“#Nurses are the latest group to vote to #strike on 23 October, the same day as previously announced strike action by primary school teachers, allied health workers. The strike is likely to be one of the biggest in decades.” www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

This is the key indicator that this gov is corrupt. They won by such a thin margin they had to create a RW 3-way just to be in power… yet they decide to drastically alter NZ & pay off rich mates by breaking rules that THEY would be screaming about if they were in opposition. #nzpol

Breaking: Sirius has been intercepted. Samuel was illegally kidnapped by IOF Solidarity means action Call and email now to demand his release #NZPol

#NZPol Please explain your decision making before speaking at a dead right-wing American’s eulogy in New Zealand. On what planet was ‘What was he advocating for?’ not a question as part of that process? You’re saying you’re actually just really lazy and incurious? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Read the non-paywalled article here: archive.today/VP8QQ #nzpol #strike

EXC: Plans are underway for a coordinated strike across the public sector on October 23 featuring: - Nurses - Teachers - Doctors - and more If the ballots go ahead it could well be the biggest coordinated strike in NZ history www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Concerns are being raised about privatisation after Health Minister Simeon Brown met representatives of a controversial multinational company that runs prisons and hospitals. “The Minister must immediately & fully disclose the nature, purpose, & content of his discussions with Serco.” #nzpol

Also, this claim: "Go look at other Western economies around the world and how fast they count their vote. We must be the slowest folk on the planet." Australia - voting day 3 May and final results 12 June (37 days) NZ - voting day 14 Oct and final results 9 November (26 days)

@thepost-nz.bsky.social editorial: Say no to less democracy “With democracy increasingly under threat worldwide, there is no tangible reason to make voting harder in New Zealand. But that is exactly what the Government has proposed.” #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/36...

The Government's controversial voting law will result in a 411% increase in the number of votes being thrown out, according to the Electoral Commission. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

She keeps telling us that the farmers doing well will trickle down, but we stopped believing in trickle down along with santa and the tooth fairy and we can see they farmers doing well isn't lifting the economy up! We can't spend your ghost dollars Nicola! #NZPol

'We, as health-care workers, are people who care, who do no harm, and who save lives" - long-time Auckland nurse explains why she marched for #Palestine: #nzpol kaitiaki.org.nz/article/peac...

I encourage you all to read this article. It sets out very clearly how intentional and concerning comments like Mooney’s are. NO sitting MP should be calling for the sacking of an academic in this way. #nzpol

So Simeon Brown just announced $20m "investment" in ED frontline staff, immediately after it was revealed Christchurch hospital is in code red every single day. But it turns out it's just OLD money from the 2025 budget & already allocated. Brown strikes again #nzpol #Kiwi

“Nobody voted for Rogernomics 41 years ago — the free market failed our people in the 1980s and it is failing us today. The legacy of Roger Douglas must be torn down root and branch. It is time to end the era of neoliberalism once and for all.” open.substack.com/pub/elliotcr...

In a historic first, iwi leaders and unions have united to call for mass mobilisations against the Government on the 28th of October. Rā Whakamana will affirm tino rangatiratanga and workers' rights and mark He Whakaputanga and the first Labour Day in Aotearoa.

#nzpol “I think this government needs to stop and really take a look at the people, and work for the people that they're representing, because they're working for their big buddies with big money, they're not working for society.” www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

WTF is going on at RNZ #NZPol? Do they really need to put "genocide" in quotes almost every time it's mentioned? 🙄 www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

"Where the hell do people find a sense of hope?" an earnest conversation with Chlöe and @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social #nzpol

Women’s Day of Action - join the fight for equal pay for work of equal value. Meet at Victoria Square at 10am on Saturday 20th September, then 11am march to the Bridge of Remembrance. Kai, healthcare checks, face painting, cultural performances and more! #nzpol

Whanganui MP Carl Bates deletes FB post praising himself after housing revelations www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Is this satire?? Gold prospecting permit being considered next to Zealandia ecosanctuary www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto... #nzpol

Vote! It's especially important to VOTE TO KEEP MAORI WARDS. Yes, they are worth shouting about.

