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#BHN Chris Hipkins LIVE on COVID19 Inquiry | Willis on NZ's debt | Kapa-Kingi expulsion illegal #nzpol

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Move-on orders 'not welcome here', Wellington leaders say An open letter decrying the introduction of powers to enable police to relocate people from certain areas has been sent to the Prime Minister.

This is what local political leadership looks like.

The answer lies in longer term solutions, including the building of more public housing and the resourcing of critical support services.

Instead all we're getting is the criminalisation of poverty.

I don't expect much from Peters and Seymour, but to see Simeon and Luxon blatantly politicising the 2nd Covid report is disgraceful.

Dr Ayesha Verrall is right, they are desperate.
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The epic story of NZ’s communications-led fight against Covid-19 How an extraordinary communications effort stepped up to help a country judged chronically ill-prepared for a pandemic.

Let's not forget.

Written a few months into Covid, this 2020 story details how brilliant New Zealand's response was.

Shares plunge as oil prices rocket to four year high

Air NZ stock prices have crashed to a 17-year low. Finance minister Nicola Willis is hinting at a delay to this year's fuel tax hike, reports Andrew Patterson.

I'm all for the media releasing the hounds on Luxon, but it's interesting that it's a bad poll that gets them frothing rather than his govt's support for war and the immense harms the govt has done to health, Te Tiriti, education, the environment and the people suffering as a result.
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What opposition parties in NZ need to realise is that it's no longer necessary to campaign on policy to get elected. You can just enact legislation of any kind when you get in.

Wealth taxes unpopular? Don't mention them in the campaign, then SURPRISE!

Petrol prices jump past $3 a litre at the pump The price of 95 petrol has hit $3 in some parts of the country as conflict in the Middle East pushes up oil prices.

Good thing we turned public and active transport into an unhinged culture war, eh?

‘He's not going anywhere’: Justice Minister backs PM Luxon ahead of dire new poll The poor rating follows weeks of criticism of Christopher Luxon’s leadership.

Old Tom Coughlan has an un paywalled story in the herald this morning about a bad poll for National, and he quotes numerous Nat mps but zero ppl from outside the party & you really get the feeling he’s literally embedded in the Nat caucus these days.

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Vice signalling.

Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications.

Big if true
#Musk #Elon #Trump #Election #Fraud #FDT #ICEOUT #GA #PedoProtector #EpsteinClass #Epstein
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Climate change is here. NZ isn't ready Analysis: A serious approach to climate adaptation requires reckoning with the grim reality the future holds: more storms, more floods, more heat.

NZ must reckon with the grim reality of our future: more storms, floods and heat.

This is a confronting situation. And yet, if we are to shield our communities, our infrastructure and our economy from the worst excesses of climate change, it is one we must confront.
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NZ seems to be a hub of disinformation and manipulation. First with Topham Guerin manipulating the 2019 election for Morrison to win and now AI Blackface. Awful and relentless. How can we make it stop.

In case you missed it, hark at this yarn ft Aotearoa's own Topham Guerin

Can NZ grow with just the 'bits-tacked-on'? RBNZ says GDP must grow from now on without housing booms driving consumer spending & investment, but isn't sure the 'bits-tacked-on' are enough, so is downplaying talk of an early rate hike in 2026

2/2 So the RBNZ is downplaying talk of an early rate hike. In my view, we don’t know how to go cold turkey & we can’t handle that truth, until we have a proper rehab of savings & investment incentives for households. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

Can NZ grow with just the 'bits-tacked-on'? RBNZ says GDP must grow from now on without housing booms driving consumer spending & investment, but isn't sure the 'bits-tacked-on' are enough, so is downplaying talk of an early rate hike in 2026

The RBNZ says the economy must grow from now on without housing booms super-charging consumer spending, but isn't sure the 'bits-tacked-on' in our 'housing market with bits tacked on' type of economy are enough to power growth. 1/2 #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

Christchurch boil water notice issued in public health alert The Christchurch City Council has issued a public health alert, advising of the need to boil all drinking water, in a large portion of the city.

New Zealand right wing government has sabotaged the country’s infrastructure. First it was the ferries and now the water. This cannot go on #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Hannan is in the House of Lords. That’s another Atlas Network (Tufton Street in the UK) operator (like Liz Truss) in government for life. Atlas Network partners in #NZpol had this Hannan drongo parlaying his Boris🙄-gifted title into clout.

And #Auspol Atlas 🙄 www.cis.org.au/publication/...

So I have to pay more on my power bill, which is powered by hydro - a long term investment in energy security made by a past National Govt - to pay for a gas terminal which will be entirely beholden to foreign gas markets, a dying industry.

Why have 3 waters when you can mix them all up into One Water

Labour demands unredacted advice on Govt's India deal before backing it Chris Hipkins noted Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was committed to a deal one of his government coalition partners had refused to support.

"Labour is demanding the Government hand over unredacted advice on its India trade agreement and meet a series of conditions before it will back the deal."

Pure hubris from National in demanding Labour agree to India FTA while hiding the details from Labour. Something dodgy afoot #nzpol

A rates crap in action- thanks government! #nzpol

Two-year ban on taking shellfish and seaweed from rockpools north of Auckland The ban is for all of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, and further north at Kawau Bay and Ōmaha Bay.

Environmental cosplay at its finest.. #nzpol

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Two-year ban imposed on rockpool harvesting north of Auckland The temporary closure — requested by Ngāti Manuhiri and backed by a rāhui — will prohibit taking most marine life from east coast rockpools from next month.

Enforcement will be interesting.

David Seymour is to ban Opera and foreign movies as ‘people need to know what things are’. #nzpol

David Seymour to ban all recipes as "people need to know what things are" and mixing ingredients leads to confusion #nzpol

I’d rather we remove David Seymour.

We already know what he is.
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Hey take the win. Do Māori really want to be associated with David Seymour’s toxic lunch fail?

Petty racist man cow-tailing to big overseas business and, at the same time, trying to divide NZ’ers. Get rid.

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