RespectEd Aotearoa, one of the few specialist sexual violence prevention organisations in the country, is to close after government's sector funding was withdrawn. “We are not closing because the need has gone away. We are closing because the funding did.” - Jan Logie, RespectEd Aotearoa

Sorry, ballhead in charge isnt taking advice

when Purchasing my first home, Kiwibank didn't want to know me, but the mainline foreign owned banks would, this is not to knock kiwibank, just pointing out that the deck is stacked against them so the aussie owned banks just extract profit from us.

"Austerity still isn't working so we are going to do more, and harder" - local idiot, Chris Luxon

Proud husband time:

BREAKING NEWS: People who voted against centralised three waters are angry that they now have to pay for three waters themselves. Very "I didn't think the leopards would eat my face" vibes here. #nzpol www.odt.co.nz/regions/nort...

Every single person who, after decades of evidence disproving the fact, believes that neoliberal austerity is the way forward and that, somehow, all debt, no matter who creates it, is caused by public spending, is a dunce.

These fucking pricks are not listening to us. Next on the chopping block will be the retirement age and I am SICK TO FUCKING DEATH of being the generation and income bracket that gets rug pulled in favour of the weathy property owning class

We could do that, but I will also accept feeding horncastle, the mowbrays, and the entire wright family feet first into an industrial grinder to see if that works

This country had a smaller tax base in the past, so how did we build hospitals, rail, roads and bridges and at the same time have world class education and healthcare? We taxed the wealthy hard. They were still wealthy, and society was better off.

new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...

Every person on wages and benefits pay taxes diligently and government services keep dwindling and deteriorating not just for the people paying but also for the community as a whole which includes children. If the social fabric is fraying, it is because of this reason.

NZ Debt rose from about 40% of GDP to 49% of GDP under National But internationally speaking, NZ's debt to GDP is very low - and explains why NZ has such a big infrastructure deficit and standards are lower in builds #nzpol #newzealand #debt

#BHN Tonight at 9pm - Shannan Halbert live on losing 'fees free' - Christopher Luxon on retirement age - Mariameno Kapa-Kingi exits TPM - NZ Herald poll of polls #nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social youtube.com/live/_3AOmSt...

FREE EVERLEE WIHONGI "WE MUST SHOW UP! 📅 Sat 16 May ⏰ 1pm 📍 Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade – 23 Quay St, Akld DEMAND answers for Everlee. Demand Minister Peters ACT NOW. CAN’T ATTEND? Email the Minister immediately: 📧 [email protected] Tell him: Find Everlee Wihongi." @toitu_te_aroha

Once more for those in the back: THERE IS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT OR EVEN A FORM AT THE BORDER FOR GREEN CARD HOLDERS RE-ENTERING THE US TO DECLARE A PREVIOUS CONVICTION, WINSTON IS LYING & SPREADING DISINFO ON PURPOSE

In his latest, @connorsharp.bsky.social looks at another cost of the government's RoNS mania: deaths and serious injuries that could have been avoided with low-cost safety improvements that were sidelined by "a myopic focus on over-scoped highways". www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/05/12/t...

Paywall now lifted: Analysts from the world’s foremost economic forum have rebuked the Government’s plans to import liquefied gas and spark a renaissance in domestic fossil fuel production. newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/11/o...

this cannot be correct. endorsed by our worst existing councilors (lund and vandervis), gave an answer to a interview question so racist she panicked and freaked out over it getting out, this is a really backward step for Dunedin. www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

no lessons learned from selling off NZ banks in years past.

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

I love it here, I'm fighting really hard to change what I can, and I don't want to quit. I'm too old to learn Finnish but the state of play here in this country is exhausting, and you stack the global situation on top and I am Weary

She has a masters, and works helping child victims of sexual harm. her compensation is close to mine...and I sell smartphones. It enrages me how much she has to carry, ho much she has to fight with the machinery of ACC and the DHB. her work is infinitely more important than mine. 2/

Last night my wife asked me if I'd consider moving to another country. her reasoning being that everything seems to be getting worse, harder edged, meaner. while the things that make new zealand a unique and desirable place to exist erode away in front of us. 1/

Could City Rail Link have been built for less, as CRL’s ex-CEO now says? Maybe – but skimping on stations would likely have raised costs across the whole network. Matt Lowrie outlines how shortcuts aren’t always cheaper in the long run (or the short run!) www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/05/13/t...

Chris Bishop is responsible for this. I never want to hear anyone say anything positive about that guy again #nzpol

My #cartoon today #NZpol #CostOfLiving #Fuel

Yes, bank profits are a function of banks' total assets (mostly outstanding mortgage loans), the amount of equity they are required to put up by RBNZ, and their ability to maintain their social licence. Retail banking is a failed market - bring back the State mortgage.

Just leaving this here for folks to consider. #AntizionismIsNotAntisemitism www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

There's always a tweet Last year Joseph Mooney National MP tried to get a credentialed academic fired for the crime of warning against the far right politics in NZ - a movement that has destroyed the US from within Now he's rallying against cancel culture for Ani O'Brien #nzpol #kiwi

🍃🌹🌿#NZ Green Party condemns National-ACT-NZFirst Govt for secretly ramming through sweeping changes to #TeTiriti in laws #nzpol #PartyVoteGreen ✅free GPs Dentists & Childcare, lower tax for 91% of NZers, Min income,jobs, wages,housing,health, environment & climate www.greens.org.nz/government_r...

Between now and the election, I do not want to see the media focussing on how badly Luxon is managing his caucus. I want to see them writing about how appallingly Luxon's government is managing the country. #nzpol

JFC! #FascistWannabe #AtlasCult members are trying it on again to kill the #TreatyOfWaitangi! #NZ #Labour is calling the review of Treaty legislation a 'Treaty Principles Bill' “by stealth”, as govt confirms a bill to overhaul Treaty clauses across legislation cld be introduced within mths. #nzpol

ANALYSIS: Government set to reduce Treaty in legislation to the lowest possible standard! What it means is, they couldn't pass their bill to kill the #TreatyOfWaitangi so now they'll weaken Treaty obligations across 23 laws to undermine it! #nzpol www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/20/a...

Chinese researchers have developed a new gravity-based detector that could be used to find #submarines and render the proposed #AUKUS submarine redundant. #auspol #nzpol #China #US #Israel #Peace not #War 🕊️ johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...

I actually think it’s pretty fucking funny. #nzpol

How many times announcements will Govt Ministers need to make before actually doing something? Why do we only hear of the supermarket duopoly and cost of living crisis as we get near elections? It affects the rest of us all the time... #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Even my non disabled cuzzy found the experience of ASH degrading and dehumanizing. For disabled people, and their whānau, it causes nothing but pain, stress and family separation. It needs to go. #NZPol

Tell us you're a climate change denier without telling us. Turning emergency response and preparedness into a culture war issue will get people killed. #nzpol

The National Government have made it harder for you to vote. It's important you make sure you are enrolled as you won't be able to enrol in the two weeks before election day anymore. The best time to enrol is right now - so head to vote.nz online, call 0800 36 76 56 or free text 3676. Pass it on 😉

Kia ora to all involved in the antiwar demo in Auckland on Sat. Such a diversity of people & heartfelt kōrero. After all these years we're still marching on the US consulate opposing yet another imperialistic American war in which our govt seems happily complicit. @kikorangi.bsky.social #nzpol

Imagine being this stupid. www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/592...

During COVID we faced the reality of life or death The govt of the day did their best to prevent more deaths This time we have the reality of not life or death but can we fill our car up with fuel. That's all this govt has to do is get more oil and wow they don't know what's happening #nzpol

I fondly recall that Jacinda had the Covid crisis so throughly in hand that she even told us the Easter Bunny was an essential worker. The thoughtfulness. The attention to detail. On top of saving tens of thousands of lives. #NZPol

If these holidays for IDF is still going on Aotearoa NZ should stop this, lest Israeli Govt get the idea we agree with anything they are doing to civilians in Gaza, South Lebanon, the west bank and Iran. There is no “whitewashing” going on now. #nzpol

Hmm

Can we all shut the fuck up now about Hipkins and his ex, because however strongly you feel about her allegations, this will impact on their kids. They are at that age. Please stop the public gossip & speculation or just do it offline if you absolutely have to

www.instagram.com/p/DWAEsjLjsyZ/ Too many of the original Dirty Politics team have their fingerprints on the furore regarding Hipkins' private life not to see it for what it is - an attempt to distract from Luxon's inadequacies and his government's punishing policies. Let's vote them out!

Greenpeace was just on the steps of Parliament with Chris Hipkins, handing over a petition, which was signed by thousands of New Zealanders, calling on the Luxon government to take a stand on the war in #Iran.