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Ian Grant

@gruntienz.bsky.social

Semi Retired RN from Auckland, NZ Old white boomer and Anti-Fascist

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Ben@birdsnest64.bsky.social · 17h ago

If the price you are willing to pay to stay in power is to keep working with a racist member of your cabinet, even if he is the leader of a different party, then that ultimately shows you can accept racism as the price of doing business. 2/2 #NZPol

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social · 4w ago

Donald Trump allowed the man he is sitting with to shell American troops in Syria Wouldn't it be something if anyone in American media had the courage and ethics to ask about this today, especially as Trump speaks of rewarding his Turkish business partner with sales of American military goods

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Q: Are you gonna sell F-35s to Turkey, and what about the legal restrictions? TRUMP: Why wouldn't we do that? Turkey in many ways has been much more loyal than other countries than we think would be loyal. It's certainly something we'd consider.

Workers First Union@workersfirstunion.bsky.social · last mo.

ACT couldn't have dismantled Kiwi workers' rights without the support of NZ First. ACT couldn't have sold us out to overseas mega-corporations without the support of NZ First. ACT couldn't have set back Kiwi women a decade without the support of NZ First. A vote for NZ First is a vote for ACT #nzpol

A version of the "spiderman" pointing meme - two identical spider-man characters are pointing at each other in recognition against a warehouse background, but their faces have been replaced by Winston Peters and David Seymour, implying their identicalness. Text reads: "A vote for NZ First is a vote for ACT.", alongside a small authorisation: Authorised by Dennis Maga, Workers First Union, 120 Church Street, Onehunga, Auckland; plus a Workers First Union logo.
Russel Norman@russelnorman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

LNG import terminal will make NZ energy more expensive, more polluting, less reliable. It is a desperate attempt to lock us into fossil fuels. No wonder they are trying to hide the evidence: Officials redacted advice showing 'low need' for LNG imports www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Officials redacted advice showing 'low need' for LNG imports

Government officials tried to redact advice pointing to a "low need" for the facility and, in some cases, no need at all.

rnz.co.nz

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It’d be a shame if protesters showed up with floodlights and flash photography to make it impossible for this humiliating spectacle to be executed under cover of darkness (I still think there’s a chance he bulldozes the place rather than suffering having his name taken off it)

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Russel Norman@russelnorman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We now know that within the Prime Ministers Office there was a political lobbying pathway operating via the PM's Chief Policy Advisor's private email. Fonterra says it was told to send the lobbying docs via this pathway. It may still be operating via other staffers private email addresses.

Russel Norman@russelnorman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Luxon claims he never saw the polluting corp docs but... C: “Is it OK if corporations are - what - having a direct impact on the wording of legislation?” L: “Well, I’d be careful saying that, John, I reject that characterisation completely.” C: “How do you know if you’ve never seen this document?

GreenLeft Network 🍉@nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A reminder that this year is an election year. - Public service cuts are NOT inevitable. - Depriving the Public Sector to get "efficiencies" and "savings" is NOT inevitable. - Privatisation of our public resources is NOT inevitable. Register to Vote. Get your whānau to Vote. #nzpol

RNZ Headline: "Nearly 9000 public sector jobs to go, government agencies to merge, Nicola Willis announces"RNZ Headline: "'Like closing a timber mill': Why Wellington's economy needs to rely less on public sector"
GreenLeft Network 🍉@nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Political apathy is the right's greatest weapon. Not voting in this year's general election is a vote for National, ACT, and NZ First back into power. A better future in Aotearoa can be achieved. But the mahi still needs to be done. Don't be complacent. Party Vote Green. #nzpol

Lisa Coleman@luckyhorst.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I think about watching Coronation St in 2000. Hayley was trans (ex Harold) and married to autistic trainspotter Roy and it was no big deal. The most adorable romance ever. I wonder how their characters would be written today?

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Azlemed04@azlemed04.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My kids are 16-22 in age, its bloody dim when they look forward. Two are studying and racking up student loans, one is job hunting and one at school. It’s depressing for them and for us as parents seeing them being treated like crap by our govt. Vote Nact out.

Dr Bex@drbex.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This government is now offering less than nothing for our young people. No jobs, no welfare, no training or education support ... this does not augur well for NZ's future and creates conditions civil unrest: open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...