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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 7m

On the fast plane to Hawaii

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 26m

When I become a benevolent dictator, I will create Lying Down Day as a new public holiday Lying down will be compulsory

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 43m

Take him to the ED urgently It sounds like he has come down with a bad case of being-kicked-in-the-head-by-a-horse-itis

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 46m

💯 we could have it all, and we also have the USPs of Māori culture and amazing scenery and environment But our government would rather sell it all off and exploit it for a one-off windfall* * Where 95% of the windfall ends up overseas or in their (or their mates’) pockets

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 53m

In my experience, when public services were privatised, the private sector would employ (some of) the original public sector staff (at lower salaries) But so many have gone to Australia that it will be hard to fill those places And training takes time & costs money Not looking good, really

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 2h

I’m feeling enough embarrassment for the whole country

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 23h

Party vote Green Electorate vote will go to whoever is most likely to oust the incumbent Nat

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If this government gets its way, erasing Māori culture and destroying the environment, we will be exactly that - a South Pacific version of ‘90s Slough

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Enough to vote them back in, I worry

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One point for every hour he’s worked over the last three years

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

He 💯 believes that a) he has never been wrong about anything and b) nobody can tell him anything that he doesn’t already know

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So that’s 27% voting for Chlöe, then …

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“Embracing renewable energy”? Seriously?

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Can’t believe this leaders debate has been going on for 70 minutes and they haven’t talked about the issue that is front and centre in most Kiwis’ minds Come on Jack, ask how many km of new roads they will commit to!!

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“It's time to put wealthy Kiwis first”

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’ve got “talking over the other guy” on my bingo card, so I’m in desperate need of a liver transplant

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

7:00 Leaders Debate starts 7:01 Down first shot 7:05 Down tenth shot 7:15 Google “Alcoholics Anonymous”

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Fixing the Basics (so that they can be sold off) Building the Future (for the wealthiest 1%)

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It would be Simeon Brown Because it always is

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

None of National’s election promises survived the first meetings with Winston and Seymour

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If she does, someone should employ her, then abruptly get rid of her during the 90-day trial period

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Who would have thought that a rules-based organisation such as the EU would require its trading partners to abide by the rules?

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Selling state-owned assets cheaply to their mates; it’s the National way

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What is the name of the scholarship for students to study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, named after a British mining magnate

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What is the largest of Greece's Dodecanese islands?

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What was the surname of Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist Randy, tragically killed in a plane crash in 1982?

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Their donors don’t use trains

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I know he’s carrying a bit of extra weight, but that’s a bit harsh

1News headline - “White Elephant- Luxon”

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Was it the Electric Kiwi song, or the Turners one?

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’m old enough to remember the intermission But then again, so is anyone who’s been to Cinema Paradiso in Wānaka

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Absolutely A month or so ago OPSM were promoting the Meta Nonce Glasses on FB; they had to turn off and delete the comments because they were almost all derogatory

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One of the many reasons that Thunderbirds was so good was that it was SO LOUD!!

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I guess there’s no sign of an improvement in the next 10 days Asking for a friend

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I can’t conceive of a reality in which this could exist, but if the only way for Luxon to hang on to power was a coalition with the Greens and Chlöe as Finance Minister, he’d throw Willis under a bus* without a second thought * More likely a limo

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Top prize on Lotto that week

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Next time I go to Auckland, I’m tagging on an extra day when I’m going to ride the CRL from dawn till dusk

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’ve always thought he was only in it for a knighthood, but I suppose that his part of his image

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In most areas on NZ politics, the Greens are the only adults in the room

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Gripped Up, Bottomed Out” - the great lost Wet Wet Wet album

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

To be fair, I don’t have to read anything that Penk writes to know it’s complete garbage

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cut public service staff Replace with AI Services decline “The only way to fix this is to privatise it” Sell it cheap to your mates It’s the National way

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Wealth Levy” has quite the ring to it

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

He’s heard that they need baristas in Hawaii

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mid-afternoon Report live: Nick Hall doesn't see why Al shouldn't replace David Seymour

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Luxon/National’s Master Plan Step 1 - Remove passport requirements with Australia Step 2 - Sell all Aotearoa’s assets to their mates Step 3 - Aotearoa becomes a new state/territory of Australia Step 4 - Move to Hawaii

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A quick scan of Wikipedia tells me that Roche has never run a business with his own money, so he can do one If it’s your business, it’s your reputation at stake, and I would not have trusted AI with that level of responsibility for my business

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

National is the party of siphoning our tax dollars into the pockets of their mates

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fun Fact: I told one of my colleagues that he should listen to some Jackie Leven, saying that the “Straight Outta Caledonia” compilation was a good place to start He started with track 2 because he thought the title of this track was “too weird”

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Nick Hall @stopgostop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Collect the set, and get a bonus “No New Ferries”

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