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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 18h

Everything that makes Aotearoa New Zealand unique is related to Māori culture. Welcome to the country, that's a pōwhiri. We are gonna thrash you at sport, that's a haka. Traditional meals, that's a hāngī. Matariki that's our New Year

If you don't like Māori stuff maybe you're in the wrong country?

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 11h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“School WiFi is down”.

Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 12h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“Didn't test the restore”

Suzi and Rose @suzirose.bsky.social · 12h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“There’s no recovery plan”

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JAS & Ten regen @jasandten.bsky.social · 10h

exactly the level of fuckery you'd expect from a bankrupted felon and a guy with a brain worm.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17h

So now the Administration are saying that the mass firing of CDC scientists, including many responsible for preventing outbreaks, was an “error” and many will be brought back.

Whether by intention or incompetence, dismantling public health will kill people.

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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 15h

The government knows this is bad policy because they've announced it on a Sunday.
The continued priority of short-term profit over long-term solutions is utterly shameful. Farmers will not be better off when the next cyclone or flood comes. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes

The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years, a move opposed by the Greens and environmental activists.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 1d

Ok after an afternoon of results, texts, calls, messages on other apps and emails, I have some thoughts on today’s Local Election results

1) Voter turnout is depressing. 32%ish on average across AoNZ is pathetic.
2) The Māori Wards referendum should never have happened - it was a racebaiting farce…

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Brannavan Gnanalingam @brannavan.bsky.social · 1d

Better Wellington everyone

Joel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social · 1d

The new Wellington City Council will include 5 Labour councillors and 4 Green councillors, plus Andrew Little, giving the two party "coalition" an increased governing majority - 10 out of 16 votes, compared to 8 under the previous council.

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 1d

DO HARM TO YOUR ENEMIES; TREAT YOURSELF WITH KINDNESS!

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

When it comes to public health and outbreak response capacity, what happens in America doesn’t stay in America.

If the CDC is eviscerated it will have ripple effects the world over.

Many viruses are airborne and were in a time of global travel.

This is a threat to everyone.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 1d

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck all the people who voted no to Māori wards

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MollyByGolly @mollymoo.bsky.social · 1d

Auckland is a region of tickets. But also: people who put in the work get re-elected - Josephine Bartley, Richard Hills etc.

ActLocal was spectacularly unsuccessful, winning only 1 seat on the Ōrākei local board.
That’s
0/5 councillors and
1/14 local board members

#nzpol #lgnz

Ditto.one

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JAS & Ten regen @jasandten.bsky.social · 1d

still grumpy i have to accept a mayoral downgrade from one as progressive and effective as Tory Whanau to a stale centrist like Andrew Little. but at least Laurie Foon and Nureddin Abdurahman were reelected to council. and Rebecca Matthews, who isn't my ward councillor but is marvellous.

#nzpol

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

New statement from AG James:

"This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.

"I am not fearful — I am fearless."

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 3d

Radio bros gon hate

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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 2d

The 19-year-old will appear in a Gisborne court next week. Doyle stepped down from Parliament in September, citing the intolerable level of abuse.

Teen charged with making death threats against former Green MP Benjamin Doyle

The 19-year-old will appear in a Gisborne court next week. Doyle stepped down from Parliament in September, citing the intolerable level of abuse.

dlvr.it

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 3d

With every new variant
with every new wave
there are warnings
of which new symptoms
you need to watch for,
and yet
with every new variant
with every new wave
the main symptom
you need to watch for
is everyone around you
insisting that they
just have a weird cold.

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 3d

Essential services are not suited to "the market" — the objectives of private capital are too misaligned with the nature of the inelastic demand for the services.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 4d

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

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 5d

If you’d like to hear my final council speech (with some sass), feel free to come to council tomorrow morning. DM for more details.

Final council speech
Image of Tory whanau
Wed 8 Oct
10am

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JAS & Ten regen @jasandten.bsky.social · 5d

refusing to recognise Palestine statehood wasn't enough for Simon Court; now he wants to stop MPs from using the word genocide to describe...GENOCIDE. fuck this guy and fuck the 'Free Speech (except when we don't like what you're saying)' ACT party.

#nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

ACT MP asks Parliament to limit use of ‘genocide’ when describing Gaza war

Despite being in a party committed to freedom of speech, Simon Court asked Parliament’s Speaker to consider restricting the use of the word ‘genocide’ to describe what’s happening in Gaza.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Caroline Angus @writercaroline.bsky.social · 5d

Let's stop pretending New Zealand isn't in bed with the Americans and Israelis

Aliya Danzeisen @alinasu33.bsky.social · 5d

The three achieved more diplomatically than the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Perhaps he should reimburse NZ for funds wasted on his UN trip last month, so those resources cover their return flights. After all, they had their own transport until unlawfully detained by another government.

Peters insists Kiwis detained in Israel 'can find their own way home', taxpayers won't foot flights

The family of the trio detained were in tears asking for the Govt to bring them home.

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 5d

Winston Peters strolled around and anti-vax picnic and spoke with people who had chanted and written threats of hanging on gallows of Jacinda Ardern, Dr Ashley Bloomfield and so on, but this was all OK as it was just harmless opportunistic politicking #NZPol

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 5d

One broken window (which is not great) at the home of one govt politician and people have entirely lost their minds, as if nothing like this has ever happened before.

Do we not remember the violence and threats and abuse directed at left leaning politicians and public figures?
#nzpol

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 6d

So school leavers with no resources are supposed to just move away from home and instantly get work, a place to live etc etc? How do they do that?

Does he realise that you have to have a job BEFORE you can rent somewhere, buy food, pay bills etc?

PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 6d

Luxon told Morning Report

"If you go outside of Wellington, to Hawke's Bay or go to the South Island... The primary industries are crying out for young people to come and join those sectors and those jobs," Luxon said

What happens if you don't want to work in the primary sector Einstein?🤦🏻‍♂️
#nzpol

Jobseeker changes: 'Punished for economic crisis they didn't create'

"We love these young people," the prime minister says, but a youth advocate says they're being "punished for an economic crisis they didn't create".

www.rnz.co.nz

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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 7d

Just a reminder that a policy to reduce the number of people on benefits isn’t the same as ensuring they have jobs.

The language and metrics used in policy decisions can create perverse outcomes.

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