Katy Smith
@katylouisesmith.bsky.social
GP in Taranaki, Aotearoa. Originally from the UK. 4 kids, 2 dogs, a cat and some chickens and ducks outside. Oh and a husband, inside.
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I absolutely love this poem by @holliemcnish.bsky.social – 5 in 6 boys think Andrew Tate is a prick
May 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I absolutely love this poem by @holliemcnish.bsky.social – 5 in 6 boys think Andrew Tate is a prick
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‼️ 210,000 Māori Silenced:
Committee Delivers Harshest
Punishment in Parliament History.
#NZPol #ToitūTeTiriti
Committee Delivers Harshest
Punishment in Parliament History.
#NZPol #ToitūTeTiriti
May 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
‼️ 210,000 Māori Silenced:
Committee Delivers Harshest
Punishment in Parliament History.
#NZPol #ToitūTeTiriti
Committee Delivers Harshest
Punishment in Parliament History.
#NZPol #ToitūTeTiriti
“You do have to marvel at a political class and media ecosystem that reacts more viscerally to a four-letter word than to the actual structural inequality it was being used to highlight and the people that affects.” 📌
Andrea Vance in "two really good opinion columns in a row" shocker
OPINION: I’m sorry that politicians and the media spent last week focusing on my potty mouth and not the terrible injustice that is being done to care-workers, nurses, teachers and other underpaid women, Andrea Vance writes.
May 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
“You do have to marvel at a political class and media ecosystem that reacts more viscerally to a four-letter word than to the actual structural inequality it was being used to highlight and the people that affects.” 📌
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People Luxon's coalition government have gone after:
Māori
Women
Beneficiaries
Kids who just wanna eat lunches
State abuse survivors
Rape victims
People Luxon's coalition government have given heaps to:
Landlords
#NZPol
Māori
Women
Beneficiaries
Kids who just wanna eat lunches
State abuse survivors
Rape victims
People Luxon's coalition government have given heaps to:
Landlords
#NZPol
May 17, 2025 at 5:27 AM
People Luxon's coalition government have gone after:
Māori
Women
Beneficiaries
Kids who just wanna eat lunches
State abuse survivors
Rape victims
People Luxon's coalition government have given heaps to:
Landlords
#NZPol
Māori
Women
Beneficiaries
Kids who just wanna eat lunches
State abuse survivors
Rape victims
People Luxon's coalition government have given heaps to:
Landlords
#NZPol
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"Turns out you can have it all. So long as you’re prepared to be a c... to the women who birth your kids, school your offspring and wipe the arse of your elderly parents while you stand on their shoulders to earn your six-figure, taxpayer-funded pay packet."
This is Andrea Vance in The Press.
This is Andrea Vance in The Press.
May 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"Turns out you can have it all. So long as you’re prepared to be a c... to the women who birth your kids, school your offspring and wipe the arse of your elderly parents while you stand on their shoulders to earn your six-figure, taxpayer-funded pay packet."
This is Andrea Vance in The Press.
This is Andrea Vance in The Press.
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@jordanriversnz.bsky.social
Thanks for the accurate content.
Thanks for the accurate content.
May 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
@jordanriversnz.bsky.social
Thanks for the accurate content.
Thanks for the accurate content.
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PM: let's control social media for young people.
Young people: you got other things to worry about. "Like the salary of women".
The kids are ok!
Young people: you got other things to worry about. "Like the salary of women".
The kids are ok!
May 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
PM: let's control social media for young people.
Young people: you got other things to worry about. "Like the salary of women".
The kids are ok!
Young people: you got other things to worry about. "Like the salary of women".
The kids are ok!
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The petition expands those covered by the ACLU's request to all migrants held at the CECOT megaprison, not just those at risk of being sent there.
