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Tangata tiriti, lefty, gardener, bush regen 🌈 Whanganui (image of NZ diplomat's faces as Winston announced complicity with genocide, UNTV)
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Local politicians in NZ can kick it off by NOT promoting, employing or excusing men who’ve harassed, abused or assaulted women. #nzpol
Stop sweeping the issue under the carpet for the ‘bigger picture’ because that bigger picture without accountability or consequences is a misogynistic hellscape.
Stop sweeping the issue under the carpet for the ‘bigger picture’ because that bigger picture without accountability or consequences is a misogynistic hellscape.
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It’s a day to raise awareness around all forms of violence against women and girls and to call for an end to gender-based violence.
#InternationalDayForTheEliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen #EndGenderBasedViolence
#InternationalDayForTheEliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen #EndGenderBasedViolence
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Local politicians in NZ can kick it off by NOT promoting, employing or excusing men who’ve harassed, abused or assaulted women. #nzpol
Stop sweeping the issue under the carpet for the ‘bigger picture’ because that bigger picture without accountability or consequences is a misogynistic hellscape.
Stop sweeping the issue under the carpet for the ‘bigger picture’ because that bigger picture without accountability or consequences is a misogynistic hellscape.
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So ... the government just forced us all to have referendums on *existing* Māori wards because Local Communities Deserve Choice, but now they're unilaterally abolishing our regional councils because they don't like the Choices we made?
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
So ... the government just forced us all to have referendums on *existing* Māori wards because Local Communities Deserve Choice, but now they're unilaterally abolishing our regional councils because they don't like the Choices we made?
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The final agreement from COP30 doesn't mention fossil fuels, argues we are only 80% of the way to 1.5C, sets out an insane timeline of GHG reductions, and mentions 'a rapidly narrowing window.'
The COP is dead and burried. And COP30 was the final nail.
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
The COP is dead and burried. And COP30 was the final nail.
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The final agreement from COP30 doesn't mention fossil fuels, argues we are only 80% of the way to 1.5C, sets out an insane timeline of GHG reductions, and mentions 'a rapidly narrowing window.'
The COP is dead and burried. And COP30 was the final nail.
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
The COP is dead and burried. And COP30 was the final nail.
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
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National Party announce new policy - first $30,000 of all incomes to be tax free. To be phased in starting in 2180.
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
National Party announce new policy - first $30,000 of all incomes to be tax free. To be phased in starting in 2180.
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I’m delighted to announce I'm standing as the Labour candidate in Wellington Bays/Rongotai in 2026. I'm thrilled to fight for better jobs, housing, and health services in our community. Look in the bio to donate, volunteer, and help us deliver a better government next year.
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I’m delighted to announce I'm standing as the Labour candidate in Wellington Bays/Rongotai in 2026. I'm thrilled to fight for better jobs, housing, and health services in our community. Look in the bio to donate, volunteer, and help us deliver a better government next year.
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Here’s a Saturday long read for you 🌸
‘Chillingly familiar’: Why the McSkimming report hit hard for sex workers and a waitress
The scathing IPCA report on police handling of complaints about Jevon McSkimming has resurfaced concerns in two high profile cases
www.stuff.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Here’s a Saturday long read for you 🌸
Seem to have grown a cartoon character 🤣
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Seem to have grown a cartoon character 🤣
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"But The Post can reveal that nearly half of those emails — 17 of the 36 — were sent not to his Beehive office but to Mitchell’s Whangaparāoa electorate office throughout January and February 2024."
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November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"But The Post can reveal that nearly half of those emails — 17 of the 36 — were sent not to his Beehive office but to Mitchell’s Whangaparāoa electorate office throughout January and February 2024."
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Picture the New Zealand Herald's senior Press Gallery reporter dismissing as a "C-grade scandalette" the chair of a Māori entity *cough* taking $27 MILLION of public money and putting it in a project in his own patch. #nzpol
a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his mouth open
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his mouth open
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Picture the New Zealand Herald's senior Press Gallery reporter dismissing as a "C-grade scandalette" the chair of a Māori entity *cough* taking $27 MILLION of public money and putting it in a project in his own patch. #nzpol
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Exactly this. This is both an act of deliberate cruelty towards a marginalised, vulnerable community and a trial balloon to see how far they can push, and how fast.
(Going by the last two years and the pace and volume of erosion, and active targeting of vulnerable people - very far, and very fast.)
(Going by the last two years and the pace and volume of erosion, and active targeting of vulnerable people - very far, and very fast.)
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Exactly this. This is both an act of deliberate cruelty towards a marginalised, vulnerable community and a trial balloon to see how far they can push, and how fast.
(Going by the last two years and the pace and volume of erosion, and active targeting of vulnerable people - very far, and very fast.)
(Going by the last two years and the pace and volume of erosion, and active targeting of vulnerable people - very far, and very fast.)
