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Roskill. Pākehā. Land back. 13 Dec 23: https://awc.org.nz/things-you-can-do-right-now-to-contain-this-cartoon-villain-government/
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New Zealand to continue staffing the US-Israel genocide continuation centre.
A new release is available from Hon Judith Collins KC.
NZDF liaison officer deployment to Israel extended
The deployment of a New Zealand Defence Force liaison officer to Israel has been extended, Defence Minister Judith Collins says.
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
New Zealand to continue staffing the US-Israel genocide continuation centre.
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“The long-term goal is to help victim-survivors take cases against individuals and understand patterns of repeat offending and build collective-action cases against serial perpetrators.”
Exactly what’s needed - meet the team below actually trying to do something about New Zealand’s appalling stats👇
Exactly what’s needed - meet the team below actually trying to do something about New Zealand’s appalling stats👇
Only 10 per cent of sexual assaults are reported: There’s a new plan to change that
Fear of not being believed remains one of the biggest barriers to reporting sexual harm. Advocates say giving people safer, alternative ways to disclose are needed
www.thepost.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“The long-term goal is to help victim-survivors take cases against individuals and understand patterns of repeat offending and build collective-action cases against serial perpetrators.”
Exactly what’s needed - meet the team below actually trying to do something about New Zealand’s appalling stats👇
Exactly what’s needed - meet the team below actually trying to do something about New Zealand’s appalling stats👇
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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]
September 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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]
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getting rid of regional councils, one of the few voices at the table when it comes to fast track applications and the bodies that are supposed to monitor any ongoing consents, is certainly a choice
savebreambaysand.org
savebreambaysand.org
Save Bream Bay Sand
Save Bream Bay from McCallum Bros sand-mining under the Fast Track Act. Resources and information from Bream Bay Guardians.
savebreambaysand.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
getting rid of regional councils, one of the few voices at the table when it comes to fast track applications and the bodies that are supposed to monitor any ongoing consents, is certainly a choice
savebreambaysand.org
savebreambaysand.org
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New Zealand kills twice as many workers as Australia and four times as many as the U.K. per capita. Despite the introduction of WorkSafe in 2013, we’re seeing issues with weak enforcement, inadequate fines, and a Workplace Relations and Safety Minister hellbent on taking us backwards.
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
New Zealand kills twice as many workers as Australia and four times as many as the U.K. per capita. Despite the introduction of WorkSafe in 2013, we’re seeing issues with weak enforcement, inadequate fines, and a Workplace Relations and Safety Minister hellbent on taking us backwards.
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#nzpol Tomorrow will mark the 15-year anniversary of the Pike River mine disaster which killed 29 workers, shocked the nation, and opened a conversation about our poor workplace health and safety record. A decade and a half later, we still haven't resolved that conversation. A🧵
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
#nzpol Tomorrow will mark the 15-year anniversary of the Pike River mine disaster which killed 29 workers, shocked the nation, and opened a conversation about our poor workplace health and safety record. A decade and a half later, we still haven't resolved that conversation. A🧵
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This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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I'll vote for whoever sets a target to get youth unemployment back below 10% in one year. I can't do ten years of centrist, round the next corner drivel. Waiting for businesses to get desperate enough to give young, disengaged or disabled people a job is fkng stupid. There is loads that needs doing.
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I'll vote for whoever sets a target to get youth unemployment back below 10% in one year. I can't do ten years of centrist, round the next corner drivel. Waiting for businesses to get desperate enough to give young, disengaged or disabled people a job is fkng stupid. There is loads that needs doing.
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🚩🚨Abusers win with Winston! Removing content education & about healthy relationships that *GASP* includes our LGBTQIA whānau, only gives abusers an advantage! But the anti-choice movement, which includes NZ First & National, is inherently violent by trying to control women & girls 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #nzpol #RSE
November 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
🚩🚨Abusers win with Winston! Removing content education & about healthy relationships that *GASP* includes our LGBTQIA whānau, only gives abusers an advantage! But the anti-choice movement, which includes NZ First & National, is inherently violent by trying to control women & girls 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #nzpol #RSE
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This is the kind of result that the National government wants to see more of - disenfranchisement via policy
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
62% of special votes disallowed in Kaipara's knife-edge council election
Snow Tane, who placed second in the tight mayoral race, says a process that disenfranchises so many isn't fit for purpose.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is the kind of result that the National government wants to see more of - disenfranchisement via policy
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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BREAKING:
Labour has announced a tax policy that includes a tight Capital Gains Tax:
- 28% on profit after 2027 for residential and commercial property
- Family home, KiwiSaver, farms, financial assets excluded
- Would pay for a medicard for three free GP visits a year
It’s a good start!
#nzpol
Labour has announced a tax policy that includes a tight Capital Gains Tax:
- 28% on profit after 2027 for residential and commercial property
- Family home, KiwiSaver, farms, financial assets excluded
- Would pay for a medicard for three free GP visits a year
It’s a good start!
#nzpol
October 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
BREAKING:
Labour has announced a tax policy that includes a tight Capital Gains Tax:
- 28% on profit after 2027 for residential and commercial property
- Family home, KiwiSaver, farms, financial assets excluded
- Would pay for a medicard for three free GP visits a year
It’s a good start!
#nzpol
Labour has announced a tax policy that includes a tight Capital Gains Tax:
- 28% on profit after 2027 for residential and commercial property
- Family home, KiwiSaver, farms, financial assets excluded
- Would pay for a medicard for three free GP visits a year
It’s a good start!
