Do we know these numbers for #nzpol?

The NZ government making people in social housing pay more rent will not be about saving money and creating better ‘efficiency’. It would be the result of polling that showed those in social housing wouldn’t vote National anyway, but those who WOULD like the idea the poor should be punished.

The only fact that matters is that you can be born full of hate and be an MP in National, act or NZ Fist. No facts. Only hate with this vile govt.

I’d say Seymour, Peters & Luxon are held to low or no standards at all. They get to misinform, about face, lie about it, spread hate &social division, be racist, misogynistic and have their reckons regurgitated by the media as if they’re reasonable decent men. They represent the worse of us. #nzpol

Don't forget, we're all in the same boat #nzpol

This country had a smaller tax base in the past, so how did we build hospitals, rail, roads and bridges and at the same time have world class education and healthcare? We taxed the wealthy hard. They were still wealthy, and society was better off.

Good morning and happy Thursday to everyone. Your periodic reminder that the Trump DOJ and FBI know the names of everyone who raped children on Epstein's island and refuse to prosecute any of them. Do not stop talking about Epstein.

For those just tuning in, the Iranian military, which has been totally destroyed on several occasions, is exchanging fire with the US military, which is not at war

Toxic bullshitters everywhere are celebrating a win. Prepare yourself for extreme levels of unchallenged right wing propaganda masquerading as news (as seen in the USA). That's their plan. Facilitating dishonesty and promoting unchallenged fake news (just like the USA).💩 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

It's wearying.

But neoliberal economics is running out of room. It doesn't have the tools to manage the stuff we're facing - from climate change to resource shortages - and by creating a underclass it's destabilising itself. Which is why the right is becoming increasingly fascist. They're scared of the proles.

The internet is really slow / broken, petrol prices are through the roof, inflation is shit & about to get real bad, 99% are struggling.. And yet the govt isn't run by the Socialists - I thought this was the socialist hell that all the FB trolls warned us about, turns out it's capitalism

I went to the hardware shop to buy bolt cutters today. They had a chain through them with a padlock on the display stand. The irony has been tickling me ever since.

A useful piece, reminding us how NZ’s government has consistently failed to respect the judgments of the courts, and opted to legislate away the decisions they don’t like. thejackalman.blogspot.com/2026/04/luxo...

After the White House complained about an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt, it was removed from AFP and Getty’s systems. This is the photo in question. Please do not repost it. 👇

Post from mileswildermusic reads: "Some of y'all will never understand the grief of just how close we truly have been for the last 70 years to solving some of the biggest problems in the world and then just consistently choosing to prioritize the very special little feelings of the worst among us...

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*gasps* That. From John Waters. I would spontaneously combust if he said that about me.

Iran: so we have renamed it the straight of Trump. But Donnie you still can’t go there.

I’ve just joined Internet NZ so I can vote at their AGM and deflect a strategised right wing effort to take the organisation over. I encourage you to do the same. Small individual daily actions are needed, we must rescue ourselves from this US driven right wing onslaught in New Zealand.

The Epstein files are the foundation. The War is just lipstick.

I’d like to propose a total ban on red hats at all immigration entry points to New Zealand.

Thoughts and prayers to Judith Collins at this difficult time #nzpol

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

This is a "papers please" "English is the official language" "eat slop and be grateful" "disappear the unhoused" "women are second class" "don't learn real history" "local FBI office" government and we really cannot afford to be smug about other countries' slide to open fascism, Aotearoa

𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 own the food. 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 own the water. 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 own the homes. 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 own the the media. 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 own the the politicians. 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 own the President. 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗠!

One problem with this National, ACT & NZ First government is that they penny pinch on millions for school lunches or welfare, but happily spend billions on inconsequential tax cuts for individuals, massive tax cuts for landlords, or roads #nzpol

Banning social media is meaningless when school tech shares data with social media companies and third parties So a child reaches 16 and already has an entire shadow profile ready for them, not to mention what is known to HR systems and advertisers. Good tech journalism would say this

Release the Trump files and hold the Epstein administration to account

The important thing to remember is that feijoa season will be upon us soon

Under the previous govt the Wellington harbour would have 2 new purpose built ferries by now. Under luxon the Wellington harbour just has poo in it.

Why is New Zealand’s government making a song and dance about getting fast election results? They simply do not act in good faith

FFS Hipkins, just say you'll cancel the gas project no matter what. Don't use IRex to take some illusory moral high ground. Just take a strong 'we'll cancel it' position now, and no company will sign a contract until after the election. Yet again he snatches defeat from the jaws of victory #nzpol

Your gentle reminder that there are ZERO transgender people in the Epstein files.

My wife and I were on a beach in the Wellington area and found this at a car park, in the grass. It is approximately the size of a person's hand,made of bone, and intricately carved. I've masked the lower half,as only the legitimate owner will be able to fully describe it. Please share this...(1)

Want to see something no one's ever seen before? (barring 160~ people who watched it live a few minutes ago)

Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza. This is textbook censorship of the highest degree

I think the All Blacks should cancel their planned game in the US.

Look. What I say to you is this: Yay! Maori! Great job! What I say to my supporters is this: Boo! Maori! Go get a job! What I do in Parliament: Work with racists and fascists to destroy Te Tiriti, te reo and Maori jobs. Yay! #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Do you remember when John Key spent 26 million dollars trying to change the New Zealand flag. Then we have Winnie saying the $222M breakage fee was "reasonable" when breaking the iREX Ferry contract. And it costs $3M PA for WHO🤦 Please vote these loonies out #nzpol

🇳🇿 #nzpol with Winston Peters courting Nirgel Farage and Reform, we cannot be complacent. ACT is the type of libertarian which is ’freedom for me but not for thee’, Luxon as we know is incompetent and all about his ego not about service to his country.

Remember, everything the Administration is doing is to distract us from the Trump-Epstein Files cover-up.

A joke for the history buffs.

Please don't share this photo.

The USA has got most of the world worrying about blood on their shoelaces, while it gleefully amputates our legs above the knee.