I don't know why people in the UK are talking about the situation in NZ do clearly #nzpol The political posturing being used here isn't even new - it's just being copied from the UK, with "find and replace" to localise

“…in one year, the current Government awarded landlords more money than has been paid out to Māori in 40 years as compensation for historical wrongs.” Dr Neal Curtis. (2.9b v 2.7b) #AoNZpol

NZ PM Luxon saying the media needs to hold the Opposition accountable is classic The same PM Luxon who has refused invites to appear on Q&A for over 2 years #nzpol

For anyone who thinks the sale of our state housing is the best option and that an average price for is $425k is good, please don't read www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kainga-or... And please don't think about how much the National Party has collected in campaign donations #nzpol

Seems senior National Party members are happy to denigrate anyone who gives them power, not just bottom dwellers,soft NZ businesses or C-listers

“The enduring question is not what the Treaty may have meant at any one moment in time, but how faithfully its promise of dual authorities and mutual social and economic obligation can be realised in each successive generation.” — Morgan Godfery.

Wouldn't it be great if the Transport Minister was held responsible for the impact of their ideological policies

The psychopathy of a Political Editor: when the state cancels 33 pay equity claims and retroactively makes it harder for female-dominated professions, that's fine. But if a party promises to reverse it, well, that's just buying the votes of people (women?) who were gonna vote for you anyway.

NZ First logic People hiding costs overruns should be jailed www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... Unless it is us www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361... #nzpol

NZ could be a very different place if we based policies on data, not ideology. To me, that is the biggest failing of the Coalition, underlying so many other economic, financial and societal issues that have worsened in NZ recently #nzpol

This is, in my view, the worst thing out the Coalition - the reliance on ideology over data.

NZ temporarily ended homelessness (during Covid) - but failed to provide all the wraparound services needed Then given the choice between improving a temporary solution, or returning to homelessness, the incoming NZ Govt choose homelessness. Proudly 🫣 #nzpol www.beehive.govt.nz/release/emer...

A month in hospital costs: $30,100 Month in prison: $9,400 Month in shelter: $6,800 Supportive housing per month: $3,800 Figures from Dr. Andrew Boozary in Toronto, Ontario

Sheep are famously known for eating wilding pine seedlings... Good grief. www.rnz.co.nz/news/country...

NZs Coalition Govt abandons "user pays" - but only if the user is a business. It's a technique NZs previous centre right Govt introduced by setting road user charges so private vehicle users cover most of the damage done by heavy trucks #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/10/a...

When everything is falling apart, NZ needs more crime like this www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/nor... And yes, I appreciate the NAIT is important, but this does feel a particularly kiwi crime

Many of us have become familiar with the Coalition Govt ignoring experts over ideology And www.nzherald.co.nz/business/why... highlights yet another example. The downside is increased cost when things go awry - and the risk to our data. #nzpol

'Global warming acceleration in satellite observed lower-tropospheric temperature' (Preprint) "Projections based on the accelerated trend estimates suggest the potential for an additional 0.5–1.0°C of warming within the next decade [...] roughly three to five times the 1981–2024 linear trend." 📎👇

Meanwhile, on the fb.com "We will allow more speech by lifting restrictions on some topics that are part of mainstream discourse"

This can't be right. (ex) Transport Minister Brown said driving slow was just ideology, and nothing to do with safety

Meanwhile in NZ, funding stopped

I keep seeing people saying this is a first. I think there are others including Kelso www.stuff.co.nz/national/102...

"Yes you could extend it to all the podcasts or a whole lot of online activity, but it's actually quite difficult where you draw the line“: Minister Goldsmith as he cancels the BSA completely #nzpol

So...basically NZ is doing the exact opposite of countries in Africa? Because we are further away, so shipping fossil fuels here must be better? Lets face it, Ministers Watts was ineffective, Minister Smith talks well but has failed in every portfolio #nzpol www.cnbcafrica.com/media/777798...

For anyone who cares, the details are at elections.nz/democracy-in... #nzpol It's the usual suspects. But I did laugh at Chriis & Banks, who donated big to the National Party, ACT and NZ First (surprisingly not the Greens - joking, obviously) I love their web site:

Just when you think NZF has got the racism vote sewn up, ACT makes a play #nzpol

Slowing the move to renewables through the cancellation of schemes like GIDI isn't look quite so "fiscally responsible" now #nzpol businessdesk.co.nz/article/ener...

