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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2h

Yes Ruth clearly wishes the blades of government that interact with the poor were ever sharper. More threshing, more crushing

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2h

And of course, as we look for parallels...he was rolled by by jenny shipley

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2h

He also followed a common path trod by former Nats, recanted the position they held in the cold light of hindsite

www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...

Neoliberalism has 'failed NZ'

He helped rip up welfare state with Mother of All Budgets, but Jim Bolger now laments the inequality it arguably created.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2h

Former prime minister Jim Bolger, who is being quoted as promising New Zealand a "decent society" led one of the most brutally mean spirited governments this country has seen until quite recently...

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

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Kyle MacDonald @kylemacd.bsky.social · 3h

Legacies are complicated

thespinoff.co.nz/atea/28-09-2...

How Ruth Richardson’s Mother of all Budgets is still f*cking us today

Laura O'Connell Rapira looks at what successive generations of an unregulated housing market does to welfare and housing for those in the margins.

thespinoff.co.nz

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 17h

Someone Else #nzpol

a cartoon character with the words someone else written on the bottom

ALT: a cartoon character with the words someone else written on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 3h

Today the PM who is about to be rolled by his own party will be making a speech to Parliament about the last National Party PM to be rolled by his own party, who has just died. RIP.
Wonder if he will mention it?🤔
#nzpol

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 3h

It's not their fault

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 13h

seems like!

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 13h

Just over a year after I posted this, glad to see the Broadcasting Standards Authority, based on a listener compliant, interpret its mandate to include networks like Plunket's platform. Tellingly, those most upset are tinpot populists, & leading far-right networks. What better endorsement of BSA?

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 15h

SHORT NOTICE CALL TO ARMS FOR DUNEDIN FOLKS

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 15h

#BHN Gerry the Fashion Police | Israel delays aid for Gaza | Erica slams teacher unions, again #nzpol

www.youtube.com/live/NaBbNkr...

#BHN Gerry the Fashion Police | Israel delays aid for Gaza | Erica slams teacher unions, again

YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 17h

Thoughts and prayers to Sean Plunket who, it seems, is entering the "Find Out" stage of broadcasting.

NZ Herald article preview with the headline:
'We're going to war': Broadcasting watchdog claims authority over The Platform; Sean Plunket hits out

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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 17h

Have arrived!
@chewienz.bsky.social
@xkaosmagex.bsky.social
@iamprettyawesome.bsky.social

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 20h

Come vote for "Someone else" with me to mess up Bishop's numbers! #NZPol

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Chris Bishop received the highest percentage of votes with 38%.
Erica Stanford and Christopher Luxon followed with 18% and 17% respectively.
"Someone else" received 21% of the votes, which is the second-highest result.
Nicola Willis and Simeon Brown each received 3% of the votes.

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 100th Birthday Margaret Thatcher.

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 1d

#BHN TPM v Toitu Te Tiriti gets ugly | New ferries ordered | Violence is the way...apparently #nzpol

www.youtube.com/live/G2flH64...

#BHN TPM v Toitu Te Tiriti gets ugly | New ferries ordered | Violence is the way...apparently

YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 1d

They wont confirm costs because its "commercial (politically) sensitive.
Mark my words we are paying more, for less lifespan and less capability. This shower of clowns want you to believe that new zealanders dont deserve nice things while they firehose public money to private pockets

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 1d

Temu ferries.
Un fucking believable.

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2d

Do you think he has a special person that stuffs his Turkey gizzard neck in to his collar each morning, or that his staff take turns?

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent shot of his completely damage free ear as well

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Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 2d

The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.

Regulatory Standards Bill:
Select Committee Report:
166,000 submission total
0.7% supported
0.6% unclear
98.7% opposed

AUTHORISED BY DUNCAN WEBB MP, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS WELLINGTON

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2d

capybara is a very socialist animal

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2d

god I love this

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Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2d

#BHN TPM sit down with Mata | Peace in the Middle East? | More poor economy polls for National #nzpol

www.youtube.com/live/kXklqUx...

#BHN TPM sit down with Mata | Peace in the Middle East? | More poor economy polls for National

YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

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