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manager: so, your performance is down this quarter, what's up with that? worker: oh, I have a long standing policy that I don't comment on performance assessments manager: fair enough

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Published: August 31, 2025 21:19

manager: so, your performance is down this quarter, what's up with that? worker: oh, I have a long standing policy that I don't comment on performance assessments manager: fair enough nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1962253683275780147#m

RNZ opened by asked the PM about the IPSOS poll and when he responded that he doesn't comment on polls they were like 'OK'. Wtf?

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Published: August 31, 2025 20:38

RNZ opened by asked the PM about the IPSOS poll and when he responded that he doesn't comment on polls they were like 'OK'. Wtf? nitter.poast.org/GregPresland/status/1962245819278762283#m

will the PM show who is in charge and prove his Minister wrong by firmly putting him in his place this morning?

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Published: August 31, 2025 19:22

will the PM show who is in charge and prove his Minister wrong by firmly putting him in his place this morning? nitter.poast.org/GregPresland/status/1962056526950256688#m

R to @ClintVSmith: 2 years ago, nz was building nearly 50,000 homes a year. Now, only 30,000. That's not because of the regulatory settings, it's because of lack of investment. the govt has removed its investment, and redirected landlord investment from new homes to existing. that's the problem

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Published: August 31, 2025 01:59

2 years ago, nz was building nearly 50,000 homes a year. Now, only 30,000. That's not because of the regulatory settings, it's because of lack of investment. the govt has removed its investment, and redirected landlord investment from new homes to…

the thing is, some tweaks to planning and consenting laws, building on Phil Twyford's work, are all well and good. they may lead to some more building at the margins. but they are trivial compared to the cancellation of the govt build programme that peaked at 7,200 homes a year.

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Published: August 31, 2025 01:57

the thing is, some tweaks to planning and consenting laws, building on Phil Twyford's work, are all well and good. they may lead to some more building at the margins. but they are trivial compared to the cancellation of the govt build programme that peaked…

another example of how tolls just don't work. - decreases the use & utility of this infrastructure we're spending a billion bucks on - increases the cost of living for locals - raises an insignificant amount of money, much of which will go on the cost of collecting the tolls

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Published: August 29, 2025 00:22

another example of how tolls just don't work. - decreases the use & utility of this infrastructure we're spending a billion bucks on - increases the cost of living for locals - raises an insignificant amount of money, much of which will go on the cost of…

MPs need offices. rent's gonna be paid to someone. As long as it's a fair, independently set rate, meh. But Luxon buying a family home in the middle of a housing crisis & making it to an office, rather than use one of the retail spaces *right across the road*. that's a shocker.

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Published: August 28, 2025 04:16

MPs need offices. rent's gonna be paid to someone. As long as it's a fair, independently set rate, meh. But Luxon buying a family home in the middle of a housing crisis & making it to an office, rather than use one of the retail spaces *right across the…

back on track

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Published: August 27, 2025 21:16

back on track

the record low pay gap can be attributed to past pay equity settlements & collective agreements in female-dominated occupations flowing through Also looks like recent female job losses have been concentrated in low pay occupations, this lifts the median for the remaining workers

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Published: August 26, 2025 23:49

the record low pay gap can be attributed to past pay equity settlements & collective agreements in female-dominated occupations flowing through Also looks like recent female job losses have been concentrated in low pay occupations, this lifts the median…

yeah, I would say a group of 10 office workers in their 40s and 50s would be a concerning starting line up for any international rugby coach.

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Published: August 26, 2025 21:31

yeah, I would say a group of 10 office workers in their 40s and 50s would be a concerning starting line up for any international rugby coach. nitter.poast.org/TaxpayersUnion/status/1960096860737065207#m

giving the 110,000 state school teachers & public sector nurses a 5% rise would cost around $500m/yr, which would go straight back into local economies & help retain much-needed staff For context, the ferry fiasco has cost $671m so far & achieved nothing https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360801984/numbers-yes-you-can-earn-over-14000-teacher-not-many-do

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Published: August 26, 2025 01:53

giving the 110,000 state school teachers & public sector nurses a 5% rise would cost around $500m/yr, which would go straight back into local economies & help retain much-needed staff For context, the ferry fiasco has cost $671m so far & achieved nothing …

R to @ClintVSmith: also, the quasi-religious way RBNZ independence is treated as an unquestionable tenet was invented by the neolibs, and we should be wary of putting such power in the hands of people who aren't democratically accountable.

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Published: August 25, 2025 02:15

also, the quasi-religious way RBNZ independence is treated as an unquestionable tenet was invented by the neolibs, and we should be wary of putting such power in the hands of people who aren't democratically accountable.

If I was advising the opposition, I would say be wary of going all in on the cause of RBNZ independence (which ordinary people don't know or care about) because the Nats will flip it to frame you as opposing Luxon's call for lower interest rates

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Published: August 25, 2025 02:11

If I was advising the opposition, I would say be wary of going all in on the cause of RBNZ independence (which ordinary people don't know or care about) because the Nats will flip it to frame you as opposing Luxon's call for lower interest rates…

hoping major events (which always have less economic benefits than touted) & getting rich people to move to NZ will revive the economy is fairytale thinking We need to be focused on fundamentals: saving our manufacturing sector from energy prices and building more infrastructure

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Published: August 24, 2025 23:19

hoping major events (which always have less economic benefits than touted) & getting rich people to move to NZ will revive the economy is fairytale thinking We need to be focused on fundamentals: saving our manufacturing sector from energy prices and…

major events ideas always have a 'get rich quick' feel. The Casino Convention Centre was meant to have dozens of major conferences a year. Always a fairy tale. We're a low population country, far from everywhere, in an awkward time zone - not suitable for many big intl gatherings

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Published: August 24, 2025 23:15

major events ideas always have a 'get rich quick' feel. The Casino Convention Centre was meant to have dozens of major conferences a year. Always a fairy tale. We're a low population country, far from everywhere, in an awkward time zone - not suitable for…

police recruitment programme is going backwards, again. the promise of 500 extra cops over two years was already a slowdown from the 320 a year Labour averaged. the actual result has been 23 extra cops in 20 months. Just 14 per year. With a fall of 22 in the past two months.

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Published: August 24, 2025 22:55

police recruitment programme is going backwards, again. the promise of 500 extra cops over two years was already a slowdown from the 320 a year Labour averaged. the actual result has been 23 extra cops in 20 months. Just 14 per year. With a fall of 22…