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Absolutely agree

Over the years, I have seen Winston Peters use Parliamentary Privilege and innuendo to attack public servants and ordinary kiwis. But I have never condoned that behaviour. But i think people need to resist the slippery slope, despite how Winston has behaved

I can understand why he isn't saying that here.

It's kind of like his boss going overseas and complaining about the quality of NZ businesses

For students , this doesn't work during a housing crisis. If they move for a short term job, they then lose somewhere to live during the term.

Of course, it's not the PMs fault there is a housing crisis. It's pure coincidence that it has grown under his watch. And we have stopped building houses

Just don't try that outside Winston Peters house. It makes him angry. You won't like him when he is angry..

It's all about paradigm. Consider it as a satire of news and I find it much more enjoyable.
The sad thing is that people (including my partner!!) actually tune into this stuff.

‘The world doesn’t owe you a living’: PM says 4300 teens will lose Jobseeker benefit next year Only teenagers from “very low income” families will be eligible for the Jobseeker benefit, with Social Development Minister Louise Upston describing welfare for young people as a “trap”. But other in...

If you will be 18YO by NZ Election 2026, or know anyone in this category, please remind them to enrol to vote. Make sure they have a say on NZ Govt proposal to remove social safety net of Unemployment Benefit for 18 + 19YOs.

Excuse is that parents can pay 🙄
#NZpol
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Its just a guess, but I am assuming Barry Soper talk about Building Earthquake Standards. If not, please don't listen. It was truly embarassing

25,000 applicants is incredible! And such a sign of the time. It's so easy to see such a massive number as just a statistic and not think of the different stories of those thousands of families under stress.

Also, lazy bottom dwellers.

I found the serious Brain Dead helped me understand some of what was happening

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"We are not embracing enough technology " (source: NZ PM Luxon)

"We've had no practice on the Parliament by Zoom" (source NZ Minister Collins, justifying why she traveled during pandemic lockdown, prior to becoming Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology)

#nzpol #goldfish

"It's an entitlement and I'm well within the rules. I'm entitled to the entitlements that everyone else has"

It worked for John Keys boy. Look how successful he has become based purely on his own abilities

You can't fit thousands of job seekers into tens of jobs.
And while Luxon might call himself sorted, the country isn't, even if he doesn't want to do anything about it.

Musical Chairs sums up the stupidity of Coalition Govt beatifully.

"The world does't owe you a living" says the man who has killed off 10's of thousands of jobs. And then suggests teens need need to get themselves sorted. He is incapable of considering himself at fault

Rich-lister controlled charity posts surplus after Govt funding boost to its childcare centres BestStart is the largest operator in the early childhood sector, with over 260 centres.

Wright Family Foundation receives over $300 million of taxpayers' funding & posts $41.6 million op. profit. The business was converted to a "charity" & pays no tax.
The Wright Family bankrolled Sean Plunkett & The Platform, which regularly attacks govt 'handouts' #nzpol
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I wonder what would have happened if he had done this at school, or when he was selling underarm deodorant?

"I don't take offence from people I don't take advice from" is comedy gold for a Party infamous for not taking advice.

Even today, after reading about electricity reforms, the PM seemed proud to ignore the most significant advice

Plans for 18,000 more dairy cows in Canterbury have been revealed.

In a nitrate emergency, the there should be a reduction in cow numbers, not MORE dairy expansion.

AI miss-identified two Māori men - Taiuru & Associates Ltd AI search has misidentified two different Māori men in a search of a prominent Māori Data Governance leader.

Google AI search miss-identified me and another Māori man
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Yeah, but I bet Norway is regretting not having a Foreign Minister who admitted he was ineffectual, and everyone else needs to solve the challenges of climate change like the NZ Foreign Minister

Meanwhile:

"Building consent overhaul ‘the most significant in a generation’, minister says"

I'm pretty sure nothing could go wrong. Especially as the Coalition has such a strong track record of evidence based decisions /s

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It feels appropriate to remind people that the Govt collects around $300 million per annum for mining fees and royalties

And that the Govt reduced excise duty on tobacco products by over $210 million per annum

This is the best summary of this I have read. If you don't read the research, remember this when people reject ideas, and discredit experts. Trolls invoke this approach a lot

Yes, this is a common technique. Adding an AI Critic improved productivity by another 20% on some recent work. Across 50+ people, it paid for itself within a week

Four departing mayors tell us what they really think They want to keep Māori wards, think rates capping will fail, and say the government is being patronising and paternalistic.

There’s a lot wisdom in here, thanks @haydendonnell.bsky.social
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If only I could remember who was in power in 2016...

If National are the self declared "party of business", how come business doesn't like National?

It's a pretty sad list when Ministers Bishop and Mitchell are in the top 5

Weird how we could say the exact same thing about Seymour here too. 🤔 #nzpol

At least this time Minister van Velden is leaving some time for public consultation.

Compared to that time when she unilaterally decided to wipe all existing pay equity claims

Wealthy NZ family member guilty of child abuse images given sentence discount for donation He gave $50,400 to charities days before his sentencing was scheduled.

Rich man buys shorter prison sentence www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wealthy-n...