# ![@GraemeEdgeler Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::422146514.png) @GraemeEdgeler Graeme Edgeler

Graeme Edgeler posts on X about new zealand, prime minister, murder, has been the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@publicaddress Would background in the housing round really help someone avoid a $1.9b v $1.009b type error"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1479559672323469312)  2022-01-07T21:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Kleisthenes2 Have long thought that 'first past the post' better describes preferential voting as in Australian House of Representatives Elections: the post is half the votes first person to get past that line wins"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2016012684467306805)  2026-01-27T04:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@orochi235 @conor64 @DanFriedman81 You are 100% confident they'll have trained all ICE agents sufficiently by election day and removed those who couldn't improve and that the effects of this training will be so clear to everyone that no citizen will have a reasonable fear of ICE officers by election day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2016594792415912407)  2026-01-28T19:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@dilanesper Mine slightly less banal opinion is that Kamala Harris could have been president. All she needed to do was the job the 25th Amendment of the Constitution gave to her"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2017392004955836562)  2026-01-31T00:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@dilanesper As far as I can tell Vice President Harris never even started the discussion with members of the cabinet. (Also I know but this is failing Harris gets dinged with. She could have been President if she'd done one of the two jobs the Constitution gives the VP)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2017393500367818881)  2026-01-31T00:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jcdav @EdWhelanEPPC @chad_mizelle I checked the oath those who join DOJ swear & it is "the Constitution of the United States" which they promise to "defend against all enemies foreign and domestic". They also promise to "well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office". The President is not mentioned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2018135928230072337)  2026-02-02T01:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@aniobrien That's not how I remember the advice in New Zealand at least. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350537882/coronavirus-dr-siouxsie-wiles-wants-kiwi-black-lives-matter-protesters-to-enter-14-day-self-isolation https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350537882/coronavirus-dr-siouxsie-wiles-wants-kiwi-black-lives-matter-protesters-to-enter-14-day-self-isolation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2018163856208720085)  2026-02-02T03:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@aniobrien I pretty much agree. There did not seem to be a straight bat on BLM here or elsewhere. I'd just remembered what Dr Wiles had said and thought her views were worth noting: there wasn't unanimity in the public health advice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2018170029267964085)  2026-02-02T03:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@mauriceraiti Why is this a mean thing to ask a politician It gives Luxon a great opportunity to showcase how relatable and chill he is. To talk about how he knows there are people who didn't vote for National but he's working for them too then pivot to a relevant talking point of the week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2018497797390286856)  2026-02-03T01:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@secondzeit The test for clarity in public safety announcements is not whether they are understood by most New Zealanders. You want them understood by as many New Zealanders and as many non-New Zealanders including immigrants and tourists etc. as possible"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2020982636299288984)  2026-02-09T22:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@secondzeit You know how when a journalist writes a news article about something Christopher Luxon says the first time they mention the name Christopher Luxon theu will mention that he is the Prime Minister because not everyone knows that Doing that is *more* important in public safety"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2020983305919987848)  2026-02-09T22:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@randymoeller @RepRaskin I assume DOJ has more than four computers so multiple people could have been working on it at the same time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021177263832584552)  2026-02-10T10:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Fundamentally the basic way to get election results two weeks earlier is to hold the election two weeks earlier which is kind of what other countries do for certain classes of voter: out of electorate voters overseas voters etc. @franks_lawyer Counts election day votes in less than [--] hours. Voting finishes at [--]. We get the election day count around 11:30. Sometimes there might be a couple of booths still going but we know the election day count very quickly. @franks_lawyer Counts election day votes in less than [--] hours. Voting finishes at [--]. We get the election day count around 11:30."  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021356414460211326)  2026-02-10T22:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A lot of people in New Zealand vote early or will vote in whichever voting place they walk past on election day or that is nearest to where they'll be at some point during the day. If we made anyone wanting to vote somewhere other than at an assigned voting place vote two weeks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021357423320343001)  2026-02-10T22:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@PronouncedHare It is reasonable to assume the fix is in when the Minister announcing the inquiry says the fix is in and this will look bad for Labour. If there's to be a report sure tell us how much money you wasted on it before the election rather than after"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021502857019838873)  2026-02-11T08:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This appears broadly consistent with the recent member's bill proposal announced by the Green Party who wish to entrench the Mori seats. There aren't the numbers in Parliament to entrench the seats without a referendum so the only way to do that is a referendum. New Zealand First to Campaign for Referendum on Mori Seats The time has come for a decision on the future of the Mori seats. It has been said many times but is a vitally undeniable fact the Royal Commission into the electoral system in [----] stated that with the New Zealand First to Campaign for Referendum on Mori Seats The time has"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021750123978752308)  2026-02-12T00:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@PronouncedHare This comes up quite a bit. When reintroducing three strikes the government amended the Bill to cancel a bunch of old strike warnings. It announced this as if it was reinstating old warnings because it was more concerned of criticism from the right and wanted it from the left"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021753962714869877)  2026-02-12T01:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@SteveBattaglio The second highest rated TV show in history is the episode of Dallas ("Who Done It") where we learned who shot JR. It has a [----] rating (% of households). Ahead of that is MASH final (60.2) and third is the final episode of Roots (51.1). Superbowl LX had a [----] rating"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021756497307615469)  2026-02-12T01:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@blaiserize @PronouncedHare Public propriety. Ministers should not exercise government power (or spend government funds) to score political points. And when they do setting incentives such that it doesn't work as they hope is just"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021845780232122586)  2026-02-12T07:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@czczlee The relevant provision gets stripped from the bill leaving it somewhat empty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021891365026873430)  2026-02-12T10:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@blaiserize @PronouncedHare I think it would be good if the government announced a review of the Reserve Bank to see what has gone wrong. Unfortunately it announced a political review designed to embarrass the opposition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021913350436008103)  2026-02-12T11:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@charlesmurray Why do you assume Pres. Trump wants a competent Federal