Bridgetpee
@bridgetpee.bsky.social
Yeah that one. Leftie. Wildly underrated.
Auckland, NZ 🥝
Auckland, NZ 🥝
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This is something you get fired for.
Seymour knew about impending Libelle collapse for five days - and still didn’t tell education minister
Erica Stanford only found out about the liquidation of the lunch provider through news reports, despite the ACT leader and the PM knowing for days
www.stuff.co.nz
March 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is something you get fired for.
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POWER TO THE PROLES!
March 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
POWER TO THE PROLES!
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Grim from the latest Westpac-McDermott Miller survey of consumer confidence in NZ:
"Only two in ten men and fewer than one in ten women expect good economic times in New Zealand over the next year."
That's going into an election year.
"Only two in ten men and fewer than one in ten women expect good economic times in New Zealand over the next year."
That's going into an election year.
March 19, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Grim from the latest Westpac-McDermott Miller survey of consumer confidence in NZ:
"Only two in ten men and fewer than one in ten women expect good economic times in New Zealand over the next year."
That's going into an election year.
"Only two in ten men and fewer than one in ten women expect good economic times in New Zealand over the next year."
That's going into an election year.
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Tesla has been kicked out of the Vancouver auto show on the eve of the event.
Elon Musk’s company will no longer be an exhibitor and all references to Tesla have been removed from the show’s website. #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakedown
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Elon Musk’s company will no longer be an exhibitor and all references to Tesla have been removed from the show’s website. #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakedown
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Tesla removed from Vancouver Auto Show
www.ctvnews.ca
March 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Tesla has been kicked out of the Vancouver auto show on the eve of the event.
Elon Musk’s company will no longer be an exhibitor and all references to Tesla have been removed from the show’s website. #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakedown
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Elon Musk’s company will no longer be an exhibitor and all references to Tesla have been removed from the show’s website. #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakedown
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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The Associate Education Minister, David Seymour, tells schools that there are no exemptions - basically the state will serve you inedible, under or over cooked food, fit only for pigs - and the children will eat it.
Massive overreach by ACT's leader here:
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
Massive overreach by ACT's leader here:
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
Seymour refuses to let Christchurch school ditch lunch provider
Haeata Community Campus has had “enough” of sub-par school lunch deliveries, but David Seymour says he won’t let it get out of the Government contract.
www.thepress.co.nz
March 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The Associate Education Minister, David Seymour, tells schools that there are no exemptions - basically the state will serve you inedible, under or over cooked food, fit only for pigs - and the children will eat it.
Massive overreach by ACT's leader here:
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
Massive overreach by ACT's leader here:
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
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David Seymour's failed lunch program 'saved' us 130 million which has resulted in non-delivery, liquidation of a major provider, 2nd degree burns to a child, and more food is being wasted than the previous scheme.
Nicola Willis cost us ~800m according to NBR.
Both still ministers.
Nicola Willis cost us ~800m according to NBR.
Both still ministers.
Govt nearly $800m in the red over cancelled interisland ferries - NBR | The Authority since 1970
The National Business Review Online is New Zealand's authority in breaking business news and analysis.
www.nbr.co.nz
March 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
David Seymour's failed lunch program 'saved' us 130 million which has resulted in non-delivery, liquidation of a major provider, 2nd degree burns to a child, and more food is being wasted than the previous scheme.
Nicola Willis cost us ~800m according to NBR.
Both still ministers.
Nicola Willis cost us ~800m according to NBR.
Both still ministers.
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The School Lunch Collective is now a live living example the left can use forever more of how getting a private company to "do it for less" is a failed philosophy lol #NZPol
March 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The School Lunch Collective is now a live living example the left can use forever more of how getting a private company to "do it for less" is a failed philosophy lol #NZPol
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Very stable genius …
“When Stuff read the NZ First diversity clause to Peters, which includes four terms - “genders, social groups, ages and ethnic groups” - he walked away while shouting: “Listen moron, I’ve just told you once.””
