Scout
@scoutriver.bsky.social
Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa
Mostly just tired.
🖤🤍❤️ Toitū te Tiriti ❤️🤍🖤
Mostly just tired.
🖤🤍❤️ Toitū te Tiriti ❤️🤍🖤
We watched the New Years fireworks in Auckland on TV last night, and honestly... who's bright idea was it to have a display of what it look like if the Sky Tower ejaculated in rainbow?
January 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
We watched the New Years fireworks in Auckland on TV last night, and honestly... who's bright idea was it to have a display of what it look like if the Sky Tower ejaculated in rainbow?
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Aotearoa Te Waipounamu & anyone with a connection to Ōtepoti: health equity/community solidarity
Please sign & share this petition
Sam set it up in memory of his wife, Sheralyn
Petition is advocating for 24/7 access to the catheterisation lab at Dunedin Hospital
Please sign & share this petition
Sam set it up in memory of his wife, Sheralyn
Petition is advocating for 24/7 access to the catheterisation lab at Dunedin Hospital
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
petitions.parliament.nz
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Aotearoa Te Waipounamu & anyone with a connection to Ōtepoti: health equity/community solidarity
Please sign & share this petition
Sam set it up in memory of his wife, Sheralyn
Petition is advocating for 24/7 access to the catheterisation lab at Dunedin Hospital
Please sign & share this petition
Sam set it up in memory of his wife, Sheralyn
Petition is advocating for 24/7 access to the catheterisation lab at Dunedin Hospital
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These visits by ghostes koude have been three emayles.
December 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
These visits by ghostes koude have been three emayles.
So I hadn't bought something for my own stocking, and my kid is the sort of kid to find it un-plausible for there to be a whole entire stocking there missed by Santa. And I needed to replace a bottle anyway... so this year Santa brought Pāpā an entire bottle of whiskey and a blue V. Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
So I hadn't bought something for my own stocking, and my kid is the sort of kid to find it un-plausible for there to be a whole entire stocking there missed by Santa. And I needed to replace a bottle anyway... so this year Santa brought Pāpā an entire bottle of whiskey and a blue V. Merry Christmas!
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Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns
Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
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Excellent coverage from Marc showing how not only did Cabinet pick the worst option available, they also turned “increased access to gender services” into “a webpage listing gender services” because they want their evil to cost nothing, too.
New from me: Health officials said there was ‘no evidence base’ about the likely impacts of the Government’s decision to ban puberty blockers for transgender youth.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/c...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/c...
Cabinet overrode health advice in decision to ban puberty blockers
Health officials said there was 'no evidence base' about the likely impacts of the Government's decision to ban puberty blockers for transgender youth.
newsroom.co.nz
December 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Excellent coverage from Marc showing how not only did Cabinet pick the worst option available, they also turned “increased access to gender services” into “a webpage listing gender services” because they want their evil to cost nothing, too.
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New from me: Health officials said there was ‘no evidence base’ about the likely impacts of the Government’s decision to ban puberty blockers for transgender youth.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/c...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/c...
Cabinet overrode health advice in decision to ban puberty blockers
Health officials said there was 'no evidence base' about the likely impacts of the Government's decision to ban puberty blockers for transgender youth.
newsroom.co.nz
December 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
New from me: Health officials said there was ‘no evidence base’ about the likely impacts of the Government’s decision to ban puberty blockers for transgender youth.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/c...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/c...
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Honestly reading through the decision from the high court makes it even more glaringly obvious that cabinet made this transphobic decision solely on grounds of imported culture war and ignored all expert advice provided.
BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Honestly reading through the decision from the high court makes it even more glaringly obvious that cabinet made this transphobic decision solely on grounds of imported culture war and ignored all expert advice provided.
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Strong recommend to this piece and the danger lurking in existing case law ... "Essentially, if widespread vote theft has taken place, the perpetrators may actually be saved by the sheer scale of their offending."
Did NZ’s most brazen electoral fraud just take place in Papatoetoe?
Did NZ’s most brazen electoral fraud just take place in Papatoetoe?
In court, they opened up 53 wrongfully cast ballots. Fifty of them had gone to the winning side....
thespinoff.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Strong recommend to this piece and the danger lurking in existing case law ... "Essentially, if widespread vote theft has taken place, the perpetrators may actually be saved by the sheer scale of their offending."
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overnight, australia became the first idiotic country to ban social media for anyone under 16 years old, and new zealand's education minister has confirmed NZ intends to be the second idiotic country before the next election. @dylanreeve.com looks at why this is DUMB: www.webworm.co/socialmediaban/
Banning Social Media For Kids Is So F--king Dumb
David Farrier's Webworm: Australia becomes the first country to ban social media for under-16s, and New Zealand's Education Minister has confirmed that Aotearoa intends to be the second. Dylan Reeve r...
www.webworm.co
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
overnight, australia became the first idiotic country to ban social media for anyone under 16 years old, and new zealand's education minister has confirmed NZ intends to be the second idiotic country before the next election. @dylanreeve.com looks at why this is DUMB: www.webworm.co/socialmediaban/
I made a formal complaint about this last week and WINZ had a manager call me within an hour to formally apologise. It was a training and IT issue that they are now resolving to prevent it happening again.
On the back of my struggles with WINZ today and in October, I'm bringing this back.
I'd say stopping someone's SLP without warning for a Regional Medical Advisor to verify their diagnosed, well-documented disability counts as a sanction. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
I'd say stopping someone's SLP without warning for a Regional Medical Advisor to verify their diagnosed, well-documented disability counts as a sanction. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Sickness beneficiaries worried about potential for sanctions
One benefit recipient says threat to cut payments in 2015 led to worse health concerns.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I made a formal complaint about this last week and WINZ had a manager call me within an hour to formally apologise. It was a training and IT issue that they are now resolving to prevent it happening again.
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Want to support trans rights in Aotearoa & get a bunch of cool TTRPGs? The Ban the Ban bundle is raising funds for action against the NZ govt's blocker ban.
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Want to support trans rights in Aotearoa & get a bunch of cool TTRPGs? The Ban the Ban bundle is raising funds for action against the NZ govt's blocker ban.
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
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Public statement from WPATH: “New Zealand’s decision seems to be driven by political motivations and runs contrary to the Ministry of Health’s own evidence... WPATH requests the New Zealand government restore access to puberty blockers.”
wpath.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Public statement from WPATH: “New Zealand’s decision seems to be driven by political motivations and runs contrary to the Ministry of Health’s own evidence... WPATH requests the New Zealand government restore access to puberty blockers.”
On the back of my struggles with WINZ today and in October, I'm bringing this back.
I'd say stopping someone's SLP without warning for a Regional Medical Advisor to verify their diagnosed, well-documented disability counts as a sanction. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
I'd say stopping someone's SLP without warning for a Regional Medical Advisor to verify their diagnosed, well-documented disability counts as a sanction. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Sickness beneficiaries worried about potential for sanctions
One benefit recipient says threat to cut payments in 2015 led to worse health concerns.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
On the back of my struggles with WINZ today and in October, I'm bringing this back.
I'd say stopping someone's SLP without warning for a Regional Medical Advisor to verify their diagnosed, well-documented disability counts as a sanction. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
I'd say stopping someone's SLP without warning for a Regional Medical Advisor to verify their diagnosed, well-documented disability counts as a sanction. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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If JK Rowling herself doesn't separate her art from her transphobia, and has said she sees every Harry Potter fan as a fan of her transphobia, and uses every dollar she makes to fund transphobia, I need people to stop insisting they "separate art from artist" because it's beyond disingenuous atp
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If JK Rowling herself doesn't separate her art from her transphobia, and has said she sees every Harry Potter fan as a fan of her transphobia, and uses every dollar she makes to fund transphobia, I need people to stop insisting they "separate art from artist" because it's beyond disingenuous atp
At the start of October, WINZ cut my SLP cos I'd missed a letter. I provided them a medical certificate and it was reinstated. So why, today, 2 months later, have they cut it again - this time with NO letter?!
December 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM
At the start of October, WINZ cut my SLP cos I'd missed a letter. I provided them a medical certificate and it was reinstated. So why, today, 2 months later, have they cut it again - this time with NO letter?!
