1/2 When the only thing growing is leadership speculation Andrea Vance September 21, 2025 Some highlights below, source in threaded post #NZPol

Anyone who is attending this in Auckland - heads up. Change of plan due to forecasted winds of up to 80 km/hour on the bridge tomorrow. Still going ahead but change of location #nzpol #auckland #kiwi

#nzpol IT’S HERE!!! youtu.be/QLOjiiC3P1Y?... #atlasnetwork @lucyham.bsky.social

Good work by @paulapenfold.bsky.social following up conflict of interest story involving former ACC manager JohnBennett seconded to #HealthNZ And $1M contract to mate. Looks dodgy as. #NZpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

#nzseedsaving #nzpol Does anyone know of Aotearoa seed saving and seed swapping Bluesky groups please? I've only put in nzpol so I get a response as I've no idea which hashtag names will get a response. Food as a lure.

Abilities Group had the building that caught fire in Glenfield yesterday - not only are they a service provider for the Shore, they're also an employer of over 100 people with disabilities and they're now asking for donations to assist with rebuilding and supporting their staff.

🙄🥹 www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/24/j...

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04... #nzpol

Check out this new multi-lingual, culturally diverse cookbook full of community-sourced recipes from across NZ, celebrating the sharing of food with whānau and friends. gbb.org.nz/shop/familia... @goodbitchesbake is the NFP I work with, and we're super proud of it.

To make a submission, visit www.covid19inquiry.nz or call 0800 500 306.

Locked Out with Craig Renney Finn Cordwell - Living Wage Wellington Community Organiser. The living wage. #nzpol

Grattan Institute says expanding skilled migration visa a better option: "...a better approach is...trying to identify talented people that have started businesses overseas and bringing them here, rather than just bringing people with lots of money.” 2/2

What happend to David Seymour's claims that Atlas Network is a conspiracy? Looking back after a year. #nzpol

Oh sheesh 😬 Gift article from NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...

Don't let McKee loosen our gun laws! Have your say by the 28th Feb. You can make a submission by: Link: consultations.justice.govt.nz/policy/publi... Email: [email protected] Post: Firearms Policy Ministry of Justice – National Office DX SX10088 Wellington

Best Location: Each week, we spotlight a New Zealand location with strong immigration prospects for overseas psychologists. This week, we are featuring Invercargill, the southernmost and most affordable city in New Zealand. Check out our Invercargill blog post: zurl.co/ibmvl #psychology

Didn't realise NZ Herald was into free publicly for Free Speech Union by running a lazy op-ed copy/pasted from a press release. Prof Donna Haraway calls this “a conquering gaze from nowhere” - an uninvested, vapid framing that's seemingly "objective" but “represent[s] while escaping representation”.

Well worth a read

Consumer writes about not paying Microsoft 365 price increase / don’t pay it NZ

What we know about HMPV www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/h...

Me too. It's gone under the radar to a large degree, but the consequences of it becoming law will be disastrous. I also don't have the expertise to properly criticise it but I found this hugely helpful especially the Linktree links provided near the bottom. melanienelson.substack.com/p/will-the-r...

Very helpful summary making it easy to submit your thoughts on the latest tranch of bills being pushed through NZ parliament

If you haven't made a submission yet, please consider doing so. Soon. It profoundly sucks that the submission period for all these runs over the summer break. OK fine, what submissions do I have to make FFS?! open.substack.com/pub/emilywri...

