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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · yesterday

The Prime Minister’s Office is facing fresh questions over transparency and corporate lobbying after the Chief Archivist formally directed it to account for records relating to dealings with two of New Zealand’s biggest companies, Fonterra and Z Energy. #nzpol

Missing Records, Corporate Lobbying and the PM: Chief Archivist Demands Answers Over Fonterra and Z Energy - Waatea News: Māori Radio Station

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 2d ago

Timely. #nzpol

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2d ago

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…

Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚@jennykaynz.bsky.social · 2d ago

Nationals cuts to NZ public services put lives at risk. Not just with health sector but also with disaster readiness and monitoring services. Quake and tsunami monitoring centre closed for hours due to staff shortages #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Quake and tsunami monitoring centre closed for hours due to staff shortages

The Public Service Association (PSA) says Government cuts have left New Zealand less prepared for natural disasters after the National Geohazards Monitoring Centre was temporarily closed because of st...

rnz.co.nz

Splakey @splakey.bsky.social · last wk.

To be fair, she is a subject matter expert. #nzpol

Stuff news item: “Nicola Willis lays in to Labour’s fiscal plan, calls it a ‘misleading fantasy’”

y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · last wk.

#nzpol Made an article about 'No New Taxes' National Already Taxed Families, Especially those with Newborn Children yknowthatjournalist.substack.com/p/national-a...

National Already Taxed Families, Especially those with Newborn Children

The Party of ‘No New Taxes’ is fine with taxes as long as you don’t notice

yknowthatjournalist.substack.com

Mei 🐯 🧡@tigermeifury.bsky.social · last wk.

It screams so many things and not a thing good with this Nat/Act/NZ First government. Brad's doing everyone a solid here. #nzpol

Oli - something or other@olimnz.bsky.social · last wk.

What has this government been up to? Brad knows. Brad's been keeping a list (over on FB)... #nzpol

Over the last three years, I’ve been keeping a list of the rubbish this Government has done.
Stopped work on Auckland light rail.
Stopped all work on the Lake Onslow renewable battery project.
Disestablish the Ministry for the Environment.
Scrapped the smoke-free law to fund tax cuts.
Scrapped Fair Pay Agreements.
Gave $3 billion in tax cuts to landlords.
Tired to paid himself $52,000 to live in one of his own many properties, on top of his half a million dollar salary.
The so-called party of infrastructure ... cut Cook Strait ferry deal, then paid $8 million for consultants to tell them they need new ships. $700 million wasted in total. Still no ships.
Stopped the Clean Car Discount, after Luxon took an $8,000 discount himself.
Blocked statistical reporting on who does and doesn’t pay their share of tax. Think about that!
Broke its election promise and didn’t scrap the app tax.
Scrapped Three Waters, pushing costs onto ratepayers and increasing rates.
Used $4,150 of taxpayers’ money to pay for his te reo Māori classes after saying, “People in the real world should pay for it themselves.”
Halved the crayfish take for locals, but cut the commercial take by only one-fifth.
Gutted freshwater protections so cruel intensive winter grazing could continue to pollute water ways.
Took $80 million from hospitals.
Cut DOC funding by $125 million.
Scrapped the First Home Grant.
Gave half a million dollars of taxpayers’ money to their mate Bill English to do a "review".
Blew $8 million on consultants for a proposed tunnel under Wellington.
Wasted $4 million on a six-person advisory group to talk about crime and reduce youth offending. They achieved nothing.
Gave big tobacco a $216 million tax cut.
Refused to reinstate Jobs for Nature while unemployment soared.
Reduced the qualifications needed for relief teachers.
Introduced new road tolls.
Deprioritised police responses to mental health and family violence call-outs.
Slashed $107 million a year from school lunches, costing…

Julie Fairey (she/her)@juliefairey.bsky.social · last wk.

Looking through some old stuff and found this cartoon I cut out c1996. They just never really have new ideas, just new packaging. (For younger readers - right wing think tank the NZ Initiative formed out of a merger of the NZ Business Roundtable and the NZ Institute in 2012.)

Photo of a black and white cartoon with a bunch of men sitting around an executive board table. A sign in front reads “Quiet please, Roundtable in session”. From left to right they are saying:
“The govt should get out of education and health…”
“We need more contestability in social welfare…”
“the govt should sell ACC and the post office…”
“We should privatise electricity and roading…”
“Seen the polls? Winston could be the next PM”
“That’s disgraceful. What happened to the New Zealand we all knew and loved?”

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · last wk.

They never give up on trying to get the taxpayers' share. We can never give up on idea of making AoNZ a place for all to thrive.

Julie Fairey (she/her)@juliefairey.bsky.social · last wk.

David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · last wk.

Please let me scare you with stories about things Chloe isn't I want to stop you thinking about everything I am

Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · last wk.

"National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable. "Of course we're very committed to our 17 roads of national significance and we make no apology for that." Hmmm which one is a white elephant? #nzpol

Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · last wk.

Let’s go! (Again!) #nzpol Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Map 6573 kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/coll...

A gorgeous pictorial map from 1889 of railway tours around New Zealand. It highlights not just the routes but also the many fun activities to be enjoyed at various locations. Includes Mount Cook-Aoraki; Rotorua; Lake Wakatipu; Bluff; Queenstown; hot springs in Te Aroha and Hanmer… so much was accessible by train, let’s go back to the good times!

Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · last wk.

"There were far too many things that were done in a secretive and unethical way," she said. "Too many financial interests that have no business in that space." “work on the curriculum was heavily politicised and several of the ministry insiders who contacted RNZ made similar allegations.” #nzpol

Whistleblowers offer to aid Education Ministry probe

Education Ministry whistleblowers, who contacted RNZ in the past week, plan to add their voices to an investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman.

rnz.co.nz

BSanya @msfitnz.bsky.social · last wk.

