A Fighter Whaea
@fighterwhaea.bsky.social
On again off again Principal, lifelong learner, parent, champion of the disenfranchised, Māori fruit salad, coffee lover. Opinions, lots of them, are my own. She/her
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
First night in my new whare. Cheers ears
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
First night in my new whare. Cheers ears
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Want to be kids Secret Santa with us? Now is the time. For every $20 donated, 1 kiwi kid from a low income family gets a present at Christmas this year. We are currently at $1650. Can we reach $2k this weekend? Let's try. Pls share 💕 givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/b... @foxylustygrover.bsky.social
Bringing Kindness to NZ Families for Secret Santa 2025
An organization that brings kindness to all families in New Zealand/Aotearoa that are in need. Let's help with their Secret Santa for 2025.
givealittle.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Want to be kids Secret Santa with us? Now is the time. For every $20 donated, 1 kiwi kid from a low income family gets a present at Christmas this year. We are currently at $1650. Can we reach $2k this weekend? Let's try. Pls share 💕 givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/b... @foxylustygrover.bsky.social
In the good news aisle, granted a short aisle with limited stock, I picked up the keys to my new whare today. A new chapter begins
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
In the good news aisle, granted a short aisle with limited stock, I picked up the keys to my new whare today. A new chapter begins
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Can't afford:
Ferries
Hospitals
Pay equity
Intercity passenger rail
Fair pay increases for doctors, nurses, teachers
Feeding kids
😕😕
Can afford:
Roads
Military hardware
Landlord tax cuts
Pay rises for MPs
Billionaire subsidies
Support for tobacco & alcohol industries
💩💩
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
Ferries
Hospitals
Pay equity
Intercity passenger rail
Fair pay increases for doctors, nurses, teachers
Feeding kids
😕😕
Can afford:
Roads
Military hardware
Landlord tax cuts
Pay rises for MPs
Billionaire subsidies
Support for tobacco & alcohol industries
💩💩
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
October 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Can't afford:
Ferries
Hospitals
Pay equity
Intercity passenger rail
Fair pay increases for doctors, nurses, teachers
Feeding kids
😕😕
Can afford:
Roads
Military hardware
Landlord tax cuts
Pay rises for MPs
Billionaire subsidies
Support for tobacco & alcohol industries
💩💩
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
Ferries
Hospitals
Pay equity
Intercity passenger rail
Fair pay increases for doctors, nurses, teachers
Feeding kids
😕😕
Can afford:
Roads
Military hardware
Landlord tax cuts
Pay rises for MPs
Billionaire subsidies
Support for tobacco & alcohol industries
💩💩
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
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If you are thinking about applying for either of the teaching jobs going at my school, this long weekend is a good time to get your CV and cover letter sorted so that your application arrives by 4 on Thursday.
October 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM
If you are thinking about applying for either of the teaching jobs going at my school, this long weekend is a good time to get your CV and cover letter sorted so that your application arrives by 4 on Thursday.
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So the Prime Ministers new attack on teachers is their 12 weeks of school holidays which we all know many teachers work through.
Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!
Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!
October 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So the Prime Ministers new attack on teachers is their 12 weeks of school holidays which we all know many teachers work through.
Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!
Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!
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#nzpol. We don't have the money, we gave you $12 a week tax break, and me an extra $340 a week. Ohh, yea, we also gave $2.9 billion to landlords (hey, that is me also, woohoo), and $300 million tax break for tobacco companies. But we just don't have the money for teachers and medical staff, sorry.
October 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#nzpol. We don't have the money, we gave you $12 a week tax break, and me an extra $340 a week. Ohh, yea, we also gave $2.9 billion to landlords (hey, that is me also, woohoo), and $300 million tax break for tobacco companies. But we just don't have the money for teachers and medical staff, sorry.
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Certainly after the $2B spent on planes and helicopters I thought we didn’t have any money. Funny. It seems we have money for vanity projects and roads, but not to house people, or educate people, or provide decent healthcare
October 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Certainly after the $2B spent on planes and helicopters I thought we didn’t have any money. Funny. It seems we have money for vanity projects and roads, but not to house people, or educate people, or provide decent healthcare
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
October 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.
A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.
We will choose the future.
