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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 2h

Good article with the correct amount of @laragreaves.bsky.social touching on the self-selective nature of the recent exodus: You leave cos of no jobs, & everything NZers are traditionally proud of when abroad is being destroyed, while suffering as a migrant under rising xenophobia now infecting NZ.

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 9h

Wonder if anyone willask whether govt has simply given up on people who can't find work in this low demand, sale at briscoes, profits above wages economy? Yesterday's benefit forecasts suggest we will miss the govt's target by over 60,000 people!

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 8h

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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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 8h

Nicola Willis sometime "That's because of Labour's post-Covid spendup"🙄

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 9h

#nzpol "Siri, what was a key factor in NZ's major economic crisis in the 1970s?" "When the UK joined the European Economic Community" "Why was it so devastating?" "NZ farm exports to the UK fell as the EEC was very protective of its farming sector...& still is" Oh😬 www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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NZ accused of breaking climate change promise with EU, but Todd McClay rejects claim

A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commis...

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 11h

Mōrena e te whanāu sunrise over Brown's Island as the Gulf Harbour ferry passes by on its way to the city. Still a pretty fresh start to the day here in Tāmaki Makaurau but should warm up later. Meanwhile, looking the other way the moon is still visible above Cheltenham Beach. Kia pai tō rā!

View from Maungauika at 7.04 am. The sun is rising over Brown's Island in the background as a ferry passes through a shaft of sunlight. The trees along the slopes of Maungauika are in the foreground.

Looking North from Maungauika along Cheltenham Beach with the Moon dead centre. Note the sunlight glinting off iconic wedding venue McHughs on Cheltenham Beach

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 12h

#nzpol Gull watch 7.11 am, 30th September no change overnight. Brent Crude remains above US$100 a barrel but Saudi Arabia has got its pipeline to the Red Sea working pumping about 3-4 million barrels a day. Meanwhile Gulf supertanker leasing charges are up 40-fold(!) this year 😬

Gull Devonport price board yesterday morning (29th September)

Chart of Gulf supertanker daily leasing charges have gone from under US$10,000 in January to over US$1.2 million now - a forty-fold increase. Note the big spike since July.

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Billy Boola @handle.invalid · 15h

#nzpol, the nats giving the hospital one less than they asked for to make sure everyone knows how petty they can be

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Brett @brettcd.bsky.social · 16h

I'm from Nuzlind and I endorse this ad. #NZPol youtube.com/shorts/bRP1k...

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NZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^kery

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 16h

Ah no. Genuinely sad news. Easily the best Speaker the House has had since Lockwood Smith. A person of huge mana.

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Former Speaker of the House and Labour MP Adrian Rurawhe dies

Rurawhe was Speaker in the last term of Government.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Netanyahu made a trip to UAE yesterday, pleading with President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed to publicly deny Haaretz and NYT reporting that he personally warned him, 10 days before October 7, 2023, that Hamas was planning a major attack. The UAE refused. apnews.com/article/isra...

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#nzpol Excellent work here from Andrew revealing, surprise, surprise how Seymour is applying a double standard😡

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#NZpol Saw this excellent quote-reply to Simeon Brown’s latest attack on Labour. Worth sharing.

David Peez @RebelEkonomista

"The truck driver in Pakuranga helps pay off a lawyer's loan." No, Simeon. He doesn't. Not a cent.

When the government lends a student money, it creates the dollars and credits their account. No tradie's tax was collected and posted to a law degree. When the graduate repays, those dollars are deleted, drained back out like tax. They don't land in the truck driver's pocket either.

So nobody foots the bill. The worker and the graduate aren't on opposite sides of a ledger. Setting them against each other is the trick, and it runs on the same myth as "add it to the tab", that the government is a household counting coins. It issues the currency. The real limits are real resources and inflation, not a truck driver's tax bill.

"Someone always pays." Sure. Just never the person you keep pointing at.

Read more: http://therebeleconomist.substack.com

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mōrena e te whanāu, a watery sunrise on a cool morning here in Tāmaki Makaurau viewed from Tina's hospital room just before we found out she does NOT need a cardioversion as her heart has (finally) restored its rhythm after her operation seven weeks ago. May your day be as good as Tina's! 😃

Photo taken at 7.11 am looking east over housing with Ōhinerau (Mt Hobson) silhouetted on right and an interesting diagonal shaped cloud above Ōhinerau and above the Sun

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#nzpol Gull watch, 8.46 am, 29th September, 91 & 95 both DOWN 9 cents a litre overnight (and no special today) BUT, diesel remains unchanged. That's not really surprising because it's the pressure point in the system especially in the US.

Gull Devonport price board yesterday (28th September)

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

These new Enid Blyton stories are a bit bleak for me

Five arrested on terrorism charges after explosives found near RAF base used by US

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Alice Soper @alicesoapbox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hello 👋 yeah hi, I have worked on a couple of campaigns now and I have said on loop, the energy out on the doors and on the phones with people is very 2017. People want change, they just have to believe in it. So need someone to strike the match to set it all alight.

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Alice Soper @alicesoapbox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Also, wow! International political trends replicate in NZ when parties fail to pivot from incrementalism in the face of growing pain of the masses. Shocked! I am so shocked!

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walter (extra bone haver) @cucumber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

this video has everything (carpool coalition on instagram) #nzpol

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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Former NFL/NBA/MLB national network sportscaster here: Gambling has absolutely fucking killed sports. RIP

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

IMO one of the most pernicious developments over the past 40 years has been the practice of rewarding managers as if they were entrepreneurs so as to "attract talent". It's led to a self-reinforcing explosion in CEO remuneration. This appears to be a prime example. 😡

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

THIS is no small part of why the whole "show some grace" discourse from the usual suspects really pours salt on my last nerve. If nothing else, who has the time to be giving forever grifters a pony and a hand job?

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bumped into my former neighbour, a commercial electrician. For the past two and a half years, his company has had virtually no work. Suddenly, it's happening – but it's all house renovations. Commercial construction projects are so rare they've stopped tendering for them. Make of that what you will.

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

From what we've been allowed to see there appears to be levels of destruction as great if not greater than what happened to Berlin, Dresden, and Stalingrad in WW2.

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mōrena e te whanāu, we have some low cloud and a cool start for the first day of the school holidays but the wind has dropped away here in TāmakiMakaurau. Kia pai tō rā!

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#nzpol Gull watch 7.12 am, 28th September no change overnight again but no great news about resolving the crisis. Apparently about 6-7 million barrels a day are passing through the Straits of Hormuz, one-third of the 20 million per day pre-war. 🙄

Gull Devonport price board yesterday 27th September

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 27/09/2026

I see they've rolled out ole Mr Cup of Tea All anyone ever has to say is 'This cunt said he'd have voted for Trump'. End of message.

An evil millionaire cunt in a blue conservative suit

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Not good times ahead. A positive Govt operating balance means Govt has slowed economy down by more than they expected / planned and under-delivered health, welfare etc). A Govt underspend = less income for the private sector. They're putting the brakes on at the same time as RBNZ... AGAIN!!! [2/2]

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ireland goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu has refused to play against Israel after his team voted to go ahead with the match. Bazunu said, “I feel it would be wrong to participate,” adding that “the killing of innocent people is wrong” and that his decision was based on the “atrocities in the region.”

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

At the Hamilton PSA debate, candidates were asked about disability NZF: Incoherent answer Labour: We don't have a policy announced Opportunities: We have no policy whatsoever Me: this govt's attacks on the disabled community are unacceptable, here's our policy, it was co-written by disabled people

The Green Party will build an Aotearoa where disabled people are valued and they and their whānau live with dignity and autonomy. An Aotearoa where disabled people and whānau have access to the services they need — like transport and good quality housing — means everyone can thrive in caring communities.

Our current laws, policies and social norms mean disabled people are often denied the same rights as others and are excluded from places and activities non-disabled people take for granted. These barriers are often worse for tāngata whaikaha Māori and for disabled people from marginalised communities.

