Marama Davidson
@maramadavidson.bsky.social
She/her/ia
@NZGreens Co-leader based in Manurewa. Indigenous to Aotearoa/NZ. Authorised by Miriam Ross, Level 5, 108 The Terrace, Wellington.
@NZGreens Co-leader based in Manurewa. Indigenous to Aotearoa/NZ. Authorised by Miriam Ross, Level 5, 108 The Terrace, Wellington.
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E hoa mā, the Gender Agenda is a real excellent web series from Aotearoa for and about trans people, and the season 2 premiere has just landed! Keep an eye out later this season for a familiar face 👀 youtu.be/t9rlYnNmieE?...
How To Transition: Am I doing it right? | Episode 1 | The Gender Agenda S2 🌈 ⚧
YouTube video by The Gender Agenda
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November 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
E hoa mā, the Gender Agenda is a real excellent web series from Aotearoa for and about trans people, and the season 2 premiere has just landed! Keep an eye out later this season for a familiar face 👀 youtu.be/t9rlYnNmieE?...
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Tax flight is NOT A THING. Rich people don't move because of high cost of living; that's what makes them rich! Being forced out due to high costs is a poor person thing, not a rich person thing. Can you imagine a billionaire saying they moved somewhere lame because of expenses? Insane.
October 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Tax flight is NOT A THING. Rich people don't move because of high cost of living; that's what makes them rich! Being forced out due to high costs is a poor person thing, not a rich person thing. Can you imagine a billionaire saying they moved somewhere lame because of expenses? Insane.
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A government using its tax revenue to wisely invest in infrastructure and quality-of-life-enhancing services for its residents? Whoever thought of such a thing?
October 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A government using its tax revenue to wisely invest in infrastructure and quality-of-life-enhancing services for its residents? Whoever thought of such a thing?
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#BHN SPECIAL today at 3.30pm with Marama Davidson LIVE on Winston Peters' UN speech to not recognise Palestine
#nzpol #nzpolitics @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/9-sDoJ3...
#nzpol #nzpolitics @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/9-sDoJ3...
#BHN SPECIAL Marama Davidson LIVE on Winston Peters UN speech to not recognise Palestine
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September 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
#BHN SPECIAL today at 3.30pm with Marama Davidson LIVE on Winston Peters' UN speech to not recognise Palestine
#nzpol #nzpolitics @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/9-sDoJ3...
#nzpol #nzpolitics @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/9-sDoJ3...
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#BHN #BREAKING
Special #LIVE episode at 3.30pm today with @maramadavidson.bsky.social on the decision not to recognise Palestine.
Link to show shortly
Livestreaming Twitter, YouTube and Facebook
#share #nzpol #nzpolitics @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social
Special #LIVE episode at 3.30pm today with @maramadavidson.bsky.social on the decision not to recognise Palestine.
Link to show shortly
Livestreaming Twitter, YouTube and Facebook
#share #nzpol #nzpolitics @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
#BHN #BREAKING
Special #LIVE episode at 3.30pm today with @maramadavidson.bsky.social on the decision not to recognise Palestine.
Link to show shortly
Livestreaming Twitter, YouTube and Facebook
#share #nzpol #nzpolitics @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social
Special #LIVE episode at 3.30pm today with @maramadavidson.bsky.social on the decision not to recognise Palestine.
Link to show shortly
Livestreaming Twitter, YouTube and Facebook
#share #nzpol #nzpolitics @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social
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'Social investment' doesn't mean 'cuts'. They are being required to make cuts, and directed to use 'social investment' (i.e. normal evaluation methods) as a way to decide what to cut. 'Social investment' as a theory overall would tell you invest more in our failing, underfunded services.
Looks like 'social investment' round 2 is going to feature large in next month's Budget - & that Coster means well. Yet this is such a deeply flawed approach - cut funding for public housing, school lunches, disability etc - while slashing ability of community to respond. #nzpol #kikorangi
Social investment means funding reprioritisation, more changes to services
Social Investment Agency chief executive Andy Coster says 'hard messages' are coming down the line, as the Govt beds in its flagship policy
newsroom.co.nz
April 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
'Social investment' doesn't mean 'cuts'. They are being required to make cuts, and directed to use 'social investment' (i.e. normal evaluation methods) as a way to decide what to cut. 'Social investment' as a theory overall would tell you invest more in our failing, underfunded services.
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Horrifying thread on the situation in Gaza.
Please press governments to take action to force supplies into Gaza and restore the ceasefire, @carladenyer.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social @teanau.bsky.social @philtwyford.bsky.social
Please press governments to take action to force supplies into Gaza and restore the ceasefire, @carladenyer.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social @teanau.bsky.social @philtwyford.bsky.social
THREAD on the *desperate* medical situation in Gaza from a presentation by UNRWA director at the World Health Assembly.
