Take a close look at who funds The Opportunity Party. Whether built on fitness empires, software companies, or bitcoin fortunes, these donors hold vast wealth outside of real estate. That is no accident; it is precisely why the meteoric rise of donor money must be questioned. #nzpol
A society that vilifies scientists and healthcare workers for trying to save lives is a society determined to destroy itself.
Survivors of abuse in care hand-delivered flowers to Parliament. The flowers were picked from the grounds of hospitals and care residences that were sites of abuse, and marked 2 years since the damning findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry. My #cartoon today #NZpol #AbuseInCare #ChildWelfare
Yeah, that’s a war crime.
Carceral Abolition@carceralabolition.bsky.social · 5d agoIsrael 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...
"The worst day of the June heatwave in France killed more people than the worst day of Covid." - @dwallacewells.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/did:...
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 5d agoJesus "@InseeFr released France's daily deaths up to 30/6 so I was curious for Paris (one of the regions hardest hit by the heat in Europe) The impact is "beyond": On Friday 26/6, Paris saw more deaths than on any day during pandemic, incl during its huge wave 1" -@Jean__Fisch x.com/Jean__Fisch/...
"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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"NZ First deputy Shane Jones also stood by his leader, saying Xu-Nan should "know his place"" They're just full mask off now. Because they have to be to get the cooker vote. #nzpol
One of the National Party's biggest donors profiting off Bishop's plan to destroy public housing. Most corrupt government ever #nzpol
jonathansgamecast.bsky.social@jonathansgamecast.bsky.social · last wk.
so uh… are nz msm going to have that conversation about how they use “quotes” to publish hate speech PR soon, or are they just going act purely as an amplification tool for the far right figures in this country until everything is destroyed?
I'm sorry but 'we have no ideology' is the most conservative coded messaging possible. It's also ... a lie.
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Yorrike.@yorrike.bsky.social · last wk.TOP’s “Let’s take the ideology out of politics” is akin to “let’s take the water out of the oceans”. Politics IS ideology FFS.
What The ACTUAL Fuck?!!! 🤬 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ
Andrew@openpolicy.bsky.social · last wk.So this is sickening: “Steff, who is now based at Mendel University in the Czech Republic, said New Zealand had the prospect of establishing itself as a "proving ground" where partners could test defence AI in the country's wide open spaces.” I hope Labour’s planning to pull back from this #nzpol
Any political party that intends to expand our nation's connections to the USA or the US military MUST campaign for an explicit public mandate during these elections for it to be valid. No permission sought = no permission authorised.✊ #FuckTrump #FuckTheUSA #OneTermGovernment #nzpol
John Rogers@johnrogers.bsky.social · last wk.You gotta watch the video for the noise. It's insane. Every time I see somebody ask "hey, why the backlash against data centers?" I'm puzzled because those people don't seem to understand data centers are *bad faith neighbors*. gizmodo.com/this-viral-d...
Love this, "Building anything at that height, in that cold, was a serious feat of engineering" Ahem They built the dam, bolting on solar PV is a flourish
IT'S RAINING BEN@bentorkington.bsky.social · last wk.I am so bored with the "everyone said it couldn't be done!" trope. Why do we have to vindicate the dumbest fucks in the comment section every time someone does something smart? www.ecoportal.net/en/switzerla...
#nzpol Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand. This is how you break duopolies.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · last wk.New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced a new plan to sell grocery baskets at city-run stores at 30% below retail prices. The baskets will be sold at five city-run stores and are his latest effort to offer savings to New Yorkers.
This should be bigger news than, say, National's ghost paid parental leave. #nzpol
Mary Kathleen@cioccolata.bsky.social · 2w agoAnd Simeon Brown has quietly changed the elective surgery waiting time in NZ from 4 months to 12 months for a specialist appointment. Share it. If your GP sends a waiting list referral you get the Xray, then a letter advising of 12 month wait to see a Specialist.
Federated Farmers release their updated and simplified Climate Change Policy (v13.7) #nzpol
Tim@timward2014.bsky.social · last wk.Fixed it for me: #nzpol
Actions speak much louder than polished campaign speeches. Stripping away hard-won rights, suppressing wage growth, and cutting thousands of jobs isn't "common sense" and it certainly isn't standing up for working people. #nzpol
Kieran McAnulty has just described the entirety of Luxon's Prime Ministerial style in one sentence #nzpol
Katya@nzkatya.bsky.social · last wk.I loved Kieran McAnulty's analysis: “I think he did it by accident, and then he got flustered, and then he ran away”