#nzpol
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Solar is EU's biggest power source for first time
Solar booms that no one saw coming --Netherlands and Hungary --- are now over 40% solar, higher than Spain! Installation boomed once policy became supportive few years ago @palmapolyak.bsky.social @janfichtner.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/0894...
Solar booms that no one saw coming --Netherlands and Hungary --- are now over 40% solar, higher than Spain! Installation boomed once policy became supportive few years ago @palmapolyak.bsky.social @janfichtner.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/0894...
August 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Solar is EU's biggest power source for first time
Solar booms that no one saw coming --Netherlands and Hungary --- are now over 40% solar, higher than Spain! Installation boomed once policy became supportive few years ago @palmapolyak.bsky.social @janfichtner.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/0894...
Solar booms that no one saw coming --Netherlands and Hungary --- are now over 40% solar, higher than Spain! Installation boomed once policy became supportive few years ago @palmapolyak.bsky.social @janfichtner.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/0894...
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This is impeccable thespinoff.co.nz/society/25-1...
Bumble fumbles: A brutally honest anthology of modern dating
'I am of the generation of wāhine who were seen as manic pixie dream girls, only to discover we aren’t quirky, we are autistic.'
thespinoff.co.nz
October 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is impeccable thespinoff.co.nz/society/25-1...
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Thank you to everyone who came out to support our public service workers today ✊ #nzpol
New Zealand ‘mega strike’: 100,000 public sector workers demand better conditions
Teachers, nurses and public service staff among those walking off job and pressing for more government investment in health and education
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Thank you to everyone who came out to support our public service workers today ✊ #nzpol
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"Investigations have confirmed that the fire originated from the car involved, and the bus batteries were undamaged and not a factor in the resulting fire." www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
'Devastating accident': Bus driver killed in fiery Auckland crash
A key route into the CBD remains closed today.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"Investigations have confirmed that the fire originated from the car involved, and the bus batteries were undamaged and not a factor in the resulting fire." www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
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![Why did you give our funding to big tobacco and landlords??? [narrator voice: they ARE big tobacco and landlords]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pidoqbu7svojy47skrusqqlh/bafkreihrymv47sklmyiz2y2h4boj5wpippx3iw74yg6ij7uazx2cpp3dwi@jpeg)
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![You cant put teachers & nurses in a corner [Extra points for Dirty Dancing reference]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pidoqbu7svojy47skrusqqlh/bafkreibbnqo7dkxzditk7drgvnfe3ja6gyjxtg27xdmpoahms4yx6e3gq4@jpeg)
![Teaching isn't Charity, it's a PROFESSION. [nice and clear for the pupils at the back]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pidoqbu7svojy47skrusqqlh/bafkreias6edjj53ddfs657ru3mbky6cd5iksg6vdwaep2wzcxjwqrfgfq4@jpeg)
![It's TIME TO USE OUR OUTSIDE VOICES [hehehe]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pidoqbu7svojy47skrusqqlh/bafkreicab5kk4j4n6e37b7vgbcobuwoaidvnnpetefy3tyscd5qhrthwl4@jpeg)
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![If I have to be highly qualified, why doesn't ERICA? [democracy debate not the point here ok guys]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pidoqbu7svojy47skrusqqlh/bafkreigx556srlz6ahl4lorew44ynesxokmpjwwppb4ju44zuhp6vclqby@jpeg)
@akwomenscentre.bsky.social represent!
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
@akwomenscentre.bsky.social represent!
Aotea Square filling up ten min ago #megastrike
October 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Aotea Square filling up ten min ago #megastrike
Te Ika a Maui... we really gotta stand up and march on this one as our comrades further south are hampered by extreme right-wing weather gods
PSA website has updated... potential new venue at Edgar Centre gather at 11.45.
www.psa.org.nz/campaigns/23... updates around the motu found here
www.psa.org.nz/campaigns/23... updates around the motu found here
October 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Te Ika a Maui... we really gotta stand up and march on this one as our comrades further south are hampered by extreme right-wing weather gods
1848 brooks no patience for that guy at the bar who refuses to consider you might wish he didn't exist
Ohhhhhhhh my god there's a book within the book where Mysterious Dark Tenant of Wildfell Hall tells her story in her own words! I am in love with this!
Anne Bronte with an exasperated description of a mansplainer ftw:
Anne Bronte with an exasperated description of a mansplainer ftw:
October 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
1848 brooks no patience for that guy at the bar who refuses to consider you might wish he didn't exist
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Regulatory Standards Bill will expose the SPCA to penalty if they remove abused animals; it will expose taxpayers to compensate suspected criminals for confiscated assets; farmers can do as they want; Peter Thiels can build bunkers anywhere. A terrible bill with > 98% opposed. #nzpol
October 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Regulatory Standards Bill will expose the SPCA to penalty if they remove abused animals; it will expose taxpayers to compensate suspected criminals for confiscated assets; farmers can do as they want; Peter Thiels can build bunkers anywhere. A terrible bill with > 98% opposed. #nzpol
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Votes for Māori wards
District and region roll of honour - from top to bottom
District and region roll of honour - from top to bottom
October 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Votes for Māori wards
District and region roll of honour - from top to bottom
District and region roll of honour - from top to bottom
would have been nice to have a high profile left-leaning mayoral candidate in NZ's biggest city
Turns out Wellingtonians came out in force on Saturday, single biggest day of voting. 48% participation which is the best result since at least 2016.
October 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
would have been nice to have a high profile left-leaning mayoral candidate in NZ's biggest city