I do hope the Audit Office is paying attention to who is buying these. And their links to political parties #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kainga-or...

What happened to this guy from 2022? "He's white, male, bald, rich and Christian, but he's also championed gender pay equity and the rainbow community, worked to halt human trafficking and environmentalists rate his climate change credentials. " www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol

"Luxon’s office confirmed on Friday that he would no longer be making his weekly appointment with the Breakfast programme, saying the show didn’t make the cut after a “review” of his media engagement." To busy to talk to journalists. Thankfully he still has time for Tiktok #nzpol

Inability to find someone willing to be Chair after the recent history? ✅ Hollowed out management team? ✅ Inability to find "a business person" to lead health? ✅ Inexperienced Minister? ✅ It will be interesting to see if National mention campaign on health #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/24/h...

We can't afford fuel - but then we can't afford new roads either. It's well worth reading newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/23/i... But there is more to it. Our Govt quietly shifted the goalposts to support it's policies #nzpol

A politician (Shane Jones) who says that immigration will drive down wages when he is part of a Govt & action/policies that halted Fair Pay Agreements, ditched Pay Equity, reduced workers rights, and has overseen a pay cut for minimum wage workers in real terms is a racist & a hypocrite imo. #nzpol

Stopping young people from getting addicated? That seems like a really good idea. I wonder why we didn't think of it Just joking. We know why "Aotearoa plummets from 2nd to 53rd in Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index ranking" 12 November 2025 #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/world/uk-agr...

A significant article which has gone under the radar newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/24/c... I am wondering if #nzpol Party will ever mention the long term financial impacts of us missing our emissions targets (and ok, I appreciate ETSs are dull reading. But it is worth it...)

What was promised vs what was delivered #nzpol

I can see why the PM has decided to cancel regularly meetings with journalists (except for Q&A obviously) Kiwis want "Strong economic management and stable coalition and that's what we are delivering" is almost humourous considering economic metrics and the state of the Coalition #nzpol

Wait, didnt they choose to form a government with him?

It's a stormy old time in Wellington And the weather is really bad too #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Science-folks: If we run 100 experiments, we might find 1 or 2 of them may have results that can make many dollars. NZ Govt: Excellent. We will fund those 1 or 2 experiments.

Nothing to see here www.nzherald.co.nz/business/act...

You've got to love NZ Firsts believe that kiwis have the memory of goldfish. Today they have - committed to do something about the Supermarket duopoly when they get into Govt - complaining about Govt spending - when they were in Govt #nzpol

"A Labour TPM Greens Coalition would put a wrecking ball through this economy" says PM Luxon. No reaction from record number of unemployed, the kiwis kicked off hospital or housing waiting lists, the owners of all the businesses in liquidation Not too much self awareness from our PM then #nzpol

How many times announcements will Govt Ministers need to make before actually doing something? Why do we only hear of the supermarket duopoly and cost of living crisis as we get near elections? It affects the rest of us all the time... #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

I'd love for Environment Canterbury, the dairy fharmer's of Aotearoa & Fonterror to answer this. In my lifetime I've seen animal agriculture esp dairy fharming, ruin the artesian aquifers in Canterbury. Nitrates and E Coli in our water well exceeds safe drinking limits for health, causing cancer.

I'd love OneRoof to spend even a 10th of this energy talking about the ordinary kiwis who can't get a house But instead it's the sad story of a foreign buyer not being able to buy here, so a bargain getting picked up by someone who left NZ #nzpol www.oneroof.co.nz/news/kiwi-ex...

The Govt seems pretty comfortable on doing things urgently when it comes to passing regulation. Much more relaxed when it comes to exploring failures #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

I have figured out why Damien Grant has such a perverse view of the world I'm sorry his life has been so narrow. And that he still feels comfortable pontificating about what everyone else is doing wrong #nzpol P.S. It's not worth reading. I did by mistake.

Built by an Australian for the American market All while NZ a third of NZ doesn't have enough food, we have so many homeless we are passing legislation to be able to hide them, and our productivity per capita has stagnated. Our best are leaving NZ #nzpol

In case people don't realise how out of touch our PM is, here he is ignoring the Cost of Living crisis, unaware that 1 in 3 households are already suffering food insecurity, telling people to make sure they stock up before the storm hits. What a leader :-( #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...