Suzieblue
@lathyrusodoratus.bsky.social
Recovering English and Classics teacher. Love literature, history, politics, word games, gardening, embroidery, crochet but particularly the people in my life. Aotearoa New Zealand
"10 former MPs from across the political spectrum, convened to hear evidence that Parliament never considered, finding that the changes amounted to a “flagrant and significant abuse of power”. " #NZPol
D Jukic She/her@dejanajuk.bsky.social · 5d agoReplay: New Zealand was once a world leader on pay equity. Dame Marilyn Waring explains how the government wound back decades of progress – and why the fight to properly value women’s work is far from over. #nzpol
“Simeon Brown is LYING to the entire country” -Kieran McAnulty
“Frankly, I don’t care” epitomises Luxon’s time as PM. #nzpol Some of the things Luxon doesn’t care about: Homelessness NZers dying in hospital while waiting to be seen. People dying on the streets in winter People starving People being made homeless by no cause evictions Pay equity Racism Lies
Coming our way in NZ if David Seymour et al hold power. It could be it's already here. Does anyone know?
ProPublica@propublica.org · last wk.NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school. But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
Hey Bluesky New Zealand!! Can you help spread the message this weekend?! Yeah sure this is just one video, but so many people haven’t enrolled yet and don’t realise they are running out of time. Thank you! 🇳🇿
'Before the tender began House of Science chief executive Chris Duggan was also added to a group helping to write the science curriculum, on Stanford's recommendation [...] she stood to gain materially from being on it.' #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/01/l...
Labour calls for investigation into $40m school science kit contract
The House of Science had repeatedly lobbied the Education Minister for funding – but Erica Stanford insists it’s all above board.
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The NZ Govt travels the world telling people how they take their climate commitments seriously. But at home they dismantle every policy that constrains emissions and subsidise more emissions. So we've joined international efforts to hold them to account. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Greenpeace joins complaint to EU over NZ climate policy reversal - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The complaint addresses Government reversal of climate policies, which Greenpeace has labelled a 'race to the bottom on environmental regulation'.
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This is GOLD!!! Ngā mihi nui @abelsteve.bsky.social Ka whawhai tonu mātou AKE! AKE! AKE! #nzpol
Comment: Gerry Brownlee held MPs to a double standard, with harsh punishments for the Opposition and leniency for the coalition.
Gerry Brownlee, Parliament's ineffectual policeman, wraps up chaotic term
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#nzpol Can we really believe she's an rogue contractor when she was PhD supervised by Elizabeth Rata? Seems deeply entrenched idealogy freight train to me. 'Not happy': Secretary for Education Ellen MacGregor-Reid 'cannot explain' OIA comments www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...
'Not happy': Secretary for Education Ellen MacGregor-Reid 'cannot explain' OIA comments
The head of the Ministry of Education says she is "not happy" with a manager caught on video appearing to suggest staff skirt the law, nor a scathing internal review of the culture in its curriculum d...
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The dumbass Govt has finally conceded it can't build an LNG import terminal and its dreams of a revival of fossil gas are dead. NZ wasted 3 years while this Govt delayed the transition off fossil gas, while telling the country a dangerous fossil gas fairy tale. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
Simeon Brown's disastrous decision to cancel the Gas Transition Plan (and buy a lotto ticket instead) - Greenpeace Aotearoa
New Zealand is in the middle of an energy transition
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Groceries. Electricity. Gas. Banking. Insurance. Five sectors. All two-to-four players. All lobbied hard, disclosed poorly. Kiwis pay a higher share of income on food than most of the OECD. Both major parties propose supermarket fixes. Neither will touch lobbying disclosure. #nzpol
How NZ’s captured economy is eroding democracy & choking progress
Labour wants to structurally separate groceries duopoly; National wants to break up Foodstuffs; But will either actually happen? It’ll be hard without lobbyist & donor reform; NZ First loves vitamins
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For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
I said this years ago. It's been obvious. It remains obvious. It's a tragedy for our country.
In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo that we need to talk about if we're going to talk about the national debt.
The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch.
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Listen, they know there is no jobs, they love it when there are no jobs, it makes people desperate to keep the job they have. Desperate people can be exploited, desperate people wont complain about conditions, or ask for a pay increase. Desperate people mean more profits for their mates.
The absolute brass balls of TPU to complain about the cost of setting up Waikato Water when THEY WERE THE ONES CAMPAIGNING AGAINST 3 WATERS!!! 3 Waters was the cheaper, more cost effective option for councils and taxpayers, and TPU actively fomented and stirred up racial hate to get it ditched.
The Government defunded flu vaccines for under 12s and other vulnerable people and we’re all paying the cost and now next year they say they’ll refund less than 1/3 of the people they took it away from. #nzpol The article doesn’t mention the defunding at all. 1/2
RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 2mo agoFlu vaccine to be free for all under fives
“A living wage isn't a luxury, it is the minimum that every worker deserves: money enough to cover the cost of living.” All large employers should be Living Wage accredited. If you will not pay your workers a living wage, then you are exploiting your workers. #nzpol Sign and share.
Living Wage at University of Otago
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When the Luxon government was more worried about donors, entitlements, landlord incentives and not caring about its people.
Mojo Mathers 🇵🇸@mojomathers.bsky.social · 2mo agoHow did we become so indifferent to the suffering of our own that we allow three homeless people to die on the streets from the cold? #nzpol #vote