civil service rather than a compliant one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022021628474134682)  2026-02-12T18:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@PronouncedHare @blaiserize If the government wishes me to take something seriously it will take it seriously"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022037080730427860)  2026-02-12T19:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@thebeautifulage @dysjsksksd41667 @charlesmurray In the [----] New Zealand general election Ibrahim Omer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022037652112134424)  2026-02-12T19:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@lexetscientia @WooeyDooey @MortenBeirholm @charlesmurray Joe Biden should have been impeached over the Hunter Biden pardon. Barack Obama should have been impeached over the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022155818029002932)  2026-02-13T03:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@TheZeitgeistNZ If you mean people born overseas you're missing some. There's at least a couple born in England one in Australia and one in the US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022591111374737450)  2026-02-14T08:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@TheZeitgeistNZ Also the Cook Islands is literally part of New Zealand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022593515910496522)  2026-02-14T08:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@nzsd I really like it but am less likely to recommend it especially as there are a couple episodes that are substantially less good than others. I also really liked a few others that are probably not for everyone (eg Show Me a Hero The Leftovers)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2023199003077423257)  2026-02-16T00:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Facebook memories reminds me of this truly excellent story by @TaliaShadwell from a couple of years ago. Did it win an award I assume so because if not why would there be awards https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/80199895/desperate-diplomat-dad-incident-an-embarrassment-to-new-zealand https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/80199895/desperate-diplomat-dad-incident-an-embarrassment-to-new-zealand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1130966385520046080)  2019-05-21T22:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Prof_Phillipson Is the answer admissible in Court In NZ would be excluded through Parliamentary Privilege"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1481959631555801091)  2022-01-14T12:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Prof_Phillipson It's the language of the Act. The decisions cannot be delegated to officials. Many of the highly discretionary powers in the Migration Act have requirement along the lines "may only be exercised by the Minister personally". Eg http://classic.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ma1958118/s137n.html http://classic.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ma1958118/s197af.html http://classic.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ma1958118/s137n.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1482278698900652036)  2022-01-15T09:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Anyone know whether the police officers who were throwing paving bricks in the direction of protesters are being investigated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1499621470682583040)  2022-03-04T05:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Labour touting a drop in the unemployment rate from 15.0% to a low 3.2%. Nice work. Except the measured unemployment rate has never been as high as 15%. Probably was during the 1930s depression (records are sketchy) Are they taking credit for resolving the depression (1/4) Our plan is working. With record low unemployment booming exports and growing GDP we're accelerating New Zealand's economic recovery and building back better than before 📈 https://t.co/SVHAXOHQoC (1/4) Our plan is working. With record low unemployment booming exports and growing GDP we're accelerating New Zealand's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1522047273534115840)  2022-05-05T02:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RebeccaJEmm @felix_desmarais @1NewsNZ It's short for chipkins which was VUW's email username format during his undergrad and time on VUWSA. Sometimes it came out with cool names like chipkins other times it spat out gedgeler which didn't take off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1616592025650081794)  2023-01-21T00:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If you're going to create a whole new question about gender I would have hoped you'd have resolved how to count people who are agender. @thelilydays Kia ora Lily. - If you write 'no gender' it will be output as 'another gender'. - If you do not answer this question a gender response will be drawn from alternative data sources. @thelilydays Kia ora Lily. - If you write 'no gender' it will be output as 'another gender'. - If you do not answer this question a gender response will be drawn from alternative data sources"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1628970892788367362)  2023-02-24T04:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Prof_Phillipson People are concerned that a "papers please" state may occur. It is unlikely to arise soon but if you were to estimate how long it may take to arise would your estimates be identical for a country which has a national ID card and a country otherwise identical which does not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1634152393108606977)  2023-03-10T11:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Prof_Phillipson Do you have any sense of how many places that have introduced powers to demand ID had pre-existing national IDs vs how many did not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1634156130078187521)  2023-03-10T11:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Chris___Wilson Untagged retweets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1642993982740529154)  2023-04-03T20:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Chris___Wilson Click on one of the tweets and it will show you then just not in the feed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1642998458612330496)  2023-04-03T21:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Baseball is more complex than Cricket for two basic reasons: double plays and stealing. Double-plays add a lot of complexity to base-running rules with force outs in-field fly etc. Stealing adds leading off and balks. But a foul tip not being an out is the weirdest cf. cricket. You have no idea how insanely complicated baseball is until you explain it to somebody who has never seen a game You have no idea how insanely complicated baseball is until you explain it to somebody who has never seen a game"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1664114862082134017)  2023-06-01T03:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Question for opponents of Auckland Council selling its shares in Auckland International Airport: How much do you think the Council should borrow to increase its stake in the Airport Are there others listed companies in which you wish it to acquire debt-financed stakes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1666585028330143744)  2023-06-07T23:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@fletchermj @grant_phd You are mistaken"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1711257599067480554)  2023-10-09T05:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Prof_Phillipson Will he not be an Member of Parliament He won't be an Member of the House of Commons but presumably he'll be made a member of Parliament's second chamber"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1724024098442109182)  2023-11-13T11:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@secondzeit I would not watch the video because there's a good chance the Chief Censor would retrospectively make having done so a crime"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1731883827490922819)  2023-12-05T03:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Prof_Phillipson Yes. Citizens' Assemblies replace things like Royal Commissions (like the [----] Wakeham Commission on the reform of the Lords). They don't replace Parliament"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1759555451417674135)  2024-02-19T12:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Economissive Dark Knight Like some were better than others but none were bad. Toy Story (I haven't seen 4) How many count as a Franchise Is two enough"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1788372965253685645)  2024-05-09T00:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Chris___Wilson @washingtonpost It is different. It's better. And more harmful to Trump's chances"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1849898018696577092)  