Open and free for all. Enrolment of 18-24 year olds for Nov 7 election collapses to 53% from 70%; Over 200,000 young people not enrolled = more than voted NZ First in 2023; Auckland Council vote turnout under 20% for young. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

A generation being disenfranchised in plain sight

Enrolment of 18-24 year olds for Nov 7 election collapses to 53% from 70%; Over 200,000 young people not enrolled = more than voted NZ First in 2023; Auckland Council vote turnout under 20% for young

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"We're getting spending under control so stop crying and just grow up" - Christopher Luxon. The same Christopher Luxon that just agreed to spend $140,000,000 per km to build a new 26km road that will save 10mins per journey while also claiming there's no money to pay nurses or teachers. #nzpol

Is any journalist pointing out that this is *not* a Northland expressway? Te Hana is firmly within Auckland Council (although the local residents probably don't realise it given the lack of expenditure in the area from the Auckland CBD council). At best if may link to a future Northland expressway

Newsroom NZ@newsroom.co.nz · 4d ago

Analysis: A multi-billion-dollar public-private partnership will build the most expensive road ever built in NZ but low benefit-cost ratios raise questions over value.

one road, not even long enough to run a marathon on, for the low low price of 42 times the entire 2027 budget for scientific research in new zealand #nzpol

Biggest-ever PPP: $3.6b Northland expressway deal signed

The 26km expressway will include twin tunnels through the Dome Valley.

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Some exciting campaign news… our Wellington Bays campaign launch this coming Sunday afternoon/evening has sold out!

1989: Margaret Thatcher, "Water privatisation I believe will go very successfully indeed. It will go very successfully indeed" 2026: BBC News, "Both terminals at the UK's second busiest airport, Gatwick, are without running water.. Toilets can't be flushed"

Great to see that National support 30 weeks Paid Parental Leave. Especially after they voted against the introduction of PPL. Blocked the extension to 26 weeks for several years. Canceled 33 pay equity claims. And just this year, cut Best Start payments for the majority of new parents.

Story paywalled, but key point: People are quibbling re the Greens’ proposed super-rich tax: will it capture 56% of currently untaxed wealth—or as much as 72%? Honestly, either would be great? A policy that achieves roughly 2/3 of what it aims for sounds amazing! www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

The hundred-million-dollar question: Greens hit out at Treasury's wealth tax analysis

Greens want a 'super-rich tax' and say Treasury is out of step with overseas evidence.

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France is on fire. Spain is on fire. Norway is on fire. Sicily is on fire. Ontario is on fire. Scotland is on fire. Bolivia is on fire. Algeria is on fire. England is on fire. Greta wasn't wrong when she said our house was on fire. We are in a climate emergency. - Greenpeace UK

The Greens are calling for a one year pause on new AI data centres - so New Zealanders get to have their say on how to protect our resources, environment and communities. Sign our petition today: action.greens.org.nz/pause_ai_dat...

The similarities between Trump and Luxon. NZ weakened fuel efficiency standards for imported cars, and weakened the methane reduction targets for agribusiness while stopping their entry into the ETS

The Modern Learning Environments (open plan classrooms) was initiated in 2011 when National was last in government.

"Chris Finlayson QC is a New Zealand lawyer and former National Party MP. He was Attorney-General and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations from 2008 to 2017. In 2014, he also became Minister Responsible for New Zealand’s two main intelligence agencies." Only left parliament in 2019. #nzpol

Chris Finlayson: Co-governance should be embraced — not feared | E-Tangata

“A decade of my life was spent on Treaty settlements. I think many people would be a lot more sympathetic toward the notion of co-governance if they learned the things that I was able to learn as a pu...

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Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

Find out more: www.greens.org.nz/power_for_al...

For people and planet

Power for all of us!

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The Green Party will cut your power bill and take power back from the big four power companies, because a warm, dry home powered by clean energy should be within everyone's reach 💚💡

Today, like everyday, was a perfect day to stand up for nature ✊️🌏 Shoutout to the @makenoisefornature crew who organised hundreds of kiwis (just a few snapped here!) to march to parliament today. Stoked to speak alongside Mike Smith, Forest and Bird, Climate Liberation Aotearoa, Yadana Saw and Nate.

3 times what they are saving on school lunches $323m on non rons $700m on non ferries Coalition of wasteful spending #nzpol

henry cooke@henrycooke.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Government has spent $323m on planning for RoNS projects that now have no promised start date and need new funding injections to ever begin.

Take this as your sign to donate (if you can!) Double your impact by helping us raise $10k to match the generous offer from a donor. Using Pledge Me for this mini campaign. We’ve got 4 weeks! pledgeme.co.nz/projects/912...

Wanted to congratulate Minister Bishop on sensible announcement today, but rather than being honest they are still pretending the wishlist of $multiBillion RONS is still happening. Page 2 here is a pipe dream, not a pipeline. www.nzta.govt.nz/projects-and...

Andrea Vance: "It’s an algorithmic collection of outrage merchants, culture-war hobbyists, and men convinced Western society is on the brink of collapse, and they’re only one homemade podcast away from saving it."

Welcome to the NZ First manosphere: now featuring the undead

OPINION: The joke is on the resurrected candidates chasing Parliament’s spotlight. As a NZ First backbencher, your job is to be embalmed and keep the caucus seats warm.

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Go, if you can, to the breathtaking “Constellations” at Silo Theatre — Matariki, multiverses, the multitudes we contain; life, death, the meaning of it all. Artfully adapted for Aotearoa by Nī Dekkers-Reihana, and stunningly acted by Renaye Tamati & Jarod Rawiri 🖤✨ silotheatre.co.nz/show/constel...

Looks like Mayor Z's pied a terre tax is not collapsing the real estate market or causing the wealthy to flee Manhattan after all. Indeed, the opposite. Who could have possibly imagined this scenario? www.realtor.com/news/trends/...

Manhattan Luxury Market Booms Despite Mayor Mamdani's New Tax on Second Homes

Despite the new pied-à-terre tax, Manhattan's ultrahigh-end luxury market remains incredibly robust, say experts.

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Wonder what never gets called 'wasetful' by the Taxpayers' Union? Billions in government spending get a free pass while research grants, mātauranga Māori, and local government get targeted. Our research shows the pattern. 🔻 buff.ly/MIayuwQ #nzpol #Aotearoa

I especially love this diagram.

The heatwave in Europe is so extreme, it's 25–32°F (14–18°C) above normal. You read that right. France recorded it's hottest day ever. The UK had its hottest ever June day. The ground is exceeding 122°F (50°C). People are dying. Tell me again why we shouldn't talk about climate change???

By not pushing towards the inevitable transition to electric buses and ferries we’re missing significant opportunities to reduce emissions and delaying the modernisation of our fleets, writes @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz.

How to decrease our diesel dependency

OPINION: Switching to clean renewable energy to power our transport has always been an easy win for New Zealand.

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We've recently published a report on the state of gender equity in trades in Aotearoa - it's not good.  The good news is Cahoots is working hard to make real change in this space.  We're launching our strategy on 3rd July, read more at docs.cahoots.nz

Sometimes the data screams a warning. Westpac's regular survey of employment confidence just hit a new low - worse than 2008 & COVID. library.westpaciq.com.au/content/dam/...

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.