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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Awesomely schools across NZ are seeing massive absenteeism spikes this winter (e.g. 140+ kids out at Pt Chevalier School with Flu A). So why the flying fuck is Health New Zealand is actively advising parents to send mildly symptomatic kids to school. 🧵/1

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

man it's a minor point but illustrative of how poorly thought-out all this is: NZF's gender definition bill would break a bunch of conservation/hunting/fishing legislation because 'adult human female' specifies 'human' and so suddenly female deer (for example) don't count as female

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scilion.bsky.social @scilion.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

A little bit of me (the biochemist) wants the laugh of how will they attempt to weasel the meaning of "biological" in a way that actually excludes trans people without also excluding cis people. But most of me is red hot angry that once again a small minority is targeted, so many ways from Sunday.

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Every MP who votes for the hate bill tonight is a collosal piece of shit, and you should politely tell them that if you run into them in public.

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

They're right you know

Post from Shaneel Lal

“ This is classic ruling-class politics: divide working people along the lines of identity so they never look up at the people actually causing harm.

Who’s taking your jobs? “The immigrants,” they say, while the government cuts 10,000 jobs.

Who’s harming women and girls? “Transgender people,” they say, while they strip pay equity from women-dominated professions.

Who’s taking the land and housing? “Māori,” they say, while they hand tax cuts and wealth to landlords and the wealthy.

Working people are being turned against one another while those in power continue to profit.

We need solidarity across our communities because if we allow ourselves to be divided by race, gender, sexuality, or identity, this government and the ruling class will pick us apart until all of us are left worse off.”

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The contrast between the number of media requests I got when rich people on a cruise were facing a deadly, but contained outbreak versus now that some of the poorest people in the world are facing a deadly and devastating epidemic is just so so stark and it just really annoys the hell out of me.

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Email those MPs, check in with a trans or takatāpui friend, chuck some money towards your local rainbow group if you can, offer to run some errands or make food together or something that'll make life a bit easier for each other. Get some sleep, make sure you're eating, take a deep breath.

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tartlette68 @tartlette68.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It is their definition of "gender" that fundamentally warps their understanding of everything else. Because they will start talking about X and Y chromosomes, and they should be laughed down raucously for that. What we might have told in 5th grade shouldn't be the basis for policy.

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I’m sitting in on my final Public Policy lecture & my heart bleeds for the very smart, articulate, young people in my class who have been totally dicked over by this government. I hope they took in what I said to them all the other week about making sure they & their mates vote in November #nzpol

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 20/05/2026

tough 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

New transition fund provides continuity while backing bold ideas
Published: 14 May 2026

A streamlined Transition Research Fund has been announced for 2027, aligning science funding with national priorities and supporting a focus on outcomes that benefit New Zealand.

The fund was developed on advice from the newly established science funding decision-maker, Research Funding New Zealand. This new fund brings investigator-led research into a single fund with three funding mechanisms:

Talent Development supports future research leaders to build capability, test ideas and establish independent careers.
Projects enable bold, innovative research with strong potential to deliver meaningful benefits for New Zealand.
Programmes support ambitious, collaborative research tackling complex challenges and delivering transformational outcomes over a longer term.
It supports research from early discovery through to larger scale programmes with a focus on delivering impact for New Zealand, in line with national priorities for science, innovation and technology.

The Prime Minister's Science, Innovation and Technology Advisory Council recommended the following four priority areas for public investment:

Primary industries and the bioeconomy.
Technology for prosperity.
Environmental sustainability and resilience.
Healthy people and a thriving society.
Priorities will be confirmed in the Science, Investment Plan expected to be released mid-2026.

The Transition Research Fund brings contestable funding which would have otherwise been delivered through future rounds of the Marsden and Endeavour funds into a single investigator-led research fund.

It will open for applications later this year.

The total first year investment in the Transition Research Fund in 2027 will be up to $84.4 million. The Transition Research Fund will invest up to $300 million over five years in total.