2024-10-25T19:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@punronounceable no. this discrimination isn't by the government so the Bill of Rights Act doesn't apply. The Human Rights Act would apply. I have little doubt that as described this would be illegal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1879094552742842660)  2025-01-14T09:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Had not previously appreciated that "dwarf" is an auto-antonym"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1891351777603391631)  2025-02-17T04:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@danielneljack The thing that the Public Service Commissioner just suggested was a matter for the Electoral Commission (the question of whether the result of the close election in a particular electorate was affected by what happened)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1891660648183968204)  2025-02-18T01:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ShaiNavot The current law is silly. It is legal for a security guard to stop a petty shoplifter at 9:05pm but not at 8:55pm. I've yet to see anyone actually defend the distinctions the current law makes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1894883278311825477)  2025-02-26T22:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The dumbest timeline has also come to New Zealand. @120Aotearoa But if after opting for a four-year term the government changes its mind and opposition control of select committee is not maintained it still gets a four-year term. @120Aotearoa But if after opting for a four-year term the government changes its mind and opposition control of select committee is not maintained it still gets a four-year term"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1894905922037915856)  2025-02-27T00:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Turns out that the cost benefit on cocaine is that it is a net positive. Meth is bad though. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kiwi-teen-faces-life-sentence-after-5-million-drug-bust-at-auckland-airport/WSB4CCBSVFDFJDGPACZJE2QT5I/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kiwi-teen-faces-life-sentence-after-5-million-drug-bust-at-auckland-airport/WSB4CCBSVFDFJDGPACZJE2QT5I/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1931109186420752505)  2025-06-06T22:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The most recent New Zealand general election was held on [--] October [----]. The official declaration (delayed for some recounts mostly requested by National candidates) was on [--] November [----]. That's [--] days. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/574234/slowest-folk-on-the-planet-luxon-says-he-wants-votes-to-be-counted-faster https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/574234/slowest-folk-on-the-planet-luxon-says-he-wants-votes-to-be-counted-faster"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1971420446542459249)  2025-09-26T03:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@aniobrien Here you go I think they're just trying to publish quickly. The story isn't in the paper Herald as it will have dropped too late last night after it went to print. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/te-pati-maoris-mariameno-kapa-kingi-allegedly-warned-of-133k-office-overspend-urged-to-take-action-so-staff-paid-party-emails-claims-about-mp-and-her-high-profile-son-to-members/MO7W4PIYHBHKLLAKSWRHBABE5U/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1977839485015748820)  2025-10-13T20:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Peter_Fitz This is very much not how diplomacy works. Australia can decide but the US has a choice about whether to accept them. We wouldn't usually find out about refusals but extending diplomatic immunity to someone is very much a decision for the receiving state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1980423880486580703)  2025-10-21T00:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This post from [----] is still up. Trust the experts. Science has spoken: climate change is not to blame. https://t.co/sCE5NRzBFW https://t.co/sCE5NRzBFW"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1981147549013798938)  2025-10-22T23:55Z [----] followers, 10.4K engagements


"I love how Thanksgiving in Grenada is the giving of thanks for the invasion by the US. Happy 42nd anniversary of the invasion of Grenada Happy 42nd anniversary of the invasion of Grenada"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1982320146254561305)  2025-10-26T05:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@NZNationalParty Why is National promising to run an economy that sees properties like these appreciate in value enough that there would be capital gains to tax"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1982972707999527166)  2025-10-28T00:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@RightReason_NZ The reply just seems to have read something into the post that was not meant Like the OP was saying To Kill a Mocking Bird was banned in every school Rather than a claim about those books being banned or removed from curricula in some number of schools across the US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1983088254003098035)  2025-10-28T08:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"How the @nzherald didn't realise it could charge good money for journalism this good I have no idea. The headline grossly undersells how good this article actually is And they just put it online for free. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/all-blacks-teen-who-stormed-twickenham-after-2015-rugby-world-cup-win-to-auction-sonny-bill-williams-medal/GPJLDNXRGRGIRKSDKPVVN4OENQ/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/all-blacks-teen-who-stormed-twickenham-after-2015-rugby-world-cup-win-to-auction-sonny-bill-williams-medal/GPJLDNXRGRGIRKSDKPVVN4OENQ/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1983297413189361708)  2025-10-28T22:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The law's all about deterrence. Sack everyone whose involvement is established. Overturn the convictions of everyone who was convicted after one of these cops gave evidence (retrying those with serious charges). Etc. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/577442/over-100-police-officers-investigated-after-30-000-breath-tests-falsified https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/577442/over-100-police-officers-investigated-after-30-000-breath-tests-falsified"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1984388478894030906)  2025-10-31T22:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Police are really dropping their staff in it. This wasn't some partially-understandable response to impossible pressure. No pressure was placed on Police officers. Police appear to be saying this was deliberate and knowing dishonesty for no real purpose. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/577584/there-was-no-pressure-police-rule-out-reviewing-breath-test-targets-after-30-000-tests-falsified https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/577584/there-was-no-pressure-police-rule-out-reviewing-breath-test-targets-after-30-000-tests-falsified"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1985070916007829964)  2025-11-02T19:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@dilanesper This seemed like error correction which I thought SCOTUS wasn't supposed to do. There is no major constitutional principle nor harm to the Govt which had two hearings by right on preliminary relief pending hearing. It should have martialed its argument better in lower courts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1986864232869339488)  2025-11-07T18:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@nzsd This no joke is the actual way to have this law if people really want a ban. No extra obligations on social media sites. Place the onus on kids"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1987758445265912140)  2025-11-10T05:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"If we had a proper Parliament instead of one that supplicates itself to the Executive a select committee would already have held an open briefing to ask questions like this and we could expect more hearings over the coming weeks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1988518979573338243)  2025-11-12T08:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Noahpinion The question is obviously easy but I can imagine getting one answer wrong in a really simple test I was told was not being graded (names were not attached to papers) because I wasn't paying enough attention. [--] + [--] = [--] + [--] = 15"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1989056402703392920)  2025-11-13T19:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Would have put fake meth house decontamination somewhere on this list. Possibly instead of Pora which I'd have said was more last century. But there are probably a bunch of wrong convictions that could be here. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/analysis-top-10-new-zealand-scandals-of-the-century-and-where-the-mcskimming-fiasco-and-police-malfeasance-ranked-david-fisher/IK4AUKECMVAVJGM7GPLJ2Z2VCE/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/analysis-top-10-new-zealand-scandals-of-the-century-and-where-the-mcskimming-fiasco-and-police-malfeasance-ranked-david-fisher/IK4AUKECMVAVJGM7GPLJ2Z2VCE/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1989821806333890635)  2025-11-15T22:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@NanaNanaMAGA @washingtonpost Found this clear claim of innocence here but it's also reported elsewhere https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-26/james-comey-former-fbi-director-indicted-swears-innocent/105814672 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-26/james-comey-former-fbi-director-indicted-swears-innocent/105814672"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1991216176719118812)  2025-11-19T18:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ArmandDoma So do I. Deportation would be returning this Jamaican to Jamaica. Sending him to Eswatini despite his never having been to the continent the country is part of Not what people would usually mean when referring to someone as being deported"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1993398088845975986)  2025-11-25T19:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Bias_Zebra @ArmandDoma That doesn't make sending him to Eswatini 'deportation' in the ordinary understanding of the term"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1993440354952151278)  2025-11-25T22:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I have vague recollection of hearing news of the events in Liverpool but didn't follow closely. I guess I assumed it was a terror attack that thankfully resulted in no deaths. It wasn't. The sentencing appeared in a feed and it's all very confounding. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=SXiCuOCjxz0 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=SXiCuOCjxz0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2001091017920143676)  2025-12-17T00:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@LewSOS This was also yesterday according to the date on the judgment :-)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2001441006412271884)  2025-12-17T23:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RamptonJay1 I believe his position of authority should factor too and so does the law. But the law passed by Parliament (and unchanged in relevant part) and applied consistently by the Court for a couple of decades since Parliament adopted it says it won't make *that* big a difference"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2005593434829279344)  2025-12-29T10:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RossKempsell Had a quick look for observationa by the UNGA on this. Found A/RES/73/295 which includes: "The Chagos Archipelago forms an integral part of the territory of Mauritius;" It's older so assume you aren't referring to this but can I check what you mean by "The UN has issued.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2008674782066471247)  2026-01-06T22:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RichardHanania Obviously too soon to say here but I have long-liked that *Thanksgiving* is celebrated in Grenada on October [--] being a celebration of the US invasion and removal of those who had taken power in a coup"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2008724358269988949)  2026-01-07T02:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@nzsd @sgodofsk Not all of the Bill of Rights applies to the states :-)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2010591217407713439)  2026-01-12T05:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BenUffindell That's not the worst list I've seen. Could have been me but all our usuals quiz next week. The ideal list is one where even if you don't know the answer you can debate it for the entire drinks break. Book by author you know nothing about lists are worse but this is boring"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2011391353415168070)  2026-01-14T10:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@dpfdpf @BenUffindell The biggest category [--] surprise is giant panda Others: Brown bear African lion Tiger Jaguar Puma Several different leopards Chimpanzee Gorilla Orangutan Baboon Sun bear African wild dog Hyena The biggest category [--] surprise (so not on list) is probably wolf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2011422201992597670)  2026-01-14T12:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Rothmus If he's proposing a constitutional amendment mandating proportional representation in congress he might well get a lot of democratic support"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2012094092378001468)  2026-01-16T09:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Charteddaily The law that delayed the final result of the election was s 11(2) of the Electoral Amendment Act [----]. The Minister's Electoral Amendment Act [----] did not reverse this change. This would pointed out during submissions but the Government determined to keep the longer period"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2015537006290592066)  2026-01-25T21:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Charteddaily I will add: it's very clear the Government intends that longer time because something was missed from the [----] law change (a consequential amendment to the Constitution Act); Mr Goldsmith is enacting this in the Constitution Amendment Bill which is awaiting second reading"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2015544425192337788)  2026-01-25T21:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RealEricYoung Who is the faster teenager at the mile"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2015567506430374020)  2026-01-25T23:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@EdithaTogo @nzinitiative @aniobrien @EricCrampton @rjcpartridge The matter hasn't reached a full hearing yet. If the regulations are outside the powers given to the government by Parliament the Courts will say so when the judicial review is determined. It hasn't yet heard the judicial review"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2015903771583525341)  2026-01-26T21:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jacquetnyc Otto Frank did not gain Dutch citizenship until [----]. Anne never did. After her German citizenship was cancelled she was stateless until her deportation to Auschwitz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2015953539013738917)  2026-01-27T01:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@profsarahj I see no reason to believe (particularly with Bovino having been relieved of his office) that there is a sufficient risk of further offending or flight pending trial for pre-trial confinement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2016030228213330026)  2026-01-27T06:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


".@PeterDunneMP direct your complaint to the Peter Dunne who voted for this http://t.co/ICrgGXZNMh http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/pb/debates/debates/49HansD_20101215_00000686/electoral-finance-reform-and-advance-voting-amendment http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/pb/debates/debates/49HansD_20101215_00000686/electoral-finance-reform-and-advance-voting-amendment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/529383174749442048)  2014-11-03T21:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@TaliaShadwell The Queen's two youngest were born some time after she became Queen. Also if we're going with "have a baby" and not "give birth" there's also Tony Blair and no doubt many others"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/954118916002914304)  2018-01-18T22:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@kaupapa @publicaddress @keith_ng yes there is. Office Max sells megaphones. If I go in to buy one they cannot say "I'm sorry we don't sell megaphones to New Zealand First members" or "I'm sorry we don't sell megaphones to Asians" or whatever. That would be illegal. https://www.officemax.co.nz/Technology/Phones-Headsets-Accessories/Voice-Recording-Accessories/Loudhailer-Megaphone-3007WS-With-Microphone-and-Siren-2684926 https://www.officemax.co.nz/Technology/Phones-Headsets-Accessories/Voice-Recording-Accessories/Loudhailer-Megaphone-3007WS-With-Microphone-and-Siren-2684926"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1016279137940434944)  2018-07-09T11:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@journobedwards No. The Government (which includes Auckland Council) doesn't get freedom of choice. It follows the law. Non-government actors get freedom of choice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1016815005948231680)  2018-07-10T22:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@TristanRS Yes. I'm asking. If the answer