I would like journalists to ask Luxon to justify the fast tracking of this development. Preferably today  #nzpol


The big-tent single issue for #nzpol has gotta be health. A high level long term goal of a return to universal & free healthcare. Policy aims of Labour, Greens, TPM can sit nicely under that. Simeon and Seymour 💯 have healthcare privatisation as their goal, NZF hates public health as a concept.


What are we gonna do Luxon? Use the new ferries to drag the islands off somewhere that doesn't get storms?

#nzpol


Yes. VOTE 🗳 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment


Now's the perfect time to divest from petrichem and invest in nitrogen fixing. #nzpol


He's not wrong #nzpol

"I need to run this as my race. I can’t run it as someone else’s”

While he things Greens are the most progressive party, "Timoti Te Moke says the Greens weren’t ready for his character and policies, and will instead be standing as an independent in Māngere.


next #NZPol and get rid of our think tank groomed and paid for puppet govt


We can’t afford to care about you bottomfeeders because (Covid) labour already did that & our selfish, greedy, filthy rich donors didn’t like it. 🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment


Jonathan Ayling is helping ACT to raise money. This is the same Jordan Williams affiliated guy who [ushes libertarian causes & received millions from ACT's David Seymour to start his "We're not a white supremacist US religious school" charter school in #Wellington. Pure corruption #nzpol


Wonder if we can get JD Vance to come and endorse Winston 🤔

 #nzpol


Also to watch: New Zealand which has a MAGA government, and an election later this year.

Their economy has been crushed by corrupt austerity and the govt has made a point of targeting Māori minorities, trying to erase Indigenous culture.

Stakes are extremely high.

#nzpol


📺 NZ National Party #nzpol
📢 Nationwide expansion of cancer treatment services13 April, 2026Simeon Brown

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Imagine if we didn't have a corrupt govt letting mining and fossil fuel donors write our laws. #NZPol


Why did this story fly under the radar?

Why aren't we fighting police corruption and government witness silencing measures in NZ!
#nzpol


Happy to drive Luxon to the airport ! #nzpol


I'll chip in for petrol. #nzpol


With a sharp political mind like that he could lead the #NationalNotFitToGovern party
#nzpol


Saved! #nzpol
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Direct action gets the goods - Irish government reported to be bowing to protesters demands #nzpol

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Let's not forget Winston Peters was cheerleading for NZ military to assist the #USA #IranWar last month, even as he claimed the war would be over "quickly".
A situation #NZ Major General John Howard said would be "lethal" for New Zealand personnel but Winston only cares for himself #nzpol


On the one hand, I do think that Netsafe is compromised as an online safety organization due to where it gets its funding, but I am also against an under 16 age ban for social media and I'm not receiving any sweet change from Zucky Zuck so 🤷

#nzpol

www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...


Congratulations to Hungary for freeing yourself from oppressive reactionary austerity dictator Victor Orban

A huge day for democracy, rejecting these anti-woke losers

New Zealand, pay attention. You’re next

We have to vote our reactionary austerity government out in Nov

#nzpol #orban #hungary


"Just as the costs of extreme weather are becoming more and more apparent, our ability to understand and inform adaptation actions has diminished."

"There are so many things on fire in New Zealand - the health system, education, the cost of living - competition for dollars is very high.

#nzpol


Bahaha the idiot doesn't even know who his ministers are, he aren't gonna know what stupid project is being fast tracked until the investor sends him a thank you or buys him a pint at the pub.

#nzpol


#nzpol 🎯⬇.
Vote so Winston has no leveraging power.

Vote all of this corrupt National/NZ First/ACT coalition goverment out!


📺 NZ Maori Party #nzpol
📢 As a Māori political movement we are guided by our tikanga and will always fiercely advocate for the interests of our whānau, Hapū and Iwi in Parliament and Government.

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I don't care

#nzpol


#nzpol


#nzpol
'Cognitive surrender', aka Newstalk ZB 2.0, with added environmental and social consequences.
arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/r...


We could do this too
🛒🍌🥑🥚🧀🥝🍞🥩🥦
#nzpol
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/n...


#nzpol  @maramadavidson.bsky.social @greens.org.nz @chrishipkins.bsky.social take note


Ayling also gets a weekly column in our biggest newspaper to promote his hard right opinions #nzpol


#ToitūTeTiriti ❤🔥1,859❤🔥 schools publicly committed to Te Tiriti in defiance of Ericanoia Stanford's attempts to erase it. This Wed & Thurs, the formidable Annette Sykes legal team will argue for applicants at the Waitangi Tribunal (who granted an Urgent Inquiry 🙏)
✊ NGĀ MIHI NUI all involved #nzpol


I look at all the cool social media posts from Zohran Mandami and then I shudder when I look at Chris Bishops and Chris Luxons posts
#nzpol


I'm a man, aged 18-24, and with Māori ethnicity.

I have Level 2 or 3 qualifications, live with family, and live in a rural/remote area.

I did not cast a party vote in 2023.

I place myself on the right of the left-right scale. #NZES2023 #NZPol


It’s almost like going  “Woke” could save us from going “Broke”…💭🤔 #nzpol


I see Vance visited Hungary to support Orbán. I wonder if he could come to New Zealand before the next election? #nzpol


Probably not needed and no doubt we are beneath their attention but it would be helpful to get the current USA administration and/or musk to come out and support our current administration before our elections. #nzpol


Sounds very very familiar.
#NZPOL


Please come & show your support:

Cllr @juliefairey.bsky.social is demanding AklCouncil doesn’t do business with companies involved with Illegal settlements in occupied Palestine. #nzpol

Dayenu founders Justine Sachs & Avigail Allan will be speaking in support at:

Akl Town Hall Tue, 14 Apr 10am”


Would they understand though, Christopher? Hmm?

#nzpol
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Luxon is not running the policy side of anything, he's never taken a portfolio, despite a chronic shortage of talent and experience in his caucus. He's more concerned about how he looks in photographs than the structure and continuity of his party. #Luxon  #ACT #NZpol 1 OF2


Heck I really wish the email confirmation that you receive after a submission to Parliament AT THE VERY LEAST told you which bloody thing you submitted to... Really it should give you a copy of the content you submitted too I think, but at the BARE MINIMUM should tell you which bill it was. 😮💨 #nzpol


#nzpol Idiots in local government...
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What are our dipshit government saying? Are they saying anything? #nzpol


#nzpol, at 2:30pm on a monday one of our suppliers hit us with a 3% price increase, effective tomorrow, due to fuel prices.

How are the nats doing with inflation anyway?  Surely they will have it under control right? They wouldn't let global chaos control our economy like they saw labour doing 🙄


Tell us you're a climate change denier without telling us.

Turning emergency response and preparedness into a culture war issue will get people killed.

#nzpol


Even my non disabled cuzzy found the experience of ASH degrading and dehumanizing.

For disabled people, and their whānau, it causes nothing but pain, stress and family separation. It needs to go.

#NZPol


If there are any lessons from the cyclone the past few days, a big one is that Wairoa mayor, Craig Little, is a fucking idiot.

#nzpol


Meanwhile... some think Artemis II was made-up. 🤡 Even through mirth, worth recalling those behind this account wanted to storm Beehive with AK-47s during 2022's parliament protest, and are also facing charges in court for distributing the March 2019 ChCh killer's livestream. #nzpol


#nzpol
❤🖤🤍


Wow! Luxon is only 55!? He looks and acts waaaay older. I thought he was mid sixties. You know when you can spot the mental decline, slowing down and out of touch…

 I thought his sort was all older unless they were weirdo ACT voters. #nzpol


A good article and I especially like this paragraph
#nzpol


Kia ora to all involved in the antiwar demo in Auckland on Sat. Such a diversity of people & heartfelt kōrero.  After all these years we're still marching on the US consulate opposing yet another imperialistic American war in which our govt seems happily complicit.   @kikorangi.bsky.social #nzpol


#NZpol


#kikorangi #AoNZPol #nzpol ⬆⬆⬆


#NZpol

Given how much Wairoa has been smashed around, and that there *were* indeed some impacts there this time too, it seems pretty fucked up that on the one hand he calls govt response "woke" (🙄🤡), yet later says he was "ready to respond as needed"?!

So, "woke" then?

It's just incoherent AF.


We are still permitting NEW development in flood prone areas against ALL advice … as you know.
How can we be talking of relocating when we can’t even do locating properly?

#nzpol


#nzpol


🍃🌹🌿Extreme weather scientists warn of impending funding drought:
Senior #climate scientists say the major funding for extreme weather research is drying up just as the country needs it the most #ChangeTheGovt #PartyVoteGreen #nzpol #cyclones #flooding #droughts
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THIS #nzpol⬆⬆⬆⬆ Be cool - enrol online today 🤜⭐🙂


ONE HUNDRED PERCENT!

WE NEED TO KNOW.
#nzpol


“In the long run, you want to make sure that your defenses are machine-scale, because the attacks are machine-scale,” Patel said. “If I have billions of agents that are going to be attacking my infrastructure, I need to make sure that I can defend it effectively.”
#nzpol

😬😬😬


Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy

Scientists say we have reached an ‘irreversible tipping point’ that will see fossil fuels phased out
 - YES❗#LetsDOthis #nzpol #PartyVoteGreen 💚❤🖤
www.the-independent.com/tech/renewab...


NEW ARRIVAL. Hafnia Expidite 74634 DWT at Marsden Point after a voyage from Singapore.

#nzpol #nznews #tanker


Last week NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. To talk about what? A minerals deal between NZ and the USA.

A NZ Herald story today shows the risks of this deal with the USA 🧵 1/8

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

#nzpol


Funny...

#NationalBegging
#nzpol


I’m finding Verity Johnson’s trajectory fascinating. She’s gone from passively accepting right wing framing, and believing National is manifestly the party of good governance and economic growth, to this.
#nzpol


www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Anyone using or wanting to find health related information from a non health nz main site could be finding some stuff a whole lot harder soon, culling a few dead sites amongst other things.

#nzpol #nzhealth #nzict


She’s bang on with these paragraphs too. Our issues are structural and fixing them needs bold visionary leadership.
#nzpol


If we're not ready for Swarbrick, it's because pundits like Verity keeps saying so. We don't have a decade.

'Someone with the experience to go nose to nose with chaos, and not blink. And who is there? (Not in a decade when we’re finally ready for them like, say, Chloe Swarbrick.)'
#nzpol


Asians for Tino Rangatiratanga. Solidarity forever #nzpol


Relevant to NZ, as our govt makes sneaky moves towards privatisation of our health system.

#nzpol


Want to help out the @greens.org.nz?

Door knocking for @asherwilsongoldman.bsky.social May 3rd 1-4pm
#nzpol


Also relevant to NZ. Same neo-lib systems drive the same issues globally.

