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...

"Having built a political brand around the idea that the previous government overreacted during an emergency, the coalition now faces its own crisis. But it has encouraged voters to distrust the kind of rapid, interventionist measures that might be most effective. theconversation.com/the-governme...

Incredibly, the coalition are still using Govt debt increases during Cvid as an attack line - despite piling into debt at more or less exactly the same rate. The fact that this is going unchecked is incredible really. [5/n]

Using the formula Traffic Counts (Good Friday + Thursday before) as percentage of (Wednesday before +Tuesday before) there is not of evidence of folk driving less in the 63 Traffic Counters for which Good Friday is available vs earlier year Easters. Acknowledging different time of year baselines etc

Our Deputy PM (5-Apr-26): Seymour optimistic about ‘continuity of fuel supply without restrictions’ - as if price is not a restricting factor Meanwhile (2-Apr-26): "Singapore's major oil source is blocked and experts warn Australians will pay" - that's the source of 50% of our fuel #nzpol

Foodstuffs CEO smilingly admitting that his company broke the rules, potentially spread covid (leaving Aucklanders in lockdown for longer) and puts a revisionist spin on it all - nobody felt normal going to the supermarket during covid This is a shit NZer. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Critical thinking can be challenging for some people on social media It's going to get worse "A key prediction of the theory is "cognitive surrender"-adopting AI outputs with minimal scrutiny, overriding intuition (System 1) and deliberation (System 2)" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

"New Energy Minister Simeon Brown says 'the world has changed' since government's unveiling of LNG import terminal plan in February" Except this hasn't really changed. The invasion of Ukraine that last massively spiked LNG prices is still happening #nzpol www.interest.co.nz/public-polic...

"Farmers are at the pointy end of rising fuel costs. “The buck always stops with us,” Waikato Federated Farmers president Phil Sherwood said. “And we can’t pass it on.” Who is he trying to fool? Consumers will be paying any day soon

Meanwhile, in NZ, our PM had a lovely photo op for a new Stadium, and demoted a senior Minister who failed to acknowledge he fiefdom I wonder if PM Wong would consider migrating from Singapore? #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fuel-cris...

Whangarei Hospital ED is in "chronic over capacity" repeatedly Dargavile Hospital frequently has no doctors Northland Hospital is understaffed and has resorted to a "no admissions" condition several times Good to see the focus is on the real issues #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/whangarei...

Will the damage down by Ardern and the Labour Govt banning oil exploration never end??| "Hundreds of North Sea licences granted by Tories ‘produce only 36 days of gas’" #nzpol www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Weird how a company not following workplace safety regulations ends up with worker injuries. It's almost like regulations serve a purpose or something. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/business/360...

Cook Strait ferries are doing their part to save fuel www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

25% of the population will continue to believe the Minister that "drug enforcement is working" despite the evidence Many of those will be the same people who complain about the standard of education in NZ This is why we can't have nice things #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

#NZPol There’s no words to describe how stupid, shortsighted and craven our government is. A fucking billion dollar LNG import terminal in a climate crisis during the sunset of fossil fuels. Tying our energy prices to international prices and ‘stability’.

Nothing gives me confidence like seeing Minister Jones on the podium of truth. I'm surprised there wasn't a lightening strike www.1news.co.nz/2026/03/27/l... #nzpol

Winston Peters setting the tone of the 2026 election early www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360... I guess if you are the longest serving current MP, the only option is a bit of gaslighting and shade #nzpol

Trying to explain to my partner why we can't have EVs in NZ, and mentioned the 1998 power outage in Auckland. As we sit in near austerity, with our infrastructure crumbling discussing a levy to import fossil fuels, expecting to be told privatisation is the saviour, it feels eerily familiar #nzpol

Bad day for the Finance Minister when she realizes not everyone believes her lines #nzpol And then there was a war www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

"transport specialist Paula Rogers questioned the $18 return cost for heavy vehicles" Good call. Heavy vehicles do thousands of times more damage, so should pay for it The same as for the LNG Terminal, the Govt expects consumers to subsidise business #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/northland...

What amazes me is that an AI company (recently valued at $465 million) didn't use AI to look at the security of it's AI code. Prompt Injections are security 101 for the last 20 years. And we have had recent examples we could have learnt from #nzpol #health newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/20/h...

They should cut all men’s pay to match women, cha ching cost savings for all

Thankfully our Govt has acted decisively by ignoring their own consultants and announcing an import terminal for a different fossil fuel Afterall, they have said repeatedly told us we have wasted too much money on consultants #nzpol

Once again, the NZ Govt showing it is an early adopter by reducing social housing by over 400 houses since Jun-25. And still managed to be surprised when homelessness grew #nzpol