is no I wonder what distinction those individuals draw that means funding is still the issue with the one and not the other"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1016819923081834496)  2018-07-10T23:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mrbarnabyb @TristanRS No. Speech is present in both allowing people to speak in a function centre and in allowing them to speak on a road so that can't be it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1016821170035777536)  2018-07-10T23:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Is this a promise that in future those who appear on Sky News Australia will reflect the views of Sky News Australia It was wrong to have Blair Cottrell on Sky News Australia. His views do not reflect ours. The interview has been removed from repeat timeslots and online platforms. - Greg Byrnes News Director It was wrong to have Blair Cottrell on Sky News Australia. His views do not reflect ours. The interview has been removed from repeat timeslots and online platforms. - Greg Byrnes News Director"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1026078639996121088)  2018-08-05T12:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@keith_ng Of course. And people can't be un-robbed un-burgled or un-murdered but we mostly don't enforce anti-robbery anti-burglary or anti-murder laws until people break them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1042743642157277186)  2018-09-20T11:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mrbarnabyb @keith_ng Then if people apply to enter NZ whom we are pretty sure are going to break that law we can properly deny them entry on that basis. But we should not be refusing entry to NZ (or eg denying the rental of publicly-owned halls) on the basis of speech which is not actually illegal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1042745154501718016)  2018-09-20T11:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mrbarnabyb No they didn't"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1042746316860809222)  2018-09-20T12:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@David_Cormack It's the [----] election. Your voter is no longer a swing voter because they remember two years of incompetent act after incompetent act. They can only name one or two: Kiwibuild. Maybe another. But they have a general sense of incompetence and they're not going to reward it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1134653670002286592)  2019-06-01T02:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@keith_ng @sam_c_nz The dispute is over whether this was authorised. I say the National staffer was authorised to used the search function in the manner in which she did"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1136485333372039169)  2019-06-06T04:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@DrLukeBeck @JCharRoL We seem to manage in New Zealand. Does Australia have both a Commission Opening and a State Opening I could see it being noteworthy if a Judge gave the speech from the Throne. Does Australia have a speech from the Throne"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1145888499087757312)  2019-07-02T02:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers Which two books"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1234198782570446848)  2020-03-01T19:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@keith_ng @EricCrampton The problems are "we" and "values". I get to oppose things the majority supports. I get to argue that things the majority supports are immoral. If I think that some proposal will make something that is immoral more likely I get to oppose that thing on the basis that it does"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1234407463283093506)  2020-03-02T09:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mrbarnabyb I have no idea why your tweet begins with a "But". Do you think that I think that moral are arbitrary"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1234408458784362497)  2020-03-02T09:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@MattNippert Thus: "the Greens can be pleased""  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1317644263723659265)  2020-10-18T01:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JulieAnneGenter @bernardchickey @Zuzgar_ All excellent reasons to not vote for them and also excellent reasons the Greens might choose not to support them. But not reasons to believe that getting the Green Party from 7.9% to 10% or even 15% would mean Green Party house price reduction policies could be implemented"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1437968620110241792)  2021-09-15T02:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/police-officer-who-punched-drunk-man-in-the-face-in-auckland-cbd-used-excessive-force-ipca.html Every so often I have the (obviously stupid) idea that when Police decline to charge a Police officer or other official with a crime despite there being evidence of one no-one else should be able to be charged with it either until Parliament reconfirms it should be illegal. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/police-officer-who-punched-drunk-man-in-the-face-in-auckland-cbd-used-excessive-force-ipca.html Every so often I have the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1438397322698788864)  2021-09-16T07:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@maxdnharris The only thing that matters in housing supply is the number of houses. [------] new $2m houses house exactly as many households as [------] new $500k houses. The only difference is who moves into them. If it's rich people then others move in to the houses they vacate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1447665068280221699)  2021-10-11T20:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mrbarnabyb @maxdnharris if we build a bunch of big expensive houses people who can afford them will move into them. They will leave big and not quite as expensive houses to do so. People who aren't quite as well off will move into those. Less well-off people into the ones they vacate etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1447703571747643395)  2021-10-11T23:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jemmasplace When he was at university he had a VUW staff email address (I think because he was on the University Council) with VUW's then username format calling him chipkins which is certainly better than most usernames it spat out. Some people called him chipkins which became chippy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1616904259618111491)  2023-01-21T21:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Te_Taipo @ElectoralCommNZ I wish it didn't count as an ad but I lost that argument a while ago. I'm a little surprised I couldn't find a promoter statement anywhere on the IG page (may have missed it). The promoter statement rules should be changed but this is what we got"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1621851880875003905)  2023-02-04T12:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@dialogCRM @publicaddress The school band students from bringing guns to school"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1661864033635688449)  2023-05-25T22:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@alexGspence I mean foul tip. A foul tip is a strike. Which can be out if it's a third strike but is not generally an out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1664120202739716096)  2023-06-01T04:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Publicwrongs National increased the health budget above inflation. From memory I belie e it was even above inflation when also adjusted per capita"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1673126540140511232)  2023-06-26T00:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Publicwrongs They may also be age adjusting Or applying a different inflation figure Budget figures and inflation figures are both online. I'll try to find an earlier thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1673131064888557568)  2023-06-26T00:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Catweasel321 I have no idea what this means or what you are asking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1674516199164751872)  2023-06-29T22:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@GuledMire Headline is not quite accurate. Here's a comment from Harvard on their loss"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1674521299396476929)  2023-06-29T20:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@gtiso Possible carcinogen is a weird category. It will join: aloe vera carpentry and joinery pickled vegetables (traditional Asian style) the use of talc in the perineal region Magenta"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1674554157800488960)  2023-06-30T00:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@PronouncedHare I think the person asking the question likely had a sense there were time-based restrictions on election-related signs based on eg