Anyone else catch Seymour stating on Breakfast this morning that we don’t need a new tax because the government has more money than most? The same government that tells us it has no money for anything that isn’t a road. 🤦‍♂️ #nzpol

From The Detail: An expert in water-sensitive design urges us to think harder about what lies beneath our feet.

Govt to cut #JobSeeker benefit for 18 & 19 year olds who’s parents earn over $65,000, even if the teens have a disability or health condition. With #CostOfLiving & the job shortage they’re cranking up stress levels to 11, all to meet a target. My #cartoon today about hard-nosed #NZpol

Yip, sign. Yip, email your MP, Winston Peters, the PM It feels futile but we've got to be constantly telling them this is what matters to us.

In the UK, the clueless Tory Govt tried to cut spending from 2011 to reduce debt. That backfired - economists often miss that Govt spending adds to the tax base. This created the conditions for the rise of the far right. But, that's another story (it's where we're heading) . (Ends)

Successful social housing and good design. Wish this government would be inspired by how well Kainga Ora and architects can do when enabled. 236 flats replacing 50 houses. We need more of this.

Luxon Govt stopped or blocked four key structural projects which would reduce fossil gas dependence: NZ Battery Project, Gas Transition Plan, Govt Investment in Decarbonising Industry, and Offshore Wind.

Fixed.

“Even the most skilled school leader is constrained by the ongoing failure of the state to address the deep inequity in our education system. New Zealand ranks 33rd out of 38 developed countries for its overall equality in education.” — Rebecca Macfie, author of ‘Hope and Hardship’.

Biography by Kelly Ana Morey, published today on Reading Room. newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/06/s...

Health NZ has been ordered to apologise after the Ombudsman found it acted unreasonably and unlawfully in withholding data that shows more than a third of all public hospital shifts last year were understaffed. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

There’s still time to submit on the Local Government (System Improvements) Amendment Bill. You have until 11:59pm on Wednesday the 27th of August. #nzpol www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

Well this is just bloody silly … Chloe S “named” in the House meaning that she has been suspended from being an MP for a day … takes matters up a notch.

Courtesy of Shamubeel Eaqub, Chief Economist at Simplicity... 74,000 jobs gone. SEVENTYFOUR THOUSAND JOBS!!!! This government is destroying AoNZ simplicity.kiwi/learn/resear... #NZPol

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

Local elections in NZ are a democratic mess. 78 councils, no central info, run by private companies. I’ve compiled every 2025 local govt candidate (including their affiliation) into one searchable tool - because someone had to. #nzpol theprogressreport.co.nz/local-candid...

Yip, one of the best places to shop. I'm a fan of Yogiji's in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Go to for pulses, vege, rice and spices. We also shop at Piko, Bin Inn, and a big vege store (Growers Market usually). Avoid the big supermarkets as much as we can.

Five people a day become homeless in Ōtautahi. It can happen to anyone. It can happen to you. Case in point. Employed full time, can afford $650 a week in rent, still ends up homeless. Our social contract is broken.

Has anyone seen similar data for Aotearoa NZ?

“This is the most rejected, reviled, and opposed bill in the history of our government.” — Tina Ngata on the Regulatory Standards Bill.

“Vaping has become so widespread that New Zealand now has more daily nicotine users than it did five years ago. In fact, 86,000 more people are regularly consuming nicotine than in 2018. In places like Wairoa, vaping is embedded in everyday life.” — Fred Christensen.

A preview of Word Chch www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

On target criticisms by a former National Party MP and current journalist. Luxon silences and deflects. That's his style. IMHO it's like Peters' style of flamboyant attack, and Seymour's as deliberately inflammable. None of them act in good faith, or as people who would put Aotearoa first. #NZpol

"Some political analysts have suggested that the refusal to name the strategy is the strategy. This Government doesn’t need to tear up Te Tiriti on the steps of Parliament-they’re doing it quietly, clause by clause, commission by commission, until nothing remains but ceremonial language."

Prioritizing Youth Mobility Is Prioritizing Adult Relaxing.

