Brian Dixon

Cartoon. Title: “Sponsored by the Alcohol Lobby”. Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey and Assoc Justice Minister Nicole McKee, drinking together. McKee hands her beer to Doocey and says, “Hold my beer” “I’m going to sort out these Public Health boffins. Lower right it says, “Govt ignores expert advice on alcohol”

The Govt wants to cut Health NZ staff working on alcohol harm & end its research & social marketing campaigns. Sixty five organisations have signed an open letter to the PM, calling for alcohol industry to be excluded from policy making.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #alcohol #Health #PublicHealth

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.

Old men culture war to distract from Class War.

They throw accusations & duck from their own actions - that's the Oxford Dictionary definition of a COWARD

(Hot damn I love these old bastards winding me up, sharpen my elbows, cracks knuckles, LETS GO COMRADES)

Calling people attack dogs is not at attempt to deescalate and maintain civility, it's a attempt to escalate to distract from a failing economy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

"A report by the climate thinktank Ember found that in the first six months of 2025, renewable energy outpaced the world’s growing appetite for electricity, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

No, he's an Ian Igmar to them.

They're impressed by General Mayhem, though.

'Cause, when it all comes down to dust Can I say that Craig Robertson's bio of Chris Knox is anticipated? It is, and it's arrived.

I said I'd write a few words about Craig Robertson's much-anticipated Chris Knox bio, which I love.

These are personal reflections on what will likely be the definitive history of a man who changed indie/alt music globally

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#aotearoa
@audioculturenz.bsky.social

Compare and contrast: A statement from an NZ First spokesman 6 months ago about the actions of a party member and supporter, and a statement today from that same party’s leader.

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ACT's zionist in chief, needs to be firmly told that he's paid to serve Aotearoa New Zealand, not Israel, IMHO.

Green MP questions Sāmoa shipwreck payout, warns peace declaration at risk Teanau Tuiono raises concerns over transparency of New Zealand’s $6 million payment to Sāmoa for the HMNZS Manawanui wreck, while the government says it responded ‘in good faith’.

Green MP Teanau Tuiono is questioning whether the New Zealand government’s $6 million payout to Sāmoa is enough to address the damage caused by the grounding and sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui last October.
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"I may be gone some time..."

#nzpol imagine what investment in our #railways and #renewables could achieve?
Instead we have Winston and Shame pushing for imaginary gas fields

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

#nzpol The government has announced that 18/19 year olds, who live in a household where the parents earn $65,529 or more, can't claim jobseekers support. If both parents work 27 hours on the minimum wage - $634 a week - they will be expected to now financially support their adult offspring. A 🧵

Ex-Deputy Sheriff Winston having a big sook moment...two moments... or was it a couple of hours of moments?

He's a really fragile snowflake, isn't he?

In just 5 days,October 2025 has broken more heat records than any FULL MONTH in history except September 2025 (but it will surpass it soon).
We are seeing something beyond any imagination, with records destroyed in all Continents with extreme margins.
And that's nothing to what's coming.

Ohhh.... Sara. So sad to hear that. My thoughts are with you.

‘Kua hinga te tōtara o Te Waonui a Tāne’

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

"The world doesn't owe you a knighthood" - Foxy Lusty-Grover #NZPol

"The world doesn't owe you..." suggests entitlement, this is coming from the man who said "I'm entitled to my entitlements"
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"Sooo... we tanked the job market but we can't be bothered paying for the fallout, so suck it, peasants"

#nzpol UK data, folks. Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand, because nothing the AoNZ CoC-up government does is the result of an original thought on their part. 🧐

Open Letter to Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Our current economic approach is causing real harm. We need to change track

An excellent letter and depressing summary - very well put.

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#nzpol Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Netanyahu must be deposed. This is his doing.

NZ's tacit support of Israel emboldens his #warcrimes and violations of international law.

Find a spine Luxon.

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

“Lorenzo D’Agostino, a journalist and another flotilla participant, said after returning to Istanbul that Thunberg was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy” – a scene described with disbelief and anger by those who witnessed it.”

Once again, they are truly psychotic.

How local election rules discriminate against Māori | E-Tangata “For Māori, the strongest interest isn’t usually in the suburb where we rent or own a house — it’s in the rohe of our awa, marae, whenua, and the decisions made there that most deeply affect us.” — Mi...

“For Māori, the strongest interest isn’t usually in the suburb where we rent or own a house — it’s in the rohe of our awa, marae, whenua, and the decisions made there that most deeply affect us.” — Mike Smith.

Fifty years of the Waitangi Tribunal | E-Tangata “In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones...

“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones.