The government: we need you to have more kids! Also the government: and we’re going to let their teachers beat them!
“I’m defending New Zealand’s democracy” He means whiteness. He means whiteness.
The chutzpah to alienate women, and Chinese people especially Chinese women, in separate instances all on the same day just months from an election. Brave? Or stupid? Only time will tell. Stayed tuned for this thrilling season of Demented Elderly Misogynistic Racist Cooker Runs Again!
Tired of all the spin and BS coming from the coalition? Well I’ve got your back fam! At this link you’ll find 50 fact checks (and growing) checking the veracity of claims made by the coalition. Complete with who made the claim, the reality and sources. paultheotherone.com/factcheck26/
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When these inept, hopeless bunch of assholes finally get voted out what will be left?
‘Another employer lost’: Marton malt mill set to shut
Aotearoa's main malt supplier announced it will close its Marton mill, leaving the district with one less employer and local growers, farmers and workers facing uncertain futures come September.
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The Green Party will cut your power bill and take power back from the big four power companies, because a warm, dry home powered by clean energy should be within everyone's reach 💚💡
Disregarding centuries of maritime tradition, senile old coot names ship after a man to own the libs.
Fuel prices appear to have stabilised, now to get the economy cranking again. What shall we do first NZ? 1. Punish mortgage holders some more 2. Pursue that LNG terminal even harder 3. Build some data centres 4. Zilch to help our thousands of unemployed *fuel prices have not in fact stabilised
$430m in supermarket excess profit. State Insurance sold in 1990, premiums up 500%. Kiwibank at 7%, big four can ignore it, government wants to sell that too. Power: $2.41 in dividends per $1 in new generation. We sold the public option. Prices went up. Every time. #nzpol
Every economic brainiac on the news crowing about how we’re springing back to life now the effects of the war are waning and COMPLETELY MEMORY HOLING the last 3 years of misery, redundancies, closures, and the highest unemployment rate for 15 years 😭
6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered & entitled. The higher the opinions of themselves leaders expressed, the more they coveted power and status—& the more they favored return-to-office mandates."
Can’t sleep? Simple methods that work: • study hurricane forecast • who hates me • what did i forget • relive supreme humiliation • win 12-yr-old argument • buried alive? could happen • what i did vs should have done • dead people i miss • what if i’m bad • why do i say stuff • what’s my fuckin deal
Another absolutely amazing vid from @jjbbllkk.bsky.social Taste is a weapon, class warfare Not presented as scold at all. Pondering how consumerism eats away at our identity I think about this a lot as I believe good vibe makers and gear positively impact my own headspace and work
fox noises@jjbbllkk.bsky.social · last mo.Hey everyone I made a video about Consumerism Capitalism Recuperation Repressive Sublimation Mr. Wolf from Bad Guys Vore I would love it if you would check it out www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F8K...
We're at the "private police force" chapter of small government 🙄
Civil liberties newsfeed (NZ)@civillibertynznews.bsky.social · last mo.Detain, Search, Use Force: Act’s big security guard overhaul - https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/detain-search-use-force-acts-big-security-guard-overhaul/5RXKPT5O45G3ZLGSFCYZOSQ26Y/ - Details and more news at: https://nzccl.org.nz/news
Because a combination of short term thinking, climate change denial and multiple billions being taken out as profits by privatisation is a toxic blend that leads to chronic underinvestment in what the country needs to prosper.
Kriszta Satori@fulelo.bsky.social · last mo.#BBCNews - Heat failure: Why essential tech fails when the temperature rises www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... by @chrisbaraniuk.com
Executive white man who’s been Prime Minister for 3 years derides his own country example #5472
Yorrike.@yorrike.bsky.social · last mo.From the most underwhelming PM in New Zealand history. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
TOP is only gaining popularity because people are desperate for change. Labour has its head up its own arse.
@greens.org.nz if you simply add this tile to the top of your tax calculator it'll instantly make a lot more sense to people.
JFC the tax isn't suddenly a surprise announcement right at the point you're confronted with the grief. It's not like the doctor says "I'm so sorry to have to tell you this, but as well as your dead relative you've got some tax to pay." Get a fucking grip.
NNew Zealand Herald (Unofficial)@nzherald.nzcow.com · 2mo ago
📢 "An inheritance tax is about the cruellest thing a state can impose on a grieving family". Video | Ryan Bridge TODAY
🦊 Wrote down some rambling thoughts on “AI”: as generational damage, on what repair might look like, and on asking what happens next. ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/all-to...
All tomorrow’s parties. — Ethan Marcotte
What happens next? Well, you tell me.
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Frankly reads like a hatchet job 😐 The “free” press doesn’t want us to have nice things either 🖕🏻
The political battle over Labour's transport policy
As Kiwis continue to wince at the petrol pump, Labour has swooped in, but some say the maths doesn't add up.
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We’re at the “dob in your workmates” stage of austerity
My colleague hasn't paid tax - do I have any recourse since I did? - Ask Susan
RNZ's money correspondent answers your questions.
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If you over-regulate capitalism you get totalitarian communism. If you under-regulate capitalism you get a ruling caste of insane monopolists. Please ignore the fact that one of these things has never happened and the other keeps happening over and over