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Once were gardeners
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Just another cheeky Ngāpuhi
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September 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
jessieirving.bsky.social
Christ on a stick now Labour MPs are complaining about people using te reo during Māori language week...
kaimataara.bsky.social Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · Sep 16
"A Labour MP says Te Pāti Māori is starting to create an 'exclusive bunch of Māoris' after the party's co-leader spoke to journalists only in te reo Māori on Tuesday, but the Greens say it's not Rawiri Waititi's fault the system isn't set up for te reo Māori to be spoken and received."
#nzpol
Rawiri Waititi refuses to speak to journalists in English during Te Wiki o te reo Māori
Other political parties have weighed in, with one saying it was creating an "exclusive bunch" of Māori.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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occasio.bsky.social
Good reminder how National Party supported Labour’s Covid response from Kieran McAnulty in parliament today.

Now they hope NZ forgets as they press on with Winston Peters (another Covid response enabler’s) kangaroo court.

#nzpol
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August 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
jessieirving.bsky.social
Collins claims teachers get an average of $147K a year and 12 weeks off. If it's such a plumb gig why are we in a teacher shortage crises and importing overseas teachers? Something doesn't add up.
August 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
jessieirving.bsky.social
Wish I got to skip hui because they were at annoying times. I wonder if "at an annoying time" is accepted by WINZ as a reason to miss their meetings
August 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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melulater.bsky.social
Dear Erica and your advisors...
August 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
jessieirving.bsky.social
So much for the party of fiscal responsibility
August 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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leahmcelrath.bsky.social
The executive director of the Israel Cyber Directorate—an Israeli agency under the purview of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu—was arrested in Las Vegas for luring a child with a computer for a sex act.

He was released and returned to Israel shortly thereafter.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Israeli government official arrested in Nevada in internet crimes against children sting
Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was released and returned to Israel after being charged with luring a child for a sex act
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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taniaroxborogh.bsky.social
What da F**k?

From aecnz.substack.com/p/at-the-marae
August 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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misswhanau.bsky.social
Except that I did and have told Bishop this directly. He needs to stop spreading misinformation and delete this tweet.

Story here www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
Christopher Bishop @jsbishop • 26m Meanwhile, anti-Semitic graffiti appears in Wellington and the Mayor says nothing. 'Solidarity and hope: Wellington forms partnershi... From nzherald.co.nz 6 274 25 In 773 个
August 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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nzctu.bsky.social
5/8 …and Minister van Velden met with Uber over contractor law changes. She’s had no such meeting with unions.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/520719/minister-brooke-van-velden-confirms-meeting-with-uber-over-contractor-law-change
Minister Brooke van Velden confirms meeting with Uber over contractor law change
Brooke van Velden has confirmed the meeting, as she considers banning contractors from going to court over their employment status.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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awaterevalley.bsky.social
"At a time like this, it is extraordinary that a Deputy Prime Minister here should initiate an online campaign of intimidation against university scholars, using Trumpian rhetoric and tactics to harass them for exercising their academic freedom."

newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/23/a...
Anne Salmond: Victim of the Day
Dame Anne Salmond on a lame but personally intimidating campaign launched by Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour against academic critics of his Regulatory Standards Bill
newsroom.co.nz
June 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
jessieirving.bsky.social
Remove the reasons for crime and there is no crime.
June 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
jessieirving.bsky.social
Finally found the time to watch this. Really worth the time, would encourages others to do the same. m.youtube.com/watch?v=QLOj...
Mata Reports | ACT: The Foreign Influences That Have Shaped David Seymour's Political Agenda | RNZ
YouTube video by RNZ
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June 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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watershitdown.bsky.social
If enshittification was a person it would be David Seymour.. #nzpol
June 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
jessieirving.bsky.social
Finally an MP saying what we are all thinking
delphijunkie.bsky.social David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · Jun 16
I'm sorry, but @beefaerie.bsky.social and @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social are fucking heroes for articulating the same reaction we all have when listening to Seymour's disingenuous bullshit. This is representative democracy at its finest.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The session got off to a tense start, after Labour's Deborah Russell was heard saying "for f***'s sake" during Seymour's opening remarks. National's Ryan Hamilton raised it as a point of order. While committee chair Cameron Brewer was fine to carry on, Seymour made Russell repeat herself. She then withdrew her comment and apologised. Later on, Webb accused Seymour of "making s*** up" regarding the ministry's work on flour dust standards.
June 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
jessieirving.bsky.social
Honestly as a country we are so lucky to have Te Ara and the quality that on it. I don't always agree with the editorial decisions but on the whole it is an amazing resource.
thegravyaotearoa.bsky.social The Gravy - Toitū te Tiriti @thegravyaotearoa.bsky.social · Jun 13
Ministry for Culture and Heritage cuts will deeply affect Te Ara Encyclopaedia of NZ, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, NZHistory, Te Akomanga digital history curriculum support. Jock Phillips is right, "they are absolutely central to the education of NZers."
#kikorangi #nzpol
More cuts proposed at Ministry for Culture and Heritage
The axe is hovering over historians and staff who create digital content used by schools and the public.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
jessieirving.bsky.social
If only a forward thinking government had already put solutions in place years ago due to this very risk. Oh wait...
June 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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teenvogue.com
Maipi-Clarke has emerged as the young lawmaker who catapulted this story of Indigenous strength, of Māori mana, or spiritual power, into international news. The Treaty Principles Bill is dead, but her work is not done.

Read the full profile here ⤵️
Meet Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, the 22-Year-Old Lawmaker Behind that Viral Haka Protest
The young lawmaker is leading the fight to preserve Māori rights.
www.teenvogue.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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sassypolitico.bsky.social
Christopher Luxon’s legacy summed up with 1 headline
June 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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awaterevalley.bsky.social
Parliament’s law-making watchdog warns against Regulatory Standards Bill
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/04/p...
Parliament's law-making watchdog warns against Regulatory Standards Bill
Minister for Regulation David Seymour says he knows bureaucrats don’t like his bill, but that’s a good thing. Laura Walters reports.
newsroom.co.nz
June 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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tepaatimaori.bsky.social
27 days left. Day two.
Haven’t submitted? Do it now.

Already done? Kei te pai. Help someone else. Share the link.

They’ve got money, lobbyists, and corporate backers.

We’ve got people. We believe in something stronger, a collective voice that refuses to be ignored. #NZPol
Coloured screenshot: Bold red text reads “27” with black text underneath: “DAYS LEFT TO OPPOSE THE REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL.” The graphic is a call to action, counting down the days remaining to submit against the Bill.
May 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
jessieirving.bsky.social
Day 1 e te whānau kua tukuna tāku kia kaha tātou katoa!
tepaatimaori.bsky.social Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · May 26
Whānau mā, the RSB submission page is already lagging.

Our resistance is working.

The people are showing up. ❤️

We see the unity. We see the strength. And we’re not backing down from ACT’s Atlas-backed, anti-Tiriti agenda, supported and backed by National. Vote them out.

#NZPol #ToitūTeTiriti
May 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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awaterevalley.bsky.social
The People's Select Committee of 10 former MPs is taking submissions on the Pay Equity changes. Since nobody got a say before the govt passed it under urgency.

www.payequity.org.nz
A group of former MPs from across parties are running their own select committee on pay equity A group of 10 former women MPs from across the political spectrum announced today that they have a formed what they're calling the 'people’s select committee on pay equity' to examine the Government’s changes to the Equal Pay Act. It will serve as an extra-parliamentary committee tasked with considering public submissions and independently examining the new law. Parliament passed the law changes, under urgency, on May 12 which meant it did not go through the select committee process, or have input from the public. Finance Minister Nicola Willis said the swift process gave people 'certainty'. Professor Marilyn Waring, a former National MP, said the former women MPs, have set up this committee to collect the evidence and hear the voices of New Zealanders regarding the policy debate on pay equity.
May 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM