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• Post #4410866

  New Zealand's richest man makes the largest single donation this cycle, to National. This is the death of democracy, outright corruption and is one way our political system gives outsized influence to the super-rich, to the detriment of everyone else. Donations to political parties should be outright BANNED . Only small membership fees should be allowed (e.g. maximum $100 per person per annum). Such fees are fundamentally democratic, because significant money can only be raised with signi...

• Post #4003701

  NZ government gifts $60m of public money to a private corporate which has $7b annual revenue. The details of this welfare are being hidden from the public, but equate to gifting $400,000 per job at the plant in question. I don't necessarily have a problem with supporting NZ cement manufacture - but if the public is paying for it, the public should own it. Or spend the $400k per employee on retraining and support - not a donation to a profit-making private business. This coalition keeps pu...

• Post #2104510

  Paraphrasing Nicola Willis: "The economy is doing well, so now is the time to cut public services and give tax cuts to rich people. Now the economy is doing badly, so now is the time to cut public services and give tax cuts to rich people." #nzpol

• Post #2104509

  Another story from New Zealand on "how not to do healthcare" Increase the occurrence of a devastating disease, which has massive treatment and rehabilitation costs (if you survive), by failing to fund an effective vaccine. Leave disabled victims with minimal support and huge costs. Force them back to work ASAP. Say "we don't have the resources". We DO HAVE THE RESOURCES, we are instead choosing to have tax cuts for the rich, massive corporate profi...

• Post #1867814

  New Zealand help open the Strait of Hormuz?? This government can't even open the Strait of Cook!! #nzpol

• Post #1793769

  I'll be going to the National Kiwi Hui in Nelson. Unfortunately both DOC and the Save the Kiwi charity have only publicised via Facebook, which I block. Below is the post (in two parts), for everyone who doesn't do Facebook and other nasty stuff: Save the Kiwi and the Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai are pleased to announce that registrations are now open for the National Kiwi Hui, to be held at the Rutherford Hotel in Nelson from Tuesday 9 to Wednesday 11 June 2026....