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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 30m

Doubleplus ungood.

Uni Councils aren't supposed to get involved in curriculum design, either. That's not what governance is about.

Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 11h

Looks like Academia in Aotearoa isn’t as robustly independent as one might have hoped…🤬🤨 #Wtaf #nzpol #TangataTiriti #OneTermGovernment #AcademicIndependence #Aotearoa #NewZealand

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 31m

I seriously doubt she's an expert in curriculum design, either, so who is she to say the paper isn't necessary for a degree?

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 39m

More inconsistency and nasty decisions from CoC

“It is incredibly inhumane to deport kids who have grown up here to a foreign country," #nzpol

‘Living in fear’: Teen overstayer in limbo after losing bid for residency www.rnz.co.nz/news/indonz/...

‘Living in fear’: Teen overstayer in limbo after losing bid for residency

A New Zealand-born overstayer faces deportation to India - a country he has never set foot in - after failing to secure residency.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Matt | Toitū Te Tiriti | Tax Work Less Tax Wealth More @matt-rogersnz.bsky.social · 43m

What I would say to you, Simeon, is that the health system should NEVER be underfunded or under resourced in the first place, that is all on YOU.

The only people to cross an ethical threshold are you and your colleagues.

#nzpol #bhn #nznurses #strike

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Simeon Brown accuses doctors of crossing 'ethical line' with mega strike

There were audible cries of disbelief during Simeon Brown's speech to senior doctors.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 33m

He did, sort of; he said it at their annual conference.

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 38m

#nzpol

Bruce Buckman @brucebuckman.bsky.social · 1h

Doctors cross ethical line says man who raised speed limits for no reason despite extensive evidence it would lead to more injuries and death.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Simeon Brown accuses doctors of crossing 'ethical line' with mega strike

There were audible cries of disbelief during the Simeon Brown's speech to a senior doctors' conference.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 34m

WTAF???

Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 39m

Trump has directed at least five military strikes in the Caribbean that officials say have killed 27 people
Now, he is looking at military strikes ‘on land’ !!!

Wait, what ?

Is that a declaration of war ??

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Trump says he is 'certainly looking at land' in the Caribbean offensive

Trump said in the Oval Office this afternoon that his administration is considering strikes on land amid his crackdown on drug cartels after his administration

www.nbcnews.com

Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 37m

The person putting politics before patients is you, Simeon, you horrible little man.

Simeon Brown accuses doctors of crossing 'ethical line' with mega strike www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 3h

This proposed legislation is unjust.

Govt to make it harder for some abuse survivors to get redress newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/15/g...

Govt to make it harder for some abuse survivors to get redress

The same week the Government announces the Solicitor-General is leaving the role, the coalition has introduced legislation that will further shield the state from taking responsibility for the horrifi...

newsroom.co.nz

Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 3h

At the same time the number of counselling sessions provided, & the amount spent on counselling, actually fell.

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 4h

I love the food in Japan.

Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 12h

As will the near-total lack of focus on bluesky research, which is where the novel ideas come from.

Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 12h

Yes!!! We've got a friend (here in NZ) who makes them for us sometimes as a dinner treat.

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 18h

Didn't we say this would happen?! #NZPol

Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 19h

This stinks more than a soggy gumboot , King's execs get 527k which is what some other charities run on per year if they haven't been cut altogether by this cretinus gov..

#nzpol

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miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 12h

Ferrets are an environmental catastrophe. One ferret attack wipes out half a seabird colony on Karioi. A single grey-faced petrel (oi) chick survived in its burrow so the ferret came back for that one too. A potentially record breeding season, with at least nine pairs sitting on eggs is now nothing.

The Waikato Times

www.waikatotimes.co.nz

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sophie malice @sophieactual.mitsuko.nz · 12h

i'll extend this

everyone vote, and vote early, i don't mind for whom, that's your choice

but the the majority of Aotearoa are not stupid

just vote

i'm TPM, my silly little Celtic blonde airhead 🏳️‍⚧️ girl opinions aren't necessarily theirs but are more often than not very close

#nzpol

Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 13h

Four polls, same story.
@foxylustygrover.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The Government is sinking, but the real change won’t come from polls. It will come from people. From movement. From 2026.

The Māori vote is decisive. Enrol to vote.

#TePātiMāori #NZPol #OneTermGovt

Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 27d

Poll comparison: We've had four polls for the month now so it gives us a good picture in trends TL;DR Nats are toast

#NZPol

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 12h

A take on okonomiyaki?

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

NZ's govt has announced reforms to science funding

just one line about basic science in there: "Discovery-led science & research will continue to be funded. This will sit outside the pillars & is essential for maintaining vibrant curiosity-driven science system"

yea mate seems like a real priority

A new strategy for the science system | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

The Government is changing how science, innovation and technology are funded and supported in New Zealand. The goal is a simpler and more strategic system that helps researchers turn ideas into solutions that benefit New Zealand.

www.mbie.govt.nz

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 12h

They are totally screwing science over, & no mistake. This decision (to roll multiple funding sources into one & use non-expert reviewers) will seriously harm the NZ science ecosystem.

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 18h

a few of us made public comments regarding the govt's consolidation of NZ's research funding

Richard Easther @rjme.bsky.social, Lucy Stewart @lcsnz.bsky.social, Nicola Gaston, me, et al

admittedly mine is a bit less polite than the others

comments at www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/10/14/b...

Samuel Mehr, 2023 Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist; Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Auckland; and Associate Professor Adjunct, Child Study Center, Yale University, comments:
“The consolidation of New Zealand’s primary sources of science funding is a terrible idea. It will weaken our global competitiveness and accelerate our ‘brain drain’ to Australia, Canada, Europe and various other attractive destinations for our top scientific minds.

“The biggest problem in the new science funding system its disregard for the importance of basic science, which isn’t even a ‘pillar’ and barely warrants two phrases of mention in the new funding structure. This year a Nobel Prize went to three economists who demonstrated that investment in discovery science drives sustained growth.

“One wonders if anyone in government noticed. Simply put: without core investment in basic science, our economy will suffer, and New Zealand’s universities will simply be unable to recruit and retain top talent.

“The second-biggest problem is moving oversight of funding decisions to the Research Funding New Zealand Board, which will be mainly comprised of non-academics. This is a highly unusual structure relative to the world’s top funding bodies, whose funding decisions are typically made by highly trained domain specialists.

“Take the US National Institutes of Health, who spends more annually on science than New Zealand spends on roads, tunnels, and bridges. There, panels of expert scientists in all areas of biomedical research confidentially review grant proposals, providing scores for proposals; then, separate panels of ‘program staff’ — most of whom have PhDs in the area they are making funding decisions about — decide which proposals should be funded.

“Moving control of science funding decisions away from the experts and toward government ministers is a recipe for under-informed funding decisions that are likely to be biased by external influence, whatever topics are currently exciting (but don’t necessarily have any long-term value), and, worst of all, the personal interests of the specific members of the board.

“Basic science in New Zealand has yielded world-changing discoveries in neonatal care, life-saving genomic advances in cancers, and the invention of R, a programming language used at every university on the planet. This is the country of Ernest Rutherford! Our government can and must do better.”

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 17h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 18h

Oh, totally. Another loathsome toad in a lineup of them.

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Tony Hafoka Ao NZ TON @ahafoka.bsky.social · 21h

Here's something for New Zealand parents and teachers of primary age kids. It's free (and Riley and Steve are an awesome daughter / father team!)

#kikorangi
#sealife #marinelife
www.youngoceanexplorers.com/teacher

Teachers and parents, welcome to Young Ocean Explorers!

Explore New Zealand's fascinating underwater world with Riley and Steve Hathaway.

www.youngoceanexplorers.com

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 19h

He's as awful as Luxon, just differently awful.

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 19h

Anyway, Menéndez March has a real point here. Aotearoa has changed. who is represented in Parliament has changed with it. Our Parliament should accept those changes and keep up with them, not try and deny that they happened by forcing people to wear some foreign uniform.

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 19h

I voted for Luxon cos he's most likely of that lot on the list to lead them into failure. Also the more votes he gets, the less likely he is to jump.

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