Cool now step down as CEO of Infrastructure NZ as well

These mining fast-track applicants don't appear to genuinely benefit New Zealand. Removing limited resources, returning 2-5% royalties, and paying no tax. Then we get lugged with clean up costs (like Tui oilfields that cost $500m for taxpayers to clean up) #nzpol #Kiwi #NZ

Mmmmm. Interesting to note what gets written down in Costello's diary and what doesn't.

IT'S FEBRUARY 2026. THE RAIL ENABLED HYUNDAI FERRIES FOR I REX WERE MEANT TO ARRIVE BY NOW. Instead we have no rail enabled ferries, the two we have are clunky as fuck, and there will be no replacement ferries until 2029 at the earliest.

megalotrania

"Horror in Wellington as millions of litres of untreated sewage flow into the sea" Big clap for 👏💩👏 Jordan Williams & NZ Taxpayers Union for generating anti-Maori bigotry to kill the 3 Waters reform forbidding water privatisation for his #AtlasNetwork investors www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

It beggars belief that the Reserve Bank is on the verge of tightening policy again and the Government is keeping policy tight. 'We now have nearly 1 in 7 adults on a working age benefit.' Full employment? Yeah...nah.

👉Wellington residents/visitors: It is not safe to swim or collect/eat seafood along the south coast, currently. Please stay out of the water, avoid collecting and eating seafood, and follow all posted warnings. More: wellingtonwater.co.nz/about-us/news-and-media/news-and-media-2/moa-point-discharge

"Already someone is shouting "we've had enough." "Did you bring any KFC?" another asked." Things seem to be going well. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

This person who heckled Luxon is my new favourite

Lol #nzpol

Let me guess this is a prelude to justify DOC killing and wiping out something else>>>DoC fears mallard duck attacks on pūteketeke chicks could spread in South Island FFS is there any end to the control of nature

What is not going to happen is any goddamn accountability for the fact that this coalition deliberately tanked the economy. And I’m choosing the word deliberately specifically because they brought it policies that ARE KNOWN to tank economies. Sorry ignorance is not an excuse in 2026.

New Zealand stepping up for Minnesota. Love to see it.

They all did well in this standup in spite of some truly inane questions from the press gallery. Loved the description of the current government's coalition agreement as "backroom deals that looked like 200 random hot-takes from your granddad's facebook page" #nzpol

Please remember also all the public servants who have lost their jobs (like me) who can't get the unemployment benefit (cos my hubby earns 'too much' as a teacher) will not bee 'seen' in this data

#nzpol The Government’s policies are making it harder for working people, their whānau, and their communities to get ahead. There is no recovery in the economy unless working people are feeling it. The numbers show that right now they are not.

That's if you can ever purchase any veg, my supermarket visit on Monday I left with pretty much nothing. There wasn't enough supply.

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#TrainNews: Darren Davis was lucky enough to be on the inaugural Mainlander train from Christchurch to Invercargill. So what was it like? Via Adventures in Transitland via @darrendavis.bsky.social: adventuresintransitland.substack.com/p/the-mainla...

The left need to get comfortable with taking a flamethrower to the rights absolute bull shit Nact had no second thoughts ending everything including contracts

Thought farts 😂😂😂 youtube.com/shorts/Z17UV...

My wife and I were on a beach in the Wellington area and found this at a car park, in the grass. It is approximately the size of a person's hand,made of bone, and intricately carved. I've masked the lower half,as only the legitimate owner will be able to fully describe it. Please share this...(1)

Perhaps Chris Bishop’s mega-ministry can join the dots so that instead of rural rate-payers subsidising the logging industry via road repairs, the industry is made to transport logs via the railways?

Will somebody please get through to Chris Luxon that he needs to stop talking about what we have to do when climate disasters strike and start talking about what we have to stop doing #nzpol

This may be harsh, but I reckon one of the main reason Luxon is visiting Tauranga is that he craves the worldwide acclaim given to Ardern for her handling of crises. He doesn't understand that her actions came from her genuine compassion. He has none, repeatedly showing he doesn't care. /1 #nzpol

Let us remember that the NZ police unlawfully raided the house of journalist Nicky Hager after Hager published a book exposing the malfeasance of Judith Collins. Police had to apologise while Collins is being appointed by Luxon to head the Law Commission. What a joke. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3505...

After the deadly climate change-amplified weather recently, the Luxon Govt claimed it is taking action on climate change. But their actions actually make climate change worse by increasing emissions. Here is the evidence👇

The Ardern vs Luxon battle we didn't really want has arrived, so we may as well have fun ranking Luxon to the dogs and back before we die #NZPol

Shame Jones really is doing the opposite to what he claims he’s doing - his approach makes us less secure and more dependent on foreign suppliers, and less secure relying on non-renewables. He’s not putting @nzfirst.bsky.social, he’s putting his overseas donors first. #nzpol

We import the majority of fossil fuels, they are bad for our finances, health, world stability and climate The only people benefiting here are those selling fossil fuels We should be looking to get rid of them asap #nzpol

So a Minister of Resources from a junior coalition partner wields a veto over the Climate Change Minister, in a portfolio that isn’t his, with a simple “no” that sees everyone else roll over and do his bidding? What a weak sauce government we have. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Ultimate Luxon-ing. "I'm not aware of who did what ... I'm not aware of that, I haven't been briefed on that," Luxon said. #nzpol

“I think the problem for households is you've been told for three years that things are going to get better, and you're tired of hearing that story,” #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/business/360...

RIP Catherine O'Hara, I have never not laughed at this

Remember when Shane Jones said our most precious native species can die if it affected his mining donor interests? And now he's pretending he cares abour rockpools. This is what NZ First made legal when they got into power - destroying ecosystems. The video should make everyone weep #nzpol #kiwi

Great doco from MATA, it would be useful to have a follow up that charts the $$$ from private, corporate and Atlas donors in NZ that prop up the Seymour & the far right ACT Party and drive their policy agenda. The foreign influences that have helped shape Seymour’s agenda. youtu.be/QLOjiiC3P1Y

Given his deep aversion to anything in Te Reo or connected to Te Tiriti, and knowing that will gather a lot of attention, either the polls are in the gutter along with Seymour and Jones, or there is something else appalling he doesn't want headlines on /cynical bastard (for now)

Also, a comment on the Prime Ministerial beersies post.

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Honey has until 4 and they are going to kill net! Pls repost! Urgent

I have a bug bear to get off my chest, it's a insult to sex workers to call Melania Trump one, sex work is a reputable service industry with a client/s and provider/s Melania Trump is a gold digger, she formed relationships with rich men to extract money from them, including the orange sack of shit

Good. Convicted murderer Clayton Weatherston denied parole after 18 years in prison www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

It saddens me no end that these racist pricks feel so comfortable going full mask off now. And our current coalition, with their constant attacks on Māori, have been significant enablers in this. #nzpol

" 'Strong case' for government inquiry into deadly Mt Maunganui landslide, Luxon says" What about govt inaction over climate change and refusing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Shouldn't that be part of any inquiry? Yes it should. But it probably won't. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Demanding that we stop talking about climate change while climate disasters are killing people is the actual politicization, actually

#NZpol There's a social function to them which may not be so readily apparent to more urban-dwelling people too: many function much like a town *meeting place*. And I know this from where Dad lives. Reduced to a counter, removal just destroyed a place *all sorts of people *engaged with each other.

YOUR govt made it political Nicola, by the political choices *YOU* made! Ffs. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... "A long list of climate programmes have been scrapped or reduced to help fund the government's tax cuts." #NZPol