David Mohring
@nzheretic.bsky.social
I'm a New Zealand🇳🇿 very late fifties ex-IT professional, starting a Youtube channel with essays and producing code to improve that state of things technical to political.
🎶Those who came before me Lived through their vocations From the past until completion They'll turn away no more And still, I find it so hard To say what I need to say But, I'm quite sure that you'll tell me Just how I should feel today🎶 CRL Monday RNZ [ rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs... ] #nzpol
( Since Bluesky has increased its video limits. ) #nzpol
David Mohring@nzheretic.bsky.social · 3mo ago"Surviving Topp twin, Dame Lynda, stands by her public blast at the Government’s arts budget cuts, saying she and her sister who died, Dame Jools, would never back down." ".. .the creative sector contributes around 4.2% of the GDP but the government invested about 0.1% into the arts ..." #nzpol
Let's try for 10:51am from Pukekohe. Kudos to Auckland Transport & Co for quick response - but they need to work on their PR in these type of events, RE taking ownership etc. #nzpol
David Mohring@nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d agoSafe & Dry(just) back at home, with fresh coffee & croissant. As much as my frequent imitations of Victor Meldrew seem to bring as much delight to my friends as well my adversaries, I shall again attempt the train trip again today should the status turn green. [ at.govt.nz/bus-train-fe... ] #nzpol
Safe & Dry(just) back at home, with fresh coffee & croissant. As much as my frequent imitations of Victor Meldrew seem to bring as much delight to my friends as well my adversaries, I shall again attempt the train trip again today should the status turn green. [ at.govt.nz/bus-train-fe... ] #nzpol
David Mohring (@nzheretic.bsky.social)
Waiting to board the first full public train from Pukekohe via the new Auckland CRL. 5:21am - now away! ( Honestly if I hadn't promised my late father I'd be taking the first train via the CRL I'd be...
tbsky.app
David Mohring@nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d agoBack at Pukekohe. Just made it to the loo in time! Because of further delays & less than ideal weather, I've decided to put off the trip for another day. Since it's been over two hours since I've tagged in, I've been charged $3 for a round trip ending up nowhere back to Pukekohe. Sigh. #nzpol
Waiting to board the first full public train from Pukekohe via the new Auckland CRL. 5:21am - now away! ( Honestly if I hadn't promised my late father I'd be taking the first train via the CRL I'd be catching a later one ) #kikorangi
Anybody attending might want to raise a bit of a protest with all the animal rights supporters ( including the NZ SPCA ⬇️) regarding ACT's position on Live stock exports. "horrified at the prospect of live exports being reintroduced." [ www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... ] #nzpol
ACT New Zealand
We believe it is inherent in the nature of human beings as individuals that they are the owners of their own lives and must be free to act according to their own judgments so long as they accept and r...
act.org.nz
Rat Mortuis@ratmortuis.bsky.social · 3d agoAuckland Pet and Animal Expo next weekend AND ONE OF THE EXHIBITORS IS FUCKING ACT NZ Now seriously considering not going
Anybody attending might want to raise a bit of a protest with all the animal rights supporters ( including the NZ SPCA ⬇️) regarding ACT's position on Live stock exports. "horrified at the prospect of live exports being reintroduced." [ www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... ] #nzpol
ACT New Zealand
We believe it is inherent in the nature of human beings as individuals that they are the owners of their own lives and must be free to act according to their own judgments so long as they accept and r...
act.org.nz
Rat Mortuis@ratmortuis.bsky.social · 3d agoAuckland Pet and Animal Expo next weekend AND ONE OF THE EXHIBITORS IS FUCKING ACT NZ Now seriously considering not going
Forward to everyone you know. [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8KZ... ] #nzpol
50 years ago ... "A brief encounter with three artists. Two are sculptors, the third a potter. The film reflects on how their deep involvement with nature and spiritual matters inspire their work. Featuring Alison Duff - Sculptor, Yvonne Rust - Potter, and Ria Bancroft - Sculptor." #Kikorangi
Three Women (1976)
YouTube video by Archives New Zealand
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Speaking of style ... ( Tagging in Violet @violetblue.bsky.social & & Olivia @queenoliviaiii.com again ) [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-5C... ]
David Mohring@nzheretic.bsky.social · 4w agoHope this is coming to Aotearoa New Zealand cinemas some time soon. ( tagging in Violet @violetblue.bsky.social & Olivia @queenoliviaiii.com in reference to style )
My other half has told me to share my website (even though it's not fully sorted). He knows me & my 'perfecting' the bloody thing for years if I don't do it now! So here it is! I'll have a sliding scale for subscription plans & free posts too. Look forward to your thoughts! Creativeelc.com
"To that end, I want to say to this House with complete surety that the neoliberal experiment of the 1980s has failed. The economics of creating unemployment to manage inflation is farcical when domestic inflation in New Zealand has been driven by big corporates making excessive profits." #nzpol 🧵⬇️🇳🇿
Hansard - New Zealand Parliament
New Zealand Parliament Hansard
hansard.parliament.nz
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 3d agoToday's threads (a thread) Inside: Inefficiency is bad, actually; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/11/m... #Pluralistic
Democracy should not be a tiered system hobbled by disproportionate donations inviting reciprocity. #nzpol
National draws another $250k in large donations, while Labour banks $50k from another union
National got a string of big donations in latest declarations, pushing its total take from large donations to $2.19m.
