hahahahahaha another “top cop” being investigated theyre all grubs acab and ftp fr

Any party willing to put NACT back in power after all the anti Māori, anti women, anti queer people, anti environment and anti democracy shenanigans of the last 3 years is not serious and not worth voting for. #nzpol

Soper's book gets shredded in this review as hopelessly inaccurate and sloppily written. I guess why change the habits of a lifetime?

INCREDIBLY bad faith headline & piece of coverage by RNZ they haven't changed the policy - looks like it was a literal typo & that the numbers themselves are sound aside from the nasty coverage, always amusing to see that rightwing parties never get treated like this even with FAR worse mistakes

It's time for the super-rich and big corporations to pay their fair share. Visit greens.org.nz to learn how "A Tax System for All of Us" can build a fairer country for everyone 💚✊

Greens propose wealth, corporate, and inheritance taxes to fund income tax changes

I think the lesson here is that Labour needs to stop dumping the MPs they're trying to shuffle out of parliament into WCC. Hard pass from me on the last 2 of them

Low key awkward that I’m preferring this Mayor over the other one…

Jools Topp - thank you for the laughs and the legacy. In today’s NZ Herald for today’s memorial service.

Today's Yeo in the ODT

Sigh, and so our should-be-vibrant, heart of the city, night life, business and culture destination remains completely rundown, tired and ill fit for any purpose. What could have been...

The recent GM decision is proof the Greens are the party with actual vision and bravery to push through crucial climate projects across Wellington. Our city has been hit with extreme weather events. The time is now. Support @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz 💚 www.greens.org.nz/julieannegen...

Looking at Shame Jones $63k travel bill and thinking how many undies could Tukoroirangi Morgan buy? #grifter #nzpol

Even (or especially) in hard times with constrained resources, cities need to embrace change and things to look forward to. Predatory delay from political opposition & poor delivery helped kill the Golden Mile, but it was this council that actually did it. We should expect more.

i'm trying to get enough like-minded people together to push for urbanist projects in wellington that we might have some sway: bsky.app/profile/miss...

I'm so pissed at both how short sighted this is and the way it rewards the people who have spent 5 years delaying and obstructing the project so they could get this outcome from council eventually. Incredibly disappointed by the Labour councillors who all voted to kill it

I grieve with thee, for we hardly knew her. The Golden Mile, 2026 ❤️

If someone has a link to the underlying work or details then I would be most grateful. 🙏🏼

The council should not be jeopardising millions of dollars of government funding on the basis of such a flawed review. This review set out to kill investment in our public spaces, and it's tried to achieve that by fudging the numbers www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

Feeling hopeful for the first time in aaaaaages. Let’s make it happen 💚

“The Green Party has nearly doubled its support in the past two months, according to a new poll which shows that surge would be enough to help the left bloc change the Government if an election were held today.” #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Dr Ben said she was "outraged" and that many of her colleagues locally and nationally were angry at this unprecedented move by a health minister. "Cultural safety does say, look at your own biases, I wonder if the minister needs to look at his," #nzpol

💯👇 The thing about fetishizing rules and decorum and institutions is that it depends on a tacit conspiracy - a social contract, if you will - that everyone plays the game by the same rules, and there's consequences if you don't. When players start saying "LOL, fuck you, make me" it fails.

I am running out of terrible things to say about this goddamn shit show of a stinking piss rag of a pretend govt. #nzpol

Ouch / sigh. Joel’s right on this: people will get pissed off & leave this place. Not because we can’t rebuild a street. But because the wreckers on Council have a stranglehold over decision-making, ensuring only their pet projects get funded, the city at large is left to rot & voters are ignored.

What the (& I can't emphasises this enough) living fuck I don't have the words to begin expressing my disbelief he still has a job ( & you know me, I has words). www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Deputy PM Seymour emailed woman querying Minister Chhour's excess parking costs saying, “Are you ready to accept you’ve just had a beating?” re her history of escaping a violent relationship and suffering ongoing PTSD. 😒 He has now apologised for his comment. #NZpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

The Wellington economy has been decimated by NACT. How can my paper speak this truth? I know! I'll hire someone to tell them how great it is That 1,000s of jobs and businesses have gone, house prices have collapsed and people are leaving in droves. Why would cycle lanes do this? #nzpol

Ohh goody gum drops! I can’t wait!! 💚✅✅ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ

Wow, if I had known Hooten was eligible I would have applied to be Post editor as a sitting MP.

government is openly attacking voting access government is actively removing media regulation there is a direct business - policy pay-to-play pipeline the entire media is functionally rightwing - and increasingly and intentionally partisan we're legit nearing constitutional coup territory

And sorry, but this just made me laugh. You cannot call the guy who gave Ray Chung multiple chances "considerably better at calling bullshit and putting his foot down." It seems to me that Joel is judging Little and Whanau by two very different standards.

Appointing a partisan non-journalist activist PR maven columnist to a media outlet board or c-suite: fine, good, cross-pollination &c &c Appointing a partisan non-journalist activist PR maven columnist as editor-in-chief of a media outlet: a hostile takeover

Yes, that’s a good piece, with sharp analysis. This bit stands out in particular:

Exercise in media bias: Compare the media response to this hate filled diatribe from senior Cabinet Minister Winston Peters with their response to Green Party candidate Michel Mulipola's social media posts from well before he became a candidate #nzpol

"I hope the establishment is unsettled by my appointment" my brother in christ you are the establishment

Regular columns by paid PR flacks is bad enough, but it seems practically illegal for independent media to appoint a longstanding partisan National Party apparatchik as Editor less than five months out from an election.

Sinead Boucher really shows her hand by elevating neoliberal Malpass and bringing in Hooton who has never been a journalist. #NzPol

Taking a brief break from my elite level hating to say that this long overdue policy from Labour slaps www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Crying wolf about climate change? My #cartoon today #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather

"I'm entitled to my entitlements"

He was killed yesterday by #Israel: "Hours before his wedding, the young man Muhannad Othman Farwana was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a tent sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip." www.threads.com/@eye.on.pale... #GazaNews #GazaStrip #Israel #Palestine

Billionaires hate you.

This meme cracks me up. Here’s to all of us who definitely would have been burnt at the stake. 🔥

We now know that within the Prime Ministers Office there was a political lobbying pathway operating via the PM's Chief Policy Advisor's private email. Fonterra says it was told to send the lobbying docs via this pathway. It may still be operating via other staffers private email addresses.

No, which yeah that is one double standard. But his choices in deputy mayor, and chairs of certain committee absolutely sucks donkey nuts. But hey the bros right? Bros look after bros Bros dont get commenting on about their appearance and shit

left leaning people today: #NZPOL

Spent time with the Green crew at Victoria Parliament and I think I’ve found my sista in the party. Anasina Gray-Barberio is Victoria’s first Pasifika MP EVER. Representation matters. Seeing Pasifika women leading, breaking new ground and creating opportunities for others is incredibly powerful. 👸🏾👸🏾

This is hilariously unhinged media

Just the government making a significant constitutional change without any public process. The select committee is over, no public submissions can be made. Yeah, they're "fixing" it alright. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...