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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 10m

Sounds similar to the narrative we heard from the Minister the other day #nzpol

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Jul 4

Republicans keep saying the “genuinely disabled” don’t have to worry about losing Medicaid.

All disabilities are genuine.

You also need healthcare to get a diagnosis. To get the paperwork done. To “prove it”.

They’re ensuring people get trapped in red tape loopholes so they can’t get care.

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 18h

“We are trying to collect & safeguard knowledge that is there.
In many countries that knowledge is held by few and the way that it was transferred before is hard to do now. Many of our people are moving away from our villages to cities.”

Sefanaia Nawadra at #AF2025 @adaptationfutures.bsky.social

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 18h

“At SPREP we have developed model legislation that safeguards Indigenous Knowledge & recognises it as something to be protected and respected when it is used.”

Director General of SPREP, Sefanaia Nawadra, closing the Indigenous Forum of @adaptationfutures.bsky.social #AF2025

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 21h

Professor Steve Ratuva opening the panel at @adaptationfutures.bsky.social #AF2025 reminding us of the critical time we are in for adaptation and rollbacks of Indigenous Rights.

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 22h

“Indigenous peoples have lived through upheavals before… including ice ages and colonisation… our knowledge systems are built for adaptation.”

Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson at @adaptationfutures.bsky.social #AF2025 Indigenous Forum

Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson on a podium at Adaptation futures indigenous forum

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 1d

“We recognise that Indigenous communities are already doing the adaptation work.”

Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D Huson shares a vision for an Indigenous Climate Adaptation Network at the Indigenous Forum of @adaptationfutures.bsky.social

“It’s a living breathing community of relationship.”

#AF2025

Brett Huson on the podium at the Indigenous Forum of Adaptation Futures 2025

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 1d

‪“We [Indigenous Peoples] are not asking to join the adaptation agenda - we ARE the adaptation agenda.”‬

‪“If being Indigenous is to adapt then adaptation must become Indigenous.”‬

‪Marama Royal at @adaptationfutures.bsky.social Indigenous Forum #AF2025‬

Marama Royal speaking at the podium at Indigenous Forum Adaptation Futures

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 1d

#AF2025 @adaptationfutures.bsky.social

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 1d

“We were the first responders… that’s what we do as Māori”

Marama Royal speaking of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei response to the Auckland Anniversary Floods and Cyclone Gabrielle & the need for Māori leadership in the emergency management space to be recognised & formalised

#AdaptationFutures2025

Marama Royal on stage at the Adaptation Futures 2025 Indigenous Stage

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 2d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 3d

Sure, in New Zealand

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 3d

Oh they think about it. They engage disabled people to say that they’ve engaged us. They hear all the concerns & then they go and do it anyway.

DPA & many others came out against this as a human rights breach & safety risk when they announced in the budget.

They know what they’re doing.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 4d

Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 4d

Fun fact: when you have Long Covid but can’t work you have to go on the Jobseeker benefit because GPs can’t say whether you’ll still have Long Covid in two years - so teens with chronic conditions are now conceivably navigating absolutely debilitating symptoms while also getting zero govt support 👍🫠

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

www.rnz.co.nz

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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 3d

imagine being the MP for southern māori and thinking the party of eruera tirikatene doesn’t have the right to stand in it. idiot

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 3d

hōhā - it’s not the winning strategy my bro. Especially when you’re not even having proper face time with whānau in your electorate you know :/

Sorry but I get the whole alpha bro Māori supremacy vibes and it’s sooo cringe.

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 3d

And then on top of that to then denigrate the whakapapa of the seat you’re sitting in. Like I’m not saying Labour was perfect, there’s a reason I voted for him last round. But at least have some level of humility & basic political nous. Like zero judgement eh. All you’re doing is making your voters

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 3d

It’s fucking wild. I gotta be honest I am regretting voting for this guy and want to know who other parties are going to stand up next election so I’m not stuck with him again.

I thought he was alright but it’s so clear he’s on that gross racist side of Māori patriotism and it’s soooo hōhā.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 3d

USA: Mask rules are returning to Bay Area health care settings from Nov 1 as COVID, flu, and RSV cases rise.

Counties including Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Napa, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz will require masks for workers, and in some cases patients and visitors, through spring.

Mask mandates return in parts of the Bay Area as virus season nears

By Aidin Vaziri,
Staff Writer
Oct 7, 2025

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 3d

no-one, certainly no-one in the public sector, could have predicted that the population would continue aging

Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 3d

"The government is spending an extra $1.6 billion on superannuation, because of an ageing population."

This is exactly the sort of thing it is impossible to budget for, poor Nicola. Snakes and snails! #nzpol

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Disabled Persons Assembly NZ @dpanz.bsky.social · 9d

Disabled Māori face higher rates of hardship, poor health, and exclusion. Huhana Hickey calls it what it is: poverty by design.

‘Poverty in Aotearoa is not accidental’: How our systems deliberately keep people poor

All of this is avoidable – so how do we fix what's broken?

thespinoff.co.nz

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 3d

All this policy does is make those young adults who have the right to choice and control in their lives dependent on parents who may or may not actually be supportive, and who may well be unable to afford to meet their needs in this cost of living crisis.

It’s punitive, ableist & dangerous.

#nzpol

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 3d

As I told @tvnz.bsky.social yday:in this policy the govt is creating a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist & is harming young adults in the process.
Disabled ppl aren’t on Jobseeker bc they don’t *want* to work. They’re on it bc they *can’t* or bc in an ableist employment market noone hires us.

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 3d

Even for those who should quality - the govt has made the process so difficult and taxing that many disabled people who can’t work still don’t get signed off to go on SL and end up stuck on Jobseeker having to constantly prove they’re still too disabled & unable to work.

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 3d

Suggesting that disabled people won’t be affected much because they are on Supported Living is woefully out of touch with the reality of disabled people in this country.

Disabled people are not a monolith. Many of us have disabilities & conditions that don’t qualify for Supported Living PLUS

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