Final funding decisions will be made by Research Funding New Zealand, with all funded projects showing clea…

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

My baby is asleep on my shoulder as I read the news that National and ACT are voting for NZ First's bill they made for trolling and whipping up anti trans abuse. It's relentless lawfare. Against women, against queer people, against Māori, against disabled ppl. Enrol to vote. #nzpol #1termgovt

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Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Cis people we need to speak up when we hear hate & correct when we hear misinformation.

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

#nzpol ⬇️⬇️⬇️ So, of course, the National/NZ First/ACT coalition govt's response is keep kicking the disabled while they're down. #Disability

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

a "huge backward step" for New Zealand to not openly support the resolution ahead of the vote. "It's a reminder of how far backwards New Zealand has gone since early 2023 when that original resolution was passed." #nzpol

rnz.co.nz

NZ's support for landmark climate change ruling in doubt

Foreign affairs officials will not say if NZ intends to support a ruling that countries can be held legally responsible for their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

No comment😢.

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Krystal Chandelier @krystalchandelier.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

"Asked if he personally used AI, Goldsmith paused and then said he asks a Large Language Model (LLM) for its opinions on ideas he has." Well that explains his so many fucking bad ideas. AI is known to patronise it's users... To make you want to use it more. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

stuff.co.nz

So, minister, what is it we’re actually meant to DO with AI?

Stuff asked ministers how they use AI, and what they think it can do to cut costs and jobs at their departments.

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Viona Crowley @vlcnz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

HEADS UP: PENNY MARIE CLARIDGE LET KIDS BE KIDS NZ ANTI-RAINBOW HATE GROUP Watch this person NZ, she has already had rainbow events for our rangatahi cancelled & is pushing back on longstanding human rights legislation for transgender people as an "agenda" - see NZ First's party conference in 2025

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Viona Crowley @vlcnz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Remember Winston Peters denied knowledge of anon 'Holyhekatuiteka' acc, an account followed by most of NZ First board, that made gross unfounded claims against Benjamin Doyle? What Peters hasn't answered for is how this same person managed to write his party's Remit 23 removing RSE from schools

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Andrew Jull NZRN (he/him) @andrewjull.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

And now we know why Goldsmith refused to make the Law Commission's recent recommendation to entrench transgender rights in the HRA a legislative priority for this government.

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Vicci Ho @vicciho.com · 20/05/2026

I like how NZ media is doing a story about an American family moving here to get away from Trumpian politics weekly and then this NZ government is doing the exact same shit the GOP is doing. Fuck this Coalition. Support our trans whānau and vote these fuckers out

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Viona Crowley @vlcnz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

"What is a women?" Is the most dangerous question for women right now & women globally should utterly reject those who seek to have it answered #NZPol

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Julie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Trans rights are human rights Trans women are women Can socially liberal National party people please do something about their party’s descent into imported culture war nonsense that is cruel and harmful.

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Fucken stand up for our trans and non binary friends folks. Email your MP, email any MP that you think will listen. Email candidates for MP. Make a select committee submission. Speak to your submission. Cause fucken trouble.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

brilliant post by Anthony Costello about the necessity of community engagement and response to manage the latest Ebola outbreak thesocialvaccines.substack.com/p/how-to-sto...

thesocialvaccines.substack.com

How to stop the new Bundibugyo Ebola virus from killing thousands

A social vaccine comes first.

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Remember, this is the guy that Seymour and ACT want to emulate.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Veteran NZ journalist Richard Harman -

POLITIK

The Maiki Sherman lynch mob is frightening. This is the most hostile environment within which to be a political journalist I have known in my 55 years as a journo. The mob is ruling at the moment. They have tasted blood. Who will they turn on next?

