So, how can Aotearoa support Canada in its trade war with America? Its our fight too. We need collective defence against this bully. we accept that principle in military conflict, and we should accept it for economic conflict as well.
Idiot/Savant
@norightturnnz.bsky.social
New Zealand's liberal blog. @norightturnnz@mastodon.social That PGP key expired a long time ago
Billionaires don’t vote. They donate insane amounts of money. We just have the vote. We need to learn to not give a fuck about them like they don’t about us. They don’t care about you or your vote. They can just donate money and get whatever they want.
So the people there are American citizens with the right to enter America, right? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump says he views strait of Hormuz as ‘American territory’
President at rally in South Carolina makes comments on key strategic waterway and jokes about bombing Iran
theguardian.com
Obviously a great time for NZ to go all-in on this craze.
That headline is brutal, first time I've seen a big business publication say the words "data center boom go bust" with its whole chest. Also a line in there has a supplier saying "when the market turns." The clenching has begun
The @wikiworkersunited.org solidarity petition is now the largest petition ever on Wikipedia. You can sign it here and make it even bigger! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Wiki Workers United solidarity - Wikipedia
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perennial email format: hey that obviously one-time purchase you made? want to buy another one?
According to the packaging, Woolworths' bakery croissants are made in France. Despite that, they still taste like a Wollies' croissant.
So this means Labour won't cancel National's toxic polluting explosive LNG project if they sign a contract for it before the election. #FuckThat www.nzherald.co.nz/business/bus...
Major infrastructure commitments would face independent review under Labour
Labour says NZ needs plans that outlast election cycles.
nzherald.co.nz
Trevor Farmer & Mark Wyborn donated over $750k to Nats/Act/NZF. They own Wairakei Pastoral with 1000s of dairy cattle. Wairakei fought Waikato Plan Change 1 for years as it limits water pollution, but lost in court in June. Nats/Act/NZF say they will now legislate to block Plan Change One.
#RPGaDAY26 21: Charity Roll For Hope is a yearly gaming event in Wellington which raises money for Make-A-Wish! rollforhope.nz
Roll For Hope
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And this, "A former mayor of Tauranga says warnings about the landslide risk on Mount Maunganui never reached him in his 12 years at the helm." Report after report after report not even buried, just, "not fowarded" What ELSE is getting the same treatment? Because it IS
Former Tauranga mayor says he wasn't warned about landslide risk amid damning review
A former mayor of Tauranga says warnings about the landslide risk on Mount Maunganui never reached him in his 12 years at the helm.
rnz.co.nz
Censored Amnesty International UK report (345.47 KB) A report by Amnesty International UK, documenting the threat posed by the anti-rights movement composed, which was censored after J.K. Rowling made legal threats. ddosecrets.org/article/cens... Help us keep publishing: donorbox.org/ddosecrets
Censored Amnesty International UK report - Distributed Denial of Secrets
A complete version of a censored report produced by Amnesty International UK, documenting the threat posed by the anti-rights movement composed of TERFs. The report sharply criticized organizational e...
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This was document freely available and free to distribute. Lets preserve it the old fashioned way: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:eb3e6f89f9c71404643bc7b9bb6d74963017dda9&dn=Report_A_growing_threat_the_anti_rights_movement_in_the_UK_July.pdf Pop that into your friendly torrent program, no host to dmca.
Just another regular reminder that former Supreme Court judge Sir William Young continues to bring the NZ judiciary into disrepute through his acceptance of an appointment to the HK Court of Final Appeal.
Tiananmen Square vigil organisers found guilty in Hong Kong of ‘inciting subversion’
Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung - leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance – were tried under under a 2020 national security law
theguardian.com
As a matter of military history, conventional air campaigns aimed at punishing the civilian population always fail. People who persist on calling for this are just confessing that killing people makes them feel powerful, and they don't care whether it achieves anything or not.
Rep. Rich McCormick on Iran: "We should've taken the gloves right from the beginning and hammered them. You have to make it absolutely miserable on their populace."
This is interesting. If you run an Airbnb like a self-check hotel, you need to follow the law: disabled access, fire safety. Otherwise, sell the property so people can live in it. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
I think we need some cartoons of Andrew Hoggard and Chris Bishop shitting in a river www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Government alters council’s plans, promising certainty for Horizons farmers
Following years of deliberation at the council table and legal scrutiny, the plan for managing intensive farming in the Manawatū-Whanganui region is facing more changes.
thepost.co.nz
So now there's somewhere for a mob with torches and pitchforks to beseige him in www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Mark Zuckerberg buys 440-acre Strancally castle estate in Ireland
Meta chief executive paid roughly €20m for gothic-style mansion built in 1830 and its surroundings
theguardian.com
So often what are called “culture wars” are one set of people saying “please can we live without perpetual persecution” and another saying “no, f*** you” but the press considering the latter group have “legitimate concerns” and must be perpetually platformed
Police unethical, as usual. Also nasty backbiting politics among those competing for senior roles, as usual. This institution is rotten. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
How a confidential police survey became evidence against a senior detective
A flawed police survey was used against a senior detective – confidential IPCA findings say that should never have happened.
stuff.co.nz
More regime corruption.
Two regional councils (Bay of Plenty, Waikato) used the RMA to protect the inshore marine enviro from fishing industry destruction. So the Govt is going to change the law to protect... the fishing industry. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/prov...
Microsoft is effectively a US spy agency, and no government should trust it.
This incident needs to be thoroughly investigated. If true, no public office in the EU or any member state can continue to run any microsoft products. nltimes.nl/2026/05/22/m...
At some point someone has to stand up and go "Ok everyone shut the fuck up. You all didn't want Three Waters, so you've got this now. This is what you voted for. It's going to be expensive because Things Cost Money, and you've all underpaid for decades because of political cowardice".
There is a terminally furious class of mostly white middle or retirement aged people in this country who are incensed that they've spent most of their lives freeloading on the infrastructure of the generations before them and are being asked to contribute towards replacing it.
This is a very welcome development (Stuff paywall, sorry): Opportunity is scrapping the Board veto power over caucus, thus bringing the party into line with accepted norms. Ian Lees-Galloway is flagging further constitutional changes next year #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
‘Valid concerns raised’: Opportunity scrapping board’s veto power over caucus
The party has called a special general meeting following queries from The Post.
thepost.co.nz
As i was just reminded by @cindybax.bsky.social this National-led govt cancelled thousands of social housing builds early 2024 that would have seen thousands of people off the streets. Blood is on their hands
Goldsmith desperately trying to defend his voter suppression and election-rigging. If the regime wins by election rigging, we should treat them as an illegitimate dictatorship. #nzqt