Greg Presland
@gregpresland.bsky.social
Chair Waitakere Ranges Local Board, Lawyer and Labour Activist and wanting a better world for my grandkids.
Luxon has engaged in a classic example of bumper sticker politics by blaming Labour for excessive power prices, not the structure of the power sector. And he has completely ignored the imperitave action that climate change demands the country takes.
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Climate Change and Bumper Sticker Politics
Christopher Luxon has engaged in a classic example of bumper sticker politics by blaming Labour for excessive power prices, not the structure of the power sector. And he has completely ignored the …
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July 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Luxon has engaged in a classic example of bumper sticker politics by blaming Labour for excessive power prices, not the structure of the power sector. And he has completely ignored the imperitave action that climate change demands the country takes.
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Government members on Finance and Expenditure Committee just voted to use an AI bot to read submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill🙄. Turns out democracy under this government is real people making submissions and computers reading them. 👎
June 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Government members on Finance and Expenditure Committee just voted to use an AI bot to read submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill🙄. Turns out democracy under this government is real people making submissions and computers reading them. 👎
Despite the prospects of it being struck down by the Courts being very high the Government has announced a plan to reintroduce a prisoner voting ban.
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National yet again wants to take away prisoner voting rights
Despite the prospect of it being struck down by the Courts being very high the Government has announced a plan to reintroduce a prisoner voting ban.
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May 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Despite the prospects of it being struck down by the Courts being very high the Government has announced a plan to reintroduce a prisoner voting ban.
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Simeon Brown has appointed John Carnegie to the EECA even though Carnegie has some decidedly anti energy conservation ideas.
Fox in a henhouse
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Fox in a henhouse
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March 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Simeon Brown has appointed John Carnegie to the EECA even though Carnegie has some decidedly anti energy conservation ideas.
Fox in a henhouse
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Fox in a henhouse
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Two recent media related stories made me wonder if there was now formal acknowledgement that the concept that media should fearlessly and impartially report the news is now dead.
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Its the end of the Media as we know it ... thestandard.org.nz/its-the-end-...
Its the end of the Media as we know it …
Two recent media related stories made me wonder if there was now formal acknowledgement that the concept that media should fearlessly and impartially report the news is now dead.
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February 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Two recent media related stories made me wonder if there was now formal acknowledgement that the concept that media should fearlessly and impartially report the news is now dead.
Its the end of the Media as we know it ... thestandard.org.nz/its-the-end-...
Its the end of the Media as we know it ... thestandard.org.nz/its-the-end-...
Karen Chhor has made two recent claims, that youth crime is at an all time high, and that serious and persistent offending has increased dramatically to justify her boot camps policy. Neither claim appears to be true.
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About Karen Chhour’s youth offending claims
Karen Chhor has made two recent claims, that youth crime is at an all time high, and that serious and persistent offending has increased dramatically to justify her boot camps policy. Neither claim…
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February 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Karen Chhor has made two recent claims, that youth crime is at an all time high, and that serious and persistent offending has increased dramatically to justify her boot camps policy. Neither claim appears to be true.
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Recent polling suggests that two thirds of kiwis disagree with Nicola Willis’s decision to cancel the replacement Inter Island ferries contract.
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Reviewing the Cook Strait Ferry fiasco
A review of the history of the Ferries issue suggests that this could be coalition ending and career ending.
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January 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Recent polling suggests that two thirds of kiwis disagree with Nicola Willis’s decision to cancel the replacement Inter Island ferries contract.
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Everyone was warned about this, and it’s happening just as we feared.
January 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Everyone was warned about this, and it’s happening just as we feared.
Stuart Nash who was sacked for communicating confidential details to two of his donors & who hired Simon Lusk to try and form a centrist party & who works for a global recruiting consultancy & who hates the idea of a wealth tax has left the Labour Party.
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Our political forebears would roll in their graves – let them roll
Comment: Stuart Nash, the great-grandson of one of Labour's greatest leaders, has left the party – and as MPs begin their year at Rātana, he says many other voters are doing the same as him.
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January 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Stuart Nash who was sacked for communicating confidential details to two of his donors & who hired Simon Lusk to try and form a centrist party & who works for a global recruiting consultancy & who hates the idea of a wealth tax has left the Labour Party.
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The difference between Christopher Luxon and Donald Trump is not as great as you think
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The difference between Christopher Luxon and Donald Trump *
* is not as great as you think.
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January 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The difference between Christopher Luxon and Donald Trump is not as great as you think
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A review of the history of the Ferries issue suggests that this could be coalition ending and career ending.
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Reviewing the Cook Strait Ferry fiasco
A review of the history of the Ferries issue suggests that this could be coalition ending and career ending.
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January 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A review of the history of the Ferries issue suggests that this could be coalition ending and career ending.
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It did not take long for the first example of the absurdity of the Government's gang patch ban to appear.
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The absurdity of National’s Gang Patch ban
It did nit take long for the first example of the absurdity of the Government’s gang patch ban to appear.
