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All Nick know is make meme, post cats, eat hot chip & lie. He/him.
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May 30 • 14 tweets • 8 min read
In June, David Seymour takes the reins as Deputy PM.

Seymour's association with US organisation the Atlas Network has long been the topic of controversy.
But who are Atlas & why is Seymour so quick to dismiss those who ask questions about it as "conspiracy nutters"?

THREAD 1/14 What is Atlas Network?
A Washington-based org who oversee over 580 partner think tanks united in their vision to see that "the principles of individual liberty, property rights, limited government, and free markets are secured by the rule of law."



2/14abc.net.au/news/2025-04-2…
Oct 8, 2024 • 21 tweets • 8 min read
Our Prime Minister has no portfolios and yet never seems to have the time to get ahead of what's happening within his government.

Here's a thread of the many times Christopher Luxon has claimed he's been unaware of his coalition government controversies 🧵 Image 1. Dunedin's mitigated flood risk prevention plan.

"I haven't seen advice on that and | am not aware of that," he said, despite his coalition rejecting it earlier this year. Image
Oct 2, 2024 • 26 tweets • 9 min read
Not even a year in and this coalition government's legacy so far is one of lies, misinformation and obfuscation.

Here's a thread of the many times Luxon's government has misled the public with false claims & refused to release evidence to justify their damaging policies 🧵 Image 1. Dunedin Hospital.

Three key documents about the beleaguered Dunedin Hospital building project have yet to be released.

Dunedin's mayor have questioned the government's assertion the cost could blow out to $3 billion, calling it a "smokescreen".

Apr 17, 2023 • 105 tweets • 79 min read
Here's a thread of prominent New Zealand women who have publicly shown their support for our trans community 🧵

1. Folk singing comedy & activist duo Jools and Lynda Topp aka The Topp Twins. ImageImageImage 2. Olympic medalist and Black Fern rugby union player Ruby Tui. ImageImageImage
Apr 4, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Sean Plunket's 'gotcha' attempt to get Prime Minister Hipkins to "define a woman" has gone viral.

It reveals a hard pivot from Plunket's Platform station into transphobic content.

But who is funding Plunket's obsession with the trans community?



🧵 1/8 The financiers of Plunket's The Platform are the wealthy Wright family, known for their Best Start Educare chain of ECEs

Their reasons for funding The Platform and other controversies surrounding their ECEs are detailed here:



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Jul 30, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Gee I wonder why Seymour is so against @golrizghahraman's Electoral Amendment bill that would require parties like ACT to disclose who they have received large donations from...
🤔🤔🤔 It's not like Seymour is scrupulous about who ACT accept donations from Image
Jul 28, 2022 • 32 tweets • 14 min read
In the last month, Sean Plunket's The Platform has given significant air time to key anti-vaxx voices incl. Voices for Freedom, suspended doctor Matt Shelton & Guy Hatchard.

Their vaccine disinfo has been presented without criticism by hosts who enthusiastically agree with them. Image Here's Rodney Hide agreeing with Voices For Freedom co-founder Alia Bland's claims that the COVID vaccine isn't safe:

Apr 11, 2022 • 8 tweets • 8 min read
People have died overseas from drinking Miracle Mineral Solution, a product promoted as a COVID-19 preventative on channels such as 'Sue Grey is the Real Leader of NZ' & Counterspin Media.

MMS contains a high concentration of sodium chlorite, commonly used as a textile bleach. ImageImageImageImage Susan says MMS helps "realign DNA back to its original blueprint."

Baz 4040 claims it's been shut down in NZ because "govt knows it works."

The Cat disagrees, stating that MMS is not effective against COVID but only because "the COVID-19 virus does not exist." ImageImageImageImage
Apr 9, 2022 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
New Nation Party or NNP have a growing following on Facebook including Sue Grey, Harete Hipango, Voices For Freedom's Alia Bland, Liz Gunn & TPU's Jordan Williams.

Founded by HeliPower director Michael Jacomb, NNP are vocal supporters of the anti-mandate protest.

Thread 🧵/1 Jacomb was very vocal in his support of the anti-mandate protest, flying supplies to protestors and using it as an opportunity to promote his party.

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Apr 6, 2022 • 18 tweets • 14 min read
After left month's protests, it was announced that a documentary was to be made about the supposed thousands of severe vaccine-injuries & hundreds of vaccine-deaths in NZ which antivaxxers claim are being covered up.

Thread 🧵 /1 Initially titled 101 Vaccine Stories, the documentary now goes by the name Silent No More.

The website for the film currently offers no stories, however it does feature a video of National MP @ChrisPenknz accepting a petition on behalf of Silent No More.

