Hera-nui-te-Pō 👑

"vote for me I'm not a fucking cooker anti vaxxer fascist" should have been enough but apparently that's not professional.

More nominations than positions so I had to submit a bio and a photo for the voting papers and fuck me that was worse than writing a cover letter.

Bro I'm already tryna be on the school board I don't have time for that. 😂

Can you IMAGINE him doing this? 😂

Thank you, Act, for disclosing who your candidates are.

#AvoidLikePlague

www.actlocal.nz/candidates

2025 Local Candidates - The Progress Report Searchable and filterable database of 2025 NZ local government candidates from every council. Built to improve accessibility and transparency.

Local elections in NZ are a democratic mess. 78 councils, no central info, run by private companies.

I’ve compiled every 2025 local govt candidate (including their affiliation) into one searchable tool - because someone had to. #nzpol theprogressreport.co.nz/local-candid...

I'M TRYING bsky.app/profile/hera...

The quiet campaign: Inside the freedom movement’s bid for council influence Voices for Freedom and like-minded groups are campaigning for council seats, changing their rhetoric from the pandemic to potholes.

Once again, a number of Voices for Freedom affiliated candidates are running for local government, this time they are hiding their more conspiratorial views and focusing on bland populist issues like rates and road cones

www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

And just to stress that this is what the far-right is already doing, for e.g., with VFF targeting school boards. Margaret Mead's famous quote (a Google search away) about how change happens is enduringly relevant, and is precisely the spirit that @herapls.bsky.social's post invokes.

As a reminder since I just did it, its discounted to do 5 or 10 year memberships so if you can spare $150ish you can lock yourself in for a decade.

Little select committee aperitif after the INZ AGM.

OH MA GAWD IT'S SEVERAL HUNDRED INZ MEMBERS WITH STEEL CHAIRS.

It's important he remains humble even when achieving success. 😂

"work starts" bro you are one board member and all your buddy's motions got fuckin slapped down please take several fuckin seats.

I went and put my kōtiro to bed and just voted via the web link so I didn't have to hear him lol

Nah I know that's gonna feel bad so ima day drink.

So one rec from me for @dylanreeve.com to make Aylings term as a board member as uncomfortable as possible.

1. Offer to do the karakia at every board hui. Learn progressively longer ones to really piss him off. Karakia tīmatanga AND karakia whakamutunga.

Treat this thread as a list e te whānau.😂

It's election year next year you KNOW they will try and pull some shit.

Make sure you got your 21 huk ready to renew your membership a tērā tau e te whānau.

Well, now we know the fieldable strength of the FSU in New Zealand. They can mobilise about 350 people.

We turn up next year e te whānau and each year until these racist assholes are gone. Because let's be honest they'll be homophpbic, transphobic, xenophobic and just about everything else too.

@dylanreeve.com counting on you, my man.

EVERYBODY N2GETHA NOW. WHAT. WHAAAAAAT?

Limp Bizkit obv.

Paid up member ia rā ia rā. 💪🏾

Aunty, you know that demographic don't know how to use a computer, let alone download and install zoom AND install an app AND read instructions. 😂

I am on the PTA AND have just been nominated to run for the school board so don't come at me I AM DOING IT OK.

BEGRUDGINGLY.

Recommend extending this attitude into multiple areas within your community. Run for your school and community boards, join your local PTA, fuck, run for council!

Show up to counter the fascist cunce.

OK I'm voting via the web link now cos I'm putting the kid to bed so please tell me the percentages on how hard David Farrar's motions are failing? Chur.

Pretty sure we got an email from the board to say as much. 😂