Hamilton's Garden Place was chockablock with SIX unions attending. #strike

'Roche said the rate of inflation was only one way of measuring a deal. "It's very difficult to always keep pace with inflation."' Somehow the Remuneration Authority manages it for MPs though. How much are ya paid, Roche? Struggled with any bills lately? #nzpol

James Meager is a real piece of shit. He was mendacious about TPB submissions (as chair of that Select Committee he tried to dump hundreds of thousands of submissions and then lied about it). Now he wants to dump one of the only ways for the public to weigh in.

#nzpol 💪👏❤️ #Oct23Strike #NZMegaStrike I support everyone striking today! Kia kaha! Aotearoa Steadfast.

I dont object to people being wealthy, owning a $10m holiday home I object top them abusing their wealth so they contribute less I object to them abusing their power so they get an ever larger slice rather than helping everyone else The rest of us dont pull this kind of bs #nzpol

this should surprise absolutely no one at all. But will be said regardless. At volume.

You found $$$ for roads, tobacco industry, landlords, cancelling ferries, piddly tax cuts. You cut a bunch of so-called 'back room' jobs that supported doctors, nurses, & teachers to do their work. You froze hiring & refused to employ nurses You outsourced curriculum development to AI and Aus.

Tautoko. #nzpol "I would rather have a smaller road on my way to a high-class hospital." 🎯

Well i mean, yeah. #nzpol Tens of billions for roads. Pennies for health, education, disability, police and other public services

Liberals think that leftists are too harsh on Labour. Disregarding the fact that the biggest betrayals in NZs parliamentary history came from Labour. Neoliberalism and Foreshore and Seabed. If you were working class Māori you got betrayed twice. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice.. #nzpol

@foxylustygrover.bsky.social - just discovered a real kids book that has a main character that sounds familiar. Captain Sneer - a boastful pirate who thinks he is rough and tough and brave and bold but, in true pantomime fashion, his crew - and the reader - know otherwise!

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608... Judith Collins aka 'Crusher' is back... 🤦‍♀️ #NzPol #Cartoon #Caricature #PoliticalCartoon #Strike #Action

No money for teachers. No money for nurses. No money for doctors. No money for firefighters. But $3 billion for roads roads roads roads roads roads roads roads roads. Priorities are fucked bro…They have no shame. #nzpol wellington.scoop.co.nz?p=175029

Another outstanding blog by Emily Writes and the people she commissions. This, this, this - all of this from our CoC arse wipes #BHN #1TermGovt #NZPol... www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-governme...

Wait! Holup some! Its almost like *we dont use much power overnight* And solar provides power at the times we need it!?! What the fuck?

Everyone’s pay and benefit should go up as much as MPs. #nzpol

*This* is our grid on renewable power ~$1.50 per MWh 98% renewable Its only when we throw in fossil fuels it gets expensive The energy cartel keep fossil fuels in the mix on purpose This is a *political* problem and one we could solve easily #Nzpol

Govt says it can't afford to fund health and education properly but found $200m to subsidise fossil fuel cos, $200m for tobacco cos, $2 billion for five new US war helicopters, $3 billion for landlord tax cuts; $1 billion subsidies to dairy cos via ETS etc

The Guardian is reporting that since Israel and Hamas signed the ceasefire and full hostage exchange agreement, Israel has violated the ceasefire 47 times, killed 38 Palestinians, and wounded another 143 more. Meanwhile Hamas has released all remaining hostages. It Was Never About The Hostages.

If we are so collectively rich as a nation, why does the government insist we're too poor to pay for anything? I reckon true Better Economic Managers™️ would be able to figure out a way to leverage this wealth to pay for things. 🤔 #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...

This is probably my most personal and vulnerable article I've ever written, but I feel it is an important one. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/kaimataa...

#ChristopherLuxon's govt has denied #Palestinians visas & passage to #NZ. #EricaStanford lied to NZ public about her ability to get Palestinians here. NZ Palestinians are fighting to get their family members out of the illegally occupied country. SHAME on you Stanford/Luxon. SHAME. #nzpol

If/when Collins gets interviewed next she should be asked where she gets the fucking gall. Honestly, writing 'an open letter to the NZ public' about ongoing employment negotiations accusing the *other* party of playing politics and being dishonest about the cited example.

Another great thread from Musical Chairs @clrenney.bsky.social @patbrittenden.bsky.social @chewienz.bsky.social #BHN #1TermGovt

This just in: politician complains about things being political

Half this country’s problems can be solved with increased public spending and running things publicly but we have a stingy af povvo govt that only wants to line the pockets of their mates.

So our entitled PM Luxon is on roughly 500k with so many incentives and allowances. Code Brown has stated that the senior doctors are paid 325k The doctors work a 1000x harder than the entitled one and deserve more. I have more respect for our doctors than Luxon #nzpol

@patbrittenden.bsky.social It’s not Gary Payinda but it’s eloquent and perfect

My thoughts on the latest shameless attack from our health minister #nzpol

I'm a materialist instead of an idealist, so I believe in “I am, therefore I think” instead of “I think, therefore I am.” I therefore believe René was putting Descartes before the horse. #philosophyjokes

Even saying "two executives" appears to be generous. It's 1.32FTE so it's one executive (King) and a part-timer doing about 1.5 days a week.

If Luxon is rolled who will mediocre white people have to look up to?

“When it comes to the almost 2,000 Palestinians who were released by Israel as part of the deal… there has been silence from much of our mainstream media.” Read five stories about Palestinian hostages released from Israeli detention following the Gaza ceasefire agreement: zeteo.com/p/five-pales...

This, all of this from Emily Writes about our MSM coverage of the genocide in Palestine. Fantastic piece, thank you Emily 🙏🍉 www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-media-li...

Apoplectic Entitlement (episode 1) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NmM...

🚨 Nurses, doctors, teachers listen up 🚨There isn’t a bottomless well of taxpayer money!! Unless you are a landlord, big tobacco or big oil. I talk more about this over at my substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/luxon-tell...

And get them at least 3 years later than the $550m ones

Sorry, I'll see myself out

www.instagram.com/p/DPxKMcVEsx... #nzpol

He's not wrong #nzpol

Wero. Here’s a little wero or challenge. Before you leave the house, place your feet firmly on the whenua, take a big breath in, hold it, then do the biggest sigh. Then do it again. With each breath, let go of some of the little worries you have, and then leave the house with a clear mind. 🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

Nicola Willis promised affordable tax cuts and zero borrowings - OR she would resign. Instead, Willis borrowed $12,000 million i.e. $12 billion & has created another $8 billion hole in the budget. She's now down $20 billion and counting #nzpol #kiwi

I remember when asset sales were gonna lead to mum and dad shareholders and now we just have mum and dad paying $500 power bills in the winter. The right wing ideology is a scam. It’s a pyramid scheme. It’s useless. It improves nothing.

🔽🔽🔽Emergency media release 🔽🔽🔽 The F&E select committee reported back yesterday. 98.7% of 166k submissions against the Regulatory Standards Bill. But the Govt is going ahead. "This is an attempted constitutional coup d'état by other means." - Paul Thistoll www.rightsaotearoa.nz/media-releas...

Wake up

youtu.be/h-yjkAXxnMA so accurate. I'm so impressed. #nzpol

Some quiet reading for Simeon Brown.