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# ![@thomas_manch Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1735114396907741184.png) @thomas_manch Thomas Manch

Thomas Manch posts on X about queenstown, hyundai, china, cancelled the most. They currently have XXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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- X Week XXXXX +31%
- X Month XXXXXX +79%
- X Months XXXXXXX +295%
- X Year XXXXXXX +10,691%

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- X Week XXX +1.20%
- X Month XXX +4.60%
- X Months XXX +92%

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### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::1735114396907741184/influence)
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**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  [countries](/list/countries) 

**Social topic influence**
[queenstown](/topic/queenstown) #100, [hyundai](/topic/hyundai), [china](/topic/china), [cancelled](/topic/cancelled), [awkward](/topic/awkward), [underway](/topic/underway), [how long](/topic/how-long), [capital gains](/topic/capital-gains)
### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1735114396907741184/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"⛴⛴Somewhat unexpected choice in shipyard for the two new Interislanders to replace the cancelled ferry order from Hyundai Mipo. Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today that a yard in south China would be building the ships. Interesting detail about the choice here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thomas_manch/status/1977963264022835600) [@thomas_manch](/creator/x/thomas_manch) 2025-10-14T05:02Z XXX followers, 4341 engagements


"On @the_postnz this morning I have a wrap from ThePost/Infrastructure Shaping Queenstown event last night Sir John Key telling the crowd that NZ needs to move towards a user-pays tourism sector"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thomas_manch/status/1978899768178020478) [@thomas_manch](/creator/x/thomas_manch) 2025-10-16T19:04Z XXX followers, XXX engagements


"Incoming Queenstown Mayor John Glover says the town is like a teenager at an awkward stage. He wants 30-year thinking on growth and tools like a regional sales tax seen in Aspen to manage high visitor numbers. But with a national election in 2026 he says this is unlikely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thomas_manch/status/1980383174690795870) [@thomas_manch](/creator/x/thomas_manch) 2025-10-20T21:18Z XXX followers, XXX engagements


"Read the interview here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thomas_manch/status/1980383179178668070) [@thomas_manch](/creator/x/thomas_manch) 2025-10-20T21:18Z XXX followers, XX engagements


"The Government has yet to detail the priority and order it wants the RoNS built thatll come soon. But the early designing and consenting works for Hope Bypass and Petone-Grenada road are now underway"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thomas_manch/status/1981400848174657831) [@thomas_manch](/creator/x/thomas_manch) 2025-10-23T16:42Z XXX followers, XXX engagements


"You can read the piece which appraises this moment in the relationship here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thomas_manch/status/1983045547935273269) [@thomas_manch](/creator/x/thomas_manch) 2025-10-28T05:37Z XXX followers, XX engagements


"Couple new details out of Roads of National Significance tender documents out yesterday. An indication of how long these roads will take to build: the Hope Bypass (one of the shorter roads) may not be completed until 2045"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thomas_manch/status/1981400843380543621) [@thomas_manch](/creator/x/thomas_manch) 2025-10-23T16:42Z XXX followers, 6385 engagements


"🏘🏘Heard about Labour's proposed capital gains tax but unsure about the details For @the_postnz I've written an explainer on how the tax would work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thomas_manch/status/1983005984835715541) [@thomas_manch](/creator/x/thomas_manch) 2025-10-28T03:00Z XXX followers, XXX engagements


"you can read it here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thomas_manch/status/1983005987499061482) [@thomas_manch](/creator/x/thomas_manch) 2025-10-28T03:00Z XXX followers, XX engagements


"Counter-programming for those CGTd out: on Friday I was at the NZ-EU summit in Auckland a confab aimed at capitalising on the growing economic relationship since the FTA came into force in 2024. There was also some movement on the EU-CPTPP dialogue. From my analysis piece:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thomas_manch/status/1983045543283794013) [@thomas_manch](/creator/x/thomas_manch) 2025-10-28T05:37Z XXX followers, XXX engagements


"The EU-CPTPP talks have been domestically a little contentious (Winston Peters tried to get Luxon to shut up about it as a Trump tariff response in April). But the persistence appears to have yielded. News here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thomas_manch/status/1983045553236893847) [@thomas_manch](/creator/x/thomas_manch) 2025-10-28T05:37Z XXX followers, XXX engagements