Deborah Russell MP
@beefaerie.bsky.social
Labour List MP based in West Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Spokesperson for Revenue, Climate Change, Associate Finance
Authorised by Rob Salmond, 2 Gilmer Terrace, Wellington
Authorised by Rob Salmond, 2 Gilmer Terrace, Wellington
It took me a day or so to realise that the crowds at COP 30 felt strange because there are no children.
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It took me a day or so to realise that the crowds at COP 30 felt strange because there are no children.
Just some of the countries at COP 30. The whole world is here, bar one.
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just some of the countries at COP 30. The whole world is here, bar one.
My speech on the Regulatory Standards bill. It was 10 minutes long, but I think I covered the essence of my message in the first 16 seconds.
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
My speech on the Regulatory Standards bill. It was 10 minutes long, but I think I covered the essence of my message in the first 16 seconds.
Labour will repeal the Regulatory Standards bill.
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Labour will repeal the Regulatory Standards bill.
I finished a little cotton jacket for a baby that's due in January. It should be about the right size for when autumn starts.
October 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I finished a little cotton jacket for a baby that's due in January. It should be about the right size for when autumn starts.
#BREAKING The New Zealand Future Fund is the first step in Labour’s plan to realise our country’s full potential - creating good, well-paid jobs and keeping wealth and talent here at home. A future made in New Zealand.
Press release here: www.labour.org.nz/news/release...
Press release here: www.labour.org.nz/news/release...
October 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
#BREAKING The New Zealand Future Fund is the first step in Labour’s plan to realise our country’s full potential - creating good, well-paid jobs and keeping wealth and talent here at home. A future made in New Zealand.
Press release here: www.labour.org.nz/news/release...
Press release here: www.labour.org.nz/news/release...
Mission accomplished.
September 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Mission accomplished.
Carmel on fire at the pay equity rally in Auckland. Labour WILL reverse the changes this wretched government has made to pay equity.
September 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Carmel on fire at the pay equity rally in Auckland. Labour WILL reverse the changes this wretched government has made to pay equity.
Homemade breadrolls and soup for a horrid last day of winter.
August 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Homemade breadrolls and soup for a horrid last day of winter.
Excellent analysis of Neil Quigley's resignation as Chair of the Reserve Bank by @barbedmonds.bsky.social. Recommended reading.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... Neil Quigley resigns as Reserve Bank chairman ‘with immediate effect’
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... Neil Quigley resigns as Reserve Bank chairman ‘with immediate effect’
August 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Excellent analysis of Neil Quigley's resignation as Chair of the Reserve Bank by @barbedmonds.bsky.social. Recommended reading.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... Neil Quigley resigns as Reserve Bank chairman ‘with immediate effect’
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... Neil Quigley resigns as Reserve Bank chairman ‘with immediate effect’
I love these daffodils. They're quite delicate, a little softer around the edges than many daffs, with paler lemony petals around a golden trumpet. They were my Mum's. ❤️ I have several clumps of them around my garden and four more growing in pots.
Spring is coming.
Spring is coming.
August 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I love these daffodils. They're quite delicate, a little softer around the edges than many daffs, with paler lemony petals around a golden trumpet. They were my Mum's. ❤️ I have several clumps of them around my garden and four more growing in pots.
Spring is coming.
Spring is coming.
Such a shame about that employment mandate. If only more people were in jobs and had more money in their back pockets to spend in local businesses. #nzpol
August 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Such a shame about that employment mandate. If only more people were in jobs and had more money in their back pockets to spend in local businesses. #nzpol
Spending $671 million on not buying ferries. #OutOfTouch
August 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Spending $671 million on not buying ferries. #OutOfTouch
A quiet and restrained reflection on today's news about the increasing unemployment in our country and the Minister of Finance saying that people who have lost their jobs shouldn't take it personally.
August 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
A quiet and restrained reflection on today's news about the increasing unemployment in our country and the Minister of Finance saying that people who have lost their jobs shouldn't take it personally.
I don't quite realise how much I was going to blend in at Westlake Boys High today.
Great lunchtime conversation with the Politics Club.
Great lunchtime conversation with the Politics Club.
August 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I don't quite realise how much I was going to blend in at Westlake Boys High today.
Great lunchtime conversation with the Politics Club.
Great lunchtime conversation with the Politics Club.
August 3, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A short kōrero on the International Court of Justice's judgement on climate.
July 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
A short kōrero on the International Court of Justice's judgement on climate.
Seen as I walked to work today. A little bit of cheer on a dreary winter day.
July 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Seen as I walked to work today. A little bit of cheer on a dreary winter day.