Nothing winds me up more than Luxon and assorted other suits saying we need to be wealthier before we can afford doctors, nurses, water we can swim in etc. Meanwhile wealthier kiwi households have stacked up huge piles of savings (cash, shares, equity etc). The economy works for the few. [🧵 1/n]

watching mamdani get into office and just start flipping the switches labeled "good things" makes me think about this post a lot establishment democrats don't like the guy because he puts on display how intentionally ineffective they are

Streets are for people.

Great news!

#BHN Hūhana Lyndon chats to Pat | Chippie's election priorities | Seymour is pro-colonialism #nzpol www.youtube.com/live/t2sHE6t...

Helluva rollercoaster day for NZ Herald yesterday 'numbers day fellas, get ready to fluff the govt' 'oh shit, the numbers are bad' 'it's not good fellas, but lets fluff the govt anyways'. Fucking farce

Happy flying dildo anniversary to those who celebrate it.

Short sighted government, dealing with a funding crisis of their own making, again illustrating they know the cost of everything, but the value of nothing

holy shit

I saw an ad from National about an $88.8b "tax grab" by the Greens. That's actually a total of the four year costing for their Green Budget released last year, which funds healthcare, education, and lots more assets.nationbuilder.com/beachheroes/... #nzpol

Ah, my Listener column about the government's feckless attitude to climate change is now online. www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...

There have been more than 219,000 cheaper home batteries installed since July last year – that means more Australians are taking control of their power bills and using their own clean, cheap energy when they need it.

8000sqM of roof, and not a single solar panel. In Canterbury. High tech my arse.

Once again wondering if there will ever be any accountability for the Nats breaking immigration rules to give Peter Fucking Thiel nz citizenship. It’s a stain on our nation and worse, he can just come and live here any time. Ask the PM if he supports Citizen Thiel. Get him on the fucking record.

#BHN Labour and Greens Show Unity | Big Drivers License changes | NZ implicated in the Epstein Files #nzpol www.youtube.com/live/BFjJOjn...

Good to see some get the memo: "We are stronger together as a country" - Green Party & Labour leaders #nzpol #kiwi

Passenger rail should be an election issue. #nzpol Te Huia has shown what’s possible — now we need commitment to grow it and connect the Golden Triangle by train. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/go...

@chrishipkins.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social & Chloe giving a barnburner of a joint press conference www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Tonight on #BHN #nzpol www.youtube.com/live/mmsbLYX...

Great vid about the claims national has made and what has actually been achieved. Also reminded me check enrolment. So updated my enrolment with new home address. ✅ #nzpol

This Sunday night at 7pm @clrenney.bsky.social is hosting a special LIVE episode of #LockedOut where he'll give a #masterclass on National's economic claims and take your questions LIVE at 7pm, Sunday 1st February, Craig Renney's Masterclass on National's economy #nzpol youtube.com/live/N5fJYCk...

friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

A tail of two bleps...until we meet again, LL 💙

#BHN So we now officially say ACT is pro slavery. Who had that on their BINGO card for 2026? #nzpol #nzpolitics

#BHN Camilla Belich on new anti-slavery laws | Eru Kapa Kingi on Toitū Te Aroha | Omar attacked #nzpol www.youtube.com/live/F4STmE_...

Leaders should absolutely show up, but disaster response isn’t a photo op or should be trivialised. Watching our Prime Minister hand out boxes of KFC to impacted communities was peak cringe IMO. We need serious, systems-level action and that 6b resilience fund like yesterday.

It was great giving the interview. For those interested you can download the study here (open access): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#KiwiPicFeed Test 2

#BHN Prof Alex Plum on hate crime | Chloe v Seymour on NZH | Collins retires after 24 years #nzpol www.youtube.com/live/al4Hbay...

"nearly forty percent"? so over 60% are in favour

#BHN Tonight at 9pm - Prof Alex Plum LIVE on the need to changes in hate crime legislation - Chloe v Seymour on NZH - Collins retires after 24 years - "Zionist" is now a slur on TikTok as is "CIS" on Twitter #nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social youtube.com/live/al4Hbay...

#BHN Tonight at 9pm - Andrey Khrzhanovskiy LIVE from the West Bank - Christopher Hipkins on NZ Herald talking TPM - Building Act overhaul has concerns #nzpol #nzpolitics www.youtube.com/live/XhsoxK_...

Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment. Excellent article!

I am SHOCKED I tells ya www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

#BHN Tonight at 9pm Pat and @chewienz.bsky.social are back for 2026 - Phil Goff LIVE on Winston Peters' silence on Trump shitting on NZ soldiers - His name was Alex Pretti - The PM on Mt Maunganui and pledge towards addressing climate change...yup, he said that #nzpol youtube.com/live/fQdqDMH...

Guess who's back? #bhn #nzpol www.youtube.com/live/fQdqDMH...

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

i've been out in minneapolis all day, talking to locals and trying to wrap my head around the murder of alex pretti. it's 11.23pm, and this is what i've arrived at. please RT, it's free to read: www.webworm.co/alexpretti/

In normal times, media assume good faith on the part of authorities when reporting on breaking news events like this. It has often been questionable, but it's absolutely no longer tenable with Trump's DHS, DOD and other agencies. They should be assumed to be untrustworthy. Media need to adapt.

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

*warning literal death inside* Stabilised and slowed. Dude never had his gun out, was taken from him by grey jacket,then as hes pinned on the ground, beaten and pepper sprayed, he's shot multiple times in the back by the black balaclava.

AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."

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The wife and I are watching this at the moment, its a hilariousy pitch black dark comedy. Recomended

is it a good sign that 2 people you've invited to be on your "Board of Peace" can't join you in Switzerland because they would be arrested for war crimes?

If this flooding isn’t the absolute best campaign message to vote Green this year, I don’t know what is. #nzpol

there is flooding & destruction across much of the North Island with many missing, displaced from houses, businesses ruined, families destroyed, and ol mate Luxon is out "campaigning in Christchurch" in pubs having a jolly good time on the taxpayer dime, and proud of it. #nzpol