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Treen | Toitū Te Tiriti @heyren519.bsky.social · 57m

The corporatisation of childhood – how unhealthy brands influence New Zealand kids’ lives

Large corporations have the resource to support kids' sports in New Zealand, but it's all in service of training unhealthy consumers.

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Brett @brettcd.bsky.social · 39m

Why is Goldsmith doing this? Is it another coalition agreement line item? And who does it benefit (besides ACT donors)? Just daft that this govt is willing to waste yet more millions for ideological (even racist) nonsense.

#NZPol

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.

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Rosie Sea @dacrispylettuce.bsky.social · 1h

NZ has appalling leadership supported by appallingly ignorant, selfish, greedy, short sighted individuals #nzpol

Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 4h

Seems like a good time to share this again - given the government's decision to weaken the methane emissions target and not to put a price on agricultural emissions northandsouth.co.nz/2021/10/18/n...

"We Spent 25 Years Doing Virtually Nothing"

Why New Zealand is one of the developed world's worst climate laggards

northandsouth.co.nz

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 1h

Aotearoa is the same if not worse …

Australia's social supports are "woefully inadequate" in the face of cost-of-living pressures and rising rent prices, a leading anti-poverty advocacy group says.

www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

'Eating mostly brown food': The 'devastating' juggle faced by a rising number of Australians

With one in seven Australians living below the poverty line, researchers and advocates say that COVID-era universal income is the solution.

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 2h

It’s ironic that this happens the day after the Luxon Govt announced it will make the climate crisis worse by letting the dairy industry off the hook for its superheating methane emissions.

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 2h

Excellent piece by @mountaintui.bsky.social

The most telling quote: "Luxon sold the lucrative Heathrow slot for $27 million in 2019, stopping the 40 year London service, but only 4 years earlier, another airline purchased the Heathrow slot for $75 million. Today Air NZ can't get it back."
#nzpol

Prime Minister, Unions ARE Workers

Chris Luxon, Erica Stanford and Simeon Brown continue to gaslight Kiwi workers, in their latest instalment of divide and conquer

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 2h

Rewiring Aotearoa calls a new Castalia report on switching off gas ‘misleading’ and the consultancy’s director has fired back.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/w...

War of words breaks out over study on costs of switching off gas

A new gas industry-funded study finding higher costs for household and business electrification has sparked a war of words between modellers.

newsroom.co.nz

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 1h

Just realized that I thing I haven't done for ages was to look at whethere it's an El Nino or a La Nina. That weather pattern seems to have shifted.

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Aerial footage shows Waikato farmland under water

Three Ruapehu towns are cut off due to flooding in all directions as heavy rain and thunderstorms still to come batters the North Island highway network.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 1h

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 1h

Arrrggghhh

Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 1h

Simeon Brown is known as part of the "Taliban" faction of the National Party. Something to remember www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350... #nzpol

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Rohan MacMahon @rohmac.bsky.social · 2h

Stuff front page right now… what a juxtaposition.

#climate #nzpol

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 5h

Huh. And here I thought accusing other MPs of lying was verboten in the House.
#nzpol

Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 5h

Tama Potaka accuses Kieran Mcanulty of lying about pregnant women being refused emergency housing. Mcanulty says he provided contact details and the Minister hasn't been in touch. So we definitely have a weaponisation of parliamentary decorum by the regime to hide deceit here #nzqt

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xX💖🌹Xx_dolly_Angelic_xX🌹💖Xx @dollyeldritch.bsky.social · 5h

Sad and frustrating 😞

"Open Polytechnic is preparing to end its delivery of education programmes in prisons. If this goes ahead, it will cut off access to learning for people who already face huge barriers to education. It also means three full-time tutors will lose their roles,[...]"

Tertiary Education Union – Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa | Let’s not close the door on prison education

<p data-block-key="94q67">Open Polytechnic is preparing to end its delivery of education programmes in prisons. If this goes ahead, it will cut off access to learning for people who already face huge ...

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 4h

The bloke couldn't lie straight in bed #nzpol

Ben Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 6h

Well, as expected, Seymour talked to precisely no craft beer business. fyi.org.nz/request/3228...

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 4h

"Did you know I used to run an airline?" #dudPM #nzpol

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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 3h

This is utterly embarrassing.

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

There’s a major climate summit in Christchurch but the minister’s party won’t let him go

Climate Minister Simon Watts had been due to deliver the closing address at the global Adaptation Futures Conference, but National Party whips refused his leave from Parliament.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 3h

'Why do I have to keep proving I'm dying?' Dying Kiwis rate NZ's compassion

A world-first project has revealed New Zealand's government agencies are falling behind when it comes to showing compassion to dying people.
#nzpol

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'Why do I have to keep proving I'm dying?' Dying Kiwis rate NZ's compassion

Government agencies score lowest in world-first reviews by terminally ill New Zealanders and those who care for them.

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 4h

Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on.

These philistines need to hear from you all.

Thank you

petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...

Edvard Munch's 'Scream' but with the text 'I can't believe they're cancelling Art History' in a speech bubble

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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 4h

This is truly shameful legislation. The government is once again showing contempt for the rule of law.

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

'Mean-spirited': Māori lawyer joins calls to stop marine and coastal rights law changes

Veteran Māori lawyer Annette Sykes says the government has to stop a law making it harder to get customary marine title.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 4h

When you think of how Luxon spent years boasting of how he "managed an airline", then see how he really did it, you might want to take a seat. Interesting how none of it made it to the media. Also Erica Stanford joins Luxon in showing what gaslighting looks like #nzpol

Prime Minister, Unions ARE Workers

Chris Luxon, Erica Stanford and Simeon Brown continue to gaslight Kiwi workers, in their latest instalment of divide and conquer

mountaintui.substack.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

New study just dropped linking shingles reactivation and dementia risk.

You know what reactivates shingles? Covid.

Want to avoid it? Wear a well fitted respirator and give yourself the best odds of avoiding Covid infection.

There’s also a shingles vaccine which may help reduce risk!

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 6h

Brownlee saying he'll be going to the business committee about dress standards as revenge for Oriini Kaipara going overtime in her first speech is peak tory pettiness. #nzqt

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 6h

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#nzpol

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 6h

Slane

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Gary @netchicken1.bsky.social · 7h

Now this is cool.

Overseas comedian making a joke about Kiwis not having a chant.

Then someone in the audience sings out Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi and the whole audience shouts Hi aue hei in response.

So the comedian tries to learn it.

Good vibes, real kiwis.

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Kiwi crowd schools US comedian

Visiting US stand-up Jeff Arcuri expressed his surprise that there were no New Zealand chants - his fans quickly put him right.

www.stuff.co.nz

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