Melanie D.
@melulater.bsky.social
Teacher. Karaoke queen. Herder of cats. Politics junkie from the left. Big #ChiefsMana fan. Independently owned and I garden on warm sunny days. If you believe in free quality public education, LIKE Save Our Schools NZ on Facebook.
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Imagine taking a good decision against a bad policy by the minister involved in the most corrupt way possible while also denying funds to social housing, this is an absolute mess, lol
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Imagine taking a good decision against a bad policy by the minister involved in the most corrupt way possible while also denying funds to social housing, this is an absolute mess, lol
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To quote ex-PM Mike Moore, Bishop is "a shiver looking for a spine to run down"
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
To quote ex-PM Mike Moore, Bishop is "a shiver looking for a spine to run down"
Shit if Labour had or ever did do this sort of shit, we would never ever hear the end of it.
This sort of thing should have a Minister either fall on his sword or, if Luxon actually had a set of balls, be fired.
Claire Curran & David Clark went for less than this debauched corruption.
This sort of thing should have a Minister either fall on his sword or, if Luxon actually had a set of balls, be fired.
Claire Curran & David Clark went for less than this debauched corruption.
NEW: Chris Bishop used housing money to fund a bridge in his electorate his own Govt had killed off.
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Chris Bishop diverts Kāinga Ora money to fund a bridge in his electorate
Officials warned against the use of housing funds for bridge building but Bishop says it was a “pragmatic choice”.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Shit if Labour had or ever did do this sort of shit, we would never ever hear the end of it.
This sort of thing should have a Minister either fall on his sword or, if Luxon actually had a set of balls, be fired.
Claire Curran & David Clark went for less than this debauched corruption.
This sort of thing should have a Minister either fall on his sword or, if Luxon actually had a set of balls, be fired.
Claire Curran & David Clark went for less than this debauched corruption.
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Dear Santa: All I want for Christmas is a new government where this kind of naked pork barrel corruption is unthinkable, because Ministers know it will not only be a sacking offence but a chance to become intimately acquainted with the most disagreeable class of auditor.
NEW: Chris Bishop used housing money to fund a bridge in his electorate his own Govt had killed off.
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Chris Bishop diverts Kāinga Ora money to fund a bridge in his electorate
Officials warned against the use of housing funds for bridge building but Bishop says it was a “pragmatic choice”.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Dear Santa: All I want for Christmas is a new government where this kind of naked pork barrel corruption is unthinkable, because Ministers know it will not only be a sacking offence but a chance to become intimately acquainted with the most disagreeable class of auditor.
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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'On notice': Greens pledge to revoke fast-track consents for coal, hard-rock gold, seabed mining projects www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Thank you Greens. Can Labour + Te Pati Maori step up and pledge this too? Today I filed my submission against the shameful Fast-track Approvals Amendments Bill.
Thank you Greens. Can Labour + Te Pati Maori step up and pledge this too? Today I filed my submission against the shameful Fast-track Approvals Amendments Bill.
Greens pledge to revoke fast-track consents for coal, hard-rock gold, seabed mining projects
"We will revoke them, even if consents are issued," said the Greens' resources spokesperson Steve Abel.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
'On notice': Greens pledge to revoke fast-track consents for coal, hard-rock gold, seabed mining projects www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Thank you Greens. Can Labour + Te Pati Maori step up and pledge this too? Today I filed my submission against the shameful Fast-track Approvals Amendments Bill.
Thank you Greens. Can Labour + Te Pati Maori step up and pledge this too? Today I filed my submission against the shameful Fast-track Approvals Amendments Bill.
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#nzpol
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
#nzpol
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
It's that time of the year when ⬇️⬇️⬇️
a man is standing in front of a blue coffin and says `` now i feel so inadequate '' .
ALT: a man is standing in front of a blue coffin and says `` now i feel so inadequate '' .
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
It's that time of the year when ⬇️⬇️⬇️
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Bugger.
I won't be buying mince or big brand butter this week.
I won't be buying mince or big brand butter this week.
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Bugger.
I won't be buying mince or big brand butter this week.
I won't be buying mince or big brand butter this week.
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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IPCA says B advised best way to make complaints stop is to investigate Ms Z. Officer B had no interest in finding out if allegations were true. He put "false" in front of Ms Z's allegations knowing they had not been investigated.
B = Det. Super. Chris Page.
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
B = Det. Super. Chris Page.
