Anneleise
@anneleise.bsky.social
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” she/her, systems thinker, writer, artist, Tangata Tiriti AnneleiseHall@mastodon.nz Avatar: Princess Leia 'A woman's place is in the resistance' Aotearoa Blog: https://diary-of-a-butterfly.ghost.io
On point from Hipkins The country elected a spineless empty suit and this is what we get, understand if you vote for any of the coalition parties you are voting for more of this
JessTerraformEarth 🌏 💚 🌈 💧 🏳️⚧️ 🇳🇿@jessterraformearth.bsky.social · 4h ago
SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
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Ciara 🇳🇿🏴🇮🇪@ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · yesterdayPermanently Disabled kids shouldn’t have to face a future living on a benefit that’s not enough to survive on, where bi-yearly they have to prove they still have an incurable condition. That’s not a future they deserve, it’s dehumanising, it’s depressing & it’s unacceptable. They have worth. #nzpol
Republican Senators are voting to confirm Trump’s lawyer to be AG when it just came out that Capital One shut down Trump’s accounts under suspicion of money laundering and Trump wants exemption from being investigated for tax fraud. THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS.
I can’t say enough how vital this kind of writing is. It shouldn’t be rare to see decision makers & leaders being held to account, but this is one of the few crystal clear, absolutely on point articles I’ve seen outside of the excellent work being done by those who don’t have a mainstream platform.
Hayley@writagal.bsky.social · yesterday“There is at least one important section of society where little shittery is rampant, destructive and harmful to the environment of the workplace. It’s actively impeding the ability of well-behaved people to perform well & limiting productivity. I’m talking, of course, about parliament.” No notes🙌
The first 6 months of 2026 saw 1,411 businesses liquidated, up from 1,296 last year and putting NZ on track for the worst year in almost two decades. 97% of NZ businesses are SMEs: tradies, cafés, retailers and family businesses doing the heavy lifting. This is who Luxon is telling to grow up.
this is the guy who is withholding all the bank suspicious activity reports from the Congressional committee demanding them regarding the Epstein files BECAUSE HE'S IN THEM
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoBessent: "We've seen President Trump last week threaten what would have been the largest military campaign since World War 2 against the Iranians, and now because of that we are in talks with the Iranians. I think there's a chance we may have a deal today or tomorrow to open the strait."
This is an excellent Chlöe Swarbrick quote re the Treaty Principles Bill but feels very relevant to current #nzpol events.
The pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC has spent a jaw-dropping $30M+ in tomorrow's Democratic primaries in Michigan and Missouri. But if you saw their attack ads, you'd never know it was them. Watch.
Meet the Biggest Super PACs of 2026
Voters are increasingly opposed to U.S. aid to Israel, cryptocurrency, and AI data centers.That's why the Big Money grou
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Take a close look at who funds The Opportunity Party. Whether built on fitness empires, software companies, or bitcoin fortunes, these donors hold vast wealth outside of real estate. That is no accident; it is precisely why the meteoric rise of donor money must be questioned. #nzpol
We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.
Nicolas Chinardet@zefrog.eu · 3d agoAnd why is #r4today giving (yet again) such prominence to a hair-brained scheme that has little chance to ever be implemented? A GE is unlikely soon and the threat of Reform winning it is apparently receding. What is the justification for legitimising it?
BREAKING: The newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary announced that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary.
As a child sex abuse survivor, I can only say the people who are obsessed with childrens gender and what's in their pants need to be viewed with suspicion and thoroughly investigated for potential sexual abuse of minors. They are perverts.
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
The people who put up initiatives like this need to be investigated for inappropriate behaviour with minors. Only a disturbed sexual deviant cares what a kid has in their pants..
sophie malice@sophieactual.mitsuko.nz · 2d agowaiting for Winston Peters to notice this and float a similar policy here in Aotearoa his cooker support base will be applying in droves as "inspectors" #nzpol
So I hope someone is asking NZ First MPs how they feel about Nazis being in their party, whether they agree with those views, and whether they're Nazis themselves.
Tell everyone. Get in now because later is too late.
Aotearoa's Electoral Orange Guy@poti-aotearoa.bsky.social · 4d agoTo vote in this years general election you need to be enrolled by midnight, 13 days before Election Day. Days left to enrol or update your details. Maori Roll: 3 days General Roll: 83 days Remind your Friends & Whanau #nzpol
"Basically, if you don't do politics, politics is going to do you." If you don’t do politics, the over 70’s will design a society that they’ll never see the consequences of, but will have you living a more expensive, unhealthy & oppressive existence than you are facing right now.YOUR VOTE MATTERS.
When they say disrupt it is shorthand for "wreck decades of people's work and discard institutional knowledge so it can be hijacked for a partisan agenda for private profit".
Dave@dpdiver.bsky.social · 3d agoI’m already sick of hearing about how this government wants to ‘disrupt’ everything (ie fuck things up). Luxon uses the word and now everyone in National wants to be a fucking ‘disruptor’. Tired techbro speaking not any basis for government policy. #nzpol
do we need a #thingsIveDoneSoHeDoesntKillMe hashtag?
maura quint@mauraquint.bsky.social · 4d agoThings I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words