Pageturner
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Aotearoa-New Zealand
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Aotearoa-New Zealand
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The abuse Julie Fairey copped after being HIT BY A CAR is exactly what happens when we treat online harm as background noise. Women in politics bear the brunt, especially women of colour. Until NZ actually regulates platforms properly, this will keep happening #nzpol
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'It just seems cruel': Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident
Councillor Julie Fairey has become accustomed to abusive comments - but she was still stunned.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The abuse Julie Fairey copped after being HIT BY A CAR is exactly what happens when we treat online harm as background noise. Women in politics bear the brunt, especially women of colour. Until NZ actually regulates platforms properly, this will keep happening #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
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‘Shockingly inappropriate overreach of politics’: Doctors slam puberty blocker pause
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
‘Shockingly inappropriate overreach of politics’: Doctors slam puberty blocker pause
The Government’s decision to stop new prescriptions of puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria for at least six years has been called politically motivated and discriminatory.
www.thepress.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
‘Shockingly inappropriate overreach of politics’: Doctors slam puberty blocker pause
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
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Hey peeps! It's been 2 weeks since I launched my crowdfunding campaign, and your support and generosity have blown me away. You folks rock! But with 3 research grant rejections this month & 2 weeks left to go I’ve decided to set a new stretch goal & pivot… 1/8
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Hey peeps! It's been 2 weeks since I launched my crowdfunding campaign, and your support and generosity have blown me away. You folks rock! But with 3 research grant rejections this month & 2 weeks left to go I’ve decided to set a new stretch goal & pivot… 1/8
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Labour selects Dr Gary Payinda to take on former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti
Labour selects Dr Gary Payinda to take on former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti
A high-profile emergency doctor has been selected to stand for the Labour Party against former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Labour selects Dr Gary Payinda to take on former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti
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& yet they are still polling +/- within their election night zone.
I swear there ought to be a test before voting
1: Is trickle down real
2: Is neoliberalism good
3: Is Winston Peters relevant
Answer yes to any of the three & you are not eligible to vote.
I swear there ought to be a test before voting
1: Is trickle down real
2: Is neoliberalism good
3: Is Winston Peters relevant
Answer yes to any of the three & you are not eligible to vote.
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
& yet they are still polling +/- within their election night zone.
I swear there ought to be a test before voting
1: Is trickle down real
2: Is neoliberalism good
3: Is Winston Peters relevant
Answer yes to any of the three & you are not eligible to vote.
I swear there ought to be a test before voting
1: Is trickle down real
2: Is neoliberalism good
3: Is Winston Peters relevant
Answer yes to any of the three & you are not eligible to vote.
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This clip will be forever burned into my brain. When @sanders.senate.gov told them they would be killing 51,000 people with their vote and they did it anyway. It was like watching him beg for mercy at a public execution.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This clip will be forever burned into my brain. When @sanders.senate.gov told them they would be killing 51,000 people with their vote and they did it anyway. It was like watching him beg for mercy at a public execution.
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Mother in Africa speaking to her children at dinner:
“You must eat all of your food, there are hungry children starving in America”
Oh smack - how many times did I hear that as a child?! Anybody else?
“You must eat all of your food, there are hungry children starving in America”
Oh smack - how many times did I hear that as a child?! Anybody else?
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Mother in Africa speaking to her children at dinner:
“You must eat all of your food, there are hungry children starving in America”
Oh smack - how many times did I hear that as a child?! Anybody else?
“You must eat all of your food, there are hungry children starving in America”
Oh smack - how many times did I hear that as a child?! Anybody else?
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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what. the. hell.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Government ministers have confirmed they are considering measures to move homeless people out of Auckland's city centre - but the exact details remain unclear.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
what. the. hell.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
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Hurricane Melissa didn’t just devastate homes -- it’s testing Jamaica’s entire health system.
The latest PAHO/WHO Situation Report (Nov 1) shows what a climate-fueled disaster looks like through a public-health lens. 🌀💊
Hurricane Melissa didn’t just devastate homes -- it’s testing Jamaica’s entire health system.
The latest PAHO/WHO Situation Report (Nov 1) shows what a climate-fueled disaster looks like through a public-health lens. 🌀💊
November 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Hurricane Melissa didn’t just devastate homes -- it’s testing Jamaica’s entire health system.
The latest PAHO/WHO Situation Report (Nov 1) shows what a climate-fueled disaster looks like through a public-health lens. 🌀💊
Hurricane Melissa didn’t just devastate homes -- it’s testing Jamaica’s entire health system.
