I don’t normally write blog posts so excuse the poor writing, but I feel it is an important enough issue to share. Feel free to share this, or provide feedback, and if anyone knows someone at the Parliamentary Service who may have answers, please reach out #nzpol

#nzpol it’s been a long two working days but I’m sure they’ll get back to me soon…

Since NZPT first went public, small changes to the Parliament website have rendered many civic-tech applications useless. I’ve written a blog post about this in order to air my frustrations and concerns, and I’m sharing here in case anyone is curious. #AoNZ #NZPol #NZPT

NZPT has been reworked, if you enjoyed the earlier tool, I hope you’ll enjoy this new rework. Feedback welcome. nzpt.cjs.nz

[AUTO] NZPT has been updated with brand a new backend, better error handling, and more tools and features. Check it out today on nzpt.cjs.nz #NZPol

Intriguing. Act and NZFirst between them gained just over 57% of donations. Vested interests. Money talks. nzpt.cjs.nz/finances/

nzpt.cjs.nz/finances I have expanded on the @nzpt.cjs.nz site to have live party donation information. See the totals, top donors, and it’s live + easily shareable This site is still rolling out and will be fully integrated with the rest of NZPT in the coming days. Feedback welcome! #nzpol #AoNZ

My first time using community services concession with Motu Moves Very efficient paired with Apple’s Transit mode. Will drain my MetroCard and then switch over I think. #motumoves

Anyone from #auckland here? Can you explain to me how this works… I’m from Christchurch so my fare is $1.50 no matter where I go, but I have definitely never heard of on-the-spot legal fines from bus drivers before? #nz

STOP POLITICAL DONORS NOW #nzpol

Just posting this here too #nzpol Surely just a coincidence (don’t be fooled by the name or cheap ahh website, GMP Environmental is owned by a petroleum and mining company)

Over the next couple of days, some changes will be coming to NZPT. There may be some intermittent downtime as the web-app completes its updates. The updated system will be more efficient, less prone to errors, and feel nicer to use. Please report any issues to @cjs.nz as normal. Cheers!

Hello, world!

My next #nzpol tracker is underway Gonna be pretty cool – Feedback welcome but please know this is early stage.

After @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social posted about the use of urgency on Instagram, I was told that the reason for so much urgency is Willis balancing the budget. Needless to say, I ran the numbers and put it on NZPT, as well as added a search and filter option. ➡️ nzpt.cjs.nz/bills #nzpol

It’s the year just you wait #nzsports #nz

So it seems Electric Ave has priced itself out of fashion this year. Last presale tickets were available for less than an hour, this year it’s surpassed 12 and there’s still tickets available!

First time seeing these new road safety ads. I thought community policing was about safety, not training people to be scared of police. What happened to ghost chips? #nzpol

Everything is “urgent” because Fuxon, 8% David, and Nicola No Boats have comprehensively fucked it up… and they see the end coming. …No matter how much money Peter Thiel pours into secret social media campaigns. Expect it to go up.

(Yes it is true, we are 82.28% of the way through this Government’s first term!) #nzpol

We are now 80% of the way through this Parliamentary term, and still more than half of the bills passed by the 54th Parliament have been rushed under urgency. The latest stats are live on nzpt.cjs.nz now. Do you think it will drop below 50%? #nzpol ⬇️🧵

Yesterday an urgency motion was used to pass the Resource Management (Auckland Housing) Amendment Bill in one day. This will be reflected on #NZPT soon. #nzpol

This morning at Te Kaha. The new One NZ stadium getting final touches! #christchurch #newzealand

Willis saying that as there is no current fuel emergency, there’s no need to pass legislation under urgency raises interesting questions about why they have used urgency so this term…

Today I learned: We owe a great debt to Grant Robertson

This is exactly what I think needs to happen. Interest Free loans to support Kiwis to buy EVs/Hybrid Vehicles. Allows those who can to upgrade, while decreasing demand which allows no impact on those who can’t. I fear this would be a no brainer for a lot of people. #nzpol

Would love to see an economic modelling of the govt temporarily providing loans (or backing for low rate loans) for drivers to upgrade to EVs or Hybrid Vehicles. I know if there was a lower rate for an EV, I would trade in and upgrade today. Just a thought to address the oil ‘crisis’ #nzpol

Check out the latest NZ Parliament urgency statistics. #nzpol via nzpt.cjs.nz

#nzpol check out the latest urgency stats from nzpt.cjs.nz

New on nzpt.cjs.nz: - Countdown to the election. - Nicer homepage with article style information. - A click to share image stats (see screenshot below). This should work on any device. Feedback welcome #nzpol. Thank you for your support!

