Te wookie o te tangata

40 years of data and evidence suggests no, Richard

This has been the vicious fucking thing about the "Jobseeker Benefit" ever since Paula Bennett coined it in 2013

In addition to keeping people in poverty it's been a term of propaganda forcing us all to accept the frame of welfare as economic obligation instead of social support

#BHN Craig Renney LIVE on the OCR | Sick teens to be thrown off benefit | Protest arrests in Chch YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

#BHN Craig Renney LIVE on the OCR | Sick teens to be thrown off benefit | Protest arrests in Chch #nzpol

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expect ACT and NZ1st to be at each others throats

#BHN Craig Renney LIVE on the OCR | Sick teens to be thrown off benefit | Protest arrests in Chch YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

#BHN Tonight at 9pm
- Craig Renney LIVE on the OCR reduction
- Sick and injured teens to be thrown off benefit
- Protest arrests in Christchurch
#nzpol #nzpolitics @clrenney.bsky.social

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Faeces thrown at police at Parliament protest Poo was pelted at officers during an early morning operation today to contain the protest at Parliament. The 3.30am operation caught the occupiers off guard with attempts to thwart the plan, resulting...

In 2022, protestors hurled bricks, faeces at police & lit fires. Winston Peters said those protestors just wanted to be "heard" & shook their hands.

This week Peters called the mostly peaceful, law abiding Kiwis outside his home "gutless, spineless, [the] worst" protestors #nzpol

fines should scale with wealth

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Enamel pins anyone? @chewienz.bsky.social

Well in the last 13 month we have had 2 emergency vet visits

For brownies
For and entire 800g bag of jelly snakes

Meeeeee

Shes a covid puppy so we spent a lot of time with during her velociraptor stage. Shes never chewed cables or shoes.

She did once eat an entire block of butter once though....that was a bad few days

To russia Trump you soupy brain numbskull

I JOINED a union this year. fuck luxon

Green Party condemns vandalism as Winston Peters points the finger The Green Party says it condemns the vandalism of Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ home, after he linked the attack to activists backed by the party.

Winston Peters happily caused chaos and death threats for Green MP Benjamin Doyle AND wants to blame the Greens for what happened to his house. It’s all about culture wars so fucking stop it Winnie before someone dies #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

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anyway, have a sleepy potato waiting for Primary Human to get home

Winston Peters is a fuck.
I condemn the smashing of his window, very much in the same way I condemn Hamas

I condemn, but I fucking understand why they did it.

Winston Peters strolled around and anti-vax picnic and spoke with people who had chanted and written threats of hanging on gallows of Jacinda Ardern, Dr Ashley Bloomfield and so on, but this was all OK as it was just harmless opportunistic politicking #NZPol

"I dont believe people who say you killed your husband"

then disappeared back in to the crowd

I went to a very fun concert a few years back at the stanley hotel (inspired stephen king to write "the shining"), lots of people choose to dress up in 1920's style. anyway, I see this gorgeous redhead in a purple approximation of this, and while she's at the bar I whispered to her;

from a purely economic standpoint, thats a 46% return on investment. literally wasting money by not doing it!!!

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Just to clarify my position. Ryan Bridges must be sacked.

"here's a chick who..."

A fucking woman you Hosking wannabe amateur misogynist hack.

The whole interview was a disgrace, but even teenagers know this isn't how you speak these days if you want to be respected.

@kiwiev.bsky.social arrive home to find yes, they have managed to jenga all 18 panels on the roof

The big nothing-burger of a power plan Anaylsis: If you were looking for a government solution to soaring electricity bills, you won't have found it in last week's announcement.

Why the government's much-trumpted power plan to reform the electricity sector is more likely to result in dirtier, more expensive power, than a clean, cheap solution.👇

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Was quoted for 18 x 500w panels, sounds like they might not be able to quite fit that many but they will know for sure today. 6kw inverter. No battery at this stage as we have 2 EV's.

Worth noting that we only see decent job growth for young kiwis when the economy is running hot - that's when employers give less experienced people a chance.
RBNZ respond to hotness by hiking interest rates to slow the economy down. Youth unemployment is a feature of our economic model, not a bug.

Orchardists reject Luxon's claim sector is 'crying out' for workers The Prime Minister is urging young people to look for work in the sector amid changes to the Jobseeker benefit.

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