r/newzealand • • 5d ago

Meta Upcoming rule change: Political self-posts

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Kia ora r/newzealand,

We're announcing an upcoming change to the subreddit rules: Political self-posts will no longer be permitted on r/newzealand from January 2027

We're announcing this in advance so that everyone has time to become familiar with the new rule before it comes into effect. So for clarity: *there will be no changes during the lead-up to this election. *

What will this mean?

Political news articles and other external links will still be welcome, and discussion of those via link posts will continue as usual.

However, self-posts primarily intended to start political discussions, debate political issues, or share personal takes on political news will no longer be allowed.

Reddit now has a number of NZ communities dedicated to political discussion, such as r/kiwipolitics, r/kiwiantipodea and r/nzpolitics. We'd like to give those communities more room to grow while keeping r/newzealand focused on a broader range of New Zealand news, events, and discussion.

Thanks for being part of the community.

The r/newzealand mod team


r/newzealand • • 1d ago

ANNOUNCEMENT Reminder: Enrol to vote by Sunday 25 October

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Enrolment for the 2026 General Election closes at midnight this Sunday, 25 October.

Unlike previous elections, you can’t enrol or update your details at a voting place. If you miss the deadline, you won’t be able to vote on election day.

Check that you’re enrolled and that your address is up to date: https://vote.nz/enrol

It only takes a minute, and is especially worth checking if you’ve moved house, recently turned 18, or recently become a New Zealand citizen.

If you can’t enrol online, call the Electoral Commission on 0800 36 76 56 to request an enrolment form.

Key dates:

  • Sunday 25 October: Enrolment closes at midnight
  • Monday 26 October: Advance voting opens
  • Saturday 7 November: Election day

Official information: https://vote.nz/2026-general-election/voting-in-the-election/enrol-by-25-october

Please share this with friends and whānau who might need a reminder!


r/newzealand • • 4h ago

Politics That AI ad, with Hipkins breaking into people's houses and stealing money etc....

732 Upvotes

....how is that legal?

It seems to be way way outside the legal framework for ads here, even political ads.

How are they getting away with it?

It doesn't look perfectly like Hipkins but its close enough and the voice-over says "Chris Hipkins" several times.

NACT obviously endorsed this too. I think lots of Nat's ads with obvious lies about taxes also cross a line.

But this one seems so far beyond its unreal. Also it cost only $200 to make apparently.

Is this legal? Can Labour do anything?


r/newzealand • • 8h ago

Politics We’re still paying for a crisis the wealthy won in the 1980s

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r/newzealand • • 6h ago

Politics NZ First’s defence plan: Enforce ‘warrior’ mentality, no diversity hires, spend 3% of GDP

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r/newzealand • • 3h ago

Politics 'Seagulls fighting over the last chip': GP says no parties have answers for health

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r/newzealand • • 8h ago

Politics NZ First candidates float 'great replacement' conspiracy theory

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r/newzealand • • 1h ago

Politics ‘That’s a lie’: We fact-check the fiercest claims from the Stuff Leaders’ Debate

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r/newzealand • • 22h ago

Discussion Received a CV today for a junior HR role today the only experience listed was a Reddit moderator of 5 years and an NSFW discord moderator

1.8k Upvotes

It did get our attention, which is good, however if you put Reddit mod as experience, probably best to hide your post history, went down a wild rabbit hole in the office today.

Also maybe give the NSFW stuff a miss off the old CV.

Anyone else had a unique application like this?


r/newzealand • • 5h ago

Picture Reefton

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r/newzealand • • 5h ago

Politics ‘She was wrong’: Labour hits back at Te Pāti Māori MP over gang pad claim

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r/newzealand • • 6h ago

Politics Porn sites face age checks under Labour’s online safety policy; National defers action to phase two

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r/newzealand • • 8h ago

Advice Celebrity host cancels family's Christmas booking after asking for extra $4k over rate error

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r/newzealand • • 5h ago

Picture Sunrise, Lyttleton harbour on Thursday

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r/newzealand • • 5h ago

Politics Labour criticises National’s jobs for mates, but won’t commit to not giving jobs to mates

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r/newzealand • • 21h ago

Restricted High Court overturns Government’s puberty blocker restrictions

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r/newzealand • • 3h ago

Politics Inflation dips but still above target, and fuel prices not only to blame

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r/newzealand • • 1h ago

Discussion Life 'closed in' as woman hits barriers getting pet registered as disability assist dog

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r/newzealand • • 3h ago

Discussion AITA, my flatmate needed "food"

25 Upvotes

Crackatoa last night needed a ride to go get some food ( i have a soft spot, if people need food I'll help ) told her I couldn't drive but I can Uber her, and she'll pay me back half of it when she got paid that night. So Uber was $30 trip there 10 minutes to grab shit and trip back.

This morning I hit her up " hey can you transfer that money today ill go write down my account number for you "

I come down stairs and meet her in the kitchen/dining area and hand it to her. She's busy paying rent ( "i can pay some because im not here a full week " ) then she starts typing in my account number as I'm reading it out to her and watching her type it in incase she tries to play games and say i gave her the wrong number.

After she's done that she enters 15 dollars and clicks confirm ( our banking apps have 2 confirmation screen ) and says it should be in my account..

while she's standing there talking i glance at her phone and see its still on the second screen and ask her " are you going to press confirm "

I get back a hesitant reply stating " yeah sorry " and she confirms it and her demeanor changes instantly as if she had blown her money on drugs and drink and realized she has nothing left.

AITA who should of just let $15 go? or am I right to have asked for it because their "food" was most likely drugs?

The food they went and got was just weetbix and a big pack of instant Maggi noodles.

They said the door was locked and they couldn't get in??

How did you get the weetvix and noodles if the door was locked

Edit: she went with her "brother" (the other person staying) and claimed it was his house.


r/newzealand • • 21h ago

Politics Luxon tells farmer to ‘just be thankful’ as she raises concerns over rising costs

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r/newzealand • • 16h ago

Discussion Pak N Save is the cheapest grocery story in UK and AU

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According to the Foodstuffs NI CEO. What load of cherry picking bullshit is this? Are these people this fucking delusional to post crap like this?

Apologies for spelling errors. Raging at these people on LinkedIn.


r/newzealand • • 1h ago

Politics ACT wants 10,000 charter school enrolments by 2029

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r/newzealand • • 1h ago

Travel Is there a ferry/boat service into Whitianga?

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Hi all, me and my partner are staying down by the Coromandel this weekend.

We are staying near Flaxmill Farm near cooks beach but want to head over to Whitianga.

Is there a ferry/boat service that connect these two areas at all as I’m not keen on doing a 45min drive from one to the other when they’re literally 2km across the water from each other.

Thanks!


r/newzealand • • 16h ago

Discussion Just got hired! Thanks Reddit Pips!

124 Upvotes

I made a post a couple of weeks ago regarding why I need to only have 2-3 pages CVs while applying and true enough I just really need 2 pages! Thank you for all the information that guys had given me especially the person who provided the link for the engineering resumes! it was really a great help! And for you guys who are still struggling to find work, don't lose hope! maybe it is just your CV! Cheers!


r/newzealand • • 11h ago

Politics Easy vote card in your email?

49 Upvotes

If you've not received your easy vote card in your inbox then you may not be enrolled.

I got mine a couple days ago.

Best to check now, would suck to show up on the day to vote and find out you're not enrolled!