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Here is the London Vegetable Orchestra’s moving, poignant rendition of O Little Town of Bethlehem played on two burly carved carrots, a butternut squash and a capsicum. I Little Crown of Broccoli more like:
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December 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Here is the London Vegetable Orchestra’s moving, poignant rendition of O Little Town of Bethlehem played on two burly carved carrots, a butternut squash and a capsicum. I Little Crown of Broccoli more like:
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Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
The verye next daye ther came a wolf
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
The verye next daye ther came a wolf
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
The verye next daye ther came a wolf
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
The verye next daye ther came a wolf
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
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Being tall is nice because you can reach lots of things and also you can still be the bigger person while being petty af
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Being tall is nice because you can reach lots of things and also you can still be the bigger person while being petty af
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What if we did tho, what if we didn’t means test disabled people on the SLP and just paid it like we do for NZ Super? Not related to your partner’s income, not related to your income, and just, well, supported people?!
#nzpol
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#nzpol
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What if we paid the Supported Living Payment like we pay the pension?
A simple policy change that could dramatically lift disabled households out of poverty
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
What if we did tho, what if we didn’t means test disabled people on the SLP and just paid it like we do for NZ Super? Not related to your partner’s income, not related to your income, and just, well, supported people?!
#nzpol
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#nzpol
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You found $$$ for roads, tobacco industry, landlords, cancelling ferries, piddly tax cuts.
You cut a bunch of so-called 'back room' jobs that supported doctors, nurses, & teachers to do their work.
You froze hiring & refused to employ nurses
You outsourced curriculum development to AI and Aus.
You cut a bunch of so-called 'back room' jobs that supported doctors, nurses, & teachers to do their work.
You froze hiring & refused to employ nurses
You outsourced curriculum development to AI and Aus.
A new joint release is available from Hon Simeon Brown, Hon Erica Stanford and Hon Judith Collins KC.
Strike unfair, unproductive and unnecessary
Tomorrow’s proposed strike is unfair, unproductive and unnecessary and should be called off, Public Service Minister Judith Collins says.
www.beehive.govt.nz
October 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
You found $$$ for roads, tobacco industry, landlords, cancelling ferries, piddly tax cuts.
You cut a bunch of so-called 'back room' jobs that supported doctors, nurses, & teachers to do their work.
You froze hiring & refused to employ nurses
You outsourced curriculum development to AI and Aus.
You cut a bunch of so-called 'back room' jobs that supported doctors, nurses, & teachers to do their work.
You froze hiring & refused to employ nurses
You outsourced curriculum development to AI and Aus.
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With only approximately 2% of housing stock in Aotearoa deemed accessible, some young disabled people are being forced to live in rest homes and inaccessible emergency accommodation. Henrietta Bollinger argues that we should not accept this as the status quo.
‘Is this a special facility?’: From rest homes to real homes for all disabled people
Living with other disabled people should be a choice not a last resort, says Henrietta Bollinger.
thedlist.co.nz
October 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
With only approximately 2% of housing stock in Aotearoa deemed accessible, some young disabled people are being forced to live in rest homes and inaccessible emergency accommodation. Henrietta Bollinger argues that we should not accept this as the status quo.
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Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit
The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Gutted to see fire safety and disability access being removed, I worked so hard to have these provisions retained when I was on the select committee considering the earthquake strengthening bill.
image: screengrab of part of Minister Penk's press release today (link is shared above), circled part is
"For buildings that still require some remediation, the Government is removing the rule that owners must upgrade fire safety and disability access at the same time as earthquake strengthening"
"For buildings that still require some remediation, the Government is removing the rule that owners must upgrade fire safety and disability access at the same time as earthquake strengthening"
September 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Gutted to see fire safety and disability access being removed, I worked so hard to have these provisions retained when I was on the select committee considering the earthquake strengthening bill.
What the actual? I'm so ashamed of our government
NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
The government has decided against recognising Palestinian statehood, retaining its "when, not if" position.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
What the actual? I'm so ashamed of our government
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Have heard that govt likely to cut eligibility for Total Mobility - an essential lifeline for many disabled people who cannot drive or access public transportation. Please sign this petition to parliament calling for Increased funding for Total Mobility Scheme
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
September 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Have heard that govt likely to cut eligibility for Total Mobility - an essential lifeline for many disabled people who cannot drive or access public transportation. Please sign this petition to parliament calling for Increased funding for Total Mobility Scheme
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Key point being (as I'm sure everyone on this thread knows) you can't argue the alternative choice was 15k more deaths & "life as normal". The alternative was 15k more deaths plus overwhelmed hospitals, a traumatized healthcare workforce, a borked economy AND months of restrictions + closures
August 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Key point being (as I'm sure everyone on this thread knows) you can't argue the alternative choice was 15k more deaths & "life as normal". The alternative was 15k more deaths plus overwhelmed hospitals, a traumatized healthcare workforce, a borked economy AND months of restrictions + closures
This is outrageous!
