“A study of the Hansard supports Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick’s allegation that Speaker Gerry Brownlee gives New Zealand First’s Winston Peters a latitude he denies her, and other MPs who challenge Peters’ conduct.” #nzpol

The Speaker’s selective severity: Rules for Swarbrick, rank for Peters

A study of the Hansard supports Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick’s allegation that Speaker Gerry Brownlee gives New Zealand First’s Winston Peters a latitude he denies her, and other MPs who c…

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This petition from the greens is onto a winner. #nzpol Press Pause On New AI Data Centres action.greens.org.nz/pause_ai_dat...

Press Pause On New AI Data Centres

The Green Party is calling for a one-year pause on the construction of new AI data centres, so we have time to develop clear rules to make sure that the needs of people and planet are put first.

action.greens.org.nz

In today’s NZ Herald

Companies creating or using AI-generated content have to label it clearly for users to know, as part of an EU guideline implemented on Sunday. #EuropeNews

AI-generated label becomes mandatory in the EU

Companies creating or using AI-generated content have to label it clearly for users to know, as part of an EU guideline implemented on Sunday.

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'Look, what I will say to you is that I'm sorry you got offended'

Watch: PM Christopher Luxon apologises for 'parent-child mentality' comments

The prime minister has apologised for his comments to the Rotorua business community last week, saying he was sorry they "did not properly acknowledge the challenges that many small business owners ar...

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#nzpol #Luxflakes #nzpol

#nzpol

Sam Sachdeva@samsachdeva.bsky.social · 3d ago

Not sure how much attention this will get, but it’s quite a big deal - Labour has pulled its support for the Govt’s controversial census ‘modernisation’ plans, meaning it no longer has the 75% majority it needs in Parliament: newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/g...

Fkn hell 🫪 #nzpol

Emily@emilywrites.co.nz · 3d ago

A big old scoop: an Ombudsman investigation into a refused OIA request has helped shed light on just how much AI the Ministry of Education is using to create the new school curriculum www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-ministry...

Term 3, Week 3 of #Seymour’sSlop. It’s dire, people. #nzpol

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Add your name in opposition to new oil exploration

Together we fought long and hard to ban offshore oil and gas exploration and will resist it restarting under the National Government.

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Hello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x

“It is not impolite to name racism, to document it, or to organise against it. What is impolite is telling a New Zealander of 30 years to go home. What is indecent is a cabinet that shelters him.” — Mohan Dutta. #nzpol e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

We must name racism when it happens | E-Tangata

"It is not impolite to name racism, to document it, or to organise against it. What is impolite is telling a New Zealander of 30 years to go home. What is indecent is a cabinet that shelters him." — M...

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Departing children's commissioner Claire Achmad has called rising child poverty "inexcusable" as she leaves a role she wanted to keep, saying she was given five weeks' notice and never told why she was not reappointed. #nzpol

Outgoing Children’s Commissioner: 'I have been a fair and balanced critic'

Claire Achmad’s role as the independent children’s advocate ended on Friday — despite her wanting to stay on.

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"We're getting spending under control so stop crying and just grow up" - Christopher Luxon. The same Christopher Luxon that just agreed to spend $140,000,000 per km to build a new 26km road that will save 10mins per journey while also claiming there's no money to pay nurses or teachers. #nzpol

If im understanding the prime minister correctly, and quite frankly I doubt that anyone can, he thinks New Zealand business owners should be on the roads aggressively disrupting themselves with smack, a habit which he himself picked up in Chicago.

Silver Ferns get shot at first Commonwealth Games gold since 2014

Silver Ferns get shot at first Commonwealth Games gold since 2014

The Silver Ferns have advanced to their first Commonwealth Games gold medal match since 2014, after beating England 61-54 in Glasgow.

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Whenever Christopher Luxon talks about New Zealand, he makes it very clear that he fucking hates us and everything we are. Voting for that is an exercise in self loathing.

Yes that is a tuba in a bath tub

Word. #nzpol

Shifty Cow@supergoofnz.bsky.social · 5d ago

The money this coalition has wasted on stupid, petty shit and flip-flops is disgusting.

Hmmmmm.

Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺@andrew.sharpe.scot · 5d ago

The BBC in Scotland is actively promoting Burnham's 'Mayor's for Scotland' line. Why is this worrying? Scotland voted against this in May. BBC Scotland is effectively ignoring the democratic process, bypassing Holyrood and promoting policies and ideas the Scottish electorate has already rejected.

'It hurts us': Auckland’s Chinese community slams Peters’ ‘go back to your own country’ insult

'It hurts us': Auckland’s Chinese community slams Peters’ ‘go back to your own country’ insult

Members of Auckland's Asian community have criticised Foreign Minister Winston Peters for telling a Chinese-born New Zealand MP to "go back to your own country" during a parliamentary debate.

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So much here, but the point that stood out to me is that stupid Netflix documentary that she refused to engage with (good on her). Everyone in NZ should boycot that shit. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...

'He was a dictator': Mother of Marokopa children speaks out about her relationship with Tom Phillips

For most people, the Tom Phillips case began when he first disappeared with his children into the bush in 2021 and ended when he was shot dead by police last year.

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For the enlightenment of the 💩🤡s going after Fauci:

Give nothing to racism. Except, you know, some of the highest ministerial positions available.

Enrol now! If Luxon fires Peters then Peters brings down the government And the we have a snap election If you haven't enrolled by two weeks before the election the new voter suppression laws will prevent you from voting

CindyBax@cindybax.bsky.social · 6d ago

Luxon has no choice but to fire this minister he is actively endangering our global reputation #nzpol

The New Zealand government is actively rewriting New Zealand's law to block Mike Smith from taking the country's biggest climate polluters to court. It's quite a story👇 www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

We are locked in a legal battle against six of New Zealand’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters - Greenpeace International

The core argument behind my case against Fonterra and others is that if corporations knowingly contribute to dangerous climate harm, then surely there must be some legal mechanism to hold them account...

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Folks, do you understand that all current MSD benefits other than Jobseeker provide more money than TOP is offering as a “UBI”. Unless you wish us to be homeless and starve, we will need more, and that will require the same level of admin MSD does now. #NZPol

"As I conclude my term as Children’s Commissioner, one message I want to strongly emphasise is this: these negative childhood health outcomes are preventable. The hardships experienced by children reflect the priorities the Government sets and the policies it chooses to invest in." #votethemout

The plight of our children can't wait for politics

Children can't vote but inherit the consequences of government and societal failures for the longest time, writes outgoing Children's Commissioner Claire Achmad in a final plea

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Add your name and pass it on. We must protect our conservation land. action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/aot...

PETITION: Hands off conservation land!

The PM is trying to open the door to selling off conservation land. If the wild places of NZ were mined, logged or sold off, we can’t get them back. Aotearoa is NOT for sale. Sign the petition now.

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#nzpol

D Jukic She/her@dejanajuk.bsky.social · 6d ago

TOP happy for people forced into unemployment and/or homelessness by Government policies/actions to starve and/or die on the streets because that it what a 60% cut to MSD would mean. #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...