When we were living in the Netherlands it too 255 days for them to form a govt after the 2017 election. 🤣 Like sure the votes were counted but we're not the slowest in the world at anything except a CGT. LOL.

Took him a month to form a government when he could have folded during the first meeting instead of folding much later on

Would this get more attention if I used words like 'Ombudsman tells TERF complainant to get stuffed'?

Also, this claim: "Go look at other Western economies around the world and how fast they count their vote. We must be the slowest folk on the planet." Australia - voting day 3 May and final results 12 June (37 days) NZ - voting day 14 Oct and final results 9 November (26 days)

Leaving aside "That is super not true" and "The electoral commission says these changes won't do that", here's yet another question for Lux: Why? Why do you need votes to be counted more quickly?

Every single day I have to add to my mute list the name of yet another American I have been forced to learn about against my will. Can someone develop a block list that shuts out all of that failing country's tedious nonsense please.

The great negotiator Luxon took six weeks to form his government.

The government literally can direct Fonterra to lower domestic dairy prices via an order in council if they want. They do not want

So relieved that no one I genuinely respected is on this list, and somewhat relieved that my gut instincts on others were correct. I've never understood why more folk aren't repulsed by the obvious nastiness of Carr and Whitehall etc

you should fund your trans friends' surgery: ko-fi.com/riversurgery...

If you're willing to give money to fundraisers for more nebulous trans rights causes, please give at least the same weight to fundraisers you see for individual trans people who are asking for financial help to access healthcare 🙏

A lot of trans people, especially those of us early in our transitions, are saving up for expensive and difficult to access healthcare Often, what we need isn't available in Aotearoa, or if it is it's incredibly difficult to access. So getting the care we need can involve travel. It's expensive

I think it would be funny to ask the letter signers for the last time they "collaborated" with a Palestinian

Here's the info and full list, FYI www.creativecommunityforpeace.com/blog/2025/09...

Yeah you don’t actually need to love or even respect a fascist thats bad actually

This is precisely what the strategy is, and I HATE it Milquetoast centrism to avoid rocking the boat. The problem is, that then carries on if/when they're in government If you want meaningful change, vote @nzgreenparty.bsky.social or @tepaatimaori.bsky.social #nzpol

On NRT: This corruption has to stop - norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/09/this...

I fear somebody in the Australian government may have misunderstood the meaning of pull requests

“I was a piece of shit and people found out and that’s the fault of the person who made people aware” is a hell of a take

makes up stuff she didn't do; won't give her credit for the things she did do. critics of Tory Whanau in a nutshell.

I'm not super surprised this kind of trash is coming from the start-up scene, a little moreso that no one nixed it But some of the nastiest pro-genocide voices in NZ, particularly in late 2023, were people like Ben Kepes, who regularly lied on record. He's significantly entrenched in this sector

The previous government's decision to ignore the WEAG's recommendations is something I am never going to stop bringing up. This is why 👇

They are saying 32% GST and 72 for retirement age so we will happily accept 20% GST and 68 for retirement age. Why don’t they say 5% wealth tax and 40% corporate tax on big conglomerates? No of course they won’t say that no siree.

NZ Green Party isn't "looney left". Their fiscal policy is pragmatic. Their alternative budget is well-researched. Their income tax policy is a match for Australia's. Their proposed wealth tax is close to Norway's successful implementation. This is a principled stand unconcerned about labels. #nzpol

The Greens are pledging to revoke any permits this corrupt regime issues. Will Labour? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

ElectionsNZ really does seem to be fucking it up this year... www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/574...

What if we legalised weed and taxed it? What if we had a capital gains tax? Fuck’s sakeeeeeee

things kind of stink now but you basically dont have to hear that pearl jam song "jeremy" anymore ever unless you actively want to hear it. it used to be you would be hear eddie vedder hooting like five or six times a day and you were powerless to stop it

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

Should have legalised in 2020. All of this could be legislated and making legit money, with regulation and taxation, but NZ decided to be dickheads about gangs instead. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

One thing to always remember is that engagement feeds the algorithm, not facts.

I'm so worried about a repeat of the 1990s and the influx of awful migrants it brought to NZ fleeing the end of their beloved apartheid system. As long as our racist immigration system ignores Te Tiriti, we're leaving ourselves open to that.

New Zealand media is shamelessly in the tank for Israel, and they embarrass themselves more with every article.

In Church Street they demolished dozens of flats used as transitional housing for a 63-home development that ws then cancelled. What happened to the people in them? Who knows? www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-sta...

The Substandard shows the scale of kainga Ora's devastation of Palmerston North. Whole blocks have been left vacant by cancelled projects. Of 500 promised homes, they're now building just 35 archive.ph/608VG

They've lost the 9yos

"We need vehicle access through this paper road to take our camping equipment to Stonewall because if we can't, how are we possibly going to carry our camping equipment to this specific location?" "...camping was not permitted at Stonewall Scenic Reserve."🤣 Any more questions campers?🤔

When we got to ask questions, I asked why they thought there was such a lack of diversity on the panel. Most gave a version of “best candidates for the job, I don’t see colour”. Alex acknowledged abuse diverse candidates get. Diane had a grand child who’s mixed race.

Cumulative returns for local body votes in Wellington still only 8% 😭 Have you spoken to the people around you to make sure they're voting? And #VoteKeepMāoriWards www.electionz.com/LGE2025_reso...

Ice cream man just answered a question “no plans, no thoughts” and is that actually his campaign slogan?

Not Diane Calvert being the token diverse panel member 🙈😂

Rainbow Mayoral candidate debate. Much diversity

I want to remain at the Council table and influence decisions that affect our community. I want to protect our progressive long term plan that we worked so hard for. I commit to giving the seat the mana it deserves. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

And who are the wealthy yanks building apocalypse bunkers here? The same people responsible for the shit show America currently finds itself in.

Hey mood of the boardroom we get that you've given up on this dud root. But we've also got an MP with 25 undeclared houses who's written books on effective governance and business success. Could you go for him?

I saw a clip of Jon Stewart with Jacinda Ardern. One part really bugged me. Stewart saying how they (progressive Americans) view New Zealand as a refuge. Look at what happened last time a country already belonging to indigenous people 🇵🇸 was treated as a refuge for people to get away from fascism.

>be journalism student >18, haven't developed personality >lecturers emphasise the importance of impartiality >become gullible moron >get a full-time job writing credulous bullshit >"the fourth estate is the vanguard of democracy"

90% of council candidates running on a platform of turning the whole city into jville

There's surely no finer example of the fact that carparks have fuck all to do with keeping businesses alive than the Johnsonville Mall.