ClareK@AucklandIsland
@clarekakisland.bsky.social
Writing, climate crisis, politics,
libraries, reading, fibromyalgia, public transport... Hope this site will be as good as the other was.
Aotearoa New Zealand
libraries, reading, fibromyalgia, public transport... Hope this site will be as good as the other was.
Aotearoa New Zealand
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"National MP Carl Bates owns 25 properties, which he did not disclose on the MP register. Many of the properties are rentals in Whanganui, making Bates’ family one of the biggest private landlords in his electorate."
Peak National Party #nzpol #kiwi
Peak National Party #nzpol #kiwi
September 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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When you see David Seymour hand-wringing about political violence today, don't forget he called an opposition MP "a menace to freedom" and she received so many threats afterwards that she was provided with an extra security detail
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September 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
When you see David Seymour hand-wringing about political violence today, don't forget he called an opposition MP "a menace to freedom" and she received so many threats afterwards that she was provided with an extra security detail
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Council candidates say they've received a barrage of "bullying and intimidation tactics" from Taxpayers Union to sign their "pledge". One new candidate was emailed 17 times, "with an increasingly urgent tone and unsubstantiated claims that the majority of voters are in support". #nzpol #kiwi #atlas
Bullying of candidates by pressure group alleged
Dunedin City Council candidates say they have received a barrage of emails using "bullying and intimidation tactics", urging them to sign a New...
www.odt.co.nz
September 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Stuart Nash on Checkpoint sez Nz First is pro worker, and Labour has abandoned workers?
The same Nz First that *checks notes* voted with the Nats and Act to *rechecks notes* scrap 33 equal pay agreements?
Righto Mr Nash, please do carry on.
#hypocrisy
#FailedFormerMps
The same Nz First that *checks notes* voted with the Nats and Act to *rechecks notes* scrap 33 equal pay agreements?
Righto Mr Nash, please do carry on.
#hypocrisy
#FailedFormerMps
September 8, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Stuart Nash on Checkpoint sez Nz First is pro worker, and Labour has abandoned workers?
The same Nz First that *checks notes* voted with the Nats and Act to *rechecks notes* scrap 33 equal pay agreements?
Righto Mr Nash, please do carry on.
#hypocrisy
#FailedFormerMps
The same Nz First that *checks notes* voted with the Nats and Act to *rechecks notes* scrap 33 equal pay agreements?
Righto Mr Nash, please do carry on.
#hypocrisy
#FailedFormerMps
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Wow! Didn't realise it was that bad.
Tautoko ,TPM.
Tautoko ,TPM.
🚩During the by-election, we faced predatory media, reporters hiding in bushes, turning up at kura without permission, chasing us in malls & lifts, yelling for interviews, all to manufacture 6pm drama. We won’t compromise whānau safety. Protecting our people comes first
@whaeadeb.bsky.social
#NZPol
@whaeadeb.bsky.social
#NZPol
September 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Wow! Didn't realise it was that bad.
Tautoko ,TPM.
Tautoko ,TPM.
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FYI today’s Pick n’ Mixes & Dawn Chorus. A closer look at Winston Peters re-launching his re-election campaign with appeals to anti-'woke' voters. Anti-vaxx parties' collated the extra 30k votes that lifted NZ First over 5% in 2023. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/winston-pe...
Winston Peters performs again for the anti-woke & anti-vaxx brigades
Peters opens re-election campaign with new appeal to anti-'woke' voters, saying migrants should sign 'Kiwi values' flag-saluting statement; Anti-vaxx parties' 30k votes lifted NZ First over 5% in 2023
thekaka.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
FYI today’s Pick n’ Mixes & Dawn Chorus. A closer look at Winston Peters re-launching his re-election campaign with appeals to anti-'woke' voters. Anti-vaxx parties' collated the extra 30k votes that lifted NZ First over 5% in 2023. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/winston-pe...
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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This is such a dumb idea/false economy - please consider signing: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ke...
Stop the Government taking away Outdoor Education
Outdoor Education gives young people opportunities they can’t always get in a classroom. It builds resilience, confidence, leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. It keeps students engaged i...
our.actionstation.org.nz
September 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is such a dumb idea/false economy - please consider signing: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ke...
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Bending the knee so far, they're kneeling. Grovelling even...
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Bending the knee so far, they're kneeling. Grovelling even...
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I’m hyperventilating. Our country could actually be this iconic if useless white men weren’t running it.
