"The Electoral Commission today approved registration of Alliance Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Free Palestine, New Zealand Loyal and Te Tai Tokerau Party under Part 4 of the Electoral Act 1993." elections.nz/media-and-ne... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

I'm sure this warning will bring out the fossil fuel stans, but I checked my solar generation for yesterday and it produced over a third of what I used even in the dreary winter weather we had, rolling out more solar remains a solution for future energy needs Crossposted with @openvibe.social

These are the dilapidated tents of Gaza's residents, sweltering ovens in this intense heat and without electricity. Gaza deserves to live in dignity.

TOP certainly not beating the "party for Redditors" accusations with disproportionate support among young men (14.5%) www.roymorgan.com/findings/102...

Controversial opinion maybe but we shouldn't uphold Bradbury as a free speech hero. If someone had gone through the lengthy process to get an interim court order, their case likely has merit. Bradbury talking about how outing this individual is supposedly in the public interest is unsettling

The Press@thepress.co.nz · 2d ago

An unnamed complaint alleges Martyn Bradbury caused them ‘significant personal emotional distress’.

if firing a geriatric old racist means the government will fall, then it doesn't deserve to stand #nzpol

"Behind these cold statistics is a heavy human toll: a growing proportion of Kiwis working hard just to watch their reserves slowly dissipate, while waiting for an economic reprieve that keeps getting pushed out year after year." www.stuff.co.nz/money/361012... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Four in ten Kiwis feel worse off financially than they did a year ago | Stuff

Many Kiwis feel like they’re going backwards at the moment.

stuff.co.nz

Saw there were new Futurama episodes and then discovered there was a whole season last year that I somehow missed Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Here we go, an amended bingo card with the Australian references localised to Aotearoa references, which does double duty for all your NZ First and ACT candidate needs!

Byron C Clark@byroncclark.bsky.social · 2d ago

Wild how you could use this card this side of the Tasman for NZ First candidates and barely have to change a thing

Wild how you could use this card this side of the Tasman for NZ First candidates and barely have to change a thing

Beth@zahri.bsky.social · 3d ago

As One Nation starts announcing candidates, here's a bingo card over the possibilities

Part one of my investigation into a group of young men trying to import “remigration” into New Zealand politics www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

The young men behind New Zealand’s new far-right movement

An investigation reveals how young Kiwi activists are using global far-right tactics to target local migrant communities.

thepress.co.nz

This is not one of the two far-right linked NZ First members reported on recently, but a third individual

The Press@thepress.co.nz · 3d ago

A senior figure in New Zealand First’s youth wing has links to neo-Nazi groups and online accounts praising Adolf Hitler, an investigation by The Press has found.

I hope that the backlash against data centres leads to future ones being constructed in ways that genuinely alleviate the environmental concerns, e.g. put them in the basements of apartment buildings, use the excess heat for tenants hot water cylinders and grey water for extra cooling

The Press@thepress.co.nz · 3d ago

Data centres have existed for decades, so what's the big deal now?

Just a reminder at how poorly served farmers are by agribusiness lobby groups, like Fed Farmers, which vociferously oppose action on climate change, leaving ordinary farmers to deal with the climate disruption. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn

Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue

theguardian.com

I’m not sure there’s a sentence that better encapsulates the trajectory of the American online right than “Laura Loomer is fending off accusations that she’s a transgendered Mossad spy.”

Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d ago

Meanwhile Laura Loomer is fending off accusations that she’s a trans woman. Participating in right wing political discourse just melts people’s brains.

The price of a new phone in Gaza is $350-450. This is a large amount of money, but without it Amir loses contact with the rest of the world. Please help any way you can.

Phil McDuff@mcduff.bsky.social · 4d ago

Amir has broken his phone. These are a lifeline for people in Gaza, connecting them with the outside world, enabling them to raise money and reach out. They are also incredibly expensive due to the blockade. Please donate and help him raise the money for a new one. chuffed.org/project/help...

Meta enters AI-training agreement with far-right 'propaganda rag' Newsmax According to the company's announcement, Meta's platforms will use Newsmax content to train their AI how to answer questions from users www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Meta enters AI-training agreement with far-right 'propaganda rag' Newsmax

According to the company's announcement, Meta's platforms will use Newsmax content to train their AI how to answer questions from users

thecanary.co

Hey, Trash Panda Gang, can you help support Bec’s family? They‘ve been left without her and need some community uplift: givealittle.co.nz/cause/please...

