Barbara Edmonds

@BarbEdmondsMana today in FEC asked why GDP for 2026 keeps falling. The data from Treasury is clear - forecasts have fallen at every update year - down $14.4bn in just 2 years. Perhaps insanity really is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result

@CharlyBuckxt @efesocollins 😔 ❤️

@efesocollins @BarbEdmondsMana Miss you Fes ❤️

Congratulations @BarbEdmondsMana on your elevation within the Party. Proud of your achievements to date and wish u well in the Finance role. tpplus.co.nz/politics/barba…

@henrycooke I’ll just leave this here

New Zealand’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.9 percent in the June 2025 quarter.

@PouTepou That was hard to watch 😢🇼🇸

At this rate Englands women's Rugby Team could crack 100 over Samoa

@MHReddell Thanks Michael. Yes an error and have updated.

A reasonable case made here (altho might be stronger if she realised that Quigley had ever been on the MPC, or had said/done anything about Orr/Quigley/RB earlier this year)

@henrycooke Just rubbish. Not all Budget night legislation has a RIS, but plenty do. Budget policy development is done in secrecy.

This is quite the admission - the Govt no longer trusts MBIE to be able to produce a RIS in secret. There are heaps of decisions the Govt makes that need to be secret ahead of time for market sensitivity etc. Bunker mentality or real risk? rnz.co.nz/news/political…

So, we knew it was bad — undemocratic expedited process, dodgy retrospectivity and objectionable nullification of claims. But this shows it was doubly worse — a calculated and deliberate ambush to deprive claimants and a policy fait accompli. rnz.co.nz/news/political…

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@CLRenney Cheers 🥃

Wasn’t going to have a drink this weekend but the Australian Election might push me to it. Two elections in a week - both looking likely to keep the right in opposition. Winning bigly some might say.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.

Public health doctors say Simeon Brown is meddling in the submissions they can make and it's having a "chilling effect". Doctors and health experts should be free to do their job without being micro-managed by Simeon Brown.

Labour will oppose any steps towards the private ownership or operation of core public services like our schools, hospitals, and prisons.

PM and Trade Minister criticising former foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta for saying in 2022 a free trade agreement with India was not a priority for NZ - but they leave out that Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar agreed with her, saying 'business collaboration' was the priority.

National finally funding its medical school places a year later than promised, and half the 100 places they describe were funded by Labour.

@Tutanekai_Rob Tautoko. It’ll now be even easier to acquire land and sensitive business assets given the government no longer believes it’s a privilege to invest in NZ, and that all requests start from the default they should be given the green light.

No surprises in any of this. But have we learned any lessons? It does not seem so from current policies. nzherald.co.nz/business/us-bi…

“I couldn’t, in all honesty, remain in my roles. The government didn’t seem interested in listening to genuine public health advice.” — Sir Collin Tukuitonga e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

New Zealanders are voting with their feet, leaving in record high numbers—just as the Govt begins focussing on marketing to Australians. Is their real tourism plan ‘Everyone Must Go’ — for Kiwis? 👀🛫

Real men don’t barricade women and children. Real men don’t threaten and intimidate. Real men don’t preach hate. Real men DO show respect, compassion & love. Real men are comfortable enough in who they are to celebrate the diversity of others. @BrianTamakiNZ you are just a boy.