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Regional communities south of Hamilton voting for National is like Turkeys voting for Xmas.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
#nzpol
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Ice cream factory moving away from a region already ‘punch drunk’ from bad news
The bad job news for the top of the South Island has continued, with reports an ice cream factory is moving production north.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360884898/ice-cream-factory-moving-away-region-already-punch-drunk-bad-news
about 4 hours ago
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Something to cheer us all up. Hopefully, the All Blacks will beat England this weekend, but we will never beat them on Christmas Ads.
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Keira Knightley stars in Waitrose’s Christmas ‘mini romcom’ ad
YouTube video by Daily Record
https://youtu.be/9sOygyvSnMU?si=WKmiA7D4zySY-LUt
about 8 hours ago
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pr...
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https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/protect-te-tiriti-in-education?source=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&share=d5628973-ce24-4e60-8814-a5d230c6da9f
about 8 hours ago
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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘
1 day ago
"I'd visit your country if it had restaurants with Michelin stars.", said no foreigner ever.
#OneTermGovernment
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James W
about 13 hours ago
Just another win for the geniuses in this government
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Charter School Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust
The contract would see a secondary school with a focus on young athletes in Years 11-13 established in Trentham, near Wellington, next year.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/578702/charter-school-agency-signed-sports-school-contract-with-non-existent-trust
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Sadly, Trump and the awful Police cover up means that this won't get the attention it deserves.
#NZpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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Prime Minister, I’m beginning to wonder who’s actually running the country
“Last week, a group called Hobson’s Pledge claimed victory after your government announced that school boards would no longer be required to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi,” said Ian Taylor.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360880939/prime-minister-im-beginning-wonder-whos-actually-running-country
about 13 hours ago
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The Bulwark
about 23 hours ago
The Tesla board's logic "is that Tesla suffered terribly because Elon Musk hurt the company; so the company will pay him $1 trillion to incentivize him to stop hurting the company. That’s a new kind of 'capitalism.'"
www.thebulwark.com/p/welcome-to...
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Welcome to Tesla Capitalism
Or: JVL explains why Americans are toying with socialism.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/welcome-to-tesla-capitalism?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=The+Bulwark&utm_campaign=publer
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ⓘ Kaiwhiu ⓘ
about 23 hours ago
Three Waters was designed to prevent privatisation, NFACT's water 'done well', not so much, as
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Tui: National Party’s Local Water Done Well – A more expensive 3 Waters with potential for privatisation
Simeon Brown is working on National’s New 3 Waters called “Local Water Done Well.” But is it just a more expensive version with a privatisation catch?
https://thestandard.nz/national-partys-local-water-done-well-a-more-expensive-3-waters-with-potential-for-privatisation/
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ⓘ Kaiwhiu ⓘ
about 23 hours ago
If councils or central govt talk about selling off, say water assets *Don't fall for it* It's a slippery slope to Thames water and Yorkshire water 😬
#NZPol
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Yes, it is very true and very scary.
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Future lawyers, politicians, and doctors, who no doubt in the future will be very judgemental if other communities did the same.
#nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/otago-uni...
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Scarfies dump couches, mattresses, rubbish in student quarter streets after final exams
Five large bins took more than five tonnes of rubbish off Dunedin streets.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/otago-university-frustrated-by-student-waste-despite-clean-up-efforts/NQH2WKXQPNHMPDFPWVRBBNV4LQ/
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Carl Zimmer
3 days ago
An engineer wanted to make a quiet high-speed train. “The question then occurred to me — is there some living thing that manages sudden changes in air resistance as a part of daily life?” The answer: the kingfisher. See my story today for more tales of bioinspiration. Gift link:
nyti.ms/4otNQyl
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Once again, this non-listening government is interfering in local politics and is just thinking of short-term gains. No city has ever conquered congestion by just building more roads or adding lanes.
#nzpol
#nzroads
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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‘Terrible idea:’ Cycling groups clash with minister over plan to scrap proposed bike lane
Cycling advocates are urging Auckland Transport not to bow to pressure from Simeon Brown and scrap a planned bike lane in East Auckland.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360879742/cycling-groups-clash-minister-over-plan-scrap-proposed-bike-lane?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=discover&utm_campaign=CCwqGQgwKhAIACoHCAowg-PPCzCy_uYDMNLR2gQwhqKKBQ&utm_content=bullets
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Dylan Reeve
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In fact, I think a truly mature conversation would actually assess some of our many past asset sales and consider whether re-nationalising some of those assets might be in the country's interest. But that's definitely not the conversation he wants.
