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David Seymour really is a prick.

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I love how defence lawyers often struggle to say things like, "Actually, he's a lying piece of shit."

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wow. lots of plumbing the depths in the comments. Don't go to sleep.

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Really. What is the point?

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He needs a get out of 'Doge' free card... Meanwhile Stephen R Covey calls Lawyers.

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My wallet has been hit harder than any landlord or supermarket owner I'll bet. In every sector of my world this clown show has really made life more difficult. I can't fathom how some families must just be clinging on for dear life. We're all human. This is not government. It's enmity. #nzpol

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Somewhere a landlord is laughing until he wets himself...Lou Reed Dirty Boulevard. Landlords and Overlords. These are the Kiwis he's referring to. #nzpol

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Mill Road sucks: "In other words, it would cost the country more than the entire City Rail Link project… to enlarge one local road in Auckland, parallel to an existing motorway, in a way that will change nothing: people will still be stuck in traffic." www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/10/06/t...

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Transport policy on the campaign trail - Greater Auckland

Election campaigning is now in full swing. We’ve previously reported on the (unwise)

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Made for Francisco Morozini of Venezia (1619-1694). One could pull the silk bookmark and fire the weapon while the book was closed. This artifact is housed at the Museo Correr in Venezia, Italia.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I went off to buy a new motorbike from a Hamilton dealer yesterday and as I drove up I saw a National Party hoarding erected on their road frontage. Just kept on driving...I'm voting with my wallet hard out these days. That's one bike they won't sell.

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#nzpol What's in it for workers this election? Over the coming week, we'll be releasing a set of 13 policy scorecards for working people, so that you know where parties stand this election year. See how the parties stack up on Fair Pay Agreements, contractor law, and personal grievances:

NZCTU Policy Scorecards for Working People. Question: “Will you support higher wages by restoring Fair Pay Agreements in the first 100 days?” Results: Labour - Yes; National - No; ACT - No; Green - Yes; Te Pāti Māori - Yes; New Zealand First - No; Alliance - Yes; Opportunities Party - No. Green tick indicates Yes, red cross indicates No. Footer notes that National and ACT declined to answer questions on industrial policy, so scores reflect public statements and legislative history. Authorised by New Zealand Council of Trade Unions - Te Kauae Kaimahi. More information: union.org.nz/election-scorecards-26.

NZCTU policy scorecard titled “Policy Scorecards for Working People.” Question: “Will you protect workers by ending the mislabelling of employees as contractors?*” with a note: “*by reversing the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2026 changes.” Results: Labour: Yes; National: No; ACT: No; Green: Yes; New Zealand First: No; Alliance: Yes; Opportunity Party (TOP): No policy. Green tick indicates Yes, red cross indicates No. Footer notes that National and ACT declined to answer questions on industrial policy, so scores reflect public statements and legislative history. Authorised by New Zealand Council of Trade Unions - Te Kauae Kaimahi. More information: union.org.nz/election-scorecards-26.

NZCTU Policy Scorecards for Working People. Question: “Will you protect workers’ rights by restoring the personal grievance system, by reversing the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2026 changes?” Results: Labour - Yes; National - No; ACT - No; Green - Yes; Te Pāti Māori - Yes; New Zealand First - No; Alliance - Yes; Opportunities Party - Yes. Green tick indicates Yes, red cross indicates No. Footer notes that National and ACT declined to answer questions on industrial policy, so scores reflect public statements and legislative history. Authorised by New Zealand Council of Trade Unions - Te Kauae Kaimahi. More information: union.org.nz/election-scorecards-26.

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Lew @lewsos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Unlike nearly everyone else in the country, Sarah has personal experience of TOP and its electoral proclivities

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Lew @lewsos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Impossible to invent something as absurd as the Minister for Cracking Down On Truancy And School Lunches not knowing it is the school holidays www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Oct 6, 2026 2:56 PM
RNZ Live
'Why are you not in school?' It’s school holidays

David Seymour stopped to speak to some children at Velocity Valley in Rotorua, giving them a piece of advice.

“Don’t trust politicians,” he said. “Are you a politician?,” they questioned.

After the three children asked if he was going to be on the news and waved at the cameras, he said: “hey, one question, how come you guys aren’t at school?”

It’s school holidays, they said.

Seymour said they could still go into school, but the kids didn’t seemed thrilled by that idea.

“No, it’s ok,” they said before walking away.
- Rachel Moore, Reporter

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From this moment on I am going to refer to AI as Artificial Insemination.

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Needed a full stop after 'cancer.'

It's worse. They think its perfectly acceptable. Not my Government ever again. Greens and TPM align more closely with my vision of Aotearoa. That is how I will be voting.

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Whats Edmonds going to suggest. Just cook the books?

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This Labour Government can "follow Ken on his way out." IYKYK

I remember the days when Transformers & Decepticons were just in the movies. It saddens me to see our media, including our state broadcasters, supporting these Chameleonic Non Human Lifeforms as they present a parody of what we should be seeing. It's all Propaganda not Proper Government. #nzpol

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"I am standing here today in my yellow slacks to show you my true colours..."

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Good work from Stuff reporting both of these phenomena. Step 2 is for them or anyone else in the gallery to make the point - that seems obvious but needs to be said explicitly - is that these are not unrelated. One side of politics is cultivating virulent bigotry & the other is targeted by it.

DPS steps in as Chris Hipkins confronted by man on the campaign trail
Labour leader Chris Hipkins has been confronted by a man ahead of his media stand up in Mt Albert.

A Dignitary Protection Service [DPS] officer, who is part of a specialised branch of the NZ Police responsible for providing personal security to key national figures, could be seen with his arm outstretched as the man approached the group. It appears the man was given a push by the DPS officer.

Hipkins said he didn’t hear what the person said to him.

“Every now and then you get someone who disagrees with you. I didn’t actually hear what he said.”

An unidentified person could be heard saying, "he's a conspiracy theorist".

On the road with ACT: The party's supporters want to talk about race
ACT MPs rolled into Tauranga in their big pink bus - Big Pinky - yesterday to talk about the many ways of ‘Unlocking New Zealand’s Potential’. Their supporters mostly wanted to talk about one thing - race.

Stuff's Isaac Davison was on the road and filed this report.

ACT believes three main things are holding the country back: large, unresponsive government; red tape; and “obsession with identity”.

It was the third thing that was the hot topic in Tauranga.

Seymour was approached by a young mother who had been eagerly waiting for a conversation. She wanted to praise him for being the only politician to promote “equal rights” in New Zealand.

Another who turned out from Mt Maunganui said, “Māori issues are a disgrace”.

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Brad Company @waeherebro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When oil companies all over the globe are making windfall* profits, I'm led to wonder what has actually happened to their costs? * a nice term used to disguise the obscene amounts of money being made while people and the planet suffer terribly.

Brad Company @waeherebro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm pretty confident (and I haven't even had any) that IDGAF is a direct side effect, especially as it relates to general medical and health conditions. Type 1 quickly becomes more like E Type (Jaguar).

Brad Company @waeherebro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What about the Morons? Don't leave them out.