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Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha me Tauiwi kā/ngā 🌈Takatāpui.. ia rā ia pō 🏳️‍⚧️ ally #MeCfs #Fibromyalgia 'The Earth is Heavy and Opaque without Dreams' ~ Anaïs Nin

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hu ... Kia hora te marino ... @sammasamadhi @sammasamadhi.bsky.social · 8d

This is his dad talking
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#BHN SPECIAL Update on Sam Leason from the Israeli detention center from father Adi Leason

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 7h

Pushing for a cease fire so you can look good in a genocide you specifically enabled, at the same time as you’re assaulting your own democracy & waging war on your own cities, is never going to get you a prize for peace. If there’s a prize for hypocrisy and narcissism though, you’ve got a real shot.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 9h

Regulatory Standards Bill will expose the SPCA to penalty if they remove abused animals; it will expose taxpayers to compensate suspected criminals for confiscated assets; farmers can do as they want; Peter Thiels can build bunkers anywhere. A terrible bill with > 98% opposed. #nzpol

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

How microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds.

“The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do.”

Microplastics like those from car tires. The bigger and heavier the vehicle, the more microplastics shed.

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 9h

Yay we're 'famous'

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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 17h

Anyone else find this terrifying? We're going backwards at a rate of knots. newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/t...

The new online war against birth control

Today from The Detail: The contraceptive pill is under fire on social media. Why birth control is being called "poison" online - and what doctors say.

newsroom.co.nz

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hu ... Kia hora te marino ... @sammasamadhi @sammasamadhi.bsky.social · 11h

Testing if red means red

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 17h

I gotta say, I woke up today feeling fabulously free. Even teeing up a hot pot lunch with friends later felt like a huge win. Something I haven’t been able to do in a long time. 💕

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 18h

They ALWAYS throw out the stat that farming is the largest export market, failing to mention that that's GOODS exported. Farming only makes up 6-7% of GDP so it's far from "the backbone of the economy"

See also "Feeds 40 million people", most of that is powdered milk added to shit food as filler

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Basement Jatzz @basementjatzz.bsky.social · 18h

I'm tired of right wing govts fellating the farming industry.

"Without farmers, the country stops" yeah but without teachers the country stops. Without aged care workers the country stops. Without shelf stackers the country stops. How about we give THEM massive tax breaks and bargaining power?

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 19h

Todd McClay saying farmers don't need a stick to do the right thing 🙄

Yeah National, only 18 to 19 year olds need to be beaten with a stick

Have you considered hitting the farmers with some of your tough love Luxon? Well of course not, we all know farmers are special and we're not #NZPol

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hu ... Kia hora te marino ... @sammasamadhi @sammasamadhi.bsky.social · 11h

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 15h

Attention Labour party, @nzgreenparty.bsky.social, Te Pati Māori. #nzpol

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Media Release: Rights Aotearoa calls for united Opposition commitment to repeal the Regulatory Standards Act in the first 30 days of any future left-wing coalition government, should the Bill become l...

The select committee's report, released yesterday, represents only cosmetic adjustments to legislation that remains fundamentally unconstitutional, anti-democratic, and catastrophically harmful to hum...

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Barry @barryhannah.bsky.social · 16h

“…I think people are getting sick of unions prioritising the politics over patients, or kids in education and parents being mucked around,"

No Christopher Luxon, people are getting sick of YOU prioritising your fiscal policies on your already wealthy mates, rather than on healthcare and education.

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 19h

Really, really, REALLY HATE him,
@dimsie.bsky.social
@foxylustygrover.bsky.social.
Like REALLY HATE HIM!! #nzpol

Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 20h

“ “If you want a job, go where the jobs are.”

“he told a broke, exhausted nation in recession that he was “wealthy and sorted”.

“ telling parents of poor kids that if they didn’t like the prison slop on offer in schools, make a marmite sandwich.”

“He’s a dead man walking.”
#nzpol

Christopher Luxon, like a modern day Marie Antoinette

Opinion: In his head, I think the prime minister is doing the whole tough guy bit.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Ciara @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 13h

If Labour wins and @nzgreenparty.bsky.social are part of coalition negotiations, I beg Marama & Chlöe to prioritise pushing to transfer the chronically ill/disabled onto a living wage with ACC, rather than WINZ, as a deal breaker. We NEED this, it’s long past time to treat us with dignity. #nzpol

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Kārikiōrangi @sharonm.bsky.social · 12h

No matter how many ghost gasfields the PM orders, the NZ grid ain’t buying it.

Robert McLachlan @robertmclachlan.bsky.social · 14h

Nice

Graph showing NZ % fossil electricity generation falling from 17% to 2% since August

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 12h

You probably didn't notice that the archived Public Address has been down for several weeks – something was sucking up the CPU on the hosting server. But it's back, thanks to the kind folk at CactusLab – who, by the way, also had a great 25th birthday party last week. publicaddress.net

Public Address

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 12h

"Hudson told Stuff his client wanted to be clear that he was not part of any protest activity outside Peters’ house." And he's being charged with burglary. So, er, not a deranged left-wing protester after all? www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Stuff

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hu ... Kia hora te marino ... @sammasamadhi @sammasamadhi.bsky.social · 12h

Funny looking greyhound as one giant leap reported

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 14h

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’ #Climate

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

grist.org

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 14h

Breaking news: PM Luxon and his National Ministers are dumb clowns who pretend to not know unions are the teachers, doctors, nurses, dentists, first aid responders and fire fighters speaking together, collectively, in solidarity #nzpol

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Andrew R @andrewr4.womcats.com · 13h

I think people are getting sick of a government who prioritise …

Landlords over ferries
Ciggie companies over health
Reducing H&S over saving lives
Car speeds over injured kids
Culture wars over equality
Meth use over decriminalisation
“Feels” over evidence

Sick of it me!

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 17h

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon blames unions for ongoing strike action

"I think people are getting sick of unions prioritising the politics over patients," the Prime Minister says.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 13h

Hey Chris Hipkins....this is what leadership looks like. There is no place for middle ground, look at the people here who are hurting & make them the fire in your belly or move aside for someone who will.

#nzpol

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 20h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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David Cormack @davidcormack.bsky.social · 13h

after willis blamed voters for the gdp contraction, luxon now blaming voters for being disinterested in local politics.

i am once again asking to have a government that doesn't despise and belittle us.

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Aotearoa Tonight @aotearoatonight.bsky.social · 13h

Happy Monday everyone, we hope you had a restful weekend.

Join us from 6:45pm tonight as we look over news from last week and around the world!

@xkaosmagex.bsky.social
#nzpol

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#AotearoaTonight - Govt lowers methane target, Bullying at Starship Hospital + local body elections

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