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Here in Auckland, can we just stop calling this summer and start calling it monsoon season instead

Are we allowed to call it a civil war yet or what

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

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I don't think anyone except newspaper editors and podcasters actually cares about the Beckhams thing.

My god Labour better be radical, or the rise of a Farage in NZ is very very real.

Reporters must ask Luxon if this is the Government's position. Seems very important to know, with an election coming up. #nzpol

My worries about NZ's current govt and Trump are as follows:
1. Seymour and ACT are 100% ideologically invested
2. The new authoritarianism is like Viagra to Peters and NZF
3. Luxon and National may only be 90% ideologically invested but they will always follow the money
#NZpol

Kia ora @metservice.com

Please stop using X. 🙏🏼
I’m pretty sure you don’t really want to be supporting such an entity anymore.

#nzpol

The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.

"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation

“He concluded that if “politicians decide what is culturally appropriate … it leads us to a future in which politicians can directly stifle events that are themselves predicated on freedom of speech … it’s a path that leads us into the territory of Putin’s Russia”.

Must read from Louise Adler.

Bluesky Twitter account: NEW FEATURE: This button allows you to opt out of having images you post on X turned into porn Plus image of the create new account button on bluesky

Bluesky going to work over on Twitter

Education and Training Act (System Reform) Bill Submission Guide Minister Stanford Makes a Grab for Even More Power It's been a long year and you could be forgiven for wanting to switch off and hide from the pace of political change we've been subject to in the ye...

Submissions for this awful bill close tomorrow night. This is a good summary of what Stanford and Seymour are trying to push through. Your submission can just be a statement of opposition #nzpol

Wynyard Bridge maintenance works coming up 🔨🔧

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Submission guide for January ❤️ We talked about how last year was The Year of Revolt - I'm hoping this year will be the Year of Being Horny on Main. But that seems less likely with every new day and we're only on day bloody six. I m...

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Male Queensland fruit fly detection in Mt Roskill, #Auckland. People who live + work there asked not take any whole fresh fruit and vegetables out of their properties

Details www.mpi.govt.nz/biosecurity/...

7 Jan 2026 press www.mpi.govt.nz/news/media-r... or Scoop www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK26...

Big Tech is offering you a Faustian bargain. It promises to remove all the friction from life, to keep you from having to think or study, and the result is your brain will become pudding, you’ll become incapable of creativity or communication. They want to make you a non-person.

Good to see our courts still work.

A rally at parliament about the ban on blockers

If anyone is local and has the bandwidth

Image one description: Picture of the following text: "Block the Ban National Day of Action Friday 19 December, 6PM, Western Park, Freemans Bay Tāmaki Makaurau"

Image two description: Picture of an artistic depiction of a rally with the following text in it: "Stop the Puberty Blocker Ban Rally 19th Dec 2025 1PM, Civic Square Kirikiriroa Hamilton Please bring your mask, water bottle, sunscreen and sign to this peaceful demonstration Protect transgender kids"

Image three description: Picture of a trans rights rally in front of the Beehive with the following text on top: "Stop the Ban on Puberty Blockers! Rally and Petition Handover December 18th 12PM Thursday @ Parliament Lawn"

Join Block the Ban and Queer Endurance in Defiance's national protests against the government's ban on puberty blockers for trans youth. Let's show the coalition of chaos what we think about their culture war.

Auckland beach drownings: Four rescues, two dead in 90 minutes spark safety plea Two men died at Kariaotahi and Lake Wainamu within 90 minutes on Monday.

“On Auckland’s west coast, rips are stronger at low tide because of the movement of the water, and the changes in the seabed increase hazards like sand bars and in-shore holes.”

Graph showing excess mortality for the period 2020-2024 in 40 selected countries across the globe.

Worldwide mortality experience since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2024) shows excess deaths over that period in almost every country measured. Australia (+6%) was below average, and New Zealand (+0.1%) the lowest we measured.

A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...

Recently, though, research by the Financial Times has found British and American millennials bucking that trend. Historically, a typical 35-year-old was already just five percentage points less conservative than the whole-population average, and becoming more conservative over time. People in that age group today, however, are roughly 15 points less conservative than the average – and showing no signs of shifting right. This makes them, the Financial Times declared, “by far the least conservative 35-year-olds in recorded history”. And, given what four decades of economic conservatism has bequeathed them – gaping inequalities, runaway climate change, insecure jobs and homes – no-one should have expected anything else.

And from @maxrashbrooke.bsky.social June 2024 thespinoff.co.nz/politics/05-...

Erica Stanford showing how far National has lost its way

"if schools wish to uphold the treaty as many have reconfirmed their position, then they are free to do so"

The state of that. Damning.

Optional upholding of our founding constitutional agreement. SMH.

#nzpol

BLOCK THE BAN! Join us in protest against the government's attacks on trans rights and access to healthcare. Solidarity with our transgender, takatāpui and MVPFAFF+ whānau! 10AM SUN 7 DEC MYERS PARK @blocktheban

10am at Myers Park this Sunday in Tāmaki Makaurau:

Protest against the government's attacks on trans rights and access to healthcare.
#nzpol

For tips on staying safe see: www.instagram.com/blocktheban/...