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For the next few months, every single decision about Government spending priorities, in the form of "Rather than spending x on y, the government would rather spend x on z metres of road" where one million dollars is 7.22 metres of road.

There's a lot behind this article that John Gerritson published yesterday. I'd like to share some observations I've made in my 4 years as a board member in a Dunedin high school. www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...

More than 10,000 teens left school in 2025 with no qualificationsA jump in the number of teens leaving school with no formal qualifications has continued.www.rnz.co.nz

🧵This is significant out of #NZpol The Atlas Network-driven government (c/o Dep PM Seymour with his 2-week Atlas MBA 😂) is passing questions from journos to Free Speech Union. FSUs are in 5+ countries out of UK. Peter Thiel circle? Meant to defend “race science” & bigoted trash as “Free Speech” 🙄

Open and free to all: Just as the RBNZ's rate hike deepens the scars of youth joblessness, the Govt will remove benefits of 4,700 jobless teenagers, including 1,885 with mental health issues & some being treated for cancer #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

How NZ punishes our stressed & jobless youthJust as the RBNZ's rate hike deepens the scars of youth joblessness, the Govt will remove benefits of 4,700 jobless teenagers, including 1,885 with mental health issues & some being treated for canceropen.substack.com

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361... We can't have this level of racist tirade in government at all. We mustn't accept it ever. It's a despicable show from Winston and yet, New Zealand, you still put him there. NO. Exercise your civic duty. Don't give room. Vote NZ First out. #nzpol

Winston Peters launches tirade against Chinese-Kiwi Green MP“This is called democracy, unlike what you're used to. So go back to where you come from, you loud mouth, and maybe you'll learn something,” Peters said.www.stuff.co.nz

The lawyer and Green Party candidate says she knows how the internet works, and is taking advantage of human nature to game the algorithm.

Green candidate's unconventional tactic to boost the Māori rollnewsroom.co.nz

MBIE admits it got things wrong after not disclosing an axed $35 million IT project

MBIE admits it got things wrong after not disclosing an axed $35 million IT projectThe chief executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has accepted the ministry got things wrong when it did not disclose information to MPs about a cancelled IT project earlier this year.www.rnz.co.nz

#BHN Tonight at 9pm - Martin Buhr on the website OpenBrief which lets you see the political data behind the narrative - Chippy talks Opportunity and Luxon's response - Winston reacts to "Oral sex" question - FSU is officially done #nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social youtube.com/live/8x_CyAt...

#BHN Martin Buhr on OpenBrief | Chippy talks Opportunity | Winston reacts to "Or@l s3x" questionYouTube video by Big Hairy Networkyoutube.com

Worth noting that this is what it takes for National to rule you out: wanting to tax rich people more. NZ First hadn't been ruled out for promoting transphobia or racism, nor has ACT, though issues aren't deal breakers for National

#BHN Tonight at 9pm - Chloe Swarbrick on Q&A with what seemed like a bit of a waste of an interview - Christopher Luxon rules out Opportunity sealing their fate - David Seymour has a good idea!! I know, we're surprised too!!! #nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social youtube.com/live/dR59L8U...

#BHN Chloe Swarbrick on Q&A | Christopher Luxon rules out Opp | David Seymour has a good idea!!YouTube video by Big Hairy Networkyoutube.com

NZ has - almost uniquely amongst our peers - tanked its economy and pushed 10,000s onto the dole (and offshore). We were told that this strategy would 'get interest rates down, tame inflation, and drive growth 🎉'. Yet, here we are, slumped and vying to be inflation champs. What went wrong? [🧵1/n]

Holy, er, shit. www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

‘It was feral’: Poo in the mosh pit leads to tears, vomit and chaos‘It was feral’: Poo in the mosh pit leads to tears, vomit and chaoswww.odt.co.nz

If the people you are paying to write a curriculum need to use "AI tools" to "check and generate content", you are paying the wrong people and you should actually not have dumped the people who are capable of these core tasks.

Tired of all the spin and BS coming from the coalition? Well I’ve got your back fam! At this link you’ll find 50 fact checks (and growing) checking the veracity of claims made by the coalition. Complete with who made the claim, the reality and sources. paultheotherone.com/factcheck26/

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There was a lot of talk about future drone warfare when I was a RAND fellow 30 years ago, but degrading civilian morale by singeing an adversary's mail order dildo supply was not something that came up

Great to see that National support 30 weeks Paid Parental Leave. Especially after they voted against the introduction of PPL. Blocked the extension to 26 weeks for several years. Canceled 33 pay equity claims. And just this year, cut Best Start payments for the majority of new parents.

Chlöe on Q&A💚 #nzpol

Chlöe Swarbrick: Greens want one-year ban on AI data centresYouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tameyoutu.be

#BHN As we enter election season looking to political parties to chat with us and one in particular is finding it difficult to find time in their diaries we just wanted them to know that BHN speaks to over 13% of eligible voters in NZ each month #nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social

Stay the hell away from Elon Musk and especially his cars, rockets and software….

"If an AI data centre project does not meet basic standards for power, water use, and environmental impact, why should we allow it to be built here?" www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Urgent need for rules and protections on data centres, Greens sayThe Green Party wants a one-year pause on consents for new AI data centres, until stronger rules and regulations are put in place.www.rnz.co.nz