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2025-02-09 20:56:57

“Former Transport Minister Simeon Brown pushed on with a gridlock-busting traffic plan that would further choke 2 central Wellington arterial roads during peak times”
#nzpol #wellingtonnz
https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/360574622/wellington-transport-changes-predicted-slow-peak-city-travel-times

2025-01-24 20:35:42

Defend our #trans whānau.
#nzpol
https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/25/will-trumps-rollback-of-transgender-rights-have-an-impact-in-nz/

2025-01-22 19:38:58

Te Whatu Ora figures showed that 196 Enrolled Nurse students graduated last year, about 1/3 have found jobs (68), and just roughly 1/5 (44) have been hired by HNZ
#nursesky #nzpol
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/539699/they-are-all-petrified-recently-graduated-enrolled-nurses-unable-to-find-jobs

2025-01-17 07:16:21

Tonight’s lead story on 1News about the #Gaza ceasefire told lies. It said the delay in Israel’s approval of the deal was due to Hamas. Here’s the real reason:
#FreePaestine
https://aje.io/a7dvvf

2025-01-14 03:04:35

Good work, whānau. 23,000 submissions on the propsed Regulatory Standards Bill - 80% of them in the final 4 days. #nzpol
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/538931/the-regulatory-standards-bill-what-you-need-to-know

2025-01-14 03:04:35

2025-01-11 00:23:57

“This Is What Our Ruling Class Has Decided Will Be Normal” #nzpol #climatechange
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/113/806/870/890/117/806/original/5cb4d74482593ae2.jpg

2025-01-09 23:19:33

“77% of Green voters, 63% of Te Pāti Māori, 58% Labour, 54% NZF & 51% of National voters support rail-enabled ferries. 39% of ACT voters want rail & 31% not” #nzpol #NickyNoBoats
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538617/nearly-half-of-public-wants-new-interislander-ferries-to-be-rail-enabled-poll

2025-01-08 01:19:59

https://theshovel.com.au/2020/05/28/mark-zuckerberg-dead-at-36-says-social-media-fact-check/
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/113/790/104/345/441/131/original/34682e07caac315a.jpg

2024-12-18 21:16:44

A judge criticising a NZ First MP is “disgusting”, according to the government. But a NZ First MP repeatedly slandering the objectivity of a judge is merely “descriptive”. #nzpol
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/113/675/901/470/632/463/original/0839a912b93c0752.jpg
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/113/675/901/435/531/963/original/98e326b6ff9c4937.jpg

2024-12-17 01:42:26

Cooking the books is getting to be a habit for this government. Finance Minister Nicola Willis has gone against Treasury advice and invented a new way to measure government debt, which makes it look $4.1 billion smaller than it really is. #nzpol
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/113/665/621/679/159/231/original/1c5a7a13bf4b7d03.jpg

2024-11-23 05:45:50

#nzpol
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/113/530/683/405/495/391/original/4ec44fd4b3204da8.jpg

2024-11-19 06:43:25

The number of people who have signed the petition to stop the Treaty Principles Bill is now greater than the number who voted for the ACT Party #nzpol #toitūtetiriti
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/113/508/260/565/447/805/original/eeef369668b1f8db.jpg
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/113/508/260/562/533/816/original/8ec0effb8a857702.jpg

2024-06-08 23:28:34

#BREAKING The NZ govt has been secretly using Israeli spyware to search encrypted platforms for audio, video, images & text - collecting info without a person knowing - including family details, financial, health, political & religious information.
#nzpol
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/519051/mbie-ends-contract-with-spyware-company-but-is-looking-for-a-replacement

2023-12-23 22:42:11

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 indeed, we are at much the same place we were before defeat of Nazism. https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1915/junius/ch01.htm
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2023-12-23 22:42:11

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2023-08-29 01:05:02

When you vote this October, remember that you, or a member of your family, could be fired from a new job for no reason at all, under a National-ACT government. #NationalNotFitToGovern https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/496806/national-confirms-it-would-reinstate-90-day-trials