The 2025/26 Living Wage rate is $28.95. It’s an hourly rate. Set apart from the minimum wage, it’s worker & whānau focused. The Living Wage considers basic expenses, & gives breathing room for rest, activities, or saving for a rainy day. It’s good for collective wellbeing, & our economy. #nzpol

If you’re a #BOTY fan (Bird Of The Year NZ), I have SO MANY THINGS you might like, all designed by yours truly x pepperraccoon.com #NZ #Kikorangi There might be a sneaky peek of a few new things to come soon here 👀

Six months on from Orr's resignation as Reserve Bank Governor, the true story is trickling out and the bank's official information team is not fully staffed.

I mark September 21 as the first day of fall. Stephen King’s birthday > actual autumnal equinox. Happy #78 to the first of my heroes.

The New Zealand government’s underfunding of healthcare is killing people everyday & Doctors are saying it everyday and being largely ignored. Privatisation will make this situation worse. #nzpol

Come hang out with @detectiverogers.bsky.social and I as we go through news from over the weekend and around the world. As always we have palate clensers and good news throughout #nzpol

The easiest way to remember my bday 🤣

Hey, fellow Caucasian folks… super mad about Kimmel huh, yeah that sucks… did you know that POC in Mississippi are being lynched, or that more than 320,000 Black women have lost their jobs, or they are STILL snatching folks off the street, and yeah really sucks about your TV show and that rich guy

Had a realisation yesterday that Trump really is the H'tler from Wish But in all seriousness this shit is scary and it's giving WWIII inbound. #uspol

I dressed up as the non-binary flag for @benjamin-doyle.greens.org.nz valedictory speech in parliament. I made the fatal mistake of not taking tissues and has to dry my tears with my dinosaur dress 🤣 I'm sad and angry but also more determined to be visible and vocal! #BHN #nzpol #rekindled

Another Monday another #BHN pre-show! @detectiverogers.bsky.social has gone news mad with 5 pages of notes and links 👀 Gonna be an interesting night! #nzpol www.youtube.com/live/Qz_gqsr...

The horribly lewd rumours are definitely a form of sexual harassment. That should be further reason to get Ray out of the council. #nzpol

This is gonna be reusable for a while 😅 #uspol

I can't wait to get back into our library and civic Square!!!

it really is astonishing how quickly it goes from “civil war” and “blood in the streets” to “wow guys it’s just a sad tragedy” when it becomes inconvenient

We must not posthumously sanitize Charlie Kirk's hateful life www.advocate.com/voices/charl...

Excited for our first ever gaming livestream! The world is heavy so some childhood nostalgia will be a nice change. You can watch @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social at 2pm playing #Borderlands4 and us at 5pm! We might even play games with the chat 👀

Gonna be an interesting one tonight! Also, as a heads up: we will not be featuring memes of Charlie Kirk tonight in the meme PDF. Not worth the YT gods smiting us. @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social #nzpol #BHN www.youtube.com/watch?v=nILw...

“He has children” where is this level of care when it’s happening TO children?

No one is safe from gun violence in America. We do not have to keep living like this. Instead of inciting more violence, our political leaders should use this moment to unite us around common sense gun reforms that a majority of Americans support.

For those who wanted to hear my opinons on the resignation of Benjamin Doyle come join! #nzpol

The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.

I don't celebrate father's day but damn was my father's day 2for1 burger good tonight! Spent the night watching a terrible movie with friends 🥰

Some bridges are rotten and only likely to infect you. Some bridges don't uplift everyone fairly. We shouldn't stay silent when we see inequity or just plain bullying by ego trippers. #nzpol #LBE2025

I think there are a few lessons here for the good people of Melbourne. Fascists must be met with organised community strength and resistance. The police are not going to do it for you www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XhN...

Their social media team are trying. They're failing, but the don't have much to work with tbf 😅 #nzpol #onetermgovt #onetermgovernment #meme

What she said!

Hey you! Yeah you. Now I have your attention here's a friendly reminder to sign the greens petition to restore passenger rail! Imagine how much cheaper it would be to take a train from Wellington to Auckland compared to the Intercity bus 👀😅 #nzpol #trains action.greens.org.nz/restore_rail

#AoNZpol #NZpol Here's Jordan Williams of #AtlasNetwork org NZ Taxpayers Union pitching to #AtlasNetwork's investors, and running the dodgy anti-Maori anti-environment campaign which brought down Jacinda Ardern over a public interest policy program to benefit NZ, not AtlasNetwork's investors.

While serving as mayor has been the greatest privilege of my life, I am looking forward to focussing on outcomes for mana whenua. But I’m also looking forward to standing up to bullies and harassers. The shackles are off and I refuse to be silent. Let’s fight back together.

Timeline 1. Cancelled 3waters, which caused rates to skyrocket 2. Blamed the councils 3. Introduced something MORE expensive 👍

Love that Erica Stanford had about 4 days as Education Minister in July when everyone was like "Oh shes actually doing ok, she should be leader" and then since then has just crashed and burned over somthing different every week 😂😂

Had a great time in the #BHN discord voice chat tonight! Was great to chat to new people in the discord 😁 I love being immersed in our community. Got inspired to make a meme of @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social for next week's PDF 😅

I can sense some foo-fooing in my future with this one 😅

Good to see where our Prime Ministers priorities are 🙄 First the PR tour he did with Albanese while still not recognizing the state of Palestine. Now it's inviting Tswift while still not recognizing the state of Palestine. A state that are officially experiencing FAMINE! #onetermgovt #nzpol

Our access to alcohol is being made easier, while our access to healthcare is being made more difficult.💩🥚 Can anybody see a problem here?🤔 #EndProhibition #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

We're having a kōrero with @misswhanau.bsky.social tomorrow all about Māori Wards. Is there something about Māori Wards that you don't know about or understand? Together we'll learn what Māori Wards are and why you should vote KEEP! #LBE2025 #nzpol

How many of these 126 will get added to the social welfare system. And when they are on social welfare, this government will villify them for it

Its a bit shit that the government is corrupted by alcohol, tobacco, fossil fuels and mining industries. I would have preferred the renewable energy and EV industries myself. #nzpol

You bet!! 🙌

There's still time to come hang before speeches start! Come experience the awesome venue that is Te Auaha. You might not get many chances if it isn't saved! #LBE2025 #nzpol

Im so excited for this! Im sad we only have Tory as Mayor for 5 more weeks. BUT she will be amazing in the Māori ward position. A position which were all voting KEEP to Māori Wards aren't we whānau ❤️🤍🖤 #LBE2025 #LG2025 #nzpol

Imagine a world where local councils owned supermarkets as another revenue stream. The profits made would actively help the community who spends said money. #nzpol

Your moment of cronch at the trash panda paddle pool

Winston Peters extremely defensive about mention of the $300 million favour NZ First did for Philip Morris, on the taxpayers' dime. Remember: NZ First only added smoke free repeal to their policies after early voting started in 23 & leaked doc show WP target of tobacco lobbying. #nzpol #kiwi

Te Auaha is the place to be this Thursday night!!! All the cool people will be there, hopefully I'll see some of you there! #LBE2025 #nzpol