Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says New Zealand is able to articulate its principles where it matters.....at the same time he refused to criticise the United States’ abduction of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro or its push to annex Greenland. Well...these obviously don't matter to him then?

Watch lux say nothing about genocide, Greenland, Northland, climate change, healthcare, or cost of living.

Look it's time to come clean. There never has been a Christopher Luxon. We made him out of a white balloon with some Sharpie on as a joke back in 2018. It got wildly out of control, and SIS told us we needed to keep it going because otherwise it'd collapse democracy. I'm so sorry.

Seeing articles on homelessness. In 2020 the NZ govt launched an evidence based, fully funded Homelessness Action Plan. It had support of iwi, local govt and communities. It recognised the complexity and trauma of intergenerational poverty. So please journalists, ask what happened to that … 1/2

The kiwi LW politicians should be pointing this out about NACTZ, relentlessly. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment

This should be happening in New Zealand too - where are our 'leaders'?

The law is pretty clear that though the ICE officer could make whatever demands he wished, Renee Nicole Good was under no legal obligation to comply with them. This flows from several considerations, most prominently that US citizens are beyond the jurisdiction of ICE agents.

PLEASE do not support AI accounts! 'Jarren’ is the AI creation of Keagan John Mason - a South African content creator based in New Zealand. All stories are fake, all animal interactions are fake - the whole thing is an illusion, a blackface deepfake 🤢

The UK's Nov'25 Covid-19 Inquiry report was a harsh critique of decisions made leading to the worst UK public health disaster in a century. With 232,000 deaths, they experienced a death rate 5x more than the WW2 Blitz. Yet #nzpol and media say nothing about it, nor NZ's successful approach. Why?

ICE officers tell media that the conduct in Minneapolis is part of a plan by Stephen Miller to provoke as much violence and death as possible—which in turn will be taken as pretext for more. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things”

This is us too? "Scotland’s wealth gap is massive—the top 10% own 200 times more than the bottom 10%. This legislation would make democratic economics mandatory infrastructure, not optional pilot programs." #nzpol

Drawn 134 years ago, and the con hasn't changed one bit.

Hey NZ news outlets, would you like to demonstrate some journalistic intentions? How about an article headlined "Where is the Prime Minister?" with the byline "The world is on fire and nobody in government is answering the phone." Or do we only dig into parties on the left? #nzpol

Suburbia implementing Trump foreign policy.

Looking forward to the New Zealand government condemning the United States' invasion of Venezuela I'll wait #nzpol

Mamdani is right, neoliberalism is a direct threat to our fragile democracies. Decades of 'user pays' and 'let the market decide and provide' policies have led to starved government structure that can no longer meet our communities' basic needs of shelter, education, health and nourishment for all

I hope 2026 is the year that we all take action to stop the spread of misinformation and disinformation

In 2026 there will be more mass media articles and commentators ridiculing people taking precautions to avoid SARS-CoV-2 infection while simultaneously hundreds of pieces of research will be published further demonstrating the long-term harms of infection. Ignore the ridicule.

The United States is the perfect example of Capitalism The richest country in the world with the largest most expensive army. The most people in prison, the lowest life expectancy, the highest medical costs, the highest murder rate and 60% of people living in poverty

'...most studies EPA examined indicated that human exposure to glyphosate is associated with an at least somewhat increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma”—a type of cancer.' #glyphosate www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Evidence spanning four years and 30 million people - but the antivaxers will still argue against it because it goes against their beliefs. If you want to see the research, go to Chise's thread.

Cartoon by Stephen Collins

Rape, and other gender related violence, is a ritualized act of enforcing inequality by overpowering resistance. And afterwards, the inequality is perpetuated. There is no other crime in which the perpetrator is so protected, and the victim so routinely treated as the guilty, lying person on trial

In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services. Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt. While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn. That's how privatisation 'works'.

Yes: public good over corporate greed

We need this attitude in Aoteoroa New Zealand. Only rich people can afford cars. And the old and the young aren't allowed to use them. Towns need to be designed around people and their needs, not around the needs of cars.

The right’s preferred gender ideology—one of male supremacy, women’s exclusion from dignity, citizenship, and vast spheres of public life, and an enforced heterosexuality of eroticized domination—is much more prescriptive, aggressive, and ubiquitously pushed than anything coming from trans people.

It's weird how all the studies show that a 4-day week and UBI makes societies wealthier, more productive, and happier, but the RW govt types keep insisting on unemployment, austerity, longer hours, and shit labour rights

📢 New Post Kids at Haeata were served mouldy, unsafe lunches. Instead of taking responsibility, Seymour attacked. This is classic DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender. Our kids deserve better lunches. We deserve better politicians. open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...

Taunting our children with food they can't eat, when they are hungry, and we do NOTHING about it. This is abuse. We are allowing this child abuse to continue by not acting, by not LOUDLY objecting. Food that we pay for through our taxes. I'm furious #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

If you're Aotearoa New Zealand-based, please sign and share. 27 queens found at last count by a biosecurity department that's been battered by public service cuts. We have to eradicate this threat. c.org/bkt2N7cxFh

I see the age-old insult of ‘eat shit and die’ has now morphed into an official National Party policy of ‘drink shit and die’ #nzpol

Reminder that juror fees have not been increased since 2004 (yes 21 years ago). The maximum payable is $127 for more than 3 hours and beyond 9 pm. The usual daily rate is $62 for more than 3 hours but not beyond 6 pm. Jury duty is obviously nowhere near as important as being on a board.

Max Verstappen on his new number if he doesn't retain #1 next year "I actually wanted #69, but my dad said ‘that’s not a good idea’. But that number always looks the same, no matter how you look at the car! #69". Good for photos no doubt, but Max also just likes pushing boundaries. #3 will be better

#nzpol In a nutshell…

Gary Payinda has an OUTSTANDING reputation in Whangarei. A man of integrity, professionalism and principles. 💯 percent the perfect candidate #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

The govt has a bill to expand charges for road users. Corridor Tolling - tolling an existing road to fund a new project in the same corridor. Soon, we won't be able to move without the govt charging us. Again, proportionately, poorer people will pay a higher percentage of their income 4 this. #nzpol

Departures of 15-29 year olds are up 24% since the election.

The last New Zealand tobacco farm closed 30 years ago. There are no commercial tobacco growers in New Zealand. So this isn't even protecting our own farmers/producers. It's 100% offshore interests harming New Zealanders. And our laser focused government? They decided to make it easier for them.

'She pointed to the Regulatory Standards Bill, Pae Ora Amendment Bill, the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora and the repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act as examples of government actions that have had an "enormous effect" on Māori.' #nzpol

Charles Leclerc: "I really think Kimi knew and was aware that Oscar was on the inside...you cannot do a corner like nobody is on the inside if someone is on the inside...So, for me, it is a bit more of a fifty-fifty blame with Kimi and Oscar. I don’t think Oscar deserved all the blame there" #F1

Luxon thinks we need a "mature conversation" about selling state assets... But I don't think he really means that, because a mature conversation would look at the history of failure and the shortsighted focus on profit ahead of public interest. He wants a conversation where we agree with him.