I am in no way surprised that there's more to come: Whistleblowers offer to aid Education Ministry probe

Whistleblowers offer to aid Education Ministry probe

Education Ministry whistleblowers, who contacted RNZ in the past week, plan to add their voices to an investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman.

rnz.co.nz

Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · last wk.

Should retailers be doing the same in NZ? Yes. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Prominent Dutch retailer bans Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses

One of the largest Dutch eyewear retail chains said on Friday (all times local) it had suspended sales of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands and Belgium amid growing privacy concerns, in ...

rnz.co.nz

Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 2w ago

No new taxes... #NZpol #Listener #cartoon

Cartoon depicts PM Luxon on an election podium in fron of an audience. Luxon: "No new taxes."
Various audience members heckle:
"Or nurses
Or Police
Or Ferries
Or houses
Or equal pay
Or libraries
Or Bridges
Or ideas."

Andrew Jull NZRN (he/him)@andrewjull.bsky.social · 3w ago

Canterbury's 2024 groundwater report showed 59% of monitored sites had worsening levels of nitrate, and 10% had breached the drinking water standard. The 2025 groundwater report was not expected to be released until next month, but vibes say it's not an emergency now. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

Canterbury council votes to end controversial nitrate emergency declaration

The Canterbury Regional Council has voted to bring an end to the controversial nitrate emergency declaration brought in a year ago, as the region grapples with nitrate levels in waterways and drinking...

rnz.co.nz

@dunnersmads.bsky.social · 2w ago

#nzpol A good time to revive this story because of what is at stake without a change of govt. newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/p...

Prisons operator Serco eyes NZ's public health infrastructure needs

The outsourcing firm tells the Government it is uniquely positioned, and its services could be of great value

newsroom.co.nz

Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 2w ago

"For nearly 18 months the Crown repeatedly informed claimants, the Tribunal, and the public of its intention to develop alternative plans in lieu of Te Aka Whai Ora, but these intentions did not materialise and were not reflected in Crown action." - Waitangi Tribunal. #NzPol

Waitangi Tribunal finds Crown had no clear plan for Māori health after scrapping Te Aka Whai Ora

The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Government had no clear alternative plan for Māori health when it scrapped Te Aka Whai Ora - the Māori Health Authority.

rnz.co.nz

Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 3w ago

I can confirm, l was told multiple times to take care l what l put in writing Education Ministry whistleblower claims OIA subversion not an isolated incident www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...

Education Ministry whistleblower claims OIA subversion not an isolated incident

The person who leaked a video of an Education Ministry official apparently attempting to subvert the Official Information Act (OIA) claims it was not an isolated incident.

rnz.co.nz

Bruce Buckman @brucebuckman.bsky.social · 3w ago

Especially when what they are revealing is the level of ideological bias in the curriculum rewrite that is being deliberately withheld from the public.

Bruce Buckman @brucebuckman.bsky.social · 3w ago

All of the three parties in the coalition have indulged in providing a streamlined gateway for anti-evidence groups to get their fringe ideas written into policy. The most anti science, anti research, anti expertise government we’ve had in living memory. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

NZ First’s health policy copy-pasted from advocacy group’s website

New Zealand First released a health policy on Sunday that is largely copy-and-pasted from a charitable trust called Make New Zealand Healthy.

stuff.co.nz

BSanya @msfitnz.bsky.social · 3w ago

WTAF

Bruce Buckman@brucebuckman.bsky.social · 3w ago

Requires an obligatory “these people, these fucking people”. newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/21/m...

Jennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 3w ago

Vote them OUT. #nzpol ✅✅

Bruce Buckman @brucebuckman.bsky.social · 4w ago

What’s that? The obvious bad consequence of a law that everyone said would happen has happened? Shocking. www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...

Young man charged with assault after attempted citizen's arrest

A young man has been charged with assault after a citizen's arrest in Hamilton allegedly went too far.

rnz.co.nz

Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 4w ago

Today we launched the first prototype of a plastic-free floating wetland. Wetland plants can help to improve water quality by sucking out excess nutrients. There are plenty of tuna in here but none of them are in very good condition. The dream is to be able manage this pond for mahinga kai.

The frame is bamboo found on site, lashed together with harakeke and topped with jute sacks donated by Whittaker's.

Juncus, Carex sexta and water cress on the island.

The island from another angle.

MKII will use giant bamboo, lashed together to make a more solid platform with the jute sacks over the top.

Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 4w ago

Paywalled, but a great hire. #NzPol

The Post@thepost-nz.bsky.social · 4w ago

And in new staffing news...

Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 4w ago

ALL (publicly available NZ political) POLLS ARE BAD newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/14/c...

Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 4w ago

This feels very important right now? #nzpol

Newsroom NZ@newsroom.co.nz · 4w ago

From Otago University - Comment: Political polls shape election narratives, but opaque panels, hidden funders, and low scientific standards mean their results are rarely reliable, argues Dr Ben Gray.

Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿@notjustdna.bsky.social · last mo.

#NZpol So along with the (nursing) hiring freeze, an infrastructure 'pause'? 😔

Sophie these days@spiderandme.bsky.social · last mo.

You couldn't make it up. via @bernardchickey.bsky.social #nzpol

2. The Post-$* leads this morning with detail of how Health NZ has underspent
$690 million hospital infrastructure in the first nine months of the current financial year. See Front Page of the day below
3. Lifeline says health sector underfunding was responsible for 60% of the calls to its hotline not being answered, RNZ reported last yesterday.

Sophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · last mo.

You couldn't make it up. via @bernardchickey.bsky.social #nzpol