Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao
@ganeshahirao.bsky.social
He/him/ia. Economist convinced that business-as-usual is not the answer. Have data & evidence. Applied to be academic, but didn't know secret handshake. Paid my dues as consultant, then public servant. Now back in comfort zone of cricket and spreadsheets.
Pinned
Final figures in for Māori wards "referendum"😠. A resounding margin of nearly 74,300 (over 7%, 53.7% v 46.3%) in favour❤️.
But, of course, lots more to do.
Toitū Te Tiriti.
Take care all, keep well, be safe, stay strong.
Kia kaha.
But, of course, lots more to do.
Toitū Te Tiriti.
Take care all, keep well, be safe, stay strong.
Kia kaha.
Hope *someone* is checking to ensure there are sufficient competitive market pressures to ensure profits reflect "value" delivered in service to producers/suppliers of economic activity and outputs ...
... but not holding my breath ... sigh ☹️😠😡
... but not holding my breath ... sigh ☹️😠😡
Good news everybody! ANZ has posted a record $2.53Billion profit, just when we thought everything was dire and no one had any money we find out that ANZ is absolutely coining it!!! #NZPol
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Hope *someone* is checking to ensure there are sufficient competitive market pressures to ensure profits reflect "value" delivered in service to producers/suppliers of economic activity and outputs ...
... but not holding my breath ... sigh ☹️😠😡
... but not holding my breath ... sigh ☹️😠😡
Well, well, well.🤔
"Turning the corner", "has peaked" with "green shoots", AND "fixed the foundations" ... all at the same time. Wow!
Unclear of evidence of *actual* achievement.
But, awesome clickbait☹️.
Can we wait for next deliverable to be communicated?
😠😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
"Turning the corner", "has peaked" with "green shoots", AND "fixed the foundations" ... all at the same time. Wow!
Unclear of evidence of *actual* achievement.
But, awesome clickbait☹️.
Can we wait for next deliverable to be communicated?
😠😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Unemployment up to 5.3%, Willis says Government has ‘fixed the foundations’
The unemployment rate has risen to 5.3% - its highest in nearly nine years, while the number of unemployed
www.stuff.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Well, well, well.🤔
"Turning the corner", "has peaked" with "green shoots", AND "fixed the foundations" ... all at the same time. Wow!
Unclear of evidence of *actual* achievement.
But, awesome clickbait☹️.
Can we wait for next deliverable to be communicated?
😠😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
"Turning the corner", "has peaked" with "green shoots", AND "fixed the foundations" ... all at the same time. Wow!
Unclear of evidence of *actual* achievement.
But, awesome clickbait☹️.
Can we wait for next deliverable to be communicated?
😠😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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“New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, run by an immigrant.” - Zohran Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, run by an immigrant.” - Zohran Mamdani
Reposted by Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Refreshing to hear a leader who can competently and coherently string whole sentences together. (And, yes, it's a low bar ... result of desperation and frustration).
For just good vibes, and for your soul, wairua, and wellbeing have a listen.
Hope is alive!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For just good vibes, and for your soul, wairua, and wellbeing have a listen.
Hope is alive!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Turn the volume up’: Mamdani invokes Trump in fiery speech laying out plan of action
As New York City’s mayor-elect reiterated his policies, the president posted ‘And so it begins!’ on his social media
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Refreshing to hear a leader who can competently and coherently string whole sentences together. (And, yes, it's a low bar ... result of desperation and frustration).
For just good vibes, and for your soul, wairua, and wellbeing have a listen.
Hope is alive!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For just good vibes, and for your soul, wairua, and wellbeing have a listen.
Hope is alive!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
BTW
... all those New Yorkers that said they would leave if this happened ...
... yup, is your choice, but you are NOT welcome here in Aotearoa .. end of.
... all those New Yorkers that said they would leave if this happened ...
... yup, is your choice, but you are NOT welcome here in Aotearoa .. end of.
.... Ouch ... is suspect that 'other place' will be in turmoil ... 🤣.
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
BTW
... all those New Yorkers that said they would leave if this happened ...
... yup, is your choice, but you are NOT welcome here in Aotearoa .. end of.
... all those New Yorkers that said they would leave if this happened ...
... yup, is your choice, but you are NOT welcome here in Aotearoa .. end of.
.... Ouch ... is suspect that 'other place' will be in turmoil ... 🤣.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
.... Ouch ... is suspect that 'other place' will be in turmoil ... 🤣.
For those believing we’re “turning the corner” …
Number unemployed, other jobless, or wanting to work more hours all at 21-yr Sept high.
Total 394,000 people - with families, whānau, mortgages/rent to pay, & food to put on table.
No way we should accept this as feature of economy.
💔😢☹️😠😡
Number unemployed, other jobless, or wanting to work more hours all at 21-yr Sept high.
Total 394,000 people - with families, whānau, mortgages/rent to pay, & food to put on table.
No way we should accept this as feature of economy.
💔😢☹️😠😡
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
For those believing we’re “turning the corner” …
Number unemployed, other jobless, or wanting to work more hours all at 21-yr Sept high.
Total 394,000 people - with families, whānau, mortgages/rent to pay, & food to put on table.
No way we should accept this as feature of economy.
💔😢☹️😠😡
Number unemployed, other jobless, or wanting to work more hours all at 21-yr Sept high.
Total 394,000 people - with families, whānau, mortgages/rent to pay, & food to put on table.
No way we should accept this as feature of economy.
💔😢☹️😠😡
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Freshwater allocation system degrading water quality and shutting Māori out, court hears
www.rnz.co.nz
November 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Tautoko 😡
‘Experts’ on saving for retirement in New Zealand never talk about low wages or extortionate rents and childcare costs. Telling people to save, while supporting the status quo that makes it impossible really grinds my gears. #nzpol
November 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Tautoko 😡
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Just a note to say that @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social didn’t get a chair role. Ray did.
This is the standardised response you're likely to get. Sure, you cannot control the result of Ray Chung being re elected. But what is your plan to make women feel safer in politics in Wellington? Because you're not going to be subjected to racist misogynist abuse (out of sight /mind). #nzpol
October 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Just a note to say that @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social didn’t get a chair role. Ray did.
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This is very true. If/when The Felon croaks, evil Criminal Johnson & the rest of the crew will continue the destruction. They're a disease that must be 100% eradicated.
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is very true. If/when The Felon croaks, evil Criminal Johnson & the rest of the crew will continue the destruction. They're a disease that must be 100% eradicated.
The direction where this administration wants to take our health service in its next term is clear.
This should be central to the next election campaign.
But if clickbait nonsense continues to prevail, the outcome is unlikely to be welcome by many💔.
ganeshnana.substack.com/p/sucers-for...
This should be central to the next election campaign.
But if clickbait nonsense continues to prevail, the outcome is unlikely to be welcome by many💔.
ganeshnana.substack.com/p/sucers-for...
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The direction where this administration wants to take our health service in its next term is clear.
This should be central to the next election campaign.
But if clickbait nonsense continues to prevail, the outcome is unlikely to be welcome by many💔.
ganeshnana.substack.com/p/sucers-for...
This should be central to the next election campaign.
But if clickbait nonsense continues to prevail, the outcome is unlikely to be welcome by many💔.
ganeshnana.substack.com/p/sucers-for...
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I can actually see this happening…🤦🏻♂️
October 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I can actually see this happening…🤦🏻♂️
#nzpol
The first term of this administration has strengthened the foundations for Subsidised Unregulated Corporate Enterprise Rentiers (SUCERs) to thrive, with our future now set to be increasingly dominated by SUCERs.
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The first term of this administration has strengthened the foundations for Subsidised Unregulated Corporate Enterprise Rentiers (SUCERs) to thrive, with our future now set to be increasingly dominated by SUCERs.
open.substack.com/pub/ganeshna...
SUCERs for health and education?
The future beckons for Subsidised Unregulated Corporate Enterprise Rentiers in health and education.
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#nzpol
The first term of this administration has strengthened the foundations for Subsidised Unregulated Corporate Enterprise Rentiers (SUCERs) to thrive, with our future now set to be increasingly dominated by SUCERs.
open.substack.com/pub/ganeshna...
The first term of this administration has strengthened the foundations for Subsidised Unregulated Corporate Enterprise Rentiers (SUCERs) to thrive, with our future now set to be increasingly dominated by SUCERs.
open.substack.com/pub/ganeshna...
Yeah ... for my people, (generalising😁) it is inappropriate to call anybody older than you by their first name. Either they are "kaka" (uncle), or "kaki" (aunty). Or, Aja or Aji (grandfather, grandmother). Or, if they're the similar 'generation' as you, then it's bhai/ben (brother/sister).
October 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Yeah ... for my people, (generalising😁) it is inappropriate to call anybody older than you by their first name. Either they are "kaka" (uncle), or "kaki" (aunty). Or, Aja or Aji (grandfather, grandmother). Or, if they're the similar 'generation' as you, then it's bhai/ben (brother/sister).
Woke up to the most incredulous top 4 possible ... seriously ... Arsenal, Bournemouth, Tottenham, Sunderland 🤣 ... the world is well and truly off its axis ... #YNWA ...
October 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Woke up to the most incredulous top 4 possible ... seriously ... Arsenal, Bournemouth, Tottenham, Sunderland 🤣 ... the world is well and truly off its axis ... #YNWA ...