#nzpol


Verity wouldn't have backed Aunty Helen or Jacinda for leadership at their time either. But now she wants a nostalgia rescue. #nzpol


one of the things i hope i got across to my kids is that the school bullies never change their patterns

they even use the same phrases when they're old men

so it's easy to pick 'em, then tell them to fuck off

#nzpol


#nzpol


Killing the public research system is akin to plucking out eyes, and every other sensory organ a person has on a national scale. Preventing us all from seeing, etc. what is happening so we cannot make informed decisions. Horrid stuff.
#NZPOL


When leaders would rather die than risk being labeled "woke" lmao #nzpol


#NZpol

Really, this is why nobody should take Verity seriously, especially when it comes to *actually sorting SYSTEMIC ISSUES OUT which is THE fucking problem BUT EVERYTHING WE *GET* IS BULLSHIT BAND AIDS.

It's all 'wE nEEd to Do SoMEtHiNG' until it's time for Centrists *TO FUCKING DO SOMETHING!*


Isn’t it Ironic this guy thinks he is ‘woke’ Maybe worse he thinks it is a label when it is actually a state of mind to not be an asshat #nzpol #crational
#lyingluxon #lyinluxon #red26


#nzpol I was musing, as one does, on events of my youth, and I thought to look up the personalities involved in Lloyd Geering's heresy trial, in 1967. I was mightily surprised to find that he is still living.
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it's sort of anti-dithering

— sōf!
— k, mebbe obscure

ACT NAT NZF are trying to hide having fucked up Aotearoa's economy to date by actively saying nothing of any significance now

#nzpol


without the Strait War, ACT NAT NZF in conjunction with their hugely well funded MSM machinery had a good chance of being re-elected

now they're fucked six ways from Sunday and in desperation mode

a cornered, wounded animal is dangerous

not the first person to say this, won't be the last

#nzpol


How will the private sector clip the ticket unless we rent those senses from them instead? #NzPol


Knowing this as they do, it’s dangerously negligent for Governments to fail in their job to reduce emissions and build resilience.

It’s criminal for a Government to be actively making the situation worse.

#ClimateCrisis #nzpol


Vote them OUT 💚🤜⭐ #nzpol


Luxon said this morning that there is fuel booked until mid May, and Trump is only making things worse with Iran so WHAT ABOUT AFTER MAY??? #NZPol


“Now that you know everything is woke, it's important to use the word woke whenever and wherever you can. Even if it makes no logical sense. Like if there's a cyclone and the cyclone isn't as strong as it was initially thought to be? It's woke……”

#NZpol


But it is a bit deeper than that. This is a point in a long journey that both major parties have paddled in the same direction. It has been well documented all along the way. I posted recently that we need action rather than another post-mortem.
#NZPOL


Looking forward to the @nzactparty.bsky.social inviting @jdvancevpotus.bsky.social to partake in election campaigning in New Zealand later in 2026 #nzpol 🤣🤣🤣


Luxon getting desperate...

"Please help us, Labour. Please!"
#nzpol


#BHN Tonight at 9pm
- @byroncclark.bsky.social, on Victor Orban's loss and the Trump endorsement death knell
- Hosking says the reason Luxon's numbers are so bad...is he is so good
- Luxon on why his voters are fleeing to NZ First
#nzpol #nzpolitics @timbatt.bsky.social

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NZ climate scientist James Renwick was spouting bullshit on 7Sharp tonight contradicting himself in the process “We can turn off climate change whenever we want” then mentioning that it's too late for the ice caps.

If it's too late for the ice caps then climate change can't be stopped! #nzpol


Really good quotes e hoa. Thank you so much for doing this work. It matters. Heaps.
#NZPOL


Sounds familiar.

#nzpol


Christopher Luxon claiming to happily wear the 'woke' label is giving...

#nzpol


Be prepared for the RW to dumb everything down to the point of stupidity. They don't want you to think.

#nzpol


There are a growing number of people looking at the situation in the Middle East and staring at our diesel supply and the apparent indifference of our government, and wondering: why aren’t they doing more? And there’s a straightforward but unhappy answer to that question.

A 🧵

#nzpol


so much

bit of a rant here

i've watched people i respect succumb to colonialism as "it's the best we can expect"

um, no, you lost my respect there, and i'm a silly little blonde airhead celtic 🏳⚧ girl whose whakapapa has been there

you're not the first people to be colonialised, eh

#nzpol


An excellent, important 🧵.
The coalition government isn't going to protect us. It's succeeding by its lights, and those lights are about protecting and accruing capital, not about taking care of the rest of us.
#nzpol


Imagine what David Lange would’ve said about Luxon refusing to condemn nuclear war threats from Trump

He would’ve absolutely eviscerated him limb from limb for that limp sycophantic drivel

#nzpol


A very sobering read and some lessons for us all.  👇👇👇
Thank you for posting.
#auspol #ukpol #nzpol #cdnpol


Listening to @byroncclark.bsky.social on #BHN  right now.

#NZpol


#NZpol Limited to those with a sub, but this is something we need to know more about

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

(Also in relation to Peters' recent visit to the USA to meet Rubio.)


Mamdani is opening a city owned supermarket like it wasn't hard at all.

So, who is putting that on their policies this election?

#nzpol


Housing advocates want an independent certification system so that landlords can't just mark their own homework and say that their properties meet healthy homes standards.
#nzpol


The PM is only partly correct.
We face several decades of wild extreme and unstable weather IF WE IMMEDIATELY CEASE BURNING FOSSIL FUELS. We face something far worse if we don't. So why is his government escalating our investment in the extraction and consumption of these planetary toxins?
#nzpol


This. This thread sums up the whole shit-show. #NZPol


Creepy how Luxon-coded this is #nzpol


The shame of it is New Zealand is not one among these countries. #NZPOL


your, as in ACT NAT NZF poli sociopolitical, theoreticlly but lacking substance explanations, so often induce "you're way fucked up, how can you even wake up in the morning, bitch" responses from me

#nzpol


#nzpol


One News downplaying the toll on renters when a cheap suburb suddenly becomes 'trendy'.
The time, stress and cost of moving, the bond hassles, the pressure to find a new landlord, the new schools....
Renters are not disappearing. THEY ARE BEING FORCED OUT.
#NZPol

www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/13/t...


#NZpol

IMO, anybody who actually does what they reasonably can/should to, after all, *make a house intended for living in meet the expectations of what "actually habitable" for people* need not fear anything from such a check.

Which tells you all you need about the ones who *don't* like this idea.


I'm a man, aged 55-64, and with European ethnicity.

I have an unclassified qualification, rent privately, and live in an urban area.

I voted for Labour in 2023.

I place myself on the center of the left-right scale. #NZES2023 #NZPol


They do know they've been in the best position in the last three years to change those very consequences, right?

I'd ask if their voters know that, but they're still being hunted by the ghost of Ardern, so they don't even know what year it is...

#nzpol


#nzpol Isn't it interesring how this overtly 'christian' coalition government is a 'fight and play dirty to win at any cost' kind of government. They're constantly lying and they behave in a very unchristian authoritarian way. 🤬

And, yet, they're too chicken to roll Luxon or to say no to Trump. 🤔


#nzpol ⬇⬇⬇⬇


Can ee have J D Vance show up in New Zealand around 1 November,to gladhand Luxon? It worked so well for Hungary. #nzpol


Sadly, New Zealand stands out even more internationally.

Actually incredibly sad infographic here for kiwi renters.

And *what in god’s name is the govt doing* giving landlords lavish tax breaks when they are absolutely steamrolling it on rent, while our economy is in the shitter

#nzpol #rent


My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Luxon on RNZ yesterday sounded pretty happy with himself... wouldn't answer how they'd be dealing with climate change though...

#NzPol #ClimateChange #Cartoon #Luxon


#nzpol
#healthnz


Hey #ChrisLuxon, #NicolaWillis & #WinstonPeters, how's the ferries you promised coming along?
Asking for another country who'd like to send their tourists, but heard to avoid the ferry crossing in the Strait.
#nzpol #NickyNoBoats #whatferries #cookstraitferriesnz
 www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...


So te Pope and Trump are fighting,
Has someone please asked Luxon which one he's backing?
PLEEEAAASE I wanna see his head explode
#nzpol


It would be nice if NZ had a political left who understood what the assignment must now be.
#nzpol


If only there had been some way to avoid this #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...


#nzpol I guess back on track was only ever land based, they didn’t figure that complex systems were involved - sea impacts land. Way to go Nicola et Al.


This really has to change #nzpol


"Race Relations Commissioner Melissa Derby, said she had been seeing increasing anti-migrant rhetoric, including towards the country's Indian community."
#nzpol
Police investigate threatening graffiti outside Papatoetoe school www.rnz.co.nz/news/indonz/...


#LouiseUpston to beneficiaries: talk to your Case Manager if you're struggling.
So beg, get rejected, oh well, never mind.
Just Get a Job Then.
Govt won't help but you can humiliate yourself trying.
#nzpol #fuelcrisis #msdnz
#nationalnotfittogovernnz

 www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...


Radio NZ's Morning Report going hard to sugar-coat the reality of huge tax free handouts to dairy farmers who have their hands in Kiwi consumers' pockets for years - just reiterating, Fonterra payouts averaging $400,000 a head - Aotearoa urgently needs to tax capital/wealth as well as wages #nzpol


#nzpol Gull watch 14th April 7.05  no change overnight for a third day. Ridiculous that we are at the whim of an old man. And Donald Trump.


Built by an Australian for the American market

All while NZ a third of NZ doesn't have enough food, we have so many homeless we are passing legislation to be able to hide them, and our productivity per capita has stagnated.

Our best are leaving NZ

#nzpol


"We've invested an awful lot of resource in trying to reduce emissions, when in reality that won't change the picture for New Zealand because the rest of the world will drive emissions whether we do or not."

We share in the reductions they drive by playing our part, you nong. #NzPol


It's not flash in the pan Robbie Williams gig type pop but 70 million would have looked good towards to new ferry budget. Just saying.
#nzpol
'Word travels': Cook Strait ferry service's reputation for unreliability among overseas tour operators www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...


Winston Peters has sold us out to the warmongering mongering Pedophile in Chief.

They don't want Kiwis to know about it.

How dare he!
Why is this not headline news in Aotearoa?

#nzpolitics
#winstonpeters

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...


And this is going to affect disabled people disproportionately

#nzpol #disability #longcovid


David Seymour says government should abdicate responsibility for people/communities that need to relocate because of climate change.  #nzpol

ACT priorities: Lower wages, dismantle the public service, assist landlords, the uber wealthy & corps. Vote ACT so your taxes aren’t spent on you.


Winston Peters has sold us out to the warmongering Pedophile in Chief.

He doesn't want Kiwis to know about it.

Why is this not headline news?

#nzpolitics
#WinstonPeters

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...


No.

#NZPol


Tourist operator on RNZ this morning says that reliable ferries needs government intervention. In case he missed it: we don't have any reliable ferries *because of* government intervention. #nzpol […]


Pre 1990 AotearoaNZ union membership was roughly 40%.
Post 1990 Union membership continued to decline before stabilising at around 18% today.
Join your unions, restore our economy. An economy that works for all New Zealanders, not just the few. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZCTU


Can Luxon’s media problem get horribly, comically, delightfully, deliciously worse with Tova and JC whipping Luxon into a cotton candy cluster fuck???