Please help support Becs and her beautiful family

Supporting Becs Flanagan's family by easing the financial burden during this heartbreaking time.

givealittle.co.nz

🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝@pepperraccoon.com · last wk.

One of my kindest and best customers died this week. No warning, she was young, I didn‘t know her personally that well, but we were in the DMs often and she was always so lovely. Life is strange, death is sudden. 💔

In times like these, it’s important to pay attention to the grand unifying narratives ideas are hooking on to. Like that children are there to be controlled by adults, like babies and birth are commodities to be controlled by the state, like citizenship is a state more valuable than non-citizenship.

"30 years ago, Winston Peters and New Zealand First were campaigning against the “Asian Invasion” in the 1996 elections. That same year, my family and I moved to Aotearoa. According to him, my family were part of this invasion." e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Why we call Winston Peters ‘Lao Pi’ | E-Tangata

“Mandarin-speaking communities are so familiar with Winston, we have nicknamed him 'Lao Pi'. Lao Pi is like that grumpy neighbour everyone knows is a problem. Except he’s not a random neighbour. He is the foreign affairs minister and former deputy prime minister.” — Mengzhu Fu.

e-tangata.co.nz

Small local Manhattan newspaper is reporting - hope no one notices... #NZPol

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4d ago

China has lodged a formal complaint after New Zealand’s top diplomat on Wednesday told a Chinese-born lawmaker to “go back to your own country.” His comment has also prompted calls in New Zealand for the minister’s dismissal.

Birth incentivisation polices have never worked anywhere, but of course the target audience for this policy isn't actually perspective parents, it's people who are worried that other groups aren't having enough (white) babies www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

A Māori MP has drawn praise for defending New Zealand’s native language in a heated parliamentary debate - citing Wales as an example of a nation valuing its indigenous language and identity

‘English is a bastard language’: Māori MP praises Wales' bilingualism in passionate speech

Stephen Price A Māori MP has drawn praise for defending New Zealand’s native language in a heated parliamentary debate – citing Wales as an example of a nation valuing its indigenous language and iden...

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Jeanne Gibson, known worldwide as Rosie the Riveter, passed away on 29th July 2026 at the remarkable age of 100. Thank you Jeanne for giving women a symbol of strength when we were told we had none. 💋💪🏻💘

New from me: Until recently, the gap between comfortably-off and just-getting-started could plausibly be crossed in a decade or two of hard work. Growth in asset prices means that’s no longer true: even a lifetime of striving doesn’t offer a realistic prospect of feeling you’ve “made it”.

It is amazing that the Prime Minister is a walking political disaster, and the Foreign Minister is an out-and-proud racist, AND YET they're still going to win the election because Labour is coded "losers" and the Greens are coded "innumerate woke shoplifters". Opposition can't get any traction.

Ben Gracewood@ben.gracewood.nz · 5d ago

Luxon's "I was out there building a kick-arse business" just galls me so much. Bro you were employed by a couple of gigantic inefficient enterprises. You did not build a pie shop or a landscaping business. You did not build a tech startup.

Yeah, that’s a war crime.

Carceral Abolition@carceralabolition.bsky.social · 5d ago

Israel just detonated 700 tons of explosives beneath Beaufort Castle in South Lebanon, in the middle of the night - a 900-year-old Crusader castle that UNESCO just listed as World Heritage site www.reddit.com/r/israelexpo...

A dark day for human rights.

Guy who went on holiday to Toontown and made it his whole personality:

Here's Mitchell's article, paywalled, but consider a subscription to support this kind of journalism. If that's not doable, if your library has PressReader you can log in with your library card and read it online as it appeared in print (where it was a full page) www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

The young men behind New Zealand’s new far-right movement

An investigation reveals how young Kiwi activists are using global far-right tactics to target local migrant communities.

thepress.co.nz

Byron C Clark@byroncclark.bsky.social · 5d ago

Well, this will certainly be an interesting article to read Crossposted with @openvibe.social