This thread was written by Prof Anthony Costello over on X - I think it's important to share as widely as possible, so I have transferred to here.
Please read and share!
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This thread was written by Prof Anthony Costello over on X - I think it's important to share as widely as possible, so I have transferred to here.
Please read and share!
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May 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Horrifying thread on the situation in Gaza.
Please press governments to take action to force supplies into Gaza and restore the ceasefire, @carladenyer.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social @teanau.bsky.social @philtwyford.bsky.social
Please press governments to take action to force supplies into Gaza and restore the ceasefire, @carladenyer.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social @teanau.bsky.social @philtwyford.bsky.social
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The Green budget has great stuff in it and it frustrates me no end that they get treated like "tree-hugging weirdos" while National, who were told that their landlord tax cuts didn't add up before the election, get to throw women under the bus and still are somehow "safe hands" for the economy.
May 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The Green budget has great stuff in it and it frustrates me no end that they get treated like "tree-hugging weirdos" while National, who were told that their landlord tax cuts didn't add up before the election, get to throw women under the bus and still are somehow "safe hands" for the economy.
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#NZPol Great work here from @maramadavidson.bsky.social (as usual).
archive.ph/63GqL
It’s mind boggling and frustrating to me that people are so stuck believing this is the only way things can be. Having lived in a real Social Democracy I know it’s not true. Cmon AoNZ, let’s kick the neolibs out.
archive.ph/63GqL
It’s mind boggling and frustrating to me that people are so stuck believing this is the only way things can be. Having lived in a real Social Democracy I know it’s not true. Cmon AoNZ, let’s kick the neolibs out.
May 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#NZPol Great work here from @maramadavidson.bsky.social (as usual).
archive.ph/63GqL
It’s mind boggling and frustrating to me that people are so stuck believing this is the only way things can be. Having lived in a real Social Democracy I know it’s not true. Cmon AoNZ, let’s kick the neolibs out.
archive.ph/63GqL
It’s mind boggling and frustrating to me that people are so stuck believing this is the only way things can be. Having lived in a real Social Democracy I know it’s not true. Cmon AoNZ, let’s kick the neolibs out.
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#NZPol. Reluctant to do knee jerk commentary ... but ...
Child Poverty Report is a whole *4 pages* long - of which one page is charts.
Those charts indicate that Budget announcements are expect to do SFA to improve child poverty rates over coming 4 years.
Reflects perverted set of priorities😡.
Child Poverty Report is a whole *4 pages* long - of which one page is charts.
Those charts indicate that Budget announcements are expect to do SFA to improve child poverty rates over coming 4 years.
Reflects perverted set of priorities😡.
May 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
#NZPol. Reluctant to do knee jerk commentary ... but ...
Child Poverty Report is a whole *4 pages* long - of which one page is charts.
Those charts indicate that Budget announcements are expect to do SFA to improve child poverty rates over coming 4 years.
Reflects perverted set of priorities😡.
Child Poverty Report is a whole *4 pages* long - of which one page is charts.
Those charts indicate that Budget announcements are expect to do SFA to improve child poverty rates over coming 4 years.
Reflects perverted set of priorities😡.
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For anyone who wants to look at the report.
budget.govt.nz/budget/2025/...
budget.govt.nz/budget/2025/...
May 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
For anyone who wants to look at the report.
budget.govt.nz/budget/2025/...
budget.govt.nz/budget/2025/...
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Budget2025: NZ government spending needs to fund communities, not #corporate greed- Marama Davidson #NZGreens #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/budget-20...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/budget-20...
Marama Davidson: Budget needs to fund communities, not corporate greed
OPINION: The Green Budget proposes making healthcare and early education free.
www.nzherald.co.nz
May 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Budget2025: NZ government spending needs to fund communities, not #corporate greed- Marama Davidson #NZGreens #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/budget-20...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/budget-20...
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A thing to do is amplify Greens policy (see @maramadavidson.bsky.social) and @tepaatimaori.bsky.social policy.
Talk about it with your mates. Plaster it over your social media.
The Government is trying to normalise wealth inequity, conservatism, misogyny - amplify and vote for those pushing back.
Talk about it with your mates. Plaster it over your social media.
The Government is trying to normalise wealth inequity, conservatism, misogyny - amplify and vote for those pushing back.
May 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
A thing to do is amplify Greens policy (see @maramadavidson.bsky.social) and @tepaatimaori.bsky.social policy.
Talk about it with your mates. Plaster it over your social media.
The Government is trying to normalise wealth inequity, conservatism, misogyny - amplify and vote for those pushing back.
Talk about it with your mates. Plaster it over your social media.
The Government is trying to normalise wealth inequity, conservatism, misogyny - amplify and vote for those pushing back.
I went straight to the Govts Child Poverty Report that assesses their Budget.
This cruel govt has CHOSEN to put throw more children & whānau into poverty!
It doesn't have to be this way! We can decide to have an Aotearoa that looks after all of us and our planet.
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
This cruel govt has CHOSEN to put throw more children & whānau into poverty!
It doesn't have to be this way! We can decide to have an Aotearoa that looks after all of us and our planet.
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
Green Budget
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
www.greens.org.nz
May 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I went straight to the Govts Child Poverty Report that assesses their Budget.
This cruel govt has CHOSEN to put throw more children & whānau into poverty!
It doesn't have to be this way! We can decide to have an Aotearoa that looks after all of us and our planet.
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
This cruel govt has CHOSEN to put throw more children & whānau into poverty!
It doesn't have to be this way! We can decide to have an Aotearoa that looks after all of us and our planet.
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
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Just about everything Nicola Willis is announcing in this budget is bad for our future, bad for climate, bad for our society.
Taking money from essential workers in female dominated industries, young families having new babies, KiwiSavers. It’s madness.
Taking money from essential workers in female dominated industries, young families having new babies, KiwiSavers. It’s madness.
May 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Just about everything Nicola Willis is announcing in this budget is bad for our future, bad for climate, bad for our society.
Taking money from essential workers in female dominated industries, young families having new babies, KiwiSavers. It’s madness.
Taking money from essential workers in female dominated industries, young families having new babies, KiwiSavers. It’s madness.
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It is a very particular thing with this Government that businesses are the only things that drives economic growth, whereas people just, I dunno, have babies and breath too much.
Just about everything Nicola Willis is announcing in this budget is bad for our future, bad for climate, bad for our society.
Taking money from essential workers in female dominated industries, young families having new babies, KiwiSavers. It’s madness.
Taking money from essential workers in female dominated industries, young families having new babies, KiwiSavers. It’s madness.
May 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is a very particular thing with this Government that businesses are the only things that drives economic growth, whereas people just, I dunno, have babies and breath too much.
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A budget that doesn’t address decades of underfunding under the guise of fiscal discipline is one that leaves people behind. #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights #nzpol #Budget2025
Budget 2025 must fund human rights, not ration needs
tikatangata.org.nz
May 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A budget that doesn’t address decades of underfunding under the guise of fiscal discipline is one that leaves people behind. #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights #nzpol #Budget2025
“It's a cost-cutting exercise, but it's also the Government saying, ‘we don't value violence prevention work and services in communities and schools’.” My comment from this article.
www.thepress.co.nz/business/360...
www.thepress.co.nz/business/360...
ACC ‘pauses’ $45m sexual abuse initiative as questions hover over $3.6b liability
The sexual violence prevention programme appears to have been cut simply to save money, says Green party co-leader Marama Davidson.
www.thepress.co.nz
May 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
“It's a cost-cutting exercise, but it's also the Government saying, ‘we don't value violence prevention work and services in communities and schools’.” My comment from this article.
www.thepress.co.nz/business/360...
www.thepress.co.nz/business/360...
Whole thread for good feels.
I get this question a lot. I don't have strong views on how transmasc people should dress, but since I often get the question, I've thought about it a bit. Will share some thoughts in this thread. 🧵
May 21, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Whole thread for good feels.
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Prime Minister must scrap the Regulatory Standards Bill
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May 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
📺 NZ Green Party #nzpol
📢 We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
👉more news/weather bots
📢 We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
👉more news/weather bots
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Let’s be clear, this is not about improving the Waitangi Tribunal like the Minister says, it is about making it easier to trample all over Te Tiriti and punch down on tangata whenua.
Waitangi Tribunal review to begin mid-year - Govt
The review was part of the coalition agreement between National and New Zealand First.
www.1news.co.nz
May 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Let’s be clear, this is not about improving the Waitangi Tribunal like the Minister says, it is about making it easier to trample all over Te Tiriti and punch down on tangata whenua.
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“The ACT Party has tried to pass a version of this legislation three times since 2007 and has failed each time. Now it’s forcing the bill through as part of the coalition agreement.” — Melanie Nelson on the Regulatory Standards Bill.
The 'dangerous' bill has been updated, but how? | E-Tangata
“The ACT Party has tried to pass a version of this legislation three times since 2007 and has failed each time. Now it’s forcing the bill through as part of the coalition agreement.” — Melanie Nelson…
e-tangata.co.nz
May 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“The ACT Party has tried to pass a version of this legislation three times since 2007 and has failed each time. Now it’s forcing the bill through as part of the coalition agreement.” — Melanie Nelson on the Regulatory Standards Bill.