Megan
@mcla108.bsky.social
Retired librarian, old time lefty, keen gardener
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Ah yes... who needs democracy, right? 🙄🙄🙄
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/586599/government-wants-to-bypass-fast-track-process-for-proposed-liquefied-natural-gas-terminal
"A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process in order to be built in time for […]
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/586599/government-wants-to-bypass-fast-track-process-for-proposed-liquefied-natural-gas-terminal
"A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process in order to be built in time for […]
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February 11, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Ah yes... who needs democracy, right? 🙄🙄🙄
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/586599/government-wants-to-bypass-fast-track-process-for-proposed-liquefied-natural-gas-terminal
"A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process in order to be built in time for […]
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/586599/government-wants-to-bypass-fast-track-process-for-proposed-liquefied-natural-gas-terminal
"A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process in order to be built in time for […]
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What type of respected economist agrees to a political set up like what Willis just announced with an RBNZ Covid inquiry - to be released 6 weeks before an election - when she's had 2 years and more to do it?
Precluding all and every CV discussion even, it says a lot #nzpol #Kiwi #Hillarysemails
Precluding all and every CV discussion even, it says a lot #nzpol #Kiwi #Hillarysemails
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
What type of respected economist agrees to a political set up like what Willis just announced with an RBNZ Covid inquiry - to be released 6 weeks before an election - when she's had 2 years and more to do it?
Precluding all and every CV discussion even, it says a lot #nzpol #Kiwi #Hillarysemails
Precluding all and every CV discussion even, it says a lot #nzpol #Kiwi #Hillarysemails
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The coalition's barely concealed panic reveals the desperation of a one term Government that knows it's on the way out.💩🥚
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
February 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The coalition's barely concealed panic reveals the desperation of a one term Government that knows it's on the way out.💩🥚
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
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$2.7b. $2.7b!
This money could have powered 90,000 houses with rooftop solar and battery based on $30k per system.
That is how you reduce cost of living, have more renewable energy and create resilience in the system.
#nzpol
youtu.be/hHpOHmofn5M?...
This money could have powered 90,000 houses with rooftop solar and battery based on $30k per system.
That is how you reduce cost of living, have more renewable energy and create resilience in the system.
#nzpol
youtu.be/hHpOHmofn5M?...
#BHN When National made its case for LNG, it never compared it to renewables
YouTube video by Big Hairy Network
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 10:09 PM
$2.7b. $2.7b!
This money could have powered 90,000 houses with rooftop solar and battery based on $30k per system.
That is how you reduce cost of living, have more renewable energy and create resilience in the system.
#nzpol
youtu.be/hHpOHmofn5M?...
This money could have powered 90,000 houses with rooftop solar and battery based on $30k per system.
That is how you reduce cost of living, have more renewable energy and create resilience in the system.
#nzpol
youtu.be/hHpOHmofn5M?...
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And now, now Nicola is asking Labour to keep their uncapped Investment Boost scheme. WTF?
This implies they know they will LOSE!
#nzpol
This implies they know they will LOSE!
#nzpol
Finance Minister Nicola Willis challenges Labour to keep Investment Boost policy if elected
Finance Minister Nicola Willis talked up the policy's effects so far in a speech to the New Zealand Economic Forum in Hamilton.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM
And now, now Nicola is asking Labour to keep their uncapped Investment Boost scheme. WTF?
This implies they know they will LOSE!
#nzpol
This implies they know they will LOSE!
#nzpol
How much more outrageous can this govt get. “A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal will bypass the fast-track process, documents show”
They show no regard for us, law or environment #nzpol
They show no regard for us, law or environment #nzpol
February 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
How much more outrageous can this govt get. “A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal will bypass the fast-track process, documents show”
They show no regard for us, law or environment #nzpol
They show no regard for us, law or environment #nzpol
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Indeed.
#nzpol
#nzpol
"... remove the swipe cards that gave about 80 lobbyists easy access to Parliament.
At the time, National's deputy leader Nicola Willis backed the swipe card ban and said there should be a "transparent, publicly accountable register of who's doing the lobbying and who they're lobbying for""
#nzpol
At the time, National's deputy leader Nicola Willis backed the swipe card ban and said there should be a "transparent, publicly accountable register of who's doing the lobbying and who they're lobbying for""
#nzpol
February 10, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Indeed.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Remember when Shane Jones said our most precious native species can die if it affected his mining donor interests? And now he's pretending he cares abour rockpools.
This is what NZ First made legal when they got into power - destroying ecosystems.
The video should make everyone weep #nzpol #kiwi
This is what NZ First made legal when they got into power - destroying ecosystems.
The video should make everyone weep #nzpol #kiwi
January 30, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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NO! No. No no no no no.
Is THIS what you voted for?
6% of the votes does NOT give NZF permission, let alone a mandate, to destroy our precious whenua for the USA.
ESPECIALLY NOW.
#nzpol
Is THIS what you voted for?
