Pretty embarrassing for journalists to have to overlay a "committing crimes" clarification in square brackets after the Prime Minister of NZ says "And it's pretty simple, we do not want people in the community." which frankly rings reasonably true given the exodus they have been driving.

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

FFS small towns often have relatively heavier traffic because they're service hubs for a wide area. I once moved from a big city to a town with a population a bit over 3k and the open air pedestrian mall was busier than Cuba St much of the time. Hell, check our Greytown or Martinborough any weekend!

Apparently controversial but I think the proposal for fencing Wellington is good actually - I've been aware since I was a kid that a trip the wrong direction rollerblading around there could mean cracking my skull open on the rocks. I would like fences please.

So let me get this straight. We invite the FBI boss to Wellington to open an office. He then says he'll use it to spy on our top export buyer, China, who is then as pissed as. Then Trump HIKES our tariff to 15% from 10%, making us less competitive vs Australia's beef/wine exports to US - still 10%.🤷‍♂️

While we're feeling nerd spicy how about this neat little petition about making sure the people making the decisions about how our healthcare system works are actually invested in it the same as the rest of us without their wealth xx www.change.org/p/politician...

Grosssss (not you Dylan)

Looking good InternetNZ whānau 🙌

I'm on the InternetNZ AGM and I just want to say i am so impressed by the professionalism of everyone involved given this unprecedented membership surge. Get on and vote NO folks!

Does anyone know where to find details of the civil defence alert that just happened? I dismissed it super quick because I had a baby dropping off to sleep and I didn't know how else to make the noise stop!

Why do none of the many articles on the spike in meth use connect it to David Seymour removing protections on pseudoephedrine - making it far far easier to get the materials to make meth? Like, this is a clear and expected and devastating consequence, not some blip. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Why do none of the many articles on the spike in meth use connect it to David Seymour removing protections on pseudoephedrine - making it far far easier to get the materials to make meth? Like, this is a clear and expected and devastating consequence, not some blip. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The average person over 100k pays about a dollar more a week but it funds dental care! So yeah, $50 a year and you get dental care. It's a fantastic freaking budget

The Head of the Privileges Committee and (drumroll) The ‘C’ Word. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol

#nzpol At 5pm yesterday, the Treasury informed the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) it has been barred from attending the Budget lock-up on 22 May. This is the first time the CTU has been prevented from attending a Budget lock-up in living memory

'In the 2023/24 financial year, the Government collected $3.7m in revenue from the coal industry' We take just 2% commission on coal/mineral mining, its not a good deal for #newzealand because it costs us more to clean up #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/a...

Chlöe Swarbrick on the recent Benjamin and Tamantha media storm, her perspective of what we should really be paying attention to. #nzpol

Is Tamatha Paul in ‘la-la land’? Here’s what the evidence says

Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%. Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

To my friends here in Aotearoa please note that submissions on this important legislation close at the end of the month. I for one am keen to maintain strict gun laws that put safety at the centre.

Govt needs more resources to health and not less. This means more funding to enable more staff, hospital beds and required support. DO NOT PRIVATISE #NZ health care Overloaded maternity system facing job and service cuts www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... 22 December 2024 #NZPol #AoNZPol

So how did Jago get away with it for so long? Absolutely nothing to do with his brother being 'a senior detective'. No way that could be the case. Great work from Edward Gay on exposing this and other stuff one of the victim's family want aired.

If some combination of the reputational damage of the school lunches fiasco, the treaty principles bill and the paedo president can’t turn 8.5% into 4.9% we aren’t trying hard enough.

For those interested in Bryce Edward's summation of the impacts of the Regulatory Standards Bill and who can't get past The Post paywall, Bryce probably covers similar material on the Integrity Institute blog. #NZpol Thanks @grantbrookesnz.bsky.social democracyproject.substack.com/p/ditching-r...

ACT leaders ... covering up shit since forever.. #nzpol

Seymour’s school lunch provider had three months to get ready for the start of the school year, and they still can’t guarantee schools that lunches will be delivered. Someone needs to ask Luxon whether this is acceptable and if he’ll be holding Seymour to account given this situation is his creation

if you're wondering where you've heard his name before it might be the two other ACT party SA cases which he presided over and did nothing about newsroom.co.nz/2020/10/08/s... www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/young-act...

Come on Stuff are we simping for ACT so hard we're obfuscating their association with this creep? Recent Golriz article for comparison. Shameless partisanship

It's really important this story is followed up. If the vaping industry is bribing our government as these staff said, we need to know who, and how. It's not just about the tobacco and vape industry, it's about preventing corruption. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

It doesn’t matter whether the Prime Minister was there at the time, that’s totally irrelevant. The remarks are on the record. We can all read them, government Ministers attacking other MPs based solely on where they come from. It’s a question of basic leadership, human decency and integrity. 2/

The Government has forced more legislation all the way through Parliament under urgency in its first 400 days than any since at least 1987, a Newsroom analysis has found. newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/28/g...

Setting up a library card last year after a hiatus was the single best customer service experience I've had in my life. Tried to apply late evening but didn't work. Woke up to an email noting it was because I needed my old details, providing them, and also having completed the process for me. A+

The Post printed an article today asserting that Wellington’s car parking is “overstretched”. I asked what their basis was for asserting this, given that WCC parking occupancy at peak times is only 52% and there are around 30,000 car parks overall in the central city. They removed the assertion.

Thank you! It’s been great to have our region report on good water news 💧 wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve...

David Seymour is suggesting that people could get better private healthcare for $6000 per person per annum. It only takes cursory familiarity with healthcare costs to understand what a farce that statement is. 🧵

David Seymour is suggesting that people could get better private healthcare for $6000 per person per annum. It only takes cursory familiarity with healthcare costs to understand what a farce that statement is. 🧵

This brings the costs of the Treaty Principles Bill to more than $6m – including the costs of the initial estimate. In reality, it is very likely to exceed that. That is the spending equivalent of 2m free school meals – enough meals for 10,526 children for a school year.

I am reading nearly every day about tacks being laid out on our cycle ways this summer. Someone could be seriously hurt by this petty destructiveness. We should all appreciate people who choose active or public transport - for emissions & air quality and the ease of us all getting around.

The prices of things that the government has no control over are falling – notably fuel. The price of things that the government has more control over are rising more quickly than general inflation. Do you feel back on track yet?

Heads up whānau. If you didn’t get a chance to submit on the Boot Camps bill or the Social Welfare bill, submissions have been extended until Jan 24 which means you have 3 days to get submitting. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Simeon Brown’s rise proves National’s outdated priorities—opposing Māori wards, bilingual signs, and abortion rights. Now, with zero health expertise, he’s in charge of our health system. What could go wrong? #MāoriRights #HealthEquity #nzpol #AotearoaFuture

Hoo boy. This is unhinged enough that it's maybe worth a mediawatch query eh @haydendonnell.bsky.social ?

"Auckland is not just the place where these things happen to have occurred: this is _a story about Auckland_." We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.

Apparently using your own bag rather than the baskets while you're in the supermarket is shoplifting I surrender for my many many egregious criminal escapades and expect a full investigation forthwith 😱

Read this and submit, it is so critically important and it doesn't have to be complicated: Trans kids health decisions should be between them and their health provider, not the govt or the public. Puberty blockers and safe and effective. Public consultation on medical decisions is inappropriate.

Not sure how "Lester the Investor" Levy can say what he does with a straight face - but Levy claims there are no cuts to Health NZ after months of non-stop cuts. Health NZ is facing more turbulence as it's revealed Levy and Margie Apa have a secretive "reset" plan in the works as well. #Kiwi