Yes!!!

#nzpol


The family did not consent, the PoliceNZ did not follow protocols/process. Both Julie Christie making the doco and the NZPolice are behaving in a highly unethical cowboy manner got fame and $$$. Why hasn’t the Police Minister pulled the plug? #nzpol


Fonterra farmer-shareholders 'bank the good times' with Mainland sale payments
#nzpol


Let’s be honest it was on purpose but the media getting involved meant the optics weren’t good so they backtracked. How many other families/people are MSD/WINZ declining at the Govt’s behest?

Woman ‘mistakenly’ declined benefit to care for son with celiac disease, diabetes #nzpol


Winston Peters derails his own fucking ferry plan to “get NZ back on track”.

Somehow older NZers still love him like he is their messiah.

Apparently racism, sexism, bigotry,  transphobia & horrific colonial violence is what made NZ great. 🤢🤢🤢

Ok boomers

Make it make sense…

#nzpol


Is there really no one but Hipkins who can lead the NZ Labour Party? #NZpol


I enjoy that the Les Mills guy votes on the left or donates on the left...
#nzpol
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Hi Luxon and tiny 8% David…

We see you.

#nzpol


‘They’re not ready for me’: high-profile Green candidate flips to independent
#nzpol


Dog how embarrassing 😳🤦♀ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment


Luxon is Prime Minister… and he’s to blame for every shitty thing that his coalition did to New Zealand #nzpol


A desperate attempt to rally support for the right at any cost #nzpol

 www.facebook.com/share/v/1BBj...


Taps sign #nzpol
bsky.app/profile/jess...


#nzpol Submissions close midday today!

Protect our holidays and submit against Brooke van Velden's Employment Leave Bill:


This actually makes my blood boil. It’s nothing short of fucking bribery & it has NO PLACE in a free & fair democracy. Ffs change the laws already. 🤨 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment


Name & shame #nzpol


We're saved!

#nzpol


Inside the world of the folks who don’t pay a Living Wage, throw $$ at the Govt so they’ll never have to pay either a living wage or their fair share of taxes & who think their outsized wealth should outsize their reckons and wishes. #nzpol

The ultra: Making hay with the Govt of their wet dreams.


Amen to that because he got off, means he’ll do it again. The judge effectively said women in the horse training/racing industry shouldn’t expect to be safe as it would impinge on sex pests’ careers. #nzpol


Also worth noting; the rapid decline in union membership & as a result our living standards, also coincided with the dramatic reduction in the top income tax & corporate tax rates. Luxon is part of that greed machine & is actively accelerating inequality for another 50 years to come. #nzpol #NZ


Geese flocking and flying north west. Luxon has brought migration abroad to a whole new level. #nzpol


#nzpol 🇳🇿 Gini Jori @christchurchlib.bsky.social


#nzpol 🇳🇿 another random zine


"Amoral"
#nzpol #substack


The data has been available for decades. Minimum Wage hikes don’t cost jobs or reduce employment nor does paying a Living Wage. These are just excuses used by employers in NZ and globally not to pay a Living Wage or raise the MW. #nzpol 1/n


Remember how the people made homeless by this coalition were criminalised for rough sleeping because #Luxon said
, "Won't Someone Think of the Tourists?"

Well, now the tourist industry is effectively blacklisting whole regions because they can't get reliable ferry crossings....

#NZPol #FerryFiasco


Dang, have Chuck ‘n Mary been gossiping about the Cook Strait ferries too?
#nzpol
#nNickiNoBoats
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...


Muldoon framed Marsden Point, Kapuni fertilizer works, Tiwai Point and Motunui gas-to gasoline plant as national security.

We need to do it because it's right, and we have to do it so that it works effectively, and finances itself responsibly,  and we need  NZ  to retain ownership. #NZPol


So will the Coalition table a bill to take it out of scope of The Waitangi Tribunal?
#nzpol


The University of Oxford study said the austerity-era growth in children exposed to poverty for most of their formative years was a “significant social problem” that would cause long-term harms to their health, education and life chances.
#nzpol


Luxon who thinks Willis is a better Finance Minister than Robertson #nzpol

bsky.app/profile/jess...


Hell yeah. #nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...


RNZ simply copy-pasted a condescending technocrat’s report that is all too eager to blame consumers, celebrate the penalties put upon them, and give marching orders to do it their way or no way instead of investigating how #recycling in #Auckland works and leads to such poor outcomes. #nzpol


Does it feel good to punch down instead of looking inward? #Auckland #recycling #nzpol


Word is traveling more than anyone on the Cook Strait.

If this is just the tourists, then imagine all the unheard kiwi voices who couldn't get home because National didn't want Labour to succeed.

Hopefully they vote in Nov.

#nzpol


Want to build a LNG terminal?
Do the math 🧮!

#nzpol


#nzpol


What a great idea! 😒
#NZPol


One News is  now trying to teach the 'squeezed middle'.

tinyurl.com/this-tip

This little phrase cracked me up....

"Many staples – including olive oil,"

They don't inhabit the real world.

Why not suggest sending the butler to buy fillet mignon instead of Wagu.?

#NZPol #nzmedia #poverty


Really good, blunt stuff here from Emma Ricketts. Email her a compliment if you have time because this sort of reporting is few and far between. #nzpol


Luxon needed a domestic crisis to grab some semblance of relevance to NZ, he didn't get it!

#nzpol


Wealth buys NZ citizenship and property. Wealth influences elections through political donations and would typically push the right-wing agenda.

NZ is now a haven for the very people who have damaged our world. Should NZ be a Noah's ark for the rich? #nzpol


A vital watch for everyone, especially all New Zealand Journalists from all sides of the political spectrum.

If your not going to use the word "Fascist"
"... is hell bent on becoming more like the Trumpist United States today. ..."
( Bluesky "trumpist" search link  [ tinyurl.com/NZHtrump ])
#nzpol


More #nz #SupermarketDuopoly tales.

We're disabled/ rural,we food shop online regularly.
Last week they damaged most of our order. We used what we could, we needed it.
All delivery is contracted out. Head office must approve before $50 'free' replacements can be added to next weeks' order. #NZPol


#nzpol Luxo juicing the domestic housing market: Getting the economy back on crack!


🧵
Congratulations to Cr Julie Fairey and the Auckland Council for Doing The Right Thing.
Looking forward to others following suit.

#TāmakiMakaurau
#nzpol


*Correction: Subs close at midnight whānau that’s another 12 hours to get your submissions in! #nzpol


The only part of this conversation that is honest was when NZ Finance Minister Nicola Willis said "We will not be delivering" in a Freudian slip moment #nzpol #kiwi


Note that RNZ still haven't removed their story about this woman which claims she is a 'doordash employee' rather than a paid political operative.

Never Trust RNZ

#nzpol


If you order from overseas, you will be now be charged a new government tax on shipments valued at $1,000 NZD or less. For imports, the levy will be $2.21 NZD per shipment, plus GST. For exports, $2.48 NZD per shipment, plus GST.

Always new taxes, always under stealth.  #NZPOL 1/2


Wouldn't this be nice? #nzpol instead we get the "market" deciding


Can't wait to we get our undersized new ferries in it feels like a billion years from now.
#nzpol
share.google/WOLKWHgcip7Y...


I'm a woman, aged 65+, and with European ethnicity.

I have Level 4 qualifications, own my home mortgage-free, and live in an urban area.

I voted for National in 2023.

I place myself on the center of the left-right scale. #NZES2023 #NZPol


"Successive councils, left and right, built infrastructure charges into rates, then diverted the revenue to flashier projects ...”

#nzpol  #wellington

wellington.scoop.co.nz?p=179107


NZ family declined support for care for 4 year old, despite doctor explaining. The boy requires multiple insulin shots & is hypo unaware, meaning he doesn't show symptoms when his blood sugar drops, which can be fatal. This is the 2nd case in recent times until media intervenes #nzpol #kiwi


The NZ govt has loosened all laws to pave the way for so called golden investors to buy property and residency with relative ease #nzpol


The shift is most notable in the case of cannabis, the drug nearly half of us said should be fully legal in the 2020 referendum. In 2021, there were 2055 charges for use or possession of cannabis. In 2025, there were 3438. The number has jumped 50% in the past two years.

archive.ph/vWk0s

#nzpol


This also applies to the conservative Christian members of our current government, including Luxon and Simeon Brown #nzpol


Big thank you to NZ First and immigrant shy? Winston Peters.

The hypocrisy.

#nzpol


#NZpol


Also covered in RNZ Sunday's Mediawatch (also worth a listen)

But if you're going to print & broadcast your opinion & corrections when Trump &  his ilk outbursts are so divergent to reality, then should you not also do so when our local politicians behave likewise?

The silence is deafining.
#nzpol


How does everyone feel re: the Minister we pay to serve NZ spending a lot of time ensuring needs are met with rich foreigners looking to buy up here?

Not devoting same service to NZ

If they stay a week pa are they tax residents? What’s the point? Just shift expensive properties? #nzpol


So with all the rich people moving to Queenstown and Wanaka, who is gonna work at the Maccas, cafe's, restaurants, ski resorts and other places the rich moving there wanna use? Themselves? Ha!

#nzpol


Also covered in RNZ Sunday's Mediawatch (also worth a listen)

But if you're going to print & broadcast your opinion & corrections when Trump &  his ilk outbursts are so divergent to reality, then should you not also do so when our local politicians behave likewise?

The silence is deafening.
#nzpol


Fossil fuels funding our right wing parties

#nzpol


Remember Discord who were going to force everyone to provide their age verification?

It's no surprise when a 13yr old's account gets compromised they do absolutely nothing.

But some idiots think we should hand these people more power? #nzpol

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...


If they don't give a fuck about critical infrastructure they won't be losing any sleep over this.... #nzpol


#nzpol


Another reason to invest in rail in NZ.  #nzpol, #rail

We need 1kg of crushed rock every hour to maintain our roads, where do we get your kilo? – Wayne Scott www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/we-need-1...


Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?? #nzpol

Remember how all our media talked up how great Luxo was internationally. Ahaha. Ahahahahahaha no


If you ever feel like wasting a rich person's money, vote for a left leaning party.

If you wanna ensure that money is wasted, spread the word about the left leaning parties.

Guerrilla marketing is just as effective as a well funded campaign, otherwise influences wouldn't be a thing.