"While the Bill claims to promote clarity, conversation, & social cohesion, the evidence clearly indicates it has instead fuelled division, misinformation, & harmful rhetoric in Aotearoa New Zealand, growing at pace." A stunning, research-based piece, by Dr Hattotuwa. 🤲 Essential reading

The children evacuatd from Gaza for treatment of dire injuries 🥹 (free to read). ://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/world/middleeast/gaza-children-evacuated.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lU4.sb35.eioHwVK_prKu&smid=url-share

MSD placing barriers for those urgently seeking housing. "There are credible reports that to verify applicants because they're victims of domestic violence, MSD staff are encouraged to phone the abusive partner to confirm their partner did not contribute to the violence" 😳😡 #NZpoli

NZ Govt: "We have a whooping cough epidemic, please get vaccinated especially if you're pregnant" 💉🤰 Also NZGovt - you health professionals want funding to be able to vaccinate patients? A big NO! ⚕️💉💲❌ #NZpol #HealthNZ #NZHealth www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

#nzpol #atlasnetwork This is the regulation that is doing the actual damage. As important as it is, the TPB is running distraction from this particularly odious piece of legislation. They are seeking to built our country on a libertarian foundation. Please submit e te whānau 💚

In which I write about no-cause evictions, Nicola Willis stuffing up finances again and how this is a fundamental lipstick on pig government. Happy festive season, Bluesky and thanks for allowing me to join your family this year. #Kiwi

This bastard goes on about equal rights whilst trying to get a bill through that *goes against the Bill of Rights* They want poors and Māori to have nothing.

"It’s why this govt - who appear to be advised by these lobbyists - have confidence to keep pushing the envelope to their ideology, & detractors & evidence are unimportant - because the goal isn’t unity or social cohesion - it’s power..." 🤲👏👏👏

Here’s the timeline setting out how in the space of a week the assault by Vietnamese officials went from case closed to all of a sudden not. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

Two of Braunias' Xmas carols #NZpoli newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/14/t...

Oct 2024: After nearly 4.5 years of pioneering research, analysis, and reporting on the growing landscape of disinformation in Aotearoa, The Disinformation Project is closing as our small team moves on to new things. :( www.thedisinfoproject.org #disinformation #conspiracytheories #nz #nzpol

"In her fatuous accusation that KiwiRail had irresponsibly opted for Ferrari instead of Toyota, Willis got it back-to-front. What NZ actually secured were Ferrari-standard ferries at Toyota price. "In unilaterally tearing up KiwiRail $saving contract, Willis signalled NZ’s signature means nothing.

Please listen, important kōrero. And submit! Whilst NACT are deflecting, DS / ACT are continuing their agenda. www.youtube.com/live/vhbp1nn...

Some thoughts from me on the govt's failure of #leadership in deciding to cut social sciences and humanities from the Marsden Fund. #nzpol #AcademicSky www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

"Willis' handling of replacing the inter-island ferries has been a masterclass in incompetence"

Signatures needed to save socsci research in Aotearoa. www.together.org.nz/love_humanit...

#BHN Breaking News The CTUs Craig Renney will also join the conversation live at 9pm to talk the ferry announcement of an announcement #nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/bdbpGXQ...

Garner: "What goes up must come down, but in Luxon’s case, what didn’t go up very far needed to go further, & now it’s coming back down it won’t take long before it’s all over. I think his popularity, if you can call it that, has peaked – & if he had a honeymoon,(we) must've missed it..." 🤔 #nzpoli

Any researchers out there with opinions about the cuts to Marsden funding? Contact Deborah - she want to hear from you. And can actually help. #nzpol

Anyway, I wrote a thing: blog.waikato.ac.nz/bioblog/2024... I don't have a big following, but this isn't something we should let go without speaking about it.

Dinosaurs of Aotearoa #nzpol sketch #carbon

And now we have the answer: the Auditor-General agrees. Redundancies and holiday back pay was counted in the year before they were incurred. Former CFO Rosalie Hughes is vindicated, and Lester Levy is left looking quite untrustworthy.

Some comments from me, @nicgaston.bsky.social, @troybaisden.bsky.social & @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social on the gutting of funding for humanities and social sciences in Aotearoa New Zealand… www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2024/12/04/g...

Big promises #nzpol #cartoon www.slanecartoon.com/-/galleries/...

Aah this is easier to read. #nzpoli