The current Government has made it harder for disabled people to access the support they deserve and which enables them to participate equally in life and their communities.

The Green Party is ambitious in its plan to create a more accessible Aotearoa by building on the Enabling Good Lives framework and grounding our approach in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Our approach will operate on a high-trust model and apply to all disabled people, including those with disabling conditions who do not currently access support. The Green Party is committed to an Aotearoa where disabled people and whānau thrive in caring communities.

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When @graemeedgeler.bsky.social says you're "the worst Speaker I can recall" you know it's bad. Gerry Brownlee, Parliament's ineffectual policeman, wraps up chaotic term newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/24/g...

Brownlee is the worst Speaker I can recall. A single ruling during the committee stage of the fast-track law is sufficient for him to earn this title. A basic and long-standing rule in the House is that the admissibility of amendments in the Committee of the Whole is a decision for the Chair and that this will not be interfered with by the Speaker. The Chair ruled out National’s list of projects to add to the law. The Government asked for the Speaker to be recalled, and to get the government out of a jam, the Speaker intervened, undermining the Chair and decades of practice, just so the Government didn’t have to wait to use the Parliamentary options open to them. Completely unjustified and the worst Parliamentary action I can recall a Speaker taking.

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The answer to "what is a woman" when NZ first give it the big one is "someone who you thought wasn't worth equal pay for equal work".

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Tax Wealth not Wages @progallthethings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I know this place is miles from the next gas station, and that it's open 24hrs, provides a great service and is ordinarily expensive, but this is today's price for 95. But yeah, it starts with a four.

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Mōrena e te whanāu, it really has faded to grey this morning with only the odd pink-tinged cloud indicating the sun has risen. OTOH, at least the drizzle and breeze will keep runners in the Devonport half-marathon cool. The race includes runners with estimated finish times as pacers. Kia pai tō rā!

A dog and its owner silhouetted on Cheltenham Beach against a grey background with faintly pink tinged clouds. (Rangitoto is nearly invisible under low cloud)

A runner wearing a teal coloured top in centre with an inflatable toy above his cap is actually a pacer for runners aiming for the 2 hour 10 minute mark

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#nzpol Gull watch 7.06 am, 27th September no change overnight but as the chart of the Brent Crude price over the past years shows, it has risen substantially since July after its initial surgery post February.

Gull Devonport price board yesterday 26th September

Chart of Brent Crude oil price over past 12 months.

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 25/09/2026

This picture is really something! It's a real image, from Reuters photographer Evan Vucci. www.reuters.com/pictures/pho...

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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Australia should in fact be labelled "almost the Hutt"

The map of the Commonwealth of Westernmost Hutt that I've posted a billion times by now, which contains the correct names for every state and territory on the big continent west of the Greater Hutt archipelago

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Your donation directly funds Tika's free legal service for anyone who has experienced sexual harm in New Zealand at any time in their life: as a child, teenager, or adult.” #kikorangi givealittle.co.nz/org/tika

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Australia WISHES it was almost New Zealand IMO

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Journalists are crowing 'what's new?!' because they have forgotten that there is a second draft of history, and don't seem to recognise that a book like this, is it. This govt has literally forced the TPU into the *school curriculum* in its ideological vandalism, well here's the primary reference.

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Imagine a country with the technology of 2026 and the full employment policies of the mid-20th century.

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Dr Gary Payinda @garypayinda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Done: my last ED shift before the election is now completed. Only one Focus now: helping you get to know me, my priorities and my values so that you can feel motivated to enrol...and confident that I will represent you honestly and with everything I've got, in Parliament.

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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

OMFG 💔😭 NEW ZEALAND (inc) DID NOT WALK OUT❌ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #RiseUp #ForAllOfUs 🕊️

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Alice Soper @alicesoapbox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I LOVE ‘EM! Thanks so much @toa5tnz.bsky.social! And @growfromhere.bsky.social for spotting them.

Alice takes a photo of her tie which was gifted to her. It is brown floral paisley with yellow and white stripes, if that sounds like a lot it is. In just the right way.

Alice is wearing this tie under her denim overalls.

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