Gaging interest for the next project. Does anyone here have an issue with the way VoteCompass and similar apps run? I’ve heard in the past the questions aren’t specific to New Zealand, but is there anything you’d like to see from an alternative VoteAlignment tool? #nzpol

Huge shoutout to @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social for raising awareness on this. Amazing use of her platform. See the stats: nzpt.cjs.nz #nzpol #onetermgovt

Cutting dialysis just to save a couple of dollars is truly toxic behaviour. But let's ask ourselves the question: where did the money that used to be available to keep people alive actually go? A short thread. #nzpol

Not even Whakataki times could write satire this good… it’s like he’s become a parody of himself

The #NZPT urgency tool that allows you to track #nzpol has finally been fixed (I think). The homepage will have more tweaks in coming days to better align the infoboxes. Current Numbers: 156 Days Sat 19 Sittings Days Urgent 179 Total Bills 104 Urgent 58.1% of Bills under urgency.

Yet again, in almost any other NZ government a minister telling NZers to *eat less food* to save money would have them hounded by media and pushed out of politics. Never forget the immensely important protective role that NZ media have played in protecting these fascists from public outrage.

Absolutely valid (and needed) crashout @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social! Going to miss having you as my MP! #nzpol

The PCO have quietly started demoing a new version of the Legislation website, now available at demo.legislation.govt.nz As someone who scrapes different govt sites a lot, I welcome this change to better handling of the legislation, including the fact that bills are now in PlainText ! #nzpol

Today is the first day I was able to test if #nzpt has started working again for tracking #nzpol statistics. As far as I can tell, all is working with the urgency tracker. In the coming weeks, an election 2026 web app will launch with vote compass, party breakdowns etc. Urgency Stats: nzpt.cjs.nz

My good friend @crosstian.bsky.social has spent the summer organising fundraising for families displaced in Gaza. The payments support NZD, so if you have even just $1, please consider donating. Help Amani and her Family Navigate Another Winter Displaced in Gaza ⤵️

I should’ve put money on it ! #onetermgovt #nzpol

ANYWAY Parliament sits again next week after their 39 day summer break. NZPT will be monitoring the urgency as usual and will begin to update daily again (pending today’s parliament website changed). #nzpol

I fixed NZPT-Urgency literally last week and then see this Getting a bit too frequent now… #nzpt #nzpol

Small NZPT update for you all: Hoping to have a fix out by Friday that will make scraping more consistent. The parliament website has become very anti-bot and obviously NZPT is just a bot that reads the daily progress in the house. All should be fixed by the time the house resumes! #nzpol

Just created a new @cobalt.tools community instance at cobalt.cjs.nz Should work fine, pretty cool project. If you just want the API, see cobaltapi.cjs.nz

The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.

I am sure it is a coincidence, however a recent change to the Parliament website has blocked the calls that tools like NZPT use to get the information from the website. Currently this means urgency will be weekly-updates as a result. #nzpol

actually insane that in five years we have gone from “everyone hates pedophiles and rapists regardless of political affiliation, race, gender, etc.” to it being a “left-wing dog-whistle”.

The much requested Urgency Comparisons for the last 7 New Zealand Parliaments is now available on nzpt.cjs.nz. Last major change for this #nzpol tool until the New Political Year (Jan 27th). Going to add other tools to the site at some point, so still open to any suggestions!

Update for those interested: The number I used was incorrect and the actual total bills for current parliament is 177, meaning percentage of bills is 58.76% 😬