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Assiduously Julie
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Pākehā. Officially verified as 'most definitely not an asshole' by Paula Penfold. She/her.
NZ First are actually evil. They don't care how many lives they may ruin to get the anti-trans vote.
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich
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30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich
British YouTuber and economist Gary Stevenson tells 30 with Guyon Espiner fire engines aren't coming to fix the New Zealand economy.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We're an international embarrassment.

New Zealand slumps again in climate-change league table
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New Zealand slumps again in climate-change league table
"Backsliding" on climate policies means New Zealand is now ranked as "low-performing" in a major international index.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"The key question to ask about ‘free speech’ is freedom for whom, and about what? Across the country at present, as well as in schools, Māori interests are being marginalised, and Māori voices silenced."

Anne Salmond: Free speech, but only one way to think
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/18/a...
Anne Salmond: Free speech, but only one way to think
Thinkers with open rather than closed minds will be aware other cultures may have insights that elude us, writes Dame Anne Salmond
newsroom.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Foreign affairs officials advised recognition of Palestine
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Foreign affairs officials advised recognition of Palestine
Early advice from officials that recommended New Zealand recognise Palestine as a state was ultimately ignored by the Government.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Schools across Aotearoa reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi after changes to Education Act
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Schools across Aotearoa reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi after changes to Education Act
From Whakatāne to Tāmaki Makaurau to Ōtautahi and Invercargill, school boards have issued public statements reaffirming their obligations to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Neoliberal Entrenchment Bill passed. 🙄
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Sydney Trains employee Cooper Stephens has been stood down after attending the National Socialist Network's rally at NSW Parliament last weekend www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Sydney Trains employee stood down after attending neo-Nazi rally
In a statement, a spokesman for Sydney Trains said it had stood down an employee while it investigated his potential involvement in the rally and was “very concerned with the matter”.
www.smh.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I'm sure the 'tough on crime' govt will have them all in jail any minute now. That's how it works, right?

Revealed: The five senior officers at the heart of the McSkimming cover-up
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Revealed: The five senior officers at the heart of the McSkimming 'cover-up'
The IPCA report on the handling of the McSkimming case identifies a string of complicit senior officers. So who are they?
www.stuff.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Created Google NotebookLM instance on IPCA Report 'Review of Police handling of complaints against Jevon McSkimming'. notebooklm.google.com/notebook/13f... Has a number of resources for New Zealanders to grasp what's in 135-page PDF. Important to render this material accessible to widest audience.
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
It's time to empty out the barrel and examine each and every apple. Even the ones on the bottom who, in time, will claw their rotten way to the top. Discard the racists, the misogynists, the power-trippers and the corrupt. Refill the new, emptier barrel with better standards.
If the barrel keeps having rotten apples put in, or apples are turning rotten once inside, at what point do you accept there’s a system problem?

Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?

And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
[Silent rage screaming]

Jevon McSkimming: Police ignored sex allegations against former top cop, prosecuted woman for ‘revenge’ emails instead
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...
Police bosses ignored sex complaints against top cop, charged woman for 'revenge' emails instead
Suppressions fall away to reveal the full story of the downfall of a deputy police boss.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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webworm sent @tworuru.com along to this potentially insufferable techbro dinner in new zealand - and it was actually quite surprising: www.webworm.co/disruptorsdi...
November 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Even a convention of christofascists and transphobes didn't want to hear from the Wizard.

Tearful Tamaki rallies the free speech faithful
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/10/t...
Tearful Tamaki rallies the free speech faithful
Lockdowns and Covid-19 vaccines loom large during one panel discussion at the Free Speech Union’s annual meeting
newsroom.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
WTF Q+A. That was practically a recruiting video for Turning Point. And the "we're just using direct quotes" statement was a gimme for bringing up that people got fired for directly quoting Charlie Kirk on gun control, but you didn't take it?
November 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"While the coalition government is trying to force right wing policies down people’s throats, like Act’s school dinners, they’re being spat out and rejected."

Anne Salmond: A Trumpian accent
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/08/a...
Anne Salmond: A Trumpian accent
Dame Anne Salmond sees red flags for New Zealand in this Government's Trump-like tendencies to favour entitled elites over ordinary citizens
newsroom.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
They're giving a big middle finger to their own election promises (which were lies), our global commitments, and most especially to our children and grandchildren.

Govt’s climate strategy: Let it burn
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Govt's climate strategy: Let it burn
Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution – even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes
newsroom.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm not sure why they're not naming him. Apropos of nothing, RNZ named a 'well-known New Zealander' accused of sexually assaulting someone in 1995 last month as Act's Tim Jago.

Prominent New Zealander charged over further alleged sexual offending
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/prominent...
Prominent NZer faces new sex abuse charge - up to 20 years' jail if convicted
He is due to appear in court next week.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Looks like Microsoft have finally realised moving people onto the more expensive AI bundled 365 without asking was a shitty thing to do.
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I wonder if the cookers and transphobes have figured out he's only playing them for media attention yet.

The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills
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The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills
NZ First MPs keep proposing laws they have no intention of passing, and the media falls for it every time.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Government has 'Trumpian accent' - human rights activist
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government has 'Trumpian accent' - human rights activist
Amnesty International's Agnès Callamard is calling on New Zealand leaders to speak up on world issues, saying "we need you".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM