CV Nicks
@cvnicks.bsky.social
Self-proclaimed silly sausage. Rotorua, Aotearoa.
Attempts to make political parody images/videos/memes.
"Wow you don't know how to meme" - Twitter user
Attempts to make political parody images/videos/memes.
"Wow you don't know how to meme" - Twitter user
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Denying redress to abuse in care survivors who've committed crimes is unconscionable. Essentially they're saying the Crown will only show remorse for their failings to people who don't show their damage on the outside.
October 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Denying redress to abuse in care survivors who've committed crimes is unconscionable. Essentially they're saying the Crown will only show remorse for their failings to people who don't show their damage on the outside.
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This is arguing about what equipment to kit the ambulance with at the bottom of the cliff. Stop unnecessary urgency, stop accepting rubbish bills that don't clear the quality bar, and you won't end up with a firehose of outrage from a disrespected public. 🤷♀️
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/t...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/t...
Tighter rules may be needed to stem flow of public submissions, says MP
'Coordinated, largely online campaigns' make it harder for politicians to consider good-faith submissions on laws
newsroom.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is arguing about what equipment to kit the ambulance with at the bottom of the cliff. Stop unnecessary urgency, stop accepting rubbish bills that don't clear the quality bar, and you won't end up with a firehose of outrage from a disrespected public. 🤷♀️
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/t...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/t...
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Fuck all the people who voted no to Māori wards
October 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Fuck all the people who voted no to Māori wards
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#nzpol Sometimes a policy is so stupid it makes you question the very fabric of reality. Decisions so fabulously, almost wantonly dumb, you wonder if we actually live in a simulation. Welcome to the world of removing Jobseeker Support for 18 & 19-year-olds. craigrenney.substack.com/p/a-small-wr...
A small wrinkle in the Jobseeker policy
The government’s recent changes to benefits feel like this: the house is on fire, and this policy is them turning off the smoke alarm and saying it’s fixed
craigrenney.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#nzpol Sometimes a policy is so stupid it makes you question the very fabric of reality. Decisions so fabulously, almost wantonly dumb, you wonder if we actually live in a simulation. Welcome to the world of removing Jobseeker Support for 18 & 19-year-olds. craigrenney.substack.com/p/a-small-wr...
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The coalition is out of step with the people of Aotearoa New Zealand and out of step with the world. Shame on all of them.
NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
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NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
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NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
The government has decided against recognising Palestinian statehood, retaining its "when, not if" position.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The coalition is out of step with the people of Aotearoa New Zealand and out of step with the world. Shame on all of them.
NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
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NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
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Don’t worry guys he is treating us as a bottomfull ATM it’s all good you see
September 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Don’t worry guys he is treating us as a bottomfull ATM it’s all good you see
Slightly diminish a book
Cretaceous Park
Cretaceous Park
Slightly diminish a book
Crime and Discharge Without Conviction
Crime and Discharge Without Conviction
Slightly diminish a book
The Old Man and the Pond
The Old Man and the Pond
September 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Slightly diminish a book
Cretaceous Park
Cretaceous Park
Slightly diminish a band:
Squadronwood Mac
Squadronwood Mac
Slightly diminish a band:
Perturbance at the Disco
Perturbance at the Disco
Slightly diminish a band:
Grey Sabbath
Grey Sabbath
August 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
Squadronwood Mac
Squadronwood Mac
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After introducing dozens of policies to increase greenhouse emissions, undermining global efforts to cut the climate pollution which drives more extreme flooding events, Luxon says his Govt wants to take LESS responsibility for the damage caused by ITS OWN policies. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Long-term changes needed to bailouts, natural disaster responses - Christopher Luxon
The government is looking at what the Tasman district needs, but in the long-term it can't keep bailing people out after disasters, the PM says.
www.rnz.co.nz
July 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
After introducing dozens of policies to increase greenhouse emissions, undermining global efforts to cut the climate pollution which drives more extreme flooding events, Luxon says his Govt wants to take LESS responsibility for the damage caused by ITS OWN policies. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Jordan Williams (Taxpayers Union) pronounces hyperbole "hyper bowl". 🫢
July 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Jordan Williams (Taxpayers Union) pronounces hyperbole "hyper bowl". 🫢
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No more of this "One rule for me, but not for thee" hypocrisy!
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...
Luxon: Uphold Codes of Conduct - Hold your Government to Account
Responsible leaders welcome advice from experts and when they are creating laws and policies. They know good decision making means planning for the long term, considering diverse points of view ...
our.actionstation.org.nz
June 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
No more of this "One rule for me, but not for thee" hypocrisy!
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For crying out loud Stuff, this is NOT "tit for tat" ... this is one person (the deputy PM no less) using his platform & power to target academics & others who speak up from evidence against his proposals, and another speaking up to defend folks & ask him to stop.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
The tit for tat row between the deputy PM and an academic
It’s a standoff with no signs of retreat - one championing academic freedom, the other pressing for what he views as long-overdue regulatory reform.
www.stuff.co.nz
June 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
For crying out loud Stuff, this is NOT "tit for tat" ... this is one person (the deputy PM no less) using his platform & power to target academics & others who speak up from evidence against his proposals, and another speaking up to defend folks & ask him to stop.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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"At a time like this, it is extraordinary that a Deputy Prime Minister here should initiate an online campaign of intimidation against university scholars, using Trumpian rhetoric and tactics to harass them for exercising their academic freedom."
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/23/a...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/23/a...
