Patrida Sutton
@patridanz.bsky.social
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Don't forget the Mikhail Lermontov sinking!
“NZ is like mainly two large islands?”
“Yeah”
“So you must have a good ferry link”
“Our ferries are old and break down often”
“So you’ve got big tugs?”
“Minister of Transport just cancelled the tug. Said it wasn’t needed”
“Oh I guess the water is pretty calm”
“Rough as guts. Sunk a ferry once.
“Yeah”
“So you must have a good ferry link”
“Our ferries are old and break down often”
“So you’ve got big tugs?”
“Minister of Transport just cancelled the tug. Said it wasn’t needed”
“Oh I guess the water is pretty calm”
“Rough as guts. Sunk a ferry once.
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Don't forget the Mikhail Lermontov sinking!
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Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
First Dr Gary Payinda, now Craig Renney, fantastic to see these knowledgeable and compassionate people standing as candidates for Labour!
##nzpol
##nzpol
I’m delighted to announce I'm standing as the Labour candidate in Wellington Bays/Rongotai in 2026. I'm thrilled to fight for better jobs, housing, and health services in our community. Look in the bio to donate, volunteer, and help us deliver a better government next year.
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
First Dr Gary Payinda, now Craig Renney, fantastic to see these knowledgeable and compassionate people standing as candidates for Labour!
##nzpol
##nzpol
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PRESS RELEASE: New Zealand “wins” unenviable climate inaction award at COP30 www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
New Zealand “wins” unenviable climate inaction award at COP30 - Greenpeace Aotearoa
New Zealand has been presented with the ‘Fossil of the Day’ at COP30 in Brazil over recent backtracking on methane targets.
www.greenpeace.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
PRESS RELEASE: New Zealand “wins” unenviable climate inaction award at COP30 www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
This hits hard.
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This hits hard.
I'm a kiwi, we have general elections every 3 years and local body elections are also every 3 years. Can someone explain the #USPOL system to me like I'm 5 please? What was Election Day 2025? And what are the "mid terms"?
So much voting, so little sense.
So much voting, so little sense.
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I'm a kiwi, we have general elections every 3 years and local body elections are also every 3 years. Can someone explain the #USPOL system to me like I'm 5 please? What was Election Day 2025? And what are the "mid terms"?
So much voting, so little sense.
So much voting, so little sense.
Mitch McConnell is one of many reasons I propose a world wide compulsory retirement age of 70 for politicians. They simply don't know when to stop and retire gracefully.
October 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Mitch McConnell is one of many reasons I propose a world wide compulsory retirement age of 70 for politicians. They simply don't know when to stop and retire gracefully.
October 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
What an absolute farce!
National/ACT Coalition government spends over $100,000 a year on a road cone hotline that increasingly hardly anyone uses - with each call leading to less than one road cone removed.
And they took this funding from real worksafe work
WTAF #nzpol #kiwi
And they took this funding from real worksafe work
WTAF #nzpol #kiwi
After 5 months of the heralded ‘tipline’, just 204 road cones are confirmed gone
In Whanganui, information from the Government’s own Road Cone Tipline had actually led to more cones being put out than taken away. In Wellington, 110 complaints resulted in just two cones being remov...
www.stuff.co.nz
October 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
What an absolute farce!
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Wonder what Mister "The world doesn't owe you a living" Luxon would be doing if the Fifth Labour Government had said that to Air New Zealand in 2001 instead of writing a $900m bail-out cheque.
Oh, I keep forgetting - Market Forces for Thee and Thine, Corporate Welfare for Me and Mine! #nzpol
Oh, I keep forgetting - Market Forces for Thee and Thine, Corporate Welfare for Me and Mine! #nzpol
October 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Wonder what Mister "The world doesn't owe you a living" Luxon would be doing if the Fifth Labour Government had said that to Air New Zealand in 2001 instead of writing a $900m bail-out cheque.
Oh, I keep forgetting - Market Forces for Thee and Thine, Corporate Welfare for Me and Mine! #nzpol
Oh, I keep forgetting - Market Forces for Thee and Thine, Corporate Welfare for Me and Mine! #nzpol
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Unemployment has increased by 50,000 since he’s been Prime Minister. That’s 50,000 families affected.
