I will note that in today's Ōtepoti mayoral election the antivaxxer was outvoted by the vampire by almost 2 to 1

Govt to cut #JobSeeker benefit for 18 & 19 year olds who’s parents earn over $65,000, even if the teens have a disability or health condition. With #CostOfLiving & the job shortage they’re cranking up stress levels to 11, all to meet a target. My #cartoon today about hard-nosed #NZpol

In Gaza, hunger doesn’t knock — it moves in. It tucks the children into bed with empty stomachs. It whispers through the night louder than the bombs. We need food. We need safety. We need the world to care. Please don’t scroll past our pain 💔🙏🏻 gofund.me/d14cbe76

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

I've been a Vodafone/OneNZ customer since the Telecom XT debacle but I will be moving my account immediately.

The way media and business have IMMEDIATELY escalated and wrapped around to attack activists smacks of the same tacit coordination that we saw in the US when the far right weaponised Charlie Kirk’s death. This is being led by government ministers & is a massive attack on free speech & protest rights

Aotearoa: there's been at least 21 people in hospital with covid PER WEEK (if I'm reading this correctly) Please keep up to date with your covid-19 booster vaccinations, if you can I'm currently recovering from my 2nd bout. Being boostered & masking helped reduce my risk of being hospitalised

Because I am spoilt for democracy, I have now walked the 130 metres from my office to the nearest local elections ballot box and deposited my voting papers. Honestly, when it was that easy it would have been embarrassing not to vote. (I have also prompted others in the building I work in)

Remember when social media was weaponised against a nonbinary MP so effectively they had to leave to protect themselves & their child from ongoing online violence & threats? That's political violence, too. Where were all the calls for change? Where were the posts of "That's not okay"? Interesting

VOTE!

Ōtepoti: community solidarity report from @sonjamitchell.bsky.social who was at Albertson Ave in Kōpūtai Port Chalmers yesterday image is a screengrab from her facebook post, copy of full text is in alt text (summary in reply)

Just 9% of 18 to 19 years olds claim jobseekers despite youth unemployment being nearly 25% (thanks to the ideologues at RBNZ/Govt crashing the economy). But, I guess hating on young working class people gives their base something to cheer about.

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Just a reminder that a policy to reduce the number of people on benefits isn’t the same as ensuring they have jobs. The language and metrics used in policy decisions can create perverse outcomes.

Is the NZ government allowing Israel to get away with kidnapping NZ citizens because they want to sell them weapons? #nzpol

Ōtepoti: Palestine solidarity Couple of film/documentary screenings happening Sunday 5th October: Kneecap (the movie) 5:30pm OUSA Clubs & Socs (Albany St) $10 Wednesday 8th October: The Encampments 6pm Burns 1 (65 Albany St) $koha images: event or film poster, full info in alt text and replies

Ōtepoti: community solidarity "Stop the Port Chalmers state housing land sell-off Join us at Albertson Ave to show your support. This Sunday, October 5, at 12:30pm" image has above info illustrated with a photo of the section (grassy area surrounded by a wire fence)

Vigil Sunday 5th October 2pm-3pm Israeli Embassy 36 Brandon Street Wellington All welcome. BYO poem, prayer and silence. Please share this invite. #EndGenocide #FreePalestine #nzpol

Preventing people from enrolling to vote during advance voting is a draconian measure that could rob tens of thousands of Kiwis of their democratic right to vote, and there is no good reason for it. It’s anti-democratic.

If you ever submit on bills, read legislation on legislation.govt.nz or use its RSS feeds to keep track of new bills, please tell the Parliamentary Counsel Office to make sure the new site keeps RSS. We shouldn't need to have an API key. Fill in the survey: www.legislation.govt.nz/news.aspx#rs...

Measles cases in NZ. Symptoms → fever, cough, sore eyes, rash. 📍 Locations: Northland, Queenstown, Cromwell → spr.ly/63329A977F 📞 Feeling unwell? Stay home & call Healthline 0800 611 116.

