Alex Auty

Strategic Studies / Victoria University - Former @UnDiplomaticpod - Tweets ranging from IR and pols to whatever else is interesting

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

1. Where does this idea that NZ is neutral come from.
2. Independent foreign policy isn't the same as being unaligned.
3. We've hardly "escalated military spending". We got some new planes to replace old ones. Our defence spending is falling well behind

[Bryce Edwards @bryce_edwards]

Sinophobia and the drumbeats of war are getting louder here - mainly from the Govt and various IR commentators. But cozying up to the US comes at a cost to principles & standards of living: https://t.co/WG968SIkYm

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

@Bob247874 Highlanders beat the Canes in the 2015(?) Super rugby final

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

@paddyfromponeke Is St Kildas home field in NZ tbf

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

Thr cake tin is awful for everything but cricket what are you on

[Jamie Wall @JamieWall2]

CANES MANA

They raise the bat on NZ’s most loved multi purpose venue

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

@au_border_force Squidge is posting about it, rugby in general isn't that big outosde of southern hemisphere especially with the world cup on

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

@ponekeben Cig of choice on a night out?

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

@MentorSixP @AlexChapmanNZ Not my captain hurricane

[ᴏʟᴀ✨ @justt_olaa]

@FabrizioRomano Turkey national team:
Expectation. Reality 😭😭😭

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

@KellermanCliff @WarbzFC And yet lost to Iran

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

@nash_rougvie @WarbzFC Better than yanks by a mile yes

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

@TudsDaNoodle08 @WarbzFC New Zealanders don't like Americans, this isn't news

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

@ponekeben The US weren't that good

[Mountain_Tui @Mountain_Tui]

So it's the first time in history that #NZ commercial fisheries killed orcas. And it comes in 2s.

One of the 2 killed is within a whale sanctuary where commercial fishing is unrestricted. It comes as commercial fisheries are emboldened & Jones has restricted access to footage

[Mountain_Tui @Mountain_Tui]

Gee, NZ Government must really hate the environment.

Look how much of its pristine tourism and natural areas it wants to privatise and sell. These include Coromandel’s Cathedral Cove, Wellington’s Remutaka Ranges, Dunedin’s Tunnel Beach. It includes the Hauraki Islands #kiwi

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

If you were to write this headline or article in a variety of US, UK, German or French media outlets, your career might be on the line and you’d probably be accused of antisemitism.

And yet the author of this piece is a former prime minister for Israel.
https://t.co/xUqPAHxsab

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

@joshthelad3 @aleaguemen @eToro He's from Wellington not Auckland you muppet

[New Zealand Football 🇳🇿 @NZ_Football]

All Whites class of ‘26 🇳🇿

[Joel 🇦🇺 @ptr_to_joel]

MY CULTURE IS NOT YOUR COSTUME DON’T YOU DARE EVER CALL THEM COOKIES AGAIN

[weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval]

you fools….where do you think they’re rowing to…..?

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

@dm4wgtn @grogersxyz Tough talk from a dude who couldn't even crack 1.5k votes

[Alex Auty @AlexanderAuty]

@MrBobDobalinaNZ @generic_orange1 @grogersxyz You have no money of your own, you just use money you've taken from your employer