Someone uploaded a full video on IG (hat tip @toddfishernz) of Chappell Roan talking about feeling happy to see Pride stuff in AoNZ and the shit going down in the US. #thehorrors adjacent.

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We keep hearing about green shoots, but there is a big gap between business survey vibes and actual data... The numbers keeps on saying 'nah'. Note that credit card spending is at an all time high as a % of card transactions but still trending down. Image 2 zooms in. Image 3 is rolling annual.

the comments on the Aotearoa news stories on the murder of Alex Pretti. I think we need to be very aware that there is a sizeable chunk of our population who would *love* to be part of a similar Waffle SS here - and a few of our currently selected govt who would happily facilitate it. #nzpol

My wife has gotten hooked on The Traitors and has binged several series now. Our main take away is that even very well educated people *really* don't understand what "evidence" is.

Still leading the way #nzpol #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I hope at least everyone can clearly see why the struggle to end fossil fuels is the struggle for democracy and self determination is the struggle against inequality is the struggle against Imperialism is the struggle for a liveable planet is the struggle against fascism etc

A different kind of leadership… #nzpol

I am 67 years old. My sis just 18 months younger. I have just discovered she doesn't like "wet cake".

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Great line in Attica Locke's Bluebird Bluebird: "In the wake of Obama, America had told on itself."

ACT trying so hard to be racist, they misspelled their own name... #nzpol

First iteration of Xmas chocolate and fruit mince brownies a success! #kikorangi

Ian Wishart whining on FB. Ya love to see it

Sometimes the world just seems like a hopeless shitshow ...then you see something like this... www.facebook.com/share/1KpQ2m... #kikoranngi

Local schools doing kapa haka in the park today. Tino Rangatiratanga flags everywhere. Ya love to see it. #nzpol

For anyone still on FB, the ratio on this is hilarious #nzpol

Aw...Jimmy Cliff

You might have seen National propaganda on how much kiwis are saving on mortgage payments. So, quick reality check, and a little explainer... The actual average interest rate on *all* NZ mortgages moves slowly - in large part because most of us plucky mortgagors are on fixed rate deals [🧵1/n]

If David Seymour and his Atlas Network cronies support propriety rights and the rule of law, they will immediately put their support behind Ngāi Tahu in this. Unless they only care about stealing land, rather than protecting it 🤔 #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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“There is a commonly-accepted notion in Aotearoa-New Zealand politics that the Greens are radical. They are often viewed and portrayed as ideologically-obsessed with the environment to the exclusion of anything else—a bunch of tree huggers.” #nzpol weareunderused.substack.com/p/greens-maj...

Puberty blockers are safe and proven - the THIRD PARAGRAPH acknowledges that children WILL still be prescribed them, just not if they're trans This is an attack on trans children, full stop This government does not care about children, full stop

The wee school at which we have a small contract added their name to the list reaffirming their commitment to Te Tiriti. We were already proud to be associated. Even prouderer.

Worth a crack petitions.parliament.nz/00f79132-6f6... #nzpol

Who has the best take on the TPM issues? #nzpol

The new Social studies curriculum is atrocious in general, but I just want to shine a spotlight on the explicit retreading of literal Nazi propaganda that is woven through the year 10 content! Buckle up this shit is shocking!

1/2 Jack DeJohnette died Oct 26, our yesterday, probably. I came to Jack through ECM - Pat Metheny and Lester Bowie and Charlie Haden. In many ways I worked backwards from there to learn Jack shared stages with Sun Ra, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Coltrane, and - for me the greatest

An intriguing take on the libertarian philosophers who run the NZ branch of the Atlas Network www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

If you can, please donate and/or share. #nzpol Support Resene Paints Workers to Win a Living Wage All funds raised will go directly towards supporting the workers and the campaign to ensure Resene Paint pays the Living Wage. givealittle.co.nz/cause/suppor...

I'm gonna try to articulate something I've been thinking about for a while, regarding *why* disillusionment, distrust, & dissatisfaction with democracy are rising. Almost everything I read takes this phenomenon as an exogenous shock, assuming no one chose to make it so. I suspect that's incomplete.

Have youse caught up with this MAGANZ nonsense? www.facebook.com/share/p/17NJ... #nzpol

Gordon Campbell On New Zealand’s Willing Submission To The Pentagon’s Command And Control #nzpol

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Just to clarify my position. Ryan Bridges must be sacked. "here's a chick who..." A fucking woman you Hosking wannabe amateur misogynist hack. The whole interview was a disgrace, but even teenagers know this isn't how you speak these days if you want to be respected.

Is this is an attempt to look Strong and Dynamic by Luxon/National for their donor demographics... ......that's being squeaked out on a Sunday because they want to appeal to people through cruelty, but also don't want to get into trouble for it? #nzpol I don't think Luxon feels very safe. Good.

Shades of the ferries and Dunedin hospital and the polytechs. Scrap the existing programme without warning or planning, create an expensive muddle, then replace it with something less good and more expensive. All for the sake of ideology. #nzpol

Simeon Brown's fuckery stinks of ACT, Atlas and other neo-lib billionaire building BS. IF YOU LIVE IN OR AROUND HOWICK, HE IS OFTEN FOUND AT THE HOWICK MARKET ON SATURDAYS. LET HIM KNOW THAT HIS BS STINKS, AND WE WILL BR VOTING HIM OUT NEXT YEAR. #Auckland #nzpol #healthcare #CoC #toitutetiriti

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.

Ray has accused @ponekeben.bsky.social, @andrewlittlenz.bsky.social and Labour for leaking this email and giving it to media. Let me make this very clear, they had no part in this. Ray wrote the defamatory email, it was passed to me, and I very willingly gave it to media. End of story. #nzpol

Senior doctor warns Christchurch Hospital could face ‘catastrophic failure’ www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchu...

Marama Davidson described the data as "bleak" and said it showed deep wealth inequality that had left some people unable to afford the basics of a decent life, "and feeling less and less trust in the system to actually care for and represent them". #nzpol

"principals were asked to implement changes to the curriculum and deliver these changes at an unreasonable and exhausting pace - over three months instead of a more usual timeframe of about three years. "This made our workloads unsustainable and caused burnout in our profession," #nzpol

Second this: 1. Colonial theatre (Nasia is nice; I’d say ‘bloviated navel-gazing’) 2. Anti-colonial solidarity ✊🏽 3. Palestinian sovereignty beyond Western permission.

Watched "Tinā" today. Made me cry. #kikorangi

Spot the difference. (Feat. quotes from Stuart Nash, formerly Labour Min of Police, Min for Oceans and Fisheries, Min of Tourism and Hospitality, Min of Forestry, now good friend of NZ First. No intro needed for the other fellow quoted) My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #USA #Trump