Anne Salmond: Victim of the Day
Dame Anne Salmond on a lame but personally intimidating campaign launched by Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour against academic critics of his Regulatory Standards Bill
newsroom.co.nz
June 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"At a time like this, it is extraordinary that a Deputy Prime Minister here should initiate an online campaign of intimidation against university scholars, using Trumpian rhetoric and tactics to harass them for exercising their academic freedom."
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/23/a...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/23/a...
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"Now is the time for peace!" shouts wannabe authoritarian dictator who just blew up parts of someone else's country to help out his genocidal ethno-nationalist extremist buddy.
June 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
"Now is the time for peace!" shouts wannabe authoritarian dictator who just blew up parts of someone else's country to help out his genocidal ethno-nationalist extremist buddy.
Just lost my 5 year no-covid streak. 🤒
June 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Just lost my 5 year no-covid streak. 🤒
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Suppose it were a woman MP who was caught on camera, maggoted and ranting at an event.
She'd be gearing up for a fortnight-long news cycle in which she'd be forced to admit having an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, encouraged to divulge personal information, and made to apologise repeatedly.
She'd be gearing up for a fortnight-long news cycle in which she'd be forced to admit having an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, encouraged to divulge personal information, and made to apologise repeatedly.
May 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Suppose it were a woman MP who was caught on camera, maggoted and ranting at an event.
She'd be gearing up for a fortnight-long news cycle in which she'd be forced to admit having an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, encouraged to divulge personal information, and made to apologise repeatedly.
She'd be gearing up for a fortnight-long news cycle in which she'd be forced to admit having an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, encouraged to divulge personal information, and made to apologise repeatedly.
I’m sure that everything feels like a “political smear job” when you’re an actual dickhead. #ChrisBishop
May 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I’m sure that everything feels like a “political smear job” when you’re an actual dickhead. #ChrisBishop
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He's sorry he didn't keep his racist thoughts to himself. Notably, not at all sorry for having racist thoughts in the first place.
Chris Bishop apologises for ‘crap’ comment at music awards
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Chris Bishop apologises for ‘crap’ comment at music awards
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/chris-bis...
'Load of crap': Chris Bishop's rant during Stan Walker performance
The cabinet minister was seen with a bottle and was soon confronted by Don McGlashan.
www.nzherald.co.nz
May 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
He's sorry he didn't keep his racist thoughts to himself. Notably, not at all sorry for having racist thoughts in the first place.
Chris Bishop apologises for ‘crap’ comment at music awards
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/chris-bis...
Chris Bishop apologises for ‘crap’ comment at music awards
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/chris-bis...
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"White women’s performance of fragility ... shifts the focus from structural critique to individual emotional comfort. It recentres their hurt feelings as the most important factor, and casts those who are resisting material oppression as the aggressors."
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e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
When women in power get hurt feelings | E-Tangata
“They attempt to cast themselves as victims. Yet in reality, their legislative efforts are causing harm to working-class women, including a large cohort of Māori and Pasifika women.” — Rebekah Graham.
e-tangata.co.nz
May 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"White women’s performance of fragility ... shifts the focus from structural critique to individual emotional comfort. It recentres their hurt feelings as the most important factor, and casts those who are resisting material oppression as the aggressors."
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So here we have it, the Sherriff of Nottingham Budget, literally robbing Paula to pay Paul
They've used the Pay Equity Fund to balance this budget and no one should accept that, no one should forget that!
The extra funding that is happening is at the expense of women
#NZPol
They've used the Pay Equity Fund to balance this budget and no one should accept that, no one should forget that!
The extra funding that is happening is at the expense of women
#NZPol
May 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
So here we have it, the Sherriff of Nottingham Budget, literally robbing Paula to pay Paul
They've used the Pay Equity Fund to balance this budget and no one should accept that, no one should forget that!
The extra funding that is happening is at the expense of women
#NZPol
They've used the Pay Equity Fund to balance this budget and no one should accept that, no one should forget that!
The extra funding that is happening is at the expense of women
#NZPol
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We don't spend hours of our time on these things to be chucked in a sentiment analysis bucket by AI or dismissed for not being an academic. That is not democracy.
Thousands of Regulatory Standards Bill submissions not read by ministry
newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/19/t...
Thousands of Regulatory Standards Bill submissions not read by ministry
newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/19/t...
Thousands of Regulatory Standards Bill submissions not read by ministry
David Seymour said 'there just weren't that many' worthwhile ideas in the 23,000 submissions on his proposed law, despite most of them going unread
newsroom.co.nz
May 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We don't spend hours of our time on these things to be chucked in a sentiment analysis bucket by AI or dismissed for not being an academic. That is not democracy.
Thousands of Regulatory Standards Bill submissions not read by ministry
newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/19/t...
Thousands of Regulatory Standards Bill submissions not read by ministry
newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/19/t...
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Dear Political Media,
Yes, there is a dead c-word on the table. It is furry and it is dead. Brooke and her friends are pointing at it wildly.
People whose pay claims were suddenly vaporised do not want to hear your reckons on the dead c-word. They want you to care about them instead.
Please.
Yes, there is a dead c-word on the table. It is furry and it is dead. Brooke and her friends are pointing at it wildly.
People whose pay claims were suddenly vaporised do not want to hear your reckons on the dead c-word. They want you to care about them instead.
Please.
May 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Dear Political Media,
Yes, there is a dead c-word on the table. It is furry and it is dead. Brooke and her friends are pointing at it wildly.
People whose pay claims were suddenly vaporised do not want to hear your reckons on the dead c-word. They want you to care about them instead.
Please.
Yes, there is a dead c-word on the table. It is furry and it is dead. Brooke and her friends are pointing at it wildly.
People whose pay claims were suddenly vaporised do not want to hear your reckons on the dead c-word. They want you to care about them instead.
Please.