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Nicola Willis reneges on Paris in plain sight Finance Minister rules out 'sending cheques for billions offshore' for emissions credits to meet James Shaw's 'extravagant' promise under the Paris agreement to cut emissions 50% by 2030

In today's Chorus podcast/email...Govt rules out 'sending cheques for billions offshore' for emissions credits to meet James Shaw's 'extravagant' Paris promise; S&P warns against rates cap; OECD sees NZ GDP growth slower than rest of world; Roy Morgan poll shows Govt widening lead over Opp’n #nzpol

Stuff: "Labour finance MPs put the heat on Willis, but came off looking more crack-pot than crack-team Tova O'Brien December 2, 2025 ... But what Barbara Edmonds, Deborah Russell and Megan Woods brought to Scrutiny Week was a het up and, at times, rude heckling that risked undermining their own credibility and Labour’s. ... None of this is to say that Labour wasn’t attempting to prosecute important issues including whether National was spending less money on infrastructure than it had promised. But the hearing won’t be remembered for showing the minister up on the matter, it will be remembered for the chaotic cacophony of Labour MPs yelling: “Which table?! Which table??!!” at Willis, drowning the finance minister out, after she suggested they had misread a table. ... Had Labour handled its questioning of the minister better, voters may have been more-the-wiser. As it stands, its Finance MPs came across more crack-pot than crack-team and did Nicola Willis more favours than themselves."

Typically useless reporting from Tova O’Brien, who spends her considerable paycheck complaining Labour MPs were too rude to the poor Finance Minister & therefore the public didn’t learn anything. Perhaps they didn’t learn anything because you spent your time reporting on tone rather than substance

MPs and public figures (Willis, Seymour, King) out here defaming the people that criticise them and nz media are choosing the side of the MPs almost every time it seems

genuinely what is wrong with nz reporters at this point

It’s never going to happen, not even when it gets ten times worse than this filth, but it really is high time that civilised countries started sanctioning GOP officials. These are not the kind of politicians you want to be on the same side as.

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Rotten lunches remained at school without refrigeration for three days - NZ Food Safety "We rely completely on the Compass Group to deliver and then take the food that isn't eaten," says the principal at the centre of the saga.

"It's not like our staff picked up a cold Cambro that had contaminated food and and then handed that out to children. That defies logic." I didn't think Seymour could get any more 🤮🤮🤮 Little prick that he is 🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾 #NZPol

A rates (handi)cap to throttle GDP 'growth, growth, growth' Govt to limit council rates growth in 2-4% range from mid-2029; Councils & infrastructure builders warn it will limit GDP growth & frustrate Govt's own investment plans; Rates inflation self-inflicted

I’ve opened this one up to all to read, listen & share after requests from paying subscribers to make it publicly available as part of my public interest journalism mandate. Many thanks to paying subscribers who allow me to put some of this work in public. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/a-rates-ha...

like, what job do nz media reporters even do these days? because it mostly seems to be "refuse to look at the evidence" and "reprint anything ACT or NZF says verbatim and without challenge"

WLTS NZ first print this on every election communication.

Take a bow Winston. You, Jacinda and Chippy did this!

#nzpol

Whenever you look at the comments under a David Seymour post, you find a collection of the worst people imaginable #nzpol

Exactly! So say we all!
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We're doing the annual review for the Ministry of Regulation and the CEO keeps on telling us how valuable their tip line is, but they can't tell us how much it costs to run it. So who knows whether it's value for money or not? #nzpol

Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:

In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.

In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.

A prize for whomever asks this flag bearer for “free speech” to specify *exactly how many times per calendar year* any members of the public (and of affected professions) may speak publicly about the impact of his policies on people they care for, before being rudely dismissed as “frequent flyers” 🏆

Wealthy folk are also the ones who are insulated from the impacts of local service cuts.

Libraries matter less if you can buy your own books. Public swimming pools (in a warming world) matter less when you’ve got your own.

Rates caps may mean more expensive parking, libraries and pools, mayors say Councils might consider raising fees for things like pools, recreation centres and other community facilities, Wellington mayor Andrew Little says.

Yes that is entirely the point.

Force user-pays on everybody so that the wealthy can have a nice society that the poor aren't able to participate in but have to prop up.

"New Zealanders who are struggling to put food on the table are not going to thank us for having a performative awards ceremony." IT’S NOT PERFORMATIVE, IT’S AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS. Willis is recklessly & dangerously sidesteps our international commitments. #nzpol

There it is. We just reneged on Paris. FYI @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukparliament.parliament.uk

Read this in full & then tell me the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, David Dahmer Seymour, is not a certifiable PSYCHOPATH 🤷‍♀️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment

Charter School Agency reveals enrolment numbers after telling schools to keep figures under wraps The number of enrolments had been kept under wraps after the agency told the privately-run, state-funded schools not to reveal their numbers while still setting up.

Numbers are fun.

427 students at 8 charter schools is an average of 54 students per school.

$10.9 million divided by 8 charter schools is $1.362 million per school.

Or about $25.5k per student.

State schools are 9k per student.

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Rates caps are service cuts. They are intended to force Councils to adopt the Government's ideology - austerity and privatisation of assets.

The government does not believe in local democracy. #nzpol

Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches Parents have been asked to watch for symptoms of food poisoning after some lunches were eaten.

#nzpol Can the Media ask Seymour:

1. Will the children absent with food poisoning be penalised for taking sick leave?
2. Will the schools with lower than 90% attendance, due to food poisoning, have their food budgets cut further?
3. Who pays these medical bills?

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Excerpt from RNZ article: "Asked if they could guarantee services including parks, pools and public toilets would not be impacted by the rates cap, Luxon said that would depend on each council. "In the same way that families have had to make do with the budgets that they've got ... in the same way that government is doing that in central government, we expect local governments to do the same thing."" https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/580529/watch-christopher-luxon-faces-questions-amid-speculation-over-rates-cap-policy

Government budgets are NOT like a family struggling with the cost of living.

The reserve bank can print more New Zealand dollars, and taxes on the wealthy can keep domestic inflation under control.

But sure, lets force councils to cut on community services that are already underfunded.

#nzpol

Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches The possibility that students may have eaten contaminated lunches "fills me with horror", says a Christchurch school principal.

'The school has its own commercial kitchen and wanted to make its own meals, but the ministry had always argued that was a risk to food security, she said.' #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches The possibility that students may have eaten contaminated lunches "fills me with horror", says a Christchurch school principal.

Good to see the ACT party’s achievement reducing the cost of school lunches paying off

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Make. David. Seymour. Eat. A. Whole. Box. Full. Of. Those. Rotten. Meals. #NZPol

Nice double whammy headline for Seymour , ok paying golden handshakes while poisoning kids with his diabolical lunches. #nzpol

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

PM confirms action plan on Auckland CBD homeless 'move on orders' after mayor, minister meet The PM said he expected an announcement to be made by Christmas.

Just house them you heartless callous bastards. Shipping them to poorer suburbs - because thats what will happen - so entitled folks can shop and eat without the reminder that political choices have consequences is reprehensible #nzpol

I hate it when ANYONE talks about a countries budget like a houshold one. They are NOT the same