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If you can put a slogan that the politician did not say and the party do not have as a policy across a photo of a politician with their party name and encouragement to vote for that party, and that's not breaking electoral law, then buckle up because things can only get a lot worse from here on.

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Ohh the SST have let their domain go www.sensible.nz someone with a cheeky smile should buy it, they're still linking to it on their FB page LOL

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Sorry I'm not available to be lectured on "caring about victims" from a lobby group that defended a man who chased down and killed a 15-year-old Māori boy, for allegedly tagging his garage door

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Do not go gentle into that good night, Old-timey circus cannons should fire at close of day; Rage, rage against the lying of the Right.

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So, FALSE PRETENCES now? -- This is how the godly folk at the Sensible Sentencing Trust deceitfully use their supporters' tithes and offerings?

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"After 40yrs of trickle-down politics & economics, New Zealanders are not safer, healthier or happier. Are we willing to have a rational, calm discussion about how to genuinely make our communities safer, or will we stay stuck in knee-jerk shock politics?" - Swarbrick www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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I didn't realise old-timey circus cannon were so expensive www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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The Treaty Principles Bill is back 3PM this Thursday for the second reading. Every submission, every hīkoi, every voice made a difference. Tune in to Parliament TV and watch our collective power in action. Tangata whenua and Tiriti, united. #NZPol #ToitūTeTiriti

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Solid point.

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Most important thing to note. The right wing are scared, the extra parliamentary right wing are desperately hacking at the Greens because they know the Govt is cooked and they need to make replacing them look unappetising, so they're trying out their 2026 campaign tactics now.

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I see the Sensible Sentencing Trust are getting down and dirty with their advertising and attacks on the Green Party. Does make Tam look cool tbh

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So the plan to invest in our hospital infrastructure, originally due by end 2023, delayed to end 2024, included in Q1 2025 Action Plan is STILL not approved. Meanwhile, buildings and infrastructure fail, consultants and health staff leave for overseas. Can’t we just get on with it? #nzpol

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Poster advertising an old-timey circus cannon. Really hope the British kept it in storage somewhere, we need it. Ref S.773-1984, V & A Theatre Museum.

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Shane Jones crying about his wife facing an angry man: “It’s a horrible experience for the spouse of an MP.” WAIT. Aren't Jones and Peters key antagonists when it comes to public lynching - mocking Green MPs & helping to stir a despicable public lynching against Ben Doyle and their family? #nzpol

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Family Court changes: Politicians have little knowledge of 'buried' report from 2022. Family violence experts say the report shows children are at risk in the judicial system. It recommended sweeping changes to the way children are included in custody disputes. #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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The opposite of Fair Pay Agreements: Your boss will be able to dock your pay if he thinks you're not "completing key tasks?" An invitation to employers to load up their employees with unreasonable workloads and then dock their pay if they don't complete them all to timetable.

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Hey fam, just a wee reminder that I'm an artist and I draw lots of nature-inspired cool stuff including apparel, bandanas, and stickers (and enamel pins!) over at pepperraccoon.com <3 would appreciate some folks checking out the store, it's been real sleepy!

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments

I have a few t-shirts from Pepper Raccoon They are not only fab designs/colours, the material used is lovely and soft to wear and great quality I hate that people’s success now hinges on things like how much social media traction they have but here we are… buy t-shirts, etc., tell your friends

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(inevitably) I have fired the old-timey circus cannon that was in the big top and which you were probably saving for a professional Forgive me David Seymour was right there so annoying and so cannonade-able

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Great analysis of the libertarian ideals embedded into ACT and the rhetoric used to sell it to NZers: "Seymour’s responses ... reflect a worldview in which individual rights, as defined by market logic, override historical, collective, or Treaty-based obligations" open.substack.com/pub/melanien...

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"ACT, who want to privatise everything, re-write our Treaty, feed kids slops, and relax gun regulations while doing nothing about climate change, are ... ideological fanatics who are a threat to the cohesion of our society." open.substack.com/pub/nickrock...

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Hey Aussies. Check out the overlaps with US, UK, NZ. Voting for parties interconnected with the #AtlasNetwork could make you die younger. Their policies are killers & life-shorteners. Literally. UK kids = shorter because of policy promoted by Atlas partners. #Auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...

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He also refused to say that abortion was healthcare this week in Parliament - and abortion care at Whakatāne Hospital has been shelved. Patients will have to travel more than an hour to Tauranga - despite Luxon saying, quote, “There'll be no change to any of our abortion laws, funding or access.” 🫠

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Once again, may I remind you that being a bigot, a fascist, an arsehole, or just a plain old cunt, is NOT mental illness. In fact, folk with mental health issues are no more likely to be bigots and arseholes than folk with physical health issues.

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Some excellent fact checking here: "Seymour does not want diverse thinking and inclusion in decision making as it will create barriers for the operations of the corporates and multinationals he supports." localbodies-bsprout.blogspot.com/2025/04/fact...

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A great breakdown/fact checking of Seymour’s rhetoric By Dave Kennedy #nzpol localbodies-bsprout.blogspot.com/2025/04/fact...

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Those of us watching the disintegrating global order closely realise what this means for the Asia-Pacific security situation and New Zealand in particular: A necessary reversion to old-timey circus cannons.

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I was so infuriated when I learned that the government of Aotearoa uses Australian-owned banks rather than Kiwibank to manage its funds. Think how much of that is generating fees that go overseas! Kiwibank is 24 years old! And nobody's got to this yet?! #nzpol

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I am sure the government thinks they are being cunning by allowing larger unconsented sheds to be built. It's a very cynical way for people to vanish off state housing waiting lists, making numbers magically improve, not tracking where people go, and we all need to aware of that #nzpol

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"There are many, many of us who are resisting colonial fictions and who utterly reject the false promises of neoliberalism, exploitation, and trickle-down theory. We are part of wider movement who ‘get it’, who want a better country..." drbex.substack.com/p/solidarity...

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That strutting, preening 8%er has cozened and made love to the very worst people in our country - even now in the face of embarrassing defeat he grasps at straws and prays to his dark lord for just one more, a little more attention, more papers to tear up more hate and harm to cause Fuck him #NZPol

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Everyone should know about Decide, which offers telehealth abortion services for an early medical abortion in the first 9 weeks. However, this will not be suitable for everyone for many reasons (some examples at the link), which is why local access is so crucial. www.decide.org.nz/providers/de...

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Nominate Mihingarangi Forbes for best metaphorical firing of David Seymour out of an old timey circus cannon🏆

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In New Zealand currently, this is 180,000 people. 100,000 people marched on Hīkoi mo te Tiriti. 300,000 people submitted in opposition to TPB.

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And my message tonight goes out to the members of the press gallery representing our major media companies. “MIHI FORBES STOOD IN FRONT OF YOU AND SHOWED YOU HOW IT’S DONE. NOW AOTEAROA NEEDS YOU TO STEP UP AND FOLLOW HER LEAD. -DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU INTERVIEW. -ASK UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS.

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Mihingarangi Forbes absolutely filleting David Seymour and serving him up for breakfast:

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I'm hearing reports that Mihi Forbes has muuuuuurdered David Seymour #NZPol

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If I was David Seymour, I wouldn't have posted this video.

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The Cost of Living Crisis masks the fact that after 80 years of Ayn Rand's Atlas-ly Shrugging* & Masculinist Murdochracy colonial conservatism, trickle down economics has failed. It didn't produce even one drop to those beneath it. * jacobin.com/2019/08/mean... * www.vox.com/policy-and-p...

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There are times when I think the Greens media/comms team are asleep at the wheel...

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This is exactly how it works.

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