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JC & The Pigeoncats
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Proponent of putting people and planet before profit. Amatuer Saxophonist /music enthusiast. Passionate about languages, culture, politics and electric mobility. Father of one human and two crazy spaniels. <Tauranga Moana, Aotearoa NZ>
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Hori on a Hīkoi
Kassie Hartendorp from ActionStation calling out the fear mongering being spread about local council Māori wards.
#nzpol
Hori on a Hīkoi | E7: "Calling Out the Fear-Mongering" - Kassie Hartendorp | RNZ
YouTube video by RNZ
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August 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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You know that "we can't do two-tier pricing" thing the Fonterra CEO said?

Funny thing is, they've done it before.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Fonterra freezes NZ milk price
Fonterra is freezing its wholesale domestic milk prices for the rest of 2011.
www.rnz.co.nz
July 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
July 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Nazi dress standards need some attention.
June 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Ka mahuta a Matariki i te pae, ka mahuta ō tātou tūmanako ki te tau

When Matariki rises above the horizon, our aspirations rise to the year ahead
June 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Are you free tomorrow night? Green MP Kahurangi Carter will be in Tauranga and has invited local Greens to catch up over dinner at the pub. Would love to see you there. 6:30PM Wednesday at CBK Craft Bar & Kitchen, Red Square, Spring Street, Tauranga CBD.
April 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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We’ve seen attacks on organised labour by NZ govt too (repealing Fair Pay agreements, partial strikes changes…), it is an international trend as employers feel emboldened by the rise of far right & authoritarianism. In NZ, only 5% of private sector is unionised. Join your union! #nzpol
A new bill in Québec could create an ‘exception’ to every worker’s right to strike

Québec’s CAQ government is proposing limitations to the right to strike that could apply to almost every worker in the province
A New Bill in Québec Could Create an ‘Exception’ to Every Worker’s Right to Strike
Québec’s CAQ government is proposing limitations to the right to strike that could apply to almost every worker in the province
pressprogress.ca
April 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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#BHN PM has to defend School Lunches and war on woke | DEI bill to advance? | Teachers feeding kids

www.youtube.com/live/L2NQvdm...
#BHN PM has to defend School Lunches and war on woke | DEI bill to advance? | Teachers feeding kids
YouTube video by DOC Studios
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March 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Low wages, high costs, unaffordable housing, rent, wage slavery, rising unemployment, public health & education theft, climate change… but the REAL problems are woke sushi & diversity?
War on ‘woke’ is war on ‘us’ (Solidarity, whanau, community), & reversal to colonial top-down dominance #nzpol
March 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
March 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Indeed...what a machine.
March 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Local Branch get together with some special guests Ricardo Menendez March MP, Lawrence Xu Nan MP and Scott Willis MP. Look out for our next branch social, would love to see you there!
February 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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AoNZ features on the wrong map.

I bet Elon personally picked up the phone to David Seymour.
NBC news reports:
February 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Making life easier for ordinary kiwis: #NZPOL #AOTEAROA
February 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Ricardo Menéndez March MP Scott Willis MP and Lawrence Xu-Nan will be coming to Tauranga.
This is a rare opportunity to meet and our parliamentarians in a relaxed, informal setting.
Wednesday 26th February from 6.00 p.m.
CBK, 20 Spring Street. Bring your friends and enjoy this time together!
February 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Great to see our Tamatha with the boys on BHN!
February 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Submissions close tonight!
February 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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February 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Aotearoa New Zealand is backsliding on many areas of social progress, making life harder for people and their whānau across the motu, according to The Salvation Army’s State of the Nation 2025 report.
Read the condensed version here: www.salvationarmy.org.nz/research-pol...
State of the Nation 2025
Welcome to the 18th edition of the State of the Nation report. We have improved the accessibility of our report by making it available online. All of the statistics used are embedded into our interact...
www.salvationarmy.org.nz
February 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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And we are surprised?
Nah babe, we told you so. We told you over & over again and were dismissed as conspiratorial.
Really? #nzpol #Aotearoa #nz
Van Velden turns down union meetings in ‘unprecedented’ lack of engagement
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety shuns typical monthly meetings but makes time for ‘fake unions’ linked to anti-vax movement
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Van Velden turns down union meetings in ‘unprecedented’ lack of engagement
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety shuns typical monthly meetings but makes time for ‘fake unions’ linked to anti-vax movement, reports Alice Peacock
newsroom.co.nz
February 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM