📢 Minister of Justice Paul Goldsmith said he was worried New Zealand was developing a "bespoke" legal system that incorporated concepts of tikanga Māori.

'The countries who don’t recognise Palestine are scattered across the globe, but many of them do share a commonality: They rely on American military support.'

Norway puts our backtracking to shame: Norway’s uptake of EVs is nearly 100%. August set a new record of 98.4% of all new sales (with plug-in hybrids a mere 1.5%). The government has a goal of ending the sale of fossil-fuelled cars by the end of this year. cleantechnica.com/2025/09/09/e...

#nzpol Monthly employment data - and there are 4,814 more jobs than this time last month! Whoop. Only 42,746 to go to get us to where we were at the last election. 62 jobs lost every single day of this government, one roughly every 23 minutes. A 🧵

Billion dollars in profit but can’t lower domestic prices. Get fucked Fonterra. Farmers better not ask for a fucking cent next bit of rough weather. #nzpol

WTF is going on at RNZ #NZPol? Do they really need to put "genocide" in quotes almost every time it's mentioned? 🙄 www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

So Charlie Kirk was killed by a right wing cis man in the middle of a speech about how dangerous trans people are? Not one single one of them is going to stop and think are they

I don't understand Charter Schools, don't they just prove if you spend more per child they will get better outcomes? Where is Act in this whole thing saying the state should pay more per child? Lets just spend that much on all the kids #NZPol

The 2023 IRD wealth study found that the richest 300 people in NZ pay tax on income of 9.4%, versus 28% for someone earning $80k. Luxon Govt is removing the clauses of the tax law that allowed IRD to collect the study data. They don’t want you to know. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Te Pāti Māori will introduce: Wealth Tax. Foreign Companies Tax. Land Banking Tax. Vacant House Tax. GST off Kai

Who's killing the journalists in Gaza?

I see Shane Jones is telegraphing the same 'Great Replacement' narrative, & lie Christchurch terrorist used to justify massacre of 51 Muslims in March 2019. This is not political debate. This is violent extremist rhetoric fuelling racism, endangering communities, & ripping apart social cohesion.

Like you I've seen all the pics people post here abt the steady increase of tacky gold crap he keeps adding to the oval office. But somehow it wasn't until I saw this picture that it just hit me. What the actual fuck. Like a Vegas whorehouse.

Dollars: $671 million Boats: none Draw your own conclusions www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Transgender, nonbinary and disabled people more likely to view AI negatively, study shows theconversation.com/transgender-...

Almost makes you want to walk straight out the door with a trolley full of groceries, eh?

Talbot Mills Poll Labour at 35% National at 32% Green Party at 12% ACT at 8% NZ First at 7% Te Pāti Māori at 3.8% Left bloc: 50.8% Right bloc: 47%

‘It’s censorship’: #NZ Public health leaders slam ‘Trumpian’ edict: #Medical officers of #health told they would need “national level” approval before making public statements about health concerns #Seymour is sounding more #Totalitarian each day. #FreeSpeech #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Confirming what we all already knew- the proposed change to s6 and New Zealand's legal definition of employee was drafted at UBER'S behest. If this becomes law, I really hope the opposition parties commit to repealing it. lawnews.nz/employment/m...

This article looks at the substantial financial risk that @siouxsiew.bsky.social took in winning her case against @aucklanduni.bsky.social. It notes that the University had deep pockets, but it was the public who paid the cost of its failure to acknowledge fault. www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...

A very powerful essay by Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov, arguing that: a) Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and b) denying this threatens to "undermine everything that Holocaust scholarship and commemoration have stood for." Do read the whole thing www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Even former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is now saying that Israel is, in fact, creating a concentration camp in Gaza. Why do political leaders around the world remain silent?

Today is the 10th anniversary of Ireland's gender recognition act. Ireland's gender recognition is through self-declaration without the need for permission from a doctor, panel or judge etc. In the past decade nothing bad happened. youtu.be/1f8OxezAqTk?...

What is wrong with people? #nzpol

Two independent Jewish Voices groups in Aotearoa New Zealand have written an open letter to the government condemning the Zionist “colonisation” project leading to genocide and criticising the role of the NZ Jewish Council for its “unelected” and “uncritical support” for Israel. #gaza #jews #Zionist

Many of the same operatives behind the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - a joint US-Israeli venture - are now cooking up new plans for the Palestinians in Gaza. Details of these are now coming out in some key reporting. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports on the revelations in the FT & Reuters.

Incontrovertible evidence, now, of *police* investigating families supporting their kids with gender affirming healthcare in the UK. For trying to do the best for your child, following best practice in most of the world, here you get a visit from the police. Thank you, Wes Streeting.

Trickle-down misogyny: When there are no available women to be misogynistic towards (women Prime Ministers, women mayoral candidates), The misogynist will trickle down to the next available targets (former women Prime Ministers, current women mayors who are not running for re-election)

This is Christchurch where homelessness has doubled. In Auckland homelessness has tripled. #nzpol

This 83-year-old priest has just been arrested for holding a sign which read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” According to Starmer’s new law, this puts her in the same category as an ISIS or Al-Qaeda terrorist, with a prison sentence of up to 14 years.

So Seymour claimed last month that 99.5% of RSB submissions were from bots. I asked him for more details, inc. how this number was arrived at. His office says “this information doesn’t exist.” So he just pulled it out of his arse, and here’s his office admitting it.

Maiki Sherman: Tell us about the facts and evidence you based these law changes on. Goldsmith: Reckons reckons reckons reckons reckons assumptions and more reckons. We're cultivating ignorance and harvesting fear. Because we said so, and because we can. Facts and evidence is woke. #nzpol

The following thread contains 201 open access articles, books, chapters & reports written and led by First Nations’ researchers. We write our own research across all areas. The order is random and ranges across disciplines, because of course it does. #201FirstNationsArticles

Spare a thought for the IDF today. They were out all day yesterday shooting innocent people trying to get bags of flour, and when they got home they had to find out the heartbreaking news that some people at Glastonbury don't like them. That cannot be good for your mental health.

“Pronouns are biological!” *laughs in te reo Māori*

Of course it is: Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/s...

The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention has issued a Red Flag Alert on Anti-trans and intersex Rights in the UK. “We see evidence of genocidal intent and actions targeting these communities.” www.lemkininstitute.com/_files/ugd/b...

Leaked documents from Te Whatu Ora showed National planned to pay telehealth providers - including ‘reluctant PHO' Tend Health - between 367% and 433% what it funds struggling GPs for casual patients. #newzealand

Victim of the Day. My Sunday #cartoon #NZpol #Academics #Universities #RegulatoryStandardsBill

We often talk about transnational violent extremist networks, and radicalisation pathways online. Here, the link is direct, and clear. The question is if NZ authorities will do anything meaningful to address the growth of a domestic, white supremacist cult.

Statement from Te Mana Raraunga Māori Data Sovereignty Network on cancellation of the NZ #census

For crying out loud Stuff, this is NOT "tit for tat" ... this is one person (the deputy PM no less) using his platform & power to target academics & others who speak up from evidence against his proposals, and another speaking up to defend folks & ask him to stop. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

"Playful or harmful? David Seymour’s posts raise questions about what’s OK to say online": harmful, as intended. theconversation.com/playful-or-h...

MIT researchers say using ChatGPT can rot your brain. The truth is a little more complicated theconversation.com/mit-research...

"In Netanyahu’s words, Trump’s action will “change history” – as though making the world safe for more war is anything new." — #AJOpinion by Belén Fernández ⤵️

Nothing is ever enough. Palestine gave up 78% of its land and it wasn’t enough. Hamas offered to release the hostages and it wasn’t enough. Iran stuck to the nuclear deal and it wasn’t enough. No amount of peace, negotiation, surrender, cooperation has ever satisfied the Western war machine.

“Why the Regulatory Standards Bill would paralyse Parliament, empower unelected overseers, and unravel democratic lawmaking in New Zealand.” We have until 1pm tomorrow to submit against the RSB, here: www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

So just a little bit of math. It is estimated that the top 1% wealthiest New Zealanders currently own around 25% of the country's assets. As long as their rate of wealth growth exceeds growth rate of the country, without any mechanism to redistribute this wealth, this percentage will grow,

Also this stuff, what do you think is the intended effect of targeted posts like this?