Kea
@earwormnz.bsky.social
Formerly @earworm on Twitter. Abandoned ship to join a new and hopefully vibrant community. Aotearoa New Zealand.
Women are effectively working for free as of today #genderpaygap
November 29, 2023 at 7:43 PM
Women are effectively working for free as of today #genderpaygap
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New Zealand's central bank defends Maori language use
New Zealand's central bank defends Maori language use
New Zealand’s central bank chief defended its use of the Maori language in official communications on Wednesday, as the country’s new centre-right government looks to roll back the use of the Indigenous language in the public sector.
www.reuters.com
November 29, 2023 at 8:20 AM
New Zealand's central bank defends Maori language use
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Extreme wealth: if any other condition generated these symptoms, we would call it a mental illness.
My column about why certain very rich people don't care about the living planet, or even, in some cases, their own children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column about why certain very rich people don't care about the living planet, or even, in some cases, their own children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s a question Cop28 won’t address: why are billionaires blocking action to save the planet? ...
It’s obscene that the super-rich can criminalise protest, while they burn the world’s resources and remain untouched by the law, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2023 at 5:03 PM
Extreme wealth: if any other condition generated these symptoms, we would call it a mental illness.
My column about why certain very rich people don't care about the living planet, or even, in some cases, their own children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column about why certain very rich people don't care about the living planet, or even, in some cases, their own children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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#NZpol:
Apparently, “the National Lung Cancer Working Group has been gagged on the issue of overturning Smokefree laws”.
Astonishing thing to do. Trying to barrel it through by gagging informed objections?
#kikorangi #kiwi🇳🇿
Apparently, “the National Lung Cancer Working Group has been gagged on the issue of overturning Smokefree laws”.
Astonishing thing to do. Trying to barrel it through by gagging informed objections?
#kikorangi #kiwi🇳🇿
November 29, 2023 at 5:56 PM
#NZpol:
Apparently, “the National Lung Cancer Working Group has been gagged on the issue of overturning Smokefree laws”.
Astonishing thing to do. Trying to barrel it through by gagging informed objections?
#kikorangi #kiwi🇳🇿
Apparently, “the National Lung Cancer Working Group has been gagged on the issue of overturning Smokefree laws”.
Astonishing thing to do. Trying to barrel it through by gagging informed objections?
#kikorangi #kiwi🇳🇿
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#NZpol
Absolutely signed. Suggest others add their name too - these ones go on the official record and a request can then be made for an MP to receive them.
EVERY little step counts right in light of this Government. And in my opinion as many people as possible need to make use of ALL of them now.
Absolutely signed. Suggest others add their name too - these ones go on the official record and a request can then be made for an MP to receive them.
EVERY little step counts right in light of this Government. And in my opinion as many people as possible need to make use of ALL of them now.
Please sign the petition that the House of Representatives keep the 2022 amendments to the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 and regulations.
petitions.parliament.nz/a2eaafbd-ded...
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petitions.parliament.nz/a2eaafbd-ded...
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November 29, 2023 at 11:52 AM
#NZpol
Absolutely signed. Suggest others add their name too - these ones go on the official record and a request can then be made for an MP to receive them.
EVERY little step counts right in light of this Government. And in my opinion as many people as possible need to make use of ALL of them now.
Absolutely signed. Suggest others add their name too - these ones go on the official record and a request can then be made for an MP to receive them.
EVERY little step counts right in light of this Government. And in my opinion as many people as possible need to make use of ALL of them now.
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Because we shall increase the thing
This seems like a good reference for Te Reo greetings and sign-offs for emails etc
lianza.org.nz/wp-content/u...
This seems like a good reference for Te Reo greetings and sign-offs for emails etc
lianza.org.nz/wp-content/u...
lianza.org.nz
November 28, 2023 at 7:27 PM
Because we shall increase the thing
This seems like a good reference for Te Reo greetings and sign-offs for emails etc
lianza.org.nz/wp-content/u...
This seems like a good reference for Te Reo greetings and sign-offs for emails etc
lianza.org.nz/wp-content/u...
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The quickest way to kill National's plan to allow offshore drilling is for the Greens / TPM to say "we will reverse it. And revoke any permits granted. Also sunset all existing fossil fuel permits".
November 26, 2023 at 12:57 AM
The quickest way to kill National's plan to allow offshore drilling is for the Greens / TPM to say "we will reverse it. And revoke any permits granted. Also sunset all existing fossil fuel permits".
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If you have an elderly relative in New Zealand whose care facility is participating in a school’s Christmas function for seniors, you should be asking what covid safety procedures are in place.
If there are none, and this is likely, demand strong protections. You could regret it otherwise.
If there are none, and this is likely, demand strong protections. You could regret it otherwise.
November 19, 2023 at 9:39 PM
If you have an elderly relative in New Zealand whose care facility is participating in a school’s Christmas function for seniors, you should be asking what covid safety procedures are in place.
If there are none, and this is likely, demand strong protections. You could regret it otherwise.
If there are none, and this is likely, demand strong protections. You could regret it otherwise.
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Luxon thinks it is okay to have an ongoing relationship with the Exclusive Brethren, an organisation rife with abuse, misogny and homophobia. We need separation of religion and state not a PM that embraces it and certainly not the extreme face of it. #AoNZpol newsroom.co.nz/2023/11/20/w...
