This conundrum can be cleared up by consulting the minister's diary, right? Right? #nzpol

Great vibes at the day of action for trans rights in Ōtautahi today.

On the other hand, if you're a fan of really good policies but NOT a fan of National, there's the Greens. #nzpol

I note that worker wages stay in our onshore economy buying goods and services that keep orhers employed. Money spent on imported gas and govt overuse of Ai goes offshore owner/suppliers never to return. These National/NZ First/ACT policies will weaken small business and our economy further. 2/2

In my neighborhood, the Wheels to Wings major cycle route also says Hi! "The surprising finding is how expensive pausing or cancelling projects really is. Delays create inflation costs, productivity losses and defer public benefits that compound over time." #nzpol

As @drdeanknight.bsky.social says further down: "...another wrecking ball towards the work of local government — turfing out governance arrangements carefully constructed with their communities." A constitutional change being made without public submission and select committee scrutiny. #nzpol

This Government is unpopular, its policies are a mix of unpopular and pure hated, their culture war rhetoric is not a distraction it's what they want to do. Saying you learned your lessons from 2017-2023 and it's to do less, and keep some of their policies, dude what the fuck is wrong with you.

well that's all i need to know.

Seymour: "New Zealand's public service is bloated". Apparently the solution is to require use of a hallucinating (and planet damaging) word-association machine which currently has loss-leader pricing, that will then require humans to check and be accountable for the output. Good luck. #nzpol

"We think it's pretty legal" - National, probably. #nzpol

What are the odds that this is a coincidence? #nzpol

Definition of a Woman, NZ First - Someone who Shane Jones can enjoy watching on a hotel TV screen at taxpayer expense. ACT - Someone who is probably safe from Tim Jago. National - Someone who does not deserve pay equity.

And since when was willing lotto a bad thing anyway? Shouldn't we wish this on everybody, especially those who are doing it tough? Who looks at people who's income is low enough to qualify for an income-related rent subsidy and thinks "they're experiencing too much good fortune"?!

Updating this one: Q: Do you want to make things better? Greens & TPM: Yes! Labour: Not really. National: No. TOP: We'll support the 'no' team to form Government. ACT: We want to make things WORSE! NZF: WHAT iS a wOMan? #nzpol

"Socially liberal but fiscally conservative" is a fiction. By their votes last night, every National MP showed us what their values are. #nzpol

Pro-tip for any budding politicians: Saying "It's a distraction" when your opponents begin a policy directly targeting a minority, one which will reverse your own governments gains for that minority, tells everyone in or supportive of that minority that you didn't give a fuck then and you don't now.

It’s not a distraction, it’s a plan. National signed onto and supported that plan by voting for the bill to select committee. #nzpol They’ve enabled the discussion about the right of a group to exist. There are no excuses or reasons that justify what they’ve done or the harm they’ve unleashed.

Nicola Willis's soundbite about the NZ public sector is that "we need to be more like Finland" Finland is roughly the same population and population density as NZ Willis wants to reduce our public sector employees to "under 60 000" Finland employs 74 635 in it's central gov vm.fi/en/central-g...

Construction of the final section of the Nor'West Arc and the first section of the Wheels to Wings major cycle route is about to commence! 🚲🎉

Anti worker Anti Māori Anti women Anti poor Anti disabled Anti immigrant Anti science Anti climate Remember this November✊🏻 #nzpol

So fuel rationing is going to be a "self-managed but compulsory" "high trust regime". LMAO I can predict how effective that's going to be. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Trees in Christchurch's parks and reserves have a replacement value of $386M. They store 90K tonnes C, sequestering 4K tonnes C each year. They intercept 165M litres of rainfall every year, reducing the burden on stormwater infrastructure. doi.org/10.26021/16387 #ecosystemservices #urbanforest

Luxon wanted NZ to show "explicit Iran war backing" AFTER the US bombed The Minab girls primary school that killed 120 children. Think about that.

Not at all surprised by David "Guy Fawkes" Seymour here. So much for the party of free speech.

They are also the party who put you into power you ridiculous little man #NZPol

This is an appalling catalog of climate-impacting policy decisions.

NZ Op-eds: - bizarre trust in Luxon despite all evidence to the contrary: check - saying that business people don't usually argue for corporate welfare when that is literally all they do: check - unnecessary swipe at the COVID response when it was the best response by any government on earth: check

#2 here looks spot on to me.

Wait, if someone is "taking over" leadership of the crisis response, that implies the Government both accepts that it's a crisis, and that there has already been someone leading a response up until now. Both of which are news to me.

This selective coverage is ... um ... Cooked.

An event so fresh it didn't even make our 'What's on this Week' post! This Taitei/Thurs : 5.30-6.30, @maramadavidson.bsky.social is going to be in the whare. Head along for a very special Greens Event. Some say she may even say a few wise words... FREE - all welcome

See you there? Aoraki Greens 'meet the candidates' (and pizza & pints) tonight 5pm-7pm.

Our outgoing CE will finish up on 1 May, two months ahead of the end date in her contract.

Instead of asking Ukraine - the victim of illegal war and genocide - to pause its legal right to self defence because of the growing cost of oil, Ukraine's international partners should demand Israel and the US stop their illegal aggression that has caused the spike in oil prices. 2/2

Aroha mai. Redwood Library is closed today Saturday 4 April. Our other libraries are open as normal, but Linwood Library at Eastgate and South Colombo will be closed tomorrow Easter Sunday. Easter Monday 6 April, Tūranga is open from 10am to 5pm. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/holiday-hours/ ^DR

I'm off for my 6-month COVID booster next week. Thanks @marcdaalder.bsky.social for clarifying, and it's worrying that the comms on this were so confusing. "...there’s been no change to eligibility and anyone 30 or over can receive a booster on request twice a year." newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/01/c...

"MBIE denied it was in breach, delaying the hearing at the Authority on numerous occasions. It refused to withdraw the policy. It refused to engage constructively. It went through three rounds of failed mediation. And then, on the eve of the hearing, it folded." Join your union.

I can't believe that woke Standard & Poors has come out warning that rates capping will worsen financial strains on local government. "Either way, councils may postpone essential investments or be driven to borrow more."

Imagine if a left coalition had been voted in at the last election - we’d have - an electric hybrid ferry - be 2.5 years further into renewables - a better economy to face this fuel crisis - less poverty & homelessness - a govt taking proactive steps for the crisis - a more positive outlook

Scenes in Rāpaki Bay this evening.

Phase 1: fuel shortage isn't real Phase 2: fuel shortage is real, we're just not convinced it'll affect us Phase 3: oops Phase 4: fuck

Linux here I come.

Whaaaaat??

Unexpected Princess Bride reference. Also, a good thread.

Remembrance and hope this March 15.

I'm looking forward to extremely clear comms from the Council as to the consequences of fitting spending to a central-government imposed rates cap.

I, for one, feel both anger and disappointment - we don't have to choose one or the other, Janet.

Winston: "We've had enough of the hand-wringing" Winston 2.0: *wrings hands*