It turns out you could not “trust them” after all.

Scoop: Ministers forged ahead with reinstating offshore drilling despite warnings from officials that it probably violates trade agreements with the likes of the EU and UK. newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/01/gov…

My eyebrow twitched, such was my surprise. What ppl need to realise is that these ghouls *do* believe the costs of these obscenely expensive private finance deals will be offset by the incredible efficiency gains achieved by for-profit companies. It's a blind unshakeable faith.

Not even a year in and this coalition government's legacy so far is one of lies, misinformation and obfuscation. Here's a thread of the many times Luxon's government has misled the public with false claims & refused to release evidence to justify their damaging policies 🧵

Costello’s bid for a $216M tax break for Philip Morris was approved by Cabinet, but it turns out the only evidence she had was a bunch of irrelevant papers and an op ed. Time to break out the epidemiology PhD and Costello’s so called “independent advice” … cracks knuckles. 🧵1/8

It's pretty fair to say that National party under Christopher Luxon has cultivated a political model which relies on a readiness to mislead about anything out of pure political convenience. Given what we see daily in current areas of focus, all rely heavily on misleading NZers.

Mortgage market liberalisation saw lending increase from 20% of GDP to 80% by 2006, the vast majority of which went in to the purchase of existing homes. There is no feasible increase in supply that could have absorbed such a flood of credit.

Despite putting on protective masks, fifteen peacekeepers suffered effects, including skin irritation and gastrointestinal reactions, after the smoke entered the camp. The peacekeepers are receiving treatment.

Workers deserve to know what this government is going to do to create good, sustainable work. What it's going to do to help - not just what it's going to cut. We can't simply hope that the housing market stirs back into life and hope . New Zealand needs a better economic plan now

Could ⁦nzherald⁩ please disclose that tobacco companies are members of ⁦The NZ Initiative⁩ when ⁦Eric Crampton⁩ writes about tobacco nzherald.co.nz/business/eric-…

How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)

Elon, here you go again making false and completely unfounded accusations without providing any specifics. That’s the kind of response one would expect from a conspiracy theorist. What oligarch? What treason? Let me help you out with the facts: I don’t take/have never taken

Conventional wisdom in 2024 seems to dictate that the Covid-19 response was an overreaction, but that conventional wisdom is wrong. My analysis on the Royal Commission report and the response to it: newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/his…

Today in annual review hearings Minister Brooke Van Velden cited returning fire-at-will in the first 90 days and a real term cut to the minimum wage as the two policies she has initiated for the benefit of workers in her time as Minister. This Government is taking NZ backwards.

How is your day going? I’ve just been declined access to the New Zealand Treasury HYEFU lock-up. Apparently that’s because the CTU didn’t meet their criteria. Our 27 Unions & more than 320,000 workers don’t need to know about the govt books or the economy? Open & transparent government 🤷

'The silence over the demise of Kamal Adwan Hospital is deafening. The world has fully accepted Israel’s genocide.' — #AJOpinion by Ghada Ageel ⤵️ aje.io/fo6829

Over the last 24 hours Luxon, Willis, Simeon Brown and now Judith Collins have all tried to reframe the school lunch debacle as about parental responsibility. Don’t let them off the hook: They promised better food cheaper and are failing to deliver.

Nothing to see here, just a 49-page UN report documenting Israel's "genocidal acts" in Gaza and its systematic use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

antihobbes empire the proper order of things everything (everyone) in their right place, as it were... (not the pesky post ww2 kind with that pesky "middle class" - the proper kind - she definitely helped - and continues to help - advance its glorious* return) x.com/PsionicPsittac…

Going off 2023 numbers, scraping same day enrolment will affect 19.4% of voters. 110,000 enrolled on election day & 450,000 enrolled during early voting in 2023. 560,000 used same day rego. & total turnout was 2,884,111 Pure Gerrymandering Source: elections.nz/democracy-in-n…