Patsy Wakefield
@wakeynz.bsky.social
Transplanted Dunedinite, Wellingtonian. Feminist, Tired Disability activist. NZ left supporter. Support Te Reo
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#nzpol Jacinda was right.
Seymour: let's not make "assumptions" that a serious food safety incident is the responsibility of a company with a record of food safety incidents so bad that officials strongly warned against contracting it. Maybe it was the person who reported it! What a prick. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchu...
Seymour labels principal at centre of mouldy school lunches a media 'frequent flyer'
The principal has hit back saying the food is delivered daily and leftovers removed.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
#nzpol Jacinda was right.
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When a school principal speaks up on issues endangering students' safety I shouldn't see a Minister attacking her for that concern! With Seymour I'm not surprised. He doesn't care about kids.
#NZpol
Principal reporting mouldy school lunch issue attacked by David Seymour
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#NZpol
Principal reporting mouldy school lunch issue attacked by David Seymour
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Principal of school at centre of mouldy school lunch fiasco hurt by David Seymour's comments
The School Lunch Collective is investigating after mouldy mince was served up to students at Haeata Community Campus yesterday.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
When a school principal speaks up on issues endangering students' safety I shouldn't see a Minister attacking her for that concern! With Seymour I'm not surprised. He doesn't care about kids.
#NZpol
Principal reporting mouldy school lunch issue attacked by David Seymour
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#NZpol
Principal reporting mouldy school lunch issue attacked by David Seymour
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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BREAKING NYT:
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
BREAKING NYT:
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
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Government budgets are NOT like a family struggling with the cost of living.
The reserve bank can print more New Zealand dollars, and taxes on the wealthy can keep domestic inflation under control.
But sure, lets force councils to cut on community services that are already underfunded.
#nzpol
The reserve bank can print more New Zealand dollars, and taxes on the wealthy can keep domestic inflation under control.
But sure, lets force councils to cut on community services that are already underfunded.
#nzpol
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Government budgets are NOT like a family struggling with the cost of living.
The reserve bank can print more New Zealand dollars, and taxes on the wealthy can keep domestic inflation under control.
But sure, lets force councils to cut on community services that are already underfunded.
#nzpol
The reserve bank can print more New Zealand dollars, and taxes on the wealthy can keep domestic inflation under control.
But sure, lets force councils to cut on community services that are already underfunded.
#nzpol
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So stoked to see my old Kura on here. Shout out to Forest Lake!!
A list of schools signed up to adhering to the principles of te Tiriti, updated to yesterday afternoon.
Also ECE and Kuras.
From Tania Waikato's FB
Also ECE and Kuras.
From Tania Waikato's FB
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
So stoked to see my old Kura on here. Shout out to Forest Lake!!
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#NZpol
Sometimes an article comes along that slices through the noise, but without needing to bullhorn its way through.
With calm clarity, this may help you navigate the contradictory stances where many who "speak of" X actually *do* Y...
I'm sure it may help many others too, so share it around.
Sometimes an article comes along that slices through the noise, but without needing to bullhorn its way through.
With calm clarity, this may help you navigate the contradictory stances where many who "speak of" X actually *do* Y...
I'm sure it may help many others too, so share it around.
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
#NZpol
Sometimes an article comes along that slices through the noise, but without needing to bullhorn its way through.
With calm clarity, this may help you navigate the contradictory stances where many who "speak of" X actually *do* Y...
I'm sure it may help many others too, so share it around.
Sometimes an article comes along that slices through the noise, but without needing to bullhorn its way through.
With calm clarity, this may help you navigate the contradictory stances where many who "speak of" X actually *do* Y...
I'm sure it may help many others too, so share it around.
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A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
www.thebulwark.com/p/backlash-b...
www.thebulwark.com/p/backlash-b...
A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
Activists are targeting the reputations of Home Depot, AT&T, and other businesses.
www.thebulwark.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
www.thebulwark.com/p/backlash-b...
www.thebulwark.com/p/backlash-b...
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So much to love about the project and the design for the can. Also, Garage Project are an accredited Living Wage Employer so it’s also our go to beer for the family and this has reminded me to order some in for Xmas. garageproject.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
So much to love about the project and the design for the can. Also, Garage Project are an accredited Living Wage Employer so it’s also our go to beer for the family and this has reminded me to order some in for Xmas. garageproject.co.nz
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This piece by the EnableMe company on @NZStuff is very wrong:
buying a ‘retirement unit’ does not guarantee continuity of care. In fact, when at their most vulnerable, people are forced to move home - often to other places - and sell at the village’s leisure. www.stuff.co.nz/money/360902...
buying a ‘retirement unit’ does not guarantee continuity of care. In fact, when at their most vulnerable, people are forced to move home - often to other places - and sell at the village’s leisure. www.stuff.co.nz/money/360902...
Are we fleecing our elderly? The truth about retirement villages
Retirement villages are much-maligned, but the truth is more complicated than it looks on the surface.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This piece by the EnableMe company on @NZStuff is very wrong:
buying a ‘retirement unit’ does not guarantee continuity of care. In fact, when at their most vulnerable, people are forced to move home - often to other places - and sell at the village’s leisure. www.stuff.co.nz/money/360902...
buying a ‘retirement unit’ does not guarantee continuity of care. In fact, when at their most vulnerable, people are forced to move home - often to other places - and sell at the village’s leisure. www.stuff.co.nz/money/360902...
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I tell you what's irresponsible, leaving hundreds of thousands of kiwis wanting work or more work... There is loads of stuff that needs doing.
OPINION: Labour’s finance spokesperson set the tone for 2026 with a message of restraint and fiscal responsibility — while avoiding the details voters will eventually demand.
Edmonds renews Labour’s script: Discipline first, promises later
OPINION: Labour’s finance spokesperson set the tone for 2026 with a message of restraint and fiscal responsibility — while avoiding the details voters will eventually demand.
dlvr.it
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I tell you what's irresponsible, leaving hundreds of thousands of kiwis wanting work or more work... There is loads of stuff that needs doing.
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Why are our Government, banks, media companies et al still doing business with this company?
No other way to put it other than an absolute clusterfuck | Court Filings Allege Meta Downplayed Risks to Children and Misled the Public time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Why are our Government, banks, media companies et al still doing business with this company?
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There is a reason our fundy PM appointed another fundy as the Minister of Health and it is because they share the same beliefs on many issues, including abortion #nzpol
If they can ban access to healthcare like puberty blockers for one group of people, they can do this with any healthcare for their next target. They will ban abortion again given the chance and they will come after contraception after that. The anti-choice movement is our govt right now. #nzpol
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There is a reason our fundy PM appointed another fundy as the Minister of Health and it is because they share the same beliefs on many issues, including abortion #nzpol
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more innovation lol. less costs lol. like getting rid of the requirement for treated timber to be used in house framing, that sort of innovation/ cost saving. that went well didn't it. ( actual cost of H1 treatment at the time was $70 a cu/m). your builder would have spent more on biscuits at smoko.
Not content with teeing up a new generation of leaky buildings, the Minister wants to de-fund BRANZ and have more centralised political control over who gets funded to do research on buildings. More public funding on the menu for our private sector donor mates boys!
A new release is available from Hon Chris Penk.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
more innovation lol. less costs lol. like getting rid of the requirement for treated timber to be used in house framing, that sort of innovation/ cost saving. that went well didn't it. ( actual cost of H1 treatment at the time was $70 a cu/m). your builder would have spent more on biscuits at smoko.
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Then WTAF did you vote for it days ago? Waste of money, time and resources. Winston doesn’t deserve to be back. #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... ‘We’ll get rid of it’: NZ First leader Winston Peters promises to repeal two-day-old Regulatory Standards Act
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... ‘We’ll get rid of it’: NZ First leader Winston Peters promises to repeal two-day-old Regulatory Standards Act
Peters promises to repeal two-day old Regulatory Standards Act
"We will campaign at the next election to repeal it," says NZ First leader.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Then WTAF did you vote for it days ago? Waste of money, time and resources. Winston doesn’t deserve to be back. #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... ‘We’ll get rid of it’: NZ First leader Winston Peters promises to repeal two-day-old Regulatory Standards Act
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... ‘We’ll get rid of it’: NZ First leader Winston Peters promises to repeal two-day-old Regulatory Standards Act
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"Please sign my petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide"-ass government
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"Please sign my petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide"-ass government
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When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
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The biggest mistake the McSkimming complainant made was not labelling her warning emails to PM as
'URGENT - Waiheke Rates Relief'
#nzpol
'URGENT - Waiheke Rates Relief'
#nzpol
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The biggest mistake the McSkimming complainant made was not labelling her warning emails to PM as
'URGENT - Waiheke Rates Relief'
#nzpol
'URGENT - Waiheke Rates Relief'
#nzpol
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Are we going to buy that all the gov ministers sent Mcskimming warning emails didn't get through / deleted by sleeper police agents or in Luxon's case forwarded back to the police... #nzpol
Media. Yes
Media. Yes
a man in a police uniform has a lanyard around his neck that reads police
ALT: a man in a police uniform has a lanyard around his neck that reads police
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Are we going to buy that all the gov ministers sent Mcskimming warning emails didn't get through / deleted by sleeper police agents or in Luxon's case forwarded back to the police... #nzpol
Media. Yes
Media. Yes
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Worst NACT act of the week ? Passing the Regulatory Stds Bill into law despite 99% of 156,000 submissions opposed to a bill spearheaded by a party with just 8.64% of the people’s vote. This is not democracy and it really saddens me.
#nzpol
#nzpol
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Worst NACT act of the week ? Passing the Regulatory Stds Bill into law despite 99% of 156,000 submissions opposed to a bill spearheaded by a party with just 8.64% of the people’s vote. This is not democracy and it really saddens me.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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In August, a judge ruled that Luigi Mangione could have a laptop to view evidence while in jail. He still hasn’t gotten one.
Maybe he should ask Ghislaine Maxwell if he can borrow hers. She's had no trouble getting one. And she’s convicted of her crime, not just accused.
apnews.com/article/luig...
Maybe he should ask Ghislaine Maxwell if he can borrow hers. She's had no trouble getting one. And she’s convicted of her crime, not just accused.
apnews.com/article/luig...
A judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop to view evidence in jail. He still hasn't gotten it
Months after a judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop in jail to review evidence, lawyers for the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson say the device has yet to be deliver...
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
In August, a judge ruled that Luigi Mangione could have a laptop to view evidence while in jail. He still hasn’t gotten one.
Maybe he should ask Ghislaine Maxwell if he can borrow hers. She's had no trouble getting one. And she’s convicted of her crime, not just accused.
apnews.com/article/luig...
Maybe he should ask Ghislaine Maxwell if he can borrow hers. She's had no trouble getting one. And she’s convicted of her crime, not just accused.
apnews.com/article/luig...