Tens of thousands of people joined protests across the country on February 9 to oppose the arrival of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who is visiting at the invitation of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1447/ne...

FYI: The issue has now been fixed the curse of Parnell Tunnel has been stopped... for now

Monstrous. Totally in the pocket of the fossil fuel lobby.

Lies are going around about the Greens after Scoop published a bullshit article about Wellington Council not prioritising water management in 2021 when the facts show they invested a record $2.4b The lies have been spreading fast. The piece was written by NZCPR i.e. the ACT Party affiliated group

We know this must be a fossil fuel car, as the headline says absolutely nothing about type.

Peter Thiel NZ citizen and facist. Granted NZ citizenship by a Government that salivates over the uber rich and gives not a toss for democracy and the well-being of its own citizens. #nzpol

Change in jobs by district from peak 2023 (or 2024). Wellington gets attention but other places have had it tougher - eg those that lost anchor employers. This is what happens when you crash your whole economy because unemployment is 'too low' in urban centres. So stupid. [1/2]

The thing is, RNZ is not under commercial pressure to churn out ‘content’ as frequently as possible, and doesn’t have to publish clickbait because it doesn’t have to generate ‘engagement’ for advertisers. Its management should understand that RNZ is in the lower volume higher quality business.

This week's lies, damn lies, and green shoots award goes to Brad Olsen (via Susan Edmunds). This is a particularly disgusting use of data - like so bad that the article should be removed. Let's have a look... [🧵 1/n]

Fun Fact. Have you heard of the MSD's Transition to Work Grant? It's a $1500 allowance that beneficiaries could apply for to cover expenses for starting a job. you know what's fucked up, other than its crap 52 week window? This $1500 amount has not changed. For almost 20 fucking years. #nzpol

Lemme share another anecdotal update with how well the jobseeker market is, from an actual beneficiary's perspective. Spoiler Alert: - It is still fucked (as @musicalchairs.bsky.social points out bluntly) - But I have found some work... as a temping, independent contractor precariat. 1/5 🧵

Toitū te Tiriti. Honour the Treaty. Ko tangata tiriti te iwi. I am a person of the Treaty. Everyday but especially on Waitangi Day, I acknowledge Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the ongoing partnership it represents.

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Sewerage on the beach, again. How does it happen? Years of underinvestment due to successive governments and councils using the promise of low rates for home owners to win votes. It was always just kicking the can down the road and we’ve reached the end of the road. #nzpol

Light Rail on K Rd!* —- *kinda

What's wrong with this picture, #NZPOL ?

Another generation is being crucified by our discredited monetary and fiscal policies. Again.

Any media org that lets the current government talk about the unemployment rate like it's something they didn't expressly engineer is failing at their job. (Source: thespinoff.co.nz/business/16-...)

Guys I enjoy hating on National's shitty economy as much as anyone but I just want to once again say that the racism, climate denial, stripping the country for parts, destroying education, screwing over women plus loads more should still be a massive problem even if the economy was great #nzpol

#nzpol This Bill must be stopped and it CAN BE STOPPED. Along with 48 other unions, lawyers, NGOs, academics, former Workplace Relations Ministers, and current spokespeople, we've written to MPs urging them to vote down the dangerous Employment Relations Amendment Bill:

this was done intentionally - multiple ministers including Willis & Seymour bragged about how many jobs they’d cut in the first 12 months of their government. the reserve bank literally said it wanted unemployment up to control inflation. as with so many other policies this term, it’s social murder

For apparent green shoots and corner-turning in 2026, sure looks more like dead weeds and downward slope.

Short sighted government, dealing with a funding crisis of their own making, again illustrating they know the cost of everything, but the value of nothing

This is painfully, wearyingly familiar.

Opposition parties slam the Luxon Government’s secretive talks with US over access to critical minerals in New Zealand www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol

The Howick Local Board has asked Auckland Transport to investigate pedestrian safety near Kilimanjaro Park in Northpark, Botany. Popular playground was updated in 2022, but there's no pedestrian connection from eastern\northern side of Kilimanjaro Dr. haveyoursay.at.govt.nz/kilimanjaro-...

Perhaps Chris Bishop’s mega-ministry can join the dots so that instead of rural rate-payers subsidising the logging industry via road repairs, the industry is made to transport logs via the railways?

#TrainNews: All three Hamilton MPs appear to be united behind the retention of the Te Huia passenger rail service between Hamilton and Auckland, as well as potentially expanding it to Tauranga. Via Waikato Times: www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

wtf is this headline

So how's the education austerity measures going for 'improving' excellence Stanford? #nzpol

This is great, and I really hope Sam is right here, as I’d love to see light rail down Dominion Road, as well as replacing the busways up north, out west, as well as the new one going in out to Botany. Let’s get Sam to 1000 subscribers too :)

According to Tama Potaka and Ryan Hamilton, both speaking at the Stack the Station rally, the Te Huia train will get a 12 month extension! Would love to have that confirmed by someone in the National Party who has any actual say over that.

Uhhhhhh #nzpol

So ... um, National decided to put together a pre-election election advert, and it's all AI generated video. Leaving aside that the AI generated animation is as bad as you think, I wonder how much energy it sucked down and how much it contributed to climate change. www.instagram.com/reels/DUCyrB...

pretty funny that anyone left of National gets pulled up and hounded for at least a month for getting half a percentage point wrong, yet this government have regularly and drastically fucked the numbers with very little real pressure from media

Brooke van Velden refuses to support a bill for modern slavery reporting. Let me repeat again. The "Workplace Relations" Minister will not support a bill that enforces NZ business to report on possible modern slavery in their supply chains. She doesn't give a damn if people are fucked. #nzpol

Reason number 10,569 why I catch the bus and why I dig Auckland.

#TrainNews: After being closed to passengers for over 30 days the Auckland Rail Network reopened on Thursday morning. Takaanini and Te Mahia remain closed with rail replacement buses operating due to a pending final sign off to reopen the stations temporary access bridges.

Nicky Hager says Judith Collins is “clearly and demonstrably not” fit for the Law Commission role www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

RNZ commissioning opinion poll questions that are NZ First and ACT fodder is quite a look.

I do remember when Judith Collins leaked the name and details of a public servant to the right wing attack blogger Cameron Slater and then the public servant received personal attacks and death threats. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Ding-dong! The Witch is dead Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! Ding-dong! The Wicked Witch is dead Wake up, you sleepy head Rub your eyes, get out of bed Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead🎶🎵 #NZPol

#CRLNews: Once the City Rail Link opens, the number of people able to reach Auckland’s central business district by public transport within 30 minutes will double, according to the latest council projections. Via The Post: www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Stalin notorious for making sure you could walk to the shops

Herald being anti urban as usual Also why Entrepreneurs make shit policy makers and equally shit planners

As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.

Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.

Happy 11th anniversary of the announcement of Auckland light rail! 🫠 <sad trombone noise> Seriously, 11 years is more than enough time for planning, funding and construction – it’d probably have been up and running for a couple of years by now. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/light-rai...