Andrew Rudolph
@kautami.bsky.social
Social Worker. He Uri o Te Rawara me Ngāpuhi ahau. Professional Practice Fellow @ Social and Community Work programme, University of Otago. South Aucklander living in Ōtepoti.
I have a job already so posting here is more of a part-time hobby at best.
I have a job already so posting here is more of a part-time hobby at best.
If this Government is not trying to take over your professional organisation as a naked power grab to prevent dissent then you are obviously not trying hard enough.
Looking at us, Social Workers 👀
#nzpol
Looking at us, Social Workers 👀
#nzpol
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If this Government is not trying to take over your professional organisation as a naked power grab to prevent dissent then you are obviously not trying hard enough.
Looking at us, Social Workers 👀
#nzpol
Looking at us, Social Workers 👀
#nzpol
"We will not spit in your gruel on Mondays and Fridays"
Oh wow! A much fairer system, really pumped for this step in the right direction!
#nzpol
Oh wow! A much fairer system, really pumped for this step in the right direction!
#nzpol
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"We will not spit in your gruel on Mondays and Fridays"
Oh wow! A much fairer system, really pumped for this step in the right direction!
#nzpol
Oh wow! A much fairer system, really pumped for this step in the right direction!
#nzpol
Today, I'm going to genuinely smile at a stranger - could be at the supermarket; maybe the gas station; may be while walking down the street. Might even say "Hi, how are you?".
No one can stop me.
No one can stop me.
October 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Today, I'm going to genuinely smile at a stranger - could be at the supermarket; maybe the gas station; may be while walking down the street. Might even say "Hi, how are you?".
No one can stop me.
No one can stop me.
Relax, it’s only poor brown people in prison who’ll lose their vote. Rich white criminals usually get a fine or home detention, so they’ll still be voting.
Happy Days.
#nzpol
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Happy Days.
#nzpol
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September 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Relax, it’s only poor brown people in prison who’ll lose their vote. Rich white criminals usually get a fine or home detention, so they’ll still be voting.
Happy Days.
#nzpol
/s
Happy Days.
#nzpol
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Day 16 of stopping smoking because David Seymour said 'smokers are heroes because they pay lots of excise tax and don't need a pension' (cause they're dead).
Love never made be stop smoking but spite and pettiness did.
Thanks, David, I owe you one.
#nzpol
Love never made be stop smoking but spite and pettiness did.
Thanks, David, I owe you one.
#nzpol
July 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Day 16 of stopping smoking because David Seymour said 'smokers are heroes because they pay lots of excise tax and don't need a pension' (cause they're dead).
Love never made be stop smoking but spite and pettiness did.
Thanks, David, I owe you one.
#nzpol
Love never made be stop smoking but spite and pettiness did.
Thanks, David, I owe you one.
#nzpol
David Seymour said that smokers are heroes because they pay lots of excise tax and don't need a pension.
If DS calls you a hero then you're doing something wrong.
Day 5 of stopping smoking...
#nzpol
If DS calls you a hero then you're doing something wrong.
Day 5 of stopping smoking...
#nzpol
July 4, 2025 at 3:25 AM
David Seymour said that smokers are heroes because they pay lots of excise tax and don't need a pension.
If DS calls you a hero then you're doing something wrong.
Day 5 of stopping smoking...
#nzpol
If DS calls you a hero then you're doing something wrong.
Day 5 of stopping smoking...
#nzpol
Getting rid of the current coalition takes precedence over the circular firing squad pre-election; however, post-election the gloves (have to) come off.
#nzpol
#nzpol
March 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Getting rid of the current coalition takes precedence over the circular firing squad pre-election; however, post-election the gloves (have to) come off.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Student Accommodation Available Now!
1 bedroom. Close to the University and all student amenities.
No smokers, no pets. $500p/w
Welcome back ;)
#Dunedin
1 bedroom. Close to the University and all student amenities.
No smokers, no pets. $500p/w
Welcome back ;)
#Dunedin
February 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Student Accommodation Available Now!
1 bedroom. Close to the University and all student amenities.
No smokers, no pets. $500p/w
Welcome back ;)
#Dunedin
1 bedroom. Close to the University and all student amenities.
