Savings advice. I have some. 1. Vote in a Govt that DOESN’T gut employment, lower wages & kick pay equity to touch. 2. Vote in a Govt committed to affordable housing for all. 3. Vote in a Govt that is committed to affordable childcare, PT and free healthcare - including dentistry. 1/2 #nzpol

If I, as a woman, get accused of ruining society by being a woman I’m just gonna keep doing the thing even more. I definitely want to ruin society. These men are dropping bombs and destroying the environment and getting away with it. Ruining society will continue as long as my morale improves.

Who Benefits: Seymour directs officials to consult the free speech lobby In the final part of this instalment in our lobbying series, Act leader David Seymour makes an intervention – but says he wasn’t working in concert with the Free Speech Union #nzpol

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In today’s Weekend Herald #nzpolitics

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I'm sure it's totally coincidental that the AoNZ government's changes to the Marsden Fund have been followed by successful applications led by female investigators dropping from 55% to 33%, and successful applications led by Māori investigators dropping from 13% to 5%. 🫠 🧪

Hey guys It’s on its way! #SecretSantaAoNZ

Underage girls cannot consent, @nzherald.bsky.social. And if the sexual service were “commercial”, then not only was she raped by a man, she was trafficked by someone for that purpose.

Alternate framing - People learnt the impact of transmission during the pandemic and now are less likely to come in and get everyone else sick.

So let’s get this straight. Lifeline is unfunded by govt & needs $2 million. But govt just hands $24 million to Gumboot Friday and is happy to give millions to the bloody Michelin Guide for tourism puffery of dubious value. Everything this govt does is run on vibes. www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/06/l...

He's desperate to give off the Illusion of leadership by making his problems and people disappear!

Mahi tahi is the word of the day for Erica's te reo lesson. Collaboration and cooperation, two actions Erica has failed to do with the education profession. #TheStanfordCurriculum is #NotOurCurriculum #AotearoaEducators

It’s important to note that he was the person responsible for protective security during the time period many many people from the PM to me were receiving regular death and rape threats. The past is making more sense to me now.

Erica is very concerned with the learning students do, but she should be concerned for her own learning - it has a rather narrow scope.

I wonder if the cookers and transphobes have figured out he's only playing them for media attention yet. The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...

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How many exasperated parents called you, Seymour? "The social media post was as ACT Party Leader. The ACT Party, as a political party funded by the Parliamentary Service, is not subject to the Official Information Act, therefore your request is declined." #nzpol #SeymourTrickery

This is appalling and unfortunately, unsurprising. They're willing to burn it all down if it puts a few extra dollars in the pockets of their cronies. Capitalism is all about the shortest of short term gains with no thought for the future. #nzpol

Today, 144 years ago, 1600 Crown troops invaded a pacifist settlement that was the centre of resistance against British colonialism. The leaders were arrested, the settlement sacked, the people violated. For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.

What if we did tho, what if we didn’t means test disabled people on the SLP and just paid it like we do for NZ Super? Not related to your partner’s income, not related to your income, and just, well, supported people?! #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...

A bonfire of the climate policies. An emissions Guy Fawkes Day

Everything is so shit I need quokka content.

The attempted bid to turn Kelston Boys College into a charter school should send shivers up everyone's spine. Libertarian dogma attempting to undermine the school with a nearly 100% Māori and Pacific Island roll is classic Act party racism in action. #nzpol

Husband came home from his after school meeting saying the new social studies curriculum isn't a curriculum, it's just a list of subjects to be covered with no broader themes, guaranteed to make kids find the humanities pointless. "I've never felt more like my job doesn't matter"

Hi, my name is Erica Stanford, and instead of having the guts to got through the proper regulatory process and make my case to the sector, I'm going to use sneaky, undemocratic means to strike at the heart of what it means to be a learner in New Zilund, and then hide behind my media mates.

I'm sorry, it's actually embarrassing that a senior minister of the Crown is resorting to op eds to get her point across without critique If your policy is defensible, defend it under questioning by an actual journalist, without a paywall in the way

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Tomorrow we get labour market data. Expect some people to point to the job ad data as a sign that the 'worst is behind us'. It's not - not for the hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders needing work. We aren't 'back on track' and this data doesn't change that.

With 400,000 people wanting more work and not being able to get it - small shifts in job ads won't cut it. There are 36,309 more people on Jobseeker over the past two years (217,818 in Sep 2025), and the only plan is to take it away from 18/19 year olds.

To call it green shoots would be a mistake. It might better be described as bouncing on the bottom of the cliff. There are some other things we don't know: - How many of the job ads are full-time? - How many people are chasing each job? - What is the pay for these jobs? - How many jobs are needed?

Across all skills levels job ads are down across two years. But low/unskilled jobs have been hit particularly hard. How much this is due to changing employment patterns in the economy is unclear. The loss of highly skilled job ads might explain some of our migration issues

Across 10 jobs sectors measured by MBIE job ads are down across 2 years. - Down 27% in construction - Down 33% in health - Down 31% in IT - Down 35% in manufacturing - Down 30% in sales Even down 16% in primary industries

MBIE measures job ads across 10 regions. Across 2 years (Sept 2023) Job ads are down in every region. - Down 34% in Auckland - Down 35% in Wellington - Down 32% in Manwatu/Whanganui - Down 33% in Northland - Down 26% in Waikato Down everywhere

#nzpol On Morning Report today Ingrid said "Should we say green shoots?" in response to a tiny lift in MBIE job ads. Anything that shows a better labour market should be welcomed - but is that really what's going on? The honest answer is not really - job ads are down 30% in 2 years. A🧵

Today there are two questions from Chlöe Swarbrick for Christopher Luxon, and he won't answer either of them. Rawiri Waititi's question means Luxon has to stick around all the way to the end of Question Time. Luxon will hate that. Good!💩🥚 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

Really? What's gone wrong to make them "go rogue"? That doesn't spontaneously happen.

The National Party Campaign Cttee Chair, Chris Bishop, wearing his Infrastructure Minister hat, has introduced new changes to the Fast Track Act further restricting people's ability to test the fast track decisions in court. The fast tracked TTR seabed mining project, supported by Nat donors, ...

I bit my tongue at morning tea time and over an hour later it still hurts. Diddums for me.

Firefighter verifies that Seymour is lying to the public and media, again. Journalists must be sick of being used as tools.

Let's be clear: the removal of Te Tiriti from the Education and Training Act is an attack on the human rights of every child in every school.