Voter suppression from the right. We putting up with this shit NZ?

It's Trumpism, pure 'n simple.

Luxon is a disgrace. Smearing our electoral system.. Easy win if @chrishipkins.bsky.social and Labour fight this one and vow to oppose and overturn this electoral corruption. #nzpol

... but, as usual with these Profiles in Parliamentary Cowardice, they always talk mighty tough when they know their targets are gagged from clapping back in kind. Loathsome. #nzpol 2/2

I get beyond angry listening to politicians shit on election workers whose one job is the execution of black letter election law with the budget and resources given to them by, guess who? POLITICIANS. ANd to add insult to injury? Luxon knows this crap isn't only untrue.... #nzpol 1/2

A law change needs to be justified. Where is the justification here? They mooted it; the experts said that's nonsense: that should be the end of it.

Because Luxon and his blue suited noddies are happy to try any technique to retain power even corrupting NZ’s respected independent electoral system. #nzpol

We should be grateful that we have a democracy with a genuinely independent Electoral Commission. But, be assured, if overt gerrymandering can't occur, bet your bottom dollar shifting the boundaries will be sought.

55,000 is just a few thousand shy of an entire electorate. An entire electorate being disenfranchised.

So, why is Parliament proceeding with this? Oh, maybe disenfranchisement suits some parties more than others? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

He says so many things with no basis I think.

"We must be the slowest folk on the planet." And perhaps the slowest government in recognising the state of Palestine. Just sayin'.

Also, this claim: "Go look at other Western economies around the world and how fast they count their vote. We must be the slowest folk on the planet." Australia - voting day 3 May and final results 12 June (37 days) NZ - voting day 14 Oct and final results 9 November (26 days)

I put in an OIA request for all information Luxon's office has regarding vote counting/certification times. Also asked for correspondence he's received about from NZers, since he keeps talking that. Let's see if he's just talking out of his ass...

Oh my. I read the article the quote was taken from, and... he thinks that disenfranchising voters will make things *quicker* to count? He's dreaming. #nzpol

The Council has made a submission to the 2026 Review of Parliament's Standing Orders. We recommend Parliament employ officials to analyse submissions, restrictions on use of urgency, and other measures to strengthen and safeguard our democracy. nzccl.org.nz/submission-r...

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it. Yes, they might. And he should wear it as a badge of honour. Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet. Where's the hazard in that?

Willis is now embattled. www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...

I can feel it in my bones

Would this be embattled yet @foxylustygrover.bsky.social ?

He's been "comfortable" with that behaviour from others in his cabinet so we should expect zero consequences.

'The Crown Entities Act 2004 and Cabinet Manual say ministers “may not direct an independent Crown entity to have regard to government policy unless specifically provided for in an act”.' So Luxon has breached the Cabinet Manual. What are the consequences, usually? #nzpol

#rantsandreckons 🤓 “Christopher Luxon urged to 'take much more care' with comments after laying down expectations for Electoral Commission” www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

A Prime Minister attacking the electoral commission is *surely* getting into Governor General territory 😅

And call out their unacceptable bullshit, make them accountable. Brave and powerful. Go you.

Yay. You are awesome. Brave. Strong. Thank you for showing up

Thank you for calling this out offline, where it’s much harder for people to ignore the gravity of it. Kia kaha!!

You should never had needed to do this, but well done

What a disgusting person! I admire your strength and conviction

What do you do when the man who said you should have "the living shit beaten out of you" keeps sitting in the front row of candidate events? You make him meet your eye. You make him listen to the gasps of outrage when you say his words outloud. You make him listen to the applause you get.

Louise's courage in the face of limitless bullshit blows my mind. They're SUCH an asset to our city. No one should have to put up with this sort of abuse and intimidation for doing their job. Marginalised people face too much of this, and the result is white straight old representatives.

#nzpol 🎯💯

#nzpol Don't let them get away with this BS. It's an attack on young voters, and as they're the ones inheriting this goddam mess we've made, they must be given the fullest opportunities to register and vote.

“The vote counting is too slow” is straight from the Authoritarian play book, it’s a pillar of the voter suppression strategy, make it hard to enrol, make it hard to vote, make it so not all the votes are counted…

That same group of rich people then set up privatised replacements for services that were the victim of austerity, charging way more than we would have paid in tax for them. It's a wealth transfer

If we tax the super rich we can easily afford all of it...

Yes. We look with envy at countries like the Scandinavian bloc, with their clean streets, functioning public services, top-class education and citizen-centred policies. But we completely fail to recognise that, to get there, we need to pay enough taxes to make it happen.

It's a simple fact that removing money from the economy shrinks it. Austerity doesn't work.

It's not the ones that shout the loudest I worry about, it's who is whispering in their ears.

The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...

4. We pay again and again for a failure to raise taxes. It’s a false economy, for which we suffer in multiple ways. Fair Taxation Saves Us Money.

They've lost the 9yos

Exactly. These are investments not costs.

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

#nzpol Do we have to do this all the time? beehive.govt.nz/release/20-mil… It’s not new funding. “the initiative will be funded from Health New Zealand’s baseline”. So it’s actually being cut from somewhere else. We already underfunded the health system at the Budget. This is a further cut

A timely question! Here are a few useful resources for figuring out where candidates stand on the issues... Bike AKL: www.bikeauckland.org.nz/campaigns/bi... Gen Zero: localelections.nz Policy NZ: policy.nz/2025

We currently have people running for local community boards who are promising to cut costs and keep rates low. Community boards have minimal decision making powers and have absolutely no input on rates.

I watched 1/2 of Jacinda Ardern talking to Jon Stewart and the contrast with her and the current stumblebum arseholes was too much. Jesus these fascist wannabes.

If you want an indication of how massively blinkered this NZ Government is with regards to maintaining the status quo at all costs - Here's a govt report on solutions to the massive revenue shortfall in AoNZ, but: -no mention of wealth tax -no mention of CGT... #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...