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Dual citizen Aus/NZ. Retired. Global warming, environments/people, landscapes, seascapes, plants and gardens, 15 minute city enthusiast
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We’ve got to stop regarding David Seymour as a legitimate NZ politician. He is embedded in parliament as a fully bought and paid for lobbyist for far right, overseas neolib capital interests, particularly oil, gas and mining, but also tobacco. He has zero concern for our country
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Can’t help but dwell on this photo in despair. These miserable, grumpy people are not the future of NZ, and the generation they represent are not the future of the world. Don’t let these angry, miserable old farts determine our future
#NationalNotFitToGovern
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What I have learnt from both the Australian Voice referendum and the NZ general election is just how utterly disengaged, uncritical, and easily swayed by lies, disinformation, and appeals to self-interest many (most?) voters are. I already suspected that, but now beyond its doubt
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Mrs Larry unexpectedly walked into Mr Seymour as he emerged from a shop in Newmarket this morning. She thrust her hand out to shake hands, smiled sweetly, and told him he was the most despicable person she had ever met. That’s my gal 🥰🥰
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New Zealand’s face of division, dishonesty and deceit. He has become our de facto prime minister. His party received 8% of the vote yet he plans to change our country beyond recognition. This is not democracy - this is subterfuge, political chicanery
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I am so sick of this attitude to housing as investment in NZ
Here’s the magic number: ONE
ONE house! The house you live in
That. Is. All
The magic number is 1
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Let’s face it, we should be marching in the streets and demanding a general election. Our future is fucked under this government
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I said some weeks ago that the way to bring Luxon down was to keep pressing his tanty button. He has a very short fuse. In private enterprise it didn’t matter as no-one questioned him. Keep pressing that button, people! He’s heading for an embarrassing meltdown over gangs
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David Seymour was born 24 June 1983
This arsehole wasn’t even alive during the 1981 Springbok tour
What the fuck does he know about how united the country was in 1981. Maybe he should speak to the people who were there
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With all due respect to the elderly (I am approaching this period myself), these people are NOT the future of NZ, and neither is a Nat govt under Luxon. Have a vision for your grandchildren and consider their future. You’ve had your time
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Nothing shocks me with this PoS anymore. He actually wants Trump to win? FFS! Trump is the worst thing that could happen to America, and to the world. Key is on the side of the billionaire oligarchs. The man’s opinions are dangerous
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I hate, loath and detest Seymour and Luxon for what they are planning to put this country through over te Tiriti with the fierceness of the heat from 1000 suns. What are we, the good people of this country, going to do about it? This bastardry demands a massive response!
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I am staggered that several, perhaps many, of these fast track proposals are pie-in-the-sky proposals suited for a world that won’t even exist in 10-20 years. Ski field developments? Cruise ship terminals? Is there a single infrastructure project that addresses global warming?
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How about ambition to be a great:
Nurse
Teacher
Scientist
Surgeon
Engineer
Musician
Artist
Architect
Poet
Actor
Social worker
Public servant
Do any of these ambitions count, Mr Key, or is multi-millionaire or billionaire status the only valid ambition?
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This is disingenuous claptrap. The best maths and science brains in the world are already telling you what needs to be done - in fact some have been telling you for decades. The problem of global warming has *not* been solved because there is simply no will to solve it
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I don’t think it’s putting it too strongly to state that this government has become the enemy of the people and a threat to the future of NZ as we have known it. Every one of these bastard politicians is a traitor to NZ and its people
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To all those pillocks and plonkers who swore they would move to Australia, because Jacinda; rejoice in the fact that now, after 4 years in Australia, you can now become Australian citizens once again
Because of Jacinda
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I am absolutely convinced an informed, reasoned discussion on the Treaty and the Treaty Bill is impossible. From RW responses to recent tweets of mine, Seymour’s supporters on this matter include some of the most vile, perverted, degenerate, racist shits in this country
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I despair at the petty, insular, naive, uninformed and self interested attitudes of so many NZers. We are not a serious nation. There seems to be a general desire to return to the 50s when Māori knew their place and we can ignore that part of the world that doesn’t play rugby 1/3
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The hideous racial violence being perpetrated in Britain by the sort of people whom ‘walk among us’ every day should be an object lesson of the potential for similar violence in NZ should ACT’s anti-Māori rhetoric continue. Similar attitudes exist here - just suppressed, for now
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Ngai Tahu v Simeon Brown? I know who my money is on, and its not this runt
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Right, I’ve had enough! The fucking world is going down the gurgler with global warming and pandemics, and small minded, petty, provincial NZers are pre-occupied with Clark Gayford? FFS! Get some bloody perspective on life. Lift your game or you will be instantly blocked
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Time we faced the fact that anything - absolutely anything - that National supports is because it is in the interests of their donors. Not NZ society, not the NZ economy, not the NZ environment. Just their mega-wealthy sponsors. National is the party of corruption
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It’s increasingly clear that Luxon’s role is the village idiot - there just to distract and outrage us with his absurdities while his team of shitgibbons fuck us over
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If there is any justice in this world, this should be the kiss of death for Luxon
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I absolutely despair for this country under these madmen. Government by morons, for morons. Is there nothing we can do but watch as this spectacle of absurdity continues to unfold?
Health negotiators told to put sovereignty ahead of stopping pandemics
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Is anger Luxon’s weakness? It’s certainly not a desirable trait in a PM, and could potentially lead to his downfall. How can we work on this unfortunate characteristic to tip him over the edge?
Watch how visibly angry Luxon gets when talking to
@TovaOBrien
here.
Clearly our multimillionaire, seven home-owning Prime Minister does not like being called out for being 'out of touch.'
🙌 More of this please 🙌
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Nobody asked for this, ACT, you certifiably criminally insane bastards
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“We’re continuing to take advice” LOL
Spoken by a person in govt who has taken not one shred of advice since taking office. In fact the entire govt scorns advice
What advice did you take before cancelling the ferries in the first place, Willis?
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Mr 8% (and falling) David Seymour, is clearly positioning himself to be the dominant politician in govt, and the de facto PM. And the media have fallen for it hook line and sinker. I think its time this arrogant prick was cut down to size and put in his place. But who will do it?
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If ever forgiveness is being handed out, this lying, deceitful, manipulative bastard and his criminally culpable grifters charlatans & nation wreckers at VFF will be at the bottom of the list. I hope they all rot in hell for the damage they are doing in NZ society. Unforgivable
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Surely, the number one ‘road’ of national significance is the notional stretch of SH1 between Wellington and Picton. Without a viable, resilient link across Cook St we are effectively 2 nations. You have fucked up big time National!
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When Jones tells the house there has been a change in attitude, he is speaking solely for himself. No one else. The rest of us care deeply about our unique flora, fauna and landscapes. Jones will discover this to his cost, and to the cost of his corrupt business buddies
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Hipkins:
“…Winston Peters today rejected the scientific evidence around climate change…”
Just dwell for a moment of the levels of hubris and stupidity that would enable this pissant deputy PM, without a skerrick of scientific training or understanding to make such a statement
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I’m calling performative bullshit on this faux RW outrage over the murder of a shopkeeper. Yes, its tragic. But when the next woman is murdered by her partner, boyfriend, date or stalker - probably next week - I’ll wait to see how Luxon and National respond.
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Can we all agree that this egg-headed, Humpty-Dumpty excuse for a politician is a complete waste of space - an incompetent buffoon, with zero political nouse. He has no future in NZ politics. Go back to selling soap, you absolute plonker!
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If you think Seymour’s plans for te Tiriti are just a local issue in little ol’ NZ, think again. Seymour is operating as part of an international campaign to remove indigenous rights once and for all. In the US, in Canada, in Australia (where they succeeded), and in NZ
Lianne refers to this article. Its worth a read. Interestingly, it refers to a proposal for NZ to have a referendum on Treaty issues. Does the author know something we don’t? According to Lianne, the author is Seymour’s old boss innCanada
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I dont think we can underestimate what a massive, bumbling, incompetent fool of a minister Nicola Willis is. This decision will blight NZ’s future for decades to come. Willis reveals almost criminal levels of incompetence and stupidity. And she is still a minister!
NZ is the laughing stock of the world.
Who would seriously sign an agreement with this so-called govt over anything?
Such bad form. To be repeated over and over by the "adults in charge" 🙄
#nzpol
Ferry cancellation 'talks' with Korea were two texts
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This is not a National government nor even a coalition. This is an ACT govt
We did NOT vote for these bastards to be governing us!
This is almost $50million more than was being cut from school lunches, so spare me anyone talking about "savings".
This government is running purely on ideology. There is no other reason to funnel public money to private interests when you could just fund public services better.
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Radio NZ:
"Seymour hits out at church leaders over Treaty bill"
Why wasn't this headline:
"Church leaders hit out at David Seymour over Treaty bill?
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This bumbling pretender to the role of prime minister is 14 levels of stupid. He’s not smart enough to recognise that even before Seymour is officially Deputy PM, he has already usurped Luxon’s authority and rendered him powerless and ineffectual
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The RW response to ‘that wedding’ reveals the depth and extent of neanderthal male toxicity and misogyny in this country - supported by a surprising number of embittered women. Do better NZ. There is no place for these attitudes in a future NZ
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Nothing gives me greater confidence in the future of NZ - once the current shysters have been consigned to the offal pit of history - than this wonderfully competent and inspiring woman. Hang in there, Chlöe!
Great State of the Planet speech by
@_chloeswarbrick
today - I especially liked this bit!
June 8th, Aotea Sq, 1 pm.
Rain or shine, we March for Nature!
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Disclosure: I am as old as most of the people in this audience, but I absolutely reject their callous indifference and uncritical dismissal of the issues facing NZ society and environment…and the world generally. Their time has passed and their opinions are irrelevant
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Dead people who would have voted for ACT:
Genghis Khan
Hannibal Lecter
Darth Vadar
Saddam Hussain
Voldmort
Pol Pot
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Here’s the deal
@FedFarmers
- I suggest Labour abandons the climate tax, but from this day forward the farming community agrees to forego all future drought and flood relief. You’re on your own, fellas. You want to be left alone to do your thing, then that’s the way it will be
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Granting NZ citizenship to Peter Thiel was the greatest act of bastardry perpetrated on NZ by John Key
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Free dental is a cynical bribe. New Zealanders would much rather have greater access to semi-automatic weapons
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National govts are essentially place holders, whose No 1 purpose is to keep Labour and the left from power. They’re not there to do good, so don’t expect anything good to come from Luxon and his cronies. Wealth transfer from us to the already wealthy will be the only activity
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Is Nicola Willis the Liz Truss of NZ politics? Has anyone with such an unjustified sense of economic understanding and political ability ever sought such high office in NZ? Fraud and charlatan are the only words that come to mind
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This is the sort of statement I have been waiting to see from Labour. Well done! We shall hold you to it!
Charter schools - we’ve abolished them once and we’ll do it again.
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Luxon: “…we also need to start to think about climate adaptation and actually how we're going to deal with all of those issues across the country”
Luxon, if you haven’t yet given any thought to this matter, we’re doomed. The time to start thinking about this was a decade ago
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“…drafted to mislead”
Excellent analysis by Lianne Dalzeil
Like the Treaty itself, Treaty principles bill is drafted to mislead
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Who knew this? I didn’t. We are not selling our country to overseas corporates - we are giving it away. This govt is a cabal of self interested, traitorous bastards!
NZs Royalty for mining is an absurd 2%.
Australian mining Royalties are 8%,& are considered low. Norways Royalties for Oil&Gas are 78%, & Big Oil still makes a profit.
