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Bill<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>People will say <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZ</span></a> news-media isn't biased "like the US" &amp; still accept the narrative that <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ACT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACT</span></a> (with 11 seats) suggesting we dismantle the government is "democracy" but the <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZGreens</span></a> (with 15 seats) proposing a <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/wealthtax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealthtax</span></a> is "Unpopular Extremist lunacy"<br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a></p>
Nick Young :tinoflag:<p>GREAT interview with Steve Abel and Jack Tame on how agriculture should change in NZ to benefit everyone.</p><p>Fonterra and its noisy PR has WAY too much influence and distorts conversation. </p><p>There are alternatives to intensive dairy.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/TooManyCows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TooManyCows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a><br><a href="https://youtu.be/9sPQuyuzyiM?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/9sPQuyuzyiM?feature=s</span><span class="invisible">hared</span></a></p>
Bill<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a></p>
ClareBear ::<p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/564161/regulatory-standards-bill-will-stop-lawmakers-considering-broader-public-health-warns-cancer-specialist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/564161</span><span class="invisible">/regulatory-standards-bill-will-stop-lawmakers-considering-broader-public-health-warns-cancer-specialist</span></a> “ You wouldn't want your surgeon to operate with a blunt instrument, but that's exactly the approach the Regulatory Standards Bill takes to the health needs of our society," Laking said.</p><p>"I acknowledge ACT's faith in market-based solutions, but it is well known that markets fail. That's why the government should be very careful about market deregulation, when human health is at stake." <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/rsb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rsb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/8daysleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>8daysleft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/submittoday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submittoday</span></a></p>
JustSaying<p>The "Reserve Bank made us have?" </p><p>You spelt, NATIONAL laying off thousands, wrong</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZpol</span></a></p>
John Valentine :tinoflag:<p>I had forgotten that Brooke van Velden said this: "When it came to COVID, we completely blew out what the value of a life was, completely, I’ve never seen such a high value on life.” One of those people who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Sooner we get these people out of our government the better. <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/WorstGovernmentEver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorstGovernmentEver</span></a></p>
ClareBear ::<p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/564050/manufacturing-reversal-shows-economy-could-come-to-a-grinding-halt-economist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/business/564050</span><span class="invisible">/manufacturing-reversal-shows-economy-could-come-to-a-grinding-halt-economist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/bobeachway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bobeachway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/bau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bau</span></a></p>
JustSaying<p>In news that will shock very few...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZpol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/564117/new-zealand-falls-in-latest-global-gender-equality-rankings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/564117</span><span class="invisible">/new-zealand-falls-in-latest-global-gender-equality-rankings</span></a></p>
Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧<p>Filthy lowlives <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CosplayBarbie" target="_blank">#CosplayBarbie</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Auspol" target="_blank">#Auspol</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Cdnpol" target="_blank">#Cdnpol</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USpol" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23%23UKpol" target="_blank">##UKpol</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Wales" target="_blank">#Wales</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23England" target="_blank">#England</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Scotland" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Ireland" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NZpol" target="_blank">#NZpol</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23EU" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Europe" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Mexico" target="_blank">#Mexico</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Asia" target="_blank">#Asia</a><span class=""><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uyr4fujfng5essw4wy52ddoa/post/3lrjhhyrp4s27" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uyr4fujfng5essw4wy52ddoa/post/3lrjhhyrp4s27</a></span></p>
Jeremy Buffer Jones :tinoflag:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@janef0421" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>janef0421</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@paw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paw</span></a></span> </p><p>Indeed, NZ really needs to maintain a neutral position and act as a mediator between US and China. </p><p>Neutrality is probably NZ's best and only defense in the current scenario although that's probably considered a last resort for xenophobic warmongers like Judith Collins and co in this current <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a> govt. </p><p>Was curious to see Don Brash joining Helen Clark and Geoffrey Palmer writing to the NZ government warning of the risks they're taking by aligning NZ with US against China. </p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563285/no-upside-and-very-considerable-downside-in-annoying-china-helen-clark-and-don-brash-warn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/political/56328</span><span class="invisible">5/no-upside-and-very-considerable-downside-in-annoying-china-helen-clark-and-don-brash-warn</span></a></p>
Jane D.R. Fraser<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@jeremy_pm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jeremy_pm</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@paw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paw</span></a></span> Right now, we need to prioritise distancing ourselves before we get dragged into the war. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a></p>
Jane D.R. Fraser<p>Luxon claiming Iran’s nuclear program and missile capability is a “threat to peace” at a time when Israel has sparked a war is absurd and endangers the safety of our country. He should walk that back, condemn Israel, cancel his visit to the NATO summit, and distance us from the western bloc immediately. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a></p>
Mike Riversdale<p>Neoliberal not your thing, then submit against the Regulatory Standards Bill, closes 1pm 23rd June.</p><p>Never done a submission before, no problems, just follow this, it's so easy.</p><p><a href="https://blog.mikeriversdale.co.nz/2025/05/regulatory-standards-bill-submissions.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.mikeriversdale.co.nz/2025</span><span class="invisible">/05/regulatory-standards-bill-submissions.html</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/RSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSB</span></a> <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a> <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/Aotearoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aotearoa</span></a> <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a></p>
davec :tinoflag:<p>RSB submission done.</p><p>The closing date for submissions is 1.00pm, Monday, 23 June 2025.</p><p>Link to find your MP's email address to cc your submission <a href="https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/members-of-parliament/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">parliament.nz/en/mps-and-elect</span><span class="invisible">orates/members-of-parliament/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/RSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Toit%C5%ABTeTiriti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToitūTeTiriti</span></a></p>
A-Dub 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈<p>every sentence of this by<br>(1) Julia de Bres, Associate Professor at Massey University, where she researches family support of transgender young people in Aotearoa;<br>(2) John Fenaughty, Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, where he specialises in the wellbeing of rainbow young people in schools. He led the Identify Survey of takatāpui and rainbow young people in New Zealand. </p><p>STOP CONFLATING BEING TRANSGENDER WITH BEING SICK. </p><p><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/13-06-2025/stop-conflating-being-transgender-with-being-sick" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thespinoff.co.nz/media/13-06-2</span><span class="invisible">025/stop-conflating-being-transgender-with-being-sick</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiTransNonsense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiTransNonsense</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NZpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZpol</span></a></p>
Greenpeace Aotearoa<p>Why is coral so important? Greenpeace Oceans Campaigner Juan Parada explains 👇 </p><p>Sign the petition to ban bottom trawling on seamounts and protect the corals that grow there: <a href="https://greenpeace.nz/nyq7x5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">greenpeace.nz/nyq7x5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a></p>
ClareBear ::<p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/564110/rangatahi-use-maori-speech-competition-nga-manu-korero-to-tackle-big-issues" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/564110</span><span class="invisible">/rangatahi-use-maori-speech-competition-nga-manu-korero-to-tackle-big-issues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ourfuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ourfuture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a></p>
Jane 🇳🇿<p>Submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill done. Mentioned I was not a bot.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a></p>
Jeremy Buffer Jones :tinoflag:<p>At 6:04 <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ACT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACT</span></a> deputy leader Brooke Van Velden gets a shout out on Pod Save America for stating Jacinda Ardern put far too much emphasis on saving lives during <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a>. </p><p>It seems somewhat like putting the fox in charge of the hen house to see Brooke Van Velden now taking the same dismissive approach to the value of life as <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NewZEaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZEaland</span></a> Minister of Workplace Health and Safety, especially now that she's relaxed responsibilities of employers. <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/AtlasNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlasNetwork</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/faj1KVAPp0o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/faj1KVAPp0o</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>