Ko Ess Ahau ☀️😷

Luxon left NZ in 1995 and was overseas through a period of massive change in our society. He wasn’t around during the Shipley and Clark years. The lens through which his understanding of NZ is based are those of the 1980s. That’s why he is clueless on many issues. He also DIM and incurious. #nzpol

Gosh this has me in tears of laughter. 😂😂😂

1960s motel table comes to life, startles media with incomprehensible babble

Fill up Nikki for some reason we are over $3.

Exactly.

I show up to your house. The wiring is a mess. The last guy was clearly a complete cowboy; sparks everywhere, charred power sockets, brownouts, the lot. "Don't worry, I'm not an electrician!" I smile while throwing a double thumbs-up. I proceed to put on my snorkel and grab my parasol...

#nzpol

So refreshing in the political sphere. Also value the back stories on some of the #nzpol past events.

Loved Finlayson saying keep lawyers away from PM’ship… pop a few of the Noddy MP aspirations & Winstons

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Those Polls, That War and the Return of Inflation Podcast Episode · Cross Party Lines · 9 March · 46m

Recommend. Love this weekly podcast Cross Party Lines. The combination of 2 experienced politicians from both sides of divide. Don’t have to agree but find my perspective widened.

This week was particularly interesting contribution by Phil Goff from foreign affairs perspective - real gold. #nzpol

Happy days! Wellington’s beating heart in the city is all better. #nzpol

NZ has lined up with 'MAGA US states' on oil, former Marsden Point boss says While others are switching to renewables, we're "going down the 1980s path", David Keat says.

“Keat maintained the current global energy shock should be viewed as a strategic gift by the government.”

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I'm actually very excited about this, as the Visitor From Hawke's Bay. I used to love having the library as a base as it is central, had areas to chill out in, and a cafe.

Will it give Ōtautahi's Tūranga a run for its money??? 😃📚🙌
(More of these please!!!)

The re-opening of Wellington library Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui is a game-changer for the capital We take a tour ahead of its re-opening on Saturday....

The re-opening of Wellington library Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui is a game-changer for the capital

He’s love that. Anything to miss out on question time and media encounters😒

And now fleeing off to Samoa during a fuel crisis (how much will Luxon use up on this junket) in the middle of an international oil crisis. To pick up a fake Matai title.

Why?

#nzpol

Got St John’s on speed-dial

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Paul Goldsmith dismisses advice, makes illegal appointments with impunity.

Each time NZ media let him get away with it it emboldens him.

I met him years ago, he was nothing like this unaccountable vile arrogant person.

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This piece from Hayden Donnell is absolutely top hat #NZPol

Your daily walk matters in more ways than you think If you want stronger lifts and more efficient movement, don’t overlook the one activity you already perform most.

A walk really does make a big difference & we need to build up stamina to kick Luxon, Peters and Seymour to the kerb.

We will be flooded with info, propaganda & lies. A daily at least 1/2 hour walk is a circuit breaker. Kia kaha! #nzpol

I can't believe we have no household solar and no ferries and 43 days of fuel left

We are so dumb

We have the dumbest government but also we are very dumb

Long covid exacerbated my fibromyalgia from off and on to on and worse now more than ever.

The booster saved me from the last time covid entered my house.

Unsurprising from Stuff but this is negligent and dangerous rhetoric

#nzpol

I cannot tell you how much my respect would go up for Luxon and National if they recognised the new situation and went all out for domestic solar and renewables now.

There is political cover from the middle east energy shock

It's only really ego and insecurity that stands in the way. #nzpol

Increasing talk here that Methanex will leave. Hip hip hooray. They use c45% of gas supply, pay almost no tax in this country, are a blight on the landscape, work to 1980s environmental standards - all for just 150 local jobs. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Agree and the coalition is failing and flailing #nzpol

The Cult Of C'thulhu does not count social profit. This measures the total benefit of public expenditure. Countries and their governments are corporations - attempts to run them as such always fail.

Scrapping clean car discount cost $138m in fuel savings – transport officials The advice was never officially presented because the new government suspended the need for regulatory impact statements for undoing Labour-era policies.

If only there was some sort of vehicle that did not need imported fuel to run. May be the government could encourage their purchase with some sort of clean car discount, and save money doing it. What a wild idea!
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#nzpol instead of ram raids they’ve moved on to other anti-social behaviours

Winston not be Kingmaker NZ.

Tbh Winston isn’t up to the job. If he goes NZ is left with “mouthy no action” dishonest Shane.

Hasn’t followed the world towards clean energy.

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What is the point of NZ First anyway. They shouldn’t have the role of Kingmaker. What exactly, other than Gold card, have they done for Aotearoa? #nzpol

World Energy Outlook 2024 – Analysis - IEA World Energy Outlook 2024 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

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IEA was organisation NZ has belonged to that Shane Jones quoted in 🧵1 . They through member countries have just released oil into the market.

This is the advice they gave Jones & Coalition in 2024.

He & Coalition should have been encouraging/implementing clean energy alternatives. #nzpol