Just found this OIA request feed. You can search for any agencies of interest . And this 1 is interesting…
In response to this request about how many Māori and Pacific people they asked to contribute on the SS and Aotearoa histories curriculum, the MoE state they didn’t consider it relevant.
In response to this request about how many Māori and Pacific people they asked to contribute on the SS and Aotearoa histories curriculum, the MoE state they didn’t consider it relevant.
[Response] Ministry of Education replied about Curriculum contributing groups take 2
July 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is outrageous!
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in what will be remembered as an innovative and possibly foolhardy move, I have tried to include numbers and even a graph in this piece of commentary about local government rates
July 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
in what will be remembered as an innovative and possibly foolhardy move, I have tried to include numbers and even a graph in this piece of commentary about local government rates
So much is so true of my own experience of early parenting - the growth and clarity that come from having a child that went away and came back (and the horrifying resentment of other people's typically developing kids)
If you read one thing today, please read this. Heart-breaking but beautifully written, deeply moving and - ultimately - full of hope.
‘The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max’ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max’ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM
So much is so true of my own experience of early parenting - the growth and clarity that come from having a child that went away and came back (and the horrifying resentment of other people's typically developing kids)
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This is a view from the surface of Comet 67P.
The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice.
The dots moving in the background are stars.
The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice.
The dots moving in the background are stars.
May 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is a view from the surface of Comet 67P.
The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice.
The dots moving in the background are stars.
The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice.
The dots moving in the background are stars.
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14,000 babies are at risk of dying in the next 48 hours in Gaza if aid doesn’t reach them, warns Tom Fletcher, the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs – a figure he called “utterly chilling.”
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May 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
14,000 babies are at risk of dying in the next 48 hours in Gaza if aid doesn’t reach them, warns Tom Fletcher, the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs – a figure he called “utterly chilling.”
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This closes in a couple of days - glyphosates have been linked to Parkinsons, various cancers, and insect-population decline. Sign to stop the Govt. from raising the limits on Glyphosate levels in our food. petitions.parliament.nz/66da9603-f38...
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 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This closes in a couple of days - glyphosates have been linked to Parkinsons, various cancers, and insect-population decline. Sign to stop the Govt. from raising the limits on Glyphosate levels in our food. petitions.parliament.nz/66da9603-f38...
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It's very weird that people just reflexively say stuff like "the Greens are nuts" when their policy is just... boring social democratic stuff that any decent human being would be quite pleased with, ackshually
Nearly everyone pays less tax and gets free dental! Woot! #nzpol
Nearly everyone pays less tax and gets free dental! Woot! #nzpol
May 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It's very weird that people just reflexively say stuff like "the Greens are nuts" when their policy is just... boring social democratic stuff that any decent human being would be quite pleased with, ackshually
Nearly everyone pays less tax and gets free dental! Woot! #nzpol
Nearly everyone pays less tax and gets free dental! Woot! #nzpol
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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‘Dark day for NZ women’ as pay equity regime gutted under urgency
‘Dark day for NZ women’ as pay equity regime gutted under urgency
The government has wiped 33 current pay equity claims and tightened future access – and they did it in lightning-quick time.<br />
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thespinoff.co.nz
May 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
‘Dark day for NZ women’ as pay equity regime gutted under urgency
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We've launched a petition calling on MPs to reverse all pay equity claim cancellations, undo the Equal Pay Act changes, and deliver pay equity settlements to every worker waiting for their claim. Sign today and fight back against these attacks on women. www.together.org.nz/fbt_for_pay_...
Protect Pay Equity – stop scrapping equal pay claims and law
Join us in building a better world
www.together.org.nz
May 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We've launched a petition calling on MPs to reverse all pay equity claim cancellations, undo the Equal Pay Act changes, and deliver pay equity settlements to every worker waiting for their claim. Sign today and fight back against these attacks on women. www.together.org.nz/fbt_for_pay_...
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Here a wee thread for Ōtautahi people or people who grew up here before the quakes. It’s from an exhibition of miniature buildings by an artist called Ghostcat and it was held in the quakestruck Christ Church Cathedral and I was literally moved to tears. This is the old police kiosk in the Square.
March 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Here a wee thread for Ōtautahi people or people who grew up here before the quakes. It’s from an exhibition of miniature buildings by an artist called Ghostcat and it was held in the quakestruck Christ Church Cathedral and I was literally moved to tears. This is the old police kiosk in the Square.