Bronwyn Hayward

bmhayward.bsky.social

08 June 2026 01:13

however many NZ based businesses also share unease about the rise of crony capitalism we are seeing in NZ which favours certain big firms or mates over an open market, who value Te Tiriti & also feel uneasy.This basic NZ ethic of fairness gives me some hope journals.law.harvard.edu/jlpp/wp-cont...

Bronwyn Hayward

bmhayward.bsky.social

08 June 2026 01:13

Frankly this case, alongside the disenfranchisement of over 130,000 voters by the govt in a move to block voter enrolment in the 3 weeks leading up to the election, underscores a power struggle that is at the heart of the 2026 NZ election between business vs public over the direction of NZ politics

Bronwyn Hayward

bmhayward.bsky.social

08 June 2026 01:13

Even before the NZ public learned that it appears the legislation had been drafted secretly by businesses likely to be directly affected by climate litigation, govt was cautioned not to introduce the legislation in this form or at this time by the Ministry of Justice www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Bronwyn Hayward

bmhayward.bsky.social

08 June 2026 01:13

corruption allegation facing NZ 2 NZ firms draft a law to stop a Māori leader challenging their climate inaction. A senior staffer to NZ PM received it in undisclosed, private email Govt defence? they’d have drafted a law anyway OECD: NZ lacks lobby regulation www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Sassy Little Hobbit

sassypolitico.bsky.social

08 June 2026 01:12

The gbm and I are discussing the RNZ article about being a neurodivergent mother and how it’s hard and how we need to rebuild the village and then the gbm comes out with this banger: “The whole point of capitalism is to break the villages.” THE WHOLE POINT OF CAPITALISM IS TO BREAK THE VILLAGES 🫢