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December 28, 2024 at 11:20 PM
It did not take long for the first example of the absurdity of the Government's gang patch ban to appear.
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To meet GHG reduction goals the Government is relying on processing of organic waste & landfill gas capture. But it has recently cut funding for the Waste Minimisation Fund by $177m.
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Government sabotages its Emissions Reduction Plan
Under its latest Emissions Reduction Plan the Government is placing major reliance on processing of orgnic waste and landfill gas capture. But it has quietly recently cut funding for the Waste Mini…
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December 22, 2024 at 6:14 PM
To meet GHG reduction goals the Government is relying on processing of organic waste & landfill gas capture. But it has recently cut funding for the Waste Minimisation Fund by $177m.
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Government sabotages its Emissions Reduction Plan thestandard.org.nz/government-s...
There has been recent controversy because a District Court Judge and a renowned surgeon in a private setting chose to criticise NZ First policies.
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Much ado about nothing
There has been recent controversy because a District Court Judge and a renowned surgeon in a private setting chose to criticise NZ First policies.
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December 20, 2024 at 8:13 PM
There has been recent controversy because a District Court Judge and a renowned surgeon in a private setting chose to criticise NZ First policies.
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It appears that the Government’s intent to politicise youth offending by making an elite few dress up in army uniforms and march around in an effort to solve a lifetime of neglect is not working out so well.
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Unacceptable
It appears that the Government’s intent to politicise youth offending by making an elite few dress up in army uniforms and march around in an effort to solve a lifetime of neglect is not work…
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December 7, 2024 at 3:49 AM
It appears that the Government’s intent to politicise youth offending by making an elite few dress up in army uniforms and march around in an effort to solve a lifetime of neglect is not working out so well.
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November 30, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Willie Jackson at the Labour Party Conference is not holding back on David Seymour:
"If he is not a liar he is a special type of stupid" ...
"If he is not a liar he is a special type of stupid" ...
November 29, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Willie Jackson at the Labour Party Conference is not holding back on David Seymour:
"If he is not a liar he is a special type of stupid" ...
"If he is not a liar he is a special type of stupid" ...
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Oh look I accidentally privatised it. Well whaddya know.
November 29, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Oh look I accidentally privatised it. Well whaddya know.
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Reti secrectly wants to privatise Health
Shane Reti has said publicly that privatising health is not his overt policy. Which suggests strongly that it is his covert policy, especially given that he wants to increase the relationship with …
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November 29, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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"Toitū Te Tiriti o Waitangi!". And then TJ backed it up in his farewell interview. Bless that man. (Note that this video is from a third party, TNT Sports. The official All Blacks accounts have clipped out the beginning. I had to clip the end to meet the bsky time limit.)
November 23, 2024 at 11:56 PM
"Toitū Te Tiriti o Waitangi!". And then TJ backed it up in his farewell interview. Bless that man. (Note that this video is from a third party, TNT Sports. The official All Blacks accounts have clipped out the beginning. I had to clip the end to meet the bsky time limit.)
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Can confirm that heads are exploding over at the other place. Oh dear, how sad for them.
TJ Perenara leading Ka Mate for the All Blacks vs Italy, starts with "Toitū te mana motuhake! Toitū te Tiriti o Waitangi!"
That's gonna piss off the racist "keep politics out of sport" dickheads wonderfully
That's gonna piss off the racist "keep politics out of sport" dickheads wonderfully
November 23, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Can confirm that heads are exploding over at the other place. Oh dear, how sad for them.
Want to make a submission opposing David Seymour’s dog whistle Treaty Principles Bill? Here’s how.
A guide to making a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill
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A guide to making a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill
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A guide to making a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill - Greg Presland
Want to make a submission opposing David Seymour's dog whistle Treaty Principles Bill? Here's how.
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November 23, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Want to make a submission opposing David Seymour’s dog whistle Treaty Principles Bill? Here’s how.
A guide to making a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill
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A guide to making a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill
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I finally made the kapa haka team #matatini www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/11/21/a...
Act lays complaint against MPs who participated in viral haka
Te Ao Māori News has obtained a copy of a letter written by Act MP Todd Stephenson to Speaker Gerry Brownlee complaining about the MPs who took part in the haka that went viral.
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November 21, 2024 at 10:38 AM
I finally made the kapa haka team #matatini www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/11/21/a...
Get the feeling that National is trolling the party of the political figure currently with name suppression?
This is a silly idea. What happens in cases where the offenders name should be made public but the victim refuses to let this happen?
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This is a silly idea. What happens in cases where the offenders name should be made public but the victim refuses to let this happen?
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Victims of sex offending welcome shift on name suppression laws
A man abused by a former political figure says he is blown away by a proposal to end secrecy around sex offenders' identities.
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November 21, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Get the feeling that National is trolling the party of the political figure currently with name suppression?
This is a silly idea. What happens in cases where the offenders name should be made public but the victim refuses to let this happen?
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This is a silly idea. What happens in cases where the offenders name should be made public but the victim refuses to let this happen?
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