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Revealed: The key figures in the IPCA report which found serious misconduct at the highest levels
RNZ can now reveal the identities of some of the police officers in the IPCA report which found serious misconduct at the highest levels.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
IPCA says B advised best way to make complaints stop is to investigate Ms Z. Officer B had no interest in finding out if allegations were true. He put "false" in front of Ms Z's allegations knowing they had not been investigated.
B = Det. Super. Chris Page.
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
B = Det. Super. Chris Page.
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Imagine spending years being gaslit so brutally that your only recourse is to accuse them again and again and again, being arrested for accusing them of What They Actually Did, eventually being vindicated, but still charged?
And they wonder why victims don't come to them for help...
And they wonder why victims don't come to them for help...
It's interesting that NZ Police can be so proactive and decisive about pursuing charges for digital harm and harassment of a senior male police officer, yet find pressing charges when the victim is a woman almost impossible...
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Imagine spending years being gaslit so brutally that your only recourse is to accuse them again and again and again, being arrested for accusing them of What They Actually Did, eventually being vindicated, but still charged?
And they wonder why victims don't come to them for help...
And they wonder why victims don't come to them for help...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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In today’s NZ Herald
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In today’s NZ Herald
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Found out why the Wellington Hospital has been so busy at night lately.
The only 24hr Afterhours Medical Centre in Wellington is shut due to staff shortages. NZ’s health system is borked!
#NZPol
The only 24hr Afterhours Medical Centre in Wellington is shut due to staff shortages. NZ’s health system is borked!
#NZPol
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Found out why the Wellington Hospital has been so busy at night lately.
The only 24hr Afterhours Medical Centre in Wellington is shut due to staff shortages. NZ’s health system is borked!
#NZPol
The only 24hr Afterhours Medical Centre in Wellington is shut due to staff shortages. NZ’s health system is borked!
#NZPol
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Speaking of Dave Letele:
Good on him for calling Westpac out for expecting what is essentially free staff development and marketing - and for expecting more from a multi million dollar company:
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/nationa...
Good on him for calling Westpac out for expecting what is essentially free staff development and marketing - and for expecting more from a multi million dollar company:
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/nationa...
‘Poverty porn’: Letele accuses Westpac of using foodbank to show off volunteer visit
Social activist Dave Letele has accused one of our biggest banks of “poverty porn” by using his foodbank for positive publicity before ghosting him when he
www.newstalkzb.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Speaking of Dave Letele:
Good on him for calling Westpac out for expecting what is essentially free staff development and marketing - and for expecting more from a multi million dollar company:
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/nationa...
Good on him for calling Westpac out for expecting what is essentially free staff development and marketing - and for expecting more from a multi million dollar company:
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/nationa...
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We are all experiencing severe funding cuts, seeing social services decimated, and seeing our communities hurting and hungry while this govt gives money to Michelin reviewers and tobacco companies and their donors pet projects. Those injustices are fueling a lot of anger and political energy.
#nzpol
#nzpol
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
We are all experiencing severe funding cuts, seeing social services decimated, and seeing our communities hurting and hungry while this govt gives money to Michelin reviewers and tobacco companies and their donors pet projects. Those injustices are fueling a lot of anger and political energy.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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I haven't seen people this determined and organised ever, not even during the Key years. Idk how this will play out next year but seeing people already conscientised and politicised is quite something.
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I haven't seen people this determined and organised ever, not even during the Key years. Idk how this will play out next year but seeing people already conscientised and politicised is quite something.
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Folk in community/social service spaces tend to be left leaning, but this is the first time I’ve been at a community conference where people talk openly during the tea breaks about needing a change of government and strategies for voting them out - and it's not yet an election year 🤯 #nzpol
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Folk in community/social service spaces tend to be left leaning, but this is the first time I’ve been at a community conference where people talk openly during the tea breaks about needing a change of government and strategies for voting them out - and it's not yet an election year 🤯 #nzpol
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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I'm sure Peters, Collins and Luxon read international news, right?
Or any of the 'journalists' paid to ask them questions? #nzpol
Or any of the 'journalists' paid to ask them questions? #nzpol
These men are completely incompetent and have no regard whatsoever for the safety of Americans. We will all pay.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I'm sure Peters, Collins and Luxon read international news, right?
Or any of the 'journalists' paid to ask them questions? #nzpol
Or any of the 'journalists' paid to ask them questions? #nzpol