'We prayed Helen Clark would fall out of a plane' - Brethren book
Inside the Exclusive Brethren during their affliation with Don Brash and National
newsroom.co.nz
November 19, 2023 at 8:33 PM
Luxon thinks it is okay to have an ongoing relationship with the Exclusive Brethren, an organisation rife with abuse, misogny and homophobia. We need separation of religion and state not a PM that embraces it and certainly not the extreme face of it. #AoNZpol newsroom.co.nz/2023/11/20/w...
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Though high-ambition nations, including NZ, have spent the past year pushing hard for a concrete commitment to a global phase-out of fossil fuel use, the new government's first major action in this area will be to backtrack on oil and gas exploration.
www.newsroom.co.nz/nationals-di...
www.newsroom.co.nz/nationals-di...
National's diplomatic fossil fuel problem
If National is seen as taking New Zealand two steps backwards for every step in the right direction, it will face increasing pressure at diplomatic summits.
www.newsroom.co.nz
November 12, 2023 at 7:18 PM
Though high-ambition nations, including NZ, have spent the past year pushing hard for a concrete commitment to a global phase-out of fossil fuel use, the new government's first major action in this area will be to backtrack on oil and gas exploration.
www.newsroom.co.nz/nationals-di...
www.newsroom.co.nz/nationals-di...
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Happy Living Wage Week 2023! 13-19 November.
Since 2013, our member organisations - from unions, faith and community groups - have helped to transform the lives of thousands of workers.
Since 2013, our member organisations - from unions, faith and community groups - have helped to transform the lives of thousands of workers.
November 12, 2023 at 8:04 PM
Happy Living Wage Week 2023! 13-19 November.
Since 2013, our member organisations - from unions, faith and community groups - have helped to transform the lives of thousands of workers.
Since 2013, our member organisations - from unions, faith and community groups - have helped to transform the lives of thousands of workers.
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Tautoko Mayor Phil Mauger in Christchurch, publicly calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
The only humane response
The only humane response
See this letter from Phil Mauger, mayor of Ōtautahi... thedailyblog.co.nz/2023/11/13/i...
November 12, 2023 at 6:34 PM
Tautoko Mayor Phil Mauger in Christchurch, publicly calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
The only humane response
The only humane response
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the reframing of “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” as a genocidal slogan is an incredible feat of gaslighting. the genocidal notion of a nation being free in the geographical area where it exists.
November 10, 2023 at 6:52 PM
the reframing of “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” as a genocidal slogan is an incredible feat of gaslighting. the genocidal notion of a nation being free in the geographical area where it exists.
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I'm looking forward to the media giving the Greens as much airtime as they gave ACT this past term, what with their significantly higher polling.
Because that will DEFINITELY happen.
Because that will DEFINITELY happen.
November 3, 2023 at 1:40 AM
I'm looking forward to the media giving the Greens as much airtime as they gave ACT this past term, what with their significantly higher polling.
Because that will DEFINITELY happen.
Because that will DEFINITELY happen.
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Irony is a party that got 11% of the vote that has held a disproportionate amount of power over the past ~20 years wanting a referendum because they think Māori have disproportionate power.
November 3, 2023 at 3:48 AM
Irony is a party that got 11% of the vote that has held a disproportionate amount of power over the past ~20 years wanting a referendum because they think Māori have disproportionate power.
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Will be interesting to see if coalition talks can be concluded in less time than it took to count and verify 602K special votes...
Time starts now
#nzpol
Time starts now
#nzpol
November 3, 2023 at 3:33 AM
Will be interesting to see if coalition talks can be concluded in less time than it took to count and verify 602K special votes...
Time starts now
#nzpol
Time starts now
#nzpol
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October 29, 2023 at 8:18 PM
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It's not only #Australia where this occurs. I have seen this happen to many friends, collaborators & scientists at #NewZealand crown research institutes & museums compared to the critic & conscience role we are privileged to have at universities www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10...
'The public needs to know': Ecologists and climate scientists reveal devastating culture of suppress...
The beauty and wonder of the natural world is what keeps scientists like Dana Bergstrom fighting to protect it. She's one of many who say speaking out comes at a cost but not speaking up can take ...
www.abc.net.au
October 24, 2023 at 4:49 AM
It's not only #Australia where this occurs. I have seen this happen to many friends, collaborators & scientists at #NewZealand crown research institutes & museums compared to the critic & conscience role we are privileged to have at universities www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10...
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If anyone is in a non-watercolour mood my main artistic side-gig (stalled for years, sadly) is acrylic paintings of NZ native birds. Wearing hats. You can find ‘em at my website tworuru.com/.
Hopefully I’ll pick it up again one day.
Hopefully I’ll pick it up again one day.
October 19, 2023 at 9:46 AM
If anyone is in a non-watercolour mood my main artistic side-gig (stalled for years, sadly) is acrylic paintings of NZ native birds. Wearing hats. You can find ‘em at my website tworuru.com/.
Hopefully I’ll pick it up again one day.
Hopefully I’ll pick it up again one day.
I joined Twitter in 2019, so experienced but a brief moment of genuine community. Here's a shout out to all of you fine folk filling up my timeline. You rock.
October 20, 2023 at 3:50 AM
I joined Twitter in 2019, so experienced but a brief moment of genuine community. Here's a shout out to all of you fine folk filling up my timeline. You rock.