“When Stuff read the NZ First diversity clause to Peters, which includes four terms - “genders, social groups, ages and ethnic groups” - he walked away while shouting: “Listen moron, I’ve just told you once.””
Watch: Peters hits out after questions over NZ First’s own diversity policy
NZ First’s constitution requires that MPs are ranked with consideration of their gender, social groups, ages and ethnic groups.
www.stuff.co.nz
March 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Very stable genius …
“When Stuff read the NZ First diversity clause to Peters, which includes four terms - “genders, social groups, ages and ethnic groups” - he walked away while shouting: “Listen moron, I’ve just told you once.””
“When Stuff read the NZ First diversity clause to Peters, which includes four terms - “genders, social groups, ages and ethnic groups” - he walked away while shouting: “Listen moron, I’ve just told you once.””
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Sure, eggs are expensive but Trump has made stocks affordable for everyone.
March 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Sure, eggs are expensive but Trump has made stocks affordable for everyone.
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New draft government procurement guidelines would remove wage protections for thousands of low-paid workers in New Zealand - taking away the gains they have made from the Living Wage. Why? A 🧵https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/going-growth-new-procurement-rules
March 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
New draft government procurement guidelines would remove wage protections for thousands of low-paid workers in New Zealand - taking away the gains they have made from the Living Wage. Why? A 🧵https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/going-growth-new-procurement-rules
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Great thread. The centralised too-big-to-fail corporate contract Seymour chose for school lunches is *everything* these fools always say about the public sector. It's beyond irony.
The school lunches thing is bad on its own, obviously, but it also says so much about this government's foundational belief that govt become more efficient and do more with less by leveraging private sector Betterness.
March 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Great thread. The centralised too-big-to-fail corporate contract Seymour chose for school lunches is *everything* these fools always say about the public sector. It's beyond irony.
If I call my 86yo mother close to 6pm and she has to hang up to go watch the news, I know it’s been a really bad day for this government 😆
March 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
If I call my 86yo mother close to 6pm and she has to hang up to go watch the news, I know it’s been a really bad day for this government 😆
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Talbot Mills Poll School Lunches: March 3 and March 12
65% think new school lunches programme is not working
60% want Government to reinstate the previous Ka Ora, Ka Ako system
This is emphatic, until Luxon lances the Seymour Lunches boil it will cut them 🔪🔪🔪 www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
65% think new school lunches programme is not working
60% want Government to reinstate the previous Ka Ora, Ka Ako system
This is emphatic, until Luxon lances the Seymour Lunches boil it will cut them 🔪🔪🔪 www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Poll result: Voters want the old school lunches back
A strong majority of voters say the Government’s new school lunches aren’t working.
www.stuff.co.nz
March 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Talbot Mills Poll School Lunches: March 3 and March 12
65% think new school lunches programme is not working
60% want Government to reinstate the previous Ka Ora, Ka Ako system
This is emphatic, until Luxon lances the Seymour Lunches boil it will cut them 🔪🔪🔪 www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
65% think new school lunches programme is not working
60% want Government to reinstate the previous Ka Ora, Ka Ako system
This is emphatic, until Luxon lances the Seymour Lunches boil it will cut them 🔪🔪🔪 www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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This is as close to saying embattled without saying it as you can get #NZPol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
March 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This is as close to saying embattled without saying it as you can get #NZPol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Clearly, it is unacceptable to remind us that 2005 was 20 years ago, but this is quite fun
'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unforgettable TV ad
In 2005, Sony spent over a million dollars to swarm SF streets with 250,000 bouncy balls, breaking windows and destroying cars in the process.
www.sfgate.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Clearly, it is unacceptable to remind us that 2005 was 20 years ago, but this is quite fun
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Listening to this AM’s Nine to Noon feature on outsourcing elective surgery to private providers and the ASMS rep pointed out that every equivalent surgery in the private sector is more expensive than public - every single one - and it just sort of sat there, unremarked upon for rest of the segment.
