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Chris Slane

@slanecartoon@mastodon.nz · 2d ago

Loaded and locked in to Luxon’s high-flying, high-carbon, high-risk pathway. #NZpol #cartoon #NZListener

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stuart yeates

@stuartyeates@cloudisland.nz · May 08, 2026

RE: https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/116540180878490038 OK New Zealand, we may have beaten them with Georgina Beyer, but they're now doing multiples. We have a plan for beating this 7 November 2026, don't we? Someone please tell me we do? #nzpol

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Raj Patel

@irix@cloudisland.nz · May 08, 2026

"Where does your (NZ) tax money actually go?" "The question is actually the other way around. What public services and what quality of public services do you want, and how do you pay for it? And then you can decide how much tax to pay, because that's the envelope, and who pays that tax. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/593644/where-does-your-tax-money-actually-go #nzpol

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Nick Young

@nickofnz.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 08, 2026

We badly need a government that listens to science more than it listens to big business. The biggest climate risks New Zealand faces revealed www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ... #ClimateCrisis #nzpol Climate Change Commission repo...

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davec

@zebratale@mastodon.nz · May 06, 2026

And there it is, Broadcasting Standards Authority to be scrapped. Everything this government does is just so fucked. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/594400/broadcasting-standards-authority-to-be-scrapped #NZPol

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JustSaying

@ArrestJK@mastodon.nz · May 05, 2026

National: Local is best, 3 waters takes away democracy ALSO National: Do what we want or else #NZpol https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/594289/government-gives-councils-amalgamation-ultimatum

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Rupert Brackenbury

@RupertBBare@mastodon.nz · May 05, 2026

Honestly, I don't have strong opinions on #localgovt, but the hypocrisy of acting like #ThreeWaters was an imminent threat to democracy, then forcing their own agenda on councils is making me crazy. #nzpol #NACTional

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John Valentine

@dunedinmouse@mastodon.nz · May 04, 2026

The Otago Daily Times is consistently rated as a highly trusted news source in New Zealand, currently second to RNZ. Today their editorial reveals: "every request we have made for a feature-length interview with the Prime Minister for the past two and a-half years has been declined". Not the way to woo southern voters Mr Luxon. #NZPol

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64 Islands Aroha Cooperative

@airshipper@cloudisland.nz · May 04, 2026

minister of contract cancellation is confident that fuel companies will honour their contracts 🤔 #nzpol

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Robyn Nuthall

@RobynNuthall@mastodon.nz · May 02, 2026

This is a fascinating thread about the idea of a universal basic income. There have been many experiments testing a UBI in the world and people keep debating it....but in countries with a state funded old age pension, we have a massive real time UBI experiment....in the case of Aotearoa NZ for 88 years. ....so what happens when people turn 65 and get a universal basic income.... We live our best lives! Including stacks of volunteering. #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #Pension #UniversalPension #NZPol Edited for spelling https://petrous.vislae.town/@Binder/112832419782451606

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Mastodon's Billionaire Owner

@bluewave_kiwi@mastodon.nz · May 01, 2026

New Zealand help open the Strait of Hormuz?? This government can't even open the Strait of Cook!! #nzpol

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JeremyJupiterJones

@jeremy_pm@mastodon.nz · Apr 30, 2026

Amazing that 4 NZers being kidnapped in international waters by Zionist terrorists barely gets mentioned in NZ media. One wonders why this isn’t a leading story, imagine the headlines had they been attacked and taken hostage by Iran. #NZPol

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Raj Patel

@irix@cloudisland.nz · Apr 30, 2026

Looks like they have a book on the way. Learn about the Far Right Playbook and how its being applied in NZ. https://farrightplaybook.nz/ #nzpol

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Bob LeFridge

@BobLefridge@mastodon.nz · Apr 30, 2026

National vs NZFirst -- the scrapping continues Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

With National sagging in the polls and haemorrhaging voters to NZFirst, the scrap between Luxon and Peters consumes a lot of oxygen. Former National Minister Chris Finlayson doesn't believe Luxon's coalition will make it as far as November. He calls NZ First "an excrescence." I looked it up -- it's warts and pimples. "... I think the best thing the National Party can do is try and extricate themselves from this grisly coalition and declare war on New Zealand First…" NZ's right wing coalition is looking increasingly fragile. https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/former-national-mp-calls-cut-ties-nz-first-rnz #NZPol #Finlayson #NZFirst #National

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A-Dub 🥝

@adub@beige.party · Apr 29, 2026

A piece of New Zealand legislation tackling modern slavery has passed its first reading with multi-party support. The only party that voted against it was ... you guessed it, ACT. when a party shows you who they are, believe them. 😒 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/593743/modern-slavery-bill-passes-first-reading-under-new-parliament-rule #NzPol

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Paul Hellyer

@paulh@cloudisland.nz · Apr 28, 2026

Rob Campbell lays into Willis who is without doubt our worst Minster of Finance since Richardson. "What we need to understand is that she [Willis] is following a very limited theory (government management more than economic theory) in a very limited manner (with stone tools in a digital world), ignoring the complexity and fluidity of reality. Anyone surprised that it is not working too well? .... “Nicolanomics” is genuinely incoherent – in the dictionary meaning of “confusing” or “unclear” or “not logical or consistent”. And we are all - except the wealthy - are paying the price for her incoherence and incompetence. #NZPol https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/28/nicolanomics-is-truly-reactionary-a-victim-of-circumstance-and-events/

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Mike Riversdale

@miramarmike@cloudisland.nz · Apr 28, 2026

"Happy Chlöe, happy Greens, happy Mike" Vote Green, make Chlöe and Marama smile again. #VoteGreen #NZPol #tv #Aotearoa #NewZealand

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Hurricane Daveosaurus

@Daveosaurus@mastodon.nz · Apr 21, 2026

Racism and politics Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

I'm still chuckling at Shame Jones' attempt to do a racism and how badly it's backfiring on him. As far as racisms go, it is (possibly quite appropriately) the weakest of weak sauce. Butter chicken is (famously) very mild, basically just chicken stewed in cream and coloured with turmeric. There is - NOTHING - scary about it. It's a very nice meal, but hot and/or spicy it ain't. If there was a literal tsunami of butter chicken on the horizon I'd be heading out to the beach with as many clean bowls, buckets and pots as I could find. A few years back there was an almost-chemist woo shop between my work and the closest car park. For a while, out in front of it were big displays of Super Good-For-You stuff: turmeric and apple cider vinegar. I figured out quickly that I could duplicate the (supposed) effects much more cheaply with a curry and a bottle of cider and get a decent meal as well as the Super Health Benefits. Tomorrow night is specials night at my local curry place and I might just vote with my feet. Might get a balti. Might get a bhuna. Might get a rogan josh. Might make a nod to my Scottish heritage and get a tikka masala. And hopefully none of Shame Jones' little shitbags will try to make trouble while normal people are queueing up for normal dinners. #Racism #NZPol #ButterChickenTsunami

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Alex

@alex@fedi.smith.geek.nz · Apr 21, 2026

"MPs are refusing to say if Christopher Luxon won the confidence motion with unanimous support from caucus." If it was unanimous, they'd say it was. What they aren't saying says more than what they are saying. What the margin was would be more interesting to know. #nzpol

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