NZ funds the shingles vaccine (Shingrix) for the 12 months after your 65th birthday. Miss the window and it's $600-800 out of pocket. Shingles risk rises WITH age. The one-year eligibility slice is Pharmac budgetary logic dressed as clinical policy. #nzpol

This is me, and I have been lucky enough especially over the last few years to have benefitted greatly from friends helping me and mine, I do dream of being able to do the same - both for them should they need it, & for others.

KidOf60sTeens; The right wing is not your ally.@kidof60steens.bsky.social · 1h ago

This. This is what I want too. And we could have it New Zealand. The choice is ours. 💚✅️✅️ Vote Green for #AllOfUs #NZPol

"The National Party has a laser focus on securing our[*] future." [* nb, this "our" means ourselves, if you are not one of us, it definitely does not include you.] #nzpol

MSc and PhD students are the workforce in the engine room of our public research system. They are very, very cheap labor by policy design. This talk about a 'cost blowout' is utter rubbish. We frown on company owners that charge people to get a job. We should be doing the same here. #NZPOL

Cost blowout puts fees for foreign PhD students under review

A blow-out in the cost of treating foreign PhD students like locals has prompted a rethink of the long-standing policy and a cap on spending next year.

rnz.co.nz

Two out of three log-in options for the country’s digital election enrolment system were temporarily removed last weekend, preventing people from switching rolls for several hours in the final days before the deadline. #nzpol

Enrolment website outage ‘unacceptable’ in last days before roll-switch deadline

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith will look into the electoral enrolment website outage.

nzherald.co.nz

'What I'm saying to you is.. that was then, this is now !' #nzpol

Young voters also need to remember they can use their vote to cancel out someone elses vote eg if your boss is a racist NACT supporter, cancel their vote by voting for the opposite! You have the power to ruin the election for them! #nzpol

Yeah not too many of us will be surprised sadly. We have been fighting for a long long time, & will continue too. That's why we vocalise & fight where we can for minorities we don't have to belong too. Their othering of anyone needs shut right down wherever it is. No tolerance for the intolerant.

Funksta Uzz@funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 3d ago

As horrific as it is to see neonazis welcome within NZ 1st & openly racist comments from its leaders (as well as all the other bigotry they promote), it’s worth acknowledging that the extreme views they espouse & actions they laud are embedded in aspects of NZ governance & authorities. 🧵 #nzpol

Horrifying that this has happened in the same country as the Cartwright inquiry - which wasn’t that long ago. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

‘Undetected harm’ warning after nearly a million cervical cancer screening notifications not sent

Health NZ has released the findings of a review into the cervical cancer screening register.

stuff.co.nz

#nzpol

Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 3d ago

Winston Peters described him as a “member of the public” the party had no responsibility for. He is in fact an executive committee member of Young NZF (at least he was described as such in 2024) and spoke on behalf of the group at the party convention last month.

What's accepted in parliament, & sadly by a large chunk of the general pop., and the mainstream media, regarding actions & statements from the right vs the left, or other differing groups is stark.

letsgodehab.bsky.social@letsgodehab.bsky.social · 5d ago

TPM did the Haka in parliament and were vilified before being banned from the house. An immigrant MP even questioned the potential of them being jailed. Compare that with the absolute nothingness from both Luxon and Brownlee which means Peters goes unpunished and retains bragging rights. #nzpol

Government won't invest in new power for households. Meanwhile a Singapore-owned AI data centre just bought 140MW — the constant power draw of every home in Christchurch — from Mercury, half owned by NZ taxpayers. Grid stays tight. Bills stay high. AI gets served first. #nzpol

It really is all a game to them

Kevin Weaver (he/him)@kevinweav2003.bsky.social · 5d ago

Anyone else wondering why National, given all the they've rushed through under urgency, wouldn't do the same right now for the handful of positive policies they have promised to enact if reelected that the vast majority of NZers are behind (e.g. increased paternity leave, solar grants, ...)? #nzpol

@nicgaston.bsky.social searingly laying into the short sighted foolishness of this govt for their deep cuts to research funding in this article: newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/30/l...

Luxon wants to ‘brutally commercialise’ science, but cuts threaten its foundation

Comment from Auckland University: Decades of research funding cannot be replaced by funding the commercialisation of that science

newsroom.co.nz

Tired of all the spin and BS coming from the coalition? Well I’ve got your back fam! At this link you’ll find 50 fact checks (and growing) checking the veracity of claims made by the coalition. Complete with who made the claim, the reality and sources. paultheotherone.com/factcheck26/

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the current NZ govt is so anti-science that they've changed eligibility for the Prime Minister's Science Prizes to rule out awards to people doing basic science eg from 2026 the MacDiarmid is for work with "potential to generate econ, health, social, or env benefits for New Zealand" #nzpol

yes or *go easy on them they feel bad*, always remember a signed confession isn't even enough. The perps rights reign supreme.

