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Left leaning 40-something in Dunedin | Ōtepoti NZ. Enemy of infinite scrolling and short form video. I like making pictures. He/him Blog: https://petesi.me
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The Video Dispatch, United Video, Video Ezy, Blockbuster, Aro Video. I miss them all.

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Went through a breath testing checkpoint this afternoon. Cops asked me to count to 7 rather than the 10 I'm used to. Must be government cutbacks. #nzpol

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Gee I bet all those who voted against Harris because of Gaza are happy now.

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It's time to empower the Commerce Commission to break up Fonterra's monopoly. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

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Seymour wants to do to toddlers what he did to school lunches. #nzpol

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With plans to abolish the census it looks like NZ is going to entrench vibe-based policy making. www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/18/f... #nzpol

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It's about 11,000 km from NZ to the continental US, so I can post this with some detachment, but it seems Childish Gambino/Donald Glover is only ever more correct. #uspol

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Oh, they're arresting senators now, huh? #uspol

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The first 20 years of the New Zealand Listener is now online through the National Library's Papers Past initiative. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...

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Trump has federalized the National Guard over events in Los Angeles. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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I can't say I'm a fan of winter.

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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

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I don't believe this, but God I want to. #SlavaUkraini

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Historical aside: Ruth Richardson became a life member of the Mont Pelerin Society after her infamous run as Minister of Finance in NZ. Deeply, unapologetically committed to the cause of reshaping the state to naturalise markets at the centre of all things, regardless of harm caused.

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They gave Ruth Richardson a gong? JFC. #nzpol

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RNZ: Defence Minister Judith Collins endorses Trump's Golden Dome amid contract frenzy #nzpol

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I think the ODT missed a golden opportunity to use "Once more with feeling" as the headline here.

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#nzpol Today’s Budget takes $12.8bn from low-income, female dominated workforces to prop up the governments failed economic policies. It's a Reverse Robin Hood Budget that steals from working people. This is a Budget that isn’t working for working people. A 🧵

submitted 35 days ago • 11 comments

I have just joined the Green Party. #nzpol

submitted 35 days ago • 4 comments

One. Term. Government. #nzpol

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#nzpol At 5pm yesterday, the Treasury informed the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) it has been barred from attending the Budget lock-up on 22 May. This is the first time the CTU has been prevented from attending a Budget lock-up in living memory

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I watched The Corporation about 20 years ago. Well before the GFC, the dominance of private equity and the emergence of the oligarchy. In light of all these it was remarkably prescient. #nzpol youtu.be/6v8e7dUwq_Q?...

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Yeah, that's about right. #nzpol #8values

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Cassocks are red Conclaves are dope Wake up babe we got a

submitted 48 days ago • 1549 comments

Sigh.

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submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Does anyone have a spare catapult to launch a government into the sun? Asking for a small, South Pacific country. #nzpol

submitted 50 days ago • 2 comments

#nzpol The pay equity decision today – just before Mothers Day – takes employment law back decades. It will likely impact the earnings of hundreds of thousands of women, often working in some of the most poorly paid work. It will cost us all in the long-run. A 🧵 www.beehive.govt.nz/release/chan...

submitted 51 days ago • 8 comments

Sculptures of two giant eagles from the “Lord of the Rings” films will be removed from New Zealand's Wellington Airport this month after looming over travelers for 12 years.

submitted 51 days ago • 12 comments

Sigh. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Movie you've seen more than 6 times using gifs

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Just gonna leave this here 😂

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Well done Australia. Let's hope NZ sees a Left swing next year. #Nzpol #auspol

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I cannot underline enough that HALVING the operating allowance can only be read as an intentional attempt to destroy the country given the conditions that the National coalition have, again, intentionally created over the last 18 months There should be zero argument about this

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