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Mar 19, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
How impressive is this?
These students cared so much about making others feel safe that they successfully campaigned for gender-neutral toilets.

Now they're working with other schools to do the same.

Because ALL rangatahi should feel safe at school 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

i.stuff.co.nz/national/educa… One of Labour's 2020 campaign policies was to create more inclusive school and work environments.

Hipkins says the Government is working to provide gender-neutral bathrooms "so all students can feel comfortable throughout the school day" as agreed upon by Cabinet in March 2021.
Mar 19, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The irony of Matt King, who supported the anti-democracy 'Freedom' protest, calling his new party DemocracyNZ. Last month, Matt King suggested that Prime Minister Ardern would be "gone this year."

What democratic process did the DemocracyNZ leader think would lead to this happening? 🤔
Mar 18, 2022 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
Oh cool so antivaxxers believe they can just up and become "sheriffs" now if they print themselves off a certificate 🙄 And if an actual police officer tries to pull one of these "sheriffs" over, they can avoid arrest with these simple steps!
Mar 15, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Not antivaxxers equating their 'struggle' with the #MeToo movement 😤 Image Anti-vaxxers ideas for hashtags are a fascinating look into their beliefs.

Gossip, QAnon, Ivermectin & Lizard People just for starters...

Also some just straight up don't know what a hashtag is 😂 ImageImageImageImage
Mar 4, 2022 • 13 tweets • 13 min read
There are two NZ "alternative" news websites that antivaxxers love to cite: The Daily Examiner and The Daily Telegraph.

On the surface, both look like genuine news sites but dig deeper and you'll notice some red flags
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Thread 🧵
/1 The Daily Telegraph is run by fiction author & barrister, Malcolm Dreaneen.

A blog from @davidfarrier quotes Dreaneen as claiming: “The media are... silencing & ridiculing dissent, even the scientific dissent. They are not being fair or balanced.”

webworm.co/p/badnews?s=r

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Mar 3, 2022 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Anti-vaxxers love to cite the thousands of "vaccine injuries & deaths" listed on VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Effect Reporting System)

But just like strangers' social media posts that they take at their word, literally anyone can submit to VAERS.

Here are just some VAERS reports: ImageImageImageImage You can search up the full reports of the VAERS ID numbers in the lefthand column here:

wonder.cdc.gov/vaers.html ImageImageImageImage
Feb 17, 2022 • 19 tweets • 17 min read
Due to launch its talkback service soon, The Platform is a media app claiming to be "free of political bias" & "not constrained by cancel culture."

Founder Sean Plunket claims it is privately bankrolled by "Patriots."

Here's a thread on who's involved & what to expect:

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/1 ImageImageImageImage Veteran journalist Sean Plunket is founding editor & will host the morning show.

Plunket has a history of controversy, leaving the BSA after penning a sympathetic tweet about Weinstein.

Plunket was then reportedly asked to leave Magic Talk following accusations of racism.

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Dec 23, 2021 • 23 tweets • 8 min read
In the spirit of end of year lists, here are my top five grifters of 2021: 5. The Taxpayers' Union

Dec 19, 2021 • 54 tweets • 43 min read
You may have recently received a flier in your letterbox appearing to be from the Ministry of Health, requesting you sign up for hundreds of booster shots.

The flier was funded and distributed by Voices for Freedom.

Here's who they are.
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1/ ImageImage Voices For Freedom is an antivaxx group founded in December 2020 by doTERRA saleswoman Claire Deeks, Truly Myrtle knitting designer Libby Johnson and Little Bee crochet designer Alia Bland.

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Nov 17, 2021 • 18 tweets • 14 min read
One of the largest NZ antivaxx fb groups, The Health Forum NZ, has been attracting 1000s of new members each week. It currently boasts 43,508.

Founder & "wholistic health practitioner" Lynda Wharton has had temporary FB suspensions but the group continues to resist removal. ImageImageImage These two threads in particular have amassed thousands of stories of alleged adverse reactions, from numbness to muscle spasms, that members believe are related to the vaccine.

These threads are also the source of many rumours falsely attributing local deaths to vaccines. ImageImage
Nov 9, 2021 • 22 tweets • 19 min read
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THREAD
Yesterday you might have seen Sue Grey speak at the TFARC protest at Parliament where the crowd of thousands hung on her every word like she was a celebrity.

Online she has a huge support base who share her videos and posts.

But who is Sue Grey? Grey is a lawyer, co-leader of The Outdoors Party and has a history of supporting environmental issues after working as a lawyer for the Conservation Department.
Before the pandemic, she was mostly known for her strong views against 1080 drops, 5G and for medicinal marijuana.