A reminder this is tomorrow

Yousef Sammour has been abducted by the IOF from the Global Sumud Flotilla Please share this information #NZPol 1/2

Link to letters to send to MPs and MFaT regarding all three New Zealanders #NZPol docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Pre-orders are the only way I’m able to make apparel, they enable me to front up more of the cost, ensure I get the right allocations of each size/fit, and mean you get your tee sooner! Big thank you to folks who pre-order x

Now that Israel has taken 3 kiwi hostages will Winston rethink his decision?

@christopherluxonnz.bsky.social The government must protect its citizens! www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

NZ Citizen Samuel Leason has been abducted by Israeli Occupation Forces in international waters. The Alma, Adara, and Surius - latter of which Samuel was on - were illegally intercepted by Israeli naval vessels. Contact MFAT, and members of the spineless Coalition Govt, to take action. #nzpol

Stuff is running a poll on whether AoNZ should recognise Palestinian Statehood. Go give ‘em your two cents. #nzpol

KĀREAREA WINS BIRD OF THE YEAR! (and I fortunately had a design of this beauty already cooking...) Now available for pre-order, this fierce tee for the defenders of nature, non-tolerators of bullshit, and friends of the forest. Pre-order at pepperraccoon.com

Heads up, measles exposure in Central Otago, make sure you're vaccinated

Tino Rangatiratanga flag represent! (on Huga) globalsumudflotilla.org/live/

OTĒPOTI ACTION: Protest Winston Peters & Shane Jones at Port Chalmers this Friday morning. Meet up outside the Port Otago office on Beach St in Port Chalmers at 10.45 am. #FreePalestine #AntiGenocide #InternationalLaw

inadequate tax settings that fail to raise enough revenue to fund the crown’s annual operations mean that governments will act as a motivated shareholder seeking maximum profit rather than a policy-maker seeking to preserve the industrial base/lower household costs. this is why energy reform fails

ARE YOU PREPARED TO HATE THAT CUNT LUXON EVEN MORE? Sincerely the most tone deaf, will not listen, Dunning Kruger prime minister there ever was! #NZPol Christopher Luxon assesses his own leadership amid criticism Audrey Young 1/2

This is gaining traction in anti-COVID vax circles but none of them have clocked that it comes from a dataset spanning 2000-2020. The shots are so powerful they transcend time.

Ōtepoti Action! Just saw this poster near Taste Nature: Poster reads Rally: Defend our public Service, stand with firefighters, nurses, teachers & all public service workers Date: Sat 4 October, 12pm Museum Lawn and march to Octagon or meet at the Octagon 1pm for the rally.

get absolutely fucked you embarrassing clown of a man

‘Further, the guessing game around the decision on this, keeping it under wraps until Mr Peters’ UN speech, was gutless, unnecessary, and insulting to New Zealanders. The decision was clearly not a last-minute one.’ Searing editorial in this morning’s ODT.

A really important #nzpol message from Aotearoa Liberation League. The Greens only need six more MPs to sign their support for the Greens Sanction Israel Bill. Put some serious pressure on your MPs folks. Phone, call, write, email, talk with others so they will too www.instagram.com/share/reel/B...

#nzpol Aotearoa New Zealand, Everywhere that Chris Luxon, David Seymour, Winston Peters or any CoC-up govt MPs turn up, I want you to #TurnYourBacks. Give your back to them and their cameras. Do it for Palestine! If they're speaking, turn your back. If they enter any room, turn your back!

The Green Party says the Government’s decision not to recognise Palestinian statehood is cowardly, and a stain on Aotearoa’s reputation as a voice for peace and justice internationally. www.greens.org.nz/govt_cowardl...

i took tylenol while i was autistic and now my son is pregnant

It took baldy 6 weeks to form a coalition of the hateful, 6 fucking weeks after the election. Vote counting is a distraction & NOT the issue. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

In today’s NZ Herald #Trump #UN

Incredible, important work from the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies: thespinoff.co.nz/books/25-09-...

I have taken the Tylenol that was in the medicine cabinet and which they think probably is the reason you like trains forgive me but that’s bullshit you got autism from your dad

Tonight, the American people - in defense of free speech - returned a political satirist to the airwaves after a burgeoning fascist regime tried to silence him. It’s an historic night. I won’t forget it.

OK I've voted, you can take down all the hoardings now, especially the creepy Radish one staring down our driveway