6% of the votes does NOT give NZF permission, let alone a mandate, to destroy our precious whenua for the USA.
ESPECIALLY NOW.
#nzpol
Breaking: the Government is negotiating with the US to provide access to our critical minerals, while a memo before the Waitangi Tribunal says a backdoor deal violates obligations to Māori
NZ in talks with US on Trump minerals deal
newsroom.co.nz
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 AM
NO! No. No no no no no.
Is THIS what you voted for?
6% of the votes does NOT give NZF permission, let alone a mandate, to destroy our precious whenua for the USA.
ESPECIALLY NOW.
#nzpol
Is THIS what you voted for?
6% of the votes does NOT give NZF permission, let alone a mandate, to destroy our precious whenua for the USA.
ESPECIALLY NOW.
#nzpol
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“Slash, storms and the fight over responsibility”
Forestry companies want to do this to communities and face no consequences, it’s fixable at source but they don’t want to spend the money on the fix or the clean up. NZ’s problem is a government on the side of the Forestry companies not NZ. #nzpol
Forestry companies want to do this to communities and face no consequences, it’s fixable at source but they don’t want to spend the money on the fix or the clean up. NZ’s problem is a government on the side of the Forestry companies not NZ. #nzpol
Slash, storms and the fight over responsibility
Extreme weather may be the trigger for deadly and devastating slash, but the lines on who is responsible for prevention and clean-up are blurred.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 26, 2026 at 6:16 PM
“Slash, storms and the fight over responsibility”
Forestry companies want to do this to communities and face no consequences, it’s fixable at source but they don’t want to spend the money on the fix or the clean up. NZ’s problem is a government on the side of the Forestry companies not NZ. #nzpol
Forestry companies want to do this to communities and face no consequences, it’s fixable at source but they don’t want to spend the money on the fix or the clean up. NZ’s problem is a government on the side of the Forestry companies not NZ. #nzpol
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And yet we still get chastised on here for criticising RNZ and the excuses for journalists that they employ.
Weirdly some of you think that all the evil is confined to ZB and the Herald.
#nzpol
Weirdly some of you think that all the evil is confined to ZB and the Herald.
#nzpol
RNZ *again* printing extremist PR verbatim without sufficient critique or analysis
Nor a response from opposition or health professionals or NGOs
Nor in an environment where they're promoting, or even reporting, on legitimate health crises or issues
This is a choice
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Nor a response from opposition or health professionals or NGOs
Nor in an environment where they're promoting, or even reporting, on legitimate health crises or issues
This is a choice
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
January 25, 2026 at 9:47 PM
And yet we still get chastised on here for criticising RNZ and the excuses for journalists that they employ.
Weirdly some of you think that all the evil is confined to ZB and the Herald.
#nzpol
Weirdly some of you think that all the evil is confined to ZB and the Herald.
#nzpol
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#NZpol
The reality below is what pissed me off most with the "analysis" on 3.
Luxon's utterly *moronic* spin at the Convention Centre "did not get the ovation like last time, but no matter, he can point to some wins!"
Lalalalalala 🤡
DO. ACTUAL. JOURNALISM!
STOP. LAUNDERING. THIS. GOVTS. BS!
The reality below is what pissed me off most with the "analysis" on 3.
Luxon's utterly *moronic* spin at the Convention Centre "did not get the ovation like last time, but no matter, he can point to some wins!"
Lalalalalala 🤡
DO. ACTUAL. JOURNALISM!
STOP. LAUNDERING. THIS. GOVTS. BS!
NZ is under water literally and figuratively, people are suffering but Luxon - in all his shiny vacuous ignorance - delivered a state of nation speech that ignored towns under water and people under siege because of the cost of living crisis & his govt cuts to social supports. #nzpol
Westpac survey shows New Zealanders are starting the year with financial stress
Westpac surveyed just over 1000 of its customers and found 28 percent said their holiday spending would probably or definitely cause financial stress in the new year.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 20, 2026 at 3:27 AM
#NZpol
The reality below is what pissed me off most with the "analysis" on 3.
Luxon's utterly *moronic* spin at the Convention Centre "did not get the ovation like last time, but no matter, he can point to some wins!"
Lalalalalala 🤡
DO. ACTUAL. JOURNALISM!
STOP. LAUNDERING. THIS. GOVTS. BS!
The reality below is what pissed me off most with the "analysis" on 3.
Luxon's utterly *moronic* spin at the Convention Centre "did not get the ovation like last time, but no matter, he can point to some wins!"
Lalalalalala 🤡
DO. ACTUAL. JOURNALISM!
STOP. LAUNDERING. THIS. GOVTS. BS!
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Look. What I say to you is this.
I was entitled to my entitlements when claiming $1,000 a week to live in my own flat. I changed the law on capital gains so I could sell and pocket a fortune and to give myself massive mortgage interest tax breaks.
So yes, times are tough. For others.
#nzpol
I was entitled to my entitlements when claiming $1,000 a week to live in my own flat. I changed the law on capital gains so I could sell and pocket a fortune and to give myself massive mortgage interest tax breaks.
