I'm just going to put it out there: The new recipe sultana pasties are an insult to consumers, as the chocolate macaroons have been for some time. The pasty is far the worst "new formula" Aotearoa biscuit, with its crumbly half baked sugary filling bearing no resemblance to the former flaky interior

The talking points *AGAINST* capital gains tax has begun and was in play on Morning Report today. One listener wrote in: "Taxing capital gains is penalising those who provide a home for others".(Paraphrasing) Really? So supermarkets that "provide" food to customers are "penalised" when they...(1)

Hey Hutt folks, you may miss it when voting, but please don’t vote for Suzanne Levy! She sounds fine, but OOPS she runs the TERF organisation Speak Up For Women.

100,000+ (& rising) human beings are homeless in AotearoaNZ. AGAIN the national party ghouls are selling 177 social housing homes. This is yet another wealth grab devoid of empathy, care, responsibility or even basic critical thinking. What society are they building? #nzpol #OneTermGovernment

Snuffing out every lingering ray of hope for the disability community

I didn't normally post personal stuff (except pictures of my cat) but I just found out my sister has died this evening. Please don't post anything on social media until you know close family have been informed. Several of us found out the same way and it sucks.

Thought of the day is that in order to make policy decisions you should be required to live in a rental that remains freezing despite the heat pump, be restricted to meals bought on a work & income budget/pittance and have several people every day tell you to pull yourself up by your bootstraps.🤔

Appalling racismfrom Rata as usual

Time to outlaw lobbying: Nicotine lobbyists said Winston Peters was 'very powerful' and 'very industry friendly' www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

i’m begging a reporter to ask nicola young about ray chung and then follow up with a question about this:

These are the pay equity claims that the government wiped out in just two days to make its budget balance. It's appalling that tax breaks for tobacco companies are being funded by cutting women's pay rises and backpay. (Also listed in alt text)

We've seen bullying in local government recently. But it starts at the top. I launched this petition because our Deputy Prime Minister belittled people for exercising their democratic rights. His behavior sets the tone and empowers others. This must stop. #nzpol

The media is running a scurrilous Dirty Politics campaign against Ray Chung and Independent Together by accurately reporting the things they've done and said

I'd rather have this than cruelty and austerity

open.substack.com/pub/mountain... 🔽

Why aren’t we talking about the VALUE of healthcare, instead of the COST. Why aren’t we talking about the VALUE of education, instead of the COST. Why aren’t we talking about the VALUE of housing human beings, instead of the COST. The VALUE in humanity has always outweighed the COST. #nzpol

I'm so angry that my family hasn't been properly protected. My youngest grandchild has covid right now for the third time.

Oral submission times for the Regulatory Standards Bill have been slashed. This Government doesn't want to hear from you.

It's always all propaganda. Governments do not like to waste money on bureaucracy.

Just a reminder: fascism is the intersection between State and business, where business interests will always override the interests of the people.

It's going to get worse, folks.

In today’s NZ Herald #nzpol #NATOSummit

David Seymour is saying the 130,000 submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill are mostly just thanks to a Greenpeace email campaign, and not people who have something to say about it. He's wrong. Only about 12,000 came through the Greenpeace submission guide, and they ALL deserve to be heard.

The restriction to 30 hours of oral submissions to the RSB is a complete insult to the voters of NZ.

David Seymour has Deranged View of the Public Syndrome #NZPol

Ten days of coughing has left me a floppy heap of blah.

The Free Speech Union are only interested in promoting a certain kind of free speech

Sorry, can you please explain this like I'm five... - A bill gets proposed - Experts speak out against it - The bill proposer gets angry & personally targets them online - A city Mayor calls it out as dangerous and unprofessional - "Free Speech Union" plays the victim card on the proposers behalf?

Gas exploration fund 'clear breach' of international trade agreement - Green Party

Te Pati Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social reporting 131,000 submissions - second highest in history, after the Treaty Principles Bill. Let's not forget that NZ First indicated they could shut down the bill if popular support proved it to be unpopular. Keep the pressure up on Winnie. #nzpol #kiwi

UK will ban straight up new fossil vehicles in 2030 Hybrids to be allowed until 2035 #NewZealand - MOAR DIESEL UTES!!! www.electriccarscheme.com/blog/labour-...

Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.

Are Pakeha throttling themselves with good manners? When I see Māori out there organising, sharing information, talking about politics and not afraid to disagree, I wonder about Pakeha. Why are we so damn polite?

Get your teeth into this great podcast #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/melanien...

This cartoon was drawn 8 years ago. It seems the right time for it to be reshared. (✍️ Carlos Latuff)

We really, really need to think again about AI futurism.com/neoscope/bra...

Plz mention flawed character of David Seymour, Minister of Regulation who appoints Regulatory Standards Board who initiate investigations to change laws when you OPPOSE Regulatory Standards Bill by 1 pm tomorrow. More resources underneath. This is shocking behaviour from bitter Seymour. #nzpol

It’s journalistic malpractice not to remind America that Trump also brought us to the brink of catastrophe with Iran in 2020 by assassinating—in a plot he drafted with Netanyahu—the second-most popular Iranian as he was on his way to a PEACE SUMMIT Trump’s Saudi business associates had lured him to.

They just keep getting worse asand worse

Bombing a country is not how you get peace. Fuck israel, fuck america, fuck every spineless government leech who allows this shit

Jane Kelsey points out ACT deliberately redacted key info and whilst they do not provide guidance on “fair compensation” in the Reg Standards Bill - In international investment law, compensatory awards include speculative lost future profits with compound interest !!! #RSB #nzpol #kiwiw

This is unconscionable

These Ministers aren’t fixing the housing crisis they’re cashing it in. Selling off state land while our people sleep in cars isn’t policy. It’s a political hit job on vulnerable whānau. You don’t build homes by gutting the agency that builds them. #HousingCrisis #TePātiMāori #NZPol

This is dangerous. Also hypocritical in the extreme as he pushes mandatory speech regulation in the name of free speech on statutorily independent universities at the same moment as he seeks to intimidate and silence those tasked by legislation with critic and conscience functions.

Has there been any media coverage of the Deputy Prime Minister starting a campaign targeting academics, even though he knows full well that whenever he does that, they experience threats and harassment? Has there been any coverage of the DPM inviting an extremist to headline an upcoming event?

There is no justification whatsoever for the US or UK to provide any support, material or diplomatic, for Israel's attack on Iran. It is a war of aggression, clearly contrary to international law.

This is very puzzling and I find it chilling. Any group that's interfered with constitutional arrangements at home and reached abroad for new followers is dangerous, particularly when they embrace fascist principles.

This is absolutely fucked. And NZ media's penchant for pretending NZ's far right parties act in good faith - including treating orgs like TPU & FSU as legitimate sources and news creators - while *refusing* to cover the way they target members of the public, let alone condemn them, is atrocious.