March 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Listening to this AM’s Nine to Noon feature on outsourcing elective surgery to private providers and the ASMS rep pointed out that every equivalent surgery in the private sector is more expensive than public - every single one - and it just sort of sat there, unremarked upon for rest of the segment.
The thing that shocked me most about this was Libelle was sub-contracting to Compass which surely means two lots of margins have to come out of that $3 lunch.
I hate to think how small the actual food cost is
I hate to think how small the actual food cost is
LaBelle who were sub-contracted by Compass to supply 125,000 school lunches a day have gone into liquidation, this school lunches debacle keeps serving shite #NZPol
March 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The thing that shocked me most about this was Libelle was sub-contracting to Compass which surely means two lots of margins have to come out of that $3 lunch.
I hate to think how small the actual food cost is
I hate to think how small the actual food cost is
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"I've met with homeless shelters in the past, I haven't in recent weeks or recent months, but the reality is I'm just saying to you I'm proud of the work we're doing. We're doing a great job."
Luxon denies stricter emergency housing rules have increased homelessness
A 'please help' letter has been sent to the government, after a 53 percent rise in people sleeping rough in the city
www.rnz.co.nz
March 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
"I've met with homeless shelters in the past, I haven't in recent weeks or recent months, but the reality is I'm just saying to you I'm proud of the work we're doing. We're doing a great job."
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Imagine being the leader of NZ, asked about a sharp rise in homelessness, and responding repeatedly that you're "proud"... Just beggars belief this guy is the best National's got
March 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Imagine being the leader of NZ, asked about a sharp rise in homelessness, and responding repeatedly that you're "proud"... Just beggars belief this guy is the best National's got
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This appointment flew under the radar a little before Christmas aside from a piece in Carbon News.
If clean energy grants were "state sponsored demand destruction" could the same be said for building EV chargers and electrifying trucks?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
If clean energy grants were "state sponsored demand destruction" could the same be said for building EV chargers and electrifying trucks?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
Fossil fuel advocate who slammed clean energy grants joins energy agency board
An oil and gas lobbyist was appointed to the board of the country's main energy-saving agency, despite having slammed the agency's clean energy grants as harming the fossil fuel industry.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This appointment flew under the radar a little before Christmas aside from a piece in Carbon News.
If clean energy grants were "state sponsored demand destruction" could the same be said for building EV chargers and electrifying trucks?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
If clean energy grants were "state sponsored demand destruction" could the same be said for building EV chargers and electrifying trucks?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
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"Public investment" vs "Wasteful Subsidy." The only problem with this clever Singer cartoon is that some people might actually not get that it’s sarcastically illustrating the incorrect perception problem, NOT telling the truth.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
March 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Public investment" vs "Wasteful Subsidy." The only problem with this clever Singer cartoon is that some people might actually not get that it’s sarcastically illustrating the incorrect perception problem, NOT telling the truth.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
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the request for anybody who wants to follow along at home.
OIA Request for all correspondence from students/schools/staff regarding the quality of the school lunch program - a Official Information Act request to David Seymour
Under the official information act I am requesting all correspondence you have received regarding the quality of the school lunch program you've implemented, dating back to the start of term 1, 2025. ...
fyi.org.nz
February 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
the request for anybody who wants to follow along at home.
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Posting this every year until I die
February 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Posting this every year until I die
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Yes, I know things are quite shit at the moment, with little immediate prospect of deshittification. But here's Marlon Williams and Lorde's new duet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLej...
Marlon Williams - Kāhore He Manu E feat. Lorde (from 'Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua - Two Worlds')
YouTube video by Marlon Williams Music
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February 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Yes, I know things are quite shit at the moment, with little immediate prospect of deshittification. But here's Marlon Williams and Lorde's new duet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLej...
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