D Jukic She/her
@dejanajuk.bsky.social
Enthusiastic amateur gardener. Dalmatian. Croatian. Pākehā. Tangata Tiriti. Parent. Partner. Baba. Teta. Cis. She/her. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Looks like a good time in the news cycle to tackle three big myths 🧵
❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌
Seriously, no, for lots of reasons.
1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]
❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌
Seriously, no, for lots of reasons.
1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]
Sigh. Time to tackle the myths about the pension age again. It doesn’t need to rise, that’s misinformation. A real
Shane so many in the media jump on the bandwagon. #nzpol
Shane so many in the media jump on the bandwagon. #nzpol
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November 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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In some good news, today PATHA has finally been able to release the 2025 Guidelines for Gender Affirming Care in Aotearoa New Zealand. You can read them here: patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
In some good news, today PATHA has finally been able to release the 2025 Guidelines for Gender Affirming Care in Aotearoa New Zealand. You can read them here: patha.nz/resources-an...
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Not only is this blatantly unfair, but for a Party that doesnt believe in collective responsibility,theyre holding ALL children responsible for the actions of others...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Lunch funding to be tied to attendance for hundreds more schools
Next year funding for school lunches delivered through the internal model will be tied to attendance.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Not only is this blatantly unfair, but for a Party that doesnt believe in collective responsibility,theyre holding ALL children responsible for the actions of others...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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For context: the government suppressed this document 24 hours before it was due to be released back in MAY. PATHA was paid by the government to create them. See the news item under May: patha.nz/news
NEWS | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
For context: the government suppressed this document 24 hours before it was due to be released back in MAY. PATHA was paid by the government to create them. See the news item under May: patha.nz/news
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Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
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For those that don't know what this is - the government suppressed this expert report on Clinical Guidelines for Transgender Health 24 hours before it was due to go out, and played politics with the lives of young transgender people.
You can now read the report in full.
You can now read the report in full.
Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
For those that don't know what this is - the government suppressed this expert report on Clinical Guidelines for Transgender Health 24 hours before it was due to go out, and played politics with the lives of young transgender people.
You can now read the report in full.
You can now read the report in full.
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TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS from Chch to Dunners.
Intercity bus is from $35. Locals are not going to take the train. Such a lost opportunity.
Intercity bus is from $35. Locals are not going to take the train. Such a lost opportunity.
Great news, but a shame it's at tourist prices. Hopefully over time the price reduces to something that makes more economical than driving or taking a bus
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
Passenger train to link Christchurch to South | Star News
Long-distance passenger rail is returning to the South Island, with a service set to consistently reconnect Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill...
www.odt.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS from Chch to Dunners.
Intercity bus is from $35. Locals are not going to take the train. Such a lost opportunity.
Intercity bus is from $35. Locals are not going to take the train. Such a lost opportunity.
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Introduce yourself with five concert you’ve seen.
David Bowie
Mudhoney
Public Enemy
Nirvana
White Stripes
David Bowie
Mudhoney
Public Enemy
Nirvana
White Stripes
Introduce yourself with five concert you’ve seen
Catherine Wheel
Ronnie Spector
Libertines
Ministry
Chemical brothers
Catherine Wheel
Ronnie Spector
Libertines
Ministry
Chemical brothers
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Pulp
CMAT
The Smiths
The Waterboys
Philip Glass
Pulp
CMAT
The Smiths
The Waterboys
Philip Glass
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Introduce yourself with five concert you’ve seen.
David Bowie
Mudhoney
Public Enemy
Nirvana
White Stripes
David Bowie
Mudhoney
Public Enemy
Nirvana
White Stripes
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So much this
I appreciate you're in a difficult position here with party politics, but I think people really really need to hear "Labour will remove this abhorant political interference as soon as we are in power" to be able to believe that everyone in Labour actually means it
November 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
So much this
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Great news, but a shame it's at tourist prices. Hopefully over time the price reduces to something that makes more economical than driving or taking a bus
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
Passenger train to link Christchurch to South | Star News
Long-distance passenger rail is returning to the South Island, with a service set to consistently reconnect Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill...
www.odt.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Great news, but a shame it's at tourist prices. Hopefully over time the price reduces to something that makes more economical than driving or taking a bus
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
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Labour: 'Good things happening fast is instability! Bad things happening fast is just the way it has to be - we're powerless!'