#nzpol


Domino Theory.
#politics #nzpol #aupol #ukpol #capol


Great campaign from #RewiringAotearoa #ThisCarCan #nzpol

It may be 15 years old, basically worthless, dented, and smells of kids, dogs and the beach but our 1st Gen Leaf is probably the best car we've ever owned - perfect for multiple local trips each day and so helpful right now


They’re going pretty hard on the LW already over a fractional TAX on extra wealth, as they plunder millions from us with extra LEVIES (TAXES) and higher costs of everything to protect their elitist greed class. 🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #VoteThemAllOutNZ #NZ


Ron Sexsmith in Auckland. #livemusic is #nzpol


#nzpol
for anyone following the NZ fuel situation, hormuz-458b0b.gitlab.io has just updated


We need to get all $ & lobbying out of politics/elections:

In 2026, every donation of more than $20,000 a political party receives must be declared within 20 days. So who’s getting – and who’s giving – the biggest sums? #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/14-...


We need to get all $ & lobbying out of #politics / #elections if we want to keep our #Democracy

In 2026, every donation of more than $20,000 a political party receives must be declared within 20 days. So who’s getting – and who’s giving – the biggest sums? #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/14-...


Seems WINZ listens to media before it reads expert doctors' reports beneficiaries provide. This is the second recent example of a decision reversal in the face of media attention. Do beneficiaries need media training in order to get what they're owed?
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...


Recipe to increase your support

1) Stand up to Trump
2) State your position on world affairs
3) Be well informed and active

#nzpol


#nzpol🚨 URGENT LETTER FROM @sandragreynzctu.bsky.social TO PARTY LEADERS REGARDING FUEL CRISIS:


#EndProhibition
#nzpol


These are the immigrants we don’t want. We should make NZ #Rich-lister free - & every settler should have to learn #Māori, recognise & support #TeTiriti & show empathy (Promise to be “Woke” )

#TaxTheRichest & #Corporations
#EndPoverty

#PartyVoteGreen

💚❤🖤#nzpol www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...


I raised a similar reputational point about NZ Government actions to disestablish Ministry for the Environment! Bad for tourism and even worse for overseas sales of our meat and produce!
#NZpol


By Extra, they mean Last

#nzpol


"The first principle should be: don't impose export restrictions that are only making the disequilibrium worse," she said, adding that the war would have a more severe impact on growth and inflation if it continued for a prolonged period.
#nzpol


This is really important, #NZPol we need to start thinking about how we work together and rally numbers to push these corrupt unfit, idiots in Govt out and elect more aspirational leadership that will work together for the good of our country.


No it is not normal.
#nzpol


ChatGPT, draw me a picture of Luxon as JC holding a bucket of KFC.

#nzpol


Look, what I'd say to you is that Chuck and Mary have their own boat. Sorted.

#nzpol


Oh no

Anyway

#nzpol

businessdesk.co.nz/article/prim...


As well as a great offer in itself

This seems like a good model that perhaps some local Aotearoa writers and progressive media could try.

#NZpol


www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

We urgently need to look to australia and other countries for real investment opportunities away from the status quo that this govt in particular are doing.
#nzpol


📺 NZ National Party #nzpol
📢 Queenstown’s Ayrburn Screen Hub granted Fast-track approval14 April, 2026Chris Bishop

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📺 NZ National Party #nzpol
📢 New Zealand tourism continuing to rise14 April, 2026Louise Upston

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We also need to get #Religious #Zionist #AtlasNetwork #Fascists out of Government at all levels- local, regional & national
#nzpol #uspol #auspol #eupol #canpol

The Rise of the Christian Right in Canada
#ChristoFascism
www.bchumanist.ca/the_rise_of_...


Dawn Aerospace news...
www.dawnaerospace.com/latest-news/...
#nzpol #DawnAerospace #Space #Rockets


The comments Tamaki's posts inspired on Twitter, and Facebook featured tsunami of violence, hate, and racism against Indians, Muslims, Africans, and Middle Easterners. If (when?) there's an act of terrorism/violence against NZ's Indian community, *remember this awful record of incitement*. #nzpol


Solar on 20+ space car parks would be a great option for NZ too.

May need to send that to Simeon Brown and Simon Watts too! 🤔

#nzpol


This cartoon is BRILLIANT and sums up very clearly why NOBODY should be voting labour because they are just NATIONAL with a kinder face and a caring smile.

If you are voting labour, please for the love of dog, don’t.

VOTE GREEN!

Show me a LABOUR policy that is undoing the orthodoxy???

#nzpol


Chloe Swarbrick - we get the politics we think we deserve, just like we get the love we think we deserve.

She's making the point that the people engaged in politics are big bosses and landlords and the rich. The system works for those people. If we want it to work for us, we have to engage.
#nzpol


I’m impressed with Timoti, actually. He knows himself well. I wish him every success!!  #nzpol

newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/13/h...


This is an interesting and clear analysis as to why American AI companies are fucked!!

Most big tech (that is not an “AI” company) is using open source AI models from China as they are cheaper, easier to implement and not locked down!

#nzpol


important 🧵 #nzpol


NEW ARRIVAL. Chang Hang Kai Tuo  45690 DWT at Marsden Point after a voyage from Singapore. Hafnia Expidite parked up next door.

#nzpol #nznews


A Starship specialist literally detailed alllll the ways this benefit was needed for the parent, and some WINZ case worker with ZERO medical training just went, ahh nope.

Horrific.

Ppl shouldn't need to go to the media to get the support they're entitled to.

#nzpol


#NZpol More submissions! -


For those wondering why Ambulances have been systemically vandalised in two locations in Auckland,

St John NZ is a charity whose main beneficiaries are  Israeli hospitals in Jerusalem. Most of their income come from government payments, charges to patients, and corporate training.

#NZPol


NEW DEPARTURE. Esteem Endeavor 49999DWT has departed Singapore. Due in Lyttelton on 1/5.

#nzpol #nznews #tankers


RBNZ deliberate economic sabotage engineering killing NZ employment to get rates down has been a major reason why our economy is currently a dumpster fire 🔥

RBNZ still think more economic sabotage is a solution 💩

We need new solutions #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...


#BHN Tonight at 9pm
- Hipkins scrap with Ryan Bridge. Hard nosed journalism or ideological commentary?
- Donald Trump is not the Messiah, neither is he a Doctor
- Can Luxon's media issues be sorted by the election
#nzpol #nzpolitics

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Of course NZers are spending less on nonfuel items like food. Household budgets haven't increased during the increase in travel costs. 🙄
#NZpol


Thank you Donald Trump!!! Donald Trump does the biggest thing yet for Climate Change. Dropping the amount of oil that is burned worldwide. Who would have thunk? #auspol #nzpol


We only need to build out 10-15% to get there and replace non-renewable generation, It is low hanging fruit for energy security. #nzpol


More National BS
#nzpol


If you want a country that is fair. Treats people well and allows us ALL to thrive, not just those at the top at the expense of everyone else then vote Green.

✅✅💚

#NZPol
#PeopleAndPlanetOverProfit


#nzpol


👀

#NZPol


See also Aotearoa New Zealand #nzpol


Won't affect the rich entitled National Party MPs so they won't care
#nzpol


Cyclone Vaianu, and climate change denial in New Zealand

www.linkedin.com/pulse/cyclon... (LinkedIn)

sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/c... (WordPress)

#nzpol #climatechange


#NZPol the system is sick and needs flipping. Predatory men impact the real victim's lives, punishment is SUPPOSED to fuck up their lives. Is our justice system just there to protect sexual predators and do a further hit job on victims? Time to elect people who will genuinely tackle rape culture.


Good grief, here's RNZ and Andrew Little going into bat for the C.I.A, 5eyes & NZ’s intel. Basically saying:

“Yes, Trump is a bit of a concern, but don’t let that affect how you view our strong & righteous intel networks. Oh, and also, please remember: China = bad." 🙄

#nzpol


They can't help themselves
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...


Why does Australia get David Pocock whereas we get all the fashy rugby dudes. This is so fucking gross, talk about pulling up the ladder #nzpol


#NZpol

When Board members by and large are pretty much insulated from the effects of decisions, it's always easy for commentators on the news to give us an almost breezy "So yes, things could get difficult for a bit longer, but ultimately they should work themselves out after a while... LOL"


When ever I read these titles I think of the many examples in #nzpol of rural communities shrinking such as Ohakune and the Winston’s Pulp Mill closure, because power was expensive while other  countries are giving electricity away for free. The system needs to change fast


National stopped the EV uptake.
But now with the petrol, food and ocr rises if the idiots decided to bring back EV incentives, no one can afford anything.

Absolute morons
#nzpol


Read this report then read the RNZ story in comments and ask yourself if Casey Costello who is a former tobacco lobbyist should be removed from her position as customs minister due to an obvious conflict of interest. #nzpol


😮 The biggest solar farm produced 6.5TWh till March 2026!

For NZ context Huntly produces ~5TWh.

 Our biggest hydro station (Manapōuri) produces
~4.8TWh - mostly for Tiwai.
The second biggest (Benmore) ~2.2TWh.

#nzpol


#NZPol


#nzpol www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...


Cyclone Vaianu, and climate change denial in New Zealand.

(Photo taken mid cyclone after civil defence warnings) #nzpol #OneTermGovernment


I hope the LW in AotearoaNZ are paying attention…💭🗳
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ


New Zealand: New Zealand First (*) is on 13.6% in the latest Curia poll, its highest showing in an opinion poll since July 2017.

If repeated in the next general election, this would be the party’s best result ever.

➤ oceaniaelects.com/new-zealand
#NewZealand #nzpol


I'm a man, aged 55-64, and with European ethnicity.

I have Level 4 qualifications, own my home mortgage-free, and live in an urban area.

I did not cast a party vote in 2023.

I place myself on the center of the left-right scale. #NZES2023 #NZPol


#nzpol


1877 to 1879.  #OTD #history #sapol #sapolitics #saparli #parlisa #nzpol #nzpolitics #cape #southafrica #politics


Absolutely absurd - we in Auckland have the evidence of our eyes.

#nzpol


They *never* lead with "Right wing lobby group says..."

This framing immediately skews the readers perception.

Bastards!
#nzpol


"There is a narrative across the sector that there are hundreds of NZs without shelter and there is a lack of willingness to engage with MSD. There is no evidence to validate these statements..."

Delay, Deny, Defend.

MSD is willing to accept a false reality in Aotearoa.

#nzpol


"Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz were still affecting supplies and that even if the passage normalises, it could take around 20 days for Middle Eastern cargoes to reach South Korea."
#nzpol good read. Our government continues to gaslight us


Oh, thank dog the government has denied this crisis exists. Nothing to see here, don’t believe your lying eyes team. Keep cruel & carry on! 🙄
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ


We can stop the ongoing wealth theft & planetary destruction simply by insisting on alternative clean & sustainable sovereign energy sources. We can change all of this.
Please join in the call to scale up solar & free ourselves from the chains of OILigarchs  past. #nzpol #NZ

greenpeace.nz/wpymib


#nzpol <heavy sigh>


Sound familiar #nzpol?


The Great White Hope. Opposition leader Chris Hipkins makes a call to Vice President of the USA, J D Vance.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #USA #Hungary #NZelection26


There are over 2,500 state & state integrated schools in AotearoaNZ.
There are now 6 additional state or integrated state schools that have asked for more information about converting to the Charter School system in the last year…hardly a raging success. 🙄
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ


JFC. This one of the other stars of our NZ boys' (Antony Starr and Karl Urban) show The Boys.

Tomer Capone just casually talking about his own violent abuse he conducted during his time in the IDF.

#nzpol


Chorus preview out for paying subscribers: US blockade turns back oil tankers; IMF fears global recession; IMF sees NZ inflation rising with world; Kiwibank pushes back on early OCR hike view #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...


The privatise & pillage priority of this government is ticking along nicely. This time it’s an Australian private equity firm that seeks to benefit from the blood sweat & tears of kiwi healthcare workers. How marvellous for the Aussies & the shareholders. How unfortunate for kiwi citizens #nzpol #NZ


In the last week the number of homeless people camping behind a supermarket on my cycle commute route has tripled. #NZPol


#nzpol Gull watch 15th April 6.50 am surprised to see no overnight change but I guess no-one has any idea what will happen next.


Wilful ignorance in action. If we say there’s not a problem we don’t have to address it. MSD, the organisation that routinely turn away the homeless, have a new narrative in their arsenal. #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...


#nzpol Gull watch 14th April 7.05  no change overnight for a third day. Ridiculous that we are at the whim of an old man. And Donald Trump.


#nzpol Gull watch 15th April 6.50, surprised to see no change overnight. Guess supply is still good, for now.


Profit incentivises increased profit NOT reinvestment  #nzpol


Fuel crisis: Support workers challenge government to do their job for a day

Support workers suggest the government spend a day with them to understand why an increase to 82 cents per kilometre is a joke. #nzpol


“A government document says it is a "narrative" that hundreds of New Zealanders live without shelter, and there is "no evidence" to validate that.”

#nzpol


POSTED JULY 29, 2025

Homelessness increasing across nearly all communities, with no area reporting a decline. Access to emergency housing is becoming increasingly restricted, with a 386% rise since August 2024 ( MSD) rejections citing that people had ‘contributed to their own homelessness’.
#nzpol


LOL
Yet another portent of a new right wing government being elected later this year.
Amazed that people on here still fall for their crap.
#nzpol


NEW ARRIVAL. Oriental Aquamarine 49883 DWT has arrived in Tauranga from South Korea.

#nzpol #nznews


@Rough sleeping is just the tip of the iceberg. On the night of the 2023 Census, there were 112,496 people experiencing homelessness”.

“we are set to lose the continued collection of such high-quality data with the end of the traditional Census” #nzpol


NEW DEPARTURE. STI Opera 49990 DWT in the Singapore Straight after leaving Merak, Indonesia. Due at Marsden Point on 2/5.

#nzpol #nznews


Here's an article by @timothysnyder.bsky.social  about Trump and the coming coup he might just attempt... #nzpol

www.thenerve.news/p/donald-tru...


Social determinants of health folk - equitable access to culturally appropriate healthcare - public health 101.

#nzpol


#NZpol A reminder of why warning people matters

“If the warnings that were issued before Cyclone Vaianu on the weekend had been issued before Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023, Ivy Collins would be 5-years-old now.”

– Well written. (Some may want to use reader mode to defeat Stuff’s advertising! 🙄)


One homeless person, Samantha Bradley, provided a video of a vehicle being towed. Her own dog, Marley, was taken from her because it was not registered.

She said this made her feel unsafe, and she had nowhere else to go.

three new fines brought her total to about $1400 -

#nzpol


#nzpol


📺 NZ Maori Party #nzpol
📢 As a Māori political movement we are guided by our tikanga and will always fiercely advocate for the interests of our whānau, Hapū and Iwi in Parliament and Government.

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#NZPol

JOHN: Tell me all your thoughts on God
'Cause I would really like to meet her
And ask her why we're who we are

INGRID: You can email us on @morningreport.co.nz


Thirty seven per cent of respondents agreed they could trust the 'news most of the time' - 37%. What a said indictment for NZ media, and a sad state of affairs for the people of NZ.
#nzpol


As of 8:15am this morning… only 16 days of diesel in Aotearoa
#nzpol


It always an in-joke to the blokes. It’s never a joke for the female staff who get targeted and their careers sidelined if they complain. #nzpol

Sir Rod Drury’s attention toward younger female staff was considered by some to be an “in-joke” at tech company Xero. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...


Headline: "Business confidence reflects reckons and vibes, not facts"

"...our research suggests these results are systematically influenced by the government of the day."

"Journalists should aim to provide caveats about the limitations of these surveys and put the results in context."

#NZPol


“Rather, business confidence
measures how the business community feels about the economy. And our recent research suggests these feelings are strongly influenced by politics.” #nzpol


Right now, #ChrisLuxon, this is @ your doorstep.
Don't ignore homeless people anymore.

They are not "Bottom Feeders".
They are Humans.

Just Fucking Help Them.

#nzpol #nzhomeless
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tauranga-...


#NZPol


An absolute rort

Time to tear the whole electricity market apart and rebuild it as something fit for purpose that supports its customers and not shareholders
#nzpol


At press conference yesterday Luxon announced the govt will be drafting a bill to ban under 16s from social media, to be introduced before the election. Unclear whether it is the same as the current members bill. He said it will follow the Australian law. #nzpol


This was expected. But, esafety release a report last week that showed the law was ineffective as 70% of young people still had accounts or got around the restrictions to create new accounts. Esafety is currently deciding whether to issue fines, which will be battled out in court. #nzpol


Bold to assume NZ has the capacity for the same litigation or the regulator with institutional knowledge of online safety and platform design to oversee it. #nzpol


This is a failed policy. It is doomed in Australia as it is doomed everywhere else. The Parliamentary Inquiry was told this by most experts that have anything to do with the internet. Regardless, it was their top recommendation. As opposed to literally anything else. #nzpol


Ask any New Zealand politician why we can’t do this here and prepare for a masterclass in spin and bullshit.

www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news... #nzpol


There is no homelessness, there is no fuel crisis - who you gonna believe? The Govt, or your own lying, cheating eyes and ears?

#nzpol


📺 NZ National Party #nzpol
📢 National selects suite of new Auckland candidates15 April, 2026Agnes Loheni, +3

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📺 NZ National Party #nzpol
📢 Alexandra Davids selected as National’s candidate in Christchurch East13 April, 2026Alexandra Davids

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No other policy was announced. No indication of those wider regulations that Erica Stanford promised. WEIRD. #nzpol


And will be just as much of a failure as it is in Australia #nzpol


Once again, the CoC proves it cannot handle rationality, logic or the need for evidence.

#nzpol


Kind of appropriate when you remember that Winston Peters was a member of the Muldoon National Government that allowed the 1981 Springbok rugby tour to happen AFTER triggering an African nation boycott of the 1976 Olympics.
💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol


I've already got sick of listening to anyone talking about covid response
#nzpol
Our weak kneed journalists don't challenge right wing people enough


What bemuses me is the arbitrage  some large industrials made under TP's former RCPD scheme ie ~ $100/kWh in other words if they dropped load during peaks they'd save spending this. Lines companies used to do the same mainly via HWC ripple control
This was a real incentive to avoid grid costs
#nzpol


This  👇 👇 👇 👇  is how you celebrate diversity  #nzpol


Breaking news!
We can all keep perfectly calm.
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol


A documentary still follows a narrative.

There's plenty of evidence if there's orders to move them on.

This is just MSD not doing their job and blaming the concept of being told something as an excuse not to look for evidence.

#nzpol


Ministry says the quiet part out loud. #NzPol


I mean, you'd have to have had a fair few knocks to the head to wanna even vote for NZ First. Turns out, if you get knocked in the head professionally, you'd wanna join the damn party as a politician.

#nzpol


"Business confidence reflects reckons and vibes, not fact"

provide insight in to how companies FEEL about the economy, but don't measure economic performance.

finally, someone calls it as it is.

#nzpol

newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/15/b...


Wow - Explain this narrative then? #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...


Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world. America has refineries designed to process this oil.

American oil companies are monopolising oil & squeezing the last drops of profit from a dying industry.

Cheap oil from the middle east is in the way.

IRAN IS ABOUT OIL!

#uspol, #nzpol


Right now the Government is choosing to consult with big business on the fuel crisis, and refusing to meet with unions. We need solutions that work for ALL New Zealanders, not just a wealthy few. #nzpol


I'd really like some media people to get out there and talk to some homeless people and say "The government says you don't exist, do you have a message for them?"

#nzpol


#NZpol Potentially reducing the effect of incentives to encourage households to supply power to the network at peak times via solar and battery systems.


What is it with rich men with horrible personal misconduct problems supporting the ACT party? (He donated $100k in 2022)

#nzpol


And this is why we should not allow facial recognition into Aotearoa/New Zealand shopping outlets #nzpol


"it is clear tipping the scales on behalf of their own profit incentive"
The electricity system needs to be nationalised. Providing clean, green, affordable energy to all should be the priority, not enriching shareholders #nzpol

newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/14/l...


Relevant for NZ as we open our doors for tech giants escaping the mess they have created and allowing them to influence politics in NZ #nzpol


If a retailer can justify using facial recognition for the reasons given here it will soon be ubiquitous in public space. I find the idea chilling. Admittedly, it's just one more chilling step along what is becoming a well worn path #nzpol #facialrecognition
www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/15/c...


"This strategy comes with risks. Brown and Luxon could turn out to be living in a bubble. Hardline social conservatives who harbour a deep-seated resentment to Labour’s Covid response aren’t necessarily reflective of the wider electorate"

Nats and NZF fighting for the same votes, hopefully #nzpol


Once you get past Chris Bishop's whataboutism it worth listening to John Campbell & Labour's Vanushi Walters cross examination.

 "Not neutrality but alignment dressed up as restraint. I don't think its dressed up any more, this is starting to look more & more like alignment ..." - Vanushi.
#nzpol


A great interview here with Edward Luce of the Financial Times about Trump's world-view, such as there is one. The interviewer is New Zealander Anna Fifield, so there's a NZ perspective to this too.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
#Trump #Iran #NewZealand #Crypto #nzpol


You know what could flood the 2nd hand EV market without costing the govt anything? Mandating rental vehicles to be EVs only.

#nzpol


#NZPOL


Reminder: New Zealand is also doing a version of this except we don't have a car industry to protect and we're not a big fossil fuel exporter so we don't even get any of the short-term gains and we're a little island at the bottom of the world so we're even more fucked by it long-term 🙃 #nzpol


Luxon & Seymour importing Trump election rigging to NZ & denying tens of thousands of voters their democratic rights by changing the registration time, despite Electoral Commission's advice that time taken to release final results won't change. And now they're restricting Māori seats rules. #nzpol


More white middle aged men doing dumb, pathetic, stupid things.

Take his numerous awards off him, right now!
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...


Nicola showed Jack Tame the risk report.
The spreadsheet
Remember
Nicola: THE DOW IS OVER 50,000
#nzpol


Isnt it fun that EV drivers in #NewZealand subsidies petrol cars

#nzpol

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izjy...