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WARNING: This story includes content that may be disturbing to some readers
Refuge organisations shocked at increase in women needing to escape abuse
#nzpol
Refuge organisations shocked at increase in women needing to escape abuse
#nzpol
Refuge organisations shocked at increase in women needing to escape abuse
Family violence service provider Shine says it has seen a 58 percent increase in women needing to use their refuges over the past financial year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
WARNING: This story includes content that may be disturbing to some readers
Refuge organisations shocked at increase in women needing to escape abuse
#nzpol
Refuge organisations shocked at increase in women needing to escape abuse
#nzpol
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Restricting the availability of puberty blockers to trans kids but allowing them for cis kids is a blatant violation of NZBORA (1990) and the Human Rights Act (1993).
This will undoubtedly end up in court - very quickly as the subject of a Judicial Review.
This will undoubtedly end up in court - very quickly as the subject of a Judicial Review.
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Restricting the availability of puberty blockers to trans kids but allowing them for cis kids is a blatant violation of NZBORA (1990) and the Human Rights Act (1993).
This will undoubtedly end up in court - very quickly as the subject of a Judicial Review.
This will undoubtedly end up in court - very quickly as the subject of a Judicial Review.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Toxic men r the worst....so unbelievably sad....a mother and family left irrevocably traumatized for life...and the horror that the rural fire crews and police had to deal with is unfathomable. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Deaths of three children and their father investigated as suspected murder-suicide
A mother living is living her “worst nightmare” as police search for a final body at the scene of a Manawatū house fire.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Toxic men r the worst....so unbelievably sad....a mother and family left irrevocably traumatized for life...and the horror that the rural fire crews and police had to deal with is unfathomable. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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Labour selects Dr Gary Payinda to take on former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti
Labour selects Dr Gary Payinda to take on former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti
A high-profile emergency doctor has been selected to stand for the Labour Party against former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Labour selects Dr Gary Payinda to take on former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti
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Winston Peters has become an agent for multinational companies. This is his enduring legacy www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Winston Peters and NZ First Hand Victory to ACT over Corporate Bill of Rights - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Despite ACT failing to pass three earlier versions of the Regulatory Standards bill, they have succeeded passing it into law today, due to the backing of NZ First and the…
www.greenpeace.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Winston Peters has become an agent for multinational companies. This is his enduring legacy www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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Charter School Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Charter School Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Charter School Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust
The contract would see a secondary school with a focus on young athletes in Years 11-13 established in Trentham, near Wellington, next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Charter School Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Charter School Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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An appalling indictment that not a days goes by where there is not news of sexual violence, domestic violence or threats &abuse of female public figures, particularly, in NZ - much more goes unreported …
# nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
# nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New Zealand's sexual violence rates higher than global average, Australia's - study
Among people aged 12 to 18, it estimated almost 30 percent of New Zealand women experience sexual violence.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
An appalling indictment that not a days goes by where there is not news of sexual violence, domestic violence or threats &abuse of female public figures, particularly, in NZ - much more goes unreported …
# nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
# nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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They prosecuted the woman who made complaints against him. #nzpol
“Over a period of years, Lack said the woman attempted to report allegations of a serious physical, psychological and sexual nature by McSkimming, who was one of the most powerful police officers in the country.” #misogny #corruption
“Over a period of years, Lack said the woman attempted to report allegations of a serious physical, psychological and sexual nature by McSkimming, who was one of the most powerful police officers in the country.” #misogny #corruption
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 5:19 AM
They prosecuted the woman who made complaints against him. #nzpol
“Over a period of years, Lack said the woman attempted to report allegations of a serious physical, psychological and sexual nature by McSkimming, who was one of the most powerful police officers in the country.” #misogny #corruption
“Over a period of years, Lack said the woman attempted to report allegations of a serious physical, psychological and sexual nature by McSkimming, who was one of the most powerful police officers in the country.” #misogny #corruption
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While tourists dine under stars, the homeless sleep under them
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
#nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
#nzpol
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
While tourists dine under stars, the homeless sleep under them
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
#nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
#nzpol
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A bonfire of the climate policies. An emissions Guy Fawkes Day
The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Government quietly loosens climate rules
An announcement at 8pm on Tuesday saw the Government delinking the ETS from the Paris Agreement and extending another emissions deadline by 25 years.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A bonfire of the climate policies. An emissions Guy Fawkes Day
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“NZ has always been a country that, what is the expression, punched above its weight. In human rights terms, in solidarity terms, you know, by holding the line on a number of very fundamental questions. Right now, this is not what is happening."
The opposite is happening imo. Punching down. #nzpol
The opposite is happening imo. Punching down. #nzpol
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 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“NZ has always been a country that, what is the expression, punched above its weight. In human rights terms, in solidarity terms, you know, by holding the line on a number of very fundamental questions. Right now, this is not what is happening."
The opposite is happening imo. Punching down. #nzpol
The opposite is happening imo. Punching down. #nzpol