How grim is this!?! Seymour's shitty lunches, made in Australia, were unsurprisingly shit and mostly inedible and instead of fixing that, this shit-for-brains-idiotic-govt thought adding sugar filled sauces would fix it (and only didn't because it would've cost too much). FFS. #nzpol

BusinessDesk@businessdesknz.bsky.social · 23h ago

As schools reported throwing out nearly one in three Compass lunches late last year, the Ministry of Education looked into adding sauce to make the meals more appealing but shelved the idea over cost.

Permanently 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

Winston twice tells Speaker he is wrong about Standing Orders. Brownlee takes no action. #NzPol

Sacha@sachadylan.bsky.social · 17h ago

Winston being cute about Standing Orders after 4 decades in parliament. #NzPol

Point taken Andrew, but my study of the Hansard from 2024 onwards is a clear record of how Winston Peters, far more than any other MP, is responsible for the decline in the standards of the House, which ironically he so often decries. The Speaker appears to be complicit in enabling this. #nzpol

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa@sanjanah.bsky.social · 3d ago

The wrong, dishonourable MPs: Targeted harassment in New Zealand’s legislature sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/t... (WordPress) www.linkedin.com/pulse/wrong-... (LinkedIn) #nzpol

Forget heatwaves in many parts of the world, wildfires in Spain, Simon Court of the Act Party, self professed practical environmentalist, calls Wellington's recent bit of snow "a sign that maybe the climate emergency is over" #nzpol

What's interesting is that unless Winston is talking about Sam Brittenden, noted racist and fascist, Charlie's article has very little NZ First content in it - but Winston's shit scared of any scrutiny - 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

A dark day for human rights.

this owl has just about had it with the bullshit and me too

People who are on welfare contribute, while they're on welfare, after they're on welfare, if they go back on welfare, if they need it for life. They contribute to their community, friends, family, and those who love them. They are part of us. Associating someone's value to work is a narrow-minded

Bee@dailybee.bsky.social · 6d ago

UGH any opportunity to shit on welfare. To him if you're on welfare, you contribute nothing, if you can't work, you must just be a leech who brings nothing to society. Also if they need multiple jobs you've failed as a society, you've failed as a government.

This explanation is stupid. Is Luxon saying that this racism would be okay if Winston was in those countries? Racism isn't okay, no matter the state of immigration. And we remember your dog whistling about social cohesion months ago. #nzpol

From Question Time today. Do data centers increase energy generation? #nzpol

If we lose this election again, it will be definitively Chippy’s tone deaf fault. #nzpol #NZ #TaxTheRich #WealthTax

TamaraAkl@tamaraakl.bsky.social · last wk.

Hipkins on RNZ this morning ruled out introducing land tax and wealth tax. So instead of offering real change, Labour again wants to appear as much National-like as it can, terrified of being accused of putting new taxes up even though we desperately need them. That's an election lost, yet again.

This is absolutely brilliant from Tina Ngata. If you wondered how Henry did on Q & A (or even if you didn't) this is an excellent analysis #nzpol

Was That Q+A or MasterChef?

In the homestretch of the coldest of political winters, we gathered. There was a defiance about this Mataariki – more than ever, folks were determined to come together, celebrate, farewell an…

tinangata.com

Spotted in Courtenay Place! Whoever put these up 🥰🥰🥰 amazing work. Today is a great day to make your voice heard about "move on orders" which basically authorize police to harass homeless people for just existing. #NZpol www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

The Ministry of Social Development’s Letters of Understanding about housing homeless people. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Homeless #EmergencyHousing

Would be awesome to get 500 more signatures before the cut off at 11.59pm tonight. Please share and sign to give the disabled & chronically ill financial autonomy. #nzpol #Kikorangi petitions.parliament.nz/0e32836b-625...

Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.

petitions.parliament.nz

Ciara 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪@ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · last mo.

I would be ever grateful if you could all sign this petition for me. If they could get this through into law it would be life changing for me. #Kikorangi petitions.parliament.nz/0e32836b-625...

DYING to block young people from the internet and require age verification tech across all platforms. But not DYING to develop online safety regulations that would actually help change online environments for the better. Let's talk about what Luxon had to say 🧵 #nzpol

squirtle rangers

The Trucking Lobby: "We demand that Chris Bishop take as many heavy loads as we can offer"

I've been binging through lifetime drama movies to feel as if I'm back in more simple times

in 2023 anna mowbray stepped back the zuru empire that had made her filthy rich & set to work on "zeil", which she proudly pitched as "tinder for jobs". webworm reports that the website does what zuru sometimes likes to do... scrape other content to make it their own: www.webworm.co/zuruverseofs...

Older lady peeped the rainbow flag on my bike, asked in a thick Russian accent “It’s your Pride?” She told me her youngest grandchild is “not she berry or he berry but no berry.” I said “Nonbinary?” She got so excited. Yes! Yes! And “Is a secret, but they are my“ *looks around, whispers* “favorite.”

HDPA thinks the median income is $160,000. Even if you convert it to fahrenheit (something I’m sure is done every day in the NZME newsrooms) it’s nowhere near

Amnesty statement on the new human rights scores for New Zealand: amnesty.org.nz/new-human-ri...

New human rights data shows New Zealand failing to protect basic rights

Research released today by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) raises serious concerns about how human rights are being upheld in Aotearoa New Zealand, with new data showing the country con...

amnesty.org.nz

But I don't want to be a millionaire. I just want a govt to care about human rights and stop calling its citizens "customers" jfc

Part of my research is in figuring out who knows what in relation to knowledge. The idea that "commercialised" science just involves thinking really hard on your own to create things that will make money is so wrong, it's not even a lie. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of science as an activity.

Danielle, Petty Hate Machine@dimsie.bsky.social · last mo.

"a piece of science" "sunshine"

Auckland Council is asking Local Boards for feedback on housing policy. Option A, the legal bare minimum, is a “why bother?”🤷🏻‍♀️ Option B, which upzones for homes near transport & shops, is the one!🙌 Let your local board know the way to go – here’s how! 📣🤜✍️ www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/06/25/s...

Speak up now for more homes in the right places - Greater Auckland

On Tuesday 9th June, Auckland Council’s Policy, Planning and Development Committee voted on housing policy options to send to local boards and iwi authorities for consultation and engagement. Narrowly...

greaterauckland.org.nz

we recently did an ep about why cutting and “automating” public service jobs is a bad idea to claim 2k in a summary seems pretty fucking wild www.1of200.nz/podcast/1200...

1/200 Campaign Season E8 - Kiwi Made RoboDebt?? — 1/200

We speak with Asher about the impacts of potentially ‘automating’ welfare systems, the disaster of RoboDebt in Australia and the ways in which cuts to the public service intentionally degrade and unde...

1of200.nz

Cynethryth@cynethryth.com · last mo.

With all the buzz about TOP, whom I will not be voting for due to their vague both-sidesing, I had a little poke around their site. I think most of their policies look good on the surface. But sometimes when you get into the weeds you see stuff like this:

After subsidising the problem ($200million for oil and gas exploration; $8billion for LNG) Nats look to support the solution a tiny bit ($7m for solar). So that is something positive I guess, but so small compared to the fossil fuel subsidies. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

National promises homeowners low-cost loans to install solar power

You can watch the announcement below.

rnz.co.nz

It’s interesting for National to be swiping the Greens solar policy as an election policy when the Greens would support it through the house next week. Meanwhile this term National has failed to deliver on its EV charging stations election promises and is decimating the capacity of local government.