seeing past media coverage. But they mistakenly believed them to be an Electoral Law/Electoral Commission matter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1678210454684942338)  2023-07-10T01:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@markeasterbrook @efesocollins @NZGreens Happy to point out the bits you missed The Green Party has proposed rent control. Accordingly we know that the party does not support evidence-based or evidence-informed policy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1678231984529887236)  2023-07-10T03:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@LewSOS @keith_ng I feel the explanation is more: there are many people who do not have an intention of how they will vote in October. But they are willing to answer the question "If an election was held tomorrow" if pushed and sometimes their answer differs and that is voter intention"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1678594848604180481)  2023-07-11T02:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Joshstrangehill @jaketapper Is this the thriller-y non-fiction version of The Bronx in Burning but set in DC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1678626281896939520)  2023-07-11T04:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Replace the IPCA with a system like Courts martial allowing the judges to sack Police"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1678879596484399105)  2023-07-11T21:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Like this wouldn't be a ridiculous position to take somewhat like a strike. The Green Party could see that it has two broad options: either perpetually agree to support Labour in government every time they have the chance to do so knowing that little substantive will change (2)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1678941433599004672)  2023-07-12T01:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"across a range of areas the Greens think are crucial to the future of New Zealand knowing that if they did otherwise they'd be faced with the same choice in [--] years [--] years and [--] years and those crucial changes would *never* happen. Or take action. Recognise that Labour (3)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1678941436010455041)  2023-07-12T01:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@aniobrien @SpeakUp4WomenNZ What rights protected by the Human Rights Act do you think should be denied to people who are eg non-binary eg should it be lawful to advertise a role as a supermarket checkout person "non-binary candidates will not be considered for this role""  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1687035714024923136)  2023-08-03T20:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The last National Government increased GST to 15%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1687311024511418368)  2023-08-05T02:10Z [----] followers, 18K engagements


"@Thoughtfulnz It is Polio is a Section B notifiable disease. So is COVID"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1690982925721083904)  2023-08-14T07:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Haimonaetc What counts as comms here Does it include answering OIAs Does it include internal comms etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1691303047639830529)  2023-08-15T04:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@nathaliejacoby1 @JohnCleese I see no reason this couldn't be done by an ordinary prosecutor and ordinary FBI special agents"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1692392665722294552)  2023-08-18T04:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MoonbaseOtago He would also get paid for that time if he simply retired at the election"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1692767686223446293)  2023-08-19T05:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ClintVSmith A National Cabinet is likely to include at least a couple of Mori from ACT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1692794601411879228)  2023-08-19T07:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@PronouncedHare because this is your only opportunity because the Guy Fawkes one isn't an option"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1693409023402676506)  2023-08-20T23:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@tribelaw It would be great to hear your view on the point in time the insurrection clause applies. Eg is "Republican party nominee for President" a federal office under the 14th Amendment that a former insurrectionist is prohibited from holding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1695444330893443454)  2023-08-26T14:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@tribelaw We know you don't have to be constitutionally eligible at the time of the election to run for other federal offices. Eg Joe Biden was first elected as a Senator aged [--] constitutionally ineligible to be a one (he turned [--] between the election and the swearing-in)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1695445052385116610)  2023-08-26T14:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@saltyreigns They're not going to pass it before the election so I'm not sure how it counts as sneaking anything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1696051449040650349)  2023-08-28T06:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@aniobrien Discrimination can be justifiable if there is a compelling reason for it. Some age discrimination has a good reason for it. Some doesn't. This one doesn't and the Crown had the opportunity to make its case"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1696058029924626463)  2023-08-28T07:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CdennehyChris @aniobrien No There is literally going to be a debate tomorrow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1696058233293815979)  2023-08-28T07:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@aniobrien No. I'm not sure how you would conclude I think that from a statement that "It's *generally* a good idea." Do you only support women's rights that are popular Would you support them even if a majority disagreed with you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1696059682237120652)  2023-08-28T07:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oceanblue76547 WP: "Look. There's an old English saying: only a fool tests the water with both feet. We do not know what the people will deliver the voters will deliver on election day and all the rest is speculation.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1696094307219013633)  2023-08-28T09:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@oceanblue76547 WP: "But I make one promise. And it's always been our position in New Zealand First. We will try and see that there's a stable and better government going forward and that's the big challenge. Democracy will prevail." Interview then moves on to discuss ACT the economy etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1696095010230522333)  2023-08-28T09:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Every so often something happens in Parliament that reminds me that as some random with no power I can still have some influence. Today is one of those days. Back in [----] the @NZLawCommission reviewed the Civil List Act [----]. I made a submission on part of it. Got nowhere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1696359526067536251)  2023-08-29T03:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@LewSOS Especially with the discussion of Collins as possible Minister of Foreign Affairs if Brownlee gets Speaker"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1696481607937585607)  2023-08-29T11:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@TheSpinoffTV Votes for parties that don't cross the threshold are not "redistributed" to other parties and people should stop saying they are. The votes are simply ignored"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1696609787574886520)  2023-08-29T19:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Congratulations to @IbrahimomerNZ on getting his Crimes (Theft by Employer) Amendment Bill through first reading. If it's crime for an employee to steal from an employer it should also be a crime for an employer to steal from an employee"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1697129176120328688)  2023-08-31T06:08Z [----] followers, 11.2K engagements


