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they/them here to cause may/hem
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John Campbell shows empathy for rangatahi in prison, says facts & gets accolades; a young brown woman MP does the same & is subjected to a deranged media circus. Todd Muller's breakdown gets the kid-glove treatment; Golriz is still being hunted like prey. If only this phenomenon... had a NAME??
March 31, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I'm going to Portugal in July for top surgery because it's nearly impossible to get it publicly funded here. Going private would cost upwards of $23,000.

I'm asking for your help to cover the surgery cost 💚

Thank you to those who have already donated 🥺

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Geordie's Top Surgery Fundraiser 🏳️‍⚧️
Geordie's Top Surgery Fundraiser
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March 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a climate summit.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Proud as with @misswhanau.bsky.social and @geordierogers.co.nz 🏳️‍🌈✌️

At the Wellington Pride Parade
March 8, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Everyone knows the mark of a great country is how many children are actively starving.
Whether parents can afford to make their kids a Marmite sandwich is irrelevant. Lunches were introduced because kids didn't have food, the reason doesn't matter. Do we accept responsibility as a society for making sure our kids have kai? That should be a pretty simple question for us to answer.
March 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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It's a shame to see the safety of cyclists, and potentially pedestrians, being compromised. This is merely a decision based on the reckons of Councilors who never supported cycleways in the first place www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Councillors vote to bring back car parks at Wellington’s Botanic Garden
The councillors asked staff to look into reinstating car parks on roads near the Botanic Garden and Karori Park despite not knowing how many people are using the cycleways the council built. Have your...
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February 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Wonderful, inspiring, fabulous show tonight at Meow. If you don't already know of the blessing that is @alokvmenon.bsky.social, please do yourself a favour and fill your life with more love.

Feeling so full of love and fire 🏳️‍⚧️💚
February 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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The magic of photorealistic portraiture is the feeling of that person being brought to life in front of you and seeing the light shining in Efeso’s eyes today as his mural nears completion, was powerful, and emotional. One year today, and the loss is still immeasurable. Our #SouthAuckland legend.
February 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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“Ultimately you have to work with me”

Fuck off David Seymour.

You don’t speak in the interest of your hapu or many of us.

We don’t have to work with you and we certainly don’t have to listen to you.

But we do to hold you to account.

#nzpol #toitūtetiriti
February 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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"the research broke down how particular demographics felt about Te Tiriti, showing strong support across regional, ethnic and income cohorts (71% overall) for Te Tiriti to be protected in our laws and constitution."

horizonpoll.co.nz/page/711/90-...
90%: Honouring Te Tiriti important
New research shows nearly 90% of people in Aotearoa believe Te Tiriti o Waitangi is important for everyone to feel a sense of belonging, and that New Zealanders are largely united in their support of ...
horizonpoll.co.nz
February 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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I was interviewed by ABC's Nightlife programme on the background to the signing of te Tiriti o Waitangi and the history of Waitangi Day.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
How New Zealand got it’s Treaty of Waitangi - ABC listen
The events that lead to the Treaty of Waitangi and it’s legacy.
www.abc.net.au
February 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Heck yeah @maramadavidson.bsky.social, so glad you're feeling well enough to come back to mahi. We've missed you like, A LOT. 💚 #nzpol
February 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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'I have mokopuna, I want them to be in a country where that relationship is honourable' – Metiria Stanton Turei.

'Te Tiriti o Waitangi Relationships: People, Politics and Law' is introduced by Metiria Stanton Turei, Nicola R. Wheen & Janine Hayward.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PON...
'Te Tiriti o Waitangi Relationships' – Metiria Stanton Turei et al (Book Trailer)
'Te Tiriti o Waitangi Relationships: People, Politics and Law' is the third volume by Metiria Stanton Turei, Nicola R. Wheen and Janine Hayward (eds), in a s...
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January 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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yes to trans health care
yes to honoring the treaty
yes to reducing carbon emissions
yes to funding health care
yes to capital gains taxes
yes to speaking up on genocide

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Kiwis need to start saying ‘yes’, the PM says. Are we really a nation of ‘no’ people?
NZ’s 'no' culture may stem from risk aversion and consensus, driven by Tall Poppy Syndrome, Number 8 Wire thinking, and the 'She’ll be Right' mindset...
www.stuff.co.nz
January 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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incredible things are happening on the federal employee subreddit
January 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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friendship is medicine
January 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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“Parliament can legislate that the Earth is flat. That doesn’t make it flat.” Chris Finlayson
January 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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I would say this, but - another great incentive to borrow from our libraries was going fines free. Huge increase of younger borrowers especially. Whatever the cause, I am thrilled. Love libraries ❤️ and will continue to be one woman hype machine www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Loans of digital and physical books both on the rise in Wellington
The number of physical and digital books borrowed from Wellington’s library increased in 2024, although hard copy loans are rising at a slower rate.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Explore books on Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi – available in schools, libraries, and bookshops across Aotearoa, as well as digitally through the BWB Collections.

#NZHistory #TeTiriti
January 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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What you missed from day one of the Treaty principles bill select committee hearings

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...
What you missed from day one of the Treaty principles bill select committee hearings
Nine hours, 50 oral submissions, half an hour for lunch.
thespinoff.co.nz
January 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Fully agree with @vomalley.bsky.social that the disinformation invited and fostered by the TPB will linger long after the Bill has been dumped. That’s one reason I am advocating for a sustained programme of public education on Te Tiriti and our national history
January 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Let’s resist fascism in big and small ways, together 🫶🏼
January 26, 2025 at 4:33 AM