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Hey remember that whole "Bluesky doesn't have algorithms" thing
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Hey remember that whole "Bluesky doesn't have algorithms" thing
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Legislative override (potentially retrospective) in 3 … 2 … 1 …
Minister seeking advice after Supreme Court decision rules full-time carers are employees of the government
Minister seeking advice after Supreme Court decision rules full-time carers are employees of the government
Louise Upston has asked Disability Support Services to consider the Supreme Court ruling "carefully".
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Legislative override (potentially retrospective) in 3 … 2 … 1 …
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NZ sucks so hard we could make diamonds with our unwillingness to join the 21st C
Australia has had solar subsidies for so long that some of my Aussie colleagues are eligible for a second round of upgrades because it's been ten years.
NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.
NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.
December 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
NZ sucks so hard we could make diamonds with our unwillingness to join the 21st C
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So dodgy. Do it again and scrap postal voting.
Did NZ’s most brazen electoral fraud just take place in Papatoetoe?
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-...
Did NZ’s most brazen electoral fraud just take place in Papatoetoe?
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-...
Did NZ’s most brazen electoral fraud just take place in Papatoetoe?
In court, they opened up 53 wrongfully cast ballots. Fifty of them had gone to the winning side.
thespinoff.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
So dodgy. Do it again and scrap postal voting.
Did NZ’s most brazen electoral fraud just take place in Papatoetoe?
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-...
Did NZ’s most brazen electoral fraud just take place in Papatoetoe?
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-...
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Bullshit. There is no way Wellington homes are cheaper than Hokitika. "cheapest", no. They have the biggest price fall because they had the craziest rise in 2020.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Wellington has NZ's cheapest homes, Herne Bay still the most expensive suburb
But an Auckland suburb has suffered the biggest fall over the past five years.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Bullshit. There is no way Wellington homes are cheaper than Hokitika. "cheapest", no. They have the biggest price fall because they had the craziest rise in 2020.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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Depressing to see @henrycooke.bsky.social repeating nonsense about housing and the RMA: "Essentially we all stopped building new housing in recent decades". This is total nonsense - there has been a massive boom in housing builds, especially in Auckland after the 2016 unitary plan. Evidence:
December 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Depressing to see @henrycooke.bsky.social repeating nonsense about housing and the RMA: "Essentially we all stopped building new housing in recent decades". This is total nonsense - there has been a massive boom in housing builds, especially in Auckland after the 2016 unitary plan. Evidence:
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This was clearly foreshadowed by ACT's Regulatory Standards Bill.
Some National Ministers and NZ First may say they'd repeal that, but they seem to be supporting the same dangerous approach in this new Bill.
Some National Ministers and NZ First may say they'd repeal that, but they seem to be supporting the same dangerous approach in this new Bill.
BONKERS!
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This was clearly foreshadowed by ACT's Regulatory Standards Bill.
Some National Ministers and NZ First may say they'd repeal that, but they seem to be supporting the same dangerous approach in this new Bill.
Some National Ministers and NZ First may say they'd repeal that, but they seem to be supporting the same dangerous approach in this new Bill.
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It's funny how obviously anti-worker 'you should take leave less often for the sake of the economy' is. Turns out people going on holiday and doing recreational activities is actually kinda important to large parts of our service economy aside from any issues of dignity and ethical behaviour
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It's funny how obviously anti-worker 'you should take leave less often for the sake of the economy' is. Turns out people going on holiday and doing recreational activities is actually kinda important to large parts of our service economy aside from any issues of dignity and ethical behaviour
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Urgent Attention:
Te Waiponamu / South Island consumers of Salmon: recall due to possible listeria. Check your fridges and don't chance it.
www.mpi.govt.nz/food-safety-...
Te Waiponamu / South Island consumers of Salmon: recall due to possible listeria. Check your fridges and don't chance it.
www.mpi.govt.nz/food-safety-...
www.mpi.govt.nz
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Urgent Attention:
Te Waiponamu / South Island consumers of Salmon: recall due to possible listeria. Check your fridges and don't chance it.
www.mpi.govt.nz/food-safety-...
Te Waiponamu / South Island consumers of Salmon: recall due to possible listeria. Check your fridges and don't chance it.
www.mpi.govt.nz/food-safety-...
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Nice work @chrishipkins.bsky.social
Your comments about Te Pati Maori just ensured Labour will never see another vote from me (party or otherwise) again.
Dickhead.
#nzpol
Your comments about Te Pati Maori just ensured Labour will never see another vote from me (party or otherwise) again.
Dickhead.
#nzpol
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Nice work @chrishipkins.bsky.social
Your comments about Te Pati Maori just ensured Labour will never see another vote from me (party or otherwise) again.
Dickhead.
#nzpol
Your comments about Te Pati Maori just ensured Labour will never see another vote from me (party or otherwise) again.
Dickhead.
#nzpol
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Australia has had solar subsidies for so long that some of my Aussie colleagues are eligible for a second round of upgrades because it's been ten years.
NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.
NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Australia has had solar subsidies for so long that some of my Aussie colleagues are eligible for a second round of upgrades because it's been ten years.
NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.
NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.
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First time I’ve seen this with our solar. We’ve sold more power to the grid than we drew overnight (and sold at better prices than we pay). Including charging the car. Battery is fully charged for tonight.