An important read for all ... mihi to Sacha for putting these insights together so clearly ❤️🙂❤️
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Sacha McMeeking: Between cohesion and collapse | E-Tangata
e-tangata.co.nz
October 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
An important read for all ... mihi to Sacha for putting these insights together so clearly ❤️🙂❤️
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
In bleak times you always have to search for light ... today it is thanks to the Welsh for providing that glimmer of hope ... 🙂 ...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Plaid Cymru ousts Labour in Caerphilly byelection
Rhun ap Iorwerth’s party, which wants Wales to become independent, seizes Senedd seat after Reform UK challenge
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
In bleak times you always have to search for light ... today it is thanks to the Welsh for providing that glimmer of hope ... 🙂 ...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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"He did not believe the coalition Government’s use of urgency and truncated select committee processes was behind the rise in submissions..."
Of course he would say this, but he's wrong, and disingenous. The evidence suggests that an overall poor legislative process IS significantly implicated.
Of course he would say this, but he's wrong, and disingenous. The evidence suggests that an overall poor legislative process IS significantly implicated.
Tighter rules may be needed to stem flow of public submissions, says MP
'Coordinated, largely online campaigns' make it harder for politicians to consider good-faith submissions on laws
newsroom.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"He did not believe the coalition Government’s use of urgency and truncated select committee processes was behind the rise in submissions..."
Of course he would say this, but he's wrong, and disingenous. The evidence suggests that an overall poor legislative process IS significantly implicated.
Of course he would say this, but he's wrong, and disingenous. The evidence suggests that an overall poor legislative process IS significantly implicated.
Tautoko.
The insinuation in the comment that "co-ordinated online campaigns" are not "good faith submissions" is insulting.
They believe the 'individual' is paramount. "Community" is to be discouraged. (Recall "there is not such thing as community").
Is why they don't like trade unions either.
😡
The insinuation in the comment that "co-ordinated online campaigns" are not "good faith submissions" is insulting.
They believe the 'individual' is paramount. "Community" is to be discouraged. (Recall "there is not such thing as community").
Is why they don't like trade unions either.
😡
First things first: come and get your flowers @newsroom.co.nz ... Always giving us the news that matters. Wee thread below.
'Coordinated, largely online campaigns' make it harder for politicians to consider good-faith submissions on laws
October 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Tautoko.
The insinuation in the comment that "co-ordinated online campaigns" are not "good faith submissions" is insulting.
They believe the 'individual' is paramount. "Community" is to be discouraged. (Recall "there is not such thing as community").
Is why they don't like trade unions either.
😡
The insinuation in the comment that "co-ordinated online campaigns" are not "good faith submissions" is insulting.
They believe the 'individual' is paramount. "Community" is to be discouraged. (Recall "there is not such thing as community").
Is why they don't like trade unions either.
😡
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Oopsie, another big one landed. My look back at the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 for the NZ Drug Foundation. I did a lot of reading for this. The real eye-opener was the two Board of Health reports that preceded the legislation. They are flawed but also admirable. drugfoundation.org.nz/news-and-rep...
Charting fifty years of failure
50 years after it was passed into law, journalist Russell Brown plots a potted history of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975
drugfoundation.org.nz
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Oopsie, another big one landed. My look back at the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 for the NZ Drug Foundation. I did a lot of reading for this. The real eye-opener was the two Board of Health reports that preceded the legislation. They are flawed but also admirable. drugfoundation.org.nz/news-and-rep...
It's what happens when you specialise in fostering an economy built on low-wage, low-quality jobs.
It really is a design feature.
Perhaps we should tell these companies we are going to re-design our economy around well-paying, *good* jobs❤️.
It really is a design feature.
Perhaps we should tell these companies we are going to re-design our economy around well-paying, *good* jobs❤️.
Company struggling to fill roles for SUMMER jobs packing ice onto pallets
Lisa Owen: How much are you paying?
Just over the minimum wage
#NZPol
Lisa Owen: How much are you paying?
Just over the minimum wage
#NZPol
a man with a beard is wearing a green robin hood hat
ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a green robin hood hat
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It's what happens when you specialise in fostering an economy built on low-wage, low-quality jobs.
It really is a design feature.
Perhaps we should tell these companies we are going to re-design our economy around well-paying, *good* jobs❤️.
It really is a design feature.
Perhaps we should tell these companies we are going to re-design our economy around well-paying, *good* jobs❤️.
Happy Diwali to all 🙏❤️
October 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Happy Diwali to all 🙏❤️
Presume new RB Governor will be chomping at bit to take up residence 🤔.
www.stats.govt.nz/information-...
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Consumers price index: September 2025 quarter | Stats NZ
Prices rose 1.0 percent in the September 2025 quarter compared with the June 2025 quarter, and rose 3.0 percent percent in the 12 months to September 2025.
www.stats.govt.nz
October 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Presume new RB Governor will be chomping at bit to take up residence 🤔.
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