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Kate Hay #toitutetiriti

@warriortui.bsky.social

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Yoga practitioner and Recovering barrister Writer of poetry, short stories and science fiction Political and historical podcast junkie

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Kate Hay #toitutetiriti @warriortui.bsky.social · Dec 10

If you're going to use a slur against women (pussy, bitch, etc) in a post i otherwise agree with, I'm gonna unheart that like. & consider the block.
Why can't people make a valid point without demeaning women?
Even on the left?
& we wonder how so many people can still vote for misogyny?

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · Jul 27

"I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," a retired US special forces officer told the BBC when asked he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution centres. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Gaza: 'I witnessed war crimes,' former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC

A retired US soldier reveals why he quit working at Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid hubs.

www.bbc.com

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Francisco Blaha @franciscoblaha.bsky.social · Jul 28

Wasn’t the focus of the of the National Party election campaign to ease the cost of living for New Zealanders?
And this is the result?

www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

One year, 27,850 jobs gone Stats NZ latest data shows

Young people are feeling the impact of the weak labour market.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · Jul 28

#nzpol Data from Stats NZ today demonstrates how far we have fallen in the labour market. Between June 2019 and June 2023, we put on 225,000 new jobs. Since then, we have lost 31,216 jobs. A filled job is lost every 34 minutes. A thread

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · Jul 15

This guy makes skits but they’re based on real things that are happening.
That little fact about the plague that Arizonan died of is sending me into spirals. People said it’s no biggie about that plague death, but I’m not so sure. A 100% mortality rate is bad, no?

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Public Health Communication Centre @phcc.bsky.social · Jul 15

The Government is proposing to remove protections for drinking water in its proposed national freshwater plan. The proposals align with the demands of polluting industries over communities. www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/gov...

Government cannot achieve “enduring freshwater policy” by siding with narrow commercial interests

The Government’s proposed changes to national freshwater policy favour the interests of narrow commercial and agricultural groups at the expense of other sectors.

www.phcc.org.nz

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · Jul 15

The slimy little fucker got the taxpayers of NZ to pay for his hotel porn.

Shane Jones being the over inflated Raleigh 20 tyre that he is, a hypocritical asshole with ZERO self awareness & the ego bigger than a small island in the South Pacific

"We've inherited not only a set of fiscal problems, we have a cultural problem in our country where far too many Kiwis believe it is the state's obligation and their right to demand it that we meet the costs of their lifestyles. No, it is not."

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Too Long Covid @toolongcovid.bsky.social · Jul 14

Literally anyone is vulnerable to Covid

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · Jul 13

This is my most confrontational post of the day: please watch Armond’s video & think on it.

It isn’t at all progressive or leftist to spread disabling disease in an ongoing pandemic. There are more Armonds than you know, & folks who don’t mask are making more each day bc most spread is asymptomatic

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Kate Hay #toitutetiriti @warriortui.bsky.social · Jul 15

Too Long Covid @toolongcovid.bsky.social · Jul 14

Pay attention, Aotearoa. This is very bad for everyone.

Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · Jul 13

#NZ #Doctors warn private #health moves risk a US style health system
#privatisation #ForProfit #poverty #deaths #nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/13/d...

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · Jul 14

David Seymour's School lunches use OFFAL MINCE.
Jeezus!

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The Cat's Whiskers @thecatswhiskers.bsky.social · Jul 15

Look at the other provisions too. Councils again the bogey. What about localism?

I want my Council to support libraries, parks and cultural and heritage activities as well.
#nzpol

Local Government Amendment Bill introduced to remove council wellbeing provisions www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Local Government Amendment Bill introduced to remove council wellbeing provisions

Requirements on councils to prioritise core services will also be imposed.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Kate Hay #toitutetiriti @warriortui.bsky.social · Jul 15

This government doesn't seem to want to trust voters in local body electorate to be allowed to make their own decisions about their own communities

Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · Jul 15

National-led government narrows focus for Councils again.

Local Government Amendment Bill introduced to remove council wellbeing provisions

Requirements on councils to prioritise core services will also be imposed.

www.rnz.co.nz

Kate Hay #toitutetiriti @warriortui.bsky.social · Jul 13

When it's cold these 2 forget they hate each other
#catsofbluesky

Kate Hay #toitutetiriti @warriortui.bsky.social · Jul 12

Of course, the inconsistency is that stormy Daniels didn't report $300

Kate Hay #toitutetiriti @warriortui.bsky.social · Jul 12

Does anyone think Trump carries cash around? Trump *never* pays for anything unless he absolutely has to. It's super weird behavior and *very specific*. Where did Trump form the habit that after sex with new woman you put $300 on bedside table?
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Kate Hay #toitutetiriti @warriortui.bsky.social · Jul 12

There's a detail that bugs me about the whole #Epstein #Trump thing. A consistent thread across interviews with Epstein victims, after sex $300 would be put on beside table. Karen McDougal was really perplexed and upset that after 1st sex Trump put $300 on bedside table. Questions follow
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Kate Hay #toitutetiriti @warriortui.bsky.social · Jul 12

Livestream with privacy: make Facebook group with only you in it, you can livestream to that & then download from there to another device. Or make group with one other member off site. That person can monitor the stream & download it to an offsite device if ICE requires deletion by recorder

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Kate Hay #toitutetiriti @warriortui.bsky.social · Jul 12

it's not an argument if it's just ad hominem attacks (X). there's plenty of debate on bluesky. not debating people who refuse the rules of debate isn't an echo chamber. it's civility

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Kate Hay #toitutetiriti @warriortui.bsky.social · Jul 12

Winnie does love to break things. he loves political advantage. and he does understand the law. I reckon Winnie will break, but luxon will LACO making David f@ck!ng Seymour choose between power and his "principles". he'll choose power every day of the week

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · Jul 7

#NZpol

Well, as I blogged over a year ago now, it's been a case of "reprehensible racism, planet-destroying arrogance and science-denialism cosplaying as Government: “That’s New Zealand today, your leaders tonight…”...'

Nothing, *nothing at all*, has improved since, it just keeps getting *worse*.

D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · Jul 7

“The current Govthas taken this to a whole new level. Last year, when confronted with some evidence on the efficacy of bootcamps the PM responded: “I don’t care what you say about whether it does or doesn’t work.” A dishonourable position about knowledge; a genuine refusal to acquire it.” #NZpol

Govt continues its blunt refusal to acquire knowledge

Opinion: Increasingly knowledge is replaced with one politician’s intuition or a coalition agreement based on three politicians’ intuition, writes Rob Campbell

newsroom.co.nz

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Kate Hay #toitutetiriti @warriortui.bsky.social · Jul 7

This also denies the patients and their families the opportunity to support each other. The family support of patients does a huge amount of physical as well as emotional care. I'd love to see a study of how well patients do with familial support as without.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · Jul 7

So Libelle's problems weren't just financial: Ministry of Education officials warned about food safety failures going back to 2021 and tried to get the group it was part of excluded from the school lunch tender. They were ignored. This should be a scandal. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

‘Serious concerns’: Officials urged school lunch firms be dumped before $170m deal

Ministry of Education officials made a last minute bid to stop the School Lunch Collective from being awarded the two-year contract, newly released documents reveal.

www.thepress.co.nz

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Kate Hay #toitutetiriti @warriortui.bsky.social · Jul 7

Nice call!

Dave @dpdiver.bsky.social · Jul 7

Just heard a sound bite of Nicky No-boats saying council's don't spend money the way I would spend my money. Well Nicky, I wouldn't order a new SUV and new garage, then cancel the order costing me $80,000 in cancel fees, then buy a Nissan Micra and house it in a tent from Bunnings #nzpol

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Tax Wealth not Wages @progallthethings.bsky.social · Jul 7

Look. What I say to you is this.

$200m subsidy for oil and gas

EV uptake destroyed

Industry decarbonisation binned

Looking at easing ag emissions targets

Collapsed ETS

Climate scientists belittled

Comedy NDC

FTAs breached

No adaptation $

But yeah, you can trust us on climate.

#nzpol

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · Jul 6

Government told after election it would have to quit fossil fuel group if new exploration started

An international coalition for phasing out fossil fuels says it told the government after the election it would have to quit the group if it re-started looking for new oil and gas, contradicting what the climate change minister told the media.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Sarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social · Jul 6

In addition to the sheer insanity of reducing capacity in an already super busy maternity unit (can we PLEASE listen to the midwives and OBs?) we need to ask why it’s always women whose needs are considered secondary? 😡
(Spot the former midwife, eh?)
#nzpol

Wellington Hospital cuts maternity and gynaecology beds for ED

It's a trial aimed at making more room for patients from the overcrowded Emergency Department, according to a leaked memo.

www.rnz.co.nz

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · Jul 6

Can’t get more accurate than that!! 😂😂😂
Superb work —again—by @slanecartoon.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Image shows NZ’s deputy prime minister, David Seymour, accurately depicted as the Wicked Witch of the East (from The Wizard of Oz) telling his evil flying monkeys which are all holding mobile phones, to “Fly, my cyber-bullies, fly! Dox ‘em! Troll ‘em! Ad homin ’em!”.
In the distance is a castle called “Academics”

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