"National MP Carl Bates owns 25 properties, which he did not disclose on the MP register. Many of the properties are rentals in Whanganui, making Bates’ family one of the biggest private landlords in his electorate." Peak National Party #nzpol #kiwi

Except for their silence or worse excuses when the victim is anyone on the left. #nzpol

In a shock turn of events I see that the windfall for farmers has not trickled down into the pockets of rural communities. I felt sure trickle down would come through this time. Surely we must lose all hope in it now, unless there is just this one more time... #NZPol

Environment Canterbury freshwater scorecard - what do your candidates think? #nzpol #canterbury #election

The hikoi over the bridge this Saturday is now starting from Onepoto Domain. #nzpol

“Voting in local elections won’t fix all the problems we face, nor is the current local government our vision of working class democracy. But social progress can be maintained by encouraging voter turnout, retaining Māori wards & electing local politicians who stand for collective well-being” #nzpol

“Māori wards have been a great success across many councils. Many of the fears that people had before Māori wards were established were unfounded - claims of being apartheid or separatist were actually found to be opposite.” #nzpol

“There are now 50,000 fewer jobs than in December 2023.” Thanks, Christopher Luxon. #nzpol

“Labour transport spokesperson Tangi Utikere said he was happy the upgrade was going ahead. ‘Labour put money aside for these trains in 2023, we’re so pleased the Government didn’t cancel them like the ferries,’ he said.” www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

The real “good news” for Luxon in today’s poll is that he can finally stop failing the country. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

What I'd just say to you is, there's no point talking to me about all of this. I checked out months ago. #LyinLuxon #WorstPMEver #WorstGovernmentEver #CoalitionOfCorruption #EconomicVandals #ElectionRiggers #NZpol

Job lay-offs and job-hunting. Unemployment by design. My Stuff #cartoon today. #NZpol #Jobs #Unemployment The #PublicService amongst others.

This political comedy writes itself #chungdiaries #nzpol

Just to re-emphasise: here are some non-sentient graphs that know and understand more about AoNZ's workplace safety culture than our esteemed and human Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety... #nzpol #wekillpeopleatwork

I wish more New Zealand journos would twig about how utterly, utterly abnormal the current lot are. No, I don't think we're an authoritarian nation at the moment but we're much further down the slope than many people think right now #nzpol

@nzpsa.bsky.social response to Collins looking into suppressing the right to strike. JOIN A UNION✊ www.psa.org.nz/news-media/c... #nzpol

National scrapped Labour’s Three Waters plan because it included co-governance. Just another example of how their racism hurts everyone #nzpol

Wellington Hospital birthing suite short-staffed 70% of time

'Minimalists' #nzpol

The Zero Carbon Act in 2019 represented then-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's promise to tackle her generation's "nuclear-free moment" head on. Six years on, analysis (by me) suggests the law has been hollowed out to little more than a husk. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The full sordid story at archive.is/FBOZR #nzpol

Power to Win: The Living Wage Movement in Aotearoa New Zealand, was recently announced as the joint winner of the 2025 Bert Roth Award for Labour History, awarded by the Labour History Project 👏❤️ Read more here: lhp.org.nz/bert-roth-aw... #powertowin #lyndymcintyre #nzpol #nzbooks #otagounipress

“The Coalition govt has been relentless in its cuts. Health has been especially targeted, w/ funding cuts, moves towards #privatisation, & deregulation of professions being 3 methods of prioritising profit & its own interests over people & their health & well-being” #nzpol iso.org.nz/2025/08/15/h...

We just had the busiest July on record for Wellington’s Metlink bus network, with 2,326,413 bus passenger trips. This is driven by our reliability being steadily over 99% across the network. Once the government brings its rail tracks up to standard, rail patronage will see the same increase.

#nzpol Permissions for farmers to pollute with impunity and commercial fisheries to rape our seas with impunity will be passed into law by the end of the week. Fascist Bishop. Government undoes RMA Bill discharge rules, farmers won't need consent to pollute waterways www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

The government cancelled Labour’s Three Waters plan so now we’ll get annual water bills of between $4800-5700. #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/36...?