Here's the strategy: The Taxpayers' Union finds one example that sounds wasteful, then presents it as the 'tip of the iceberg'. When this is highlighted over and over, all government spending starts to sound like waste. But who decides what counts as waste? tinyurl.com/WhoCountsANZ #NZPolitics

Indeed! Commissioner calls on politicians to avoid hateful speech www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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On my evening walk tonight i met this dude chilling in the shallows.

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

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What needs to change in Berlin so that women and men can live on an equal footing? From July through October 2026, randomly selected residents of the German capital will explore this question. #CitizensAssembly

An AI just carried out a cyber attack without any human oversight for the first time

Interesting article. Should governments be driven by purpose or ideology? "Its purpose should be to create and sustain the conditions in which citizens, communities and future generations can flourish." open.substack.com/pub/neilgaug...

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Increasingly convinced that the enduring popularity of books is that they're the one medium left that you buy and then own forever; can loan out, pass on, or sell; and which never become obsolete.

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This isn’t acceptable in a wealthy country like NZ. 1 in 6 adults 20% of kids Not good enough. #nzpol

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Full moon getting funky.

a reminder that the previous version of the school lunch program was made fresh, made local, and employed locals. feeding school kids is something that just happens in many countries and isn't something contentious or politicised it's worth paying for because if *done well* there are MANY benefits

Now imagine this report was about something a local council did. Oh the outrage there would be! Instead DS doubles down "but we saved tax payer money...."

Meanwhile, in a far flung colony.. #nzpol

Goodness what a few days. Just last week i agreed with Chris Bishop on trucking and road damage. Today I find myself agreeing with Act party's Dr Parmjeet Parmar. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...

Today my colleagues and I are releasing the first outputs from our research 'Who Counts as a Taxpayer? The Taxpayers' Union and Citizenship Rights in Aotearoa'. It's an in depth look at how the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union associates citizenship rights with paying tax www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFuQ...

You can read our submission against the transphobic Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendments Bill here: papa.org.nz/2026/06/28/d... You have until 11:59PM on Thursday 2nd July 2026 to make a submission.

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Dusk looking pretty special tonight.

Despite being a lot smaller than Ireland, the Netherlands has already deployed 15 times more solar PV capacity than us, with plans to quadruple this in the years ahead, as I discovered on a recent visit. My report is in today’s @businesspost.bsky.social www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...

“She argues that the world needs to rediscover the idea of the common good, our shared fate that depends on equitably nurturing the bounty of our only planet.” Count me in, Prof Mariana Mazzucato! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How much does normalcy bias affect media reporting? Here is a chart of global sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) from 1982 to 2026 with the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 omitted. As of June 27th, global SSTs have set 26 daily record highs in a row. Media? Is there anybody out there?

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I don't often agree with Chris Bishop but.... When an industry is blatantly trying to shift its own risks and costs onto ratepayers, then I find myself agreeing with CB. Trucking lobby group outraged after transport minister rejects bid to allow heavier loads www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Banks are ALREADY doing this!! We got a Clean Energy loan from ANZ for 1% interest fixed over 3 years. I don't understand a party offering as an election promise something already is www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Excuse me if I ask where this policy was during the last three years when so many said back then that we need to do it, our friends across the Tasman were already doing it, and instead we got some patently stupid politics around an LNG import terminal that is still ongoing.

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Explainer: Could the Conservation Amendment Bill really lead to billionaires buying up the national estate? TLDR - Yes, and corporates, both NZ based and from overseas. And did you notice DOC needing to turn a profit, like a SOE, being snuck in there? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

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“…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

“It is unacceptable that a minister of the Crown should treat Tribunal findings with such off-hand indifference. The Tribunal’s constitutional functions impose reciprocal obligations on the Crown to act honourably in its dealings with the Tribunal.” — Professor Philip Joseph KC.

Share this with 96% of New Zealanders who the NZ Green Party are trying to help. #TaxTheSuperRich #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ

"Two solar facilities built on rehabilitated agricultural land were restored with native plants. Argonne researchers observed pollinators thrive." Solar power, when smartly built, can improve agriculture *and* provide clean, pollution-free, low-cost energy. www.anl.gov/article/inse...

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Exc: First Government department quits Twitter over racism and violence concerns Richard Hermer sent a directive to staff last week saying the Attorney General's Office would be coming off the platform observer.co.uk/news/politic...

A government gains its legitimacy through the ways it protects its people. I think it's fair to say that this government has little or not regard for the polis. Vote against protections for gig workers 'embarrassing' www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

A local and nuanced discussion of the horrifying racist progrom carried out in Belfast. www.thehandbasket.co/p/elon-musk-...

TikTok is being used by white supremacist groups to repackage the Great Replacement conspiracy theory through “tradwife” aesthetics aimed at women. Beneath nostalgic images of “traditional values,” influencers promote misogyny, and white nationalist ideology to mainstream audiences. Read more:

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