"I'm entitled to my entitlements"

It's his money? True. I don't think anyone is questioning that. Mr Hipkins seems to miss the point that it's fucking outrageous that MPs get such massive superannuation, and that's the problem.

hes gotta go, man

✅✅, team... Labour is now just klown-lite... If we don't send a massive message that we are over this, we are doomed to always be the ball in permanent neolib pingpong...

Forgive me, but I don’t recall RNZ publishing that the PM was ‘very concerned’ by Israel’s continual bombing of Lebanon and Gaza each time RNZ interviewed him over the last few months.

Iran has a right to defend itself. What's concerning is the fact that the US and Israel started this war in the first place. Our PM is utterly spineless

I know we wanted this spineless jelly to stand for something, but I was really hoping it would not be criminal, genocidal, aggressor regimes.

It is an old line, but it remains true: every dollar invested in early childhood support saves around 13 dollars in criminal justice costs later on. A society that keeps expanding its prisons is admitting its social policies are not working. #nzpol

It’s not just early childhood. Generally preventative measures and investments whether education or health or anything early on yields better outcomes and more savings later. So when it’s govt policy to not do that explicitly, you can assume increasing costs and creating poor outcomes IS the goal.

This govt is so FRAGILE 😂😂😂 #nzpol

Can we please get this to 50% by Friday?

The Chinese govt is getting more unhinged about the Taiwan situation. NZ MPs banned from China due to their visit to Taiwan. #nzpol

Grown up

at this point Greens need to start campaigning as the next government and really going after Labour. People want and need an alternative, if Hipkins doesnt want to provide it then the Greens should get in his face. Follow Metiria’s strategy and really make them panic (without losing a co-leader)

Fuck this. will it be robo-ai sending people to telehealth-ai and kicked off their disability benefit?

left leaning people today: #NZPOL

"Where we are generating electricity mostly from free, renewable resources. But we're paying significant amounts of our household income for the privilege. #nzpol

Hipkins needs to go. I'm so worried for the next elecion. And we need more Greens voters! #nzpol

Will this be a “repeal on day 1” or “we need continuity’’ policy for Chris Hipkins?

I just don't think this walk back should be trusted in ANY way, and if media and other politicians take this at face value they're failing their democratic duty. Penk let the plan slip. I would basically guarantee that NZ's nuclear policy is 100% gone if they get back in.

Luxon: "was entitled to the entitlements that everyone else has" Bloody hell, the taxpayers dont ever get any entitlements so why should a MP? #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

“the idea that MPs are personally being able to pocket additional income as a result of that is something that I think the public will rightly be quite frustrated about.” “Hipkins suggested last week the rules should be reverted back so as allowances actually reflect costs.” #nzpol

When rw-politicians say people living in social housing, or claiming benefits have "won the lotto" or are "bottom-feeders", it's not an accusation, it's a confession. The politicians are the ones claiming money they don't need by exploiting the system, not those just trying to get by.

He’s owned his Wgtn home for 26 years, yet former mayor, NZFirst list mp Andy Foster claims a $36,400p.a. taxpayer-funded accomodation subsidy intended for non-Wellington MPs. He continues to claim the allowance to live in his own home! #nzpol #VoteThemOut thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-...

if you are "using AI for writing," you are not writing. i do not know how to make this any simpler

Yet again this is a good to remind Labour: if you get into power and simply perpetuate these inequalities you too will be a one-term government. Centrism only benefits the wealthy.

Honestly, it's expected to make a bunch of people unemployed, destroy our data sovereignty, send more money overseas, and expose us to spiralling costs. It's not expected to "save the depleted public sector" by anyone who isn't completely entranced by big tech snakeoil. #nzpol

the leader of the party you have inexplicably chosen to represent has made it abundantly clear that there will be no wholesale reversals of the current regime's raft of policies which have effectively disenfranchised all but the privileged in this country. this is collaboration, not opposition.

Vote Green 💚💚💚💚💚💚 #NZPol

Labour ‘we are clear NZ is nuclear free’ Also Labour ‘we’d have to look into rules about rushing through legislation & urgency, we haven’t thought about it’. Reaffirmed the easy status quo bit, kicking the tyres on the important stuff. & they want my vote

NO NUCLEAR SUBMARINES IN NZ WATERS! 1. I don't think we should be sucking up to the US as its currently spiraling into fascism. 2. If war were to break out having nuclear submarines here puts a target on our back. 3. Being against nuclear weapons is good actually.

"it's difficult to find the money to be able to reverse stuff." okay... so Labour can't commit to reversing the billions in tax cuts to landlords, billions in pay equity cuts for women, billions in cuts to the public sector (and their workers), because it's difficult? bullshit #nzpol

Fuck you Labour. You really are a bunch of spineless, centrist libs. In some ways I hate you more than blatant right-wingers, because you dupe normie progressives into voting for you, thinking that you will actually make positive change.

Ok let's We have no experience, no infrastructure and no idea how to build or manage a nuclear power station UK, a country that does, using French builders who have the world's most experience are spending $80bn+ on one and it has decades of delays So yeah it's fucking stupid #nzpol

If you have not yet signed the call to regulate AI in NZ, please do. #nzpol

The government is aware. They and their donors want to ruin lives and kill people. Specific, known demographics of people. None of this is an accident: this is social-murder to order. #nzpol

Fucking dystopic. An Australian system similar to this "made victims feel like criminals and caused suicides" But this government couldn't give a fuck. The minister is too busy rorting the taxpayers of $1000 per week to live in her own home. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

She is in the category of politician "demonic entity that feeds on human suffering and death". I wish nothing but the worst for her and those like her.

We talk a lot about how Erica Stanford and Nicola Willis damage the country with their harmful law changes. But not enough of that energy for Louise Upston. She is the Paula Benefit 2.0, as she makes the lives of the unemployed and disabled worse, all to scrounge a few pennies for Nicola #nzpol

“it’s not us doing eugenics and social murder, it’s the machine!”

No trialing, no safeguards, gov just forcing more of their AI hellscape onto the bottom feeders. #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/29/5...

WTF! As someone on supported living this is super fucking scary. AI should not be anywhere near decision making, especially on anything to do with welfare

'"People died in Australia because of automated systems that ruined people's lives and made mistakes, put people into debt," [Greens MP Ricardo] Menéndez March said. It was "extremely concerning" that the bill was being passed without consultation or scrutiny, he said.' #NzPol

How come there is always money for landlords? #NZPol

We really are doomed as a species, with most govts around the world doing fuck-all to cut back on fossil-fuels in order to mitigate the coming climate disaster. Our country could be one that is leading efforts and serving as a role model, but no, this govt would rather look after thier rich mates.

In ‘Clean Green New Zealand’, the government has just scrapped the Ministry for the Environment. A shameful abandonment of our values as a nation. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

Israel is an evil terror state. It needs to be made a pariah of the world like any other state that commits these kind of atrocities and ignores international law. Defund, sanction, and cut off all diplomatic ties. P.S. the activists were ABDUCTED, not arrested. They were in international waters!

"Luxon's Govt keeps saying there's 'no magic money tree' for basic public services and child poverty - but there is one for landlord tax cuts and new military spending?" - Chlöe Swarbrick @greens.org.nz 27 May #nzpol

NZ First wrote their definitions bill after anti-trans hate group SUFW showed them a petition demanding such a bill. They gathered 2,245 signatures in 4 months This petition *against* the bill just surpassed that in less than 4 hours ❤️ Please stand with us our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...