Luxon's comments about 'people having to jump through so many hoops and processes right now when this can be automated' yeah it's gonna be so much easier to decline hardship grants en masse with no human accountable

#nzpol To all MSM ... Just STOP repeating propaganda of #$BNS savings. Please start reporting on the large costs of austerity, and long-term inter-generation scarring that austerity leaves. You could cite the many (academic) studies as evidence, if you don't believe me. 🙏.

Good to see the most basic question being asked by a journalist this one time. But I can't help but think there seems to be a real and concerning lack of AI knowledge amongst AoNZ journalists. What AI are they using? What information are they feeding it? What are the security risks?

“.. What we are talking about is nothing short of the sitting president of the United States looting from the Treasury for his own gain,” she said. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5733...

#nzpol ⬇️

This is vitally important. People who care about #nzpol and democracy need to grasp what the Atlas Network’s NZ affiliates are doing not just in relation to cutting the public service, but in terms of making false accusations against academics they dislike.

The New Zealand Government IS a make-work scheme for neoliberal economists, Big 4 consultants and American tech platform sales teams. No amount of soundbite sneering at it will change the reality that it has been made that way by the same people who are arguing against it.

Unlike other AUKUS signatories, Australia hasn’t undergone a transparent review of its obligations under AUKUS. We are cutting essential services in other sectors whilst paying more and more to extend the life of outdated hardware, all while awaiting submarines that might never arrive.

I wonder if anyone mentioned Robodebt? (FYI the IRD are NOT one of the agencies excluded from cuts) robodebt.royalcommission.gov.au

This is a good* piece * burn it all burn it fucking all

Interesting to see that the first Western news outlet to reach the school in Tehran that the US obliterated is not mincing its words. The US has utterly lost, and the first draft of history is stating this already.

Nicola Willis' plan is national self-mutilation. Arbitrary numerical goals, based on her own economic illiteracy, not the country's needs. Her vision seems to be a country living in poverty. What reason is there for anyone to stay, if they have the means to leave?

This is absolutely reckless.

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

Someone who used to work for me told me recently before moving overseas "I can't find a job. If I find one, I'll probably be made redundant in a year. If I somehow find a job I can keep, I'll still never be able to buy a house. Why would I stay here? What is there to stay for?"

The government wants to replace public servants with co-pilot (allegedly). #nzpol

I guess Wellington isn't bleak enough for this government eh #nzpol

Public service workers dont need dignity like private landlords I guess? #nzpol

Made it to @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social ‘s panel discussion on Resistance & Representation in Asian Aotearoa at #AWF26 & walked out feeling 150% smarter! 😁

Is this teacher drawing inspiration from Mr Gormsby in threatening outlandish punishments?

Some time ago, I and a Taiwanese friend did a little experiment, asking Chat GPT questions about Taiwan's status and the One China policy.

In NZ, the need to address these issues is even more urgent. NZ: - has a tax system that favours passive income from asset price inflation even more than Australia's; - places a greater tax burden on low-income workers;

Yet another example ...

The Israeli state keeps offering example after example of why its existence in its current form is incompatible with peace and any hope of dignity or justice for Palestinians. It simply is not interested in any of these things and it is well beyond time that Western leaders recognised this reality.

Angus Taylor's 'Australian First' plan to block non-citizens from 17 benefits including paid parental leave is an example of Pauline Hanson's One Nation getting their extreme racist, anti-immigration prejudices into racist-inclined ruling party policy positions

JFC. (You are not going to get through this quote without swearing. Trust me.)

Smashing the oligopolies should be in the election platform of every progressive NZ political party

I might have had something to say on the subject as well … like nominating the CEO of the NZ Bankers Association for Australian of the Year: Why New Zealand's banking industry needs a shake up www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Finally the taboo against discussing bank profits is being broken by a normcore institutional figure. Would be good if we looked more critically at how Australia uses NZ to prop up its economy.

The problem is not whether Xi would negotiate over Taiwan (unlikely), it is that Trump is saying out loud that he perceives changing US Taiwan policy to be a bargaining chip. His clarity here is exactly what both politicians and civil society in Taiwan did not want to hear.

“I am Jewish, and the antisemitism I experience comes from Zionists and far-right supporters of Zionism because of my outspoken opposition to the actions of the Israeli state.” Judith Treanor to the Royal Commission. #bondi #auspol michaelwest.com.au/submission-t...

It would be very satisfying if this govt's contempt for the Treaty and constitutional norms prompted Supreme Court justices to take the bold step of finding that the Treaty was both: - justiciable, and - not able to be unilaterally amended or repealed by Parliament . That would be a real legacy!

'In a country thousands of miles away from Asia, communities sometimes fight harder to protect the languages and histories they fear losing. Culture becomes less automatic and more intentional. It survives because people consciously choose to carry it.'

"Can I suggest to you, people operating in good faith, reasonable people would be appalled to be called antisemitic," she said. Full ABC article available at: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Happy to announce that Between Dreams: Resistance and Representation in Asian Aotearoa (Te Papa Press, 2026) has been published! I was super privileged to contribute a chapter about Queer Asians in Aotearoa. I've attached the proof of the chapter below. www.tepapa.govt.nz/about/te-pap...

Nasty anti-migrant policy from the Libs that would: - breach Australia's commitments under international conventions - ignore the fact that permanent residents' taxes fund these payments - ignore the broader social benefits of social security (e.g. less homelessness and crime)

Lemee get this straight: $3m subsidy for Robbie Williams is a $50/head subsidy on Eden Park tickets. Nick Sautner says big events see 3000 people employed on the night - but that works out at only 8 FTEs. $375k an FTE is truly "job rich".

Watching this govt racing around making threatening noises re state broadcasters, removing the right to seek legal remedies for harm, disdaining evidence/ public feedback/ peer-nation advice etc etc... It's hard not to wonder, what exactly are they so *afraid* of? Truth? (And consequences?) #nzpol

Can't let this go because my family fled so much crazy shit over generations to access the privilege of this promised land of Western liberal democratic citizenship, and look what it gets you

These people are so proud of their destruction of accountability mechanisms. Really, the writing is in large letters over all the walls about how bad it will get if they are re-elected to office in November.

There you have it: planning for energy resilience and a shift away from fossil fuels is "kumbaya and mush" according to the CEO. It's a sign of how far NZ's current government is based on ideology rather than evidence that a National Party PM criticises the OECD's work.

"[C]orporations only exist because states allow them to. Which means that every power a corporation has was given to it by the state. Hawaii just took one of those powers off the list—starting next year, corporations in Hawaii can no longer spend money on state + local elections." #ShareGoodNewsToo

The very personal costs of the transformation of housing from primarily a place for people to live to an asset traded by investors are rarely fully spelt out.

"If anything changes, I will be forced to raise it by the exact amount I already will be" he said to the media. chaser.com.au/general-news...

They’ll never not be wealthier than 90% of other human beings they share this existence with by simply taxing them appropriately. We shouldn’t need the visceral horrors of another War to know social investment is how you build long term resilient & prosperous nations. #nzpol #TaxWealthMore #NZ 🙄

In supporting the tax and housing policies they have, many socially conservative politicians have wiped out the possibility of the very sort of family life and childhood they glorify for much of the population.

For the majority of children who are now living in rentals - many things are now much less likely due to insecurity of tenure and rules imposed by landlords, including: - growing up in the same neighbourhood alongside the same group of children and attending the same school; - having pets;

The very personal costs of the transformation of housing from primarily a place for people to live to an asset traded by investors are rarely fully spelt out.

The Australian budget to be released tonight should be watched closely in NZ. Finally, it looks like a government will seek to wind back the tax concessions that have fuelled massive house-price inflation and growing inequality. #nzpol #auspol

More arrogant, dismissive, head-in-the-sand responses from the country's most unpopular PM.