@aligorith Primarily because there wasn't an alternative, but also Brown hasn't actually been the worst mayor we've ever had.
I suspect Richard Hills will run at some point, but this wasn't the election to do it.
#nzpol
Ika Makimaki
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ALSO if you haven't voted go get off your arse and go vote
We have NAZIS and conspiracy theorists to keep out
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/575603/elections-how-to-cast-a-special-vote-in-auckland
Angela Antunovic
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On the seemingly endless #WarOnNature that the Luxon government is pushing, polluters would need to be paid if communities require them to stop damaging thei water, air and soil.
Sounds like exactly the opposite of what should happen, right?
Read more about it, and get ready to stop it together!
The Polluters Get Paid Plan: AKA Regulatory Takings
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/the-polluters-get-paid-plan-aka-regulatory-takings/
ALSO if you haven't voted go get off your arse and go vote
We have NAZIS and conspiracy theorists to keep out
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/575603/elections-how-to-cast-a-special-vote-in-auckland
Stop everything! 🚨
There is a New Zealand Honest government ad from @thejuicemedia and it is 🔥
On point and equal measures hilarious and depressing. 🤣😭
100% Pure Shitfuckery! 💩
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=h-yjkAXxnMA
Angela Antunovic
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Aotearoa New Zealand Local election resources!
Remember to Vote!
Re-posting a collection of useful links for fedizens voting in the #LocalElections25 #NZPol #poti2025
Originally tooted yesterday as a reply but for better visibiility here it goes again:
https://localelections.nz/ - Gen Zero survey
https://theprogressreport.co.nz/local-candidates-2025/ - public information
https://www.votefortetiriti.com/ - honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi
https://policy.nz/2025 Local Gov NZ - public info
https://paultheotherone.com/lg25/ - guide to regional councils and red flag spotting
https://ratepayer.vote/ - Taxpayers Union candidate endorsement (kiss of death, from my point of view).. a check here is a bad candidate in my book.
AUCKLAND
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/campaigns/bikeable-auckland/ - for better cycling in the city
CANTERBURY - Vote for clean drinking water
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/freshwater/vote-clean-drinking-water/
These are just the ones I used to inform my vote (thanks again @Kay ) but remember to check for any groups advocating for the things you care about in your community and use them to guide you.
Lastly, if you still cant decide who to vote for, go for whoever is more likely to defeat the worst candidates you'd like to vote against.
Do Participate if you can!
Voting alone is not going to solve this but we definitely need to use any tools at our disposal and not participating can and will make things worse.
Please comment with any other resources you've found or your approach to choosing the least worst when there is no best.
#democracy or what's left of it.
ghouls for commensality 🧿
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No. No. A thousand million times NO.
They will start amassing a trove of warrantless surveillance imagery and we all know the next step will be to feed it to an unaccountable nazi billionaire's panopticon database like Palantir.
We have to fight this and hard. #NZPol
On the seemingly endless #WarOnNature that the Luxon government is pushing, polluters would need to be paid if communities require them to stop damaging thei water, air and soil.
Sounds like exactly the opposite of what should happen, right?
Read more about it, and get ready to stop it together!
The Polluters Get Paid Plan: AKA Regulatory Takings
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/the-polluters-get-paid-plan-aka-regulatory-takings/
No. No. A thousand million times NO.
They will start amassing a trove of warrantless surveillance imagery and we all know the next step will be to feed it to an unaccountable nazi billionaire's panopticon database like Palantir.
We have to fight this and hard. #NZPol
Michael Dexter
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Ultimately, Luxon and Brooke van Velden need to stop making policy on the fly, based on what a few of their self-interested business mates have been telling them.
Ultimately, Luxon and Brooke van Velden need to stop making policy on the fly, based on what a few of their self-interested business mates have been telling them.
Angela Antunovic
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New Zealand's electricity market is a total rort.
Households pay high prices so that big energy companies can increase profits.
We’re not in a cost of living or energy crisis at all. It’s actually a “markets gouging us blind while raking in massive profits” crisis.
Why no-one is fixing the energy market rort draining Kiwis
https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360841333/current-affairs-why-no-one-fixing-energy-market-rort-draining-kiwis?utm_source=nickofnz&utm_medium=nickofnz #nzpol
All this concern right wing politicians seem to suddenly have about the sanctity of a house, and how important it is for families to feel safe in it... it is very nice and convenient, isn't it?
Does it also apply to Palestinians being starved and bombed relentlessly for 2 years straight? Do they also have a right to feel safe at home?
New Zealand's electricity market is a total rort.
Households pay high prices so that big energy companies can increase profits.
We’re not in a cost of living or energy crisis at all. It’s actually a “markets gouging us blind while raking in massive profits” crisis.
Why no-one is fixing the energy market rort draining Kiwis
https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360841333/current-affairs-why-no-one-fixing-energy-market-rort-draining-kiwis?utm_source=nickofnz&utm_medium=nickofnz #nzpol
Here's a time when Winston Peters condoned protestors
"are you trying to say that a few extremist actions against the massive majority who are law abiding* peaceful protestors ...is to be the most prominent issue?"
* they were currently breaking the law as they had been trespassed from parliament grounds
Here's a time when Winston Peters condoned protestors
"are you trying to say that a few extremist actions against the massive majority who are law abiding* peaceful protestors ...is to be the most prominent issue?"
* they were currently breaking the law as they had been trespassed from parliament grounds
Angela Antunovic
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So... Looks like One NZ folded to political pressure at the merest hit of attention. The only weapon I have to make a statement is my wallet.
I've been with Vodafone/One for more than 25 years. Looking for advice on who to switch to for mobile and internet. #NZPol
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360846407/willis-one-nz-should-re-think-ads-protester-who-gave-out-winston-peters-address