Dr Hu
@huhana.bsky.social
Human rights lawyer, indigenous, disabled, into social democracy, equity and rights
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“New Zealand women start working for nothing from this week.”
“for every $1 earned by a Pakeha man, a Pacific woman would earn 79c, a Maori woman 82c, an Asian woman 84c and a Pakehā woman 93c.”
“This would be the week all women started working for nothing for four weeks.”
#nzpol
“for every $1 earned by a Pakeha man, a Pacific woman would earn 79c, a Maori woman 82c, an Asian woman 84c and a Pakehā woman 93c.”
“This would be the week all women started working for nothing for four weeks.”
#nzpol
Pay gap reporting needed: advocates
New Zealand women start working for nothing from this week. Although the country’s gender pay gap improved this year, campaigners say there is much...
www.odt.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“New Zealand women start working for nothing from this week.”
“for every $1 earned by a Pakeha man, a Pacific woman would earn 79c, a Maori woman 82c, an Asian woman 84c and a Pakehā woman 93c.”
“This would be the week all women started working for nothing for four weeks.”
#nzpol
“for every $1 earned by a Pakeha man, a Pacific woman would earn 79c, a Maori woman 82c, an Asian woman 84c and a Pakehā woman 93c.”
“This would be the week all women started working for nothing for four weeks.”
#nzpol
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National's Local Water Done Well will come to be recognised as a generational cock-up. Simon Watts's vague claim that rates will not increase is farcically untrue. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Revealed: Councils expected to foot a near $48 billion bill for Local Water Done Well
Officials estimate water service infrastructure will cost $47.9 billion to 2034.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
National's Local Water Done Well will come to be recognised as a generational cock-up. Simon Watts's vague claim that rates will not increase is farcically untrue. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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Of course Louise Upston (and her embattled leader) will ignore this advice because their real aim is to create an underclass willing to accept appalling pay and working conditions while making their stats look better
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Of course Louise Upston (and her embattled leader) will ignore this advice because their real aim is to create an underclass willing to accept appalling pay and working conditions while making their stats look better
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Absolutely fantastic statement from PATHI and a number of other orgs in Ireland. Aotearoa is drawing international ire because this ban is real bottom of the barrel stuff pathi.ie/news/joint-s...
Joint Statement on Puberty Blocker Ban in Aotearoa
PATHI alongside other trans health and LGBTQI+ organisations stand with our colleagues in Aotearoa New Zealand and the young people, families, and clinicians affected by the Minister of Health’s decis...
pathi.ie
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Absolutely fantastic statement from PATHI and a number of other orgs in Ireland. Aotearoa is drawing international ire because this ban is real bottom of the barrel stuff pathi.ie/news/joint-s...
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Oh, the government says it's not a power grab so we better lead the story with that
what even is nz media anymore hahaha
what even is nz media anymore hahaha
No more regional councils - major shake-up of local government announced
The government says it is not a power grab, but about "making local government fit for purpose".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Oh, the government says it's not a power grab so we better lead the story with that
what even is nz media anymore hahaha
what even is nz media anymore hahaha
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Blocking healthcare cause you’re anti disabled people/women/children/queer people is so sinister. It’s bullying and abusive behavior. Abusive people withhold resources. Straight up state violence against its own people.
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Blocking healthcare cause you’re anti disabled people/women/children/queer people is so sinister. It’s bullying and abusive behavior. Abusive people withhold resources. Straight up state violence against its own people.
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New Cook Strait ferries won't cost more than $2b, Rail Minister vows
New Cook Strait ferries won't cost more than $2b, Rail Minister vows
Peters says taxpayers have saved $2.3 billion while still getting the ferries and infrastructure they want.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
New Cook Strait ferries won't cost more than $2b, Rail Minister vows
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yeah, just not comfortable actually BEING one; this is pretty dire PR management from chippo
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
30 with Guyon Espiner: Labour leader Chris Hipkins comfortable being labelled a socialist
The Labour leader tells 30 with Guyon Espiner the state has a bigger role to play, and Labour will be announcing policies to tackle profits by supermarkets and banks.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
yeah, just not comfortable actually BEING one; this is pretty dire PR management from chippo
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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"The Independent’s own investigation into the use of human shields revealed that children as young as 12 years old were forced to inspect houses and roads and look for tunnels and militants, sometimes dressed in military fatigues." Bastards
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
Whistleblower Israeli soldiers describe killing unarmed Palestinians in Gaza
IDF soldiers tell how they use teenage Palestinians as human shields in Gaza and have left the enclave a ‘zombie apocalypse’
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"The Independent’s own investigation into the use of human shields revealed that children as young as 12 years old were forced to inspect houses and roads and look for tunnels and militants, sometimes dressed in military fatigues." Bastards
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
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In today’s Weekend Herald #nzpolitics
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In today’s Weekend Herald #nzpolitics
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how're progressives who backed Brown and decided not to run a campaign against him feeling now?
