Kate Mahoney
@katypi.bsky.social
Southland-dwelling old lady, knitting, handspinning, one cat, NZ politics
Tangata Tiriti
Woke Leftie
I have a partner, thanks, now eff off
Tangata Tiriti
Woke Leftie
I have a partner, thanks, now eff off
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This is a white supremacy, ideological, ACT party indoctrination camp, not a rich & creative all world view balanced curriculum. If you want your sons to end up like Andrew Tate & daughters to become 1940’s housewives then sure, this is the school for you! 🤬 #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
A new school built on ‘western civilisation’ is coming to Wellington
The former Free Speech union boss says he’s excited to have a school that could “remember the virtue of civilisation that has come from the West”.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is a white supremacy, ideological, ACT party indoctrination camp, not a rich & creative all world view balanced curriculum. If you want your sons to end up like Andrew Tate & daughters to become 1940’s housewives then sure, this is the school for you! 🤬 #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
The bastards
88% of Fonterra farmers vote to cash out and take the money. We've lost a huge Kiwi asset and Fonterra's damage to our environment, waters and health will forever be repaid by Kiwis. Pandering to farmers in the way ACt/Nat does is BS. NZ First's posturing all saddle, no horse #nzpol
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The bastards
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yesterday on RNZ I talked with Kathryn Ryan about cuts to NZ science funding and the risk of losing talent www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
here's some correspondence about the opposite problem: kiwi scientists who want to return home to work, but can't, given the bleak funding environment
#nzpol
here's some correspondence about the opposite problem: kiwi scientists who want to return home to work, but can't, given the bleak funding environment
#nzpol
October 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
yesterday on RNZ I talked with Kathryn Ryan about cuts to NZ science funding and the risk of losing talent www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
here's some correspondence about the opposite problem: kiwi scientists who want to return home to work, but can't, given the bleak funding environment
#nzpol
here's some correspondence about the opposite problem: kiwi scientists who want to return home to work, but can't, given the bleak funding environment
#nzpol
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
My new trickle down theory:
The govt shits on the poorest, then the middle class, eventually the shit hits businesses and the economy collapses.
The govt shits on the poorest, then the middle class, eventually the shit hits businesses and the economy collapses.
October 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My new trickle down theory:
The govt shits on the poorest, then the middle class, eventually the shit hits businesses and the economy collapses.
The govt shits on the poorest, then the middle class, eventually the shit hits businesses and the economy collapses.
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Israel, with Western assistance has carried out mass murder and starvation for years (and continues to strike Gaza), so the West now just acts as if it’s all 'nothing to see here, let’s just move on and forget what happened' while implementing further pain on Palestinians.
October 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Israel, with Western assistance has carried out mass murder and starvation for years (and continues to strike Gaza), so the West now just acts as if it’s all 'nothing to see here, let’s just move on and forget what happened' while implementing further pain on Palestinians.
The final stage of violent fascism: "disappearing" political prisoners
Could ICE have ‘lost' 3,000 immigrant arrestees in Chicago?
NBC Chicago's investigative team reports at least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.
www.nbcchicago.com/investigatio...
NBC Chicago's investigative team reports at least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.
www.nbcchicago.com/investigatio...
Could ICE have 'lost' 3,000 immigrant arrestees in Chicago?
At least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.
www.nbcchicago.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The final stage of violent fascism: "disappearing" political prisoners
If it wasn't enough for John Key to make his millions in banking, or by being PM to his personal advantage, or by taking plum directorships post his PM stint, he's now filtering off millions of our education funds into an elite academy that most of us won't get any benefit from.
#NzPol #cronyism
#NzPol #cronyism
October 21, 2025 at 5:18 AM
It's incredible to me that we had people calling for public executions of politicians during Covid, but we now have people dying in hospital corridors and carparks because of a government-engineered health system collapse and apparently none of those same people are bothered by it.
#aonzpolitics
#aonzpolitics
October 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It's incredible to me that we had people calling for public executions of politicians during Covid, but we now have people dying in hospital corridors and carparks because of a government-engineered health system collapse and apparently none of those same people are bothered by it.
#aonzpolitics
#aonzpolitics
I'm just going to put it out there: The new recipe sultana pasties are an insult to consumers, as the chocolate macaroons have been for some time. The pasty is far the worst "new formula" Aotearoa biscuit, with its crumbly half baked sugary filling bearing no resemblance to the former flaky interior
September 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I'm just going to put it out there: The new recipe sultana pasties are an insult to consumers, as the chocolate macaroons have been for some time. The pasty is far the worst "new formula" Aotearoa biscuit, with its crumbly half baked sugary filling bearing no resemblance to the former flaky interior
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The talking points *AGAINST* capital gains tax has begun and was in play on Morning Report today.
One listener wrote in: "Taxing capital gains is penalising those who provide a home for others".(Paraphrasing)
Really?
So supermarkets that "provide" food to customers are "penalised" when they...(1)
One listener wrote in: "Taxing capital gains is penalising those who provide a home for others".(Paraphrasing)
Really?
So supermarkets that "provide" food to customers are "penalised" when they...(1)
September 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The talking points *AGAINST* capital gains tax has begun and was in play on Morning Report today.
One listener wrote in: "Taxing capital gains is penalising those who provide a home for others".(Paraphrasing)
Really?
So supermarkets that "provide" food to customers are "penalised" when they...(1)
One listener wrote in: "Taxing capital gains is penalising those who provide a home for others".(Paraphrasing)
Really?
