'Three very different New Zealands living alongside each other' Social Cohesion in New Zealand report co-author Shambeel Eaqub says financial stress is fracturing New Zealand's social fabric, but there is cause for optimism

#nzpol Social cohesion.
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A Merkin?

Reads like a description of Dunning -Kreuger syndrome!

I'll go for the lying one...

Laser focussed on recruiting the cookers.

You could be $14k a year richer if these reforms never happened Your wallet could have a lot more cash in it if these reforms never happened, writes Verity Johnson.

#nzpol Interesting - someone has discussed the forbidden subject...
www.stuff.co.nz/money/360966...

Exclusive: Government quietly agrees to repeal number of Treaty references in laws Ministers made the decision but until now hadn't told the public.

#nzpol The racism doesn't stop...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Nobody expects the ex CEO...

In Aussie, it would be a speel.

Is that a boot sole?

Comfortably Numb?

We were told - bottom feeders don't matter...

And, of course, the USA and Iran are hanging on his every word.

They don't want to know, or to admit there's a problem, so they don't look.

Emily Writes' article is a fabulous resource. Join the war on woke now! Forward the article to all those potential recruits in the War on Woke!!!

Lloyd Geering - Wikipedia

#nzpol I was musing, as one does, on events of my youth, and I thought to look up the personalities involved in Lloyd Geering's heresy trial, in 1967. I was mightily surprised to find that he is still living.
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Mayor labels decision to call state of emergency 'woke' A Hawke's Bay mayor has called the region's response to Cyclone Vaianu "woke" and said "there was a lot of panicking going on" over not too much.

#nzpol Idiots in local government...
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Is TPU waging a war on Māori? Who is the Tax Payer Union and what are they up to?

“Let’s focus on the office of the Tax Payer Union in Tamaki Makaurau. This office is like a network of maybe ten people working under ten or more logos. This creates the impression that they are a huge network of people and groups.” #nzpol

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Bread and circuses...only without the bread...

To be made glorious summer by this son of...Hutt?

White House: Iran's 10-point plan 'thrown in the garbage' by Trump The White House press secretary claimed Iran's 10-point peace plan released publicly was very different from the one the US had agreed to.

#nzpol Stuff channels fox news - what a surprise!
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

The author makes the mistake of assuming that the government parties are rational, rather than ideologically and religiously driven fools.

Tuesday's Chorus Live with Bernard Hickey YouTube video by The Kākā with Bernard Hickey

#nzpol Bernard Hickey's take on news of the day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6jv...

Costley - very apt name for a Nat party politician. Nominative determinism?

Seymour optimistic about ‘continuity of fuel supply without restrictions’ But it comes amid a warning from the construction sector that builders are at breaking point.

#nzpol She'll be right, mate...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

The global oil crisis is turning into an everything crisis The global supply of oil and natural gas has been reduced by about a fifth, limiting supplies needed by manufacturers to make car parts, medical supplies, food packaging and fabrics.

#nzpol It isn't just fuel which we will be short of...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Did closing Marsden Pt oil refinery make NZ's fuel crisis worse? Marsden Pt converted to an import terminal in 2022, but always relied on imported crude.

#nzpol Why doesn't she come right out and say Jones is lying?
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/eco...

It isn't the break even point, it's an absolute supply issue. How long is affordable oil available to build EVs?

How much oil is used in the manufacture of EVs? They are not the answer...expanded electrified public transport is.

A day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis From farms in New Zealand to factories in Delhi, the effects of the oil crisis triggered by the Iran war are rippling across Asia

#nzpol Fuel shortage stories from around Asia and the Pacific.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...