Andrea Johnston #ToitūTeTiriti
@andreajnz.bsky.social
Toitū te Tiriti ♥️🤍🩶
Ōtepoti Aotearoa.
Long-time Wellingtonian, transplanted successfully to Ōtepoti.
Coffee is good. Info & grammar geek, lapsed knitter, novice gardener.
Working on my retired life.
Social Justice matters.
Ōtepoti Aotearoa.
Long-time Wellingtonian, transplanted successfully to Ōtepoti.
Coffee is good. Info & grammar geek, lapsed knitter, novice gardener.
Working on my retired life.
Social Justice matters.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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But the thing is, you don't have to speculate. You can simply read the facts of the case and leave it at that. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Questions about the Marokopa children as Tom Phillips killed after four-year search
For years, he was a ghost - slipping in and out of the bush, seen only in grainy footage. Now Tom Phillips is dead. What happened and where are his children?
www.rnz.co.nz
September 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
But the thing is, you don't have to speculate. You can simply read the facts of the case and leave it at that. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world, a group of scientists and researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand dropped everything they were doing and rolled up their sleeves to help the response. This response ultimately saved around 20,000 lives 🧪 🧵
September 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world, a group of scientists and researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand dropped everything they were doing and rolled up their sleeves to help the response. This response ultimately saved around 20,000 lives 🧪 🧵
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It's that time again! After a 4 year wait, we're predicting a big #kakapo breeding season this coming summer (early 2026). It's an exciting opportunity for us to reduce the intensity of our #conservation management methods. Read more here: blog.doc.govt.nz/2025/06/27/k... #parrots #birds
June 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
It's that time again! After a 4 year wait, we're predicting a big #kakapo breeding season this coming summer (early 2026). It's an exciting opportunity for us to reduce the intensity of our #conservation management methods. Read more here: blog.doc.govt.nz/2025/06/27/k... #parrots #birds
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In a past life under the John Key government, I worked on Youth Parliament. In no way were the youth MPs instructed to refrain from criticising the government; that's literally what they're there to do (if they want to).
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Youth MPs told to remove criticisms of government from speeches
Changes had been made to at least one speech.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
In a past life under the John Key government, I worked on Youth Parliament. In no way were the youth MPs instructed to refrain from criticising the government; that's literally what they're there to do (if they want to).
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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If I posted "Everybody send me a dollar, and I will cure cancer!" nobody would give a shit, let alone repeat it.
But if David Seymour did the same, it would be trumpeted from every news site in the country, and then the world.
Why repeat his lies?
Why carry his water?
But if David Seymour did the same, it would be trumpeted from every news site in the country, and then the world.
Why repeat his lies?
Why carry his water?
June 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I posted "Everybody send me a dollar, and I will cure cancer!" nobody would give a shit, let alone repeat it.
But if David Seymour did the same, it would be trumpeted from every news site in the country, and then the world.
Why repeat his lies?
Why carry his water?
But if David Seymour did the same, it would be trumpeted from every news site in the country, and then the world.
Why repeat his lies?
Why carry his water?
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This sums Seymour up really. He is never here for a good faith discussion, but just to lecture on his flawed ideology.
It's a shame the media at large, especially the mainstream political journalists, don't push back on him more. That's how his bullshit gains traction.
It's a shame the media at large, especially the mainstream political journalists, don't push back on him more. That's how his bullshit gains traction.
June 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This sums Seymour up really. He is never here for a good faith discussion, but just to lecture on his flawed ideology.
It's a shame the media at large, especially the mainstream political journalists, don't push back on him more. That's how his bullshit gains traction.
It's a shame the media at large, especially the mainstream political journalists, don't push back on him more. That's how his bullshit gains traction.
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Also I can't believe I have to say this but... road cones are there to protect vulnerable road workers as cars zoom past frequently well over the temporary speed limits? And reducing them around active works increases worker risk? I would hope at least some of the media coverage points that out.
June 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Also I can't believe I have to say this but... road cones are there to protect vulnerable road workers as cars zoom past frequently well over the temporary speed limits? And reducing them around active works increases worker risk? I would hope at least some of the media coverage points that out.
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Perpetual reminder that Worksafe was set up following the recommendations of a completely independent expert Royal Commission responding to mass workplace deaths at Pike River.
Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden is giving WorkSafe six months to adjust to a new way of operating, according to a version of a Cabinet paper on WorkSafe changes that was emailed to BusinessDesk.
June 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Perpetual reminder that Worksafe was set up following the recommendations of a completely independent expert Royal Commission responding to mass workplace deaths at Pike River.
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My first book launch
March 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
My first book launch
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Mocking struggling families isn't leadership. Good on for Arena Williams calling it out in this powerful piece. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Arena Williams: A Prime Minister who sneers at struggling families has no idea what life is really like
OPINION: The money spent on charter schools is $153 million. They handed $216 million to tobacco companies. Either would fully fund school lunches and then some.
www.stuff.co.nz
March 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Mocking struggling families isn't leadership. Good on for Arena Williams calling it out in this powerful piece. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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Deeply disingenuously statement from Seymour, just as we'd expect.
November 19, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Deeply disingenuously statement from Seymour, just as we'd expect.
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Luxon literally doing Trump-style “if you didn’t vote for me, I have nothing to say to you.”
November 19, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Luxon literally doing Trump-style “if you didn’t vote for me, I have nothing to say to you.”
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Ōtautahi turns out to support the hīkoi.
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November 18, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Ōtautahi turns out to support the hīkoi.
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Remember kids, if you are at the protest today you have to keep up your literacy and numeracy to keep the Act Party happy - so count how many people at the protest, and record all the signs you see, remember to correct spelling and grammar if necessary.
November 19, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Remember kids, if you are at the protest today you have to keep up your literacy and numeracy to keep the Act Party happy - so count how many people at the protest, and record all the signs you see, remember to correct spelling and grammar if necessary.
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We’ve had possibly our busiest morning ever on the Wellington rail network for the Hīkoi, with 40,000 people through the railway station. Crowd likely at least 50,000, probably more. If you’re heading out of town by train today, make a plan now because trains will only be running until 8:30pm.
November 19, 2024 at 12:44 AM
We’ve had possibly our busiest morning ever on the Wellington rail network for the Hīkoi, with 40,000 people through the railway station. Crowd likely at least 50,000, probably more. If you’re heading out of town by train today, make a plan now because trains will only be running until 8:30pm.
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So do I understood correctly that what I'm witnessing in the video is antiracist action of epic awesomeness?
November 14, 2024 at 5:27 AM
So do I understood correctly that what I'm witnessing in the video is antiracist action of epic awesomeness?
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November 13, 2024 at 5:39 AM
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A hīkoi dispatch from Ōtautahi thespinoff.co.nz/politics/13-... #nzpol
A hīkoi dispatch from Ōtautahi
'Historians will be pointing to today and saying this was an important event in nation-building for this country.'
thespinoff.co.nz
November 13, 2024 at 4:43 AM
A hīkoi dispatch from Ōtautahi thespinoff.co.nz/politics/13-... #nzpol
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No they don’t.
NZ would have had a Capital Gains Tax now if she hadn’t made her infamous ‘captains call’.
Her inaction is Nationals Landlord tax break.
NZ would have had a Capital Gains Tax now if she hadn’t made her infamous ‘captains call’.
Her inaction is Nationals Landlord tax break.
Very nice way to start the week. Meeting up with Jacinda Ardern to talk past, present and future. The world needs more politicians like her these days
October 14, 2024 at 11:14 AM
No they don’t.
NZ would have had a Capital Gains Tax now if she hadn’t made her infamous ‘captains call’.
Her inaction is Nationals Landlord tax break.
NZ would have had a Capital Gains Tax now if she hadn’t made her infamous ‘captains call’.
Her inaction is Nationals Landlord tax break.
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Once again, PM Luxon doesn't know why his govt has or hasn't done something.
When the PM was asked at his press conference this afternoon why NZ has not signed this letter, he said he didn’t know, and conflated it with NZ protesting about Israel attacking UN peacekeepers.
A journalist said media had asked the Foreign Minister about it, but can’t see any reporting of that.
A journalist said media had asked the Foreign Minister about it, but can’t see any reporting of that.
Helen Clark quoted in Al Jazeera, saying that it’s ’astonishing’ that NZ hasn’t signed this letter of support for the UN Secretary General.
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October 14, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Once again, PM Luxon doesn't know why his govt has or hasn't done something.