this government. When last measured, annual household inflation was running 2.7 times faster for the lowest income New Zealanders than for the highest income earners 14112
Reposted by Keith HummDavid Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 23/01/2026This is the most honest political ad you'll see this year. And it applies equally here. However I suspect that just like here, the UK Green Party are subject to the same ridicule from media, political parties, and voters, as we see with ours. Despite them being the only straight talkers in the room 1136
Reposted by Keith HummCraig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 22/01/2026#nzpol Data released by Stats NZ today shows that the cost of living rose at its fastest rate for 18 months. Prices rose for 80% of items in the CPI basket, meaning growth in prices was broad-based. Minimum wage workers are now facing a 3rd year of real terms cuts in wages. A thread 414373
Reposted by Keith HummThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22/01/2026Help us make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now. 20769472556
Reposted by Keith HummSarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Great fun. GREAT FUN. Five local states of emergency and the PM is out having ‘great fun’ with his MPs and candidates. Remember, when you vote, remember just how much your leaders cared about you and your neighbours. #nzpol 810435
Reposted by Keith HummRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 14/01/2026This is really the damning part of this Newsroom story about the rates cap gimmick. They had their performative policy and weren't very interested in being told whether it made sense or not. newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/15/r... 910042