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
First time I’ve seen this with our solar. We’ve sold more power to the grid than we drew overnight (and sold at better prices than we pay). Including charging the car. Battery is fully charged for tonight.
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But hey if you're all just desperate to do a Michael Cullen "we won you lost eat that" then go through another three years of Winston Peters as deputy PM throwing a handbrake on everything you claim you want to achieve, go hard comrades
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
But hey if you're all just desperate to do a Michael Cullen "we won you lost eat that" then go through another three years of Winston Peters as deputy PM throwing a handbrake on everything you claim you want to achieve, go hard comrades
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If Labour truly - as I've been told and told and TOLD for at least a decade - wants to do what it takes to get into power and earn the political capital to reform our broken systems, literally the worst thing they can do is cut off the other left parties in order to paint themselves as Sensible
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
If Labour truly - as I've been told and told and TOLD for at least a decade - wants to do what it takes to get into power and earn the political capital to reform our broken systems, literally the worst thing they can do is cut off the other left parties in order to paint themselves as Sensible
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You NEVER see National's leaders leaping to denounce ACT policies. They don't have to endorse them; they just brush off the question. Then when they get into power, they form a coalition and suddenly a whole bunch of stuff which didn't fit National's ~responsible manager~ brand gets done on day one
December 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
You NEVER see National's leaders leaping to denounce ACT policies. They don't have to endorse them; they just brush off the question. Then when they get into power, they form a coalition and suddenly a whole bunch of stuff which didn't fit National's ~responsible manager~ brand gets done on day one
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ACT are far more extreme than National. They campaign for many things National would never implement (at least until the Luxon era). But National have always understood that having an ally to their [far] right normalises their ideology and gives them cover for more extreme policies
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
ACT are far more extreme than National. They campaign for many things National would never implement (at least until the Luxon era). But National have always understood that having an ally to their [far] right normalises their ideology and gives them cover for more extreme policies
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I really think a lot of centre-left Labour-supporting people, if they truly want to change the government *and* get genuine progressive/left policies over the line, need to brush up on the history of the ACT Party
I'm quite serious
I'm quite serious
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I really think a lot of centre-left Labour-supporting people, if they truly want to change the government *and* get genuine progressive/left policies over the line, need to brush up on the history of the ACT Party
I'm quite serious
I'm quite serious
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If the project is really to move politics left by presenting a moderate message to get people on board THEN do progressive things (something I have literally been told by multiple Labour strategists), why would you keep drawing angry lines through any idea even *slightly* more radical than your own?
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
If the project is really to move politics left by presenting a moderate message to get people on board THEN do progressive things (something I have literally been told by multiple Labour strategists), why would you keep drawing angry lines through any idea even *slightly* more radical than your own?
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Has the opinion-haver ever tried to email anyone in France during July-August? Get in the sea mate.
I didn’t have NZ media vs the people of NZ on my Xmas news cycle list, but there you have it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Why does New Zealand take such a long summer holiday break?
Explainer - Are our summer breaks too long - and how did they become a Kiwi institution?
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Has the opinion-haver ever tried to email anyone in France during July-August? Get in the sea mate.
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‘Regulatory takings’ compensation is pene raupatu for the 21st century 🤬🤬🤬🤬
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
‘Regulatory takings’ compensation is pene raupatu for the 21st century 🤬🤬🤬🤬
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This is brilliant
They're simultaneously imposing rates caps and multiple additional costs on councils
Absolute galaxy brain thinking yet again from this government #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
They're simultaneously imposing rates caps and multiple additional costs on councils
Absolute galaxy brain thinking yet again from this government #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Landowners to get more compensation from councils as major RMA overhaul revealed
The Resource Management Act is going, and the government has revealed what will replace it.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This is brilliant
They're simultaneously imposing rates caps and multiple additional costs on councils
Absolute galaxy brain thinking yet again from this government #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
They're simultaneously imposing rates caps and multiple additional costs on councils
Absolute galaxy brain thinking yet again from this government #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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An environmental management expert fears the worst in an overly permissive planning regime.
Low-quality planning, triumph for corporations: a critic’s view of RMA changes
An environmental management expert fears the worst in an overly permissive planning regime.
dlvr.it
December 9, 2025 at 4:32 AM
An environmental management expert fears the worst in an overly permissive planning regime.
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but also, let this be a lesson to everyone; time & energy is finite, nobody owes anyone attention, engagement or an argument
there’s so many bad faith attempts at “debate” or whatever & it almost always ends with the one arguing looking afool & showing their ass
there’s so many bad faith attempts at “debate” or whatever & it almost always ends with the one arguing looking afool & showing their ass
tonight while recording a guest spot on a podcast i experienced an unacceptable level of disrespect from one of the hosts. so i decided to do what felt right for me and i left. i didn’t need to stick around to show i’m “tough” or “thick skinned.” i reminded myself that no one is owed my time.
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
but also, let this be a lesson to everyone; time & energy is finite, nobody owes anyone attention, engagement or an argument
there’s so many bad faith attempts at “debate” or whatever & it almost always ends with the one arguing looking afool & showing their ass
there’s so many bad faith attempts at “debate” or whatever & it almost always ends with the one arguing looking afool & showing their ass