The Paediatric Society of NZ - representing the clinical field most relevant here - have released maybe the strongest statement of all the medical bodies: “puberty blockers are an established, safe, reversible, and
life-saving treatment option”

‘Fossil fuel companies were given privileged, insider access to confidential drafts of legislation during a two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban’ - RNZ
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels

About as clear cut as targeting journalists gets

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The term "pregnant people" INCLUDES women, it does not exclude them. Unless you think women aren't people?

Inclusive language is good for everyone. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #nzpol

Many parallels with New Zealand, with recent attack campaign using billboards an offline manifestation of what's online a more sophisticated, sustained strategy to especially target wāhine Māori Greens. The resulting harms, & hate border on the incredible. sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/t...

HEADS-UP: The FSU (and their pals) attempt to take over InternetNZ is picking up again. Hundreds of new memberships paid for with a much smaller number of cards. Reason: only members who join *before Monday* are eligible to vote in the AGM. I've (re)joined here, only $21: internetnz.nz/membership/

Note that this is the state intervening in how private businesses make decisions about what's best for their business. Its instructing banks to make bad investments to make NZ First and their donors feel better.

We’re going to be left with people who go: ‘You know what, my uncle or my brother or my cousin died from bowel cancer. And it should have been picked up in a screening programme.’ Make no mistake, these deaths are unnecessary.” — Dr Rawiri McKree Jansen.

Bowel screening change ‘totally unethical’

National sacks Lester levy, the guy it empowered like five minutes ago to supposedly fix the health system. This is absolute chaos, and the idea that outsourcing to private providers will solve it is magical thinking. newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/07/c...

Revealed, fast-track ministers’ personal picks that govt had denied existed 

A year after the information was requested, pressure from the Ombudsman has forced the Ministry for the Environment to reveal the 97 ministerial nominations
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The portrait of Fa’anānā Efeso Collins emerging in Manukau City courtesy of local artists, Charles and Janine Williams 💓 I love that it faces Hayman Park and the amazing playground, which on a weekend day is full of joyful energetic kiddos and tired caregivers sitting in the shade. Miss you mate.

POLL: “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 Te Tiriti."

Link: horizonpoll.co.nz/page/711/90-...

#ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”
-Angela Davis

Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis.

"If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory."
--Angela Davis

I don't really use TikTok that much, but I find it fascinating that our government is on the verge of banning an app for national security reasons that are still unclear in the same week that Meta, the largest social media company, says it's now fine to hate LGBTQ people and call us mentally ill.

Through the rubble, the smoke, and the horrors of genocide, Palestinians remain unyielding. From 2024 to 2025, their message is clear: We are still here. Justice, liberation, and the fight for freedom will endure.

“The warrants compounded Israel’s dwindling legitimacy on the world stage, where it has faced increasingly fierce condemnation over its conduct of the war against Hamas in Gaza.” | International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11...

this rules

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