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If you're Aotearoa New Zealand-based, please sign and share. 27 queens found at last count by a biosecurity department that's been battered by public service cuts. We have to eradicate this threat. c.org/bkt2N7cxFh
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Urgent Action Required on Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Incursion.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
If you're Aotearoa New Zealand-based, please sign and share. 27 queens found at last count by a biosecurity department that's been battered by public service cuts. We have to eradicate this threat. c.org/bkt2N7cxFh
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Buried in the detail about reducing earthquake strengthening is the removal of requirements for disabled access and fire safety. You know who does that? Sociopaths.
September 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Buried in the detail about reducing earthquake strengthening is the removal of requirements for disabled access and fire safety. You know who does that? Sociopaths.
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This quote is from a few months ago but if we’re talking about the face of New Zealand, it’s never looked so small, and mean, and utterly bereft of a moral compass.
September 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This quote is from a few months ago but if we’re talking about the face of New Zealand, it’s never looked so small, and mean, and utterly bereft of a moral compass.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
September 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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Yet another indictment of the current government’s decision to host an FBI base in New Zealand - this is disgusting and anti-trans extremism has absolutely no place here. 🏳️⚧️
FBI to Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, Report Says
The choice is being championed by the Heritage Foundation, which is behind Project 2025.
www.them.us
September 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Yet another indictment of the current government’s decision to host an FBI base in New Zealand - this is disgusting and anti-trans extremism has absolutely no place here. 🏳️⚧️
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Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
karenattiah.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...
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"A new report says there are reasonable grounds to conclude that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out since the start of the war with Hamas in 2023"
Any one of those five acts would be genocide
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
Any one of those five acts would be genocide
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says - BBC News
The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"A new report says there are reasonable grounds to conclude that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out since the start of the war with Hamas in 2023"
Any one of those five acts would be genocide
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
Any one of those five acts would be genocide
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
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Nat MP Joseph Mooney is trying to get a NZ academic fired for saying it's inappropriate to pay tribute to Charlie Kirk in Parliament. Does anyone else see the irony of the free speech proponents? Dutta didn't call for violence - Mooney encouraged a witch hunt & attacking academic freedom #nzpol
September 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Nat MP Joseph Mooney is trying to get a NZ academic fired for saying it's inappropriate to pay tribute to Charlie Kirk in Parliament. Does anyone else see the irony of the free speech proponents? Dutta didn't call for violence - Mooney encouraged a witch hunt & attacking academic freedom #nzpol
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I see Shane Jones is telegraphing the same 'Great Replacement' narrative, & lie Christchurch terrorist used to justify massacre of 51 Muslims in March 2019. This is not political debate. This is violent extremist rhetoric fuelling racism, endangering communities, & ripping apart social cohesion.
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I see Shane Jones is telegraphing the same 'Great Replacement' narrative, & lie Christchurch terrorist used to justify massacre of 51 Muslims in March 2019. This is not political debate. This is violent extremist rhetoric fuelling racism, endangering communities, & ripping apart social cohesion.
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The Local Govt Bill might sound dull but it’s anything but.
It strips out councils’ responsibility for wellbeing, accessibility & inclusion. That means fewer safe footpaths, fewer inclusive playgrounds, fewer spaces where disabled people can belong.
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
It strips out councils’ responsibility for wellbeing, accessibility & inclusion. That means fewer safe footpaths, fewer inclusive playgrounds, fewer spaces where disabled people can belong.
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Submission Sunday: Local Government Bill
The Bill might be boringly titled, but the content strips out protections, accessibility, and inclusion requirements – which is deeply concerning long-term.
open.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Local Govt Bill might sound dull but it’s anything but.
It strips out councils’ responsibility for wellbeing, accessibility & inclusion. That means fewer safe footpaths, fewer inclusive playgrounds, fewer spaces where disabled people can belong.
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
It strips out councils’ responsibility for wellbeing, accessibility & inclusion. That means fewer safe footpaths, fewer inclusive playgrounds, fewer spaces where disabled people can belong.
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
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New Zealand lost its AA+ rating under Key, and regained it under Ardern. If political journalists were willing to include that sort of context it would be much harder for Nicky No-boats to lecture the left on fiscal responsibility. #nzpol
August 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
New Zealand lost its AA+ rating under Key, and regained it under Ardern. If political journalists were willing to include that sort of context it would be much harder for Nicky No-boats to lecture the left on fiscal responsibility. #nzpol
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A reminder for anyone submitting on the Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill today, in the last few hours before the submission deadline at 1pm.
The NZ media silence ahead of this deadline has been loud.
Greens have done a template here:
action.greens.org.nz/paeora_subsg...
Here’s the link:
The NZ media silence ahead of this deadline has been loud.
Greens have done a template here:
action.greens.org.nz/paeora_subsg...
Here’s the link:
August 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A reminder for anyone submitting on the Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill today, in the last few hours before the submission deadline at 1pm.
The NZ media silence ahead of this deadline has been loud.
Greens have done a template here:
action.greens.org.nz/paeora_subsg...
Here’s the link:
The NZ media silence ahead of this deadline has been loud.
Greens have done a template here:
action.greens.org.nz/paeora_subsg...
Here’s the link:
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Would someone like to bring the TPU up to speed on what is happening to women's rights currently in Argentina - it's grim.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
August 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Would someone like to bring the TPU up to speed on what is happening to women's rights currently in Argentina - it's grim.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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I've said it before but there is a cohort of National who are directly coordinating and aligned with ACT and that's partly why this government is so overtly subservient to ACT policy and ideology
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Another Cabinet minister caught up in United Nations letter-writing saga
New documents show David Seymour first ran his response past Paul Goldsmith before he sent it.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I've said it before but there is a cohort of National who are directly coordinating and aligned with ACT and that's partly why this government is so overtly subservient to ACT policy and ideology
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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“Of further concern was the fact that the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill, currently before Parliament, included a clause scrapping the requirement for the health plan to be scrutinised by the Auditor-General at all, she said.”
Seems fine that there’s almost total radio silence on this Bill. 🫠
Seems fine that there’s almost total radio silence on this Bill. 🫠
Senior doctors' union worried national health plan lacks detail
"It seems like the Government is saying, 'We didn't like this level of independent scrutiny. Let's get rid of that legislation'."
www.rnz.co.nz
August 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“Of further concern was the fact that the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill, currently before Parliament, included a clause scrapping the requirement for the health plan to be scrutinised by the Auditor-General at all, she said.”
Seems fine that there’s almost total radio silence on this Bill. 🫠
Seems fine that there’s almost total radio silence on this Bill. 🫠
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Anas Al Sharif had these words to publish if he was martyred which he was tonight as Israel starts the invasion of Gaza City
August 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Anas Al Sharif had these words to publish if he was martyred which he was tonight as Israel starts the invasion of Gaza City
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August 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Courtesy of Shamubeel Eaqub, Chief Economist at Simplicity...
74,000 jobs gone.
SEVENTYFOUR THOUSAND JOBS!!!! This government is destroying AoNZ
simplicity.kiwi/learn/resear...
#NZPol
74,000 jobs gone.
SEVENTYFOUR THOUSAND JOBS!!!! This government is destroying AoNZ
simplicity.kiwi/learn/resear...
#NZPol
August 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Courtesy of Shamubeel Eaqub, Chief Economist at Simplicity...
74,000 jobs gone.
SEVENTYFOUR THOUSAND JOBS!!!! This government is destroying AoNZ
simplicity.kiwi/learn/resear...
#NZPol
74,000 jobs gone.
SEVENTYFOUR THOUSAND JOBS!!!! This government is destroying AoNZ
simplicity.kiwi/learn/resear...
#NZPol
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Remember Seymour played a part in derailing Jago coming to justice sooner than would have been if he’d sent the victim to the police instead of a connected lawyer.
He was complicit.
#nzpol #BHN #onetermgovernment
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
He was complicit.
#nzpol #BHN #onetermgovernment
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Police investigate new complaint of sexual assault against former ACT Party president Tim Jago
Tim Jago was jailed for two and a half years last year after being convicted of sexually abusing two teenage boys in the 1990s.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Remember Seymour played a part in derailing Jago coming to justice sooner than would have been if he’d sent the victim to the police instead of a connected lawyer.
He was complicit.
#nzpol #BHN #onetermgovernment
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
He was complicit.
#nzpol #BHN #onetermgovernment
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Worth noting this is not a "research paper": it's an unpublished, un-peer-reviewed university research project—essentially a 10K word essay—on liberal economics written for a Master's degree in political science. No actual conservation biologists involved. The author is now a policy advisor for ACT.
Could farming native wildlife boost numbers? New research looks at how commercialisation might help
That's the focus of a recent research paper that looked at how commercialising native species might help with conservation.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Worth noting this is not a "research paper": it's an unpublished, un-peer-reviewed university research project—essentially a 10K word essay—on liberal economics written for a Master's degree in political science. No actual conservation biologists involved. The author is now a policy advisor for ACT.
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Sometimes I forget because of how much clarity Alaa speaks about the situation in Gaza and how helpful she is to other people that she is still just a mom of three living through a famine and she needs help chuffed.org/project/help...
July 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Sometimes I forget because of how much clarity Alaa speaks about the situation in Gaza and how helpful she is to other people that she is still just a mom of three living through a famine and she needs help chuffed.org/project/help...
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As a doctor who attends these sorts of things, I can tell you 2 things with certainty:
1) these are on a rotating schedule planned years in advance
2) no one considers advertising rules when planning these (e.g. Europe has conferences and strict rules)
It's embarrassing that RNZ published this.
1) these are on a rotating schedule planned years in advance
2) no one considers advertising rules when planning these (e.g. Europe has conferences and strict rules)
It's embarrassing that RNZ published this.
Lifting advertising restrictions will enable medical conferences in NZ - David Seymour
The Associate Health Minister says medical conferences can happen in New Zealand now, because the government is lifting advertising restrictions on medicines.
www.rnz.co.nz
July 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
As a doctor who attends these sorts of things, I can tell you 2 things with certainty:
1) these are on a rotating schedule planned years in advance
2) no one considers advertising rules when planning these (e.g. Europe has conferences and strict rules)
It's embarrassing that RNZ published this.
1) these are on a rotating schedule planned years in advance
2) no one considers advertising rules when planning these (e.g. Europe has conferences and strict rules)
It's embarrassing that RNZ published this.
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On June 24 I wrote to the PM complaining about David Seymour’s behaviour towards my academic colleagues, which I argued was in breach of the Cabinet manual. Today I received a reply - a big brush off that shows the PM will do nothing. #nzpol
July 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
On June 24 I wrote to the PM complaining about David Seymour’s behaviour towards my academic colleagues, which I argued was in breach of the Cabinet manual. Today I received a reply - a big brush off that shows the PM will do nothing. #nzpol