"Finally Googled who "The Wahs" are. Figure they're a sports team. The WaratAHs But why would New Zealand care Etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1697338566152769859)  2023-08-31T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@AotearoaSam Give billions to landlords Hasn't Labour done that And I haven't even checked accommodation supplement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1698485344994316341)  2023-09-03T23:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@acidiclemon2 @LewSOS "Upgrade the Select Committee system" is empty of meaning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1699532541584388582)  2023-09-06T21:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Jasonwalls92 No he hasn't"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1699628365366575194)  2023-09-07T03:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@alpaul18 I gave evidence in court in a criminal trial"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1699673653762539535)  2023-09-07T06:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@piwakawakaracin @NZGreens They have the mandate to do so even if they only have exactly 5%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1701055579765227691)  2023-09-11T02:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@piwakawakaracin If National's become government a six MP Green Party will be able to rightly claim a mandate from their voters to vote against policy that doesn't advance the Green Party's Kaupapa why would that change if Labour was in government"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1701056998085886427)  2023-09-11T02:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@drdeanknight @GeoffMcLay1 Although perhaps it's more interesting phrased in the alternative: what is the most involved agreement that would see the GG say "you need to keep negotiating""  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1701058630035108066)  2023-09-11T02:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@David_Cormack wins this election or if they lose this one and win in [----] or [----] Which doesn't mean it's likely if Labour loses now but is it more likely to come about in [--] years if they win or if they lose (Insert other policy you support if you prefer)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1701182184009429050)  2023-09-11T10:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@simon_pound @secondzeit The National Party MP who can best answers questions like "would National consider signing New Zealand up to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women" is Gerry Brownlee"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1701848827291107652)  2023-09-13T06:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@coughlthom This isn't true. New Zealand's first unelected female MPs were Mary Anderson and Mary Dreaver both appointed from [--] January [----] under the First Labour Government to sit as members of the Legislative Council"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1701864867895132553)  2023-09-13T07:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@LewSOS Happy to accept that this might involve bad journalism or risk unethical something or other. But "push poll" has an actual meaning I am prepared to defend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1702427965601226926)  2023-09-14T21:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"There are wonderful teachers who after working [--] years at a school have a special morning tea for thanks. Instead of the biscuits you'd normally have someone springs for a couple of slices and if they want to be really fancy patisserie items from a local bakery or even a cake"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1702861160310362551)  2023-09-16T01:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@gtiso @MultiLeninist Just exploring the options. For a Green supporter a more realistic question is probably something like: would you prefer Tamatha Paul or Efeso Collins in Parliament (depending on where the party vote ends up)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1702898090162946240)  2023-09-16T04:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@gtiso @keith_ng @comingupcharlie There are possibilities within all systems. One that I think() was used in Italy was split parties. In the New Zealand context safe National MPs run for a technically separate party (or as independents) and the party itself runs a list and no candidates"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1703963054441111813)  2023-09-19T02:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"General reminder: if you are writing a piece covering the New Zealand Electoral System there's a reasonable chance I will be willing to proofread it for free so you don't look like an idiot. Advantages of the First-Past-the-Post system are that it tends to deliver stable single-party governments and there is rarely any need for coalitions argues Michael Johnston https://t.co/9qdhuHHHQt Advantages of the First-Past-the-Post system are that it tends to deliver stable single-party governments and there is rarely any need for coalitions argues Michael Johnston https://t.co/9qdhuHHHQt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1704662511847719088)  2023-09-21T01:03Z [----] followers, 12.4K engagements


"Another column showing @avancenz is the journalist (who also writes a column) with most consistently interesting and pointed columns. https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/politics/350077848/election-2023-circus-moves-no-one-talking-about-elephant-ring https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/politics/350077848/election-2023-circus-moves-no-one-talking-about-elephant-ring"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1705659760027341043)  2023-09-23T19:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Ceejst @PronouncedHare Chris is busy. They all are. Maybe he'll have a chance to reply a little later"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1706028959673311340)  2023-09-24T19:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@NRO @JonahDispatch @NoahCRothman More of a Gulf War. Bigger neighbor invades smaller one and won't leave. Everyone else should help expel them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1706857130815520989)  2023-09-27T02:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MaxRashbrooke Recently because of interest rates hikes inflation has been higher at the upper income levels but this is generally not the case. Have to be careful of course in one year after Labour changed to wake indexing wages grew slower than inflation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1707588005136134177)  2023-09-29T02:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@muskoka_mike2 @AP They definitely mention the Constitution. I'm not asserting Milley is wrong about that. He is wrong to claim the US is unique in swearing its oath to a Constitution however. The oath for the Indian military is similar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1707895850759012610)  2023-09-29T23:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Thecolours @michaeldweiss Should be a state by state assessment: closest wins for Biden were Georgia (D +0.24%) Arizona (D +0.31%) Wisconsin (D +0.64%) and Pennsylvania (D +1.16). Where would RFK jr.'s votes come from in those states"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1708074676180914513)  2023-09-30T11:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@kirsty_johnston @coughlthom It's to save money. Although they're not going to cut benefits exactly: they'll increase them by inflation each year. It's just that the current (recent) law sees them growing faster than inflation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1709310499048001677)  2023-10-03T20:52Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"On today's Caucus podcast for @radionz @lisaowennz went through two elections of split vote reports particularly for New Zealand First which had me wondering how it went over a longer time period"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1709840812740346120)  2023-10-05T07:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@jamespeshaw @marcdaalder Have you considered giving money to poor people instead of rich people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1710574134365937895)  2023-10-07T08:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I have submitted on multiple occasions that the rules around candidates who die after nominations have closed should be changed. It's an FPP hangover that is unnecessary (and distorting) in a proportional MMP system"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1711224015619252259)  2023-10-09T03:36Z [----] followers, 24.3K engagements


"@verslibre Two changes from now: 1) Keep voting. If the dead candidate wins only then hold a by-election (just like you would if they died while an MP) 2) On election night only fill [---] seats so the size of Parliament doesn't change (which is what we'd do if an independent won a seat)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1711229659499938134)  2023-10-09T03:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@VernonSmall The party that benefits as against the alternative (which would be treating the seat as though it was won by an independent) is the party whose MP scrapes in with the 120th quotient. Could be National but could be any of the others. (I guess proportional to number of MPs)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1711231035307118885)  2023-10-09T04:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JoshMetcalfe @PronouncedHare nah. I asked a question. He answered it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1712636088765088038)  2023-10-13T01:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Chlo giving a speech. Couldn't hear it all but seems like she might be Prime Minister"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1713106019428241629)  2023-10-14T08:14Z [----] followers, 10.2K engagements