Luxon is just giving up his responsibility as Prime Minister for his citizens - to look tough against people who are trying their best.
Where are the jobs?
Luxon is just giving up his responsibility as Prime Minister for his citizens - to look tough against people who are trying their best.
Where are the jobs?
god help me. this is just cruelty. these are human beings, you monsters.
October 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Unemployment has increased by 50,000 since he’s been Prime Minister. That’s 50,000 families affected.
Luxon is just giving up his responsibility as Prime Minister for his citizens - to look tough against people who are trying their best.
Where are the jobs?
Luxon is just giving up his responsibility as Prime Minister for his citizens - to look tough against people who are trying their best.
Where are the jobs?
Will the brave military men and women of the USA have the guts to resign en masse in the face of Trump, Hegseth et al, or are their pensions and benefits more important to them?
September 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Will the brave military men and women of the USA have the guts to resign en masse in the face of Trump, Hegseth et al, or are their pensions and benefits more important to them?
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It’s a fact. Data from three decades of political violence reveals that right-wing terror attacks outnumber attacks from the left.
And it’s not even close!
And it’s not even close!
September 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It’s a fact. Data from three decades of political violence reveals that right-wing terror attacks outnumber attacks from the left.
And it’s not even close!
And it’s not even close!
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Mr Hypocrisy strikes again, this should be the headline.
September 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Mr Hypocrisy strikes again, this should be the headline.
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In today’s NZ Herald
September 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In today’s NZ Herald
September 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Far and away, the one I most consistently find valuable is @atrupar.com.
if you can look at it without catching poster’s madness, the list of who actually gets engagement here is pretty interesting. somewhat dire at the top but quickly it’s real and high quality posters.
bluefacts.app/top-reach
bluefacts.app/top-reach
The Top 1000 Engaging users of the last week (updated daily) | BlueFacts
View the most engaging users on Bluesky by total number of likes and reposts, updated daily.
bluefacts.app
September 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Far and away, the one I most consistently find valuable is @atrupar.com.
Despite all his attempts at distraction it's comforting to see the topic being posted most often on Bluesky at the moment is still Trump and Epstein
September 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Despite all his attempts at distraction it's comforting to see the topic being posted most often on Bluesky at the moment is still Trump and Epstein
The, cloaked in secrecy, communication in question:
"Who dis?"
#nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
"Who dis?"
#nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Luxon refuses to release key Swift, Kelce wedding communications
The Prime Minister last month invited the couple to marry in New Zealand.
www.nzherald.co.nz
September 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The, cloaked in secrecy, communication in question:
"Who dis?"
#nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
"Who dis?"
#nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Son is home from Sydney for a couple of days before flying out to Malaysia, then on to Oman to play T20 cricket for Samoa, he just thoroughly enjoyed an L&P.
Keeping the faith.
Keeping the faith.
September 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Son is home from Sydney for a couple of days before flying out to Malaysia, then on to Oman to play T20 cricket for Samoa, he just thoroughly enjoyed an L&P.
Keeping the faith.
Keeping the faith.
Life has it's challenging moments but at least I'm no longer on the cesspit that is Twitter/X watching that toxic hateful shit going down anymore.
#selfcare
#selfcare
September 20, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Life has it's challenging moments but at least I'm no longer on the cesspit that is Twitter/X watching that toxic hateful shit going down anymore.
#selfcare
#selfcare
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I read 2 Thomas Coughlan pieces today & hoo boy, calling them steaming piles of shit is just too flattering. I realise he has an audience to pander too, but based on what his job description should be, I would say he's one person doing as bad a job as Nicola Willis & Christopher Luxon in NZ #NZPol
September 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I read 2 Thomas Coughlan pieces today & hoo boy, calling them steaming piles of shit is just too flattering. I realise he has an audience to pander too, but based on what his job description should be, I would say he's one person doing as bad a job as Nicola Willis & Christopher Luxon in NZ #NZPol