In today’s NZ Herald

At some point we — all of us — have to have a serious conversation about priorities. We can't just keep squeezing corporate profits out of everything and insisting everyone just make do somehow.

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 20h ago

Older Kiwis choosing between 'starving or heating' as price increases bite

#nzpol

Bernard Hickey@bernardchickey.bsky.social · 18h ago

Free & open for all: Unemployment rate up to 11-year high of 5.6%; Underutilisation rate up to 13-year high of 13.8%; Youth underutilisation up to 37% of workforce; Yet 111,000 work visas were granted & the RBNZ hiked to take 'heat' out of the economy. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

Chlöe Swarbrick and NZ Greens with one of the most important messages for the public to note ahead of the upcoming election in Aotearoa.

JFC. Was the “expert” Susan Collins?

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · yesterday

US vows to dismantle International Criminal Court. Experts say it's 'very worrying'

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

That Is A Hell Of A Thing For You To Say To Me Doc Holliday

Alt: That Is A Hell Of A Thing For You To Say To Me. Val Konner as Doc Holliday

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Ben Ross@benakl.bsky.social · yesterday

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Greens being the grownups in the room again, formally requiring Brownlee to act. And we don't need scarequotes around racist. #NzPol

‘I’m not apologising’: Winston Peters stands by ‘racist’ comments

Peters claims his conversation with Christopher Luxon about his remarks is 'private'.

nzherald.co.nz

Huh? #nzpol @openpolicy.bsky.social

Any #InternetNZ members who haven't already voted in the current board elections: VOTE! It is critical that you do. This is a thread of some useful recommendations a friend put together on how to think about your vote as well as a link to my suggested rankings. bsky.app/profile/jpda...

Jason Danner@jpdanner.com · last wk.

Now that we are in #InternetNZ board elections period I have a minor update: My updated #INZReckons - preferred rankings as of 28/07/2026: 1 Bianca Grizhar 2 Daniel Spector 3 Nabil Sabio Azadi 4 Annette Culpan 5 Keoni Mahelona 6 David Chisholm No Jan Rivers No Douglas Brown No Jillaine Heather

#nzpol Electricity costs up nearly twice the rate of inflation since the 1999 market reforms www.interest.co.nz/public-polic...

Household electricity costs up 177% since 1999 reforms, nearly twice the rate of inflation

Consumer NZ calls for changes to electricity market saying NZ can continue to patch over the problems, or it can redesign the electricity system around customers

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#nzpol The National/NZ First/ACT coalition government thinks it can replace thousands of government workers with AI. Here's how that policy is going for the US govt. 🤣⬇️

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d ago

The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

So TPM are not allowed to do culturally significant haka Chloe or anyone from greens are not allowed to say anything "mean" about the right wing parties But any of the right wing parties are allowed to call people cunts, r slurs, and make racist remarks as often as they like with no repercussions

Look. What I would say to you is this. #nzpol

Newsroom NZ@newsroom.co.nz · 6d ago

A patient dying in a waiting room, cockroaches in showers, and IT failures are the tip of the iceberg as NZ’s public health system reaches breaking point.

I know, right??!! But tell me again how teenagers being social media is the problem. #nzpol

Dr Neil & Mr Price@drneil.bsky.social · 7d ago

It’s really starting to grind me down

Luxon has no choice but to fire this minister he is actively endangering our global reputation #nzpol

The Spinoff@thespinoff.bsky.social · 6d ago

Winston Peters’ comments to Lawrence Xu-Nan make headlines around the world

For the next few months, every single decision about Government spending priorities, in the form of "Rather than spending x on y, the government would rather spend x on z metres of road" where one million dollars is 7.22 metres of road.

Michael Plank@michaelplanknz.bsky.social · 6d ago

The bargain price of $138 million per km. Or one postdoc per metre.

Kids: 1 KIDS Act: 0

Regardless of where one stands on the political spectrum this is racist, quite solidly racist. And Peters knows this, this is why he left his comments in the house, where he has privilege. As others say, it is to our shame that he's continually peddled this bigotry. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

Winston Peters launches tirade against Chinese-Kiwi Green MP

“This is called democracy, unlike what you're used to. So go back to where you come from, you loud mouth, and maybe you'll learn something,” Peters said.

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Do you know what China's been doing while we've been dropping bombs and allocating more money for new weapons? Beating us on alternative energy, manufacturing, high speed rail, technology, microchips, and infrastructure.

An increasingly plausible definition of a woman is “someone who covers their drink when a New Zealand First candidate enters the room “ #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

Someone who ‘knows where to shop’ - NZ First candidate on what a woman is

Following Stuart Nash’s resignation over sexist remarks, a New Zealand First candidate has offered another definition a woman - someone who knows where to shop

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Double check you're enrolled because there's no more enrol to vote on the day if you find you aren't. Get in, people. There's a reason politicians want to make it tough for you to vote. It's the only handbrake we have.

Daniel Vernon@yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · last wk.

Know the signs, enroll online: vote.nz

Reminder: the Taxpayers Union isnt a real union for kiwi taxpayers. Its just a bunch rightwingers that called their organisation that. For further proof they just ran a public poll on their own page asking "do you support a wealth tax" and after 60% of people said yes, they deleted the post.

This fucking guy, our Minister of Foreign Affairs🤦🏻‍♂️ #nzpol

Winston Peters calls Greens ‘appallingly retarded’ over data centre ban

The NZ First leader made no apologies for using the word “retarded” to describe the Green Party’s call for a one-year moratorium on data centre consenting.

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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

Now that we are in #InternetNZ board elections period I have a minor update: My updated #INZReckons - preferred rankings as of 28/07/2026: 1 Bianca Grizhar 2 Daniel Spector 3 Nabil Sabio Azadi 4 Annette Culpan 5 Keoni Mahelona 6 David Chisholm No Jan Rivers No Douglas Brown No Jillaine Heather

Jason Danner@jpdanner.com · 2w ago

Countdown to #InternetNZ board elections! My updated #INZReckons - preferred rankings as of 23/07/2026: 1 Bianca Grizhar 2 Daniel Spector 3 Nabil Sabio Azadi 4 Annette Culpan 5 Keoni Mahelona 6 David Chisholm 7 Jan Rivers No Douglas Brown No Jillaine Heather

I choose to see Luxon at the top of that pile of money. #nzpol

CAKE@thebandcake.bsky.social · last wk.

This is interesting… #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...

In theory, I was prepared to become a parent.

Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · last wk.

Hey parents of bsky: What are some theories of parenting you were very confident in right up until you had your own kids?

When asked about TOP, @chrishipkins.bsky.social says, “I think they have a bit of an identity crisis, I’m not sure they really know whether they’re on the left or on the right." Mah dude, that's what loads of folks think about Labour!! #nzpol

1News NZ (Unofficial)@1newsnz.nzcow.com · last wk.

📢 Yesterday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon appeared to rule out working with Opportunity, and said National didn't want to "do business" with anyone seeking to impose new taxes.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/st...

Stop the Climate Amendment Bill!

This is important because climate change is the most serious and important issue facing humankind. We have a rapidly closing window of opportunity to prevent catastrophic damage to the natural world ...

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