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NZ needs to have a ‘mature conversation’ about selling state assets, PM says
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has indicated asset sales could be included in National’s manifesto for the 2026 election.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360881049/luxon-indicates-asset-sales-could-be-included-nationals-2026-manifesto
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We will continue to fight an uphill battle until producers are forced to share responsibly for harm done society.
theconversation.com/how-the-plas...
#nzpol
#plastic
#waste
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How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer
Only 9% of plastics ever made have been recycled. Clever industry campaigns have shifted the costs of their own waste onto consumers.
https://theconversation.com/how-the-plastics-industry-shifted-responsibility-for-recycling-onto-you-the-consumer-268767
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial)
4 days ago
The fire on Tongariro National Park has grown to 1,600 hectares and remains uncontrolled, and Ngāti Rangi has opened their marae in Raetihi to support affected communities.
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Iwi offer shelter as firefighters battle uncontrolled forest fire on Tongariro
The fire on Tongariro National Park has grown to 1,600 hectares and remains uncontrolled, and Ngāti Rangi has opened their marae in Raetihi to support affected communities.
https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/11/09/iwi-offer-shelter-as-firefighters-battle-uncontrolled-forest-fire-on-tongariro/
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Katya
4 days ago
Another must read thread ⏬️ - Treasury are too blinkered to acknowledge this, as are our political journalists and the ecomomists they promote
#nzpol
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Mining is never without consequences
#nzpol
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5 days ago
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Samuel James
6 days ago
Why is there a news article about a minister rating her own ministry highly with no critical thinking involved? This woman has gutted education in NZ and now pats herself on the back and the news reports this as good? Not to mention she’s throwing her advisors under the bus. Useless
#RNZ
#NZpol
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Nick Young
7 days ago
The Luxon Government's surprise move to gut the Zero Carbon Act has upended six years of cross-partisan consensus on climate change. They are unfit to govern in 2025.
#nzpol
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Walker Bragman
7 days ago
Never been a better time for journalists and politicians to get off of X.
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Watt now? Spread the word about the benefits of solar on NZ.
#nzpol
#solar
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7 days ago
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Clara Jeffery
8 days ago
Folks...
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Kara Swisher
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Twisted
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Sacha
8 days ago
For the love of god!
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Jombucha
9 days ago
Seymour is Farage-lite with Stevia for that extra unpleasant aftertaste.
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If we want to see rugby to the world, we shouldn't appoint a trigger happy ref. A good win for the ABs in the end.
#rugby
#Allblacks
11 days ago
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Rod Emmerson
14 days ago
In today’s NZ Herald
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This is great news.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/24/s...
#nzpol
#cleanenergy
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Smallest company looks to build biggest dammed hydro lake NZ has seen
Ex-minister David Parker, electricity sector leader Keith Turner and acting Reserve Bank chair Rodger Finlay go where the Govt feared to tread: they want to finance and fast-track the multi-billion-do...
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/24/smallest-company-looks-to-build-biggest-dammed-hydro-lake-nz-has-seen/
14 days ago
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So we can afford $18bn for roads but we can't afford Health care.
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
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‘The benefits are huge’: $18b Northland Expressway set to transform road travel
Labour Day traffic showed how travel times could be reduced with the new corridor.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/labour-day-traffic-shows-need-for-18b-motorway-between-auckland-and-northland/JHSJBXBPCZGPVM2HG5YJUC2W5I/
14 days ago
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Learn Dirt
14 days ago
If we build healthy soil, the rest will take care of itself.
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The Economist
15 days ago
Presidents’ popularity tends to wane. In his second term Donald Trump’s has fallen faster than that of his recent predecessors, as our tracker shows
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Donald Trump’s approval rating
Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump
https://econ.st/47N1qHg
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I thought our Government believed in transparency!
www.stuff.co.nz/money/360870...
#nzpol
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Ethical investing will soon become harder. Could you invest in dirty business by accident?
We are often told to make informed decisions when investing. But what happens when it becomes difficult to find the information we need to make them? Damien Venuto looks into proposed legislative chan...
https://www.stuff.co.nz/money/360870871/ethical-investing-will-soon-become-harder-it-worth-effort-and-does-it-give-decent-returns
14 days ago
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Gates is right to highlight the issue of poverty and disease. A pity that this isn't the headline.
#worldpoverty
#nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/a/world-news...
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The Post
https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/world-news/360869440/gates-snubs-doomsday-view-climate-change?lid=9fwk3i7p1i6t&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=post_wday_20251030
14 days ago
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Melanie D.
