Kaz
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Kaz
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Whaea power
Diving into a little light reading over the break 📚🇳🇿
#MātaurangaMāori #bookworm #pukapuka
December 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If Andrew Bayly really cared about Antarctica he wouldn't be part of a government going backwards on climate action #NZpol
Andrew Bayly and the fight for Antarctica
The National MP still remembers the "visual assault" of Antarctica, the piercing blue clarity and scale-bending brightness.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The memes practically make themselves
Hospital staff concerned about combined cleaner-security officer roles
And the scheme's cost savings haven't been as much as predicted.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It's OK, Peter Theil's jet is still in LA, not Queenstown, unless he's flying commercial.
June 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I was at a conference recently where a Doc concession holder measured 14% higher carbon sequestration on pest controlled land on one side of a railway track compared to the other side where they did no pest control.

Scientists may have found a big, mysterious carbon sink in the South Island
Scientists may have found a big, mysterious carbon sink in the South Island
But scientists caution more work is needed before New Zealand could claim the discovery as a climate win.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
How many Aucklanders have a connection to Grey Lynn through all it's incarnations?
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#pukapuka
www.masseypress.ac.nz/books/the-ne...
June 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This bill, if passed (and all indications are it will be), is a disaster for our environment, as well as an attack on Te Tiriti.
Lawyer Tania Waikato explains the RSB and why it is so dangerous.

"A system where ACT Ideology rules all"
"will affect all of us in massive way and most people will not understand that until it's too late"

"a fundamental constitutional shift" Professor Andrew Geddis

#nzpol
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#BHN What actually is the Regulatory Standards Bill?
YouTube video by DOC Studios
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May 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We were so lucky to have the support of the Starship palliative care team when my daughter was dying. Everyone deserves the same.
#griefandloss
‘Scarred’ dad of boy, 5, who died without specialist end-of-life care makes plea to health minister
The father has urged Health Minister Simeon Brown to ensure no other families have to navigate the “scarring” journey alone.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Reposted by Kaz
Kia Ora Bluesky -

Here's my update on what happened to the Curia Market Research complaint that led to David Farrar resigning from the professional polling body after he was told they considered suspending or expelling Curia --

#kiwi
#nzpol
What happened to the Curia Market Research suspension?
David Farrar responded after RANZ hired an independent sub-committee to investigate complaints about polling integrity from Curia
mountaintui.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Very clear: "Justice Minister Henry Sewell in 1870 described the [Maori Land] court’s purpose as to “bring the great bulk of lands in the Northern Island within the reach of colonisation”
Rebecca Macfie: 'What do I know of hardship?' | E-Tangata
“There we were. Heaps of kids. Isolated location. A stoic, hardworking young mum struck by an awful disease. A husband out until all hours. But no one turned up at the farm to take us into care. No. I...
e-tangata.co.nz
February 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Tika rawa atu Justin Tipa "True political leadership is about meeting people where they are and synthesising the interest of various strands of society into a workable whole ... 1/2
Christopher Luxon's hope of avoiding controversy at Waitangi Day backfires
Analysis - The prime minister's attendance at Ōnuku marae saw protest, distraction and delay. And it underlined his absence in the north.
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February 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Heartening to see the majority of New Zealanders think it's important to protect Te Tiriti in law.
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#nzpol #tetititi

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Kiwis ‘largely united’ on wanting to see Te Tiriti honoured - report
Almost four out of five people in Aotearoa want respectful discussion on Te Tiriti rather than political rhetoric, survey shows.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Notably dropping qualified people with professor in front of their names and appointmenting mates from the University of "I Reckon"
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Clearing the Decks: Government replaces half of the Waitangi Tribunal
This Friday afternoon, Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka announced an overhaul of the Waitangi Tribunal.
mountaintui.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM