Miriam Ross
@miriamruthross.bsky.social
Ex-academic. General Manager of Green Party of Aotearoa NZ. All views my own
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I'll just note this inquiry has noted that with 20/20 hindsight the UK should have acted... pretty much exactly as New Zealand did.
Which a good portion of NZ's media and political class have spent 5 revisionist years trying to paint as an overreaction. Overwhelmingly, it wasn't.
Which a good portion of NZ's media and political class have spent 5 revisionist years trying to paint as an overreaction. Overwhelmingly, it wasn't.
‘Chaotic and indecisive’: key findings of report on UK’s Covid response under Tories
Second pandemic report focuses on decision-making, organisation and messaging by senior politicians including Boris Johnson
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'll just note this inquiry has noted that with 20/20 hindsight the UK should have acted... pretty much exactly as New Zealand did.
Which a good portion of NZ's media and political class have spent 5 revisionist years trying to paint as an overreaction. Overwhelmingly, it wasn't.
Which a good portion of NZ's media and political class have spent 5 revisionist years trying to paint as an overreaction. Overwhelmingly, it wasn't.
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I did NOT vote to review the Golden Mile today. Cities across Aotearoa & the world are revitalising their centres, attracting people back into them. We'll now put NZTA funding at risk, & costs only ever increase. We need to ask how we do it? Not say let's review it!
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Wellington’s controversial Golden Mile paused for review
Only the Greens wanted to push on, even after news of another cost blowout.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I did NOT vote to review the Golden Mile today. Cities across Aotearoa & the world are revitalising their centres, attracting people back into them. We'll now put NZTA funding at risk, & costs only ever increase. We need to ask how we do it? Not say let's review it!
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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I did not vote for a pause or review to the Golden Mile. Progress has already been too slow and I do not wish to contribute to that. I sincerely hope that the project will survive this review.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I did not vote for a pause or review to the Golden Mile. Progress has already been too slow and I do not wish to contribute to that. I sincerely hope that the project will survive this review.
The British playbook has finally caught up with us and we are taking their transphobic lead rather putting the needs of Aotearoa's young people first
Just add it to the list of urgent reasons to make this a one term government.
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Just add it to the list of urgent reasons to make this a one term government.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Govt halts new puberty blockers prescriptions for gender-affirming care
Green Party MP Ricardo Menéndez March says the government is "buying into imported culture wars" .
www.rnz.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The British playbook has finally caught up with us and we are taking their transphobic lead rather putting the needs of Aotearoa's young people first
Just add it to the list of urgent reasons to make this a one term government.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Just add it to the list of urgent reasons to make this a one term government.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Musing on how transformative $4b spent on Wellington could be on improving productivity and wellbeing beyond maybe scraping ten minutes off some journeys if it doesn't just snarl traffic through the city centre instead.
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Musing on how transformative $4b spent on Wellington could be on improving productivity and wellbeing beyond maybe scraping ten minutes off some journeys if it doesn't just snarl traffic through the city centre instead.
New World mocking us with their massive Christmas butter statue
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 AM
New World mocking us with their massive Christmas butter statue
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Imagine if there were some solutions to reduce pollution so we could just swim in any river, at any beach 🤷
Monitoring programme helps people decide where to swim
Monitoring programme helps people decide where to swim
Taranaki beaches, lakes and rivers will be back under the microscope this summer, with the Can I Swim Here? programme about to kick off.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Imagine if there were some solutions to reduce pollution so we could just swim in any river, at any beach 🤷
We just cannot give up on the climate. Remember the Greens published He Ara Anamaria - the alternative Emissions Reduction Plan last year. There are solutions and other options
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Govt's climate strategy: Let it burn
Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution – even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes
newsroom.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We just cannot give up on the climate. Remember the Greens published He Ara Anamaria - the alternative Emissions Reduction Plan last year. There are solutions and other options
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
It almost like just increasing car infrastructure rather than offering better public transport and alternative options doesn't really work 🤷
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Long queues and baffled drivers: New $152m flyover drives minister mad
Simeon Brown is calling for urgent changes to a new $152 million flyover, saying it has created long evening delays and confusion for motorists.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It almost like just increasing car infrastructure rather than offering better public transport and alternative options doesn't really work 🤷
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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My takeaways?
Wow, who would could possibly think people like progressive platforms rather than conservative compromise.
Ground game, every damn time. You have to get that vote to the polls.
Wow, who would could possibly think people like progressive platforms rather than conservative compromise.
Ground game, every damn time. You have to get that vote to the polls.
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My takeaways?
Wow, who would could possibly think people like progressive platforms rather than conservative compromise.
Ground game, every damn time. You have to get that vote to the polls.
Wow, who would could possibly think people like progressive platforms rather than conservative compromise.
Ground game, every damn time. You have to get that vote to the polls.
Hopium for a new dawn for relentlessly positive politics
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Hopium for a new dawn for relentlessly positive politics
I thought this government was meant to be tough on crime but under their watch...
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www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Bird of the Year' kārearea turns on Wellington walkers
The champion kārearea has its talons out in the capital.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I thought this government was meant to be tough on crime but under their watch...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The Greens, loving scientists, never
Just trying out a way of showing Don't knows/Didn't answers.
Calculating the percents of Trust level and Party, then multiplying the don't know by -1 and using geom_col()
#rstats
Calculating the percents of Trust level and Party, then multiplying the don't know by -1 and using geom_col()
#rstats
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The Greens, loving scientists, never
I think about how amazing my kids' primary school is and how connected to the community it is and how the last thing I want is for them to go to a school based on the provocation of a white supremicist dog whistle that's nothing more than one man's social experiment
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
A new school built on ‘western civilisation’ is coming to Wellington
The former Free Speech union boss says he’s excited to have a school that could “remember the virtue of civilisation that has come from the West”.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I think about how amazing my kids' primary school is and how connected to the community it is and how the last thing I want is for them to go to a school based on the provocation of a white supremicist dog whistle that's nothing more than one man's social experiment
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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This is how they prevent heists at our national museum
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 AM
This is how they prevent heists at our national museum
Yesterday eve my kids' school had a Halloween disco across two different times for different age groups.
I think about all the government's undervaluing of teachers, the piling on of extra work load from the new curriculum...and they still gave up their evening to do something nice for the kids
I think about all the government's undervaluing of teachers, the piling on of extra work load from the new curriculum...and they still gave up their evening to do something nice for the kids
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Yesterday eve my kids' school had a Halloween disco across two different times for different age groups.
I think about all the government's undervaluing of teachers, the piling on of extra work load from the new curriculum...and they still gave up their evening to do something nice for the kids
I think about all the government's undervaluing of teachers, the piling on of extra work load from the new curriculum...and they still gave up their evening to do something nice for the kids
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Help us make changes to the Regulatory Standards Bill!
action.greens.org.nz
October 30, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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October 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira | Carwyn Jones
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On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira
Its vision of collective Māori authority still challenges how Aotearoa understands sovereignty today.
thespinoff.co.nz
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira | Carwyn Jones
thespinoff.co.nz/atea/28-10-2...
thespinoff.co.nz/atea/28-10-2...
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It is important to remember that GOOD things can happen quickly too ❤️
"After only one year, the transformation is dramatic", says a conservation manager about the growth of a colony of 2,000 sooty tern seabirds. Previously, invasive rats had destroyed their eggs, making it impossible for the native birds to persist on the islands. www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/inv...
Scientists stunned by results after removing 1 harmful creature from island chain: 'The transformation is dramatic'
The successful removal of an invasive species of rat saw nature spring back to life on two islands in the Marshall Islands.
www.thecooldown.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
It is important to remember that GOOD things can happen quickly too ❤️
Love seeing tūī in the city centre. This was outside the Welsh Dragon bar
October 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Love seeing tūī in the city centre. This was outside the Welsh Dragon bar
Want to nerd out on beautifully illustrated STV flows for local body elections? Yeah you do.
nw.nz/viz/nz-local...
nw.nz/viz/nz-local...
Visualisation: Preferential voting in Aotearoa / New Zealand local elections
A visualisation showing how votes were counted in local elections that used preferential voting
nw.nz
October 24, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Want to nerd out on beautifully illustrated STV flows for local body elections? Yeah you do.
nw.nz/viz/nz-local...
nw.nz/viz/nz-local...