Turned off RNZ Midday Report. Why in the world would they interview racist has-been and serial political failure Don Brash about the AoNZ defence relationship with the USA? I don't give a flying fuck if he has changed his mind about it. #nzpol


When are we going to start jailing these white middle aged rich sex predators?

Just asking for the safety of our wahine
#nzpol


Lines co's scamming 95% of the ticket on home solar exports

#NewZealand has about 860MW of installed grid tied home solar that is *never* reported on official energy sources and is at the moment significantly under valued, and short changed

#nzpol

newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/14/l...


#nzpol, the plan becomes clear

1) Kick them when they are down
2) Force them to go somewhere else
3) Pretend they don't exist

Is this 'american' style of caring for our people what we want for New Zealand?

This government needs to be removed.


SUPER brave of her and I hope she doesn't get too much harassment.

This is 100% reflective of the experience most women go through in the workplace at some point. #thehorrors #nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...


His response to the allegations are typical: oh no one complained to me about my behaviour towards those who worked for me. #nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...


Met Mayor Stephen Jolly of Yarra City Melbourne. Super cool guy who’s going hard on public housing and green spaces. He’s invited me to their next council meeting as they debate their latest cycleway corridor project. I know @miriammoore.bsky.social would be frothing 😂💚🚴♀ #nzpol


I mean a tech millionaire who donated to the ACT Party is a creep? Shocked. #nzpol


Strategic relationships with local IWI should be compulsory in my view. Especially as we now face a “Cyclone Season” instead of Summer & dog knows what Autumn, Winter & Spring will bring. Māori are the experts on local whenua knowledge & community organisation.What’s the fkn problem, racists? #nzpol


The present govt are okay sipping champagne eating caviar and patting themselves on their back.
#nzpol


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I'm a woman, aged 55-64, and with Māori ethnicity.

I have Level 1 qualifications, own my home mortgage-free, and live in a rural/remote area.

I voted for Labour in 2023.

I place myself on the left of the left-right scale. #NZES2023 #NZPol


Hesds up from TPM on the true state of our fuel crisis. It appears that Te Pāti Māori don’t trust this pack of wonks who are failing at everything either.  #nzpol #OneTermGovernment  #Aotearoa #NZ


8 years after the complaint, and gongs a plenty, Xero launches review over misconduct allegations about co-founder, former CEO Sir Rod Drury #nzpol #optics #whitewashing?


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#nzpol
What sort of business doesn't properly do due diligence before signing any sort of agreement? FFS, Ryan Bridge, this is just gutter journalism.

youtu.be/_IOvO2LNNJs?...


MSD alleges there's no evidence people are homeless. Later apologizes for "inaccuracy" / lie.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Meanwhile Tauranga City Council seizes home (car) and security (dog) of "vehicle-dwellers" (new media term) depriving them of shelter.
#NZpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...


If the problem is people living in unregistered/unwarranted cars, then solving that problem by GIVING THEM A WARM SAFE CLEAN PLACE TO LIVE provides much better outcomes than fining them and stealing their last few posessions.

Infuriating.

#nzpol


Ministers are not clinicians -
Doocey cannot hide the crisis in mental healthcare understaffing behind peer services/ support  which are not a standalone service
From the ODT
#nzpol


Diesel supply 🚨 "People deserve to know what's actually in the country today, not what was true nearly a week ago ... NZ Govt is padding its numbers with fuel that hasn't landed. That's not security, that's hope." Press release from Te Pāti Maori, WED 15th, 8am #nzpol www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA26...


#nzpol 🇳🇿 one policy I can agree with.


Absolutely not.

"We're not competitive against someone sending goods halfway around the world, so if you want freedom of choice , we want the government to take money from you to make us rich."
Aside from the issues of already paying import levies, this is still arrogant bullshit.

Bastards. #NZPol


Tariffs. Those are called tariffs. And we have exporters who get really stroppy when other countries try and put them on us.

I also don't want to pay a "levy" that goes to BP/Shell etc when I charge up an electric car, or pay Woolworths when I buy milk from Pak&Save.

#nzpol


15 days 'in country' is totally fine, like we can just cancel the field days tractor pull if need be. #nzpol


Do you trust these men with your children? #nzpol


Sir Rod Dury Has been made New Zealander of the Year.

I'm trying to understand just exactly what this  means.
The nomination is linkedin gibberish.

He's a knight with a net worth of #2 billion out of selling accounting software.
A parasitic product that trickles costs down to us all.

#NZpol


📺 NZ National Party #nzpol
📢 Expanded role for community pharmacists15 April, 2026Simeon Brown

👉more news/weather bots


For 110yrs, #ClimateChange has been in the news.
Aug 14 1912, a small #NZ newspaper published a short article, now famous across the internet as one of the 1st articles of climate science announcing global coal usage was affecting our planet’s temp.
Are we finally ready to listen?
#auspol
#nzpol


#BDS victory in Auckland, New Zealand where 'Councillors have voted in favour of an investigation into supporting sanctions against #Israel over war crimes.' www.newarab.com/news/aucklan... #StopIsrael #NZPol


Leaky homes but with kids?

Especially as its these two who seek advice and then ignore it.

#NZPol


I thought gas would just get more expensive, but i went to the petrol station and they had no fuel to sell. Guess that's why there's a months long backlog to buy EV's. #nzpol


In answering Survey by Woolworths Supermarkets, I expressed concerns about conflict in Middle East and asked supermarkets to #boycott or cease selling goods from companies supporting genocidal Israeli Defence Force. Like Obelas hummus. #BDS
#NZpol
woolworths.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...


#NZpol


I just found out that the “woke snowflakes” in New Zealand First have blocked me, for sharing *checks notes* inconvenient truths. I am a fucking warrior & I deserve the tattoos to prove it! 😂🙌 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment


🧐🤔 Make it make sense. #nzpol


Peace is learning to live together, as part of our beautiful planet.

Maori and Pakeha live in Peace relatively well, up and downs that can be resolved, like in a marriage. #Love.

Like here and now, talking in the courts to restore Te Tiriti in the curriculum in NZ schools💯🤞#nzpol
#HonourTeTiriti


So let me get this straight? Ex-Free Speech Union Ceo Jonathon Ayling is selling $100,000 of wine for the ACT Party *after* he is awarded one of David Seymour's charter schools? #NZPol

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...


When we’ve run out of fuel stocks, the government announcement will be:

Fuel Stocks are no longer falling and levels are stable.

#nzpol


Voices for Freedom absolutely loves Martin Sellner, & keeps retweeting him (so that he reaches more domestic followers). Wrote about Sellner, and VFF/RCR in 2024: Martin Sellner’s far-right playbook: A threat to New Zealand’s liberal democracy sanjanah.wordpress.com/2024/10/15/m... #nzpol


Luxon still standing by Trump like the simping usher he is.. #nzpol


This is the missing piece in the solar story.

Home batteries that are grid connected and allow for load distribution and mitigation at peak times are obliterating power costs in Australia.

NZ govt …🥱… 🦗🦗🦗🦗

😡😡😡

#nzpol


This is something New Zealand should do on the super-wealthy homes in Queenstown, South Island!!

Now more than ever, as wealthy Americans run away from the US!
#NZPol


Oh yes self regulation through the Media Council will work fine. #nzpol


#NZpol

Am I saying he's perfect? Not at all.

But what happens when someone actually decides to follow through where they can to keep pushing the tide back on the ultra-wealthy who *are* taking *everyone else* for a ride?

Far better prospects and hope for the Many going forward, that's what.


For those still wondering how a different government might have guided us through an unprecedented global pandemic…

Maybe by asking the coronavirus itself when it thought things might, y’know, return to “normal”? #nzpol

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Mind you, this now leaves luxo to have to front the updates.

And if he does not, then an even worse, look.

But will give an excuse to be tooooo busy for John Campbell interviews.
#NZpol


#NZpol C’mon Jones, it’s “Charge, baby, charge”


#nzpol
Great article @paulapenfold.bsky.social again.
Ally Naylor's the real hero here.
Tnere's way too much backscratcning revolvingdoor misogynist-nihilistic-racist behaviour in business & politics in AoNZ. Celebrating these blokes is just multiplying the bullshit.


Goldsmith is a dangerous free-market ideologue. Zero accountability is his favourite kind. #NzPol


#NZpol

Enough of this f'n gaslighting and vote it ALL out.

Keep Winston "lifetime limit for welfare of 2 years max" Peters OUT. Keep the "can't believe how much we spent on keeping people alive" ACT party OUT. Keep the 'we're not honest enough to admit we can't control them" National Party OUT.


Election season is well under way.

#nzpol


The Ministry FOR Regulation,
David Seymour, Ayn Rand, & the question of who gets regulated -DR ANDREW DICKSON
#nzpol #Democracy #FreedumVsFreedom #AtlasNetwork #Neoliberalism #ACT
open.substack.com/pub/andrewdi...?


FUCK YEAH

Hope this is true and Labour have grown some bollocks

Tax Justice Aotearoa released a report this morning calling for

a tax rate of 50% on income over $150,000 a year
a more comprehensive capital gains tax
an inheritance tax
a wealth tax
windfall profit taxes
higher trust taxes
#nzpol


#auspol #ukpol #cdnpol #nzpol


US VP Vance suggests Pope Leo should only comment on "matters of morality".

How is pleading for peace and an end to war and murders of innocent people including children not a matter of morality?

What Trump, Hegseth and Netanyahu are doing is IMMORAL!
#NZpol #USpol
www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/14/j...


Erica Stanford met with Nigel Farage in London: former UK Education Minister now runs a Fascist Racist Far Right Party.This is who Erica & Seymour seek out to advise her on NZ Education #AtlasNetwork #Neoliberalism #austerity #racist #ClimateDeniers #BigOil #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/education/20...


Seymour is such a liar.
His plans for NZ are terrifying #nzpol #education #health
#AtlasNetwork #Zionist #austerity #inequality #privatisation #War #homelessness #deaths #fascism #wealthstripping


"Nicola Willis to ask White House when they see things returning to ‘normal’" I thought I couldn't be more embarrassed by these people but no! they have outdone themselves once again #nzpol


’Some countries have closed their export facilities’. Oooh who would have guessed that this would have an impact. Certainly not Willis and Luxon.

They’re going to kill what is left of the NZ economy, aren’t they? And then blame Labour. #nzpol


#NZpol

It does seem bizarre for ALL SORTS OF REASONS that Nicola Willis is visiting DC *so soon after Winston Peters has just been* and sought... similarly clusterfuck assurances from a Nation *that has just decided to block the Strait* basically on the back of tantrum throwing from MAGA Jesus...


Winston Peters' superpower is being able to cast himself as an outsider despite spending the vast majority of his time in Parliament since 1990 as a central figure in the governing coalition.
The media shouldn't buy into this gaslighting.
#nzpol


"We just want to secure additionality" ADDITIONALITY IS NOT A WORD YOU PATHETIC FOOL #nzpol


Goldsmith is quietly one of the more dodgy ideologues in government. He's fully embraced the opportunity offered by this iteration of the National party to grind his racist, and anti-democratic axes.
#nzpol


Perhaps the point is why isnt it Luxon?

