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LouieTheRed Toitū Te Tiriti
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Quote: "Yeah, I am a socialist and I'm proud of it"
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louiethered.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
louiethered.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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nzpom.com
Prisons and roads, it's all they can do
#nzpol
Hawke's Bay Regional Prison to get two high security units, adding 316 beds
The two new high security units, scheduled for early 2027, "will add more capacity" to the prison system, says the Corrections Minister.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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nzctu.bsky.social
“Grey said it was time for “different economic choices". She said Labour needed to "give workers a reason to vote for" them, and to "deliver" fundamental and systemic change.”
#nzpol
Union head tells Labour party faithful ‘the rich’ have eaten up our ‘pavlova paradise’
Talking to hundreds of party faithful in Auckland, the CTU head said it was time for “different economic choices”.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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occasio.bsky.social
Māori Queen launches multi-million-dollar investment platform.

Leaders lead.

#nzpol
Māori Queen launches multi-million-dollar investment platform
Te Arikinui said she was proud to launch the initiative as a "declaration" that Māori were ready to invest.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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jjengar.bsky.social
Copycat this AoNZ
#nzpol
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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parsley72.bsky.social
I haven’t read any of the articles so trying to imagine how Bishop could have failed to roll such a weak, unpopular and altogether untalented PM in Luxon. #NZPol
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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fmacskasy.bsky.social
Prepare press releases;

"My leadership has become a distraction"

"Spending more time with family"

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Chris Bishop in failed National leadership coup - report
Former Hutt South MP and Transport, Housing, Infrastructure and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop was behind a recent failed coup plan within the National Party, The Post has reported.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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nzheretic.bsky.social
The article quoted by Frank appears to have been deleted.
Or replaced by an Andrea Vance opinion piece.

#nzpol
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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foxylustygrover.bsky.social
Who narked to Luxon about Dulboot coup? I bet it was the fuckin' hall monitor lookin' cunt Simeon Brown

I actually find it highly amusing that Luxon has sealed his own fate to lose this election now, granted hell have all his entitlements to count #NZPol
November 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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2covet.bsky.social
#nzpol
foxylustygrover.bsky.social Foxy Santa @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 1d
@slanecartoon.bsky.social

This is so good I couldn't wait for Chris to post it 😁
Cartoonist Chris Slane, published in the New Zealand Listener on or around November 24, 2025 The cartoon satirizes the New Zealand government's priorities and its approach to the ongoing housing crisis It depicts Chris Bishop Housing Minister boasting about redirecting funds meant for Kainga Ora to a bridge project in his own electorate. Simultaneously, a group of people are shown living in tents under the same bridge, highlighting the contrast between infrastructure spending and the lack of affordable housing solutions, and growing numbers of homeless folks Chris Bishop aka Dulboot The Giants's speech bubble reads: "I'VE REDIRECTED KAINGA ORA FUNDING TO THIS BRIDGE IN MY ELECTORATE - ALSO OUR SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING CRISIS".
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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foxylustygrover.bsky.social
@slanecartoon.bsky.social

This is so good I couldn't wait for Chris to post it 😁
Cartoonist Chris Slane, published in the New Zealand Listener on or around November 24, 2025 The cartoon satirizes the New Zealand government's priorities and its approach to the ongoing housing crisis It depicts Chris Bishop Housing Minister boasting about redirecting funds meant for Kainga Ora to a bridge project in his own electorate. Simultaneously, a group of people are shown living in tents under the same bridge, highlighting the contrast between infrastructure spending and the lack of affordable housing solutions, and growing numbers of homeless folks Chris Bishop aka Dulboot The Giants's speech bubble reads: "I'VE REDIRECTED KAINGA ORA FUNDING TO THIS BRIDGE IN MY ELECTORATE - ALSO OUR SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING CRISIS".
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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2covet.bsky.social
#nzpol
rodemmerson.bsky.social Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 1d
Great story from Matt Nippert - www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com... The dark fleet hiding in our own backyard: How the Cook Islands sold its flag to Moscow and Tehran
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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willpagenz.com
"Truckers waiting for hours due to storm damage or while fatal road crashes are investigated are asking if there is a better way."

Yeah there is, trains 🙄

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Storms, accidents, road closures hurt trucking industry
Police insist they have a responsibility to victims and their families to thoroughly investigate road crashes.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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opaltiger.bsky.social
Yeah, I cannot believe how eroded our biosecurity infrastructure has become, does no one remember Mothra versus the Pajero people? or when you couldn't leave Avondale with so much as an apple core?

I'm not that old, I'm not even a boomer.

#nzpol
roaringmarmot.bsky.social Roaring Marmot @roaringmarmot.bsky.social · 1d
If you're Aotearoa New Zealand-based, please sign and share. 27 queens found at last count by a biosecurity department that's been battered by public service cuts. We have to eradicate this threat. c.org/bkt2N7cxFh
Sign the Petition
Urgent Action Required on Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Incursion.
c.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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dimsie.bsky.social
Chris Bishop getting a puff profile in Newsroom 👀 #nzpol
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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huiasue.bsky.social
Plunged into poverty: Hardship rising in Southland:
National, ACT & NZF failed economic policies are pushing more & more Kiwis into hardship, while the wealthy & foreign corporates get richer #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Plunged into poverty: Hardship rising in Southland
Social service providers say there's been an uptick in people needing support to feed their family, going without heating, living homeless or sharing shoes.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Cruelty is the point.
They want to be feared
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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2covet.bsky.social
#nzpol Just think of how many healthy school lunches could have been bought with the money wasted on processing ACT's terrible bills. And/or hip operations, or senior doctor's pay rises, or disability designed houses, or... te reo classes for Chris Luxon. 🧐
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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rodemmerson.bsky.social
In today’s NZ Herald #nzpolitics
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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fmacskasy.bsky.social
Coercion seems to be the only strategy this govt has...
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Its a fear response. They are trying to discourage dissent with threats
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Cruelty coercion and duress are the tools of a fascist regime
November 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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fmacskasy.bsky.social
Not only is this blatantly unfair, but for a Party that doesnt believe in collective responsibility,theyre holding ALL children responsible for the actions of others...

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Lunch funding to be tied to attendance for hundreds more schools
Next year funding for school lunches delivered through the internal model will be tied to attendance.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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fmacskasy.bsky.social
Oh,Luke Malpass, from NZ Initiative...
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM