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▲ 24 r/nzpolitics

Barbara Edmonds on Q&A - she's no politician (Topic: Indexation)

I watched Edmonds and Willis go head to head and Willis was continually attacking Labour, making assertions that were frequently untrue/out of context, and Edmonds just stuck to her lane - answering eeach question and ignoring the jibes.

It was odd as my instinct was to point out Willis's mistruths but Edmonds was calm, cool and only spoke up a few times e.g. National's fearmongering about CGT and Covi

Anyway it was kind of odd watching someone who is clearly not a politician but with their own mind, and sense of responsibility, go against spin master Willis

u/Mountain_Tui_Reload — 4 days ago
▲ 39 r/nzpolitics

New Zealand economy was significantly deteriorating "before the Iran war"

As I've said before too. Credit to Jack Tame for being the only Aotearoa New Zealand journalist to pick it up. You would never hear it from Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls

u/Mountain_Tui_Reload — 4 days ago
▲ 61 r/nzpolitics

It came from Fox News, The Australian and The Telegraph fUK too - all Rupert Murdoch/right wing aligned media. What they fought wasn't Ardern - it was her ideology

u/Mountain_Tui_Reload — 4 days ago
▲ 34 r/nzpolitics

Simeon Brown announces new policy to force 16 year olds to stay in school (without trades/ready work)

This is an interesting one but it feels like they are increasingly fascist in their approach. They also negate the effects of poverty and disenfranchisement, much of which often drives issues like mental health, domestic violence and homelessness.

Thoughts?

u/Mountain_Tui_Reload — 4 days ago
▲ 114 r/Whangarei

Northern Advocate (NZME i.e NZ Herald & Newstalk ZB publisher) calls Dr Gary Payinda a "wannabee" - he responds

u/Mountain_Tui_Reload — 4 days ago
▲ 562 r/NewZealandWildlife

Shane Jones said "Bye Freddy" to our Archey's Frogs for his mining mates. National's Climate approach has been summarised as "Let it burn". Enrol to vote by 25 October 2026 or you will NOT be allowed to vote anymore

We've covered this government's track record closely on r/nzpolitics over the last few years. Make sure you are enrolled to vote, and if you care about our nature, wildlife, and climate, I dare say we don't want this fossil fuel, mining, anti-evidence Coalition in power anymore. And remember, even thought they officially backed down on selling large parts of conservation land, Shane Jones has said National are looking to find alternative ways for them to do so, while NZ First swears they will bring that back

Enrol to vote & check your registration too: Election NZ

u/Mountain_Tui_Reload — 4 days ago
▲ 57 r/hawkesbay+2 crossposts

PSA: Enrol to vote by 25 October, midnight, or you will not be allowed to vote anymore

Those enrolled can also check their registration at Election NZ

National were told this law would disenfranchise tens of thousands of Kiwis, and will reliably help them gain ~2 extra seats. The younger age brackets are where the biggest gap is

u/Mountain_Tui_Reload — 4 days ago
▲ 160 r/Tauranga+1 crossposts

Nearly 15% of working population on jobseekers, 80,000 above National's target as Coalition's job cuts, record biz failures & cost of living results in 220,000 Kiwis on jobseekers while ~160,000 so far leave permanently. Their answer: cut benefits, cut youth off benefits & drive more into poverty

u/Mountain_Tui_Reload — 7 days ago
▲ 78 r/Whangarei+1 crossposts

Another hospital closed & non-functional under Coalition. Health privaisation kills, and also leads to doctors/nurses leaving for cushy private roles while public collapses

Article: HERE

u/Mountain_Tui_Reload — 17 days ago
▲ 324 r/thetron

Your ability to vote closes in a month: 385,000 Kiwis haven't enrolled & National's new laws could give the right 2-3 extra seats. ENROL TO VOTE

u/Mountain_Tui_Reload — 21 days ago
▲ 695 r/hawkesbay+1 crossposts

Chris Bishop, whose father co-founded Taxpayers Union, architected current anti-environment laws

u/Mountain_Tui_Reload — 20 days ago
▲ 187 r/NewZealandWildlife

An appeal to TVNZ to do better for Nature/Conservation

Over the weekend, TVNZ covered for a few seconds the huge Auckland protest to protect NZ Conservation land.

This government is on record as saying things like "Bye Bye Endangered Species" (Resources Minister) and "We have prioritized the environment too much and swung too far for it" (Environment Minister)

TVNZ 1News has appeared to give up journalism of late and has resorted to quoting lines and not checking them.

On the conservation land protest this weekend where 350,000 people turned up, TVNZ spent minimal time on it while Melisss said something like

"Critics says the government's Conservation Amendment Bill prioritises economic development while the Government says it's necessary for modernizing conservation" etc

Except it's not "critics say"

The literal wording of the Bill (ironically and farcically called Conservation Bill) - ACTUALLY prioritises economic development

That is almost its entire purpose.

And were it not for the outcry we saw around their concrete plans to sell / dispose of up to 67% of land around the country, they would have left that clause in.

(That clause, NZ First promises, will be returned and Shane Jones says National is looking at ways to get around it in practice AS WE SPEAK)

So I get media is in a tough environment and being attacked from all sides - but journalism is about holding truth to account, it's about validation and scrutiny, not just passing PR campaigns around for all the parties as if promoting Nazism back in the day would have been "being neutral"

Thanks and rant over

Tui

PS Congratulations on winning Bird of the Year, Black Robin! Another conservation success story

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u/Mountain_Tui_Reload — 24 days ago