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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 15h

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Wow. This is very worrying. Formal legality aside (outgoing Crs and governing body etc formally stay in office until incoming Crs are declared elected but questions about extraordinary meeting etc), this is almost certainly undemocratic and unconstitutional.

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‘So much for democracy’: Councillor slams mayor’s 11th-hour election move

Electoral officer Dale Ofsoske says in 40 years he’s never seen one called.

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 19h

Excluding survivors of state abuse from redress because of their subsequent actions is a horrific move. Rights aren't rights if they can be disregarded when they're inconvenient.

Govt to make it harder for some abuse survivors to get redress

The same week the Government announces the Solicitor-General is leaving the role, the coalition has introduced legislation that will further shield the state from taking responsibility for the horrifi...

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 12h

$290k is MORE THAN the ENTIRE ANNUAL BUDGET for the charitable trust that I work for 😱😱

Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 14h

"Executive remuneration rose from $290,126 to $527,845 (82%)"

That's what $24 million of non-transparent taxpayers' funding from the National Party buys you - a decision criticised by the Auditor General as "highly irregular" #nzpol

Mike King called Stuff's reporting about his charity 'completely false'. Here's what actually happened

The I Am Hope Foundation says it gave incorrect staffing data used in a Stuff story. We’ve laid out the full timeline, the emails, and what changed.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 15h

Just look at the police line defending Luxon in Dunedin.
Meanwhile crimes are up, they can't even recruit 30 of the promised 500 new cops,police don't even bother to investigate over 5000 retail crimes & a raging meth & cocaine crisis goes ignored #nzpol Photo courtesy @petesi.me

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 21h

What it really means is retailers will have to build the fee in to every transaction. That means if you’re paying with eftpos you will end up paying more than if you were charged a fee for using payWave.

Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 21h

www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Sigh.

Government determined to press on with card surcharge ban

But businesses are pleading for the government to pause the move.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 16h

When nobody can afford to make themselves a cheese toastie for dinner then you know the economy is fucked

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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 16h

“Stanford has been claiming a national “transformation” based in large part on the results over time of only 0.007% of the current Year 1 school population.”

Gordon Campbell On The Government’s Dodgy Claims About Reading Achievement – werewolf

werewolf.co.nz

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 17h

And some never get it. Glad your husband is trying to counter the racism and misogyny, but am worried about all those teens who have nobody in their life challenging these attitudes

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 18h

Husband's response to "Nation Mourns Death of Jim Bolger" headline was a succinct "does it fuck"

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 20h

This hubris below is their problem.What exactly justifies them thinking they are a “pretty good government”? They thought they were cheated in 2016 & have been restored to their rightful place. They are flabbergasted the public doesn’t adore them for just not being Labour like they did under Key

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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 23h

Could I politely suggest, that with how Arts & Humanities research funding has been pulled from all of these, that political interference has already occurred.

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 23h

Marsden Fund shake-up raises potential for political interference, Royal Society says

MBIE will take over administration of the Marsden Fund, but the society warns such centralisation could undermine the country's science credibility.

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 19h

I remember Stephen Mills once saying their polls tended to favour NZF underestimate the Greens so I am reversing those numbers

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 19h

Exactly

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 19h

As well as cutting social welfare benefits, Bolger presided over the destruction of the union movement, so I won't be shedding any tears either #nzpol

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 6d

I love Juice Media
#nzpol
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Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 1d

I think you did too.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Pakistan is currently carrying out air strikes across several provinces in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul. It’s an escalation on previous attacks.

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 1d

There is no better dressed MP in Parliament than Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan and he NEVER wears a tie.✌️👍🥰
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol

Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan standing on the red carpet in a Parliament corridor wearing a black full length buttoned silk gown with a black waist belt and embroidered green and yellow trees and plants and vines and a jade or pounamu pendant.

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 1d

Yay!

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

Even saying "two executives" appears to be generous. It's 1.32FTE so it's one executive (King) and a part-timer doing about 1.5 days a week.

Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

This stinks more than a soggy gumboot , King's execs get 527k which is what some other charities run on per year if they haven't been cut altogether by this cretinus gov..

#nzpol

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 1d

My first time here, and hopefully not my last. So interesting!

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 1d

Of course he would say that. Peters launched his last election campaign on Reality Check Radio, his political career depends on the ability for online platforms to spread disinfo without any accountability to the public

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

Winston Peters accuses Broadcasting Standards Authority of 'Soviet era stasi' censorship | RNZ News

It follows a decision to begin regulating podcasts and online media.

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 1d

Mysterious mural and a dog with the face of a bear in Jeonju Hanok village

Korean traditional cottage with a mural showing 5 people in a pool(?) of water holding drinks, a stone rabbit on the balcony and yellow bicycle propped up out

Black and tan dog with the face of a bear has hindquarters sitting on a tile wall

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 1d

44% now

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 1d

😂