Insightful research that in New Zealand context maps on to persuasive, & persistent populist rhetoric - offline, & esp. online - from ACT, Seymour, NZ First, Peters et al that in turn informs hostile, negative behaviours, attitudes, & perceptions against institutions. www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

This is great. Do please watch it.

we can not wait to welcome you to an historic world climate meeting- the biggest Aotearoa NZ ever held in our history - in person and online - and it’s on in just 3 weeks! #af2025 #adaptation #climateChange adaptationfutures2025.com

I don't know why a parliamentary staffer leaving their job is news worthy and I really can't stomach media outlets leaving the comments open for abuse and wholly unsubstantiated speculation on the articles about them leaving for health reasons. Leave her the fuck alone you ghouls.

CALLED IT! *cough* Hbullshit *cough* Hbullshit! Shame on your lying undoes Luxon! #NZPol

"In the 12 months to June, 7777 assaults on Health NZ hospital staff were reported, but one frontline worker says the number could be even higher, as many workers don't bother reporting incidents". 😔😔😔 System is completely broken #NZPol

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"I can't represent their views, so I just become one individual expressing my opinion. That's not consultation. That's a sham process that allows the ministry to claim they've consulted with the sector when they haven't," she said. #nzpol

#nzpol Reminder...

Pulling the handbrake on ALL of the school building programs is one of the things they did to bring construction to it's knees. What cha gonna ramp up with now that everyones shifted to Australia? #NZPol

#nzpol Yep. And, this won't stop the Tokoroa plywood factory from closing because the damage has already been done. This CoC-up government has pushed our nation's manufacturing companies to the wall. 🤬 www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

People will tell you Myanmar and New Zealand have little in common but in fact they're two of just a few world nations that don't recognise the State of Palestine

because at this late stage of his failed corporate experiment on NZ, cosplay Bob the Builder is all this twat has left.

We are a hateful nation.

Is it really "fast-tracking" or "accelerating" when it's basically restarting some of the 100-odd projects you iced a year ago, putting the construction sector into a nosedive? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

So this $413m of classroom building is from: $58m "maintenance work" $175m "brought forward funding" $180m "pre-allocated funding" This is just shuffling spending around to make them look good. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Lack lustre, out of ideas govt restarts a build program that it stopped out of spite to help revive the economy it killed. Honestly if they hadn’t shit down all of Labours programs they might have gotten away with the Landlord welfare www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Environment Canterbury has declared a nitrate emergency - but what does that mean for the region? Greenpeace freshwater campaigner @willappelbe.bsky.social explains 👇 www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol #cleanwaternow

Luxon’s caused 120,400 kiwi citizens to flee their homes in search of a more sustainable life elsewhere. That is 120,400 empty seats around the dinner table for Christmas this year. I mention Christmas because people don’t forget the missing nor forgive those who lost them #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

Translated Investors despise Luxon and Willis www.nzherald.co.nz/business/nz-...

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I can just imagine what Simeon Brown is like with dinner plans: "I'm announcing that there will be dinner tonight. I am aware this is not new grocery funding, but it gives the household clarity on what food will be used for". #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

People are going into debt & taking loans for power bills. National said privatisation would reduce bills. Seymour says power companies shouldn’t be renationalised as it would interfere with profits for s/holders. It’s what Seymour wants - profits for private providers ahead of healthcare for us.

Imagine a pandemic under the current atomising, anti-social government. #NZpol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yet more centralisation of power - this time into the hands of an unelected official, the Government Chief Digital Officer. Centralising procurement of IT for government in their hands also means greater likelihood of bribery and corruption in procurement.

We do not gotta hand it to Key but it illustrates just how far this current government have swung to the right in terms of not even remotely trying to build a tent and do anything long-term. They're only governing on spite and destruction; definitely fash-lite stuff. #nzpol

Luxon is a believer #nzpol #therapture

My Picks ’n Mixes & Chorus today: Christchurch ED doctors plead for help over staffing, funding & space shortages; 'Patients leaving EDs after many hours & dropping dead in carpark'; Underfunding chosen to keep mortgage rates low #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/choosing-m...

SATANIC PANIC What’s Up With Peter Thiel’s Obsession With the Antichrist? The tech mogul is amping up his apocalyptic rhetoric—and adding a dangerous dose of extremism into the already-fraught culture war.

#NZPol It's worth remembering that: 1) In 1984, Labour Prime Minister David Lange banned nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships from using New Zealand ports or entering New Zealand waters

absolute gutless coward

On the Party of Narcissistic Inequality Rebecca Solnit

The historic Global Ocean Treaty will enter into force after it reached the milestone of 60 ratifications over the weekend. Here's what that means 👇 www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol

"We've rescued the landlords, Amazon, the fossil fuel and tabbacco industries, and the English language from hostile takeover. We've also resuscitated anti-Māori sentiment, which was on its knees in this country. What more do you want us to do?" #NZpol

We used to be the country that punched way above its weight internationally, e.g. being anti nuclear weapons, anti-apartheid, Covid response etc. Now, we wait like cowards looking to see if the bully gets beaten by someone else. Our govt is useless. #nzpol

Doctors - Kiwis dying in corridors #nzpol mountaintui.substack.com/p/doctors-ki...

Cover story - USA tariffs! FACTS - #NewZealand trade INCREASED in Q2/25 compared to Q2/24 Luxon is full of shit, blames everyone but their own incompetence #nzpol

The only wage Luxon wants up in his own #NZPol

Premium Home / Business Cost-of-living crisis: Almost half of Kiwis going backwards financially Cameron Smith Online Business Editor·NZ Herald· 22 Sep, 2025 05:00 AM Some highlights #NZPol

Good summary of media coverage about New Zealand's GDP fall. #NzPol

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

“Patients are dying now really because of substandard care. Patients dying in the waiting room and corridors or who leave and literally drop dead in the car park. So that's all happened. That's atrocious care at some stage and it hurts the staff when things like that happen.” #nzpol

Noted on Luxon's weekly word fart this morning on RNZ he never tried to say "Labour did it", they are focusing on Trump's tariffs which I bet focus groups as "roundly unpopular", but also the "Labour did it" line has become tired and people don't believe it Up yours fuck face #NZPol #FoxysNews

Just 1 more billion bro. Let’s just give 1 more billion to the landlords. I’m sure that will help.

"When academics can't invoke settled patterns of far-right mainstreaming without hitting up against coordinated harassment campaigns sanctioned by elected officials, we've already lost something important." culture-centered.blogspot.com/2025/09/how-...

Sam The Trap Man: How ambitious plan to ‘recloak Papatūānuku’, restoring native forests, could future-proof New Zealand 🌏 www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/sa...

By announcing he recognizes the state of Palestine, Sir Keir Starmer has in fact taken and supported some Palestine Action. I regret to inform you that Sir Keir Starmer has been arrested under the Terrorism Act (2000) for lending material support to a proscribed terrorist organization.

Doctors, nurses, and teachers are all striking because they care about their patients and students, not just because their pay increases are less than inflation They’re striking because everything else is being eroded around them and they can no longer deliver the care and teaching we all deserve