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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 7h

#BHN David Seymour this morning commenting on someone who used to be associated with the Te Pati Maori that his actions show…

“the true soul of Te Pati Maori”

So, if those are HIS standards, the true soul of ACT can be seen in child sexual criminal, Tim Jago

Fair?

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 14h

This is art.

ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 16h

Here's a recording of the pilot of C-GZPT, a Cirrus SR22, tracing the Jays logo over Nova Scotia

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 18h

This week 21,000 teachers are taking part in a staggered strike before a full day national strike happens on October 23.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Teachers #children #Unions

Cartoon. Title: “A Word From the Head Honcho” Image shows PM Christopher Luxon standing in front of a photo of striking teachers. He’s saying, “It’s shameful - shameful - the way teachers are playing politics with children” then he says, “That is my job”

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 1d

I had a look at the data they released, pretty sure this was rolled into their recent political poll as the distribution matches up between the two data sets.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Curia political violence poll analysis

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 1d

I will await whatever unfortunate things befall The Platform with mild glee

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 1d

@mountaintui.bsky.social This might be worth digging into a little further. Really feels like the party responses got scaled to their party vote % from the last Curia poll.

Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 1d

So a funny thing, if you insert the latest Curia party vote% into their political violence poll results it roughly matches the distribution, so a single response for TPM has a much larger effect on the per party numbers.

#nzpol

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Curia political violence poll analysis

docs.google.com

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 1d

Mind you, reading the Curia poll post the questions seem horribly misleading (as expected) and I'm starting to think the numbers are a bit weird too.

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 1d

I can understand the 26% result for TPM supporters, who will mostly be Maori, given the way that they have been treated since before the Treaty. The concerning bit is the 20% of ACT voters, which speaks to how Seymour is courting voters.

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting point from Reddit: Teacher strikes won't impact exams as teachers aren't involved in running them. I guess the govt is clutching at straws to make the public upset at anyone but them.

#nzpol

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 1d

Lettuce Garlic Bacon Tomato sandwich

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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 1d

There is so much money on the “we’ll tell you what to have in your pants, bedroom & life” Right; the rightwing grifters are chasing the 💰💰💰

Don’t think that the UK, #auspol or anywhere else is safe from the prurient obsession with controlling our bodies. Watch Kirk-loving Aus operators for clues.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

And on the same day

Charter schools cost 4 times the money and get no better results plus have zero oversight or OIA

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

First Wellington charter school set to open

Associate Education Minister David Seymour said the charter school was the first for Wellington.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 2d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hey, more "finding metrics to get success" stuff from National, again. #nzpol

Kyle MacDonald @kylemacd.bsky.social · 2d

Lies, lies and damned statistics…

open.substack.com/pub/aecnz/p/...

When Phonics Isn’t Reading: Why Today’s ‘Literacy Breakthrough’ Doesn’t Add Up

This afternoon, the Minister of Education announced what she called a “transformational boost” in reading achievement, crediting the government’s mandated structured literacy programme and newly intro...

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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 2d

The next time someone says the Atlas Network is just a figment of our left wing paranoid imagination show them this X post:

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 2d

Will there be a useful list of things being repealed under a Labour govt, and what they will be replaced with?

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 2d

Allow me to say in response to this, with all due sincerity.... roflcopters.

Ahem.

That is all.

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

Honey, no.

Ad for the New Zealand Herald: "I became a journalist to keep politicians honest."

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 2d

I'd suggest he's Prime Minister Obvious, but Prime Minister Oblivious is more suitable.

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 2d

Do you have ethnicity breakdowns for councils? I would be interested to see how many Maori council members there are, split between those with wards & those which don't have or voted to remove them.

Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 3d

It's not genocide, it's sparkling mass murder

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Binkenstein @binkenstein.bsky.social · 3d

It would be interesting to see the % of Maori representation broken down between councils with/without Maori wards

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 3d

Everything that makes Aotearoa New Zealand unique is related to Māori culture. Welcome to the country, that's a pōwhiri. We are gonna thrash you at sport, that's a haka. Traditional meals, that's a hāngī. Matariki that's our New Year

If you don't like Māori stuff maybe you're in the wrong country?

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Rhonda Henry @rhonda234567.bsky.social · 3d

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