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T✨ @tastromo.bsky.social · 1h

Have just heard that the hashtag is #oct23strike !! Here’s another shot of Kirikiriroa Hamilton as the crowd started gathering

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Another shot of striking workers in garden place, Kirikiriroa Hamilton

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 2h

#nzpol #nzstrike

Purple dinosaur with a sign saying Senior Nurses Are Almost Extinct

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 1h

The big strike in Auckland

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James W @jamesw228.bsky.social · 5h

The reduction in sick days, guaranteed holidays, paid admin time and increase on admin work and callback days for teachers are also a terrible deal

Even if we ignore the real terms pay cut which we shouldn't #nzpol #Oct23Strike

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 1h

Wondering whether anyone will be asking the regime about the weather in #nzqt today, and why they are killing climate change policy in the middle of a climate disaster.

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Michael Bain @mikejbain.bsky.social · 1h

Great turn out in Aotea Square for workers standing up against exploitation by this coalition of chaos. #nzpol

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 1h

THIS.IS.CLIMATE.CHANGE

New red warnings - the impact of the storm is spreading

Regions further south have just been upgraded to a red strong wind warning, as serious damage has been inflicted at the top of the south - with gusts reaching over 230kph.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Darren Watson @darrenwatson.bsky.social · 5h

My partner wrote something really worth your time.. #nzpol

thespinoff.co.nz/internet/23-...

I spent 18 months training generative AI – here’s what I learned

What it's like to teach AI.

thespinoff.co.nz

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 4h

#nzpol Rally in your rohe get cancelled? NZNO and NZEI Te Riu Roa will be livestreaming the Auckland rally and speeches. Tune in to hear from frontline workers, union leaders, and community voices standing together to save our public services.
www.facebook.com/share/1D5LRN...

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Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 4h

Today we stand up for public services and the hardworking people who keep them running. ✊ ✊
Where would we be without teachers, nurses, doctors and medical staff?!

I SUPPORT STRIKING HEALTH WORKERS
Stand together for Health
PSA

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

Full battery, storm watch in effect, 7kw of solar and exporting to the grid

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Mikey Brenndorfer XVX @mikeythenurse.bsky.social · 6h

It's hilarious that Luxon claims there are no hiring freezes in our health services, because everyone who works in healthcare knows well that funding cuts have meant staff are not being replaced, and haven't been for nearly two years. Call it what you will, but that's a hiring freezes to me. #nzpol

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Mikey Brenndorfer XVX @mikeythenurse.bsky.social · 5h

Lincoln Road has multiple pockets today and from my clinic office I can hear constant honking in support of the #Oct23strike.
This is a historic day for workers rights in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Mikey Brenndorfer XVX @mikeythenurse.bsky.social · 2d

Judith Collins statement that the mass strike this week is "political" is so meaningless. Like funding cuts to essential services is political, tax cuts to landlords paid for by hiring freezes leading to unsafe nursing staffing is political. Striking is a political act. So what? #nzpol

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 6h

New from me: Just eight of the Government's 17 Roads of National Significance have already seen costs blow out by $5.1 billion - before any shovels are even in the ground.

The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...

$5b-plus blowout for eight Roads of National Significance

The Government's 17 Roads of National Significance will cost it at least $44 billion – enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over. Marc Daalder reports.

newsroom.co.nz

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 6h

Just a reminder Dunedin hospital cost over run was about a 1/10th of this & they cut it immediately.

The tail pipe sucking idiotologues in National's cabinet are not good & proper people to run this country.

Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 6h

New from me: Just eight of the Government's 17 Roads of National Significance have already seen costs blow out by $5.1 billion - before any shovels are even in the ground.

The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...

$5b-plus blowout for eight Roads of National Significance

The Government's 17 Roads of National Significance will cost it at least $44 billion – enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over. Marc Daalder reports.

newsroom.co.nz

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 4h

Especially for those whose events had to be moved indoors! Looking at you Ōtepoti

#oct23strike

Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 5h

Solidarity with the striking workers. Let's look after each other's health while standing up for fair pay and fair working conditions.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 23h

Snort #nzpol

Firefighters' union reps at a table, the other half of which is meant to have government negotiators at it. But they aren't there

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CuriousCat @felissapien.bsky.social · 4h

The minister has not even reverted to research or evidence for the maths curriculum changes, because there is no evidence to support them. The ministerial advisory group leading the curriculum rewrite has said this explicitly.

#nzpol

Accessible article here: archive.ph/4UETG

Screenshot of an article in The Post NZ, titled: Curriculum upheaval is darkening the mood in school classrooms by Tom Pearce. Paywalled, accessible article in this post.

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Mikey Brenndorfer XVX @mikeythenurse.bsky.social · 6h

Also worth noting that our worst paid nurses in New Zealand, the ones whose pay equity claims were thrown in the trash by this government aren't able to join the strike today. But remember that primary health care, aged care and Māori health service nurses stand in solidarity with the strike.

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 5h

Because there is a lot happening around the middle of today, to make it easier to find live events vs. general #NZPol or #Kikorangi discussion and overseas events, might I suggest people tag first person reports/ sharing live news & civil defence warnings with either #LiveStrike or #LiveStorm

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 5h

OK, had a coffee and now SFH - Striking from home😉
#oct23strike
#nzpol
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions black T-shirt with FIGHT BACK TOGETHER MARANGA AKE written in black and red letters✊🏼

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 5h

Looking forward to hearing various NACTFirst govt ministers berate businesses and services for not being able to function in extreme weather whilst, simultaneously, telling us that climate change mitigations are too hard and too expensive.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Weather live: Power outages, flights cancelled as gales hit Wellington, Wairarapa, and South Island

Roofs have been damaged, and workers are being urged to stay at home, as winds lash Wellington, Wairarapa, and the South Island.

www.rnz.co.nz

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 5h

#nzpol 💪👏❤️ #Oct23Strike #NZMegaStrike I support everyone striking today!
Kia kaha! Aotearoa Steadfast.

Image depicts a raised red clenched fist. Text underneath it says: I support the strikers.

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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 5h

Solidarity with the striking workers. Let's look after each other's health while standing up for fair pay and fair working conditions.

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