Steve Reeves and stevereeves on blue

Immigrant, citizen, film star, Rocky Horror name-check, cyclist, cat lover, type-theorist, logician, FPer, watercolourist, vegan, Professor at Waikato Uni

[BabelColour @StuartHumphryes]

This shot of the beach at Takapuna, New Zealand, was taken by Robert Walrond 1913 and looks more akin to a wateroclour painting than an Autochrome photograph. It is quite special 😍 The contemporary view of the beach, island and tree was kindly supplied by @strawhouse

[Catherine Donaldson @Catherinemidwif]

@GregPresland Righted said by Hipkins “They have had three years to make life easier for Kiwis and support families but have instead cut Best Start support for parents, reduced funding for school lunches, cut women's pay, and failed to tackle the cost of living."

[Catherine Delahunty @greencatherine]

Oceana Gold Herald story reminded me how they enjoy a grandfathered royalties rate of 1% at all present and future Waihi mines including new Wharekirauponga mine ( not at Waihi) - everyone else pays 2% and it’s being reviewed - but not for Oceana Gold at Waihi ….

[Steve Reeves and stevereeves on blue @stephenreeves]

@DallyJamie @JonesVincentt Words are cheap, it seems. They've spent the day lying.

[Steve Reeves and stevereeves on blue @stephenreeves]

And £1500-£2000 for New Zealand!

[Daniel Lismore @daniellismore]

In Thatchers own words “privatisation of the energy industry will make us the envy of Europe” Thanks Margaret, you made a few people very rich and the rest of us much poorer.

[Musical Chairs @MusicalChairs14]

NZ private sector is basically in hibernation - running a surplus even! This is unheard of in NZ outside of major shocks and crashes. The idea that Govt will go from deficits like this to a surplus in a couple of years (while RBNZ tighten) is absolute fantasy. La la land.

[Malcolm Reavell @malcolm_reavell]

Divide and rule. We need to get back to class instead of identity politics

[Russell @ATLCWorker]

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[Musical Chairs @MusicalChairs14]

The flawed logic here is that cutting back on Govt spending will lead to a flurry of private investment to 'fill the gap'. This is incredibly stupid. NZ businesses have been in a kind of hibernation since 2023 (and thousands of packed up). [7/n]

[Ko Elizabeth ahau woke af @black13830]

"... found that the wealthy often oppose redistribution not just out of self-interest but also because, living surrounded by people like them, they are left with very little understanding of the depth of poverty that exists in suburbs they never visit."
https://t.co/Uh91vEp3Gg

[John P @SolidAirJohn]

Yep.

[Eddie Izzard @eddieizzard]

Thanks Wellington & New Zealand for a wonderful run of Hamlet performances.
Now Hamlet flies on to Perth, Australia (and a slight weather difference)

[MMTAction @mmt_action]

Millionaires begging to be taxed is the wrong question. Taxes don't fund spending. Real question: will Labour use currency-issuing power to fund public goods, or pretend they need the rich

#MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics

https://t.co/97uYbpp2LE

[2 Ticks Red/Oldie45 🇳🇿⭕️ @Oldie452]

2/2. “The OECD’s survey in May showed its measure of the NZ Central Gvt net debt was 13.6% of GDP in 2024,while gross measure was 57%. That compares with US net public debt of 96% & UK net public debt of 74%.”
“NZ’s economy was never in the public debt spiral painted by Luxon.”

[Steve Reeves and stevereeves on blue @stephenreeves]

Someone like Musk or any of hundreds of other billionaires could spare the £260M this needs and they'd not even notice the money gone.

https://t.co/1xUvpEHwcI

[Ayn Randy @AynRandy666]

John Key forced through power privatisation - that's why your bills are so high.

John Key also helicoptered Luxon in as PM, where he has caused untold damage to NZ via Willis & Seymour.

So this is a bit rich from this prick blaming the RBNZ 🙄 #nzpol

https://t.co/T3KdKJqgLp

[widged @widged]

@Kiwimum55 It has Palantir written ALL OVER IT. Nina's Hood is the founder of the Teacher's institute. Her father finances Crimson's Education. Crimson Education is working for Palantir.

[Dr. Michael Economou @MSEconomou]

@wartsandbrawls Managers see academics as employees of an organisation they are running: their instinct is to minimise salaries, maximise working hours, + strictly control their behaviour. Having worked in industry too, this feels less strange to me, but most academics find it demeaning.

[MMTAction @mmt_action]

New PM, same old problem: Burnham will pretend he must "find money" before spending. He can't. Currency issuers create money when they spend. The real test: Job Guarantee or austerity theater?

#MMT #Economics #UKPolitics

https://t.co/TU52pimVaW

[Helen Clark @HelenClarkNZ]

Escalating settler violence is supported by IDF on #WestBank. These shocking killings in #DeirJahir village 24 km from #Ramallah at the weekend are part of a concerted push to remove #Palestinians from their land to be replaced by illegal settlements. https://t.co/2jPgsjQf0M