Saw this on one of the local facebook groups which might help.

Mānawatia a Matariki! Happy Māori New Year!

Israel is a rogue state - don’t let it drag us into World War III

1. #NZ: Experts warn #RSB: Regulatory Standards Bill threatens future public health laws:#nzpol #health #wages #safety #environment #democracy #climate #cleanWater Please help stop this! 🍃🌹🌿 #submissions close 1pm 23 June www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Yesterday's massacre is no longer the largest at an aid distribution site, it was eclipsed today when 70 people were killed (that number is likely to rise as many of the 200 injured are in critical condition) aje.io/3s0pv2

And there it is, quietly and executed through a Letter of Expectations - the privatisation of our health system. Not voted on. No consultation - just admin. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

I like this guy's citation of one of my recent essays, focusing on the idea that it's the left/Democrats' feminized job to pacify and placate the raging beast of the masculinized right.... bsky.app/profile/sake...

For people in Wellington who are outraged by Israel's seizure of the Madleen and kidnapping of her crew in international waters, there will be a protest at 3pm (in 40 minutes) outside the Israeli Embassy at 36 Brandon Street. Please re-post for reach.

I am definitely going to post a physical submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill. Mostly because it adds extra steps between my words and an AI summarisation. It's not insurmountable, but I will go out of my way to make this harder for them.

Better yet, post it to each of them. It's free, and it will cost parliament money - meaning the committee's undemocratic decision will result in a tangible cost. support.nzpost.co.nz/s/article/Ho...

Want to know how fossil fuel companies use carbon offsets to claim they’re fighting climate change? We've updated OffsetsDB — our offsets database — to allow you to search by carbon credit user. Search "Shell" and see what offsets they're using and when. (1/4) carbonplan.org/research/off...

One of great South Island architects and one of his best buildings. It still amazes me how worked up people get about Brutalism.

“There we were. Heaps of kids. Isolated location. A stoic, hardworking young mum struck by an awful disease. A husband out until all hours. But no one turned up at the farm to take us into care. No. Instead, we were raised up by the benevolent state.” — Rebecca Macfie.

Can you donate to support our greatest living poet to get to Colombia and home again? The world needs poetry more than ever. Especially Tusi's. www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...

Submissions are open on the Regulatory Standards bill. The Chair of the Finance and Expenditure Committee has opened them until 23 June, ie just over four weeks, instead of the more usual six weeks for a bill with a standard six month report back date. www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

"It is not sufficient that the majority of the public oppose the genocide, it must be that a clear self-conscious and confident majority makes it known to the government that they will not tolerate continued collaboration with genocide."

CW: SA For opinion writers in the Herald saying that victims of sexual assault should just “sue their abusers” instead of having access to ACC, the New Zealand organisation whose mandate it is to support with injuries, a few considerations: 🧵

🚨🚨Urgent 🚨🚨 Boosting this quickly and can't articulately add anything at the moment but this is important. The leases are diabolical and a chapter of NZ history that should be well and truly closed. Please share #nzpol

This is an excellent contextual unpicking of the Privileges Committee report + recommendations for sanction of TPM's MPs. Journalism like this is essential and we are lucky to have RNZ (+ Phil Smith) to provide it to us.

Remember to check your enrolment details and PLEASE vote in local elections. Voting certainly isn’t the only way we participate in democracy, it shouldn’t be, but it’s an important part. And as I tell my policy students, local gov is how we experience so much of our politics & policy everyday.

Setting up a little exhibition in the Life in Vacant Spaces incubator on Cashel St, Ōtautahi with @jostle.bsky.social + friends! Come find out about our project #tohaveaplace about intersectional experience of public space, & share the places that make you feel *something* good, bad or indifferent!

Seymour’s Regulatory Standards Bill he says is to “ensure regulatory decisions are based on principles of good law-making and economic efficiency.” Principles designed by the ACT Party… This is a dangerous bill that could do lasting harm to NZ.

This so beautifully captures why we create Open Christchurch - to connect people and place through architecture..💛

Constitutional vandalism continues www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...