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Which National MP

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Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Second big new items in the #NZpol #waronclimate. Christina Hood did an OIA which found ministers were told that helping companies to invest in energy efficiency and electrification would be the most cost-effective way to get them off gas. Far cheaper than LNG www.carbonnews.co.nz/news/37271/g...

carbonnews.co.nz

Energy

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Will Page @willpagenz.com · 11/05/2026

It's the kind of mentality that got Trump a second term. Because Harris didn't condemn Israel enough? Doesn't require a great deal of second order thinking to know what'll happen if you don't vote unless the "perfect" candidate comes along. You get a 3 headed corporate slogan for the next 3 years.

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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

You can reflect on what centrist Labour says and push it to where it needs to be. You can turn frustration into a constructive narrative. Narrative can win hearts and minds. #nzpol

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mayor of sc*ry town @missfluss.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

i think i figured out why the term "cost of living" bothers me so much—it's completely supplanted the word "poverty" it's a term that refers to the comfortable being a little less comfortable, and not the uncomfortable being pushed to the brink

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

As a former Labour govt staffer I wish to disclose that any mockery I spray at Prime Minister comes from: 1% old loyalties 1% ideology 1% enjoying a joke 97% astonishment anyone could be this shit at it

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Tom Eastman @tom.eastman.nz · 09/05/2026

InternetNZ is once again being faced with a hostile takeover by lying right-wing nut jobs. You can stop this from happening, if you want.

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Kate Pearce @secvalve.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The deadline to join by if you intend to vote in the 2026 InternetNZ board election this year will likely be 10th May. That means Sat/Sun May 9/10 - TODAY/TOMORROW. Last minute membership pushes underway, don’t leave it too late!

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Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition @ponekeantifa.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

"We have not heard an unequivocal statement from the NZ government making it clear that this is an illegal war. Until we hear that, I don't have any confidence ... that NZ is not going to sign up for some further US military engagement." www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Peace activist urges government to reject US proposal to help reopen Strait of Hormuz

The shipping route has been largely blocked by Iran since February, causing the price of oil to soar.

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The story was aired by Ani O'Brien + repeated by RNZ. Lyric's review of Barry Soper's book is a reminder that drunken words and blows were regularly exchanged at private events at NZ Parliament. Much rarer now but (some) people are human. HT @thespinoff.bsky.social thespinoff.co.nz/books/28-04-...

thespinoff.co.nz

Review: Barry Soper’s press gallery was a lot different from mine

One Last Question, Prime Minister is a marathon run through fifty years of political history, revealing many heroes and a few enemies.

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UrbanAKL @urbanakl.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

"The following day, I checked in on the welfare of the reporter at whom the language was directed. He advised me he did not want to take the matter any further. I respected his decision." - Nicola Willis Why the fuck is this news? Clearly Ani O'Brien doesn't respect the victim's decision. #nzpol

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This is important. “More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…its members “believe deeply in the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years,” such as the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power.”

scientificamerican.com

Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values

More than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years”

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

BREAKING: Trump loses war against wokeness

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Viona Crowley @vlcnz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Minister for Maori Devlopment, Tama Potaka please withdraw and apologise for your use of the phrase 'roast busters' in this evenings annual review debate in the House #NZPol #NZQT #NZDebates

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Not the Māori Millionaire dissing whānau for not growing their own veggies 🙄 It's an easy punch down but super uncool to see this encouragement to diss our most vulnerable families 😢

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 17/04/2026

I don’t understand why Lucifer is fondling that doctor.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This heavy use of urgency — shortcuts in the parliamentary process — is cheating democracy. And ministers know it too.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 17/04/2026

Over 100,000 women stand with the trans community and say 'Not in Our Name'. Will you join them? notinourname.org.uk/petition/not-in…

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Viona Crowley @vlcnz.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Penny Marie Claridge is also on this grift. Yes there is a membership structure to be part of Erika's little club #NZPol Penny Marie is Let Kids Be Kids NZ, and has had school Pride events shutdown last year with her hateful attacks on our Rainbow whanau

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