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Sarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social · 1d

The Drs are striking because the woeful state of our health system is endangering patients (and them) and they simply can’t stretch themselves or their resources any further. It’s a last resort.
It is NOT them who need the lecture on ethics.
#nzpol #solidarity

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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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 20h

MFers:

"Govt plans to pass a law making it harder for state abuse survivors with a history of violent or serious offending to access redress [this is] unjust, discriminatory, and contrary to the principles of trauma-informed, survivor-focused 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

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 20h

Just look at the police line defending Luxon in Dunedin.
Meanwhile crimes are up, they can't even recruit 30 of the promised 500 new cops,police don't even bother to investigate over 5000 retail crimes & a raging meth & cocaine crisis goes ignored #nzpol Photo courtesy @petesi.me

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FAFSWAG @fafswag.nz · 1d

The Whanau Wall will be expanding in 2026 to 60 portraits from the collective for a show in Montreal Canada. This is our installation from Kassel, Germany 2022, Trinity Square in Toronto in 2023, and the Substation in Melbourne Australia in 2024. Enjoying the evolution as it travels.

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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 1d

gee whiz mr bolger was a complex character, but you have to admire the unbreakable conviction on the treaty partnership staring down his own cabinet, his party, his social base, and a majority of new zealanders. no way a politician would have the courage to do the same today x

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wargen @funeralpig.bsky.social · 2d

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for practice and the other one is the "main" grave.

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Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 1d

Jfc. Bottom trolling parasites. Vote them out AotearoaNZ. #nzpol #LevelUp #HumanityFirst #NoMoreHate #OneTermGovernment

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, in New Zealand: Conservative US commentator Candace Owens granted NZ visa after government intervention www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

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Raymond Sagapolutele @raysagapolutele.bsky.social · 1d

Inspired by Samoan poet and academic Albert Wendt's poem - Inside us the dead.

"Inside me the dead
woven into my flesh like the
music
of bone flutes

my polynesian fathers
who escaped the sun's wars,
seeking
these islands by prophetic stars"

Self-portrait.
DIASPRONAUT

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Andrew R @andrewr4.womcats.com · 2d

I wish NZ Labour could understand they can make bold, daring, (controversial even!) statements about future direction without releasing detailed policy.

And when the Right demand policy, refuse and reiterate your point and use it to attack their failures harder.

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Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition @ponekeantifa.bsky.social · 2d

The NZ government prepares a major attack on Māori rights today.

The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) (Customary Marine Title) Amendment Bill had its third reading today.

This law is UNJUST for three reasons:

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Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 2d

When I posted a meme saying that we should support Tish James like we did Jimmy Kimmel, heaps of white people began attacking me. Not on Twitter, here on BlueSky. A whole bunch of guilt ridden, hit dogs came here to holler. The problem with America is that racism survives progressivism.

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FAFSWAG @fafswag.nz · 2d

FAFSWAG artist Māhia Tekore photographic series, Eyes of Kaos at Arts House Melbourne, Australia. For AsiaTOPA 2025.

www.artshouse.com.au/events/eyes-...

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Raymond Sagapolutele @raysagapolutele.bsky.social · 2d

Tamaki Makaurau evening.

Looking up Lower Hobson Street on the way to the car after dinner.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday Luxon Govt embraced climate science denialism by stating they will never have regulations or pricing to drive down methane emissions, NZ's largest climate gas. Next day scientists state climate change has led to tipping point for corals. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Client Challenge

www.nature.com

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Raymond Sagapolutele @raysagapolutele.bsky.social · 3d

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Raymond Sagapolutele @raysagapolutele.bsky.social · 4d

“E pala ma‘a, a e le pala upu.” The stones will decay, but words will not. — Sāmoan proverb.

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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 5d

“We are a people who have endured land theft, blackbirding, nuclear testing, deportation, and exile . . . Yet again and again, we align ourselves with those who uphold the very systems that shrink us.” — Marli Olive Wesley.

Faith, survival, and misplaced allegiance | E-Tangata

“We are a people who have endured land theft, blackbirding, nuclear testing, deportation, and exile . . . Yet again and again, we align ourselves with those who uphold the very systems that shrink us....

e-tangata.co.nz

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Raymond Sagapolutele @raysagapolutele.bsky.social · 4d

A Body of Work

Solo Art Exhibition
Free Entry
Runs from the 13th 0ct - 29th Nov.
10am - 5pm Tuesday - Saturday
Level 7
131 Queen St
Auckland CBD

Matt is a legend and his work is stunning, his residency is a chance to see him in action.

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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 5d

“Our tūpuna navigated vast oceans with no modern instruments, guided by the stars, the winds, the currents. If they could find calm in the uncertainty of the Pacific, surely, we can find it in the uncertainty of our inboxes and calendars.” — Nathan Hira.

The mindful Māori: Finding calm in everyday chaos | E-Tangata

“Our tūpuna navigated vast oceans with no modern instruments, guided by the stars, the winds, the currents. If they could find calm in the uncertainty of the Pacific, surely, we can find it in the unc...

e-tangata.co.nz

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Raymond Sagapolutele @raysagapolutele.bsky.social · 5d

*predilictions

Raymond Sagapolutele @raysagapolutele.bsky.social · 5d

Ugh, just read about her predictions and daaaaaamn - she sux.

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Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 6d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Raymond Sagapolutele @raysagapolutele.bsky.social · 6d

Goebbels. Reincarnated.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

"Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History"

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured & dangerous psyche. But now Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses, writes John Harwood for Zeteo.

Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.

zeteo.com

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Raymond Sagapolutele @raysagapolutele.bsky.social · 6d

Venezuelan, Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

Love it.

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Raymond Sagapolutele @raysagapolutele.bsky.social · 7d

I used to collect comics, all I have left from that period of my life is just under 2000 comics ranging from 2000ads, Marvel publications (specifically X-Men books), some Image imprints and Vertigo books.

A side effect of buying was picking up toys, guess which Marvel character was my favorite 🤓🤣

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