There was no need to start a new procurement process. We are paying for this part of the project to be done twice.
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There was no need to start a new procurement process. We are paying for this part of the project to be done twice.
Our diplomats also attended.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
In the absence of investigative journalism in MSM, we're extremely lucky to have people like Melanie Nelson & Dr Ryan Ward dedicating their time to inform the public. #nzpol youtu.be/LPO26Rc8pls?...
I am sure I read you didnt last night. But it makes absolute sense that you should be a citizen.
The article is here somewhere but I have to go cook dinner etc
I wish I was š
We already have the Mosque killer and the ISIS bride they stripped of citizenship. 1 in jail & the other de radicalised. It seems like we might be better at dealing with Aussie radicals than they are.
You dont have to have citizenship to serve
"Gaza has been.. turned into rubble & that has been part of a deliberate policy by the Israeli govt to make Gaza unliveable.. [destroying] the vast majority of homes, hospitals, water & electricity infrastructure, starved the population" Omar Shakir from @hrw.org
Lol
I will die on this hill: it isnāt hard to say āat the height of the pandemicā or āat the start of COVIDā during a podcast interview. Producers, hosts, donāt let your guests say āduring COVIDā like this thing is over. Correct them. Ask them to say the sentence again. This is your job.
Man, this has been confusing. So: * the data centres do exist, they're just on rented premises that are being kept secret * obviously they haven't invested in $7.5b of servers/infrastructure that's a "we plan to in the next 1000 years maybe" number? * The $10b to gdp number is bs but that's BAU
One thing Iām relieved about is the calibre of candidates running for the MÄori Ward. Te Paea and Matt are great and would both make a very fine Councillor. In saying that I still want to win it so vote for me š #nzpol
We need pest control on these rates control assholes. Itās called your Vote!
Turns out AWS arent building one anyway They rented space in already existing data centres.
#nzpol Are you feeling frustrated at our government. Are you wishing we could organise a protest against the damage they are doing to our country? Lets at least join this one & protest the damage being done to Palestine. See www.psna.nz for details of what is happening near you.
We are hungry,and prices are unbearable. Life is impossible under war and displacement, with barely any food. Every day we survive on hope . Please help. Donate so we can buy food. Even the smallest support can bring life to starving souls. Verified by: @mommunism.bsky.social gofund.me/aa119790
The only way to bring change to North Korea is to keep talking to them. If sitting politicians were meeting with them I would question it. But Clark & Key are not government employees so distant enough that it is just ensuring someone with influence has a civil relationship & can talk to officials.
I'm curious about this post from @methanesat.bsky.social -- the claim is that they have a "year's worth" of data in the can. However, the spacecraft was launched in March 2024, had a nominal three month commissioning period, but was largely unworkable until it failed completely on 20 June, 2025.
Heavy rains and floods have been wreaking havoc on communities across #Sudan. Climate change + war + already fragile infrastructure (further destroyed by war) = disastrous, deadly combination. #KeepEyesOnSudan
I want the government to fund our nurses and healthcare system. I know people whose healthcare was delayed, not by strikes, but by our overburdened system struggling under the load. There isn't even appropriate gynaecological care in our capital city. It's INSULTING how poorly our public system is.
Every time I hear Health NZ representatives say the nurses are putting people at risk I think: no, Health NZ, you are putting people at risk and this strike is Nurses trying to stop your harm
I agree with us taking him in. However, don't forget we are housing the Australian born Christchurch mosque killer for the rest of his life.
I think it is good to keep the lines of communication open with Global South countries. Especially ones like North Korea. The USA led western empire is slowly collapsing. Brics is increasing in power. We might need good relationships with these countries in the not too distant future.
I had an experience last night, at a candidate event and I'd talked about some of the threats and harassment myself and others had faced on council. A woman came up to me afterwards and said, what you're described is abuse and it's not okay. And it was just such a profound moment.
What happened to don't engage, don't (quote) dunk, just report, block and move on? That strategy seemed to work in keeping these ghouls out.
2025 was a year that Bluesky lost it's way, time to correct it. credit to @lyndonhood for these
The message is clear: Pay equity is not optional. Livelihoods should never be on the political chopping block. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... Add your voice to the call at the Women's Day of Action! š©RSVP: www.together.org.nz. #WomensDayOfAction #RiseUpForPayEquity #ProtectPayEquity #NZPol
The 2023 IRD wealth study found that the richest 300 people in NZ pay tax on income of 9.4%, versus 28% for someone earning $80k. Luxon Govt is removing the clauses of the tax law that allowed IRD to collect the study data. They donāt want you to know. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
I support the nurses strike #nzpol
A sea turtle surfacing by a MASSIVE school of rays near Clearwater, Florida a couple days ago. Another post into the BluSky void. Maybe 2 or 3 people will see this one and my time won't have been wasted. I'll keep trying a little longer. #nature #animals #amazing #wildlife #awesome #ocean
'Coming from a family of Holocaust survivors, Professor Schabas warns that Gaza represents a ālitmus testā for the credibility of international justice and the authority of global legal institutions.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvIk...
'Asked... about a āPlan Bā if #Israel blocks the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, Greta Thunberg delivered a defiant response: āIf Israel once again violates international law, our Plan B is to come back even bigger.ā She stressed... mission is not charity but solidarity...'' www.youtube.com/watch?v=Laur...
It's worth remembering who introduced "Modern learning Environments" back in 2014... the previous National govt. Any time you hear the current govt not automatically blaming Labour you can be sure the fault is their own. #nzpol
My weekly budget for 3 farm workers + me is $300. 3 of us are coeliac which increases costs. Meat & eggs dont come out of household spending money thankfully.
For our Coalition Government to treat our nurses so poorly is dehumanizing and disrespectful. If a Coalition MP were in a hospital bed the nurses and doctors would treat them with respect and care. Why dont you do the same for them. #nzpol
Deport him back to us. He will have few buddies here & can maybe be given a long jail sentence when he does his next bit of violence.
It is pretty tragic that MSM dont report that MLE/FLE/ILE were hugely promoted under John Keys government.
Last week I came across this fine Akaroa daisy beside the road at Ellangowan Scenic Reserve. Celmisia mackaui is an endangered species found only on the south-eastern corner of Banks Peninsula. So of course I had to put together a Wikipedia article about it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celmisi...
The Archbishop is right & DNA evidence proves his point: the Palestinian Christians have the closest DNA match to Bronze Age skeletons from the region of any major contemporary group (only the tiny Samarian community has a closer alignment.) share.google/lEOJEExpZpVX...
This is the nact1 legacy; destroying our future (as a country, as a species, as a planet) for a quick buck today. Not only do we need to throw these scumbags out, we need to ensure that Labour, Greens, Te PÄti MÄori all know we DEMAND change. No spineless middle ground garbage. #nzpol
My Mum's care worker helps her shower & get dressed every morning. She works 0700 to 8.45pm, 3 hrs off during day. Has every second weekend off, but that's still 12 days in a row. Staff shortages have meant she missed her weekend off: is working 26 days straight. No overtime No pay equity #nzpol
If only someone had told them this would happen. This is another case of nz media failing us. Rather than ask what the alternatives were to 3 waters were, they just focused on amplifying liars and racists. #nzpol
Thatās an insultingly pathetic offer. Pay equity claims have been dismissed so thereās no path to a more reasonable pay scale, and now theyāre being offered three years of effective pay cuts because inflation will significantly outstrip the rises. #nzpol
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His name is accurate
I dont know the details. I wish a reporter would investigate this properly.
A wealth tax is highly unlikely to target those people. It will help them because their will be more $ to spend on social services such as free dentistry, public hospitals, free prescriptions, building public transport, subsidised winter heating & solar installation. Funding of food banks. + more
I will say son number 2 was the sole person available to do the stock work 1 week when he was sick. He did short days & interacted with no one. The next week they sent him home for 2 days. But they definitely try to reduce the spread of illness.
If you weren't doubling down no one would care. Plenty of other people made the same mistake and didnt start an argument when told.
Which country is this graph for?
Local Elections: I cannot stress enough how important it is to āKnow Your Candidatesāā¦& which party has been quietly working to entrench their destructive neoliberal ideology across our political landscape. #LocalElectionsNZ #VoteYESToMÄoriWards #nzpol #TangataTiriti www.actlocal.nz/candidates
Another way government austerity is failing healthcare and the NZ people. Underfunded Te Whatu Ora / Health NZ is cutting access to the Cochrane Library, a gold standard source of information to support health decision-making. NZers use it 246 times per day. #nzpol tinyurl.com/3jya8hkd
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
āYouāre better off rentingā say the capitalists.
"What we are able to report.. is only the tip of the iceberg of mountains of cases and evidence of the spread of malnutrition" Hani Mahmoud reporting a few minutes ago from Gaza City on the spread of starvation.
I am not advocating for joining neo liberals. If Voting for Greens or TPM is a proxy vote for Labour what is the alternative? Not voting helps National. How do you propose we fight neoliberalism?
None of that excuses ignorance about the rest of the world. None of it excuses assuming every conversation is about the USA.
She identifies as Tangata Tiriti in her bio. Do you know who Tangata Tiriti are? Is this term ever used in the USA? That should have been enough for you to know she wasnt writing about USA politics. The era of people being polite to USA centric people is over.
I wrote youse lot a fuckin' fairy tale! #NZPol
Are people with 2+ houses struggling? Most proposals for a wealth tax exclude the home you are living in.
There are some Americans loose today who are not escaping the entitled cultural-imperialist allegations. "You're not talking about your country, or if you are I am better informed about it than you are, and disagreeing with me is abuse. I will demonstrate my leftism by yelling at women for hours."
According to the farmers around here every supermarket is making a loss on butter. Quite frightening if that is true.
Yet they think Labour is better at all the things that make up the economy. Jobs, taxation, housing cost, cost of living, fuel cost, poverty & household debt. Do people know what the economy is?
Mine is a reaction to multiple different chemicals found in many many hygiene products & water. Like the copper from the pipe the water flows through!
