Good news: I might be able to fit my clothes again in six months time 🥳 Bad news: I have to do a course of chemo to do it. What a pain in the arse ☹️Good news: The health system is sort of functioning 🩺 Bad news: It's pretty sketchy 😳

Is JK tired of having to defend his protégé every time he gets himself in hot water yet, I wonder?

What are ACT's donors paying for and why is it profoundly anti-democratic? #nzpol

Dr Bex@drbex.bsky.social · 13h ago

A vote for National or NZ First means returning ACT to power again. ACT are gunning for workers, disabled people, and children. They will actively and intentionally make all our lives worse, except ofc for their wealthy donor class.

There’s been a lot of talk about children this past week - how to punish them, how to breed them, and how business people are like them - but none of it about child welfare. My #cartoon today #NZpol

Labour's gonna blow it, aren't they?

I wonder if they're still clapping?

Sophie these days@spiderandme.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Sooo... you know how Luxon said young people should get off the couch and get a job, and business people in Rotorua clapped? Below is a graph of the Rotorua labour market. This is NOT a get-off-the-couch problem. Thanks to @musicalchairs.bsky.social for doing this. #nzpol

Wild how you could use this card this side of the Tasman for NZ First candidates and barely have to change a thing

Beth@zahri.bsky.social · 3d ago

As One Nation starts announcing candidates, here's a bingo card over the possibilities

And there it is: as long as one parent is in work. So nothing for single full-time parents or parents who have lost their jobs. How very Winston.

Sophie these days@spiderandme.bsky.social · 3d ago

Yep. It'll be full of hooks and no one should believe a word of it.

#ChrisAbercrombie President #PPTA #TeWehengarua, the union representing 21,000 secondary/area school teachers on #Breakfast today stating that #ACTPartyNZ's policy of manhandling unruly kids out of classrooms is "Stupid" & "No one is asking for this" is all you need to know. #nzpol #nzeducation

Bring out yer dead! Bring out yer dead! ☠️ #nzpol

When Winston Peters racially abused an elected MP from one of this country’s highest offices, not one member of the cabinet was prepared to call it racism, writes Mohan Dutta. #nzpol e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

We must name racism when it happens | E-Tangata

"It is not impolite to name racism, to document it, or to organise against it. What is impolite is telling a New Zealander of 30 years to go home. What is indecent is a cabinet that shelters him." — M...

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grrr...that prick has blocked every pro-child anti-poverty measure that has crossed his desk for decades. If women aren't having kids it's in no small measure due to the shitty anti-child conditions he and his ilk have created. Women aren't going to fall for this garbage. #nzpol

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

I assume we’re not far away from NZF producing propaganda posters extolling young women to breed for the fatherland. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

Same in AoNZ. Please make a donation to your favourite rescue if you can. They are overwhelmed and it is heartbreaking. 🐶🇳🇿

Peyton Reads 📚💜🌻@peytonreads.bsky.social · 5d ago

Rescues are feeling the impact! If you can't adopt or foster at this time, please look into donating as you can to shelters that do this very important work! While all will accept $ , many seek out supplies like old blankets or towels, pet supplies, and toys! You can make a difference! 💜🌻🥰

Don't let the heat turn deadly for farm workers. Donations will help us keep doing everything we can to save lives. act.seiu.org/a/heat2026?m.... If you prefer, you can donate by PayPal at paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou #CALOR

When AI does the govt's thinking. Watch this space, #nzpol

Asperas Bompar@asperasbompar.bsky.social · 6d ago

Wakanda tariffs going to get doubled now

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#nzpol

Wadepool@wadepool.wtf · 6d ago

Current NZ gov has aligned with the US on human rights at the UN which means they’re aligned with North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Way past time for these assclowns to GTFO. HELP ENROL EVERYONE YOU KNOW vote.nz

We should march on parliament and demand Peters resignation. His behaviour and language is unacceptable and his role as foreign minister untenable #nzpol

#VoteThemOut #nzpol

Cam Bennett@cambennett.bsky.social · 6d ago

We have some serious problems here. An ideological drive for smaller government by the people in power means not only will they not address these problems, they will do things that actively make them worse. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

#nzpol

Timothy Gassin@timothygassin.bsky.social · 6d ago

This has received little attention, but is significant news. Paul Hamer, who I think was the last remaining historian member of the Tribunal and quite possibly the Tribunal's most busy member (currently serving on 11 inquires), has not been reappointed by the government.

Question for the clever sewing people: after a couple of operations my chest is a bit lop-sided and scarred. Does anyone know of a comfy sports-style bra pattern? TIA #garmentsewing #sewing

Yes, we do. #BuildMoreBikeLanes

Captive Driver@captivedriver.bsky.social · 6d ago

Bike lanes. People want physically separated bike lanes. They want safer streets. Debates around implementation and execution do not mean people hate bike lanes.

Something to aspire to, #TāmakiMakaurau *dreams of a bike highway over the harbour bridge into the city centre ☺️* #BuildMoreBikeLanes

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett@modacitylife.com · 6d ago

If there are Seven Wonders of the Cycling World, Beijing's Shangdi–Huilongguan Highway deserves a place on the list. The 5.4 km elevated expressway is designed so riders can cycle its entire length without stopping; cutting their commute to 30 minutes—halving the rush hour travel time by car/metro.

It is resistance to buy nothing from Musk. No cars, no satellite stuff, no Grok tokens, no battery walls, no driverless taxis, no robots (should they make it to market), nada, zip, zero, nothing. Eventually stock prices will reflect fundamentals—and Musk won't be able to buy elections anymore.

I dunno. Maybe we could just tax the very wealthy, and capital gains as a start? 🤷‍♂️ But what would I know. I’m not a neolib reckonomist. #nzpol

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 7d ago

Who will pay the price to keep NZ Super affordable?

#nzpol 100 days to go! Make sure you have your shit sorted. Otherwise, don't bitch and moan about the outcome.....

Election 2026: Electoral Commission urges voters to check online information

The Electoral Commission is warning people to check the accuracy of information they're seeing online about enrolling and voting, ahead of the election this November.

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Once again shitty ACT policy providing cover for something National wanted to do anyway. Vote these bums out.

PERFECTLY NORMAL@nzpom.com · last wk.

Thousands of workers are about to get screwed #nzpol

A vote for TOP is a vote for National.

Yorrike.@yorrike.bsky.social · last wk.

If you actually want to reform the tax system, and protect nature and have good infrastructure and a fair country to be proud of, there’s already a political party to vote for. Don’t be fooled not thinking TOP will get any of that.

The chutzpah to alienate women, and Chinese people especially Chinese women, in separate instances all on the same day just months from an election. Brave? Or stupid? Only time will tell. Stayed tuned for this thrilling season of Demented Elderly Misogynistic Racist Cooker Runs Again!