rnz.co.nz
David Mohring@nzheretic.bsky.social · 4w agoAnd if your complaining about unfairness in the New Zealand electorate process, how about putting all political party campaign donations into a common pot & dividing it evenly between parties already in parliament & with 10% of the donations given evenly to parties outside of parliment? #nzpol
1970s Political Nostalgia - Due to demand inflation: "Muldoon presented a crisis Mini-Budget in October 1970, which included a 10 percent surcharge on prevailing tax rates from December 1970 until July 1971. Technically, this raised the top tax rate from 67.5% to 74.25%." #nzpol
keithrankin.co.nz
David Mohring@nzheretic.bsky.social · 2y agoA thought: The Reserve Bank currently raises or lowers the OCR to control spending. Instead what if the RB could just set the rate higher for personal & business income tax at the highest tax band? This would still impact spending nationally, but also simultaneously raise government revenue. #nzpol
Hansard 2020 ADJOURNMENT Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the House) [ hansard.parliament.nz/hansard-tran... ] Need Less Pinocchio, More Jiminy Cricket! #nzpol
mayor of tr*nny town@missfluss.bsky.social · 3d agothis screenshot from 2020 was in my facebook memories
![[tweet from Marc Daalder 16:02 06 August 2020]
In his adjournment speech, Chris Hipkins calls the Green Party "the conscience of the Labour party".
#nzpol](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gommyrpsr3kbrm5ncorzqdxk/bafkreichts4urlvpib4vac7vyir3vw3ntg7icwstd3yjwwp3h4tnlsdwli)
Democracy should not be a tiered system hobbled by disproportionate donations inviting reciprocity. #nzpol
National draws another $250k in large donations, while Labour banks $50k from another union
National got a string of big donations in latest declarations, pushing its total take from large donations to $2.19m.
rnz.co.nz
David Mohring@nzheretic.bsky.social · 4w agoAnd if your complaining about unfairness in the New Zealand electorate process, how about putting all political party campaign donations into a common pot & dividing it evenly between parties already in parliament & with 10% of the donations given evenly to parties outside of parliment? #nzpol
For & Against. "Well, not the reputable ones, no. But there aren't many of those." [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahgj... ] #nzpol
Deleted comments: "Ello, I wish to register a complaint. Ello, Miss? What do you mean "miss"? I'm sorry, It was a typo. I wish to make a complaint! We're closin' for brunch. Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this picture what I viewed not half an hour ago this very web page." 🧵⬇️🇳🇿
David Mohring@nzheretic.bsky.social · 7d ago"An earlier version of this story featured a picture of a kea wearing love heart sunglasses. There is no suggestion that kea were involved in kākāpo fuck season. The Spinoff apologises to any kea who were offended by our error. A full investigation of our bird identification processes is underway."🦜
Can anyone elucidate why this thread as quoted via third part app threadsky( @tbsky.app ) posted an hour ago has not appeared on either of the following feeds? AoNZ Politics By @nightwyrm.xyz New Zealand Politics By @sanjanah.bsky.social #nzpol
David Mohring (@nzheretic.bsky.social)
A year later. [#nzpol](https://bsky.app/hashtag/nzpol)
tbsky.app
Update: The academic flight from Twitter is now complete and appears permanent. April 2023, after the pandemic research surge, we recorded 2,234,307 posts sharing research on Twitter. As of April this year, "X" had 896,741 posts about research. That's a 60% drop in traffic.
Deleted comments: "Ello, I wish to register a complaint. Ello, Miss? What do you mean "miss"? I'm sorry, It was a typo. I wish to make a complaint! We're closin' for brunch. Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this picture what I viewed not half an hour ago this very web page." 🧵⬇️🇳🇿
David Mohring@nzheretic.bsky.social · 7d ago"An earlier version of this story featured a picture of a kea wearing love heart sunglasses. There is no suggestion that kea were involved in kākāpo fuck season. The Spinoff apologises to any kea who were offended by our error. A full investigation of our bird identification processes is underway."🦜
"An earlier version of this story featured a picture of a kea wearing love heart sunglasses. There is no suggestion that kea were involved in kākāpo fuck season. The Spinoff apologises to any kea who were offended by our error. A full investigation of our bird identification processes is underway."🦜
Update: This was the best kākāpō fuck season ever
The world may be burning but at least the world’s fattest parrot has been boning.
thespinoff.co.nz
