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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 18h

Will Alexander arrives back in Ōtautahi

#NZPol

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 18h

'Thousands of Canterbury kids'

Wasn't Christchurch Luxon's poster child city supposedly doing well.... if you discount the thousands of hungry kids.. #nzpol

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 5h

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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 18h

Voters approval for leaders of National and Labour dropping significantly - poll

The latest 1News Verian poll has Christopher Luxon with an overall approval rating of -14, down from -7 in March. Meanwhile, Chris Hipkins scored +1, still in the positives, but a 15 point drop from a result earlier this year.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 16h

#nzpol

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 5h

#nzpol 🤣🎯💯

Roaring Marmot @roaringmarmot.bsky.social · Dec 2

Somewhere out there is the star who made this...

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Tax Wealth not Wages @progallthethings.bsky.social · 13h

Look. What I say to you is this.

How is my govt supposed to keep landlords in $170/kg whitebait if not by making 18 & 19 year olds jobless and destitute, sacking thousands of public servants, stealing pay equity settlement funds and borrowing more on top?

Rich. And sorted for whitebait. #nzpol

Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 16h

This boils my blood.

New World selling whitebait for $169 per kilo.

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 10h

New Zealand’s dairy industry-backed methane target rollback sets bad precedent, scientists warn
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence #nzpol #climatechange

New Zealand’s Methane Target Sets Bad Precedent, Scientists Warn

New Zealand’s decision to set a less ambitious methane emissions reduction target sets a worrying precedent that other nations may follow, scientists have warned.

www.bloomberg.com

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 7h

General Strike 23rd October 2025😊

Bigger than Benhur in Technicolor
#nzpol

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 7h

Stealing from our kids' future, to save money
#nzpol

Govt expected to save nearly $2.5 billion with KiwiSaver changes

Savings are forecasted through to the 2028/29 financial year.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Joe Wozzaa #toitūtiriti @joewoz.bsky.social · 6h

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Luxon thinks you're dumb and can't remember the unions striking when labour were in government. Their offers were much more reasonable as well. Union bashing knob #nzpol

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon blames unions for ongoing strike action

"I think people are getting sick of unions prioritising the politics over patients," Christopher Luxon says.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 1d

“ “If you want a job, go where the jobs are.”

“he told a broke, exhausted nation in recession that he was “wealthy and sorted”.

“ telling parents of poor kids that if they didn’t like the prison slop on offer in schools, make a marmite sandwich.”

“He’s a dead man walking.”
#nzpol

Christopher Luxon, like a modern day Marie Antoinette

Opinion: In his head, I think the prime minister is doing the whole tough guy bit.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 21h

He's not wrong #nzpol

They fear the future, they dream of a world that never was and never could be, they're exclusionary, they're humourless - they're this coalition

Chris Finlayson

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 5h

Although it will be very funny if TV One/Kantar keep Luxon in the race and then he gets plastered at the election

#NZPol

Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 6h

The TV One Poll continues to be an outlier IMHO, there is a The Post Poll coming before the end of the week, I will concede if they have Nats ahead of Labour but I doubt they will

Colmar/Kantar has had a bias to the right for years and they've never corrected it
#NZPol

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 5h

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 5h

Holiday work pulling pints or flipping burgers is increasingly hard to come by amid a hiring downturn and increased rivalry.

Death of the summer job: A rite of passage slipping out of teenagers’ reach

newsroom.co.nz

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 5h

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 6h

Urban rural split or living on peppercorn lease land or where stolen land still more obviously benefits descendants of settlers. newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/u...

Urban-rural split on Māori wards as advocates eye next election

The battle for the future of Māori wards may be over, but supporters and opponents alike are already preparing for the next scrap

newsroom.co.nz

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 5h

I'm currently writing about Harold Woodbury Parsons, an art consultant who lived in an absolutely transparent closet from the 1910-60s. He fled Boston as soon as he could and set up shop in Rome (sharing an apartment with his mother, naturally), and then went everywhere with handsome young blonds...

caricature drawing of Harold Woodbury Parsons, that ran in the Kansas City Star, January 11, 1931

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 6h

Luxon, pro birth but not pro the necessary healthcare and support that makes it tenable.

“With no obstetricians left in Eastern Bay of Plenty, hundreds of pregnant women have been forced to travel to Tauranga Hospital to give birth this year - 1/3 of them due to emergency” #nzpol

Hundreds of pregnant Eastern Bay of Plenty women forced to go to Tauranga to give birth

More than 200 women made the journey in the past year - a third of them emergency transfers - amid a shortage of obstetricians.

www.rnz.co.nz

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 7h

From a young age, Diane Keaton, who died Saturday at 79, seemed to understand that actual beauty, the timeless kind, required a degree of depth, even darkness, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes.

The Romantic

How Diane Keaton’s quest for beauty left an imprint on American culture

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

tfw you're forced to listen to Trump

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 7h

The thing that Republicans worked themselves into a lather claiming, without proof, the Biden family did

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 11h

Many Skultuna cookpots survive in the kitchens of Palestinians, keeping alive the memory of Swedish friendship at a time of dire need.

The cooking pot that became a symbol of Sweden’s commitment to helping Palestine

Many Skultuna cookpots survive in the kitchens of Palestinians, keeping alive the memory of Swedish friendship at a time of dire need.

tcnv.link

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

“Fiction.”

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/p...

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Moderately Broken Jerk @moderatejerk.bsky.social · 11h

a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' .

ALT: a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' .

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 11h

Hostages have been reunited with their families after more than two years in Gaza - including Ziv and Gali Berman, 28-year-old twin brothers who were held separately

Read more: trib.al/dmp9SCJ

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 11h

As a parent of a blind child, i know how valuable- indispensable -the programs are. Most parents are not qualified to teach their child to read & write in braille. The braille books & typewriter are available through the wonderful programs & teachers that prepared my child to lead a productive life

ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

NEW: Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization that will provide funding to these students.

Education Dept. Reverses Decision to Halt Funds for Deafblind Student Programs

Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization that will provide funding to these students.

www.propublica.org

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