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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 4h

As well as being a #Tobacco Lobbyist for #PhillipMorris Tobacco, like Seymour, #ChrisBishop worked for #AtlasNetwork org #FrontierCentreForPublicPolicy in Canada, & is a pro-Israel Zionist, pushing #Israel & Atlas’ anti-#Democracy agenda -not the wellbeing of #NZers-& it’s obvious! #Greed #nzpol

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 9h

Trump & Charles Kirk devotee scared that misinformation and hate may be addressed in NZ

#nzpol

David Farrar

The Broadcasting Standards Authority has made a secret in principle decision that they have the power to hear complaints and censor any audio or video content transmitted over the Internet. This is an outrageous power grab from a government censorship body and must be fought.

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 4h

It turns out kicking homeless people out of motels increases homelessness:
Govt admits homelessness is up in delayed report; #Bishop & Potaka ask for advice for housing more people; Prisoners' aid service says homeless ex-prisoners' “bodies are transactional” #nzpol
open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

It turns out kicking homeless people out of motels increases homelessness

Govt admits homelessness is up in delayed report; Bishop & Potaka ask for advice & suggestions for housing more people; Prisoners' aid service says homeless ex-prisoners' "bodies are transactional."

open.substack.com

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 13h

Aside from the fact that Chris Bishop is a pile of malevolent dung in a suit, I refuse to have three white men called Chris in a row as PM, it's absolutely intolerable #nzpol

Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 13h

God fucking help us.
#nzpol

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 12h

Chris Bishop would be an ideal Judas

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Cool Hand Fluke @nzrossvideo.bsky.social · 12h

Bahahaha. Perfect picture

Around one sixth (16%) of voters prefer Chris Bishop as the next leader. Bishop's support is strongest among the specific segment of voters who are considering switching their vote.
ADEIERVCROET / ANEIERVCROET

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 11h

Someone told Chris Bishop, Simeon Brown and the Death Merchants in the National Party yet?

Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 17h

New study from Melbourne finds reducing residential speed limits from 50km/h to 30 km/h on local roads would protect cyclists from danger, make riding less stressful and get more people cycling while not causing traffic delays for cars.

Switching 50km/h speed limits to 30km/h would protect cyclists while barely affecting commutes, research finds

One expert says a cyclist hit by a car travelling 50km/h has about a one-in-ten chance of surviving, while at 30km/h it was a nine-in-ten chance

www.theguardian.com

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 7h

Pipeline to Poverty-Chris Renny:
#NZ Min Chris #Bishop is celebrating new infrastructure investment, but around 17,000 fewer people are working in construction, building consents are way down, & unemployment, poverty & homelessness are growing fast #nzpol
open.substack.com/pub/craigren...

Pipeline to poverty

The TV show Utopia is meant to be satire - not an instruction manual

open.substack.com

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 10h

Behold Aotearoa, your next Prime Minister.
Chris (yep another one) Bishop 🤦
#nzpol

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 7h

Both are #AtlasNetwork sycophants so the Oligarchs will be happy

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 10h

Could you imagine Nicola Willis face if she found out Chris Bishop was made PM.
#priceless
#nzpol

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 7h

Pipeline to Poverty-Chris Renny:
#NZ Min Chris #Bishop is celebrating new infrastructure investment, but around 17,000 fewer people are working in construction, building consents are way down, & unemployment, poverty & homelessness are growing fast #nzpol
open.substack.com/pub/craigren...

Pipeline to poverty

The TV show Utopia is meant to be satire - not an instruction manual

open.substack.com

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 7h

Pipeline to Poverty-Chris Renny:
#NZ Min Chris #Bishop is celebrating new infrastructure investment, but around 17,000 fewer people are working in construction, building consents are way down, & unemployment, poverty & homelessness are growing fast #nzpol
open.substack.com/pub/craigren...

Pipeline to poverty

The TV show Utopia is meant to be satire - not an instruction manual

open.substack.com

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 9h

National have definitely hit the bottom of the barrel if they think Chris Bishop is their new messiah.

#nzpol
*sorry I had the have/ have not wrong

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 7h

Pipeline to Poverty-Chris Renny:
#NZ Min Chris #Bishop is celebrating new infrastructure investment, but around 17,000 fewer people are working in construction, building consents are way down, & unemployment, poverty & homelessness are growing fast #nzpol
open.substack.com/pub/craigren...

Pipeline to poverty

The TV show Utopia is meant to be satire - not an instruction manual

open.substack.com

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 7h

Corrupt charity supported by coalition caught in corruption #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

'Excessive': Two Mike King charity execs earned combined $527k after $24m Government funding boost

I Am Hope has defended the last year’s executive remuneration costs, saying they’re the result of an expanded leadership team following a $24m Government funding boost.

www.stuff.co.nz

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

Praying Chris Bishop is not PM

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Now I'm a BLUE dragon @kiwiwalrus.bsky.social · 8h

Chris BISHOP ?!?!? WTF !!!!

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Grant Brookes (he/him/ia) @grantbrookesnz.bsky.social · 8h

Screenshot of Facebook post by Michael Fletcher. Over a Stuff headline reading “New poll suggests Chris Bishop is PM’s successor in waiting”, he comments “Okay, the ex-airline exec isn't working out as well as the ex-futures trader did. Let's try the ex-tobacco lobbyist."

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 7h

This is bloody funny. Anybody else is winning.

Stuff poll.

Who do you think should lead National into the next election?
Christopher Luxon
14%
Chris Bishop
30%
Erica Stanford
14%
Nicola Willis
2%
Simeon Brown
3%
Someone else (Anybody else 😂)
37%

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 1d

Once again this #NZ government has ignored expert advice, which could cost NZers millions! #marine #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/14/g...

Govt ignored advice against overturning marine title rulings

The advice given was that by doing so it could cost millions and affect decisions over 200km of coastline.

www.1news.co.nz

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 1d

So many ways this RW #NZ government is making war on our beautiful & unique #environment. Why are they even “IN” NZ?
Is it just greed? #nzpol #Nature #Climate www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Luxon’s War on Nature Timeline - Greenpeace Aotearoa

It has been nearly 2 years since the formation of the Luxon-led Government. It has been two years of a war on nature.

www.greenpeace.org

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 1d

“International financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in #taxhavens, are one sign the #antichrist may be amassing power and hastening #Armageddon”, he says: “It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money.” #PeterThiel

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 1d

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist & coming Armageddon.

He’s crazy & dangerous. Can we revoke the illegal NZ citizenship please? #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 2d

#NZ More on that NZ citizen, a citizenship 'gifted' by Key’s administration. I sincerely hope the current coalition government aren’t tangled with him in any way whatsoever, or with his companies.

Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 2d

Our future is being shaped to a terrifying degree by people who have just … completely lost their marbles…

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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