Johnmac
@johnmacmot.bsky.social
Food grower, community volunteer, leftie. Slightly ancient, residing in Westport.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...
E Tū E Kī: They Don’t Speak for Us - Block the Definition of Woman Bill
The Government is progressing a Bill through Parliament that aims to limit the rights of transgender, non-binary, and intersex New Zealanders in the name of cis women, by defining “man” and “woman” (a...
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In fact this Govt has continued to use urgency at unprecedented levels right through the term, often for legislation based on vibes, often incoherent. My impression is that they govern like they spent too much time in the business books section at the airport bookshop.
Quick look at core crown revenue / expenditure per capita (adjusted for inflation). Blue line is the $ Govt spent into the economy. The yellow line is the $ Govt took back. Note that the determinant of the balance (surplus / deficit) is typically changes in *revenue*. Few reckons... [🧵 1/n]
Man, definitely check your voting enrolment – so many people when we were door knocking today were like yea we’ve lived here for ages and we voted X last time and we didn’t have their details. vote.nz/enrolling/en...
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Awful truth, unknown to 99% of the population... NZ Govt adopted an economic management model in the 1980s that MAKES SURE: 1. We always have tens of thousands of kiwis on the dole. 2. People with work / little work live in abject poverty that keeps them desperate for crap jobs. Why? [🧵 1/n]
So NZ PM Chris Luxon promised Sean Plunket he "had his back" and would protect Platform from the BSA. Now TP is under BSA remit, Goldsmith moves to scrap BSA. This is absolutely fucked up Trumpian politics
Let me get this straight, Jacinda was unsuccessful and divisive because she united us in a world-leading crisis response; Luxon is successful because he’s dragged us cluelessly into one crisis after another with no plan at all. Got it. #NZPol
NZ abstaining from voting UN resolution on enslavement of Africans being gravest crime against humanity WTF was our govt thinking? Why would we not wholeheartedly support this important recognition & mahi towards justice? (rhetorical)
While the pathetic grifters are whining about Labour 'ignoring advice' regarding COVID, here's a quick reminder #nzpol Advice ignored - Smokefree Legislation - Emissions Targets, etc - Māori Health Authority - Fast-track Bill - School Lunches - iReX - Landlord Tax Breaks - Significant Natural Areas
Auckland Councillor confirms National cut social housing, accommodation in Auckland from 890 places to 39 in one year, and cut emergency housing grants by 70-80% ($20m). Since then, individuals rough sleeping in our city have increased by 100%. #NZPOL #auckland www.reddit.com/r/nzpolitics...
Auckland Councillors speak out about National's new law - National reduced available social housing accomodation in Auckland from 890 places to 39 and cut emergency housing grants by 70-80%
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#NZpol “Levying billions of dollars of charges onto every New Zealand family and business to increase our dependence on overseas fossil fuels is crazy,” — NZGBC chief executive Andrew Eagles Yes, it really *is* beyond economic madness to push LNG. Definitely some very ugly quid pro quo going down.
Rob@robdickinson.bsky.social · 6mo agoGovernment’s plan to import LNG for electricity generation would cost households and businesses up to $8.3bn Same volume of electricity could be delivered through a $2.5b investment in rooftop solar panels and hot water heat pumps evsandbeyond.co.nz/solar-heat-p...
Really quick chart to show the rise of declared state of emergencies due to sever weather events. See the trend? Also we are only 45 days into 2026! Can we talk about climate change now? #NZPol Notes in Alt Text
Nick Young@nickofnz.bsky.social · 6mo agoThat $6 billion climate resilience fund would be useful right now if NATIONAL HADN’T SCRAPPED IT! At least the landlords got their handouts though. #nzpol #ClimateEmergency
Though often seen as a clean-energy success story, NZ is lagging other countries that are reaching 100 percent renewable power. Jamie Morton reports.
NZ needs to pay power firms to build renewable generation – professor
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Bronwyn Hayward is a Professor of NZ Politics, with one of her research foci being climate change and its politics/policy (she's also been someone I've known since I was a PhD student and has been a support to me), so I can say she is absolutely not only worth a follow, but is highly qualified here.
Bronwyn Hayward@bmhayward.bsky.social · 6mo agograteful to Janet Wilson just calling it as it is- while we had a fantastic head start in NZ with much hydro electricity- the govt is now taking a short sighted step back -it’s not just a tax, it is a subsidy for international old fashioned energy-let’s think harder www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Happy 13th anniversary to this pair of matching news headlines.
Simon Watts saying the levy the govt called a levy in its own media release documents isn't a levy, having also said that a charge set against all users to pay for something government is building isn't a tax is a new low point for "words don't mean anything any more".
Reasons why RNZ will never have me back on: -said landlords being MPs was a conflict of interest -called ACT a far right political party -declined to gossip and speculate about Golriz
RNZ's lapses are concerning. Australia's TTR wasn't going to make $1 billion earnings for #NZ through seabed mining. TTR made that claim but retracted it once they got onto fast track. RNZ even reported it back then but in the last 2 days, RNZ have republished the $1b claim as fact twice #nzpol
Seabed miner Trans-Tasman Resources retracts claim it will earn $1 billion a year
It comes after the plan was included in the list of projects up for Fast Track Bill approval.
rnz.co.nz
So National took $6b from Labour's natural disaster relief & infrastructure readiness fund and returned 0.02% of it #nzpol #Kiwi
Daily Indignation@dailyindignation.bsky.social · 6mo agoLuxon's govt cut funding for extreme-weather resilience in 2024, and so shouldn't be allowed to now crow about any money they dedicate without it being mentioned. The Post does it right.
The workplace relations minister refusing to back a bill to address the issue of modern day slavery doesn't bode well for workplace relations
Paul Goldsmith says his illegal appointment of Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow & Race Relations Cr Melissa Derby is "not the end of the world". Both failed the selection process but Derby is a founding member of FSU. Rainbow failed too then texted David Seymour to get the job #nzpol
Steven Miller’s wife apparently posted this today if this gives you any indication of what these monster-mobsters intend to do IF WE CONTINUE TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. THEY ARE PEDO-NAZIS.
And rightly so, given what's unfolded over just 2025. | UN sounds alarm on NZ racism and Māori rights www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/12/07/u...
UN sounds alarm on NZ racism and Māori rights
UN CERD warns NZ is backsliding on racial equality: Māori land, Tiriti commitments, hate speech, youth justice, health equity, and human rights institutions face serious risks.
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When Tasman flooded this year, with people trapped & millions of $ in damage, lost livehlihoods. Luxon flew to a Hawaii for holiday. He didn't tell anyone until he got back. Now he tells NZ we don't deserve our Xmas holidays & we're not American enough. The man with NO portfolio is a tosser #nzpol