Binkenstein@binkenstein.bsky.social · last wk.

By now everyone should know that this is how the vast majority of rape cases go. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...

Have at them e te whanau 💚 #FactCheck #NZPol

Paul_BarlowNZ@paulbarlownz.bsky.social · last wk.

Tired of all the spin and BS coming from the coalition? Well I’ve got your back fam! At this link you’ll find 50 fact checks (and growing) checking the veracity of claims made by the coalition. Complete with who made the claim, the reality and sources. paultheotherone.com/factcheck26/

#NZpol This reads as Mr unaware-of being determined to be unaware-of, “I'm sorry, I only came to politics in 2020 ... I don't know what happened in the past, I'm focused on the future” Reality check?: pretty much everything in life is in the context of what happened earlier.

Christopher Luxon rejects criticism on party's paid parental leave record

National leader Christopher Luxon has pushed back on criticism over his party's record on paid parental leave, saying he's focused on the future.

rnz.co.nz

#nzpol NZF are not answer unless you’re a company that needs a great marketer for a scam or sham product. Then Winston’s definitely your man.

Huia Sue@huiasue.bsky.social · last wk.

Winston Peters voted against abortion rights He backed taking away pay equity from women He's running a candidate who wants to ban abortion. He ran a candidate who referred to women as "a pair of tits & a vagina.Peters pretends concern for women as it’s politically convenient. NZF=antiwoke & corrupt

Significant new report from UNESCO highlights the value of strong journalism, & underscores just how much of an economic impact disinformation has. | The value of journalism: global evidence on why media matters to economies, national security and crises unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/p... #nzpol

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa@sanjanah.bsky.social · 2w ago

Importantly, this report also establishes a clear policy gap between the Russia Sanctions Register, and the governance of the NZ Domain Name Commission, and @internetnz.nz. This gap is being actively weaponised. #nzpol

What would you ask our politicians? We have exciting news! Sick and Tired Aotearoa and Long Covid Support Aotearoa are hosting a Chronic Illness Political Panel - 10am on Mon 10 August.

What hasn't been a fail? All governments usually do some good even if you (I) don't like them, but I struggle to name something beneficial, especially something beneficial that wasn't already in the works?

Rob@robdickinson.bsky.social · 2w ago

So.. Failed Climate goals Failed inflation Failed Ferries Failed Health Failed Water Failed Pay equality Failed Curriculum Failed Police Failed Child Poverty Failed Homeless #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/governmen...

Yep I don't have certainty where I'm voting yet but I do know it will not be any party that risks the same/worse hurt to so so many.

Katya@nzkatya.bsky.social · 2w ago

Marama summing up TOP: “After all of the spit from this government on our communities, after their anti-Tiriti [policies] this past three years, after desecrating the protections for our environment, TOP [Opportunity] are still open to keeping Luxon and that bastard government in power” #nzpol

Dr Panos Patros is a bright guy but a PhD in Computer Science taught him 0 about Natural Science. He should have learned more about mātauranga Māori as per his words in 2021. Māori and other NZers could reassure him we still get sun + wind in a dry year. #NZpol www.engineeringnz.org/news-insight...

Embracing Mātauranga and Kaupapa Māori | Engineering New Zealand

Mātauranga and kaupapa Māori are taking their rightful place in engineering. We talk to Dr Panos Patros about how software engineering is truly embracing these concepts and intending to prove through ...

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Paul_BarlowNZ@paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 2w ago

🤦🏼‍♂️ a local Act candidates latest video includes claims that a “dry year” means no sun or wind, and solar and wind power will not work so Greens idea is clearly silly. I’m so tired of people voting idiots like this into power.

In the context of a Govt tossing people out of work, driving down wages and safety at work, it’s cheering that new employers are still becoming accredited and LWEmployers are sponsoring the Living Wage Movement to spread the word. #ShopLocal #ShopLivingWage #NZpol www.instagram.com/p/Da_Y4cggJF...

Well that’s certainly one way to generate traffic to justify a hugely expensive expressway to Whangārei

Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿@mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 3w ago

Every day another WTAF story about how crappy life has become under this Government. Trucking a whole suburb-full of shit 125km from Orewa to Whangarei for AT LEAST the next 24 years. #nzpol

When a National MP lies so easily what confidence can voters have that he will act in their interest? #NationalNotFitToGovern #nzpol #VoteThemOut

Jordan Rivers@jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 3w ago

The members bill to make stalking a crime was literally lodged by Labour Party's Ginny Anderson in response to a murder that happened in 2022. Luxon wont tell you that though 🤷

NZ commits to drone tech cooperation with NATO and Indo-Pacific Four allies to counter China's Pacific presence. Same period: Pacific aid slashed to a 4-year low. Climate finance cut $100M. Ministry for Pacific Peoples down $2.8M. #nzpol