Labour launched KiwiSaver in 2007 with a $1k kickstart and $1k match. National scrapped the kickstart in 2015 and cut the match twice (2011, 2025). Now it's $0 kickstart and $260 match. With max matching, you've missed out on ~$11,000 including compound growth thanks to Nat's skimming. #nzpol

As I’ve said before, any serious attempt to ban conversion practices in Britain has to confront the fact that the NHS never stopped doing it. This draft bill not only fails, it explicitly gives “healthcare providers” permission to continue.

Australia are doubling down on their social media ban, while a new study just dropped about its effectiveness - it's worse than the last one #nzpol (Cross post from instagram)

Just reposting this for reasons. Cause the reasons I made it are still valid. #nzpol

Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, and her Health and Safety reforms. My #cartoon today #NZpol #HealthAndSafety #PikeRiver

#BHN The problem with politics is not that we can't find "common ground" it's that this government is vindictive and vicious and is making the most vulnerable, the people with the hardest lives, have even harder lives than before #nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social

"....the New Zealand Minister for Worksafe admitted she hasn't read the Royal Commission report on Pike River yet, yet she feels equipped to suggest these unsafe and absurd amendments to health and safety laws," 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 Fuck me 😵 #nzpol

"Underwhelmed" is usually a description of Luxon #nzpol

Maybe the uptake on installing home solar would improve if more people could actually buy a house instead of renting. I would totally get solar, in addition to better insulation/double glazing/etc, if only houses weren't stupidly expensive. #nzpol

And a vote for National is a vote for NZ First. #nzpol

Okay. Ai can go bankrupt then. This is not our problem, this sounds like a rich tech billionaire problem.

Beginning next week, Australians get free electricity for three hours every afternoon. That's what happens when you build out wind, sun, and batteries open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Heads up: "Generation Screwed" is another Taxpayers Union astroturf outfit aimed at Universities. They've basically copied and pasted from Canada's conservative astroturf groups, which is typical of Jordan Williams #nzpol #kiwi

Sums it up nicely

📢 Labour says it would increase Crown guarantee for Community Housing Funding Agency social bonds, to 'help get more affordable homes built faster’

The lower than expected numbers for Labour & National in the latest 1 News Verian poll is probably more of a cause for their concern, as by my numbers Verian has a rather high skew to the major parties (mostly National). #nzpol

Labour, Greens, Te Pati Māori would be government! Media: New shiny TOP #NZPpol

Wow. When you zoom in you get a real feeling for what is now at risk. New map highlights mining threat associated with controversial Conservation Amendment Bill  www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Noah's Ark again: This morning in Auckland, we are experiencing significant rain as a subtropical system moves through, reminding us of the impact of weather systems. In light of this, it's important to recognize how Green Utility can help minimize flash flooding events in urban areas. 👇

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As much as much it annoys me, the job of a centre-tending centre-left party, in a multiparty electoral system, is to pull the centrist votes mildly left. It's the job of the parties further to the left to inspire voters disillusioned by that tactic & pull votes off the big party's left flank.

The National policy to "improve" Kiwisaver after they've made a number of cuts reminds me of gamer responses to beta/playtest changes: if something goes from 100 to 200 in testing, then down to 190, it is often seen as a negative change, even though the net effect is positive #nzpol

This sounds great for a govt planning on cutting jobs and replacing them with AI... #nzpol

All the times National has trashed its own campaign policies

Pair this with van Veldens attack on workplace health and safety laws (that came about because of Pike River) and I don’t think you need a particularly active imagination to consider the outcomes

“Although “non-critical risks” may not sound serious, they actually make up the bulk of workplace harms. They include musculoskeletal injuries from trips, slips & falls, & psychosocial risks that include mental stress, excessive workload & burnout.” ACT putting profits before NZ lives again #nzpol

I have a question: if AI is to bring creative skills to everyone that doesn’t have them, are AI advocates also in favour of bringing other things to people who don’t have them, like food, healthcare and housing?

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610... For the people crowing how great this plan is... in a climate of costs exploding, fuel, food, clothing, medicine, dental, education etc this is just another cost that'll push the most vulnerable into choosing between living or existing.

This description of ACT party policy is fairly accurate. #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/23-...

put it on a billboard

A wealth tax?! That's economic lunacy! We must be doing everything in our disposal to please the wealthy! Read Chris Luxon's full statement, exclusive to my Substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/economic-l...

*stares in how much National spent on no ferries*

Is it just me or is an error in the Green's tax policy getting more coverage than the actual tax policy? #nzpol

Did I know that the NZ union movement started with miners in Blackball? Yes. Did I know that it was initiated by a man not being allowed to finish his pie? No. But pies do loom large in the national psyche so... this feels right.

Man went to private school and also importantly is as rich as he is now because he leveraged off of the innovation in manufacturing capacity, speed and efficiency lead by the Chinese state and powered by Chinese workers.

David Seymour said wealthy people like Nick Mowbray started from nothing. Mowbray just donated $200k to ACT, his parents owned a dairy farm *and* a dairy factory, as well as loaning him money to start his toy company. So yeah... "nothing". #nzpol

A friend of mine has built this very cool tool which will show you the impact the various parties' tax policies will have on you. Well worth checking it out. yourtax.nz #nzpol

You can tell a lot about the ideology of a newspaper by the photos they choose to use. We definitely don't attack the media enough.

$1500 for babies? Remember when we all used to get $1000 and another $1000+ a year? I remember. This govt kills our cows and says here’s some free shoes from the leather. I fucking hate them. I don’t care how much money I make I’ll never vote for these economic vandals.

I’m loving the simple clear graphics in the NZ Greens campaign messaging. It makes it pretty hard for ordinary kiwi voters to justify such an obvious grift by the super rich, when you see the sheer cheek of it displayed like this. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #TaxTheSuperRich

I am reminded of the rowing ads from National during the Key era, except now it's National, NZ First and ACT all arguing about which of them should get the important seats.

Simeon Brown effectively labels Winston Peters & David Seymour as squabbling, immature children & says voters should not trust Winston Peters #nationalpartyconference #nzpol

LOVE this name-drop

Updating my 2026 Tax Policy spreadsheet with the new @greens.org.nz plan (no UBI equivalent included yet). Including TOP's plan + UBI/Jobseeker replacement, National's 6% Kiwisaver change. Also have Australia + our 2023 rates for comparison. #nzpol

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 💚✊

Someone actually crunched the numbers, and using GenAI can decrease reviews for indie game on Steam (a useful proxy stat for sales) by as much as *58%* 🤖

Stanford would be on even stronger ground with her complaints against Immigration NZ & MBIE if she wasn’t also being evasive about issues to do with the curriculum rewrite. Integrity issues aren’t just for officials.