"A basic guesstimate of how the special votes might play out. National may lose two seats overall. There's a overhang at present but it could be gone as Te Pti Mori does really well on special votes. Also contains analysis of the two close Mori seats. https://publicaddress.net/legalbeagle/election-23-the-special-votes/ https://publicaddress.net/legalbeagle/election-23-the-special-votes/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1713343447393054836)  2023-10-14T23:58Z [----] followers, 69.6K engagements


"Looking forward to hearing the results of discussions between National and the Green Party It won't be a governing arrangement of course but Green votes (or Te Pti Mori votes) will be needed to repeal waka jumping laws"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1713347756360880588)  2023-10-15T00:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@PeetzDavid Prior to [----] it used to favour the right in NZ. That election was the first after we changed the laws around early voting so that early votes would be counted as ordinary votes. They used to be counted as special votes. When they were special votes favoured the right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1713456763457208424)  2023-10-15T07:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Surprised she wasn't watching the election results yesterday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1713542447085899788)  2023-10-15T13:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Mihi_Forbes I started to prepare a quick answer for this but it took longer than a couple of tweets so it's attached as a couple of pics instead :-)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1713708255623643451)  2023-10-16T00:07Z [----] followers, 71.9K engagements


"@andriochty @Mihi_Forbes Perhaps easier for the Electoral Commission. But it would be harder for voters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1713712699472011571)  2023-10-16T00:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@PeetzDavid Everything at the end. Which it happens is also how the results of the official count are released. If an official count changes a result it can sometimes leak a few days early because candidates may have scrutineers present who will tell them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1713776219102257600)  2023-10-16T04:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@imzeiger @patrickgowernz @knoxdani And there's stuff I left out not directly related to the question of "why" They're not just counting the votes. They also audit the unused voting papers. This voting place had [--] stacks of voting papers. Here are the unused and part-used stacks. Do they match with vote counts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1715114190971802090)  2023-10-19T21:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It's [--] years today since the US Invasion of Grenada. While the UN General Assembly voted it "a flagrant violation of international law" October [--] is now celebrated in Grenada as Thanksgiving Day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1717040204517892175)  2023-10-25T04:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Anyone know if the Deputy Prime Minister was one of the many people who was sent the manifesto as the attack was starting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1717138114966393287)  2023-10-25T11:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I feel like "The Elders" may not be the best name for a group of people who may wish to comment on matters related to Israel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1717302826651824583)  2023-10-25T22:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@tonywalljourno @Rod_Pascoe Treating all appear in court equally is part of the judicial oath"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1717732680878694810)  2023-10-27T02:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mrjamesob @mincandescence Pretty easy: there are still hostages. Asking people to be okay with ongoing torture is a pretty big ask. Immediate release of hostages + ceasefire Absolutely. But Hamas get to keep the hostages and Israel stops trying to free them is asking *a lot*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1718216852470681682)  2023-10-28T10:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@PronouncedHare Could you now provide a succinct explanation of first past the post"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1720179555514933277)  2023-11-02T20:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Kelvin Davis/Mariameno Kapa-Kingi switch from [---] ahead to [---] votes behind is a big switch from special votes. Not biggest ever but big. I'm not totally surprised to see a switch - anyone under [---] votes is waiting on the specials - but to then win by [---] Yeah"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1720248252522709382)  2023-11-03T01:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"There were of course many many more Allied deaths than Axis deaths. It's just that a large proportion of the Allied deaths were Soviet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1720931749218357694)  2023-11-04T22:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@danielneljack Chris Hipkins only resigned as Prime Minister a week ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1726111887283417272)  2023-11-19T05:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I just checked a list to make sure I got this right but without looking it up can you name the current Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Not only did I not know who it was I think seeing their name in the list was the first time I had seen their name at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1726830605005181072)  2023-11-21T05:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Asked to list all the organisations who might support putting the Treaty Principles up for popular vote I would not have guessed the Human Rights Commission"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1727755876176695520)  2023-11-23T18:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@hisnibs1st Nah"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1727839971938328914)  2023-11-24T00:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@PronouncedHare In [----] ACT extracted a promise from National to support the three strikes sentencing law as far as select committee as part of a government bill dealing with other sentencing issues. That worked out ok for them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1727932198731571536)  2023-11-24T06:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@PronouncedHare In that same negotiation they got a promise to support into law a bill requiring referendums on increasing government spending. That never passed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1727932513530839444)  2023-11-24T06:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Today is an election day in New Zealand. The silly rules around discussing political parties online today still apply even though it is only a by-election. I know some stuff happened yesterday. You can discuss it online with legal safety after 7:00pm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1728017164500951431)  2023-11-24T11:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@legalstyleblog As long as you don't publish your tweets in New Zealand I think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1728137587926466602)  2023-11-24T19:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@legalstyleblog Standard rules of jurisdiction. The offence doesn't have extraterritorial effect but has any element of the offence been done in New Zealand such that that does not matter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1728138761807200536)  2023-11-24T19:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@legalstyleblog It's not strict liability. But you can control whether your tweets are published in New Zealand. Don't publish offending tweets today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1728139980051263493)  2023-11-24T19:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The incoming government has agreed to support two different bills to extend Parliament's term. Anyone know whether this is ACT's bill or New Zealand First's bill"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1728293688986521913)  2023-11-25T06:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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