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Alison Green

@webweavertoo.bsky.social
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Web developer and CSS guru by trade, left-wing greenie by nature, and a bit of a hippy at heart. Posts and comments represent my personal view only and not those of my contract clients or employers.

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One of the great images of the 2026 elections. Pretty clear how to vote.
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Una mujer y dos gatos 🐈🐈‍⬛ @losgatos.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If this is now $1B for 11km of road, that is what the new Dunedin hospital is meant to cost. ELEVEN KILOMETRES of ROAD or one brand new hospital for 300k people. #ohffs #nzpol
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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Someone help me understand the angst around paying women what they are worth, where that money will go back directly into the economy, vs this constant angst hang up with “How will we pay for it??” 🙄🙄😑 #nzpol
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Labour's fiscal plan leaves big questions on pay equity
Comment: The Opposition's spending plans are conservative in some respects, but make heroic assumptions about how far unallocated spending can stretch
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Well, this is a delight. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari...
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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable. "Of course we're very committed to our 17 roads of national significance and we make no apology for that." Hmmm which one is a white elephant? #nzpol
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pew tested AI synthetic surveys against actual survey data. Conclusion: “This experiment taught us that, at this time, AI models are not an adequate replacement for traditional polling on topics of broad public importance.” This is an all time bad idea. No need to hedge with “at this time.”
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Can AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? Not Really
Synthetic surveys using digital twins do a poor job estimating the public mood and are especially error-prone for some subgroups, including Republicans and Black adults.
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Again: $4.5b still costs less than National's Holiday Highway PPP to the border of Northland
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Peter Green @petergreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Worth remembering that if it costs the government $4.5b to reverse the gender pay tax, then it costs the women affected $4.5b to leave it in place.
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Because of gender and ethnic pay gaps in Aotearoa, Pacific women are now working for free until the end of the year. This election year, we need to vote for pay equity. It’s the only way to make sure that all working people are respected, valued, and paid what they’re owed. #nzpol
Tile showing a rally march with people carrying signs and flags. Text reads: “From today until the end of the year Pacific women are working for free because of gender and ethnic pay gaps. Working for Free Calendar.' Flower logo reads “Respect Us, Value Us, Pay Us.” Footer text: “*Stats NZ Household Labour Force Survey 2026.”
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Along with others, I've had a bit to say about Simeon Brown's deranged 2024 Transport GPS. But this is actually shocking. It was altered *after the consultation period* to make the books look better – in a way that wrecks the National Land Transport Fund. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/09/29/t...
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Transport borrowing comes back to bite - Greater Auckland
Today, Treasury is releasing the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (or PREFU) ahead of the election. So I figured it was worth looking at a significant recent change to the way transport expendi...
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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NZ: pure shitfuckery. Great new content by @thejuicemedia.com Thanks legends #nzpol
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NZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^kery
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Violent offender given discharge without conviction because it might interfere with his violent career www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...
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Army officer attacked taxi driver after being asked for $20 fare
New Zealand Army intelligence officer Arthur Finegan denied a "nasty" assault - until he was confronted with CCTV footage showing an attack that left a taxi driver unconscious.
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Alice Soper @alicesoapbox.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So that Green supermarket policy must have gone down very well with certain focus groups huh
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is GOLD!!! Ngā mihi nui @abelsteve.bsky.social Ka whawhai tonu mātou AKE! AKE! AKE! #nzpol
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Finally a good election sign! #nzpol
I'd rather crap in my hands and clap
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Josh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · 26/09/2026
I've finally seen the light. I urge everyone to visit taxpayersunion.org.nz and see the good work that they've been doing on behalf of the hard-working taxpayers of New Zealand
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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"It is morally repugnant – to Hager, to his TU informants, to many others – that you would deliberately stir up hatred in a society, simply because it was an effective way to achieve your goals." Great read by Simon Wilson on Nicky Hager's book simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/dirty-work...
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Dirty work and the disinfecting sunshine it deserves
Nicky Hager’s new book ‘Dirty Work’ reminds us how much we’ve lost in the last three years
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another piss-poor policy shambles has to be paused for a rethink. But only after councils wasted time and money on it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
Government hits pause on council amalgamation plan until after election
The Government has told mayors around the country it's deferring decisions on amalgamating councils until after the election.
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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It would be a shame if this was framed as “collecting all the lizards”. Bathurst are proposing the rip up and destroy the entire ecosystem, dig out all the coal, then reconstruct some vague approximation afterwards. It’s not about saving a few rare snails. But Bathurst wants to frame it that way.
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good news. Now we need to remove the fast track option all together for these polluters
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Felix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm at Unity Bookshop Wellington for the Nicky Hager book launch. The event is not due to start until 6 pm, but the room is mostly full already and filling up fast.
Unity Bookshop filling fast.
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In case you're wondering where the Party is that's willing to reverse the landlord tax cuts 💚 www.greens.org.nz/tax_system_f...
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For people and planet
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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Kelly - Back Sage Council, ending soon! @kellywhyte.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm sure it's obvious to anyone; if they cared about nutrition, we wouldn't have Seymour slop. If they cared about healthcare, we wouldn't have the current staffing crisis. If they cared about research, they wouldn't have cut funding to the bone. Look at what they do, not what they say. #nzpol
rnz.co.nz
New Zealand First reveals plan for 'bold shift' in healthcare
New Zealand First has released its plan to "Make NZ Healthy", promising to put prevention at the centre of healthcare if re-elected.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Marokopa: They were telling the truth For years, Storm and Jubilee Dawson warned agencies about their missing siblings. No one believed them but a new report into Tom Phillips documents their efforts and the failures of our system. - MIHINGARANGI FORBES #nzpol 1/3
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Marokopa: They were telling the truth
For years, Storm and Jubilee Dawson warned agencies about their missing siblings. No one believed them but a new report into Tom Phillips documents their efforts and the failures of our system.
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Kevin Pluck @kevpluck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Stop voting for parties that promise tax cuts.
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don't know how we make it happen, but the abuse of urgency under this term of government has been so nakedly damaging to our democratic infrastructure, that it's the strongest argument for constitutional change I've seen in a while.
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I know #nzpol folks will have seen this story, but you may not have seen the front-page splash in the print edition. Quite an editorial choice.
Front page of The Post, banner headline reads "Shock poll on economic trust"
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Alison Green @webweavertoo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Maybe instead of all these thinkpieces about how to cut corners we tax the fuck out of the 1%.
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