No smokers, no pets. $500p/w
Welcome back ;)
#Dunedin
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NZ loses $1b per year to tax-cheating Multinational Companies, and the super rich. #nzpol
But also this: "Multinational corporations cheated more after tax rate cuts, disproving “tax appeasement” thinking popular with lobbyists and some politicians"
But also this: "Multinational corporations cheated more after tax rate cuts, disproving “tax appeasement” thinking popular with lobbyists and some politicians"
World losing half a trillion to tax abuse, largely due to 8 countries blocking UN tax reform, annual report finds | Tax Justice Network
Multinational corporations cheated more after getting tax cuts, largest inadvertent real-world testing of corporate tax policies reveals Countries are losing US$492 billion in tax a year to multinatio...
taxjustice.net
November 20, 2024 at 5:21 AM
NZ loses $1b per year to tax-cheating Multinational Companies, and the super rich. #nzpol
But also this: "Multinational corporations cheated more after tax rate cuts, disproving “tax appeasement” thinking popular with lobbyists and some politicians"
But also this: "Multinational corporations cheated more after tax rate cuts, disproving “tax appeasement” thinking popular with lobbyists and some politicians"
If you've looked at the history of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and how it failed to protect Māori rights, would you then be comfortable having your rights protected by this same document?
Would you like to be treated the way Māori have historically been treated in this country?
#nzpol
Would you like to be treated the way Māori have historically been treated in this country?
#nzpol
November 17, 2024 at 9:46 PM
If you've looked at the history of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and how it failed to protect Māori rights, would you then be comfortable having your rights protected by this same document?
Would you like to be treated the way Māori have historically been treated in this country?
#nzpol
Would you like to be treated the way Māori have historically been treated in this country?
#nzpol
#nzpol
Tēnā koe, Prime Minister Luxon,
I am reaching out to express my profound concern over the decision to exclude Newsroom journalist Aaron Smale from the official apology to survivors and victims of abuse in state care. I am writing to implore you to reverse this decision.
Tēnā koe, Prime Minister Luxon,
I am reaching out to express my profound concern over the decision to exclude Newsroom journalist Aaron Smale from the official apology to survivors and victims of abuse in state care. I am writing to implore you to reverse this decision.
November 10, 2024 at 8:49 PM
#nzpol
Tēnā koe, Prime Minister Luxon,
I am reaching out to express my profound concern over the decision to exclude Newsroom journalist Aaron Smale from the official apology to survivors and victims of abuse in state care. I am writing to implore you to reverse this decision.
Tēnā koe, Prime Minister Luxon,
I am reaching out to express my profound concern over the decision to exclude Newsroom journalist Aaron Smale from the official apology to survivors and victims of abuse in state care. I am writing to implore you to reverse this decision.
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I could spend $500 today to address an issue, or, I could spend $100 but it will cost me a further $1000 later on. However, by the time the bill comes due someone else will have to deal with it. Then, I can yell at them for spending the $1000.
National/ACT/NZ First austerity logic. #NZpol
National/ACT/NZ First austerity logic. #NZpol
October 31, 2024 at 12:49 AM
I could spend $500 today to address an issue, or, I could spend $100 but it will cost me a further $1000 later on. However, by the time the bill comes due someone else will have to deal with it. Then, I can yell at them for spending the $1000.
National/ACT/NZ First austerity logic. #NZpol
National/ACT/NZ First austerity logic. #NZpol
I won't say that I was an alcoholic, however, I definitely had a problematic relationship with Alcohol - did it ever make me feel better or cure my depression? It did, provided I stayed drunk. The problem being that I could only stay drunk for 2-3 days at a time.
Haere atu, Mike
Haere atu, Mike
'It’s our life jacket': Mike King defends claims 'alcohol is the solution' for mental health
'Alcohol not a problem for people with mental issues. It’s actually the solution.' - King.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 30, 2024 at 11:02 PM
I won't say that I was an alcoholic, however, I definitely had a problematic relationship with Alcohol - did it ever make me feel better or cure my depression? It did, provided I stayed drunk. The problem being that I could only stay drunk for 2-3 days at a time.
Haere atu, Mike
Haere atu, Mike
Surely the NZ Labour Party can win the next election if they just present watered down versions of existing National Party policies as their campaign manifesto, or just 'cautiously agree' to changes to show they are a 'serious' party. I'm sure nothing will go wrong because of it.
October 29, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Surely the NZ Labour Party can win the next election if they just present watered down versions of existing National Party policies as their campaign manifesto, or just 'cautiously agree' to changes to show they are a 'serious' party. I'm sure nothing will go wrong because of it.
"Essentially, a long list of people in positions of power covered up this systemic and large-scale abuse over decades, often with full knowledge of the allegations and their credibility."
