Hi I'm Chris, get to know me and you'll really like me. Promise. Don't bother to introduce yourself, I couldn't care less. #nzpol

Christopher Luxon says NZ still does not have a view on the bombing of the school in Iran. He says he has seen the reporting on the US investigations into it (which found the US was at fault) but it is up to them to explain their actions.

Character #NzPol

What I'd just say to you Tama, I mean Tova, how many Maori National Party MPs do we have in the cabinet you ask. It's a number. #LyinLuxon #WorstPMever #NZpol

What I'd just say to you is, National is the party of small business..... elimination. #LyinLuxon #CoalitionofClowns #NZpol

What worries me most about the directions of NZ's science reform is that it now matches closely what our extensive 2022 Te Ara Paerangi submission highlighted as 'what to avoid'. (1/3)

Trump bootlicker. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

David Seymour is optimistic about ‘continuity of fuel supply without restrictions’ School principals are optimistic that the school lunch drama will be sorted by David Seymour. #nzpol

These unhinged rants are why we should not be following the US into war. Also a reminder that Israel and the US started this war by dropping a bomb on a school full of children. Say no to AUKUS. Say no to US military payloads being launched from Aotearoa soil.

#nzpol This interview is exceptional. Wow 💚💚💚 www.youtube.com/live/6HOpJEX...

In a rare show of unity, every party in parliament agrees they aren’t the ones in charge. #nzpol

"Deliveries to Asian markets will end this week; deliveries to Europe will end next week," Krugman. We are days away from no more diesel. Not prices going up. Not shortages. NO FUEL! #NZPol

Fiddling while Rome burns. The tankers will soon stop coming and they still don't have a realistic plan in place. We need to adopt a wartime footing rfn #NZPol

#nzpol 🇳🇿 hmmmmm, this is ringing bells. Why is this so familiar?

#nzpol It isn't just fuel which we will be short of... www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

For your information Christopher, Nicki #nzpol

A weird thing happened post marriage my address was changed on the electoral roll. They changed my address to my husband’s place! Straight away I changed it back! I have been on the Māori for the last two elections. #NZpol Reminder if you want to change rolls need to before August!

You know, Christopher, Nicola, we’re going to need more than your ghost fuel #nzpol www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Trump’s obscene budget.

I’ve written about how the #OIA needs to be strengthened — and why doing this is an essential part of necessary protection and enhancement of our democracy. newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/04/f... #nzpol

Fuck off you billionaire psychopath. We need solid regulation to stamp out this corrupt media takeover ASAP!!! #nzpol

For Thomas Coughlan's article: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Aotearoa New Zealand’s economy under Nicola Willis’s careful economic management (sabotage). #nzpol

I absolutely believe Luxon said this to Plunket without sparing a thought to the ramifications of it and just intends to lie his way out of it again #NZPol

First French Ship allowed to cross the Hormuz after French President rinses Trump. Luxon and Peters kissing Trump's arse is not really going to do us any favours is it team? www.nzherald.co.nz/world/middle...

Ironically, they're going after stickers cause they're desperate to stick anything to the nurses to distract from the kōrero. Also, why is the government department accusing staff of pushing political views? The fuck they think this is? Mufti at the hospital? What do they think a strike is? #nzpol

@dbanisar.bsky.social @georgegreenwood.bsky.social @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @mrosenbaum.bsky.social @mattburgess1.bsky.social @da.vidh.scot A few thoughts on forthcoming attempts to weaken NZ’s #FOI law and why it should be resisted. May resonate in England newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/04/f...

newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/04/f... Democracies especially right now need strengthening not loosening. #nzpol

'It is just after dawn on day 20 of an odyssey projected to take three months: Ridler, the country’s top endurance swimmer, is planning to swim the entire east coast of the North Island. One thousand, three hundred and fifty kilometres…' #nzpol #bottomTrawling www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-...

Womp womp #nzpol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

And so it begins... www.facebook.com/nzherald.co.... #nzpol

Balance sheet update (yesterday's data). Let's start with that little pink stub - total Govt liabilities (debt). Believe it or not, *that's* the debt number that our commentariat obsess over! Let's dive in and have an explore... [🧵 1/n]

I heard someone say that we should be registering voters at gas stations.

Last year, I made this chart. A year later, it’s even worse. The difference between the minimum wage and the #LivingWage is now $5.95. That’s almost a $6 difference. The largest ever. #nzpol

We'll keep updating our concerns about the Prioritisation Report released last week, cutting 22% of the funding that currently looks after the future competitiveness of 60% or more of our exports, and cuts other important areas too. Today, I want to focus on something @lcsnz.bsky.social spotted.

Neoliberalism - designed to make a few people very rich. Time to take back control #nzpol

#NZpol interesting comparison 🧵⬇️ Down in the thread - “Luxon's fixated on partisan messaging dressed as crisis comms, with no new policy framing to deal with major crisis fallout.”

I had a great chat recently with fellow substackers Catherine Knight and @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social about the upcoming Reality of Everything conference, and the issue of food security. This is open to all. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

Government corrects figure after call-out for overstating school attendance improvements | RNZ News share.google/oH4hD1firpWA... This government repeatedly and loudly mislead the public then quietly correct there intentionally mistakes. It is a strategy. #nzpol

nz media again showing symptoms of being seriously unwell by framing up this pedophile predator in *his own words* instead of, you know, "pedophile predator" or "convicted criminal" etc dude only got 10 months and a small fine. What the fuck is wrong with nz reporters and editors in msm??

While I'm playing around in the nation's balance sheets, worth pointing out how spectacularly wealthy our households are. Average financial wealth (not including physical assets like housing, land etc) of $265,000 per person. Not you? Yeah, well, welcome to our grossly unequal economy. [Ends]

For Luxon, NZ'ers are primarily taxpayers and mortgage holders whose welfare depends on the government's fiscal discipline. No call to collective action. No invocation of shared national purpose beyond economic management. No acknowledgement that citizens might have roles beyond consumption.

2/2 petrol has spiked by 30% rapidly under ACT and ACT Lite. Only the low paid workers critical to profits get a targeted small fixed subsidy. Willis says we can't afford any more. Willis committed to 2.9 BILLION OVER 4 YEARS IN LANDLORD SUBSIDIES.

We were told Michael Cullen wasn't a suitable person to be Attorney General since he wasn't a lawyer. Now the AG is ex tobacco PR man Chris Bishop. #nzpol

‘Payment expected within seven days’: New Zealand doctor invoices US embassy for rising petrol costs Shane Dunphy sends bill for almost $3,000, along with letter saying ‘The USA is responsible for this and therefore should be held accountable’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

I snorted

#NZPol, this is the last day you can enrol to vote.

National Party Whip Suze Redmayne's business needed an irrigation permit. The regional council wanted to put conditions on it as the water level was falling. But Enviro Minister Penny Simmonds was having one of that nonsense so she took on the regional council. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

This table brings out points in a bit more detail. Hope this helps NZ'ers understand where they sit in relation to what the UK, and Australia have been informed by their leaders around what the coming weeks, and months will bring. He waka eke noa, but those already vulnerable will be hit hardest.