#NZPol


Oh...

#nzpol


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#NZpol I have to admit as someone who has tracked pseudoscience for a long time now, and who has seen so many sportspeople and newsreaders chose a second career promoting fake "wellness" remedies, and hence the grifters behind them, Taine Randall’s decision feels much the same 😔


For the party laser focused on wastage we sure do a lot of international junkets useless, especially seeing as we had our foreign minister over there just last week.

Either this trip is a total waste, or Winston’s was, or both are.

#nzpol

www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...


#NZPolitics #HawkesBay #Rugby #Substack
packerfansam.substack.com/p/former-rug...


Great, so Nicola’s off to pray for oil at the swollen feet of a war criminal, aka the self appointed “Doctor Jesus”. Genius plan, from one unstable genius to another. 🙄🤦♀ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ


Imagine if we had a functional national public health system, where we don't need to rely on outsourcing the work of doctors #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...


I mean did she even run an airline? Or balance her family budget, let alone that of a country!?!

#nzpol


Looks like we're going backwards. Unlike many others #nzpol


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I gave a talk in January titled "Will commercialisation of public research save the New Zealand economy?" The Nation piece below is from today.

Would you be interested in me doing an online public version of my January talk? If there is interest, I would be happy to do that.
#NZPOL


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Anthony Ellison's cartoon in the March 28-April 3 Listener. #nzpol


"A Better World' would involve Dr Eric KKKrampton living in a hermit's shack and not polluting OUR lives with his Atlas Network libertarian crap.
#nzpol


"Christopher Luxon isn't being straight with New Zealanders “ -
“This is the second update in a week showing New Zealand's supply of petrol, diesel, and jet fuel have gone down. Most alarming, there's now less than three weeks of diesel in the country, which is critical for the economy."
#nzpol


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‘Really’, ‘quite’ ‘pretty’. Mr Water Down Everything He Says. Aka Luxon.

How to not talk. He will be remembered for saying nothing about anything—other than he used to run an airline.

And I will happily boycott any company who decides to take him in any role after this disastrous tenure. #nzpol


Luxon has always resorted to corporatespeak rather than talking like a normal person but he seems to be getting worse. The man isn't fit to be a middle manager let alone a PM #nzpol


There is no fuel crisis, this is the new normal. Same with the cost of living "crisis". #nzpol


Henry's on first name terms with them all.
#nzpol


Well, Taine Randell can get in fucking sin bin. What a truly disappointing realisation to witness a former AllBlack Legend become a culture war loving bigot.  🤨 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment


Brb, off to go piss in the wind and still be more useful than Nicola.

#nzpol


youtu.be/esnDdrUg3So?...

Imagine. #nzpol


Someone mentioned a wealth tax? Those Queenstown bolt-holes for the purchased-residence category? #nzpol


I find it interesting that we're seeing more US-style candidate announcement videos this #2026NewZealandGeneralElection than in the past. The logic is pretty obvious. But it's interesting that it has taken this long to catch on.

#NZPol #NZPols #NZPolitics #NewZealandPolitics


Healthy hydro = healthy profits BUT not healthy retail electricity pricing. Yep you guessed it most of us are paying 3-4 times this...We are waiting Simeon /1
#nzpol


And yes I did just check to see if Blair and I could vote in the next election because this is a joke. No dice. Come on #NZpol


Hello! Just a reminder Saint Sir John Key would have voted for trump . You can’t trust the right #Trump #NationalNotFitToGovern #Luxon #NZPol


As seen on FB. Makes you think.
#ShameJones
#NZFirst
#nzpol


Best response! 😂 #nzpol


Any company thinking of using Facial Recognition Technology to like Bunnings NZ needs to develop policies to be sure they don't act against wrongly identified people. Since 2019 at least 14 people wrongfully arrested by #USpolice cos of reliance on errors in #FRT
#NZpol
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...


Um didn’t Winston do that last week? Is there a coordinated response from our government or are all the ministers just doing their own thing? And honestly, as if anyone will listen to Willis. She should just text them and save the jet fuel.  #NZPol


Next week in NZ News. ACT leader David Seymour introduces legislation under urgency to disestablish all government environmental watchdogs. #NZPol


‘Historic sale’ is a weird way of say ‘selling the family silver’. $10m ain’t going to help the government accounts in the coming economic storm, and farmers are going to be screwed when the exclusivity clause expires with the French owners of Mainland. #nzpol


Economist Shamubeel Eaqub: "....It really quite reeks of limited competence in terms of how they could communicate in a state of quite heightened uncertainty with the public." Damn.....👀👀👀 #nzpol


#nzpol
Surely she’s going to bend the knee in exchange for US crude. If we bear the full brunt of this crisis, no way will they be re-elected. If she can get supply, they will be elected and NZ is a vassal state in the Pacific. She’s selling us all out with no mandate from us.


So we have zero homeless do we?

#NZPol #Homeless

MSD document says there's 'no evidence' hundreds of New Zealanders are without shelter https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/592368/msd-document-says-there-s-no-evidence-hundreds-of-new-zealanders-are-without-shelter


So how come this story came out the same day as the one above?

#NZPol
#Homeless

Tauranga homeless fined as council and police clear Sulphur Point camp https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/592462/tauranga-homeless-fined-as-council-and-police-clear-sulphur-point-camp


Back(wards) on track. #nzpol


Taine Randall hates immigrants. I’m an immigrant.
Taine Randall is looking for votes from bigots who want Māori to ‘know their place’.
Taine Randall is Māori.
What a w⚓.
#nzpol


its such an overreaction if it goes ahead due to a single complaint!!!
#nzpol


Prime Minister is a must-watch, as anyone could tell you! #nzpol


#NZpol

"Has Taine really thought about NZ First policies...?"

That's... kinda the point of NZF policies isn't it? That the *thinking* part is purely optional — you just have to be good at *reacting* to stuff, that's the "test" for their MPs, right?

Because if it's anything else? Huuuuuge if true.


What can we do about it all (aside from weep)? Well, like Treasury, Inland Revenue, the OECD and IMF, Tax Justice Aotearoa think we should introduce a capital gains tax. assets.nationbuilder.com/tja/pages/32... #nzpol


Sure the process would be hard and stressful (my sympathies to all the civil servants and Ministers making hard decisions) but the logic seems pretty clear. I'd add that export freight should be prioritised to avoid cratering the economy for as long as we can. #nzpol


We pay a Foreign Affairs minister and we have a US Ambassador.

But Nicky No-Boats Showboats #nzpol


@patrickreynolds.bsky.social on the Avoidance of Diesel (and doubt) during this fossil fuel crisis. This crisis is different from those in the past because we now have the technology and solutions to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.  #nzpol
greaterauckland.substack.com/p/for-the-av...


WTAF!!!! #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ


Let’s do this Aotearoa
#nzpol


A couple of us know…but nowhere near enough of us do. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ


Goldsmith, the clue to his motives is right there in the first syllable
#nzpol


The person who wasted a billion of our dollars fucking up our boats is going to speak to the people who wasted hundreds of billions of their dollars fucking up everyone's boats.😒
They obviously have many other disgusting things in common (MAGA hats and zero empathy).🤮
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol


Anyone wanna give our government a heads up about this? 👀
Looking at you, fine people of Southland…👀 #nzpol #NZ


#nzpol 🎯⬇


I'm a man, aged 65+, and with European ethnicity.

I have Level 1 qualifications, own my home mortgage-free, and live in an urban area.

I voted for National in 2023.

I place myself on the right of the left-right scale. #NZES2023 #NZPol


NZ Human Rights Review Tribunal has ordered Wayne Wilson, admin of Bad Tenants, NZ (Landlords Only) Facebook group, to pay $7500 for a “total failure” to respond to a privacy request. HRRT says social media groups should be treated the same as other agencies.
#NZpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...


#nzpol

www.theguardian.com/environment/...


#nzpol ?


This is the way 😎💚 #nzpol #TaxWealthMore #NZ


No justification at all! #nzpol #TaxWealthMore #NZ


Luxoff wordsalad🤦🏻♂
#nzpol

"We're very interested in rooftop solar, we've done a number of things to make it easier for people to do so, but again it's about, we want a strategic coal reserve behind - we got 1.2 million tonnes there, because sorry we're not going to have a dry year risk," he said.


The government casually erased how many people are homeless because they said so. #nzpol


“"We will absolutely be focused on increasing installation of solar and batteries across New Zealand,"

-Chippy

“We might be increasing lookability into the possibilities of additionality for force multipliers to our energy KPI’s & bunglecunted hoofwankery.

-Luxon

Choices. 🗳💚❤🖤🤍❤ #nzpol #NZ


We have built a global system that glorifies extreme wealth while most struggle with financial hardship; and where those billionaires can in effect opt out of contributing to the societies that made their success possible. This needs to change, everywhere
#nzpol
 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...


Absolutely unacceptable in modern day society, especially for a supposed 1st world nation & one of the wealthiest in the world. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ


Extra footage for the unsavoury ‘Dame’ Julie Christie doco or just advertising for the same #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tom-phill...


This is yet another “best financial year for funeral parlours” situation, just waiting to happen. 🤦♀ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ


Is it 'normal' yet Monster President? Asking for a friend  (Nicola Willis)

#nzpol


This is just another outrageous thing that they're doing against the wishes of the electorate.

How many people, jobs and industries have to be hurt before we say enough is enough?

We have to end this government.

#NZPol


Shane Jones telling John Campbell that there will be punitive consequences if oil companies do not keep up supply. Bet they're quaking. #NzPol


Jones also says National-led government has options like subsidising oil companies. #NzPol


#nzpol


#nzpol
Before this government goes crowing about the NZ-Singapore enhanced partnership, it was launched by Ardern in 2019. The comparisons between competent government and the clown show we have now are frankly depressing.

www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries...


Bishop's middle finger for basic democratic processes #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/16/g...


New Zealand's looming freshwater crisis #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/16/w...


They are running a high trust model with the oil companies, Jones says. Not sure how threats via media help with that. #NzPol


Shane Jones interview audio (8m) #NzPol


#nzpol ⬇🎯


#nzpol 🇳🇿 www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/15/f...


#nzpol Gull watch 16th April 6.55  no change overnight so that's four consecutive days now.


#nzpol 🇳🇿 cue Amanda saying we just don’t know her yet www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/16/d...