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
It's exhausting reading about TPM drama when as a member, not once have I ever been approached about local hui, opportunities to have my voice heard outside of AGM, etc. We have processes but god they're naive and lacking the grit and rigour needed for living in a Pākehā world.
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's exhausting reading about TPM drama when as a member, not once have I ever been approached about local hui, opportunities to have my voice heard outside of AGM, etc. We have processes but god they're naive and lacking the grit and rigour needed for living in a Pākehā world.
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Ōtepoti: Palestine solidarity
Rally for Palestine
Saturday 15th November
2-4pm
Upper Octagon
image: same info, illustrated with Palestinian flag at the bottom & a background photo of a person holding up a sign "Stop the genocide", amongst a crowd of people
Rally for Palestine
Saturday 15th November
2-4pm
Upper Octagon
image: same info, illustrated with Palestinian flag at the bottom & a background photo of a person holding up a sign "Stop the genocide", amongst a crowd of people
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Ōtepoti: Palestine solidarity
Rally for Palestine
Saturday 15th November
2-4pm
Upper Octagon
image: same info, illustrated with Palestinian flag at the bottom & a background photo of a person holding up a sign "Stop the genocide", amongst a crowd of people
Rally for Palestine
Saturday 15th November
2-4pm
Upper Octagon
image: same info, illustrated with Palestinian flag at the bottom & a background photo of a person holding up a sign "Stop the genocide", amongst a crowd of people
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Now #SecretSantaAoNZ has kicked off, I’m going to have a think about some good clues I can give my Santa. I’ll probably post around the time we get paired up.
Want to play with us? Go to secretsanta.nz for details and sign up!!
Want to play with us? Go to secretsanta.nz for details and sign up!!
a man in a green elf costume is sitting at a table in front of a shelf filled with toys .
Alt: Will Ferrell, in a green elf costume, is sitting at a table in front of a shelf filled with toys, playing with a Jack-in-the-Box
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Now #SecretSantaAoNZ has kicked off, I’m going to have a think about some good clues I can give my Santa. I’ll probably post around the time we get paired up.
Want to play with us? Go to secretsanta.nz for details and sign up!!
Want to play with us? Go to secretsanta.nz for details and sign up!!
Genius move from me to tackle the big questions right on bedtime - the find out about it tomorrow board.
November 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Genius move from me to tackle the big questions right on bedtime - the find out about it tomorrow board.
My friend died. I'm sad. They meant an awful lot to me. The world without them feels like a very bleak kind of a place.
November 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
My friend died. I'm sad. They meant an awful lot to me. The world without them feels like a very bleak kind of a place.
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The Children’s Minister lied about the harm the state is inflicting on children to make the Govt and herself look better. It’s beyond unacceptable. It’s morally bankrupt.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Children's Minister accepts state care harm statistics didn't provide full picture
The government has this week celebrated the first recorded drop in harm in Youth Justice and Care and Protection facilities, but that's just one of four categories tracked by Oranga Tamariki.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Children’s Minister lied about the harm the state is inflicting on children to make the Govt and herself look better. It’s beyond unacceptable. It’s morally bankrupt.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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RIP North & South, but anyway. Just thinking about this article from 2021 describing how price gouging has been normalised in NZ. And this was BEFORE a whole lot of the inflation shocks and upheaval. NZers aren’t angry enough at the people responsible for it all.
northandsouth.co.nz/2021/08/26/w...
northandsouth.co.nz/2021/08/26/w...
The High Price of Absolutely Everything
Price Gouging. Market Monopolies: The real reason New Zealand is so expensive
northandsouth.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
RIP North & South, but anyway. Just thinking about this article from 2021 describing how price gouging has been normalised in NZ. And this was BEFORE a whole lot of the inflation shocks and upheaval. NZers aren’t angry enough at the people responsible for it all.
northandsouth.co.nz/2021/08/26/w...
northandsouth.co.nz/2021/08/26/w...
Absolutely tremendous amount of power outages across Southland, good grief
October 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Absolutely tremendous amount of power outages across Southland, good grief