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Hundreds of job cuts proposed in new report to Wellington City Council Wellington City Council could save tens of millions of dollars through cost-cutting, such as reducing staff, according to a new report.

Just noting which consultancy wrote this report and the history of their reports for public agencies internationally. Anyone check the footnotes of this one?

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A fun excerpt from Deloitte's report: "In addition to these recommendations for the Executive Leadership Team to action within their operational delivery mandate, broad areas of strategic choice for elected members have been identified, which would provide further levers for improving the Council’s financial position. These include and require political direction: • Moving to regional centres of excellence • Divestment of surplus or under-used assets • Move closer to full cost recovery for revenue generating services • Unlocking value from underutilised assets (e.g. leasing) • Establishing alternative revenue streams (e.g. naming rights and sponsorships for Council facilities) • Monetising data and digital infrastructure (e.g. data-as-a-service offering) • Alternative delivery models for asset delivery and ownership" https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/files/2025/future-fit-poneke-report.pdf

Government should never be run like a for-profit corporation.

"Full cost recovery" of public goods and services is austerity to low-income workers and marginalised communities.

Austerity is the disease, renewal is the cure.

Privatisation is a false solution.

More accurate headline:

Deloitte receives $435k of public funds to produce a report that recommends austerity, asset selling, and AI snake-oil for Wellington City Council.

#nzpol

Christopher Luxon loves localism, until locals have the wrong opinions The government wants local communities to make their own decisions. The only problem – they keep disagreeing with the government.

Reposting this, apropros of nothing

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How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the oil and gas industry's wishlist.

Fossil fuel companies were given confidential drafts of legislation during their (successful) two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban - new reporting from me via the OIA

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Our trans whānau deserve better than this Government We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

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Our trans whānau deserve better than this Government We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

"The Greens affirm our pledge to properly resource and promote clear pathways for timely, free, non-discriminatory access to all forms of gender-affirming healthcare based on informed consent and self-determination."

www.greens.org.nz/our_trans_wh...

If only there was a political party that can deliver on progressive changes to Aotearoa's flawed institutions

ALL WITHOUT throwing our takatāpui and wāhine whanau under the 'political capital' bus to appease patriarchal donors and oligarchs.

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#NZpol Wow, Casey Costello’s announcement, 'Puberty Blockers Banned For Children', at NZ First is a demented, ideological rant 😠 Complete with passages in bold font.

It’s the sort of stuff I expect from anti-vaccine campaigners who’ve moved well past reason. (An area I’ve followed for a long time.)

It's so pathetic watching a multi-billion-dollar American corporation spending millions arguing that their workers are not workers,

instead of paying their workers with those millions they've wasted.

There's no sympathy in their laughable loss across multiple courts.

Now pay up Uber.

#nzpol

Greenpeace welcomes commitment to revoke seabed mining licence, calls for permanent ban Greenpeace Aotearoa is applauding the Green Party’s commitment to revoke any Fast-track consents, licences, or permits issued for coal, seabed, and hardrock gold mining projects.

PRESS RELEASE:
Greenpeace Aotearoa is applauding the Green Party’s commitment to revoke any Fast-track consents, licences, or permits issued for coal, seabed, and hardrock gold mining projects.
#nzpol #BansSeabedMining

Ireland: Behind Catherine Connolly’s historic victory In a historic victory for the left, Catherine Connolly won the presidential election in Ireland, becoming the first left candidate to win a majority of votes in a national election. Green Left’s Isaac...

In a historic victory for the left, Catherine Connolly won the Irish presidential election on October 24, becoming the first left candidate to win a majority of votes in a national election. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1442/wo...

Benefit change 'throwing young people' to food banks - Greens The coalition will end Jobseeker payments to 18 and 19-year-olds whose parents earn more than $65,000 from next November.

"The coalition will end Jobseeker payments to 18 and 19-year-olds whose parents earn more than $65,000 from NEXT NOVEMBER."[My emphasis]

This is strong motivation for all young folk to get out to vote next year.

VOTE LIKE YOUR WELLBEING DEPENDS ON IT,BECAUSE IT DOES! www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

National doesn't care about rangatahi getting suitable, long-lasting jobs - or even getting into education and training.

They only care about jobseeker numbers going down.

And when that's the goal, nothing is more effective than inflicting austerity to our most marginalised communities.

#nzpol

“This Bill enables new payment models like subscriptions or post-payment, and allows private companies to offer easy, set-and-forget billing options - similar to how many of us already pay for power or streaming services."

Spinning late-stage capitalism as a benefit is insane policy making.

#nzpol

This puts the legal framework in place to sell off existing State Highways under the guise of corridor upgrade and maintenance contracts.

The press release headline should be "Govt readying roads for privatisation."

C'mon @nzgreenleft.bsky.social @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social call this out.

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For people and planet We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

Are you sick of this govt blaming everyone, but themselves?

Do you want to convince thousands that a better future is possible?

Your creativity, knowledge, and labour is invaluable.

Now is your chance to use it for good:
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The Greens will repeal the Regulatory Standards Bill.

But ACT won't give up.

They will spend millions into fooling voters that free market capitalism is the only future left for New Zealand.

However, you can help stop ACT from getting even more power.

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Three powerful white men refuse to apologise to a young wahine Māori who was right all along? Colour me shocked.

Chris Hipkins is not a socialist.

An agenda that keeps the neoliberal status quo is nowhere close to socialism.

That shouldn't be surprising, given that Labour kick-started the neoliberal reforms of the 1980s.

So who can hold them accountable?

Well... there's always the @greens.org.nz

#nzpol

Chris Hipkins is not a socialist.

An agenda that keeps the neoliberal status quo is nowhere close to socialism.

That shouldn't be surprising, given that Labour kick-started the neoliberal reforms of the 1980s.

So who can hold them accountable?

Well... there's always the @greens.org.nz

#nzpol

In our view, the reason these features came to the fore in this investigation can be found in certain aspects of Police culture – a culture which is deeply rooted in the history, traditions and practices of law enforcement agencies in all jurisdictions comparable to New Zealand. This culture emphasises the importance of hierarchy. It fosters a positive group ethos; promotes a strong sense of collegiality and loyalty to colleagues; rewards those who support the organisation and protect it from external criticism; and thus helps to maintain organisational solidarity.

Mark Mitchell on RNZ Morning Report saying "just a few bad apples, rest of the Police are all goods". But the IPCA doesn't really seem to agree with this assessment?

Screenshot of a news story with the headline 'Jevon McSkimming: Police response shows why victims afraid to come forward - advocate'. It is accompanied by a photo of McSkimming being accosted by reporters.

Disappointed to hear the new Police Commissioner say on RNZ this morning that it was a failure of leadership and not systematic. Those 'leaders' were created by the system. Women needed to hear recognition that it could be systematic and a determination to investigate and deal with that.

Err BUT...

❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing

❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker

❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing

❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs

"Owning everything we own forever is not the right thing to do, I suspect."

They're happy to say this without hiding.

Aotearoa, this is extremely worrying.

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One of my fav new literary genres is ‘old man scribes bitchy online rants’ 😂 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

Meanwhile in Aotearoa, our government keeps pouring money into fossil fuels

***three doctor's visits that are free

not free doctor's visits, full stop.

If only there was a party who has the guts to promise AND deliver universal basic services.

#nzpol