State government admits police officer battered Hannah Thomas during pro-Palestinian protest
This but for NZ civil society groups — and even Wellington Regional Emergency Management Office — and Facebook.
Waiting for the PM, Minister Stanford, or Catherine Wedd to explain to me how an age limit on who can access social media will stop the owners of social media platforms from causing harm like this.
#nzpol
The ICO says the workplace investigation into the Info Commissioner John Edwards (who has stepped back from his role since late Feb) has found that he has 'a case to answer'. Edwards 'will now be temporarily unable to act in fulfilling his responsibilities'. What happens next is up to DSIT.
First two news stories
Labour: we want to subsidise public transport (Nats: classic labour, where’s the money coming from? They’re bribing voters etc etc)
Nats: here’s $60 million for primary industries (🦗🦗 not one question about where that money is coming from)
Utterly shameless. #nzpol
On NRT: Cheap but effective - norightturn.blogspot.com/2026/06/chea...
Various surveys say that 1 in 4 or 1 in 5 NZ children live in conditions of food insecurity. And this isn't even framed as a major problem or serious issue a lot of the time.
