This government’s definition of an economic recovery is when you take a functioning economy and actively tank it. And its definition of crisis management is when you take a global fuel crisis and make a document to explain the many ways in which you will do nothing. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Imagine if we'd had this govt during covid? They'd have insisted everything was fine and under control until it wasn't, and then they'd have insisted that there was absolutely nothing they, or anyone else, could have possibly done, but hey...

I don't watch k-dramas but I did watch Kingdom on Netflix and if you don't know what it's about, a Joseon Dynasty king has become a zombie and the entire court has hidden this fact from the nation so they could protect the status quo while said nation descends into zombiedom—mentioning for no reason

Look. At the VERY LEAST they should be asking us to conserve fuel and stop going on unnecessary trips. They should be making public transport free. They should be doing something about rationing diesel for food transport. DOOOOOO SOMETHING YOU FUCKING LOOOOOOOOOSERS #nzpol

throwback to a few years ago when easter, passover, and ramadan all overlapped on margaret thatcher's death day

1News the same, so EXCITED by the "rescue" of a military person, engaged in an illegal war of aggression, surrounded by, if not actually committing in that moment, war crimes, but they're all "Saving Private Ryan" and drooling over it

Went for a long walk with my vet nurse sister and her 2 dogs and every dog we came across she would list all the health problems their breed were prone to. Took away my pleasure at meeting lots of different dogs

Of all the many things that have made me feel like I am going mad this year, this rambling purple pointless prose in what was apparently once an important newspaper has made me feel the maddest

All Kāinga Ora homes should be converted to solar, any new builds from this point on should have to have solar and new public buildings too. I can’t believe we aren’t already doing this. #nzpol

It’s time for Peters to accept ingratiating NZ to the US Govt, instead of pursuing an independent foreign policy, was always a bad idea but is a catastrophically bad idea in the era of the unhinged Trump regime.

These unhinged rants are why we should not be following the US into war. Also a reminder that Israel and the US started this war by dropping a bomb on a school full of children. Say no to AUKUS. Say no to US military payloads being launched from Aotearoa soil.

Including our public broadcasters. Looking at you RNZ

This is why the 25th Amendment exists. This is the purpose of having the 25th Amendment. To not use this power to remove the president is not a passive act, a mere option: it is a positive decision to misuse the constitution.

Trump’s proposed swingeing budget cuts for every branch of science has been described as an “extinction level event for science”. Looks like he’s taking the US back to the Stone Age too, only without the bombing,

Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived

We're all gonna fucking die and it's because white Americans lost their minds over professors adding pronouns to their email signatures and Black people being allowed to be pilots.

lololololololololololololol #NZPol

The documentary, Prime Minister, is now on Netflix NZ. Highly recommended. And, as a long-time public servant, I appreciated this acknowledgement in the end credits. #nzpol

I was shopping at the dump and they had an injured red bill gull so I took it to bird rescue. So that's my good deed for the day. Oh and they had a little owl at the rescue and it was cute and tiny

#nzpol 🇳🇿 hmmmmm, this is ringing bells. Why is this so familiar?

in 1 sentence, the attitude of #NZ coalition govt: "no acknowledgement that citizens might have roles beyond consumption"

And yet my decade-long investment in a startup headed by three such entrepreneurs has yet to turn a profit. Mysterious.

You will not be surprised to learn that this folksy hopium did not make me calm. All the hallmarks of amateur analysis - using price of crude vs refined product, assuming NZ carries weight 😂, and, perhaps worse of all, 'monetary policy works' - price shock is propagating as we eat our eggs ffs

🪶#BirdsOfAotearoa From Kakapo Recovery (newsletter and www.facebook.com/KakapoRecove... The oldest chick, Tīwhiri‑A1 (with Operations Manager Deidre Vercoe), is now 49 days old and weighed in at 1.855kg this week. This week he received his microchip.

This ⏬️

Dunno. Go ask Nicola. #nzpol

I’m part of the world that doesn’t care about one American soldier missing in an illegal war (war which is his job), enough for top story over an entire news cycle. Like, there’s actual civilians dying from war crimes, how many did he help kill (as per his job).

A King and a Bishop. PM Christopher Luxon shuffles his cabinet. My #cartoon today #NZpol #NZelection26

It's going to become something out of a dystopian movie even though, right now, it feels 'normal. There is NOTHING we can do to halt the slow crash into shortages. If we had a different leader, we could have come together like we did at the start of Covid. I'm worried about medication

You don't need to be fluent in German to understand what's being said here.

I used to write the WaPo editorials on US-Africa policy, as well on as human rights and politics on the continent. To describe hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent as “messy” is an absolute abomination.

“This year will mark the third successive year in which minimum wage workers are expected to shoulder a pay cut.” Sandra Grey President, NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi union.org.nz/conflict-eve...

Oh, Luke, can you not see the forest for the trees? This article is like a tiki tour of the neoliberal myths and legends that still shape our discourse (and hold us back as a country). Let's have a look... [🧵 1/n]

The analysis from Bex in this must read thread is spot on #nzpol

Good thread ⬇️. You don't need to read the article to follow the thread #nzpol

“New Zealand's finance minister has claimed the country's economy has experienced "sustained growth" for three quarters, but the data tells a different story.” NZ's sustained economic growth claim doesn't stack up www.aap.com.au/factcheck/nz... Fact checked by @aapfactcheck.bsky.social #nzpol

In today's NZH Coughlan is suggesting Luxon brought the reshuffle forward because a coup was underway and the reason Meager got nothing was because he was doing the numbers for Bishop #nzpol

If the wealthy can get you thinking about who deserves basic needs and who doesn't, they win. They don't care if you think wealthy people are the ones who don't deserve; establishing that it must be earned is the key. With that done, they can just keep expanding the definition of "undeserving."

Got quite teary reading this. We are very lucky that George came to live in Aotearoa

I see TVNZ internal emails about the 1News gangs story have come out, and honestly I don't understand the criticism. It essentially amounts to the Government saying it's unfair not to have their press release broadcast on the news.

Molly: Top Dog of the Week!

Can you imagine how many people approved it before publishing? Shameful.

If you see this post a picture from whatever device you're using with no explanation

Sign this if you think our country should be less barbaric, and stop deporting disabled children. Or adults for that matter. www.change.org/p/stop-the-d...

You won't find many kākāpō Easter eggs in the latest episode of the, Kākāpō Files ... because they've all hatched! And by every measure, this is now officially the biggest breeding season on record. #kakapo #conservation #birds www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/kaka...

Balance sheet update (yesterday's data). Let's start with that little pink stub - total Govt liabilities (debt). Believe it or not, *that's* the debt number that our commentariat obsess over! Let's dive in and have an explore... [🧵 1/n]

I didn’t think we could fall much further. Make sure you register to vote. Lives depend on it!

These photos of our semi-tame blackbird were taken just before we went to Rarotonga. He was moulting so not his usual handsome self. My nephew saw him on the morning of the big storm but he hasn't been seen since. RIP One Leg - I miss you.

And there it is.

this is the chaplain btw. wonder why he was fired.