It's a turn up and turn out election. Which ever side gets their voters motivated to the polls between now and 7pm Saturday wins.
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Overseas voters registered make up about 3% of total enrolled and their votes do not show up until after 7pm when they're counted with the specials. There are 126,000 overseas registered voters this year. 64% are in Australia. In 2023 there were 92,600 registered voters and 77,295 voted.
I do this cost/benefit thing for a living, and what impresses me is how robust the Greens have been in calculating the impacts and how the Right - for all its rhetoric - never seems to do a halfway decent job of figuring out the real costs of its policies #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Youth moving overseas will cost NZ $76b in GDP, say Greens
The Greens say a surge in young people moving overseas since 2023 will cost the country $76 billion in GDP, $40 billion in lost earnings and $6 billion in foregone net tax over the next four decades.
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Thank you greens.org.nz for being the only party who cares about this. Data centres will have immense impacts in our water supplies, energy prices, and environment and none of the big parties seem to care. youtu.be/RCGrpsjPmIQ
Greens sound alarm over fast-tracked Auckland data centre | RNZ
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Beautiful stuff, NZ! 💚 If you haven't voted yet, do it! Take a friend who wouldn't vote otherwise with you. Make it a big event. This coalition tried very hard to curb enrollements and have lower turnout. Let's make them eat it! #nzpol
henry cooke@henrycooke.bsky.social · yesterdayClose to a million people have now voted - about a quarter of all enrolled Kiwis:
Between 2020 and 2023 turnout dipped 4.04%. In raw votes the total cast was lower by just 34,962. In 2020 there were 3,549,580 registered voters and 630,507 didn't vote. In 2023 there were 3,688,292 registered voters and 804,181 didn't vote. Turnout matters. Go vote.
It'd be so funny if Labour or Greens did a vote splitting video this week that was: "Is all this yelling between coalition parties about vote splitting confusing or annoying you? Make it all go away by giving your two ticks to Labour and Greens this week and change the government this Saturday"
If you get everyone you know to go and vote labour or greens this guy could be nowhere near the countrys health system by this time next week.
Newsroom NZ@newsroom.co.nz · 2d agoHealth Minister Simeon Brown, of National, is accused of hiding reports, some written two years ago, by an independent advisory committee - Newsroom Pro - $ -
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Just voted ✅✅ Was a steady stream of people at the polling station.
November's BtB Thursdays will be a show-and-tell centered around nature, data, and illustration. Come and show off a project you're working on, or just see what other people have to share. Thursday November 12th 7:30pm ET FREE! binoculars-to-binomials.disco.co/share/o/T2Nj...
NEW COURSE IN THE OPEN VISUALIZATION ACADEMY (the 17th!): @ebertini.bsky.social and @racquelf.bsky.social teach us a framework to read and interpret charts correctly: ‘How to Read Charts’: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-to-rea... Don’t miss it! #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism
How to read charts? A new course in the Open Visualization Academy
Enrico Bertini and Racquel Fygenson make us better readers of visual information
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Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
If you want more Patrick Stewarts, then you publicly fund the arts and learning programs, so that working class kids can find their way into making a career in them.
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Name a piece of comic art that occasionally wanders into your head unannounced and makes you smile. #comics
Mike Pingleton@somuchpingle.bsky.social · 5d agoName a piece of comic art that occasionally wanders into your head unannounced and makes you smile. #comics
Think of the worst people you know in Aotearoa. They're probably voting. Go and vote too!
Go Vote!
Alt: Pink illustration of a hand pointing sideways with tje word GO, changing to the hand making a V with its fingers and the word Vote. GO VOTE!
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Data Rocks@t.datarocks.co.nz · 6d agoIf you're in NZ, This is your daily reminder: Friends don't let friends miss their chance to vote! GO VOTE!
Had the extreme pleasure of hearing Chloe speak in person last night. She was very impressive. Relaxed, inspiring and really across tons of detail on a raft of issues. She's a real person with real talent and great leadership skills. PM material. She would be a great Finance Min. #votepartygreen
A lot of people early voting 26th of October 2020: 105,489 2023: 65,845 2026: 69,034 (Labour day) 27th: 2020: 101,438 2023: 80,899 2026: 106,714
If you're on the 'dormant' roll, you can place a Special Vote. If you've ever been enrolled and been taken off the General or Maori roll, then you're placed on the Dormant Roll - NOT de-enrolled. Staff can access the Dormant Roll and process you via the Special Vote process. #nzpolitics
If anyone in the Kapiti electorate needs help with getting out to the vote, let me know. I'll happily come and get you and give you a lift Let's do this✊🏻 #nzpol
I need particular help with connections in Brisbane, Townsville, Canberra, and Wellington. I have close colleagues in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and will be contacting them, but want to meet new people too so please feel free to reach out.
Friends in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, I'm taking a sabbatical from Sept. 2027 — June 2028, and my hope is to spend 2-6 weeks each in a good number of your cities. I would love your help with this.
If you're in NZ, This is your daily reminder: Friends don't let friends miss their chance to vote! GO VOTE!
Data Rocks@t.datarocks.co.nz · last wk.If you were waiting for a sign, this is it. GO VOTE Every vote matters. Every vote counts.
If you were waiting for a sign, this is it. GO VOTE Every vote matters. Every vote counts.
Kermit the Frog Holds 'Vote' Mug
Alt: Kermit the Frog Holds 'Vote' Mug, sipping tea. Go vote. Every vote count. Every vote matters.
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Data Rocks@t.datarocks.co.nz · last wk.As a brazilian living in Aotearoa, who drove 10h total yesterday to vote in the Brazilian election, and just voted for the NZ Greens today, this right here. The turnout is what changed the worst case scenario in Brazil. Please, vote. It matters. Every vote counts.
I'll continue to be a broken record. Coin. Flip. Vibes. Continue. As we saw in Brasil, coin flip polling can be significantly shunted in one direction or the other by unexpectedly high turnout. So go stick it to the parties in govt who've made it harder to vote by *voting* for one that didn't.
CEO Johnny Cans@oldmatecans.bsky.social · last wk.Hahahha Fuck
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