A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.
We will choose the future.
October 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.
A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.
We will choose the future.
A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.
We will choose the future.
Desperately looking for relief teachers for Maraenui in Napier. Te reo Māori useful but not essential.
October 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Desperately looking for relief teachers for Maraenui in Napier. Te reo Māori useful but not essential.
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Chorus makes a profit, the government owns 61% of it. There is no need to sell it off, and in a time where we are running an infrastructure deficit in large part due to repeated asset sales, maybe just maybe we shouldn't fucking do this.
October 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Chorus makes a profit, the government owns 61% of it. There is no need to sell it off, and in a time where we are running an infrastructure deficit in large part due to repeated asset sales, maybe just maybe we shouldn't fucking do this.
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If an incumbent councillor running in 2025 claims they support Māori wards please check receipts - there was a councillor vote on Māori wards in 2023. 11 voted against, & most are seeking your vote again - Fletcher, Lee, K Turner, Williamson, Baker, Newman, Walker, Watson: all said no.
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If an incumbent councillor running in 2025 claims they support Māori wards please check receipts - there was a councillor vote on Māori wards in 2023. 11 voted against, & most are seeking your vote again - Fletcher, Lee, K Turner, Williamson, Baker, Newman, Walker, Watson: all said no.
Real estate agent hasn’t presented my offer on a house because he wants my husband and I to have a discussion to see if we have any wiggle room. I’m like Wtf dude?!!!
September 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Real estate agent hasn’t presented my offer on a house because he wants my husband and I to have a discussion to see if we have any wiggle room. I’m like Wtf dude?!!!
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Obama: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything.
September 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Obama: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Drs (and nurses, teachers too) only ever strike as an absolute last resort - and because they care about YOU and the service they can provide to you. Unsafe staffing impacts you. Exhausted Drs impacts you. Underpaid Drs means they LEAVE.
I stand with our Drs today, and always.
#nzpol
I stand with our Drs today, and always.
#nzpol
September 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Drs (and nurses, teachers too) only ever strike as an absolute last resort - and because they care about YOU and the service they can provide to you. Unsafe staffing impacts you. Exhausted Drs impacts you. Underpaid Drs means they LEAVE.
I stand with our Drs today, and always.
#nzpol
I stand with our Drs today, and always.
#nzpol
I’m actively house hunting in Napier (mostly) and some things that have struck me as particular to the Bay.
1. Even in a buyers’ market, most agents do the bare minimum
2. Most open homes are on a Sunday (which is full on)
3. Hawke’s Bay was an enthusiastic adopter of dux quest and ceiling tiles
1. Even in a buyers’ market, most agents do the bare minimum
2. Most open homes are on a Sunday (which is full on)
3. Hawke’s Bay was an enthusiastic adopter of dux quest and ceiling tiles
September 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I’m actively house hunting in Napier (mostly) and some things that have struck me as particular to the Bay.
1. Even in a buyers’ market, most agents do the bare minimum
2. Most open homes are on a Sunday (which is full on)
3. Hawke’s Bay was an enthusiastic adopter of dux quest and ceiling tiles
1. Even in a buyers’ market, most agents do the bare minimum
2. Most open homes are on a Sunday (which is full on)
3. Hawke’s Bay was an enthusiastic adopter of dux quest and ceiling tiles
Technically the school holidays haven’t even begun ‘cos it’s the weekend, but Friday night I went to bed with a scratchy throat, I got home to Auckland just before 2 yesterday and by the time bedtime came around again I was full blown crook. Earache, screaming sinuses, snot and headache. ☹️
September 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Technically the school holidays haven’t even begun ‘cos it’s the weekend, but Friday night I went to bed with a scratchy throat, I got home to Auckland just before 2 yesterday and by the time bedtime came around again I was full blown crook. Earache, screaming sinuses, snot and headache. ☹️
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Hey Hutt folks, you may miss it when voting, but please don’t vote for Suzanne Levy! She sounds fine, but OOPS she runs the TERF organisation Speak Up For Women.
September 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Hey Hutt folks, you may miss it when voting, but please don’t vote for Suzanne Levy! She sounds fine, but OOPS she runs the TERF organisation Speak Up For Women.