Reposted by Tony from WellyBruce Buckman @brucebuckman.bsky.social · 12mThe government’s austerity ideology and its atrocious overreach into local body funding is creating a bleak future to which the only counter the govt has is to point at a spreadsheet and declare “look, number go down” like a toddler pleased with its finger painting. www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...rnz.co.nz'Nasty decisions' for Wellington councillors looking to find $60m in savingsFunding for Te Papa, opening hours for galleries, the city's new years' eve fireworks display, and school swimming subsidies, are on the chopping block as Wellington City Council tries to meet rates c... 122
Reposted by Tony from WellyRyan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 2hthere are STILL nearly 450,000 - yes, nearly 10-12% of elligible voters are NOT registered yet. Only 19 days left to register! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE speak to everyone you know that should be elligible to vote to please ensure they are registered. IT'S CLOSE. EVERY VOTE IS GOING TO COUNT! #nzpol 01318
Reposted by Tony from WellyDanielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 2hThis is going to be one of those debates where Luxo is a total egg and then the commentators will be grading on a curve like "he did so much better than I thought he would, the HEAT IS ON for Chippy" or some shit and I don't think I can bear it #nzpol 76914
Reposted by Tony from WellyThat's not my name @endoubleu.bsky.social · 2hAs a cancer survivor, I bitterly resent the catch all “cancer” being used as a political football. There many different diseases under the umbrella. If they really wanted to do something, it’d be early detection, prevention, and swift diagnostics. Remove MSD work requirements during treatment. 1103
Reposted by Tony from WellySisyphus @sisyphusreturns.bsky.social · 1hYeah, imagine if at the biggest hospitals they didn’t completely shut down on weekends. Imagine people getting CVADs and assessed for home IV on weekends for example. People get stuck in hospital waiting for Monday to arrive so they can see the professionals they need for Dx. 041
Reposted by Tony from WellyChris Miller @thelittlepakeha.net · 2homg yes like cancer is the only thing worth funding. NZ is rife with respiratory illnesses, how about funding to prevent those? you could radically reduce them with fairly cheap interventions, and that would also reduce post-viral conditions that are on the rise. 181
Reposted by Tony from WellyDavid Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 2hstatic.klipy.comPam Beesly: Yep You Got It - The OfficeALT: Pam Beesly: Yep You Got It - The Office 0102
Reposted by Tony from WellySisyphus @sisyphusreturns.bsky.social · 3hAlways with the cancer promises, like other illness or conditions don’t exist. But it’s the one people are scared of so sounds good. 291
Reposted by Tony from WellyMs Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 3hNational recycling old promises into new liesthespinoff.co.nzThe full timeline of National’s broken cancer drugs promise | The SpinoffHow a key campaign pledge came undone. 063
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 3hWhen do we get the Liz Truss lettuce treatment for Luxon? #nzpol 2131
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 3hThis is bullshit. Why doesn't National do these things while they are in Government instead of promising to do it at the next election? Absolute muppets #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...stuff.co.nzNational pledges to increase Pharmac's budget and extend free cancer screeningFollow the election campaign live. 5243
Reposted by Tony from WellyPatrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 4hMaybe, just maybe, the more and more people get Simeon’s worldview shoved in their faces, the more it repels? 071
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 5hFor all the money National are spending on electioneering they are really in the shit. Hahahahahahahahahaha #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...stuff.co.nzNational falls below 26%, Opportunity kingmaker in new pollFollow the election campaign live. 3436
Reposted by Tony from WellyChantalle Smith @chaneyz85.bsky.social · 19hJust introduced the 8yo to this ad after he kept saying things were “on the floor” 😂 youtu.be/NyRWnUpdTbg?...youtu.beSky TV ad - On the floorYouTube video by Greg Hornby 2122
Reposted by Tony from WellyDavid Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 04/10/2026still 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/ 619359
Reposted by Tony from WellyPotato enthusiast 🇵🇸🥔 @br3nda.bsky.social · 19hPlease vote for trains... I really want those trains. 3738
Reposted by Tony from Wellymanuwai.bsky.social @manuwai.bsky.social · 16hThe TVNZ Vote Compass should be banned! It is FULL of subliminal messaging. So obviously bought & paid for by National money! Isn't that illegal??? Note how EVERY screen is blue. Labour & Greens need to investigate. #NZPOL 271
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 15hIf countries got rid of Airbnb and greedy landlords we could also make NZ a better place to live and where everyone has a roof over their head. 050
Reposted by Tony from WellyDavid Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 21hI'm beginning to see why most Kiwis tune out to politics. The amount of bullshit being flung this election is getting almost unbearable. #nzpol 3448
Reposted by Tony from WellyBronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 16hno 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 15817
Reposted by Tony from WellyGanesh 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 bossChris Quin said the plans had alarmed the owners of the co-operative's stores. 66315
Reposted by Tony from WellySpecsChic: Show me cats! I love real specs, not perve glasses! @specschic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Debt of National's Incompetence 151
Reposted by Tony from WellyMcKeen Photos (I shoot people and things for money. And fun.) @mckeenphotos.bsky.social · 19hCan you imagine* the vision that a torrent of toys on a government cough Member cough would look like across global media? Especially Steven Oliver et al *I certainly canstatic.klipy.comGrumpy Cat: It's Raining Sin!ALT: Grumpy Cat: It's Raining Sin! 111
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 18hI suppose with the huge increases in fuel the Coalition Idiots will be ramping down their electioneering junkets around the country. #nzpol 040
Reposted by Tony from WellyJohnO NZ @johno49nz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s the synchronised nodding heads I can’t stand - from any of them! It’s like the swivelling clown heads at the Winter Show - except their mouths aren’t open - waiting for the ping pong ball. 031
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026When do we call these new roads the "Debt of National Significance" #nzpol 1231
Reposted by Tony from WellyTax Wealth not Wages @progallthethings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Look. What I say to you is this. Our plan for the economy is to prop it up with billions in wage theft. But only from women. Party vote National is you agree women are worth less. Vote these misogynist bastards out. #nzpol 1356
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026National Party electioneering song just dropped Enjoy 😉 #nzpol youtu.be/LQiOA7euaYA?...youtu.beTalking Heads - Road to Nowhere (Official Video)YouTube video by Talking Heads 090
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Which MP is going to get the Steven Dildo Joyce treatment this election? #nzpol 3121
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026One thing I have noticed with RW electioneering is that they shove the less known candidates behind the leaders. Every picture you see Luxon, Willis and others in front and the candidate (ushers) behind. Lefties treat everyone as equals. #nzpol 2113
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The National Party electioneering bus Back on track😂 #nzpolstatic.klipy.comBusround BusALT: Busround Bus 182
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The National Party electioneering bus driver #nzpol 071
Reposted by Tony from WellyOl’ ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I reckon the Nats are so certain Labour won't be able to deliver because they know they're lying about the govt books. #nzpol 3317
Reposted by Tony from Welly🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Not surprised they used AI here, National hate real artists, have cut funding to Ministry of Culture/Heritage, Te Papa, Creative NZ, Heritage, Film commission etc #Nzpol 116123
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I hope Nicola Willis loses her list seat. Worst finance minister ever. I might send her a text to say "your contract has been terminated" #nzpol 1274
Reposted by Tony from Wellymanuwai.bsky.social @manuwai.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yet National expect the firefighters to sort it but IGNORE their claims for fair pay! 042
Reposted by Tony from WellyOl’ ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I absolutely do not trust that the party that spent half a billion on 0 boats is giving accurate numbers coming into an election. #nzpol 37220
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Notice there's no bullshit promises coming from the blue maga party regarding the Mt Victoria tunnel All those wasted signs😂 #nzpol 073
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026National MPs took the piss with the accommodation allowance and now the trough is being slowly emptied. #nzpolstatic.klipy.comDisenchantment: Man Falls into PigstyALT: Disenchantment: Man Falls into Pigsty 000
Reposted by Tony from WellyBen Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Wayne Brown was not the hero Auckland asked for but the hero Auckland does need In telling Luxon to fuck off yet again 3549
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A little too late to stop the rotten accommodation allowance. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...stuff.co.nzAuthority cracks down on ministers’ $52,000 accommodation allowancesBut ministers who own their Wellington homes mortgage-free will still be able to claim the accommodation allowance. 1186
Reposted by Tony from WellyDylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 03/10/2026I opened Facebook and immediately died of cringe. 15817
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Wow I don't know Michael Cheika was assistant coach at the Roosters 010
Reposted by Tony from WellyOli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What has this government been up to? Brad knows. Brad's been keeping a list (over on FB)... #nzpol 29242
Reposted by Tony from WellyJolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“LANDLORD IS NOT A JOB” Auckland, New Zealand, 2026 @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social 6706253
Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Finance Minister that said the NZ economy was like a household budget says what #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...stuff.co.nzNicola Willis lays in to Labour’s fiscal plan, calls it a ‘misleading fantasy’The Labour Party has released its fiscal plan, and is promising it will immediately boost care and support workers’ wages if elected. 2192
Reposted by Tony from WellySimon O'Neill @sjponeill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The only way former National MPs should be building roads... 082