September 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I’m hyperventilating. Our country could actually be this iconic if useless white men weren’t running it.
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First Bernie Sanders. Then CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
Kennedy has fired thousands of HHS workers, boosted unproven treatments for measles while undermining vaccines, backed Medicaid cuts, fired former CDC Director Susan Monarez...
Kennedy has fired thousands of HHS workers, boosted unproven treatments for measles while undermining vaccines, backed Medicaid cuts, fired former CDC Director Susan Monarez...
RFK Jr.’s enemies list just got a lot longer
First Bernie Sanders. Then CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
www.motherjones.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
First Bernie Sanders. Then CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
Kennedy has fired thousands of HHS workers, boosted unproven treatments for measles while undermining vaccines, backed Medicaid cuts, fired former CDC Director Susan Monarez...
Kennedy has fired thousands of HHS workers, boosted unproven treatments for measles while undermining vaccines, backed Medicaid cuts, fired former CDC Director Susan Monarez...
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It's going to be SO funny if Luxon gets kicked for this given it's predominantly the work of Willis, Bishop and Brown absolutely slaughtering the economy and public services at the behest of extremist corporate lobbyists like NZI who have managed to directly insert their people into roles
I say Hooton and high ups in the Auckland Blue Rinse Brigade have seen the data
Luxon is toast
Data out this month
Pundits and RBNZ betting on negative
RBNZ tracker says negative
Luxon is toast
Data out this month
Pundits and RBNZ betting on negative
RBNZ tracker says negative
I think he’s one negative gdp growth quarter from oblivion.
September 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It's going to be SO funny if Luxon gets kicked for this given it's predominantly the work of Willis, Bishop and Brown absolutely slaughtering the economy and public services at the behest of extremist corporate lobbyists like NZI who have managed to directly insert their people into roles
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
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"The Minister's actions are highly unusual and a direct intervention in bargaining, which is unlawful."
#nzpol
#nzpol
Senior doctors' union refuses arbitration, accuses Health Minister of illegally interfering in bargaining process
The Health Minister gave the union and Health NZ until 4pm today to respond to his urgent request for arbitration.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"The Minister's actions are highly unusual and a direct intervention in bargaining, which is unlawful."
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Didn't this literally happen to both NZME and Stuff??
This tactic - pressuring corporations financially until they put a regime friendly voice in charge - is exactly how Orbán took over the free press in Hungary
Lord save us:
"Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."
"Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."
September 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Didn't this literally happen to both NZME and Stuff??
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It's 2025. Twenty-fucking-twenty-five y'all. There is no excuse for treating women like this.
If we can't even treat cis het women right, what hope do we have for treating anyone LGBTQIA+ right?
If we can't even treat cis het women right, what hope do we have for treating anyone LGBTQIA+ right?
In my work I often use women MPs as a lens to discuss the impact of online violence on democracy and human rights. I also note that's it's not only women, but keenly felt by gender minorities and rainbow folk. From April:
theconversation.com/a-damning-st...
#nzpol
theconversation.com/a-damning-st...
#nzpol
September 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
It's 2025. Twenty-fucking-twenty-five y'all. There is no excuse for treating women like this.
If we can't even treat cis het women right, what hope do we have for treating anyone LGBTQIA+ right?
If we can't even treat cis het women right, what hope do we have for treating anyone LGBTQIA+ right?
I heard your voice once
It rang inside my body
How could they kill you
#poetry #writingcommunity
##FreePalestine
It rang inside my body
How could they kill you
#poetry #writingcommunity
##FreePalestine
September 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I heard your voice once
It rang inside my body
How could they kill you
#poetry #writingcommunity
##FreePalestine
It rang inside my body
How could they kill you
#poetry #writingcommunity
##FreePalestine
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The 2008 financial crisis started a massive transfer of wealth from the middle classes to the rich, which has been accelerating for 17 years since.
This is why the economy never recovered. And why ordinary people are getting poorer and poorer.
I made my money betting on this.
This is why the economy never recovered. And why ordinary people are getting poorer and poorer.
I made my money betting on this.
September 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The 2008 financial crisis started a massive transfer of wealth from the middle classes to the rich, which has been accelerating for 17 years since.
This is why the economy never recovered. And why ordinary people are getting poorer and poorer.
I made my money betting on this.
This is why the economy never recovered. And why ordinary people are getting poorer and poorer.
I made my money betting on this.
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