So yes, times are tough. For others.
#nzpol
January 19, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Look. What I say to you is this.
I was entitled to my entitlements when claiming $1,000 a week to live in my own flat. I changed the law on capital gains so I could sell and pocket a fortune and to give myself massive mortgage interest tax breaks.
So yes, times are tough. For others.
#nzpol
I was entitled to my entitlements when claiming $1,000 a week to live in my own flat. I changed the law on capital gains so I could sell and pocket a fortune and to give myself massive mortgage interest tax breaks.
So yes, times are tough. For others.
#nzpol
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Holding back on criticism for fear of trade retaliation is giving in to blackmail. Trump is orchestrating ransomware on a global scale and our PM is willing to pay up.
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Holding back on criticism for fear of trade retaliation is giving in to blackmail. Trump is orchestrating ransomware on a global scale and our PM is willing to pay up.
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#nzpol
Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand, because our lying weasel of a Health Minister won't be sharing this new information with those who have a need and have a right to know...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand, because our lying weasel of a Health Minister won't be sharing this new information with those who have a need and have a right to know...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised
Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
#nzpol
Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand, because our lying weasel of a Health Minister won't be sharing this new information with those who have a need and have a right to know...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand, because our lying weasel of a Health Minister won't be sharing this new information with those who have a need and have a right to know...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Oh, look what Rio Tinto is up to
#nzpol
#nzpol
‘The source of all life is here’: plan to mine lithium in Chilean salt flat sparks fears of water scarcity
‘The source of all life is here’: plan to mine lithium in Chilean salt flat sparks fears of water scarcity
The Colla Indigenous people claim Rio Tinto’s plans to extract the key mineral will harm fragile ecosystems and livelihoods
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Oh, look what Rio Tinto is up to
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Anne Salmond: A Trumpian accent
There should be red flags for New Zealand in this Government’s Trump-like tendencies to favour entitled elites over ordinary citizens #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/08/a...
There should be red flags for New Zealand in this Government’s Trump-like tendencies to favour entitled elites over ordinary citizens #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/08/a...
Anne Salmond: A Trumpian accent
Dame Anne Salmond sees red flags for New Zealand in this Government's Trump-like tendencies to favour entitled elites over ordinary citizens
newsroom.co.nz
January 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Anne Salmond: A Trumpian accent
There should be red flags for New Zealand in this Government’s Trump-like tendencies to favour entitled elites over ordinary citizens #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/08/a...
There should be red flags for New Zealand in this Government’s Trump-like tendencies to favour entitled elites over ordinary citizens #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/08/a...
I’m outraged. I know it’s summer & some lucky ppl are away on holiday. That doesn’t mean the world has stopped. Most news is rehash of 2025 stories and veiled pro trump opinion on Venezuela. Few stories of substance. Radio is all hideous music. No current affairs & little real news. #nzpol
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 AM
I’m outraged. I know it’s summer & some lucky ppl are away on holiday. That doesn’t mean the world has stopped. Most news is rehash of 2025 stories and veiled pro trump opinion on Venezuela. Few stories of substance. Radio is all hideous music. No current affairs & little real news. #nzpol
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LT Study. Trickle down Trick.
“The incomes of rich grew much faster in countries where tax rates were lowered. Instead of trickling down to middle class, tax cuts for the rich may not accomplish much more than help the rich keep more of their riches & exacerbate income inequality” Like NZ. #nzpol
“The incomes of rich grew much faster in countries where tax rates were lowered. Instead of trickling down to middle class, tax cuts for the rich may not accomplish much more than help the rich keep more of their riches & exacerbate income inequality” Like NZ. #nzpol
50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says
Tax cuts for the wealthy didn't boost the economies of the U.S. and 17 other countries — but they did worsen income inequality.
www.cbsnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
LT Study. Trickle down Trick.
“The incomes of rich grew much faster in countries where tax rates were lowered. Instead of trickling down to middle class, tax cuts for the rich may not accomplish much more than help the rich keep more of their riches & exacerbate income inequality” Like NZ. #nzpol
“The incomes of rich grew much faster in countries where tax rates were lowered. Instead of trickling down to middle class, tax cuts for the rich may not accomplish much more than help the rich keep more of their riches & exacerbate income inequality” Like NZ. #nzpol
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On #Venezuela: @IntlCrimCourt is the right court for Maduro to be tried in for crimes against humanity following due process & findings from @UN_HRC Fact-Finding Mission. What has happened this week is illegal under international law: ref Art 24 UN Charter/
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
US attack on Venezuela clearly illegal under UN charter - Helen Clark
The former PM says there is a case for Nicolás Maduro to appear before a criminal court, but the attack wasn't legal.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
On #Venezuela: @IntlCrimCourt is the right court for Maduro to be tried in for crimes against humanity following due process & findings from @UN_HRC Fact-Finding Mission. What has happened this week is illegal under international law: ref Art 24 UN Charter/
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...