15 days ago
A comparison of the 2023 Curriculum Refresh written, consulted and tripled by education academis, researchers and teachers at the chalkface V THE 2025 abomination of a Curriculum written by a narrow group with a political agenda not fit for the NZ schooling system, students, teachers or society.
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Melanie D.
15 days ago
This is blatant political interference in rge New Zealand Curriculum that shouldn't be tolerated. Education professionals should be deciding what is in the NZ Curriculum, not politicians from 8% parties pandering to the worst of NZ society to the detriment of our students.
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Austerity did not bring prosperity to the UK
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If my male whanau and friends are anything to go by, womens rugby is now appealing to the masses. It is depressing that those in power are yet again letting our wonderful talent down.
www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/...
#womensrugby
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Alice Soper: How NZ Rugby’s top-heavy plan could topple the women’s game
OPINION: Aupiki’s new timing clashes with NRLW, leaving many players out of pocket.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/black-ferns/nz-rugbys-aupiki-calendar-risks-talent-exodus-to-australia/G4PEDQIU2NGYDAGK4URS2TQ7N4/
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Remember how much Labour was critised for not listening. This Government is way worse. Many schools face teacher shortages.
theconversation.com/a-rushed-new...
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A rushed new maths curriculum doesn’t add up. The right answer is more time
The third maths and stats curriculum for primary and intermediate schools in less than three years is being introduced on an unrealistic timeline.
https://theconversation.com/a-rushed-new-maths-curriculum-doesnt-add-up-the-right-answer-is-more-time-268098?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Zealand%20Weekly%20-%203563136339&utm_content=New%20Zealand%20Weekly%20-%203563136339+CID_315449329921de6744d1bee3b8f89256&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=A%20rushed%20new%20maths%20curriculum%20doesnt%20add%20up%20The%20right%20answer%20is%20more%20time
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Climate change not only costs billions in road repairs, flood damage, insurance premiums etc, it also has a huge impact on our way of life and professional sport. Keep reminding your neighbour's and MPs about the consequences of ignoring it.
#nzpol
#climatechange
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www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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The Post
https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360863069/weather-wins-how-professional-sport-failing-our-communities
16 days ago
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If only Marilyn Waring was younger and she was leading the Labour Party.
#nzpol
annie354654.substack.com/p/the-good-g...
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The Good Guys: Marilyn Waring
The National MP with the Power to Bring Down Governments
https://annie354654.substack.com/p/the-good-guys-marilyn-waring?utm_source=multiple-personal-recommendations-email&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true
17 days ago
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Ron Filipkowski
18 days ago
While we’re on the subject of Ronald Reagan.
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James O’Brien
20 days ago
The new Lily Allen album is absolutely magnificent. It’s impossible to exaggerate her influence over so many modern artistes and ‘West End Girl’ shows why. But my goodness it’s brutal. Tunes like nursery rhymes, lyrics like razor blades.
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The Economist
23 days ago
No matter how many drug boats are blown up, drug smuggling is not going to disappear. On the contrary, it is probably coming to a port near you. We explain why
econ.st/470OVYn
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Seymour is boasting about the so called first elite sport school opening in Upper Hutt next year. It's funny how he never mentions this wonderful school.
#nzpol
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www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360858...
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The small North Island school that has won four consecutive national rugby titles
A triple international coaches the team that has made a habit of beating schools with rolls 10 times larger than theirs.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360858336/secret-manukuras-unprecedented-run-girls-first-xv-titles
24 days ago
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Curriculum progress in Aotearoa explained in 176 words.
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Great to see a well written and balanced article.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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The waterfront homes at the centre of a tug-of-war between the owners and the Government
Armed police have raided Maketū several times, and locals say they feel “traumatised” and “harassed”.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360856593/seaside-town-traumatised-harassed-armed-police-raids
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Great to see my favourite ref given the All Blacks v Wales game.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/5...
@alicesoapbox.bsky.social
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Hollie Davidson to referee All Blacks game
Scottish referee Hollie Davidson will control the All Blacks Test against Wales in Cardiff next month.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/575841/hollie-davidson-to-referee-all-blacks-game
about 1 month ago
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The Economist
about 1 month ago
As science globalises and other countries attract more talent, America’s dominance is bound to wane
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Which countries breed Nobel laureates, and which import them?
Without immigrants America’s medal haul would be much smaller
https://econ.st/3J1rTau
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Dr Bex
about 1 month ago
I remember when a protester punched the co-leader of the Greens in the face. Hana Maipi-Clarke had her home broken into by a political stalker. I recall VFF protesting outside Clarke's parents' home while Jacinda was on holiday. I dont remember hearing about National's concerns back then??
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