Changing an entire voting system because you're bad at your job but won't take responsibility is peak executive suite behaviour.

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 2h ago

Christopher Luxon will call referendum on MMP voting system if elected back into power

There's no polite way to put it - but that is a straight up lie. A Royal Commission into the Electoral System was established in 1985, and reported back in December 1986. Not one but two referenda were held on in 1992-93, and the legislative changes were enacted by Parliament. 2/2 #nzpol

#nzpol Bishop’s RMA reforms are designed to allow unfettered pollution and extraction so that incredibly wealthy people can keep growing their hoard 😡😡

Public Health Communication Centre@phcc.bsky.social · 1h ago

When is a limit not a limit? A new Briefing warns that proposed changes to the Natural Environment Bill would allow Ministers to authorise breaches of human health limits for air quality, undermining their role as a public health safeguard. www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/no-...

Christopher Luxon is so bad at his job that when the biggest liability to his government is in trouble, he hands him an opportunity to be objectively correct about something.

Lew@lewsos.bsky.social · 2h ago

Winston sucks more than any other living MP but he at least understands what's at stake

Where's the bloody knighthood in that, eh?

So Winston is “some yahoo” and David Seymour is the “numpty” right?

Tory Whanau@misswhanau.bsky.social · 2h ago

He....... he knows he's the Prime Minister right?!

On point from Hipkins The country elected a spineless empty suit and this is what we get, understand if you vote for any of the coalition parties you are voting for more of this

JessTerraformEarth 🌏 💚 🌈 💧 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇳🇿@jessterraformearth.bsky.social · 1h ago

Go Chippy! #nzpol #MMP

If the price you are willing to pay to stay in power is to keep working with a racist member of your cabinet, even if he is the leader of a different party, then that ultimately shows you can accept racism as the price of doing business. 2/2 #NZPol

And when more than 1 in 3 want work or more work, the Minister of Immigration is proposing removing the cap on visas for seasonal fruit picking workers. National and ACT doing everything possible to drive down wages and keep a vast pool of unemployed young people. bsky.app/profile/rnzr...

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

Proposal to scrap RSE worker limits cancelled by Cabinet, documents reveal

This may come as a great shock to our big parties, bank economists and pundits but Govts literally creating jobs in times of economic slump & high unemployment is literally part of Keynesian economics.

There's a reason we call it the Golden State www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

California was mostly solar-powered in May — a global first

No major economy had previously received over half its electricity from solar across an entire month. Thank the mild, sunny spring weather, and batteries.

canarymedia.com

This isn't some sort of free choice. The media should reject that bullshit framing. New Zealanders forced to go without food and heat as government drives more and more into poverty. There. Fixed it for you. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/weather...

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

An advocate for older people says recent cold temperatures combined with the cost of power and other goods have produced a crisis point, with many people forced to choose between food and heating.

rnz.co.nz

Yup, this wasn't a person thinking clearly. Goldsmith this morning saying that this was a stand alone event. He said this about the 2 separate local murders I raised to him at a meeting. They aren't. As you've identified, this is likely someone not getting help they need. It's systemic failures.

Said it before, I’ll say it again: I don’t have kids. I’ll never have kids. I don’t even LIKE kids. I still want my tax money spent on GOOD quality meals for the little shits. It’s a net good for everyone, for the kids themselves and small/mid sized businesses that provide the meals.

Bernard Hickey@bernardchickey.bsky.social · yesterday

Sauce. This was the solution considered. Give me strength.

I've never used ChatGPT. If I'm absolutely honest, although I've heard of Claude, I'm not 100% sure what it is. I've never knowingly used an #AI tool. To me, this post reads like 'If pre-sliced cheese was suddenly banned, would you even know how to slice cheese manually?'

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · yesterday

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

Falling water levels in Poland’s longest river are disrupting electricity production. Two coal-fired power stations have been forced to shut down some turbines because the Vistula no longer provides enough water for cooling.

Two Polish power plants cut output due to water shortage

The two coal-fired power stations use river water for cooling.

tvpworld.com

So basically, voting for National is voting for mass unemployment. The more you know.

Hey Siri, who was in power when unemployment was last this horrifically high? … The same people? But I thought they were good at the economy?

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · yesterday

National backs its policies as unemployment rises to 11-year high

Hello NZ govt 👋, maybe this is a better approach than building more prisons & punishing beneficiaries? Hard to argue with the numbers #nzpol

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 21h ago

Please don’t do ⬆️⬆️ 😬. TOP proposes replacing traditional welfare & NZ Superannuation with a universal "Citizen's Income" of $19,400 a year for adults, funded by a land value tax. This radical overhaul dismantles targeted social security & pushes thousands into poverty😳. TOP is for NZ First voters!

man what are we even doing here

BusinessDesk@businessdesknz.bsky.social · yesterday

As schools reported throwing out nearly one in three Compass lunches late last year, the Ministry of Education looked into adding sauce to make the meals more appealing but shelved the idea over cost.

I have a busy job and a full schedule too. Think the Air Force will fly me around?

kyle@kyledchurch.bsky.social · 22h ago

Not for *government duties* for his role as leader of the National Party for a party *fundraiser* for the *election* Surely this is outside the bounds of what the Air Force should be used for?? Seems like an enormous breach of his access to public assets! www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Toxic ideologues working for private, self & corporate interests 🤢🤮 Government poised to ram through reckless demolition of environmental protections #nzpol

Government poised to ram through reckless demolition of environmental protections - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Parliament is set to vote today on what Greenpeace says is the most reckless demolition of environmental protections in a generation. 

greenpeace.org

Fucking winnie banging on about having our own oil and gas - even if this wasn’t an environmental and climate change nightmare, even if the corporations did find o&g, how would this actually help cost of living?

We need everyone to enroll If you've got a late teen - 20s who can't see the point, just point them at the Greens, they're a safe pair of hands for the young & they're very future focused, sustainability focused etc #nzpol If your electorate is safely Labour, party vote Green vote.nz/enrolling/en...

Kermit the Frog Holds 'Vote' Mug

ALT: Kermit the Frog Holds 'Vote' Mug

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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

6 months - that’s how many businesses have been liquidated. Up on 1296 for the same period last year. But don’t worry, this is the party of “grow up businesses”

Hey #Kikorangi peeps: if you have family who live overseas who have been back to Aotearoa at any point in the last three years, they can enrol to vote. Get them to vote.nz. They just need a NZ passport or drivers license (they can be expired).

I'm not saying changing the govt will *completely* alter this dynamic, but... 1. When clearly not enough jobs are there... 2. And many employers WON'T hire unless workers accept SHIT TERMS and SHIT PAY now? 3. A govt CAN find ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES to both reflect this reality AND HELP CHANGE IT.

#NZpol The RBNZ decided, when jobs were already fucked, unemployment simply "has to" go up or inflation won't come down. We had a main governing Party joining in with their coalition partner in sacking 1000's of workers. They plan MORE too. Connect. The. Fucking. Dots. Vote. This. Ideology. Out.

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 2d ago

Unemployment expected to push up to near 11-year high, economists warn