Cats assign their own jobs. The feral cat who adopted us prefers human food so is our garbage disposal unit. I dont know where he puts everything he eats. He is really skinny. The pampered house cat happily chases & eats anything that moves. Your pets may've decided they r your exercise machines
New Zealanders electricity bills are already high. When Luxon blocks offshore wind, by fast tracking seabed mining in the same place, he is driving electricity prices higher, while blocking new low emissions generation. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
It seems like governments who oppose Israel need to start living & working in bunkers or deep cave systems.
They have exposed what the values of the Global North governments really are.
These continued actions by Israel, & lack of consequences, are doing more, by orders of magnitude, than any other actor to utterly & irrevocably destroy whatever people are yapping about when invoking 'western values' or 'rules based international order' www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
I worked in two 1c schools. They changed my life & politics forever. What those families cope with is heartbreaking. KidsCan was phenomenal. My only regret is that I didnt provide more food.
Beautiful 1860s Victorian butterfly, which was used to store small packets of sewing needles on the underside of the wings. This was a collaboration between a London-based drapers company and a sewing needle manufacturer. On exhibit at Tatter Blue, a Brooklyn textile museum. IG tatterbluelibrary
"I think we should start calling them Fisher and Paykel, because they've got more spin than a front load washing machine." I'll give Hipkins credit, that is funny #nzpol #fisherandpaykel www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Blast. You have reminded me I was meant to use our hens eggs yesterday. The egg holders are overflowing. I might go visit the neighbours instead.
I really wish they would allow kids to work from home when they are still infectious but beginning to regain energy. My 2 sons now work in agriculture. They are encouraged to stay home for longer when they are sick than they were allowed at high school. Employers know the impact of spreading illness
Schools, in general, are shitty employers imo. Lots of support staff are well and truly underpaid. Some have contracts that basically mean they are part time, don't get paid when teachers are on holiday. Few are living wage employers. Teacher aides have a really tough job and deserve better.
What happened to our country? - Emily Writes āOur reputation is in tatters, and we can never claim to be a country that stands up for what is right, regardless of what the US thinks, if we donāt act immediately.ā #NZpol
That may be an accent issue. New Zealanders play swapsies with vowels. We do pronounce it mee-lee. Also sex=six & six=sex
She's married! They shouldnt!
The Sermon on the Mount is what Jesus used to explain what he said was the greatest commandment & a summary of all the law. All understanding of scripture should line up with: Love God, self & neighbour. Neighbour includes the people you most hate. Love is defined in 1st Corinthians 13.
Here they would be RW or maybe even far right. The dems way of running a country (not codifying Roe vs Wade) prioritising private property rights & militarism is more similar to our far right party (ACT).
The important part of the post was what slur we are going to call our finance minister. Nicki no boats OR Nicola no boats. ("No boats" is in reference to a specific bulls up decision she made that has broken our infrastructure system until 2029.)
We are all exhausted by USAians. We find the USAians belief that their society is anything like what the rest of the world is like frustrating. There are attitudes & values that USAians display which are repugnant to many people outside the USA.
Without better research we really have no idea how the drug interaction works at more reasonable daily intake levels. For some things the negative outcome as a result of a drug interaction is just too life changing. Eg: pregnancy, heart attack.
So what is your solution? Give up and dont vote? IMO we would be much further down the privatisation & neo liberal path if we didn't have TPM & Greens. It is mostly them who has led most of the opposition to our current governments nonsense & helped organise the outstanding response to TPB & RSB.
I wouldnt risk it with that either. But with my anti depressants that dont really work anymore I am happy to take an occasional risk. At worst I spend a day gaming instead of being slightly productive.
I like your new name. š¤£ Maybe it will stop them butting in.
The NZ lw political community on BS all know each other. You insulted someone we all like & respect. We leaped in to defend our friend. Welcome to NZ social circles were we all know each other.
And we did like your first comment. But we are also sick of USAians thinking that everything on SM is about them & not checking first. Your replies to being told we weren't in the USA were not appreciated.
Democrats would be RW in New Zealand. What works for Democrats in USA isnt going to work for NZs LW.
That is true. But this discussion is originaly about what nickname to call our female finance minister that wont put off swing voters. Context is important. We arent discussing how to stop the MPs who suck up to Trump.
Reading from people who have studied the historical context, languages, historical literature, historical cultures of an ancient text is not reading fan fiction. This attitude explains why you dont understand the sermon on the mount.
You dont know much about politics or life in NZ do you?
I suggest you read Jesus Creed by Scot McKnight. Or Sermon on the Mount by John Stott.
The USA left has no parties with power in government. NZ left have greens & TPM. Liberal Labour need coalition partners. The issues for NZ left are not the same as the issues for the liberal Democrats
Jesus did things differently. He only pushed back against dogmatic religious leaders. He taught loving our enemies. Ie: being kind, gentle, patient, good. We don't get to choose who to be unkind to. We have to be kind to all.
Checking the bio of the OP before replying wouldve helped. Not assuming everything on a global sm app is about your country would help too.
In New Zealand politics we are not fighting against authoritarian right fascists!