Over a week ago, in the FT, the *shipping* guys were saying "it's not just insurance. We just don't actually want our ships blown up."

Whānau, remember how the far-right tried to take over Internet NZ last year and we kicked their butts? They haven't learned, and they're trying to do it again this year. Register by March 31st ($21 for a year) so you can vote in the AGM and send them packing again. members.internetnz.nz

Shame on Willis for cancelling a perfectly viable ferry project only to replace it a more exspensive, less capable project with a longer lead time. National party aren't fit for government. #NZPol

Elon Musk is now worth $845 billion. Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high. See the problem here?

Well fck my old boots... Time to litigate ERP2 once again.

#EndCitizensUnited Cartoon by @mwuerker.bsky.social

Look. What I say to you is this. We're destroying working and middle class jobs, forcing people to sell their homes at low prices and collapsing wages. But don't worry, it's all in the service of those rich enough to profit from it.

The perils of a gas price linked to LNG

The new donor to TOP is very much aligned to the Trump/Musk view of the world. Here he is on X celebrating Trump's EO that dismantles the Dept of Education. #NZpol

The news today that their replacement project is already breathtakingly overspent (with absolutely nothing to show for it) rather underlines the fact that the Government is clueless about ordinary people’s needs, and is governing instead for their mates

This is absolutely correct. Don't store excess fuel in your garage.

Cannot cross water on ghost ships Cannot tie up ghost ships at ghost wharves Cannot spend ghost savings CAN vote out ghost government www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

The great forgetting that NZers enjoyed months of domestic travel, holidays, economic stability while large areas of the world were dealing with hospitals collapsing, deaths, lockdowns and restrictions.

Look. What I say to you is this. We're going to sack and cut our way to growth! Only when unemployment is higher, even more thousands have left and wages are ground into the dirt can we* truly prosper. *The rich and sorted vultures.

It’s time for Roche to take his responsibilities to support public servants seriously. It is the workers who keep the public service running, not ministers. He has an obligation to them. #nzpol

NOT GETTING A CENTURY PROOFED PORT AND STRAIT INFRASTRUCTURE. MINIMUM VIABILITY. SMALLER FERRIES FOR MORE MONEY. WORSE PORTS FOR THE SAME MONEY. THIS IS COLOSSAL INCOMPETENCE.

WE WOULD HAVE A CENTURY PROOFED PORT AT PICTON AND WELLINGTON BY NOW. TODAY. RIGHT NOW. TWO BIG ASS RAIL FERRIES PURPOSE BUILT FOR THE COOK STRAIT SWELLS. NOW. HIGH QUALITY QUAKE PROOFED PORTS FOR OUR SHAKY ISLES. BUT NO. NO. WE DON'T GET "MINIMUM VIABLE" UNTIL TWENTY TWENTY FUCKING NINE!

NZ'ers are paying $3 a litre for petrol. Did Luxon's Govt make this situation worse? Let's check the receipts: 1) They collapsed the EV market in NZ by killing the clean car discount + making fees to import gas guzzling cars nearly 80% cheaper. EV sales dropped 70% in NZ while globally sales rose

On the train into Wellington and it's full. I'm the only person in a mask. Lady two seats over won't stop coughing. Has tissues in her bag but won't cough into them. Remind me why we are in a covid surge.

And if the landlords received the tax cut, the public servants have all been fired, the ferries were cancelled, benefits have been denied, hospitals need staff, schools need staff, regional councils have gone, etc - then who did they borrow the $120 billion for? Themselves? #nzpol

Current NZ coalition messaging: "The recovery from the economic downturn caused by our incompetence has been set back by the actions of a US president whose policies we completely support." #NZpol

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

So the government has spent well over a billion dollars on planning and land acquisition for fantasy RONS we can never afford, but there's no money to properly secure SH2 through Waioweka Gorge, which is regularly closed by washouts. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Look. What I say to you is this. You're being unfair and overlooking our $3bn for landlords, I don't know how much for big tobacco, $200 m cash for gas exploration plus $2.6bn for LNG. We're even looking to house the homeless in prison.

Watched my dad get a 4 year sentence at a maximum security facility over blue collar crime while pedophiles are put on quick Home Detention stints. Remember when National said their "Tough on Crime" was working?

France’s former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has called for sanctions against Israel and the US over their attacks on Iran: “We say clearly to the United States that their war against Iran is illegal, illegitimate, and dangerous.”

Electrify everything. Ban the production of gasoline-powered vehicles. Tax oil companies dry. Subsidize all renewables and EVs.

Perfect time for a snap election then

Methanex didn't pay ANYTHING in taxes for the last 2 years though! However it received $300 million in ETS subsidies from the government newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/30/m... IMO it would've been better to just give every employee $1 million each and shut it down - freeing up 45% of our gas supply #nzpol

Holy fck! Oil right now is $108 for Brent. That's down slightly from $109! Lux-gone fully supports the illegal war that's behind this. But no matter how high it goes, the cost in innocent lives is far higher still. oilprice.com

Luxury Marmite Sandwich is a joy on Instagram - for those who love to laugh at Luxury Luxon #nzpol

What's that you say lux-gone? This screen grab was just asking for the headline to be cropped like this. #nzpol

"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth. None of them through the Strait of Hormuz." Bill McKibben quotesof.me/edit/0e7684c...

It's as if China has worked out that tying your economy to imported, unreliable, expensive fossil fuels soaked in war and blood is a stupid idea. Meanwhile, Aotearoa's govt deliberately destroyed EV uptake, defunded public transport and is all in on LNG. #nzpol

Blood. Oranges. Product of the USA.

Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?” Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing.” #HousingFirst #UrbanTruth

We need to get this DONE ✅ #EnrolToVote #nzpol #Election2026

How these monsters are polling above 0% is a mystery to me.

Not in Aotearoa mate. Our oil soaked govt has destroyed the EV market and is going to tax households to tie our power market to LNG. We are so screwed. #nzpol

Chris Bishop stopped social housing new builds; made the homeless crisis worse; crashing the building sector; declared a war on nature, helping national party donors; and his 'granny flat' rules are a mess. www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...

Just your daily reminder that Chris Bishop is both the chief fundraiser for the National Party election campaign and needs major donations, and the decision maker giving businesses access to the fast track process. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Soooooo They were looking at a presser at 11:30 this morning apparently. That didn't happen 😕. The machinations continue... And I'm done listening to Jesse bloody Mulligan fluffing lux-o with Ben Thomas. 🤮

Look. What I say to you is this. Behold my growth, unemployment, climate destruction, racism, homophobia, vote stealing, democracy destroying works and tremble. I'm off to spend more time with my money. But you get to keep Willis.

Hey. Rumour control says lux-on to become lux-gone by lunchtime today. Blimey. #nzpol

God we’re fucked. A genuine climate crisis, a bunch of billionaire sociopaths playing endgame monopoly and the worst bunch of lily livered leaders in the world letting the US’s toddler in chief start a holy fucking war. I’m not getting up today.

No matter the reason, trump has lux-o's full support.

Fck me, these people are bastards.

Nails it. Lux-o, of course, will support these madmen in anything they do, whatever the cost. #nzpol

A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔

Are we any closer to "getting back on track"? Not if rail ferries are anything to go by.