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The NZ Electricity Authority found that generator Meridian Energy manipulated the power market, spilling water, to burn coal to enable charging consumers top rates-for max profits- & costing consumers $80 million. Apparently they all did it. The price of #privatisation

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❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing

❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker

❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing

❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs

The sole reason we have high electricity prices right now is because the gentailers got privatized

Induction hob so easy to clean. No boil over clean ups. Most of our pots still worked.

Same. I love the speed, the responsiveness and the fact that you don’t have boiled over stuff to clean up.

Here is the power I received today . $28 and that’s running the house,aircon on all night and charging the car!

When occasionally she writes something vaguely disapproving of the right, people think it’s a sign of redemption but no.

Govt's climate strategy: Let it burn Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution – even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes

Paywall lifted: At every turn, the Govt has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Govt’s other priorities.

The long retreat:
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'Calm down' - Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick on coalition's homeless plan The Auckland Central MP says moving rough sleepers out of the city centre will only shift the problem to another place.

Thousands of people are homeless in this country thanks to Chris Bishop and his cronies.
As Chlöe says "They have intentionally chosen to make more people homeless" and now they want to push homeless people into places they can't be seen by the wealthy #nzpol

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I asked the Dr to chart him some ABs as I could hear there was a problem with his breathing. The look said ‘what would I know?’

Oh that is so like my father’s death. Had a fall in the garden, broken collar bone and sore hip. Caught pneumonia in hospital and died. It filled me with rage.

So proud of Principal Julia Davidson for defying Ministry advice.

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What a journey that has been. Be gentle with yourself.

Oh no!

Bump - Hawkes Bay

Stuff has a poll folks. You know what to do!

Stuff has a poll folks. You know what to do!

Yes it’s great. I was worried it wouldn’t happen.

The better road you get when you’re not getting a better road.

Good advice! I’m old enough to remember having measles in about 1958.

It would be good if it also allowed for private investment.The return from banks is really pathetic at the moment.

You could be forgiven for thinking they are!

My birthday too!

Thank you for the tip.

I did that too!

We don’t actually say High Schoolers here. Have you contracted out your headline writing?

Here are a couple of suggested polls for Stuff.

Should our curriculum change process be guided by a small group of ideologically-aligned individuals who aren’t employed by the Ministry of Education?

Should our curriculum be written overseas?

Should we care if democratic process is violated?

I don’t know whether you are still on the other place but every hideous person be they racist, misogynist or psychopath is followed by him. Same on Facebook.

Publicise the poll in the Stuff article. At the moment the baddies are winning. I’ve shared the article in my feed.