I would happily see tobacco smoking banned completely. It killed both my parents. It is the biggest single cause of fires & it stinks.
Taxing it to death isn't  working.
New Zealand's plan to slowly stop the nation smoking would have worked. Which is why, this shit government overturned it.
#NZPol


“pressures magnified by what can be described as a 'single person penalty'. Living alone was essential for their safety, dignity and emotional wellbeing, - carrying all household costs on a single fixed income. Women described living alone not a luxury, but a protective factor as they aged."
#nzpol


“the top 100 oil & gas companies in the world in March made about $30 million an hour.”
The global over reliance on oil & gas profits a small few & they are profiting from the war in the gulf. 1/
#nzpol
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The only way through is to invest in green energy. The UK has saved billions with their roll out of wind and solar energy projects.
Meanwhile here in Aotearoa, our coalition of chaos want to increase our dependence on the oil & gas companies. They are anti-NZ. Vote them out #nzpol


Listen up #nzpol


NZ Labour

THIS is how you communicate
#nzpol


#NZpol


I really hope the centre left & LW parties are studying Zohran’s run up to the Mayoral election & his strategy for delivery of his agenda. We need to stop pandering to the protected class & demand equity in taxation & wealth distribution. #nzpol #TaxWealthMote #NZ #OneTermGovernment


Have any of the Aotearoa political parties crested a list of their candidates & MPs on Bluesky?

Would be a good, easy to access directory for contacts & actions around the country as we get busy heading into the election.

Just a thought, Progressive-Left Team

Cheers love your work.

#NZpol
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The fares on the bus go up and up…

@thespinoff.bsky.social @robbienicol.bsky.social #nzpol

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More outright lies from Simeon Brown...
www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/15/f...
#NationalNotFitToGovern #OneTermGovernment #Election26 #nzpol


By list I think I mean Feed or Stater Pack but whatever works I guess in a Bluesky AoNZ context.

#NZpol
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So adorable 🤩…but does it have AI capabilities? 💭🤪 #nzpol #Allbirds #AI #NZ


More gobbledegook and outright lies from Luxon  #nzpol


I don’t understand how this is not just a no brainer.

Tax the rich could not be a simpler!

The only reason Labour is not doing this is because:

LABOUR IS ALSO CAPTURED BY RICH DONORS!!!

Fuck Labour!

VOTE GREEN!!!!

(& TPM for electorate candidates in Māori electorates)

#aonzpol, #nzpol


Public transport! @greens.org.nz!
#nzpol


Companies used to design products that you "couldn't live without". Something so brilliant that you'd never want to go without again.

Now they simply buy up something you actually can't live without. Shelter. Healthcare. Monopolise it and there's need to make it good. You'll buy it or die.

#nzpol


We are not alone, AoNZ.

"it would be unwise to bet on a mild price shock, resilient supply or a shallow dip in global output"

"The public needs to be prepared for the possibility of significant disruption have a plan for a severe and prolonged crisis"

Hey Luxon, see that word? CRISIS
#nzpol


So if they can the BSA, which standard do you think gets obliterated first? Fairness, accuracy, discrimination and denigration, or balance?

#nzpol


Then the only solution is to renationalise them, Oliver.

#nzpol


A little video explainer of why we need to move on from neoliberal economic management.

Labour, I'm looking at you.

#nzpol

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This is on all govts, but particularly #ChrisLuxon's govt. How has it gotten this far, where elderly can't even eat? Kids are hungry? Families living in tents or cars, the streets?
#nzpol #nzpoverty #elderlynz
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“The National Party is the enemy of the working class. As the ruling class is numerically tiny, it must draw wider electoral support - a hotchpotch of small businesspeople, farmers, landlords, investors, higher state echelons & a few misguided working class fools”
#nzpol
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I have seen so many houses destroyed for this.
Another fucking road.

PEOPLE matter. HOMES matter. STABILITY matters.

Your stupid roads DON'T matter.

#nzpol #ametibusway #AucklandTransport
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So, Shane Jones confirms he is asking fuel companies to account for fuel supply...

They are indeed a-counting. They are a-counting their money new windfall profits. THIRTY MILLION AN HOUR! Cool, cool.
#nzpol

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The National Spam on Facebook is real. Check in on your elders.

#nzpol


Remember #NZPol the imported oligarchs are not Aotearoa's friends... they think they are they the neo ruling class... thespinoff.co.nz/society/21-0...


Man I wish Labour had this guys balls. Surely there's a million votes to be had name checking those Zuru clowns for a wealth tax #nzpol


Transport expert and MP @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz calls on government to green-light bus service bids from Councils, to help with fuel crisis. #NzPol


What Bill said …

Power bills are rising – what can be done
As power bills climb, many New Zealand households face tough choices this winter. But smarter pricing, better energy use, and reforms across the electricity system could help ease the pressure.

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#nzpol


#nzpol - WTF is happening to our country?


They're doing it here too Aotearoa....

#NZPol


And manages to make a false claim about  making it easier to for people to get solar. Incoherent babble and lies are a Luxon speciality #nzpol


Remember iRex included these costs and now its pushed out onto local councils, famous for wanting to spend vast sums of money on what should be basic central government funded infrastrucutre

#nzpol


These articles side by side is a pretty solid reflection of the current governments ability to deal with a crises.

#NZPol


NZ ranks 14th globally for liberal democracy. But 37th for deliberative democracy - how decisions get made and explained. And that ranking has been falling.

I dug into the latest data from the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project. Short 🧵 (1/5)

#nzpol


NZ isn't experiencing the rapid backsliding seen in the US. But the data suggests the current government makes decisions with less consultation, narrower justification.

Full analysis: threelongyears.crawley.nz/blog/new-zea... (5/5)

#nzpol


But he has the charisma of a wet tea towel, so there’s that. #nzpol


We need this #nzpol


Fantastic thread on the state of our Democracy. One good thing I can say about us, is look that green line in the graph here. We are still very engaged as a voting populace, and we need to continue this engagement if we want to ensure a return to a more deliberative democracy on Nov 7. #nzpol #NZ


If that's not the most accurate description of those selfish blue wankers, I don't know what is.

#nzpol


Ex CUSE me???

#nzsuperfund #nzpol

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Price, availability & demand.
#nzpol


A large tsunami triggered by one of New Zealand’s major faults could reach the mainland in under an hour, the cuts create the possibility of a 10-20-minute delay in response”

When every minute counts, as it does with tsunami evacuation, unecessary delay of this magnitude will cost lives.

#nzpol


"Economist Shamubeel Eaqub has taken a shot at New Zealand’s four-stage national fuel plan, saying that it’s along these lines: “do nothing, do nothing, do nothing, and then, oh f..k”. What an apt description. #nzpol
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Hey @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy, I fixed your article for you.

#nzpol


#nzpol
Who wants to bet on the law being changed by this shitty government as a result of this ruling?

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Is it just me, or is there a lot of Labour hate as if they're not the realistic solution to this coalition of greedy pricks?

I'm a Green voter and would love for them to fully lead the motu, but that's not realistic given the average Kiwi voter.

Sorry, but progress takes time.

#nzpol


Ryan Bridge is a rage bait engagement farming hire. There is no other reason for him to be on air.

#nzpol


Paywalled article on The Post.

Longer quotes from NZ economist Shamubeel Eaqub on #FuelCrisis #FuelPlan visible in bottom half of RNZ article.
#NZpol
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Whole heartedly agree.
I'm also a Greens voter & as much as I think they're not ambitious enough, they are better than the current lot.
If you want change, be strategic with your vote, especially if there's a good Labour electorate candidate & a high list Greens one.

#nzpol


Will the national party idiots activate a new level when the planes start falling out of the sky due to low fuel levels.
#nzpol


This is fantastic!

#nzpol #thehorrors

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Friday the 17th at 9:45AM is this webinar about the 'reforms' of the research sector and the recently released report. 👇

I encourage anyone with interest to attend, particularly if you are or have been involved with the public research system in any capacity.
#NZPOL


I'm a man, aged 55-64, and with Māori ethnicity.

I have no formal qualifications, own my home mortgage-free, and live in an urban area.

I voted for National in 2023.

I place myself on the right of the left-right scale. #NZES2023 #NZPol


I hope New Zealand is paying CLOSE ATTENTION to that refinery fire in Aus!We are naive if you don't think there are already American MAGATs, Russians & probably Israeli's in NZ who are mulling disruptive action. Our security services better be tracking Visa applicants VERY thoroughly!! #NZPOL


The oil companies will be laughing at his bullying words because they've already bought and paid for that verbose buffoon. #nzpol


I will vote for whoever supports:

"No More Data Centre's" in New Zealand!
#NZPol


"I've seen people work, but it could be as little as two hours a week. I have seen people absolutely financially destitute - I know of someone who was down to their last dollar. I've seen people homeless, I've seen people suicidal."
#nzpol


The Police assuring people this was an isolated incident when it wasn’t means they’re not looking but also
giving themselves permission not to do the hard work of tracking and putting a stop to hate speech and racist abuse towards the Indian and other immigrant communities. #nzpol


This cause is close to my heart - please sign: #NZPol #Aotearoa #Kikorangi


#nzpol
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 can I stress just how FUCKED this government is??????


📺 NZ National Party #nzpol
📢 WoF and CoF A changes to save Kiwis billions16 April, 2026Chris Bishop, James Meager

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#nzpol - our national led coalition government of Ignorant Fuckers see no point in science and education, gleefully following the lead of their idol donald 'jesus' trump in destroying the very things that can generate export income we desperately need for growth.

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❤🤍🖤
#nzpol


#nzpol - I bet this has Iran shaking in their boots 🙄

How about our government focus on things they can have an impact on instead of stumbling through the weeks and months like blind baboons while we run out of fuel and start to starve

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👀 #nzpol


Experienced scientst not even able to get a job stacking the supermarket shelves. Loss of skilled jobs hits hard.
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Advice to jobseekers to network for jobs offers little to new graduates and shy but willing workers made redundant.
#NZpol
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Quite bizarre that NZ electoral law still includes Samoan public servants in its definition of 'public servant' when Samoa gained independence in 1962. #nzpol


#nzpol
Extremely informative e te whānau!

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They didn't "lose" staff like stray coins, they SACKED them.

It was deliberate, not accidental harm.

#NZpol


#nzpol


#nzpol WTF!
This National/NZ First/ACT coalition govt has wrecked everything of resilience importance. 🤬

Does nature know it can only schedule Geohazards Mon- Fri between  9am and 5pm?


Probably not as there is nothing written in the plan about that!!
I am still waiting for just ONE #nzpol reporter to point out to nact govt that they FULLY supported #@nzlabour in the covid response 🙄


"[...] government cuts since the 2023 election has led to the loss of about 700 roles and the withdrawal of hundreds of millions of dollars."

we really need to vote out this anti-science, anti-intellectual, small-minded government.

#nzpol

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📺 NZ National Party #nzpol
📢 Year-on-year increase in jobseekers finding work16 April, 2026Louise Upston

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They need to hear exactly how clearly we see what they are doing and precisely how we feel about it.
#NZPOL


Thanks everyone. Since there was so much interest, I'll be doing this talk on Monday the 20th starting at 12:10. It will be on Zoom. I'm working out the sign up details and whether or not it will be affiliated with any particular group. More about this tomorrow.
#NZPOL


Luxon, Seymour and Peters’ legacy #nzpol

Serving themselves but not New Zealand.