NZ is giving this stuff away while our environment is destroyed....this isn't a Govt,it's a robbery!
#nzpol
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National are already talking about a second election owing to the inevitability of National, ACT and NZFirst not being able to work together (surprise surprise)
Can you cope with this? Can the Nation?
Don’t let any of these self-serving shitweasels near government
#VoteLabour
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Middle class white trash
I wonder if she is capable of reflecting on her behaviour now she is national news - and not in a good way
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I’m hating this election. Its turning us into the worst people. Those on the right are revealing their true selves as racist, intolerant, self-centred and short sighted, while those on the left are finding the right draws out the worst in us as we try to counter the RW propaganda
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Bailey clearly three sheets to the wind. What a vile, obnoxious PoS. But totally on-form behaviour from a member of this supercilious, arrogant entitled govt
Small business affairs minister Andrew Bayly apologises for interaction during company visit
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Senile and terminally befuddled NZF leader Winston Peters wants parliament to legislate the meaning of the word ‘woman’
While we’re at it, what other words should parliament waste its time defining the meaning of?
Wrong answers only
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I was under the impression that with the passage of time, ALL
NZers had come to accept that boycotting SA sport was the right thing to do
Yet now here we are, 40 years on, playing cricket with a country that denies the humanity of *all* women. WTAF is going on
@BLACKCAPS
?
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Those rejoicing at the possible entry of the Murdoch media into NZ clearly occupy the lunatic fringe of the political spectrum. Nobody with any knowledge of how Murdoch has totally corrupted and enshitified Australian politics could possibly welcome his influence here
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Got any gratuitous advice for the nation tonight, David Seymour
@dbseymour
, like advice on how we should all be living virtuous lives and taking responsibility for our actions?
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Who else is getting the distinct impression that the coalition deal involves Luxon keeping right out of the role of prime ministering and just pissing about with indulgent self promotion while ACT, NZF and the other goons in National get on with their interpretation of governing?
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One significant issue our deadshit PM (that’s you I’m referring to, Luxon) fails to comprehend, is that more than any other factor, the far right libertarian policies of this other PoS and his corrupt and incompetent ACT colleagues will guarantee this CoC will be a 1 term govt.
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How is it remotely possible that Luxon did not know?
Stuff:
“Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he was “completely unaware” of any historical allegations of child sexual abuse against former party minister Anthony “Aussie” Malcolm.”
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@StrayDogNZ
I am rather more tired of having ACT party ideology - sourced and directed from foreign billionaire funded junk tanks - rammed down my throat
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Would the ACT Party candidate who isn’t a: fraud, sex pest, pervert, cooker, bully, gun fetishist or stark raving lunatic please stand up and identify yourself
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Is it just possible that as a country we are over-caféd? esp in the main centres
And so many of them sell such uninspiring fare
Is this the café shakeup we had to have?
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Two articles in the Herald this morning (by Hooton & Nicola Toki) identify the deep foetid pool of doo-doo Luxon has allowed himself to be sucked into through his inability to control ACT (on Māori and Treaty issues), and NZF (fast track consenting)…
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This is the guy bankrolling National and ACT. Are you happy with billionaire serial super yacht owners determining NZ government policy? Of course you’re not. So, why vote NatACT?
Graeme Hart orders another superyacht
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I suggest the gangs just rebrand as a church, as Brian’s kiddies have done, and they’ll be beyond the reach of the new law
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“I am happy to say categorically that I have found no other country that aligns more with my view of the future than New Zealand,” Thiel wrote.
Like fuck we do!
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Here’s a top travel tip for Paul Henry:
Go to hell. Fuck off and keep fucking off, and when you get there, fuck off again
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For the benefit of those out there on modest incomes, pensions, or welfare who might be tempted to vote NACT because of your obsessive hatred of our prime minister, be aware that the solitary policy of National is to transfer as much of YOUR money as possible to their mates
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When John Key applauded the way Luxon was growing into the role of prime minister, what he really meant was that Luxon is totally at ease with lying, obfuscation, speaking meaningless bullshit and belligerence
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A very heavy heart this morning. I expected the Australian result given the lies, misinformation and deceit from the conservatives but it still saddens me immeasurably. I had hoped for better from NZ though. What has become of this country?
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I’m predicting that if National & ACT form a govt, Luxon won’t last 6 months. He would be gone now if it were not for the fact that the election is so close. He’s an incompetent embarrassment to the party, and once in power, National will be eager to be rid of him
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It should be obvious to most people, but Shane Jones and Seymour are acting together towards a common end here: the plundering, despoliation and export of NZ’s environment and natural heritage, solely in the interests of overseas corporations…
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“… - and I want to be very clear - they do not speak for all non-Māori in Aotearoa.”
Correct. Seymour is grossly mistaken if he thinks he speaks for all non-Māori, as he will learn
'Enough is enough' - Chris Hipkins blasts government over Māori policies
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If the PM’s objective was to pick ministers who would offend, antagonise, rile and provoke the electorate with utterly stupid, uninformed, irresponsible and offensive comments, he found the perfect minister in Shane Jones. Jones has effectively declared war on nature
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Luxon lays bare the absolute paucity of management skills within corporate life generally. If Luxon is held up as a model, we actually have a crisis of management in corporations. Their only skill seems to be a limitless ability to talk themselves up
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The question needs to be asked again, and again, and again;
In whose interests are the CoC - National, ACT and NZF - governing NZ?
Because its certainly not in the interests of the citizens of NZ
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We seem to have reached the lowest point in the campaign this past week. If the dangers of electing a Nat/ACT/NZF govt are not abundantly clear to a majority, then I have lost faith in humanity. I am optimistic still, good sense will prevail. Vote Labour, Green or TPM
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Belligerence, deceit, buffoonery, and schoolyard bullying, combined with contempt for democratic process and best practice resource management. This man’s rapacious, insidious plans are the greatest danger facing NZ’s environment
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Seymour blaming road cones and pedestrian safety measures for rates rises is disingenuous bullshit of the first order. We know full well it was ACT, together with their astroturf puppets Groundswell and their racially based opposition to 3 Waters that are the real cause
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The environment is what you live in, you absolute dullard. Are you really that stupid to believe it is something separate and independent of your very existence here on earth?
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Luxon is clearly thrown by changed circumstances and unforeseen events, when events beyond his control require a capacity to respond outside his comfort zone. Not what one would expect from a ‘top’ CEO, but then we know Luxon is something of a charlatan and not really up to it
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Why does the Herald chose to name the older dude but not the wealthy Ponsonby CEO, who is half the old dude’s age?
Police charge Ponsonby CEO over alleged road rage incident involving North Shore pensioner and $430k European supercar
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Can’t bring myself to listen to Jacinda’s final speech to Parlt. I know she will be eloquent, witty and gracious but all of these qualities and what she says will just remind me of what NZ has lost. I would be angry once more at the bastardry & misogyny that has plagued her term
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Luxon’s Dunedin press conference:
“We are all relieved that no property investors were hurt in this unfortunate incident. Now excuse me, I have to talk with my TikTok advisors”
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Luxon:
“"I do believe in kotahitanga... but what I'm talking about is the vision of NZ actually realising its potential"
The vision most of us have for NZ’s future involves honouring te Tiriti. That is where our unique potential resides. Not with ACT’s deceitful treaty bill
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@OccupyMyGov
@marxdeane
Hillsong is nothing more than a tax exempt business operating under the guise of a church, and profiting those at the top.
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I’m going to call it tonight:
In losing the women’s vote with an ill-conceived (groan!) brain fart of a policy, Luxon has lost the election for National
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Yes media - just pretend she stole a frock instead of stealing over $200 million from the health budget
Come on media. Just pretend she is a greens MP, then you might remember how to investigate something.
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