One restaurant critic: $50,000 to cover flights and accom for two weeks. Sorted. We don't have that many possible restaurants, surely? Why $6,000,000? (Yes, it *may* add value to our tourism sector + profits for a few restaurants) #nzpol

Again a systemic story that's bigger than the individual bits: a govt which ran into power in large part based on banging the localism drum about water has accelerated the pace of centralised - and personal Ministerial - decision-making. This is a big story about this govt. Someone should tell it.

New fast-track amendments provide effectively a parallel #OIA regime for fast-track cronies _with_no_withholding_grounds_ #WTF www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...

Ōtautahi folk, here's the new Parakiore Recreation and Sport Centre. Can't wait for it to open (my daughter is working there). vimeo.com/1128712682

This is very, um... graphic. #Slava #Ukraini

Love her! Chlöe Swarbrick to Seymour: “You’re a nasty little man.” Wholeheartedly agree: nasty, arrogant little prick. Jacinda and Chlöe - combined comments. #nzpol

Ahead of #COP30 a new article from me, unpacking whether New Zealand's 2035 Paris Agreement target (a 51-55% reduction) meets Paris Agreement criteria. TLDR lol no. (outside the paywall, thanks Carbon News!)

AoNZ mentioned. #nzpol

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So - do a quick gut check. Think of the politician you most like. Now, think of the group you most dislike. Should that group be able to set up a 24-7 protest outside the front gate of the politician's home so that they cannot look out their window/use their garden without being confronted by it?

‪There are a handful of corporates that stand to benefit from Commerce Minister Scott Simpson's unexpected call to dramatically loosen climate reporting requirements. Some are political donors. #nzpol ‪ newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/05/g...

In today’s NZ Herald

OK amazing cooks. I need a good doable (I'm not a great cook) peanut sauce recipe. If you could share in the replies I'd be very grateful. Thanks 😁 #kikorangi #kai

Yes, all seems in order there. 👇 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

Thank God there’s a NZ leader doing something significant about climate change wrecking havoc on the world atm Head in sand Climate Minister Simon Watts puts finger in air & replies “Can we be sure about anything in life?’ What a toser. How on any level is that an answer on climate change? #nzpol

#nzpol - In episode 27 of Locked Out with Craig Renney, we take a look at the recent Labour Market Data, and look at what’s happening with unemployment, underemployment, and wages. Who is losing, and is anyone winning right now? Hint - it's unlikely to be you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Ex...

Would be good if @bsky.app allowed you to put Alt Text on your profile picture? For example “collage of a hat and machine cogs” Or “basic unimaginative loser who chose a default picture”

This is the kind of investigation James Comer was made for…

It’s no wonder the gentailers are dragging their heels on this. No profit in renewables

Poor little dog. Boundless energy then, bang, flaked out on the carpet, exhausted. 🐕🇳🇿

Now this, this is the sort of productivity the Luxon government could get behind. #nzpol

Measles outbreak update No new measles cases today. Total confirmed cases remains at 17. All no longer infectious. The outbreak is still ongoing, and we are focused on stamping out further spread. An outbreak can only be declared over after 42 days with no new cases - so we’re not there yet.

Free Speech Union bringing in people to spread hate in the name of "free speech" and allowing "all" opinions to be heard. Yet if we made the Free Speech Committee to bring people here to spread peaceful messages of "don't be a dickhead", we'd be the bad guys... #nzpol

A heads up for lovers of handcrafts - this beautiful pile of willow baskets and more is for sale this Saturday, 10-3 at the Steiner School Fair. Made here un Ōtautahi by my talented fellow Rekindle teachers Diana Duncan (aka Swamp City Basketry) and Gemma Stratton. #🇳🇿🧶

CW: ACT Party press release. TL:DR ACT blames the drop in all our Universities attractiveness on "Mowri studies" but which Universities collectively blame on Covid. Study done by the UK paper, The Times Higher Education, which is a bastion of impartiality, I'm sure. #nzpol

Kia ora e hoa mā. I'm pleased to announce that I'm coming out of retirement to take up the role of Chief of Staff role for the Green Party in Parliament (think Malcolm Tucker, Leo McGarry). I'm not moving away from Te Tai o Poutini, but just now going the process of setting up a 2nd home in Wgtn.

160,000 unemployed and 18,700 jobs. Unemployment rate now at 5.3% #nzpol

Newsom winning.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines... www.rnz.co.nz/life/food/is... I invite the Michelin Star Reviewers to include reviews of our current school lunch programme offerings and compare them to school lunches in their home countries. Did I say “invite”? I meant DEMAND 🍲💩

📢 Refund and apology for Kiwi Microsoft 365 subscribers pushed to sign up for costlier plans with Copilot AI

Belly laughs... #uspol

How do we not already have a sovereign wealth fund? Our Tall Poppy Syndrome so bad that we don't wanna invest in our local small businesses? We'd rather become landlords of a few properties for a decade or so before pawning it off for a profit? And we wonder how the economy got buggered? #nzpol

New Zealand has the highest youth suicide rate of all the 38 countries in the OECD #nzpol

Asked whether he’s sure technology will allow the Government to meet its climate goals, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts replies: ‘Can we be sure about anything in life?’ newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/06/g...

Hey, NZ - obviously we're not colour blind - - - because we don't exist (shhhh!)

RBNZ to the Waitangi Tribunal...

He's just adding fuel to the fire now. His opposition will be going *nuts*! #uspol

I thought FENZ had a bigger budget tbh. Only $800 million and they're looking to save $50m/year?? Surely their income should go *up* with inflation?

Bloomberg reporting on NZ's weakening climate ambition www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

They are no better than the Ministry of Propaganda and Enlightenment from a certain Reich Treat them as such and banish them as such newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/06/w...

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608... “Brown said the flyover had sped up morning commutes, BUT HAD ALSO INTRODUCED NEW CHOKE POINTS…” Yes that tends to be what happens.

COUNTRY ANALYSIS: Saudi Arabia’s emissions are on a steep upward trajectory, projected to continue rising through to 2035. No policies in place that wld stop growth or reduce country's dependence on fossil fuels. We continue to rate its climate action "Critically insufficient" 🔗 bit.ly/CAT_SAU

One of my Coastguard Hibiscus crew mates took this picture earlier tonight and captioned it “early Christmas”. It’s the view from his place in Army Bay, Whangaparaoa

Tomorrow is the Fifth of November – but let’s forget Guy Fawkes and his actions against an arrogant Protestant king and instead look to our own history: the unlawful attack on Parihaka and, by extension, Māori sovereignty. 🧵 #kikorangi

Seeing as this has gone a bit viral, I wanna specifically call to all you Pākehā. Tell your kids about Parihaka, whether they ask questions about it, or just NZ history in general. The govt may be pushing back on teaching NZ history, specifically Māori narratives, but this is how we can subvert that

Today, 144 years ago, 1600 Crown troops invaded a pacifist settlement that was the centre of resistance against British colonialism. The leaders were arrested, the settlement sacked, the people violated. For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.

"New Zealand has always been a country that, what is the expression, punched above its weight. In human rights terms, in solidarity terms, you know, by holding the line on a number of very fundamental questions. Right now, this is not what is happening." www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

The system is rigged against you. Here's how