Pretty early in the term for this kinda fash, can he be 'worked with' on forcible removal of rough sleepers?
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
Pretty early in the term for this kinda fash, can he be 'worked with' on forcible removal of rough sleepers?
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
‘That’s your job, mate’: Mayor Brown welcomes possible move by PM to ban homeless from CBD
Brown says the council has done all it can to remove rough sleepers from the city centre.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
how're progressives who backed Brown and decided not to run a campaign against him feeling now?
Pretty early in the term for this kinda fash, can he be 'worked with' on forcible removal of rough sleepers?
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
Pretty early in the term for this kinda fash, can he be 'worked with' on forcible removal of rough sleepers?
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
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I wonder if the cookers and transphobes have figured out he's only playing them for media attention yet.
The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...
The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...
The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills
NZ First MPs keep proposing laws they have no intention of passing, and the media falls for it every time.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I wonder if the cookers and transphobes have figured out he's only playing them for media attention yet.
The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...
The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...
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I’d also like to take the opportunity to wish Duncan Grieve a very happy “reflect on how wrong you were about trans politics”, looking forward to your long piece discussing how you got duped by the disinfo machine jenniferkshields.nz/newsletter/i...
It's not a debate, it's a disinformation campaign.
I was seriously disappointed to read a long article which discusses and quotes extensively from Sarah McBride's interview - and takes a position along the lines of "how can we effectively bargain for ...
jenniferkshields.nz
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I’d also like to take the opportunity to wish Duncan Grieve a very happy “reflect on how wrong you were about trans politics”, looking forward to your long piece discussing how you got duped by the disinfo machine jenniferkshields.nz/newsletter/i...
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What they should do is push those *nasty* homeless people with their sleeping and trying to stay warm, out of the centre of Auckland, push them down Khyber Pass and through Newmarket turning left onto Remuera Road, further, on, right up to the Remuera Golf Club then build some fuckin' houses! #NZPol
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What they should do is push those *nasty* homeless people with their sleeping and trying to stay warm, out of the centre of Auckland, push them down Khyber Pass and through Newmarket turning left onto Remuera Road, further, on, right up to the Remuera Golf Club then build some fuckin' houses! #NZPol
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"I would just ask that everybody who has an interest and a stake in Auckland city centre calms down. Hysteria is not helping." - Chlöe Swarbrick
A 31 year old telling others twice her age to calm-the-f**k down.
Thats where we are now, folks...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
A 31 year old telling others twice her age to calm-the-f**k down.
Thats where we are now, folks...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
'Calm down' - Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick on coalition's homeless plan
The Auckland Central MP says moving rough sleepers out of the city centre will only shift the problem to another place.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"I would just ask that everybody who has an interest and a stake in Auckland city centre calms down. Hysteria is not helping." - Chlöe Swarbrick
A 31 year old telling others twice her age to calm-the-f**k down.
Thats where we are now, folks...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
A 31 year old telling others twice her age to calm-the-f**k down.
Thats where we are now, folks...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
I have been saying for years, due to the unique nature of the disabilities, a pension is more accurate and just allow those of us who can do intermittent part time work to not lose out on that either
What if we did tho, what if we didn’t means test disabled people on the SLP and just paid it like we do for NZ Super? Not related to your partner’s income, not related to your income, and just, well, supported people?!
#nzpol
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#nzpol
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What if we paid the Supported Living Payment like we pay the pension?
A simple policy change that could dramatically lift disabled households out of poverty
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I have been saying for years, due to the unique nature of the disabilities, a pension is more accurate and just allow those of us who can do intermittent part time work to not lose out on that either
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Fucking nightmare!!
Only a dangerously unaware egg in a borrowed suit would put this woman in charge of anything to do with children.💩🥚😱
She can't even admit that our most popular psychoactive substance is 100% toxic even though we can all count the bodies.😒
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
Only a dangerously unaware egg in a borrowed suit would put this woman in charge of anything to do with children.💩🥚😱
She can't even admit that our most popular psychoactive substance is 100% toxic even though we can all count the bodies.😒
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
Karen Chhour: Where harm to kids is rising and falling
YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Fucking nightmare!!
Only a dangerously unaware egg in a borrowed suit would put this woman in charge of anything to do with children.💩🥚😱
She can't even admit that our most popular psychoactive substance is 100% toxic even though we can all count the bodies.😒
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
Only a dangerously unaware egg in a borrowed suit would put this woman in charge of anything to do with children.💩🥚😱
She can't even admit that our most popular psychoactive substance is 100% toxic even though we can all count the bodies.😒
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
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I can't get over the transit here - it cost me $4.65 NZD to train ~1.5hrs from Osaka to Kyoto. It costs more than that to get from Tawa to Welly station 😅
November 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I can't get over the transit here - it cost me $4.65 NZD to train ~1.5hrs from Osaka to Kyoto. It costs more than that to get from Tawa to Welly station 😅
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GREAT WORK AOTEAROA ✊ KIA KAHA!
Everyone deserves A DECENT INCOME and A DECENT LIFE - and if that's not what's happening, *damn straight we need to talk about it*!
We demand *decent government* for *EVERYONE*, and you should accept *nothing less* than this.
#Oct23Strike ✊ #NZMegaStrike ✊ #NZpol
Everyone deserves A DECENT INCOME and A DECENT LIFE - and if that's not what's happening, *damn straight we need to talk about it*!
We demand *decent government* for *EVERYONE*, and you should accept *nothing less* than this.
#Oct23Strike ✊ #NZMegaStrike ✊ #NZpol
October 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
GREAT WORK AOTEAROA ✊ KIA KAHA!
Everyone deserves A DECENT INCOME and A DECENT LIFE - and if that's not what's happening, *damn straight we need to talk about it*!
We demand *decent government* for *EVERYONE*, and you should accept *nothing less* than this.
#Oct23Strike ✊ #NZMegaStrike ✊ #NZpol
Everyone deserves A DECENT INCOME and A DECENT LIFE - and if that's not what's happening, *damn straight we need to talk about it*!
We demand *decent government* for *EVERYONE*, and you should accept *nothing less* than this.
#Oct23Strike ✊ #NZMegaStrike ✊ #NZpol
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The current Government wilfully spreads misinfo about unions despite being well aware unions are the collective voice of workers that rebalance the scales so that people in work are protected from exploitation and harm.
It’s a good time to join one. #nzpol
I’m retired but I’m a solidarity member.
It’s a good time to join one. #nzpol
I’m retired but I’m a solidarity member.
Find Your Union - NZCTU
Want to know what union you can belong to? Use our Find Your Union tool that covers over 350,000 working people in Aotearoa New Zealand.
union.org.nz
October 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The current Government wilfully spreads misinfo about unions despite being well aware unions are the collective voice of workers that rebalance the scales so that people in work are protected from exploitation and harm.
It’s a good time to join one. #nzpol
I’m retired but I’m a solidarity member.
It’s a good time to join one. #nzpol
I’m retired but I’m a solidarity member.
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"Our parents aren't having children."
RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."
October 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"Our parents aren't having children."
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APANZ apologises for the historical harms caused by its organisational policies.
APANZ is standing up in support of the rainbow community at a time when they really need to feel that.
Well done APANZ!
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK25...
APANZ is standing up in support of the rainbow community at a time when they really need to feel that.
Well done APANZ!
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK25...
Psychotherapy Association Apologises To T/LGBTQIA+ Other Members Of Rainbow Communities In Aotearoa New Zealand
For those of us who are patients, clients, students, or professionals, we hope this signals a future in which our identities are no longer questioned or pathologised.
www.scoop.co.nz
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
APANZ apologises for the historical harms caused by its organisational policies.
APANZ is standing up in support of the rainbow community at a time when they really need to feel that.
Well done APANZ!
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK25...
APANZ is standing up in support of the rainbow community at a time when they really need to feel that.
Well done APANZ!
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK25...
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I’ll leave the detailed analysis to people like Prof Ursula Cheer, but I want to acknowledge something simple: speech can absolutely be harmful. It can humiliate, damage reputation, isolate, and endanger. These harms are social and structural, not just merely emotional.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Winston Peters accuses Broadcasting Standards Authority of 'Soviet era stasi' censorship
It follows a decision to begin regulating podcasts and online media.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 15, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I’ll leave the detailed analysis to people like Prof Ursula Cheer, but I want to acknowledge something simple: speech can absolutely be harmful. It can humiliate, damage reputation, isolate, and endanger. These harms are social and structural, not just merely emotional.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...