ACLU Asks Court To Make Trump Administration Bring Everyone Back From El Salvador Prison
The petition expands those covered by the ACLU's request to all migrants held at the CECOT megaprison, not just those at risk of being sent there.
www.huffpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The petition expands those covered by the ACLU's request to all migrants held at the CECOT megaprison, not just those at risk of being sent there.
FFS, this boils my piss. What happens when the “need” is identified as disproportionately the needs of Maori and Pacifica? Of course ACT will challenge the response.
A new ACC initiative to help Māori and Pasifika workers sparks a coalition disagreement
Coalition clash over injury prevention plan for Māori and Pasifika
newsroom.co.nz
April 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
FFS, this boils my piss. What happens when the “need” is identified as disproportionately the needs of Maori and Pacifica? Of course ACT will challenge the response.
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That Police Minister Mark Mitchell's office said sharing profoundly racist material on his official Instagram account was "an honest mistake" is illuminating, but not for the reasons Mitchell's office thinks.
This is a "honest mistake"? 🧐🤔 Small wonder why Māori, & minorities don't trust the Police. New Zealand's Police Minister's account reposted Instagram Reel that falsely claimed Green MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's ancestors came from China and "were yellow Vikings". www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/22/p...
April 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
That Police Minister Mark Mitchell's office said sharing profoundly racist material on his official Instagram account was "an honest mistake" is illuminating, but not for the reasons Mitchell's office thinks.
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".. I don’t think that any one group inside New Zealand should be insisting that their way of doing things is the most appropriate for all of them.”
- Speaker Brownlee, without a hint of irony
- Speaker Brownlee, without a hint of irony
Speaker: Te Pāti Māori haka defence 'a complete nonsense'
While the debate about tīkanga in Parliament rolls on, the Privileges Committee and Te Pāti Māori both refuse to budge
newsroom.co.nz
April 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
".. I don’t think that any one group inside New Zealand should be insisting that their way of doing things is the most appropriate for all of them.”
- Speaker Brownlee, without a hint of irony
- Speaker Brownlee, without a hint of irony
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unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
April 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
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Fuckin' men telling me which totally non-threatening people I "should" feel threatened by is always a political winner. Piss off Winston et al #nzpol
April 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Fuckin' men telling me which totally non-threatening people I "should" feel threatened by is always a political winner. Piss off Winston et al #nzpol
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We are in the top 6.6% of the globe’s population living in a full democracy.
Yes you read that correctly. Only 6.6% of the world live in a full democracy.
Pricks like David Seymour and his atlas funding arm are trying to corrupt our democracy.
We need to show him the door.
#nzpol
Yes you read that correctly. Only 6.6% of the world live in a full democracy.
Pricks like David Seymour and his atlas funding arm are trying to corrupt our democracy.
We need to show him the door.
#nzpol
The Economist Democracy Index - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
April 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
We are in the top 6.6% of the globe’s population living in a full democracy.
Yes you read that correctly. Only 6.6% of the world live in a full democracy.
Pricks like David Seymour and his atlas funding arm are trying to corrupt our democracy.
We need to show him the door.
#nzpol
Yes you read that correctly. Only 6.6% of the world live in a full democracy.
Pricks like David Seymour and his atlas funding arm are trying to corrupt our democracy.
We need to show him the door.
#nzpol
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I'm pleased that the Netflix series Adolescence is prompting so much public discussion of this issue, but disappointed so much is simplistic 'ban smartphones' takes. This from Emily Writes was a refreshing change
https://open.substack.com/pub/emilywrites/p/his-dad-is-a-bigger-influence-than
https://open.substack.com/pub/emilywrites/p/his-dad-is-a-bigger-influence-than
March 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I'm pleased that the Netflix series Adolescence is prompting so much public discussion of this issue, but disappointed so much is simplistic 'ban smartphones' takes. This from Emily Writes was a refreshing change
https://open.substack.com/pub/emilywrites/p/his-dad-is-a-bigger-influence-than
https://open.substack.com/pub/emilywrites/p/his-dad-is-a-bigger-influence-than