Whenever you hear the commentariat about the 2026 'recovery' - remember that they're talking about things not going to shit quite as quickly as they were last year.
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Ministry of Health NZ@health.govt.nz · last wk.The Ministry of Health will work with other agencies to rapidly deliver on the commitments outlined in Government's Response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry COVID-19 Lessons Learned. For more information see below.
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Stop the Climate Amendment Bill!
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This report is shocking. I knew things were dire for many families in NZ but that thousands are experiencing 'food insecurity' is mind blowing. Also to hear that 40% of the take home pay of those in serious need is going into the pockets of landlords shows how deeply this government doesn't care
Huia Sue@huiasue.bsky.social · 2w ago'10.2% of #NZ pop has relative income poverty. 473,000 people are in material hardship. 1 in 3 lives have food insecurity. #Neoliberal #Austerity #AtlasNetwork govts have done this! assetsales+privatising services, job & pay cuts. We need Greens✅ #WealthTax #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Standing ovations for Marama and Chlöe announcing their vision for our future. You can be a part of this www.greens.org.nz
NZ families are starving and the Govt cuts funding to foodbanks, for emergency food grants and to beneficiaries while giving $8m+ so rich NZers and tourists can say they dined out at Michelin star restaurants. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'It's just not enough': Salvation Army warns families are starving
The Salvation Army is warning that families are starving and it wants the government to urgently increase food aid.
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This is why I can’t stand it when politicians tout overseas investment as a good thing. #nzpol
Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability@te-ara-paerangi.community · 3w agoAnother example of a plant that was owned by NZ companies, then sold to an overseas company, then closed. hoppiness.co.nz/nz-brewing-s...
First, I am not a massive fan of GDP as a measure, but make no mistake, 2024 and 2025 were spectacularly bad. We skewered ourselves good. RBNZ knocked the economy out and Luxon and Willis kicked it in the head as it fell. Lowest average QoQ growth in the OECD 🫡 [2/n]
Monthly price data is out. Only covers about half of the CPI basket but it is clear that fuel prices (yellow/tan) will be pushing on CPI for Q2. Thankfully, RBNZ are hiking interest rates to demonstrate their blind faith in medieval monetarism (careers depend on it).
Yet the RBNZ judged now was the time for a rate hike.
Musical Chairs@musicalchairs.bsky.social · 3w agoLatest weekly jobs data. This is not what a recovery looks like. Job ads online from MBIE is the second chart. Wellington / Auckland stuck at GFC levels. At some point, folks will work out slumps stay slumped until something changes.
Some more context: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Salvation Army warns food banks could close after government funding ends
More food banks will "undoubtedly" close after government funding dries up next year, the Salvation Army says, despite a Budget commitment to keep pumping some money into the system.
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The NZ Government spent $8M to bring the Michelin Guide here. $8M is the entire yearly government funding to all food banks, who feed 500k people a month. newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/17/s... #NZPol
Starry-eyed Tourism NZ buried the downside to fund its $8m Michelin gamble
Previously secret documents imply that the famous international restaurant guide essentially guaranteed the award of at least one star to a restaurant, if the NZ Government paid its $1,901,250 fee.
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Demand the Government support people experiencing homelessness!
Everyone should have access to decent, secure and permanently affordable housing. But right now, many people in our communities are experiencing homelessness – living on couches, in cars, in overcrowd...
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"Our findings provide compelling evidence that long COVID involves the loss of dopamine-releasing neurons," says Dr. Jeffrey Meyer, senior scientist at the Brain Health Imaging Center, Canada Research Chair medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07...
New study provides first evidence of dopamine system injury in the brain of long COVID patients
A new brain imaging study led by researchers at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), published in eBioMedicine, provides the strongest evidence to date that long COVID is associated with...
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Early signs that Treasury's latest benefit forecasts grossly over-estimated the 'recovery'... again. It's almost like they haven't got a clue.
We're top of the jobless charts and bottom of the wages charts and business leaders are over the moon, Brian #nzpol
Quick reminder that labour introduced a tax transparency bill that would report on how fair our tax system is anually and the first thing luxons govt did was repeal it so that nobody would get that information.
If you read nothing else today read this. Why is our electricity so expensive? The answer will shock you (profit taking by shareholders). www.consumer.org.nz/consumer-rig...
6 myths about NZ power prices
Why are New Zealand power prices so high? It’s not all about lines charges, Labour’s oil and gas ban or the cost of renewable energy.
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I am utterly fucked off the media keep treating the coalition like they have any kind of competency or their term has managed any measure of success Its failed on every front, inflation, business, wages, growth, tax, crime, everything they said they would 'fix' is fucked #nzpol
Frank@fmacskasy.bsky.social · 4w ago>>>there were 551 fewer building and construction companies in business at the end of 2025<<< Wow! National just keep destroying businesses! (Marx & Lenin send their approval!) It may be left to a Labour-led govt to rebuild this sector!! www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
For all the talk of recovery, the benefits numbers just keep on rising. We're at record levels and at 20-year records when you account for population growth. GFC left in the dust.
After the Trump administration deleted government sites that helped visitors understand global heating, scientists, nonprofits, academic institutions, and former federal workers joined forces to re-publish the information and protect it from future political attacks. By Kate Yoder for @grist.org:
The plan to make climate science harder to erase
As climate information disappears from federal websites, scientists are rebuilding it elsewhere.
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New Zealand's real wage growth over the past 5 years: -6.4%. Worst in the OECD. Growth just barely positive (Mar 2026 quarter), June expected to slip back. Inflation still at 3.9% peak. RBNZ raising the OCR to 2.5%. The coalition inherited this and hasn't turned it. Wages tell the story. #nzpol
Reserve Bank rate hike hits Kiwi households enduring worst wage squeeze in developed world
While the central bank looks for economic growth in the stars, new OECD data reveals New Zealanders' after-inflation wages plummeted 6.4 percent. Jonathan Milne reports.
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Ask Emily - The Bad Advice Column
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Sometimes the data screams a warning. Westpac's regular survey of employment confidence just hit a new low - worse than 2008 & COVID. library.westpaciq.com.au/content/dam/...
The plan: forever warp the job market through taxpayer-funded subsidies of unsustainable AI businesses just long enough for all other companies to lay off millions of workers and reorient their work processes around proprietary technology and then once this is accomplished, raise inference prices.
"Scientists have expressed concern after two wildfires broke out within a week of each other on the Arctic island of Greenland earlier this month." Everything is fine. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Scientists alarmed after two wildfires hit Greenland within a week
Researchers say it is ‘quite wild’ to see fires at such high northern latitudes happen so early in the year
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Say NO to the Conservation Amendment Bill
New Zealanders are proud of our native forests, great walks and national parks. But right now, the Luxon Government is selling out New Zealanders, trying to sell off our precious conservation land to ...
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Restore access to gender-affirming care at the University of Waikato!
Health care in Aotearoa should be an inclusive and welcoming space no matter who you are or where you are from. Everyone should experience high quality treatment in a timely manner. Gender-affirming h...
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