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Climate change omitted from new science and social science curriculums (newsroom.co.nz)

newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/14/c... Checks notes, this govt is prepared to be anti maori, anti growth, anti woman, anti fair-pay, anti safe staffing, anti sick-leave and of course anti climate change even for our youngsters learning

#BHN Support paywalls, let YouTube censor comments, complain about FB and say they need "LUCK". "Censorship is good for me but not for thee" @patbrittenden.bsky.social @chewienz.bsky.social. Absolute fools. You don't need LUCK, you need to stop the YT CENSORSHIP damaging your algorithm .../2

The Corporate Autocrat: Unmasking Christopher Luxon darker depth. (linkedin.com)

An insightful observation of Luxon, the autocratic corporate CEO, in politics. #nzpol #nzpolitic #luxon #NationalNZ www.linkedin.com/pulse/corpor...

When I predicted Winston Peters’ bid for Prime Minister, I was merely echoing what Sir Robert Muldoon saw decades ago. In today’s era of rampant populism, Peters is leveraging his signature political style for one final shot to seize control of that destiny.

Polarisation ... yeah nah. "Across advanced democracies, crisis is resulting not from *mutual divergence* but from the transformation of the political right: mainstreaming of authoritarian rhetoric, normalisation of hate as a political strategy + the dismantling of institutional guardrails"

"Luxon operates with a precise, cold-blooded philosophy: protect the top-floor executives, abandon the frontline workers, and ruthlessly execute anyone inside the boardroom who dares to question the CEO's authority." Umm, unless they are in ACT & NZ First, where Luxon is utterly gutless as.

CBT-i Coach app | Healthify (healthify.nz)

#NZPol #VeteransAffairs Has anyone ever tried the CBT-i Coach app? This was just dropped as an email to an elderly relative by her healthcare provider in NZ with little or no support. healthify.nz/apps/c/cbt-i...

Could this simple tax change give 200,000 more Kiwis health insurance? (stuff.co.nz)

Or maybe just fund the health system properly

Fast-track process begins for Wellington's second Mt Victoria Tunnel project (rnz.co.nz)

Oh FFS🤦🏻‍♂️

French court blocks social media ban for under 15s (politico.eu)

Finally, someone takes children's rights seriously #nzpol www.politico.eu/article/fren...

In Australia, a Home Battery Boom Has Helped Cut Wholesale Power Prices in Half (e360.yale.edu)

C’mon #nzpol - the tools to cut cost of living are right there if we choose them. A cut in power prices is within reach. e360.yale.edu/digest/austr...

National will repeal and replace my job

Couldn't have asked for a better comparison if I tried.

National's South Island plan: Restrictions on data centres, Queenstown gondola funding, clearer river gravel rules (interest.co.nz)

It’s a very simple question that all journalists should have on the tip of their tongue, and it’s also pretty simple to avoid writing misleading headlines. “Where is the money *actually coming from?” The Natzis aren’t *funding the bloody gondola. #nzpol www.interest.co.nz/public-polic...

#NZpol I see some NZFirst candidates are *very* on the cooker spectrum 😔😖 Someone should ask Winston Peters if he accepts this from a NZFirst candidate?

Public Interest on Instagram: "Is this class war? Economist Geoff Bertram argues that New Zealand’s cost of living crisis is the product of decades of political choices – not just recent inflation. ... (instagram.com)

www.instagram.com/reel/DbOr0VA... Geoff Bertram explains the shit we are in.

See My NZ Election Quiz Results (whichparty.nz)

I always align with Te Pāti Māori 🖤❤️… how about you? #nzpol whichparty.nz/results?r=15...

‘Grand Designs on a low budget’: Homeless man builds own treehouse (stuff.co.nz)

This headline is BLEAK!!!!!

'Widespread issue': Schools report dozens of students off sick (nzherald.co.nz)

Sshhhhh, don't tell #DavidSeymour. He'll likely freak out & be all "parents are keeping kids home when they're sick, that's illegal" & then ugly cry. #nzpol #virusesnz #RSV #nzfluseason #schoolkidsgetsickDavid #dealwithit #nzhealth www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/bay-of-pl...

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The Tools of Power - The Information Revolutions That Won Self Determination for Ordinary People, and The War For Control of Them | Knowledge is Power (talaria.fyi)

My latest Substack article - a brief history of #informationtechnologies and their empowerment of ordinary people: "The Tools of Control - The Information Revolutions That Won Self Determination for Ordinary People, and the Battle to Take Them Away From Us" www.talaria.fyi/p/10-informa...

Middle NZ: A UBI would never work. Science: Well,…

Chris Bishop's public housing miracle...

Am I the only one who doesn't give a rats arse about this? National has had an almost coup, the same leader says dumb shit daily, they've passed a bunch of terrible legislation AND they're still about as popular as

Hasty fast-track changes so councils can claim back infrastructure costs (newsroom.co.nz)

It will always cost us and benefit private profit #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/14/h...