Retired, animal lover, social justice, tangata tiriti, equity
Otepoti Dunedin Aotearoa
Joined February 2015
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trish forsman retweeted
“This isn’t a competent government with a plan to fix the economy. Its record instead is of economic mismanagement, privatisation by stealth, crony corruption, climate denialism, expensive populist promises, abject incompetence in health & a still-rising cost of living.” @simonbwilson’s blistering indictment of current #NZ govt: simonwilsonhopetown.substack… #nzpol
trish forsman retweeted
Over 400,000 people have already voted. Over 100,000 more than the 2023 election. Apparently there was a big rush of young people enrolling near cut off date. I think the government shot themselves in the foot trying to influence the vote.
trish forsman retweeted
National - "Don't split your vote! Shut up Harry!!"
ACT & NZ First - "Split your vote!!"
Jesus christ what a shit show these clowns can't agree on a voting strategy & your average right winger ain't that bright..
So funny when they "strategically" vote themselves out 😅#nzpol
trish forsman retweeted
If it turns out that the RNZ/RR poll is more or less on the money then it’s likely that this electorate poll for Mt Roskill, which got slammed, will have been one of the first indicators that the Nat’s campaign was falling apart. nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/m…
trish forsman retweeted
Nick Mowbray dropped half a million on National & ACT in an attempt to buy this election & now he wants to change MMP because the two major parties are failing.
These people will always weaponise their wealth to maintain power & control.
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The rotten coalition.
NZ's rollback of climate policies 'staggering' - Climate Action Tracker | RNZ share.google/jPoMxLIFB3p0JZ0…
trish forsman retweeted
Fonterra poisons the well with nitrates, children drink the contaminated water, and taxpayers pay to find safe water. 21 schools found with elevated drinking water nitrate levels rnz.co.nz/news/health/222677…
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Wealthy commentators and politicians saying they don’t need free GP visits are aware they don’t have to use them aye?
Not everyone has Luxon’s mentality to just take because you can.
trish forsman retweeted
If the top 1 percent of wealthy New Zealanders had paid the same share of tax as middle New Zealand, then it would have generated an additional $7 billion a year in tax revenue from 2021 to 2024
newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/30/mi…
trish forsman retweeted
National’s polling woes have brought in nearly half a million in donations from New Zealand’s wealthiest people this week.
Manson TCLM, a property development firm, has donated $75,000. They build houses, rent them to community providers and they claim Income Related Rent.
trish forsman retweeted
Labour, Greens, Te Pāti Māori and Opportunity have signed a set of commitments aimed at preventing and ending youth homelessness
rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korih…
trish forsman retweeted
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.
trish forsman retweeted
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO), a nurses’ union, said in a press release yesterday that a pay equity claim lodged for 750 hospice staff in September last year had been declined.
nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/p…
trish forsman retweeted
The wealthy interfere in elections, as Mowbray shows us. What does he hope to gain?
"Mowbray told Midday Report that he has made the "assumption" that it was National who complained to the Electoral Commission.
He says the "split your vote" campaign is working "unbelievably".
trish forsman retweeted
rnz.co.nz/news/politics_elec… Businessman Harry Mowbray, who created a website encouraging vote-splitting, says the MMP electoral system is a "complete dog".
He confirmed part of his strategy was to discredit MMP and "show people how bad it is".
trish forsman retweeted
This smarmy fuckwit is solely responsible for the shocking state NZ is in.
He parachuted useless Luxon into parliament & gifted him PM.
Then ACT, NZ First & various National idiots ran riot for 3 years.
The only person who did a job on Luxon - was Luxon. Being useless. #nzpol
