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New Zealand's liberal blog.

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If you do not like politics, climate change, or the OIA, you are unlikely to enjoy following me.

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Controversial move-on orders challenged on national day of action - https://tewahanui.nz/twn-campaign/controversial-move-on-orders-challenged-by-national-day-of-actioin - Details and more news at: https://nzccl.org.nz/news
Maybe the regime isn't united on tyranny?

When the regime introduced four tyrannical bills last week, I joked that the reason for the theme was that it was one of the few things the ...

On NRT: The alternative to pay equity legislation - https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-alternative-to-pay-equity.html
The alternative to pay equity legislation

Last year, the regime rammed through the Equal Pay Amendment Act under urgency, gutting pay equity laws, dumping all claims, and stealing $1...

Naked corruption

Its election year, so the big parties are already collecting big donations from rich people wanting corrupt favours . But the disclosure thr...

Petition against move-on orders.

"That the House of Representatives not pass legislation that would provide Police with the power to issue move-on orders."
https://petitions.parliament.nz/420b82a6-b4ca-4af6-47d2-08de7bb72e2e?lang=en

Petition of Tekih Veikoso: Do not pass legislation on move-on orders

Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.

You know how in every movie set during WWII there’s a scene where Nazis are checking papers on the trains? That is the USA as of today

https://apnews.com/article/atlanta-airport-tsa-federal-immigration-agents-4cfb93f7d2ff5a1ccb87d1bdbf54b959

ICE seen at Atlanta airport amid partial shutdown

Armed federal immigration officers in tactical gear moved through terminals at some of the busiest U.S. airports Monday, standing near security lines and checkpoints after President Donald Trump ordered their deployment during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted air travel nationwide. The officers have not screened passengers so far. The Trump administration said they would supplement Transportation Security Administration staffing at certain airports but provided few details about exactly what they would be doing. After intensified immigration enforcement and protests in cities across the country over the past year, their presence has unsettled some travelers and raised new questions.

AP News
Not a government in waiting

The fundamental job of the opposition in a Westminster system is to show us the alternative, both in people and in policies. When the govern...

⚡️Ukrainian drones killing Russian troops faster than Moscow can replace them, drone commander says.

"We need to keep milking this cow, the Russian army, for everything it’s worth, exhausting it beyond its maximum capacity,” Robert "Madyar" Brovdi told the Economist.

🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drones-killing-russian-troops-faster-than-moscow-can-replace-them-drone-commander-says/

Ukrainian drones killing Russian troops faster than Moscow can replace them, drone commander says

"We need to keep milking this cow, the Russian army, for everything it’s worth, exhausting it beyond its maximum capacity," Robert "Madyar" Brovdi told the Economist.

The Kyiv Independent
The right solution for the wrong problem

The regime has been taking a bit of stick about its "policy" of 10,000 new EV chargers , which seemed to have no tracking and no actual mea...

Corrupt, criminal secrecy

Fishing is a criminal industry . Fishers routinely lie about catch sizes, illegally dump bycatch, and cover up the murder of protected speci...