So supermarkets that "provide" food to customers are "penalised" when they...(1)
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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.
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100,000+ (& rising) human beings are homeless in AotearoaNZ. AGAIN the national party ghouls are selling 177 social housing homes. This is yet another wealth grab devoid of empathy, care, responsibility or even basic critical thinking. What society are they building? #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
September 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
100,000+ (& rising) human beings are homeless in AotearoaNZ. AGAIN the national party ghouls are selling 177 social housing homes. This is yet another wealth grab devoid of empathy, care, responsibility or even basic critical thinking. What society are they building? #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
Snuffing out every lingering ray of hope for the disability community
Speaking of health, the proposed Pae Ora legislation changes actively undermine the actions for Health in the NZ Disability Strategy - which were apparently approved by the Minister of Health??
Does Simeon even know what he's doing? Too much AI, not enough facts?
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Does Simeon even know what he's doing? Too much AI, not enough facts?
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Pae Ora Bill's proposed changes undermine the NZ Disability Strategy
Efficiency shouldn’t come at the cost of outcomes. The Pae Ora Amendment Bill threatens accessibility, Māori partnerships, and the health of disabled New Zealanders. Here’s how.
open.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Snuffing out every lingering ray of hope for the disability community
I didn't normally post personal stuff (except pictures of my cat) but I just found out my sister has died this evening. Please don't post anything on social media until you know close family have been informed. Several of us found out the same way and it sucks.
September 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I didn't normally post personal stuff (except pictures of my cat) but I just found out my sister has died this evening. Please don't post anything on social media until you know close family have been informed. Several of us found out the same way and it sucks.
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Thought of the day is that in order to make policy decisions you should be required to live in a rental that remains freezing despite the heat pump, be restricted to meals bought on a work & income budget/pittance and have several people every day tell you to pull yourself up by your bootstraps.🤔
July 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Thought of the day is that in order to make policy decisions you should be required to live in a rental that remains freezing despite the heat pump, be restricted to meals bought on a work & income budget/pittance and have several people every day tell you to pull yourself up by your bootstraps.🤔
Appalling racismfrom Rata as usual
Just in case anyone is in any doubt the curriculum rewrite has been a political project.
Explain to me how using a national curriculum to end decolonisation’s success is compatible with lifting Māori educational outcomes.
Explain to me how using a national curriculum to end decolonisation’s success is compatible with lifting Māori educational outcomes.
“Earlier this year I was privileged to be the Lead Writer for the years 7-13 knowledge rich English
curriculum … It will be … along with still-to-be-written Science and History curricula, the circuit breaker in replacing the Learning Approach
and ending decolonisation's success.”
— Elizabeth Rata
curriculum … It will be … along with still-to-be-written Science and History curricula, the circuit breaker in replacing the Learning Approach
and ending decolonisation's success.”
— Elizabeth Rata
July 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Appalling racismfrom Rata as usual
Time to outlaw lobbying:
Nicotine lobbyists said Winston Peters was 'very powerful' and 'very industry friendly' www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
Nicotine lobbyists said Winston Peters was 'very powerful' and 'very industry friendly' www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
Nicotine lobbyists said Winston Peters was 'very powerful' and 'very industry friendly'
Lobbyists for heated tobacco products identified the NZ First leader as "friendly". His party later delivered huge tax cuts for their products.
www.rnz.co.nz
July 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Time to outlaw lobbying:
Nicotine lobbyists said Winston Peters was 'very powerful' and 'very industry friendly' www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
Nicotine lobbyists said Winston Peters was 'very powerful' and 'very industry friendly' www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
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i’m begging a reporter to ask nicola young about ray chung and then follow up with a question about this:
July 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
i’m begging a reporter to ask nicola young about ray chung and then follow up with a question about this:
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These are the pay equity claims that the government wiped out in just two days to make its budget balance. It's appalling that tax breaks for tobacco companies are being funded by cutting women's pay rises and backpay.
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May 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
These are the pay equity claims that the government wiped out in just two days to make its budget balance. It's appalling that tax breaks for tobacco companies are being funded by cutting women's pay rises and backpay.
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We've seen bullying in local government recently. But it starts at the top. I launched this petition because our Deputy Prime Minister belittled people for exercising their democratic rights. His behavior sets the tone and empowers others. This must stop. #nzpol
PM Luxon: Uphold Codes of Conduct - Call David Seymour into line
Responsible leaders welcome advice from experts when they are creating laws and policies. They know good decision making means planning for the long term, considering diverse points of view and making...
our.actionstation.org.nz
July 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
We've seen bullying in local government recently. But it starts at the top. I launched this petition because our Deputy Prime Minister belittled people for exercising their democratic rights. His behavior sets the tone and empowers others. This must stop. #nzpol
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The media is running a scurrilous Dirty Politics campaign against Ray Chung and Independent Together by accurately reporting the things they've done and said
July 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The media is running a scurrilous Dirty Politics campaign against Ray Chung and Independent Together by accurately reporting the things they've done and said
I'd rather have this than cruelty and austerity
“One of the single most important things any company can do to reduce poverty is to pay its employees a living wage. Our new report demonstrates in detail how a living wage not only benefits employees and workers, but also employers and society as a whole.” #NZpol
A living wage increases economic productivity while reducing poverty – new report
How employers benefit from paying higher wages.
theconversation.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I'd rather have this than cruelty and austerity