It’s not a crime if we do it (to nurses) with an app It’s not a bald spot, it’s a solar panel for a sex machine.

This is the natural upshot of the privatised health system Simeon Brown and his Coalition of Cowards #CoC are inflicting on New Zealanders. Also, bonus reasons why Uber Queen Brook van Velden #CoC should have pissed off a whole lot earlier #nzpol doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

What the American "drug war" looks like on the ground: Ecuadorian fishermen were attacked in a double drone strike, arrested at gupoint, taken to El Salvador and then finally released.
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The NZ Census guided vital economic and social planning. What happens now it's gone? Major changes are being made prematurely, without the level of expert scrutiny such sweeping reform demands, write Stephen Haslett and George Seber.

It makes sense for a government undermining public health, public education, access to courts and core infrastructure - social cohesion - to put a bullet through the most reliable way Kiwis can track how those measures are performing #CoC #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/communi...

When you say, you mean kidnapped?

Look and learn, New Zealand #nzpol

Rich person's organisation, pretending to be a union, argues that levelling taxes on rich people is "the dumbest idea you've ever heard of" #nzpol

“International Embarrassment” Māori leaders condemn coalition government in Geneva Aotearoa has come under fire at the United Nations this week, with advocates calling out the New Zealand Government for what they describe as an erosion of Indigenous rights.

“The Government continues to remove measures that recognise and uphold Māori rights as Indigenous Peoples and Te Tiriti o Waitangi… against the warnings of the Waitangi Tribunal, against the advice of its own officials, and against the will of its citizens.” #nzpol
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Quiet, sweeping changes to Treaty clauses could lower te Tiriti to its weakest legal standard in #NZ. The change shifts the Treaty to just another factor that can be considered before any decision

Govt ignored advice from its advisory group, which recommended no substantive changes and no repeals

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Advice for Wellingtonians from Tamatha Paul.
In brief: Stay home. Unless you live in a low lying area or feel unsafe - then the advice is leave your home now, before it becomes an emergency.

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Interesting, thank you

"This is important." - NZ @greens.org.nz Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick, 5:50pm, 20 April 2026. Luxon lies to Aotearoa. #CoC have cut flood protection spending and investment by 💥41%💥 (compared to the previous govt) #FloodsNZ #ClimateCrisis

The media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandal As Trump's son-in-law returns to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, major news outlets are largely ignoring an egregious conflict of interest.

Seems the buyout of big American media by Trump-aligned billionaires is paying dividends for all the President's family - what this article fails to mention, though, are the massive financial investments Kushner also holds in Israel popular.info/p/the-media-...

"There is no trade-off between fixing the cost of living, addressing the fossil-fuel crisis and climate crisis. They are the same problem, all driven by the same rules that prioritise profit over people and planet," Swarbrick said.

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'Water everywhere': Dozens of cars seen floating in floodwaters in Mount Cook A woman on Wright Street in the Wellington suburb of Mount Cook saw half a dozen cars floating when she looked outside her window.

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National Party will legally sign the NZ-India FTA in a week.

Labour has criticised the move, saying it is "recklessly irresponsible" to sign it without majority support. National have ignored calls by Labour to see the details.

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Come on Greens, Labour, NZCTU,somebody - give us a lead on a co-operative supermarket chain #nzpol

Six meetings, 34 agenda items missed: The short, complicated term of KiwiRail's Scott O'Donnell Donnell would have been paid tens of thousands, but missed large chunks of the meetings.

The utterly conflicted O'Donnell bails on rail. Looked at in the kindest light, it was ethically 'dubious' for Peters to even consider the NZ First donor for a board position #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

The story above this one in the paper was "Food parcels going uncollected as families feel impact of rising fuel costs"

The guys that said they were laser focused on the cost of living have spent all their time power attacking Māori instead of doing anything that actually helps people.

"The OECD baseline for research spending is 3 percent of a country’s GDP; New Zealand invests about 1.5 percent. Successive governments have targeted raising this to 2 percent, with no success, and the target was scrapped last year."

"Mum/Dad/Aunty/Uncle(over 50s),I want you to do the children a favor. In New Zealand the 16-24 unemployment rate is 16.5%. Right & centralist led government austerity policy is making things worse. I want you to think about the next generation & consider voting Green in the upcoming election"
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Disaster and disease monitors among 700 science jobs lost A new report pleads for the coalition Government to reverse its cuts to the science sector if it wants to see it profit

This destroys the fabric of New Zealand - our security, the things that make us a society #nzpol It is deliberate and the involvement of the laughingly-titled NZ First is a disgrace #Sellout newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/16/d...

The secret diary of .. John Campbell's return to Morning Report Verbatim transcripts of John Campbell's first week back at Morning Report.

Not nearly enough general gushing or, more specifically, spilling his lollies over the all round magnificence of workmates, stringers and complete randoms, alike #Nauseating mainly because it diminishes credibility newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/18/t...

Private health inusrance. Unfit for purpose and in need of reset - Michael West A $6.9 billion annual subsidy supports a model for private health insurance that's losing consumer confidence. There's a proven alternative.

Is private health insurance a rort surely not? $6.9B subsidies, $1.7B in combined profits Medibank, BUPA, NIB but underpay hospitals by over $1B #auspol

Claudia Weisenberger analysis
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@bsky.app #Metlink runs a frustrating, annoying bus service in.Wellington. Absolutely sick of running for a bus which then sits still for several mins while express services drive past, then parks up again for a period, never revealed to customers, while more buses drive by #WellingtonNZ

Trump team cancels millions in funding for Catholic charity amid feud with Pope Leo

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Water report shows the problem, but can't enforce the solution From The Detail: Scientists worry that the often-long time lags between cause and effect when it comes to polluting our lakes and rivers will give politicians the excuse not to do anything about it

New Zealand's looming freshwater crisis #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/16/w...

Govt sets new record for bills skipping select committees No government since at least 1987 has passed 30 or more laws without a select committee vet – until the coalition last month, Marc Daalder reports.

Bishop's middle finger for basic democratic processes #nzpol
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Bunnings have uttered the magical incantation of 'open sesame', and now they're going to use facial recognition on New Zealanders wanting to do a bit of DIY.

Hopefully there's a Mitre 10 nearby that people can go to instead.

Senior NHS officials warned staff over criticising rollout of Palantir platform Ethical objections and uneven adoption have made the tech group’s contract a divisive issue within English health service

“If you criticise Palantir’s platform one more time, you are going to lose your job.”

Solidarity to all NHS workers opposing this toxic corporation. Shame on those bullying them. But they won’t stop us. We’re going to ditch Palantir.

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