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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 10h

A day to unfurl the United Tribes Ensign selected a year earlier by W[h]akaputanga o Nu Tireni at Waitangi in 1834 — the first flag of Aotearoa New Zealand.

United Tribes Ensign, 1834–1845. Laurenson, James, d 1942 : Historical material relating to early New Zealand shipping and flags. Ref: MS-Papers-0009-09-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 13h

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The Ukrainian film "Cuba&Alaska" has been recognized as the best documentary at the Rome International Film Festival.

Death and resilience in the midst of war. This work takes us to the front lines of our European war

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Ukrainian film about combat medics "Cuba&Alaska" wins historic award at Rome Film Festival

УНН Culture ✎ The Ukrainian film "Cuba&Alaska" has been recognized as the best documentary at the Rome International Film Festival. This is the first award in a…

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 8h

Shohei Ohtani is the first player with four extra-base hits in a World Series game since 1906.

H/T statmuse/X

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5h

9 times on-base for Shohei Ohtani now. That record may never be broken. And he now owns the most walks record, breaking the tie that included Babe Ruth.

#WorldSeries #GoJaysGo

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6h

Shohei Ohtani already is tied tonight for the most walks in a #WorldSeries game, and already has broken the record for the most intentional walks. Even bigger though, he’s set an inhuman record tonight for getting on-base in all 8 at-bats tonight. That’s just mind-blowing. #worldSeries #GoJaysGo

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YasuKiwi 🇳🇿🇺🇦 @yasukiwi.bsky.social · 35m

A Pohutukawa has started flowering near me in Auckland 😍. The cicada might've got blown away today in AKL!

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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 16h

Labour just went for CGT-lite. It won't raise much money & won’t change the incentives in our housing-market-with-bits-tacked-on economy. It’s focus-group-hugging performative politics. It tells low wage renters flying to Australia: not much will ever change. It says; ‘Fly my pretties. Fly’. #nzpol

Tuesday's Chorus: Where's the solar & batteries? And a proper CGT?

30% of dairy farmers in Southland & Otago still without power five days after wild winds flattened power poles; Locals surprised & farmers scramble for diesel generators; Labour goes for CGT-lite

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 17h

Green Wealth Tax today for fully funded public services and infrastructure - that is not a 4 lane highway

Ira @ira.bailey.nz · 17h

Rough estimate I think would be $15-30B over ten years for Labours CGT and probably at least $180B for the Green’s wealth tax

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Ben Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 15h

Nicola Willis calling your policy "a terrible idea" is the biggest vote of confidence you could ask for tbh.

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Simon O'Neill @sjponeill.bsky.social · 17h

Building better roads to get you to a hospital that's full to overflowing...

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 5h

Latest Polling by @YouGov

🟣 Reform 27%
🔵 Tory 17%
🔴 Labour 17%
💚 Green 16%
🟠 Lib Dem 15%

This is the LOWEST Labour
has ever polled with YouGov.

This is the HIGHEST @greenparty.org.uk has ever polled with YouGov.

4 parties within 2 points of each other for second place.

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 3h

When the heroes at Stats NZ are screaming at the world to take notice. A clear separation between the cost of living for the wealthy and sorted folks who are seeing a rapid easing, and the bottom-feeders who are getting properly screwed.

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nzgreenparty.bsky.social @nzgreenparty.bsky.social · 13h

Join us 💚

www.greens.org.nz/join

Photo of smiling Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick behind white text on a green background that says "Want a progressive tax system? Join the Greens today."

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YasuKiwi 🇳🇿🇺🇦 @yasukiwi.bsky.social · 1h

Did you bring a pair of skates from the Netherlands?

YasuKiwi 🇳🇿🇺🇦 @yasukiwi.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah I've seen this graph before. I would love it to become very visible to every NZer showing them we have one of the lowest rates of tax in the OECD!

Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 15h

'Seymour said NZ had comparatively high tax revenue, and taxed a higher percentage of the economy than the average OECD economy.'

Any facts to back that up with ? #nzpol

YasuKiwi 🇳🇿🇺🇦 @yasukiwi.bsky.social · 1h

For a start, exactly this everytime CGT is brought up in NZ. We can't even have an informed debate about it because of the way it has been handled from the outset by the mainstream media in NZ.

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 3h

They're not even trying to hide it anymore 🤦

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 10h

www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/28/c...

Councillor calls out 'anti-EV propaganda' after fatal bus fire

Richard Hills said the Auckland crash was a tragedy – yet people were spreading misinformation in their thoughts about the incident and electric buses.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h

Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies at the age of 93

Actor portrayed Sybil Fawlty and later charmed viewers with her canal boat journeys alongside husband Timothy West Prunella Scales, the actor best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in the classic comedy series Fawlty Towers, has died aged 93. Scales, who was married to fellow actor Timothy West , was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2013 . Continue reading...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21h

The President just announced he is giving $20 billion of taxpayer money to bail out Argentina. That’s outrageous. If he was willing to spend that money in America - to keep American health premiums from skyrocketing, the shutdown would be over tomorrow.

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 16h

The money National and NZTA are planning to waste on the road tunnels in Wellington could give you light rail in Wellington with enough change left over to make the entire South Island leg of State Highway 1 a 2+1 road complete with bridge replacements.

I know what I rather have!

Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 16h

And today's companion piece in The Spinoff, with the reminder that the South Island gets almost none of this fantasy roading splurge. thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...

Economic drivers or money pits? The debate over the government’s billion-dollar roads

While ministers say the Roads of National Significance are about delivery and growth, critics say their costs are too high and their benefits too uncertain.<br /> <br />

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YasuKiwi 🇳🇿🇺🇦 @yasukiwi.bsky.social · 1h

Exactly. Just get a spine and be bold! We sorely need this from the Labour Party in NZ.

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 16h

Of course Greens have very strong tax policy and the great think about MMP is folks who want that can vote for them and that forces Labour's arm!

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 15h

Seymour says we don't need a capital gains tax we got loads of money !

Just not enough to pay doctors, nurses and teachers.. #nzpol

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YasuKiwi 🇳🇿🇺🇦 @yasukiwi.bsky.social · 1h

This has been one of the issues around cgt from the get go here. The way it has been covered in the mainstream media in NZ.