Social Work, and Social Workers, were complicit in this and the profession has much to answer for.
Social Work, and Social Workers, were complicit in this and the profession has much to answer for.
New Zealand has been torturing its own people for decades. It's about time that we, as a nation, faced up to that.
Crown cover-up? When the state turned on its victims
Offices of the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General have been implicated in what a Royal Commission calls a 'cover-up' of torture and sexual abuse of children in the custody of the state. Who else w...
newsroom.co.nz
October 13, 2024 at 9:29 PM
"Essentially, a long list of people in positions of power covered up this systemic and large-scale abuse over decades, often with full knowledge of the allegations and their credibility."
Social Work, and Social Workers, were complicit in this and the profession has much to answer for.
Social Work, and Social Workers, were complicit in this and the profession has much to answer for.
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If you are wondering 'what about nuclear' for #NZ Hinkley is costing $74bn and is taking 25 years to complete
Built in the UK by a French company with more experience than anyone else
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Built in the UK by a French company with more experience than anyone else
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Hinkley Point C could be delayed to 2031 and cost up to £35bn, says EDF
As nuclear plant is hit by further delay, real cost will be far higher after inflation is included, as project uses 2015 prices
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2024 at 10:38 PM
If you are wondering 'what about nuclear' for #NZ Hinkley is costing $74bn and is taking 25 years to complete
Built in the UK by a French company with more experience than anyone else
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Built in the UK by a French company with more experience than anyone else
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The Dunedin Multi Cultural Council is joining the campaign to eliminate Migrant Exploitation in our communities. We're starting our part of the conversation here:
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August 2, 2024 at 11:39 PM
The Dunedin Multi Cultural Council is joining the campaign to eliminate Migrant Exploitation in our communities. We're starting our part of the conversation here:
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Post by Emily Keddell newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/02/s...
Why Section 7AA works just as intended
Comment from the University of Otago: The real aim of the repeal of Section 7AA is to remove Treaty references and to reduce the power given to iwi through institutional power-sharing and delegation o...
newsroom.co.nz
July 2, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Post by Emily Keddell newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/02/s...
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'When you think about it, protesting apartheid is the real racism.'
Press, Issue 33198, 11 April 1973, Page 1
Press, Issue 33198, 11 April 1973, Page 1
![The president of the Ashburton branch of the Association Defending South African Tours (Mr B. B. Thompson): “Mr Kirk has surrendered to ]the threats of the tour (wreckers, anti-tour agitators, 'the radical lawless element ! within New Zealand and has given in to overseas blackmail.”
' Mr Thompson said he (would take action against the Prime Minister on the i grounds of the Race Relations Act. "By this act of racial discrimination against the South African tour because of its white composition, Mr Kirk has prevented me from seeing the Springbok matches,” he said.
The president of the Southern Africa Friends’ Association (Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. R. Elderton) said the calling off of the tour was a victory for political blackmail, Left-wing student power, racial discrimination and for a slanted news media which (had consistently suppressed the truth on South Africa.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5kyyjs7hao2hnrk2du453jm5/bafkreiceg7mcctzochxcwrhqb462iio5myhw2w3jvdg3zh6b7q45l24xo4@jpeg)
May 5, 2024 at 1:37 AM
'When you think about it, protesting apartheid is the real racism.'
Press, Issue 33198, 11 April 1973, Page 1
Press, Issue 33198, 11 April 1973, Page 1
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Not an easy read at all 💓
But written with care and clarity.
As the upoko Pita Te Hori said,
"Kia atawhai ki te iwi"
#MōTātouĀMōKāUriĀMuriAkeNei
#ArohaKiTeTakata
But written with care and clarity.
As the upoko Pita Te Hori said,
"Kia atawhai ki te iwi"
#MōTātouĀMōKāUriĀMuriAkeNei
#ArohaKiTeTakata
The Crown versus Māori Children
Essay: The High Court has declined to enforce a summons for a sitting MP to appear at the Waitangi Tribunal. But the decision highlights a wider issue – if the Crown causes harm to children, how do yo...
newsroom.co.nz
May 4, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Not an easy read at all 💓
But written with care and clarity.
As the upoko Pita Te Hori said,
"Kia atawhai ki te iwi"
#MōTātouĀMōKāUriĀMuriAkeNei
#ArohaKiTeTakata
But written with care and clarity.
As the upoko Pita Te Hori said,
"Kia atawhai ki te iwi"
#MōTātouĀMōKāUriĀMuriAkeNei
#ArohaKiTeTakata