Drs (and nurses, teachers too) only ever strike as an absolute last resort - and because they care about YOU and the service they can provide to you. Unsafe staffing impacts you. Exhausted Drs impacts you. Underpaid Drs means they LEAVE. I stand with our Drs today, and always. #nzpol

Reminder that senior doctors across the country are on strike today! We're asking for a pay offer that matches inflation, but more importantly, we're asking for better staffing and funding for our public health system! Please take a minute to write your MP and let them know you support us!

Time to get off TikTok? Will the rest of the world get the Chinese version, or will we be forced to use the American version?

What's your sign?

Simeon Brown is funding private equity telehealth companies up to ~4.5 times ($65/appt) more than community GPs. These same companies e.g. Tend Health are then charging Kiwis $80-100 for a call. #kiwi

This morning's #SolarEclipse as seen from up on Muaūpoko Otago Peninsula, Dunedin NZ. The cloud prevented the full set of images & at regular intervals, but this is kinda fun. (click for full image) #Nikon #Dunedin #DunnerStunner

⚡️#Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed an ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Luhansk region. Such strikes might not get the same attention as burning oil refineries but they are extremely important for the frontlines. Russia intended to hand out ammunition and drones for its troops⤵️

Good time to promote The Progress Report theprogressreport.co.nz/local-candid...

Is it really "fast-tracking" or "accelerating" when it's basically restarting some of the 100-odd projects you iced a year ago, putting the construction sector into a nosedive? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Kia Ora Blue Sky peeps, I am running for re-election to the Wellington City Council because I believe our community has the power to build a creative, innovative, sustainable city for all of us. If you are in Paekawakawa Southern Ward, Welly, please Vote no 1 Laurie Foon #makinggoodthingshappen

If only NZ govt fast-tracked the things we need this century, not 19thC crap like coal mining… is humiliating having Australia make us look thick, Shane.

...and if they're lucky they can be "grateful" for a lunch of warmed-over offal, in a prefab classroom slapped together by what remains of the construction industry, whilst being taught by overworked and underpaid teachers (NB strictly in English, no reo, also no art history etc) #nzpol #backontrack

Rubbish in my letter box. The Arps one worries me because that means there is one of them in my neighborhood (Somerfield, Christchurch). Usual lies from National can safely be ignored. Jokes on you guys cos I've already voted. #nzpol

It may be grey in Te Whanganui-a-Tara but you can still get out the vote to #KeepMāoriWards

I read this as "Philippines halts work, classes as super typhoon barrels toward Luxon" and thought "What's he doing there?" followed by "I hope it gets him". Uncharitable, I know. #nzpol

Crikey! VW must be very keen to sell off their ID.5 models. $32,500 discount. Remind me to win lotto.

Kmart broke privacy laws by scanning customers’ faces. What did it do wrong, and why? - https://theconversation.com/kmart-broke-privacy-laws-by-scanning-customers-faces-what-did-it-do-wrong-and-why-265576 - Details and more news at: https://nzccl.org.nz/news

😂 #NZLabour #nzpol

I just looked at the live blog on the Herald website and calling this unhinged and deeply politicised was clearly not strong enough. The NZ Herald are publishing American right wing extremist propaganda with zero context, critique or attempt at providing "balance". Disgraceful.

Coincidentally the OECD this week published its annual 'Tax Policy Reforms' which contained this chart. (Note also where Argentina, for whom Hooton has the hots, sits).

Bad bet. #nzpol Listener cartoon from early 2024

Stage set for much more facial recognition in shops - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/573639/stage-set-for-much-more-facial-recognition-in-shops - Details and more news at: https://nzccl.org.nz/news

I had to get up before sparrowfart to photograph this morning's partial solar eclipse. Taken from the Esplanade at St Clair beach in Dunedin. Good practice for the total eclipse in 2028.

"Mockery is the one thing that will drain that power away from Trump and Farage." And Seymour in NZ. #nzpol

#nzpol Do we have to do this all the time? beehive.govt.nz/release/20-mil… It’s not new funding. “the initiative will be funded from Health New Zealand’s baseline”. So it’s actually being cut from somewhere else. We already underfunded the health system at the Budget. This is a further cut

Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Bill empowers Parking Wardens to collect full name, address, electronic address, date of birth, mobile phone number of driver or person in charge of a vehicle. Fines will be texted or emailed even to old emails ... 🤔 #NZpol www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

Can any Republican please tell me how I can contact the left-wing counterparts of: The Oathkeepers, The Proud Boys, The 3 Percenters, The Patriot Front The KKK? I NEED TO MAKE SOME DONATION!!!

Some more voting information for North Shore folk…. (Slight correction: her father was a high ranking officer in IDF for 16 years, not for the past 16 years.)

PSA: All public service jobs should have Remuneration Authority raises. Not just politicians and board members. Strikes and blame are bad for everyone. Value public service attract the best candidates! #nzpol www.remauthority.govt.nz/remuneration...

Campaign fundraiser! Due to circumstances, I have an extremely limited number of new unused campaign posters for sale. These have been professionally printed by Phantom Billstickers on quality poster paper, just over A0 size at 131cm high x 92cm wide. /1

How could such an experienced journalist get it so wrong? frankmacskasy.substack.com/p/the-hair-b...

So Simeon Brown just announced $20m "investment" in ED frontline staff, immediately after it was revealed Christchurch hospital is in code red every single day. But it turns out it's just OLD money from the 2025 budget & already allocated. Brown strikes again #nzpol #Kiwi

whitemanblinking.gif Have things changed that much in 3 months? This doesn't square with recent reports made in local media?

This sounds like a job for the PRIVATE SECTOR! "The annual $30 million investment from government in the Community Referred Radiology service will ensure greater access to diagnostic radiology" This subject is topical in our household. #nzpol

You mean like the University you studied, the support you got, the social housing that was available at the time, the airlane you used to go places, the health system that was available to you and now you want to take away from everyone else you tosser! www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/24/s...

HSBC economist picking growth in house prices to help drive the NZ economy. Aaaargh! Get someone sensible on please, Jack, like @bernardchickey.bsky.social We need adults in the room, not National sycophants. Good questions by Jack Tame. 21.9.2025 #nzpol youtu.be/KhxouNZBxSM

Seeing the weather will be shite, do we know of there's a live stream of the solar eclipse on Monday? If anyone knows, I feel you might.

Joining 149 others (147 UN members). I hope New Zealand does the same - decision to be announced at the UN this month.

Looking through the OECD's 2025 edition of Tax Policy Reforms and there's a section about how Denmark has introduced a carbon tax on agriculture. Seems like a good idea, eh? www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

I'd forgotten this piece by Fox Meyer. Shows the annual cost to the govt of treating acid mine leakage at a single coal mine is greater than the annual royalties paid by the entire coal industry. Coal is a climate disaster, it only survives on govt subsidy. newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/a...

I'm not going to tell anyone if I won the lotto, but there would be $100,000 signs. *cries in New Zealander*

I wish Nicola Willis understood any part of this.

With every story about private companies like Auror (in conjunction with US giant Axon) rolling out facial recognition in New Zealand, and police having access to the data without a warrant or production order, I’m left to conclude privacy is basically the Wild West. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

In which, Tracey Watkins attacks Labour, the Reserve Bank and National for engineering our recession. But mostly Labour and the Reserve Bank.

Mōrena Aotearoa New Zealand 🔴🌬 A Red Strong Wind Warning for Canterbury remains in place until 3pm today 🟠🌬 Orange Strong Wind Warnings remain in place for much of the South Island 🟠🌧 Orange Heavy Rain Warnings remain in place for the Southern Alps and parts of the western coast of the South Island

And they both weigh the same

Prayers up for Greymouth

But she won’t face any repercussions or even have the decency of providing a half arsed public apology because - and say it with me - consequences 👏are 👏only 👏for👏peasants! #nzpol

#nzpol Big turnout for the Women’s Day of Action for pay equity. Billions of dollars have been stolen from low-paid female dominated workforces. This government can find huge tax cuts for tobacco companies, landlords, and big businesses - but not fair pay. That must change.