would be a good time to launch a child welfare policy and hard push the PR to media on the back of this Labour could either invoke Ardern, or Greens could seek to take that mantel - either would be pretty welcome across MOST of the political spectrum at this point

Ms Hooper@mshooper.bsky.social · 4d ago

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

Extremely important to note this guy turning up to defend Kellie Jane Keen Minshull because she's a fascist and transphobia is a darling of the fascist movement.

Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 3d ago

Second part: a senior figure in Young New Zealand First has ties to a neo-Nazi group and online accounts that praised Adolf Hitler www.thepress.co.nz/politics/361...

Great news, & it should get attention Labour, the Greens & TPM are saying that relying on administrative data is not fit for purpose The challenge is not just funding. It’s also getting people to trust that providing info to the state won’t hurt them, contrary to our punitive welfare system #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...

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…

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She wasn't reappointed because she cares about the welfare of children and this government does not #nzpol

Ms Hooper@mshooper.bsky.social · 4d ago

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

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

And there are so many simple solutions out there, which would benefit EVERYONE, not just young families, but they're pre-emptively ruled out *not* because they would cost money but because they might put a tiny dent in the ideology of austerity and small government and heartless individualism

You'd think the party that had a convicted sexual abuser as a president for 4 years would want to avoid a policy that could be seen as legalising child abuse #nzpol

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 4d ago

ACT candidate Paul Henry unveils plan to let teachers use 'reasonable force' on 'little shits'

Going to restate this with regard to ACT's "beating naughty children" policy, which has nothing to do with what children, parents or teachers want, and everything to do with making insecure old white men feel like they're still lords of the universe despite contributing nothing of value to society

Byron C Clark@byroncclark.bsky.social · 4d ago

Mostly 50+ year old men who "don't recognise their country anymore" and twentysomething year old men who in theory would have big families if they could only find a submissive tradwife

How exactly is a new baby boom in Aotearoa NZ going to helpful when folk can't afford food, housing, education, health care, there's huge unemployment, wage stagnation, and general misery? You know what encourages folk to have kids? Great social investment, secure income, and fewer RW twats

Let us be honest, Paul Henry. There are a lot of big shits in politics. Including you.

The most poisonous myth from the right wing is that it shouldn't matter where the kid is coming from, because good teachers will overcome it by sheer force of will. Poverty? Nah, doesn't matter. Mental health? Irrelevant. The teacher fails by not dealing with social issues beyond the curriculum.

'Children only get one chance at childhood. A baby hospitalised this winter cannot wait for a stronger economy. A child growing up in poverty cannot pause their development until political consensus emerges.' - Claire Achmad. #NzPol

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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Might want to seek a quote or two from this source

I'm tired of old men punching down on vulnerable communities. Please stop voting for them. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...

The R-word is an ableist slur

Winston has form, lets leave him in the past where he belongs

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I would like to propose a members bill banning male politicians telling us to have babies.

This policy would directly lead to physical abuse of disabled and neurodivergent children. Tell your friends. I'm absolutely serious.

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 4d ago

ACT candidate Paul Henry unveils plan to let teachers use 'reasonable force' on 'little shits'

Yes, absolutely. You can understand why he would have had to trade away employment as a goal for the economy in order to achieve, well, a pointless 2nd Covid inquiry, a pointless English language bill and a cruel and unimplementable piece of political theatre attacking trans people.

No, it's just me, surely? I'm not the only one seeing this? Our Prime Minister acknowledges Winston Peters is racist, but is "relaxed" about Peters being our Foreign Minister? There are few lines to be read between, here.

🧵This is significant out of #NZpol The Atlas Network-driven government (c/o Dep PM Seymour with his 2-week Atlas MBA 😂) is passing questions from journos to Free Speech Union. FSUs are in 5+ countries out of UK. Peter Thiel circle? Meant to defend “race science” & bigoted trash as “Free Speech” 🙄

The perfect description of a library card .

Comment from Otago University: Public health advice insists on heating bedrooms to 18C overnight, but Sir David Skegg finds little robust science for it.

Why you can stop feeling guilty about the 18C home heating rule

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In case this isn’t clear, all parties were working collaboratively to advance a new law on consent NOW. National withdrew from this collaboration in order to promise it would do this same thing AFTER THE ELECTION. Trying to slow down this change.

I assumed Winston named them after people from his childhood. 😄

Joanna Kidman@joannakidman.bsky.social · 3w ago

Lest we forget, Cook attempted to enter Wellington harbour on two occasions (once on the Endeavour and once on the Resolution) and failed both times. Not a good omen really. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Great to see consultation over new measures to reduce vaping's appeal to young people. Lost count of the times I have made similar suggestions here. Hoping the UK shows the leadership we have not displayed.

Action on Smoking Health (UK)@ashorguk.bsky.social · 4w ago

Great to see that the consultation on measures to limit the appeal of vapes to children will be launched today as part of the Tobacco and Vapes Act.

Great to see that the consultation on measures to limit the appeal of vapes to children will be launched today as part of the Tobacco and Vapes Act.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4w ago

Vape packaging and flavouring face restrictions under UK plans to reduce appeal to children

Mānawatia a Matariki! My #cartoon today #Matariki #NZpol

It's Matariki & there are so many bills! But this one undermines Māori & all NZers right to private action vs climate harm. Key words of the bill were drafted by firms who benefit but notes were lost/undisclosed-not a one-off staffer failing, this is a systemic NZ politics issue from no lobby regs

In New Zealand doesn’t even HAVE a basic lobbying register let alone cooling off rules because of lobbyists stopping it every time! ‘she’ll be right’ isn’t ok anymore in a modern democracy, and the fast track legislation without adequate lobby laws has opened a political Pandora’s box in NZ politics