Kate Davies
@crateycravis.bsky.social
Aspiring gardener, accidental paramedic, lover of all things green 💚. Te Tai Tokerau.
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Was v. honored to speak with Jacinda Ardern & her health team about Covid19 late last year. I'm happy to share the recording (took a while to be posted)-
masscpr.hms.harvard.edu/masscpr-symp...
Thanks to New Zealanders here who gave me insights🙏 Dame Jacinda, Sir Ashley & Dame Juliet were 🤩
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Thanks to New Zealanders here who gave me insights🙏 Dame Jacinda, Sir Ashley & Dame Juliet were 🤩
I have the opportunity next week to moderate a discussion with Rt Hon. Dame Jacinda Ardern - former PM of New Zealand. It’s about about pandemic preparedness. What are you curious about from her experience? NZ had one of the most effective public health responses early in the COVID pandemic.
January 6, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Was v. honored to speak with Jacinda Ardern & her health team about Covid19 late last year. I'm happy to share the recording (took a while to be posted)-
masscpr.hms.harvard.edu/masscpr-symp...
Thanks to New Zealanders here who gave me insights🙏 Dame Jacinda, Sir Ashley & Dame Juliet were 🤩
masscpr.hms.harvard.edu/masscpr-symp...
Thanks to New Zealanders here who gave me insights🙏 Dame Jacinda, Sir Ashley & Dame Juliet were 🤩
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I don’t know any trans people that play competitive sports, but I know plenty of people who will hear, as intended, the hateful message that they don’t belong in everyday life. Fuck these people trying to boost themselves up by finding a small group of people to vilify.
Govt push to ban transgender athletes from all women's sport
Government funding could be withheld if trans athletes aren't separated from competitions.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 20, 2023 at 7:49 PM
I don’t know any trans people that play competitive sports, but I know plenty of people who will hear, as intended, the hateful message that they don’t belong in everyday life. Fuck these people trying to boost themselves up by finding a small group of people to vilify.
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With scarcely a voice being raised against it, we are sliding into a police state, in which an entirely peaceful protester, trying to prevent a societal catastrophe, can get six months in jail for marching slowly down the road.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just Stop Oil activist jailed for six months for taking part in slow march
Stephen Gingell, 57, thought to be first to receive prison sentence under new Public Order Act
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2023 at 10:32 AM
With scarcely a voice being raised against it, we are sliding into a police state, in which an entirely peaceful protester, trying to prevent a societal catastrophe, can get six months in jail for marching slowly down the road.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In which Craig Renney outlines the costs and relative benefits of spending money on the ferry vs landlords.
A must read.
#nzpol
A must read.
#nzpol
The Post
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December 17, 2023 at 7:38 PM
In which Craig Renney outlines the costs and relative benefits of spending money on the ferry vs landlords.
A must read.
#nzpol
A must read.
#nzpol
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So Luxon thinks public servants should pay for te reo Māori lessons but taxpayers should pay for his. Righto. Personally, I think te reo Māori lessons should be free for everybody but his hypocrisy is next level. #nzpol
Maori language edicts strains NZ government
As New Zealand grapples with a new style of government and a new approach to the Maori language,...
www.canberratimes.com.au
December 17, 2023 at 8:18 PM
So Luxon thinks public servants should pay for te reo Māori lessons but taxpayers should pay for his. Righto. Personally, I think te reo Māori lessons should be free for everybody but his hypocrisy is next level. #nzpol
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NZ banks have not passed on recent falls in wholesale interest rates, inflating their profit margins on mortgage lending by ~100 basis points. That's potentially $2-$3b in extra profit per year for the largest banks. Chart from @alex sinton. Plus Dawn Chorus. thekaka.substack.com/p/we-cooled-...
December 14, 2023 at 7:47 PM
NZ banks have not passed on recent falls in wholesale interest rates, inflating their profit margins on mortgage lending by ~100 basis points. That's potentially $2-$3b in extra profit per year for the largest banks. Chart from @alex sinton. Plus Dawn Chorus. thekaka.substack.com/p/we-cooled-...
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More shock doctrines on their way via the sell out Shane Jones. A minister again for only 2 weeks and this is what he wants to unleash on us and our country.
December 14, 2023 at 4:08 PM
More shock doctrines on their way via the sell out Shane Jones. A minister again for only 2 weeks and this is what he wants to unleash on us and our country.
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Seriously what do these idiots stand for. On almost every policy they have positioned themselves at odds with how the rest of the world is attempting to tackle complex challenges, be it climate change, more liveable cities, wealth inequality, you name it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Minister pulls brakes on cycling and walking initatives
In a letter to local authorities, Transport Minister Simeon Brown said he told Waka Kotahi to halt work on cycling and walking initiatives.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 16, 2023 at 4:00 AM
Seriously what do these idiots stand for. On almost every policy they have positioned themselves at odds with how the rest of the world is attempting to tackle complex challenges, be it climate change, more liveable cities, wealth inequality, you name it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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every story about a breakthrough in women’s health is like, previously doctors thought the symptoms were caused by their abnormally small and hysterical brains but researchers have found there is a legitimate medical explanation that has been ignored for 70 years.
