Rice
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Rice
@ricie.bsky.social
New escapee (really a lurker) from the other place, now represented by my cat. Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.
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“The rules of Parliament don't really see or fit Māori people,” Maipi-Clarke says. “There’s a lot more resistance and advocation that we’re doing because, basically, our rights are being stripped left, right, and center.

Read the full interview here ⤵️
Meet Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, the 22-Year-Old Lawmaker Behind that Viral Haka Protest
The young lawmaker is leading the fight to preserve Māori rights.
www.teenvogue.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Beneficiaries with boarders: from mid 26, 1-2 boarders will decrease your accommodation supplement, the same as 3 plus boarders.
Thank you #ChrisLuxon & #NACT1ST for screwing over poor families with disabled adult children living at home.
#nzpol #nzcoalitionofcunts

www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-an...
Housing Supports - Including Boarders’ Contributions in the Calculation of Subsidies for Private and Social Housing - Ministry of Social Development
Housing Supports - Including Boarders’ Contributions
www.msd.govt.nz
May 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days
January 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Beautiful everyday Ladybird things.
‘Marbles’ (1959)
Artist: G Robinson
December 23, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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What do you call it when a giant pigeon tries to seize power?
An attempted coo
December 3, 2024 at 5:39 PM
If you don’t want to see replies being ranked according to their ‘hotness,’ here’s how to change it.
Bluesky now displays replies by 'hotness'
Not everyone is happy about it being the default.
mashable.com
November 30, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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For anyone wondering, this is my all-time favourite Edward Steed drawing...
November 25, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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What a great day it was in Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington yesterday. A unequivocal message was sent to David Seymour and the coalition government.
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #ToitūTeTiriti
November 19, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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Instead of “once upon a time,” Korean folk and fairy tales often begin with 호랑이 담배 피우던 시절에. It means “back when tigers smoked (pipes)”
November 10, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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Also Taane’s pic cos I love it
October 8, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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Is there a single article about the shift to remote working that mentions that two million people (in the UK alone) have developed a dreadful chronic illness, that often rules out non-remote work, from a virus that they, and many others, know spreads very easily in unmitigated open-plan offices?
September 23, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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When public life is dominated by the crass, the banal, the greedy, the noisy and the false, thinking things through, responding to evidence and seeking to work for the common good are acts of resistance.
September 7, 2024 at 9:06 AM
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In memory of Kiingi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII
My drawing today
August 31, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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every show should be required by law to contain at least one dream ballet sequence
June 27, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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Mānawatia a Matariki!
Wishing you all good things for the coming year.
My #cartoon today #Matariki
June 27, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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Please sign this petition. The way disabled people and their caregivers are treated needs to change.

Petition of Michelle Edwards: Provide better support to those with disabilities and those who care for them
petitions.parliament.nz/a6410c5b-61b...
Petitions - New Zealand Parliament
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
petitions.parliament.nz
May 13, 2024 at 8:17 AM
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While doing some research on wood use in fine violins (which is my instrument), I have been captivated by the stunning photos of the inside of musical instruments created by the New Zealand photographer Charles Brooks. There are many more photos on his web site at www.charlesbrooks.info
April 25, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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Let's just sit with this for a minute, okay. It's not just old people. Covid killed 2 people in their 20s this week in New Zealand alone. We're killing young people.
Sadly, 11 deaths being reported today.

🔸COVID-attributed deaths: 21
🔸Not COVID: 11
🔸Not available: -21
2 were in their 20s
3 were in their 50s
2 were in their 60s
1 was in their 70s
3 were aged over 90

#COVID19NZ

Source: www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...
April 23, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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They are absolutely determined to fuck working class people over and pretend it's for their own good. Disgusting www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/11/g...
Govt announces changes for renters, landlords, bill coming in May
The Housing Minister says the previous government's
www.1news.co.nz
April 11, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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I bet we get a lot more of these articles in support of going to school and work when sick. It’s clearly to support the b/s reckons of ACT who believe nothing trumps profit - our health, our lives, or a functioning society - David Slack captured my mood on this open.substack.com/pub/subslack...
Let me tell you how I feel about COVID
Weekend freebie edition
open.substack.com
April 7, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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This pickle slice is accurately picking up the vibe of the current state of things.
March 19, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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Woke, anti-economy road safety cinderellas (a stamp not issued for postal purposes) from 1938.
New Zealand Transport Department, artists Leonard Mitchell and possibly George Bridgman.
Via the National Library of New Zealand.
March 5, 2024 at 12:15 AM
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Getting NZ Aotearoa back on track.
My Stuff cartoon today.
February 24, 2024 at 7:40 PM