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@sachadylan.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 7:07 AM

I hope the incoming government funds swift exits for key troublemakers like Levy. Pay em out, then out the door. #NzPol

@sophieactual.mitsuko.nz Oct 12, 2026, 7:07 AM

"acknowledged that there were aggravating features of Rogers' offending"

why did you bury that in the final paragraph Lucy Xia and your RNZ editors

are police immune from legislated social standards while enforcing them?

#nzpol

@zaichishka.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 7:04 AM

There's something satisfying avout being able to mute Winston's political ad on TV.
#nzpol

@talaria-fyi.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 7:03 AM

"30% of New Zealanders will be paying more tax."
#TOP
#nzpol

@talaria-fyi.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 7:00 AM

#TOP
20:18 House Prices: "We we anticipate that it would drop a little bit initially, but then it would continue to rise as with everything else"

AFTER THE POOR, BENEFICIARIES, SUPERANNUITANTS HOUSES SOLD.

HOUSE PRICES RISE.

NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO BUY A HOME.

FUNDS WILL OWN EVERYTHING.
#nzpol

@jeremywalker.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 6:52 AM

.. guess where, #NZpol, after it worked in #Auspol, the Nationals got their 'Stop the Car Tax' campaign from? Jordan Williams did the Dirty Work of pushing it through his shady #AtlasNetwork astroturfing unit NZ Taxpayer's Union. National also hired Topham Guerin for their digital election disinfo.

@sachadylan.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 6:41 AM

When a politician is punching down to distract voters from pressing needs, we rely on media to call it that.

They mostly refuse. #NzPol

@tuihunt.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 6:40 AM

That‘s the exact language (and PR firm) that NZ’s National party used to get rid of our highly successful EV subsidy when they were elected in 2023 #nzpol

@dejanajuk.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 6:37 AM

“Ex-police officer Matthew Rogers seeks no conviction for possessing objectionable publications - Category 2B Child Sexual Abuse Material” because it would affect his job prospects? Child pornography is not a victimless crime & employers have a right to judge whether he’s a fit/safe person. #nzpol

@talaria-fyi.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 6:36 AM

Absolute drivelling idiot.
"It's not like people are going to come and take your house off you"
"Interest free"
"I think a lot of people of my age, for example, well, we don't own rental properties, but I guess people historically in our position"
Dumkin: mesmerised.
youtu.be/SyxPU9oenas?...
#nzpol

@toptags.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 6:30 AM

🚀 BlueSky trending hashtags (15m) #16-30:

#spd #birdoftheday #aiart #adult #gay #milf #horny #gamedev #青空ごはん部 #nzpol #boobs #asian #brown #penis #ass

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@sisyphusreturns.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 6:30 AM

#nzpol 🇳🇿

@nzkatya.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 6:20 AM

This is not new information, but I'm glad Andrew Campbell has included it in his book and talked about it in his interview with Audrey Young in the NZH. It seems particularly pertinent today with Ukraine taking out a Russian data centre and the effect on far right bots #nzpol

The second term was more difficult with controversy over lockdowns, vaccination mandates, and demand for managed isolation. Political differences became polarised and online abuse towards Ardern heightened.

But some of it was stirred up by foreign players. On a visit to Microsoft head office in the United States, Brad Smith had revealed that Microsoft research showed New Zealand’s consumption of Russian state-sponsored disinformation about vaccinations had risen sharply at the end of December 2021, 30% higher than in Australia or the United States, and had peaked just before the occupation of Parliament grounds.

Campbell believes on reflection that Ardern was left “undefended” at the online abuse and wondered why more people did not go to her defence.

“In a sense, her strategy was to sort of ignore it and not engage with it,” he told the Herald.

“I don’t think in hindsight that’s the right strategy because actually, it’s not going away.”

Social media and disinformation were now such a big part of politics, and particularly against women, that the strategy needed to shift, to actively mobilise supporters and Labour members against it.

“I often felt she was quite isolated ... it would have been good to try and have more people drowning some of that out, coming to her defence more often, not just leaving it to her.

@sophieactual.mitsuko.nz Oct 12, 2026, 6:19 AM

here's Willis' current wikipedia version

archive.ph/MPIXq

and Uffindell's current wikipedia version

archive.ph/6HO6N

2/2

#nzpol

@sophieactual.mitsuko.nz Oct 12, 2026, 6:18 AM

i'm getting seriously pissy about the squabbles between different international orgs over saving a current copy of a website

i have a sandboxed copy of FF to get around some of this, IronFox on my phone just sez nah, fuck off

1/2

#nzpol

@huiasue.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 6:16 AM

#National & the #Coalition have lost the small #business vote, and that’s ominous (for them) -but HARDLY surprising! #Neoliberal #austerity means no one is spending #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

@talaria-fyi.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 6:08 AM

Frankly, Sean Plunkett's X account has better commentary on TOP's dangers to the poor/middle than #BHN, @bernardchickey.bsky.social @paulbarlownz.bsky.social
or any so-called "left" influencers.
They seem hell bent on getting Labour, at the cost of #TOP destruction of home ownership.
#nzpol