December 13, 2023 at 9:53 PM
every story about a breakthrough in women’s health is like, previously doctors thought the symptoms were caused by their abnormally small and hysterical brains but researchers have found there is a legitimate medical explanation that has been ignored for 70 years.
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“So it’s important to remind ourselves that, historically, Māori have often been treated differently – and almost always to their detriment.” www.1news.co.nz/2023/12/12/o...
Opinion: Treating people equally can be bad for their health
We don’t all start out in life from the same place, writes Richard Shaw, and that's why treating people equally can mean unequal outcomes.
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December 13, 2023 at 8:24 PM
“So it’s important to remind ourselves that, historically, Māori have often been treated differently – and almost always to their detriment.” www.1news.co.nz/2023/12/12/o...
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We knew it was going to be bad but holy shit, this bunch of fucking clowns now running the show have gone beyond the worst I could’ve ever imagined #nzpol
December 13, 2023 at 5:42 PM
We knew it was going to be bad but holy shit, this bunch of fucking clowns now running the show have gone beyond the worst I could’ve ever imagined #nzpol
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“From behind your high fences, you will only understand your people who are also my people: white, entitled, demanding, always with the unspoken threat of a complaint in the offing if things are not done right in our way – the right white way.”
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A call for genuine accountability: How do I explain health equity to the ACT Party and Mr Luxon?
Lucy O’Hagan, drawing on personal experience, pens an impassioned letter to the incoming government not to disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora in the interests of genuine equity in healthcare
www.nzdoctor.co.nz
December 11, 2023 at 4:18 AM
“From behind your high fences, you will only understand your people who are also my people: white, entitled, demanding, always with the unspoken threat of a complaint in the offing if things are not done right in our way – the right white way.”
www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/opin...
www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/opin...
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So ironic that when the world thought we in Aotearoa were suffering under a fascist, authoritarian regime, we were merely doing good public health and now that we are actually under the 'governance' of whatever this RW, backwards, now authoritarian nonsense is, nary a word out of them.
December 8, 2023 at 11:29 PM
So ironic that when the world thought we in Aotearoa were suffering under a fascist, authoritarian regime, we were merely doing good public health and now that we are actually under the 'governance' of whatever this RW, backwards, now authoritarian nonsense is, nary a word out of them.
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What an incredible year for Aotearoa books. From Bird Life to Birnam Wood, to Blood & Dirt to Big Fat Brown Bitch - and that’s just the Bs! thespinoff.co.nz/books/05-12-...
The Aotearoa books of the year for 2023
The best fiction, nonfiction, poetry and children's books published in New Zealand this year, according to our panel of readers.
thespinoff.co.nz
December 5, 2023 at 4:55 AM
What an incredible year for Aotearoa books. From Bird Life to Birnam Wood, to Blood & Dirt to Big Fat Brown Bitch - and that’s just the Bs! thespinoff.co.nz/books/05-12-...
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Luxo: "I'm going to make your life really shit"
Everyone: "Fuck this!"
Luxo: [Crying, snot running down his face] "Why is everyone so mean to me, this is unfair. I haven't made your life shit yet! It's only been one week!"
Everyone: "Fuck this!"
Luxo: [Crying, snot running down his face] "Why is everyone so mean to me, this is unfair. I haven't made your life shit yet! It's only been one week!"
December 6, 2023 at 9:18 PM
Luxo: "I'm going to make your life really shit"
Everyone: "Fuck this!"
Luxo: [Crying, snot running down his face] "Why is everyone so mean to me, this is unfair. I haven't made your life shit yet! It's only been one week!"
Everyone: "Fuck this!"
Luxo: [Crying, snot running down his face] "Why is everyone so mean to me, this is unfair. I haven't made your life shit yet! It's only been one week!"
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The 2021 General Social Survey found that 57% of NZers thought the government should support the use of te reo Māori, 62% thought it should be a core primary subject and 56% wanted bilingual signage. Still only 7.9% of the population (and 34% of Māori) could speak te reo 'at least fairly well'.
Te reo Māori proficiency and support continues to grow | Stats NZ
New Zealanders are getting better at speaking te reo Māori and are more supportive of its use in day-to-day life.
www.stats.govt.nz
December 5, 2023 at 11:46 PM
The 2021 General Social Survey found that 57% of NZers thought the government should support the use of te reo Māori, 62% thought it should be a core primary subject and 56% wanted bilingual signage. Still only 7.9% of the population (and 34% of Māori) could speak te reo 'at least fairly well'.
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We put "New Zealand flightless birdfruit" on our pavlova at Xmas! Yeah this is going to be verrrrrrrrry sensible, this move
Do government departments also have to call Rotorua "Two Lakes" every time they mention it? I want to know how far this bullshit goes #nzpol
December 5, 2023 at 11:32 PM
We put "New Zealand flightless birdfruit" on our pavlova at Xmas! Yeah this is going to be verrrrrrrrry sensible, this move