Essential read on this govtβs reckless gaslighting:
βItβs election year, I get it. But implying science & health advice was routinely being ignored fuels the distrust that erodes social cohesionβsomething the report is at pains to emphasise must be restored.β #nzpol
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Let's not forget.
Written a few months into Covid, this 2020 story details how brilliant New Zealand's response was.
Seems like a good time to give these another airing. Taken from Telegram as the Wellington covid occupation ended. #nzpol
Bim Sherman β€οΈ taking me back
A stinklink to this week's musical massage
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Many people reckon Simeon Brown should have asked more questions about the risks of his mandatory higher speed limits in neighbourhoods, around schools & on dangerous highways β evidence that was readily available to him at the time, and that continues to accumulate in the form of injuries & deaths.
Very interesting to compare and contrast the leaders of New Zealand and UK at the time of Covid, and their countryβs relative success in handling the pandemic. Clearly quiet determination and competence in New Zealand wins hands down in every respect. Do you think UK electors will learn.?
Fantastic that every major site has coverage of the Covid-19 Royal Commission findings yet do not mention the very real, very current wave of Covid and ponder out loud that we all might want to get boosted against an ongoing, live threat that we are currently inadequately responding to, how good.
Ah, Amsterdam, never change.
Nah, onions arenβt endangered
And just imagine if we had brand new electric ferries to carry those electrified trains across Cook Strait! Like this year! Oh waitβ¦
I asked myself the same question and this was the only answer I could come up with. I guess he couldnβt find a food bank. Just another reason why govt MPs should be forced to drive through Newtown on the way to and from the airport. Plenty of unmet need there!
James Meager turns up at Parliament this morning with 20kg of onions. Could this be the 'rolling thunder' Christopher Luxon is talking about? #NZPol
Below a photo of Chris Luxon in the NZHerald headline and text following reads: Luxon says 'hand on heart' he'll lead National to election, but fresh poll results show preferred options Last week's poll showed National on track for one of its worst-ever election results.
Imo this is a lie because the man who leads a govt thatβs led the decimation of Te Tiriti in legislation, equity in health, stripped disabled whΔnau of critical support, cut funding to food banks in a cost of living crisis, thrown people out of jobs and emergency housing DOES NOT HAVE A HEART #nzpol
And if National loses, what's the bet he'll resign as an MP within a year of the election, triggering an expensive by-election for Botany? Because we all know he doesn't give a f**k about the actual people living there. #NZPol
![Cartoon. Title: βLingoβ Minister Paul Goldsmith on the phone with the chair of the TVNZ board. He looks a bit annoyed, and is saying, βyou might very well think that [I am annoyed] but I couldnβt possibly comment [that you should fix it]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ok63inudqngo3vogwrqz7zyp/bafkreiavkkbdoqhwg65lbbcsiyjc7senk4e7e7aeikab3y7ngwpyv3hkya)
Cartoon. Title: βLingoβ Minister Paul Goldsmith on the phone with the chair of the TVNZ board. He looks a bit annoyed, and is saying, βyou might very well think that [I am annoyed] but I couldnβt possibly comment [that you should fix it]
Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith and the TVNZ board chair.
My Stuff #cartoon #NZpol #Broadcasting
Keep going @nzpfu. its a dire emergency and FENZ knows it. Keep backing the fire fighters folks ππ¨βππ§―
The world is a heap of steaming π©, so Iβm flying to Auckland tomorrow to be soothed by Gary Stevensonβs suggestions for stopping the billionaires taking everything worth anything. Dragging my son along as part of my lifeβs work of radicalising my offspring. Itβs the small things βπΌ #NZPol
We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace...
Power to the people.
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Screenshot of a social media post by a verified account named David Seymour reading, βOur dinner for Persian freedom fighters was well timed. Let freedom reign this time.β Below the text is a photo of a dining table set with plates, glasses, and a vase of flowers beside large glass doors. Outside the doors hang several green-white-red flags with lion-and-sun emblems. A folded cloth sits on a countertop in the foreground.
Let's not forget that Seymour called New Zealand's first Iranian born member of parliament, a woman whose parents fled the regime as dissidents, a "menace to freedom" resulting in her needing extra security as threats increased
He directed contributed to her being hounded out of public life
A white female plumber, a Jewish gay man and a Muslim wan walked into a hall....and united a community.
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Cartoon. title: βBehind Every Numberβ Eight frames. In each frame, except the last one, is a child holding up a number. Numbers 1-6 have smiling, laughing children. Number seven has a sad child with the number 7 forming part of a banned symbol over their face. The last frame says, βOne in seven NZ kids live in hardship. Up 47,500 since β22β
Behind every number. Since 2022 the number of New Zealand children living in hardship has increased by 47,500. Seems like thatβs by design.
My #cartoon #Children #Hardship #poverty #NZpol #families #whΔnau
Do you think FIFA will revoke his peace prize
The Government is currently negotiating an Enhanced Border Security Partnership with the US Department of Homeland Security that would grant US agencies, including ICE, automated, direct access to New Zealanders' biometric data and identity records.
Just your daily reminder that Chris Bishop is both the chief fundraiser for the National Party election campaign and needs major donations, and the decision maker giving businesses access to the fast track process. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Here we goβ¦
I would chip in.
#nzpol Do not loose sight of this, Aotearoa NZ.
We would need to give him away.