The latest PAHO/WHO Situation Report (Nov 1) shows what a climate-fueled disaster looks like through a public-health lens. 🌀💊
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Honestly that end is the real kicker, where they explicitly make it all seem like a regular breakfast orders that’s simply comped rather than a whole process meant to show everyone you’re in need. It really shows they care and are empathetic to the stigma around welfare programs
The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Honestly that end is the real kicker, where they explicitly make it all seem like a regular breakfast orders that’s simply comped rather than a whole process meant to show everyone you’re in need. It really shows they care and are empathetic to the stigma around welfare programs
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AoNZ - do you use your local public library?
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October 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
AoNZ - do you use your local public library?
Let Public Libraries NZ know!
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Let Public Libraries NZ know!
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This is deep sea trawling. The last NZ government led the world in an international agreement to restrict the damage.
One of the first things this government did was tear it up. The US, Pacific islands, and Australia criticised NZ for doing so. Shane Jones doesn't care #nzpol
One of the first things this government did was tear it up. The US, Pacific islands, and Australia criticised NZ for doing so. Shane Jones doesn't care #nzpol
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is deep sea trawling. The last NZ government led the world in an international agreement to restrict the damage.
One of the first things this government did was tear it up. The US, Pacific islands, and Australia criticised NZ for doing so. Shane Jones doesn't care #nzpol
One of the first things this government did was tear it up. The US, Pacific islands, and Australia criticised NZ for doing so. Shane Jones doesn't care #nzpol
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New from me: Just eight of the Government's 17 Roads of National Significance have already seen costs blow out by $5.1 billion - before any shovels are even in the ground.
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
$5b-plus blowout for eight Roads of National Significance
The Government's 17 Roads of National Significance will cost it at least $44 billion – enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over. Marc Daalder reports.
newsroom.co.nz
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
New from me: Just eight of the Government's 17 Roads of National Significance have already seen costs blow out by $5.1 billion - before any shovels are even in the ground.
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
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Chris Hipkins won't commit to build National's RoNS costing $50b, or the tolls to pay for them, but Chris Bishop ploughs ahead anyway to spend $1.2b on designs & land without a bipartisan plan or tolls consultation. Open for all. #nzpol
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Wednesday's Chorus: The problem(s) with the RoNS and tolls
Hipkins won't commit to build National's RoNS costing $50b, or the tolls to pay for them, but Bishop ploughs ahead anyway to spend $1.2b on designs & land without bipartisan plan or tolls consultation
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October 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Chris Hipkins won't commit to build National's RoNS costing $50b, or the tolls to pay for them, but Chris Bishop ploughs ahead anyway to spend $1.2b on designs & land without a bipartisan plan or tolls consultation. Open for all. #nzpol
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What was actually in the fine print of yesterday's roading announcement: a $40-to-$50 billion bill that we could not pay without bankrupting ourselves. This has been implicit for a long time and should be in the damn headlines. greaterauckland.substack.com/p/reality-bi...
Reality bites: RoNS will bankrupt the nation
The government’s mega-roads programme is now looking to cost an astonishing $40-50 billion, based on new documents released yesterday by the NZTA.On Monday, Transport Minister Chris Bishop touted the ...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
What was actually in the fine print of yesterday's roading announcement: a $40-to-$50 billion bill that we could not pay without bankrupting ourselves. This has been implicit for a long time and should be in the damn headlines. greaterauckland.substack.com/p/reality-bi...
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The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
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"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
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It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It
He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.
futurism.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
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Stopped school builds, hospital builds, water infrastructure builds but plenty of $ for roads #nzpol
"The government will spend more than half a billion dollars buying up properties & $1.2 billion has also been allocated for new roads"
"The government will spend more than half a billion dollars buying up properties & $1.2 billion has also been allocated for new roads"
Watch: Christopher Luxon on $515m spend-up for new roads
The government will spend more than half a billion dollars buying properties for its Roads of National Significance.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Stopped school builds, hospital builds, water infrastructure builds but plenty of $ for roads #nzpol
"The government will spend more than half a billion dollars buying up properties & $1.2 billion has also been allocated for new roads"
"The government will spend more than half a billion dollars buying up properties & $1.2 billion has also been allocated for new roads"
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When you think about it, it's kind of funny how the best things we could *actually* do for roads and travel times in AoNZ is rebuild our rail network and massively increase funding for public transport, walking and cycling
October 20, 2025 at 5:01 AM
When you think about it, it's kind of funny how the best things we could *actually* do for roads and travel times in AoNZ is rebuild our rail network and massively increase funding for public transport, walking and cycling
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god