Greens: The challenges of climate change and wealth inequality need shared solutions that give back control to communities. #nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
Greens: The challenges of climate change and wealth inequality need shared solutions that give back control to communities. #nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
Green Budget
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
www.greens.org.nz
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Labour: 'Good things happening fast is instability! Bad things happening fast is just the way it has to be - we're powerless!'
Greens: The challenges of climate change and wealth inequality need shared solutions that give back control to communities. #nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
Greens: The challenges of climate change and wealth inequality need shared solutions that give back control to communities. #nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
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There are enough emergent economic "green shoots" that Opposition parties need to realise now that running a "We're not Them" campaign won't be enough next year.
November 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
There are enough emergent economic "green shoots" that Opposition parties need to realise now that running a "We're not Them" campaign won't be enough next year.
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it’s wild that the government plan has been to make things SO bad economically that they can slightly improve only RELATIVE to the disaster and plan for media to ignore their previous destructive actions and promo the improvement as “national needs more time” or “turns it around”
There are enough emergent economic "green shoots" that Opposition parties need to realise now that running a "We're not Them" campaign won't be enough next year.
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
it’s wild that the government plan has been to make things SO bad economically that they can slightly improve only RELATIVE to the disaster and plan for media to ignore their previous destructive actions and promo the improvement as “national needs more time” or “turns it around”
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New Zealand's Minister of Education can't tell the difference between Mathematics and Social Studies.
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New Zealand's Minister of Education can't tell the difference between Mathematics and Social Studies.
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As I’ve said here on a number of occasions, this is the “how hard can it be” government and they are finding out but they still don’t care.
Sadly, details are what governing is all about. Not caring about details is why the current government has put us in the ditch.
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
As I’ve said here on a number of occasions, this is the “how hard can it be” government and they are finding out but they still don’t care.
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Health workers' strike: Hundreds in Auckland call for increased staffing, better pay
Health workers' strike: Hundreds in Auckland call for increased staffing, better pay
In Auckland, hundreds of striking workers picketed outside the central hospital, calling for increased staffing levels and better pay.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Health workers' strike: Hundreds in Auckland call for increased staffing, better pay
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It's not all bad news out there.
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
It's not all bad news out there.
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I appreciate you're in a difficult position here with party politics, but I think people really really need to hear "Labour will remove this abhorant political interference as soon as we are in power" to be able to believe that everyone in Labour actually means it
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I appreciate you're in a difficult position here with party politics, but I think people really really need to hear "Labour will remove this abhorant political interference as soon as we are in power" to be able to believe that everyone in Labour actually means it
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"Collins also found the blanket disqualification from registration for people in prison would disenfranchise people who had a right to vote, and could not be justified."
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
"Collins also found the blanket disqualification from registration for people in prison would disenfranchise people who had a right to vote, and could not be justified."
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"In July, Attorney-General Judith Collins found the bill to be inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act, and indicated 100,000 or more people could be directly or indirectly disenfranchised by the rules banning enrolment in the final 13 days before an election."
Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/580237/justice-committee-recommends-passing-electoral-amendment-bill-with-some-amendments - Details and more news at: https://nzccl.org.nz/news
Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments
The bill would prevent same-day enrolments, ban prisoners from voting, and tighten up the rules around treating.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
"In July, Attorney-General Judith Collins found the bill to be inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act, and indicated 100,000 or more people could be directly or indirectly disenfranchised by the rules banning enrolment in the final 13 days before an election."
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Updating our education cirriculum with evidence based solutions to make learning more engaging is what National is rallying against - we have seen maths and stats learning drop off using the previous curriculum.
Integrating new research to increase learning is good pedagogic practice.
Integrating new research to increase learning is good pedagogic practice.
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Updating our education cirriculum with evidence based solutions to make learning more engaging is what National is rallying against - we have seen maths and stats learning drop off using the previous curriculum.
Integrating new research to increase learning is good pedagogic practice.
Integrating new research to increase learning is good pedagogic practice.