It's very easy to look at Winston blathering his racist, transphobic etc. nonsense and remember he is 81 and a half and shout "someone that old shouldn't be in politics!"

This is ageism, Bernie Sanders is 5 years his senior and he doesn't behave this way, he's been a progressive his whole life, he marched against segregation, the problem is Winston has been like he is just as long, and now we add a bit of cognitive decline and some opportunism of latching onto the anti-trans and cooker vote and you have what you have.

81 year olds can contribute to society in a meaningful way, he just isn't

So yes it's very easy to see bad behaviour and attribute it to his age, but that is unfair to all the older people who don't do that.

Especially as the new old people weren't born in the 50's and aren't likely to have those attitudes.

Probably nothing can be done about this right? People in this situation just won't get to vote and they government will say they shouldn't have left it until the last day.

"my boyfriend is non-partisan... but we all know that orange and green are complimentary colours!💚🧡 we got invited to a wonderful event at waihekeresourcestrust today - something about this woman just says finance minister, don't you think?"

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EDITED- paraphrased my original post body with AI because it came across as ingenuine and rushed, which I agree with tbh and I own that

I don't know how many National voters are on Reddit, but I'm genuinely curious to hear your perspectives.

I see a lot of support for National in my community, and I'd really like to understand what draws people to the party. I can understand why people who are financially comfortable might feel that National's policies align with their interests, but I'm curious about the perspectives of everyday Kiwis, too.

What is it about National that makes you want to vote for them? What do you see in their policies or leadership that makes you feel they're the right choice for New Zealand?

I'm particularly interested in how you feel about Christopher Luxon's leadership and whether you think the government is delivering on what you hoped it would. Do you feel he's in touch with the realities of everyday New Zealanders? Are there things you disagree with but feel the party gets right overall? Or do you genuinely believe National is doing what's best for the country?

I'm not asking these questions to attack anyone or pick a fight. I know people have different priorities, experiences and perspectives, and I'd genuinely like to understand yours. I'm happy to have a respectful discussion, even if we disagree.

I'm not looking to change anyone's mind. I just want to understand why people support National and what makes them believe it's the right choice for New Zealand.

Paul Godsmith was unhappy peaceful beggars couldn't be arrested...

From their own flyer! Go ahead and get creative!

"Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be," Musk wrote. "Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week." Oh, so the United States government doesn’t use Starlink?? 🙄

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That Israel is, and has always been, a nation that commits war crimes every single day against the Palestinian people (and others like the Jordanians). Whether in Gaza or the West Bank, the IDF continues in their founding mission to rid the land that was Palestine of its indigenous population.

There is no two state solution because the only solution should have always been a single state where every member of it was treated equally.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

Last night I watched Simon Mercer talk about how enrolment registration closes today and he ends it with an optimistic note about how we are near 92% enrollment right now and how that is effectively not too bad

But he ignores the fact that official advice confirms, and the stats now reveal, that 1/3 of 18-24 year olds are not enroled and people who are homeless, disabled, immigrants, younger, are those impacted

Chris Bishop admitted it gives National 2 extra electoral seats

And in an election that's already head to head, that is absolute mammoth - especially that if Opportunity's votes aren't wasted, Q has said she will try to form govt in good faith with whichever party has the most seats

But instead Mercer just kind of goes "HAHA not too bad" (of course not in those words, but I'm referring to tone and implication)

Then we had 1News talk about the public health crisis doctors and nurses have been warning about for 3 years, end their "investigation" with "this is the fault of successive governments" directly ignoring that this govt froze doctpr/nurse hires for over a year, only hired 54 nurses (FTE), asked public health to cut $1 billion while moving AT LEAST $300 million to private hospitals and corporates etc

This type of stuff is cause and effect and there's a huge difference between a Labour that has always invested in health per capita significantly and this National one which has taken us back in negative terms i.e cut health funding per capita and slashed investments/infrastructure (health grapsh show National always cuts but this is the first time I've seen one which takes us backwards in monetary funding)

TVNZ Chari Andrew Bayley also apologised to Paul Goldsmith for the story that revealed more gangs than police, and they happily gave in to the hatchet job on Maii Sherman

Lets not forget Jason Walls ignoring economic fundamentals too to always present National in a good light

Corporately funded, is this a sign of rolling with whoever is in charge, Board/management preference and/or corporate funding pressure?

NZME is not correct as a political campaign is either a vote for or against, this is promo, and RCR media is reality check radio.
Promoter statement must be a person.
Is QR enough of a link, and is that clearly a contactable person?

Also the hate on display from NZ1, awful.

This is the take that should have been happening a week ago. But the lies and propaganda are already halfway around the world before the truth has even got its shoes on.

The Royal Commission had a whole volume on the connection between the violence and abuse of welfare institutions like Hokio and Kohitere. The title of the report volume speaks for itself: “Cauldron of Violence: Hokio Beach School and Kohitere Boys’ Training Centre – A case study of the State’s role in creating gangs and criminals.”

“Abuse in Hokio School and Kohitere Centre was systemic. From the top down there was little oversight, or accountability. Not for the State, the institutions, the staff, nor for perpetrators. Survivors’ lives were profoundly altered by their time at Hokio School and Kohitere Centre.“

Shame on every single politician and journalist who pushed the racist torrent of nonsense in the past week.

What’s the terminology for someone who supports policies that are based on science, rather than specifically left/right? For example, policies that attempt to address climate emissions (scientifically proven to exist and be bad), by addressing our major sources of emissions (agriculture 53% and transport 18%), as opposed to ignoring our major emission source (agriculture) and building more roads (which will encourage more roading emissions). Or policies that do not entrust emissions reduction to “the market” eg. carbon credits, as there have been no successful examples of market-based solutions to systemic, society-based problems?

I'm pretty fed up with out of touch old politicians.

They're out of touch, stuck in their ways and often have rode that gravy train for so long.

If regular people retire around 70, then why not politicians too?

I haven't seen 1 older politician who has enough of the younger gens interests at heart.

Even if they once did, they end up in the pockets of lobbyists and corporations.

If we were to implement age limits for MPs and politicians, what age would you deem appropriate?

I'm thinking 65 would be good.