@denisebijoux.bsky.social
She/her, mother, lover, friend, Pākeha/Tangata Tiriti, community builder, placemaker, social researcher, gardener, Founder and Managing Director of catalyse.co.nz, choosing joy over despair, firm believer in 1+1=3 when we work to our strengths together.
September 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
At the core of the RSB is a radical theory from American legal scholar Richard Epstein – a leading figure in libertarian circles – who argues that most government regulation should be treated as a violation of private property rights. #nzpol
New Zealand’s Epstein Files
New Zealand’s Regulatory Standards Bill looks like tidy lawmaking. But OIA documents reveal decades of foreign influence — embedding Richard Epstein’s radical “regulatory takings” theory into our laws. A shift that could put property rights above the public good.
open.substack.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:57 AM
At the core of the RSB is a radical theory from American legal scholar Richard Epstein – a leading figure in libertarian circles – who argues that most government regulation should be treated as a violation of private property rights. #nzpol
Lots to read here with an ultimate focus on “An economy of mana that serves its people and its communities, and the planet it resides in - with a mission to operate within the ethical boundaries set by its communities - so that future generations will reap and harvest a positive legacy.” #nzpol
Government on track to dismember the public sector
A plea to not believe one's own propaganda
open.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Lots to read here with an ultimate focus on “An economy of mana that serves its people and its communities, and the planet it resides in - with a mission to operate within the ethical boundaries set by its communities - so that future generations will reap and harvest a positive legacy.” #nzpol
"How would we organise ourselves if we began with human strengths, not system demands? What if we listened to the sensitive & the exhausted?...We need to reintroduce/upgrade [& create/sustain places to nuture], the roles evolution shaped so we can build futures that endure" #nzpol #community #comdev
Broken by the System, Whole by Nature
What if we stopped seeing neurodiversity as a problem and started seeing it as a warning signal from a sick system? Part 1/3.
thestartingpoints.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"How would we organise ourselves if we began with human strengths, not system demands? What if we listened to the sensitive & the exhausted?...We need to reintroduce/upgrade [& create/sustain places to nuture], the roles evolution shaped so we can build futures that endure" #nzpol #community #comdev
For your Wednesday, whānau
1.3M views · 43K reactions | Prepare yourself to be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud! 🌈☁️
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#mayaangelou #rainbow #cloud #love #livetheimpossible #goalcast | Goalcast
Prepare yourself to be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud! 🌈☁️
@drmayaangelou
#mayaangelou #rainbow #cloud #love #livetheimpossible #goalcast.
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August 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
For your Wednesday, whānau
This is inspiring too: “look for action, hope (plus change and new friends) will follow” #nzpol
Turning Frustration Into Action
By Connor Sharp
open.substack.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is inspiring too: “look for action, hope (plus change and new friends) will follow” #nzpol
This is awesome #nzpol
The government may be turning away from te Tiriti – but the people aren’t
In town halls and classrooms, a quiet revolution for te Tiriti is underway.
thespinoff.co.nz
August 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This is awesome #nzpol
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Serious as it gets - Nobody wants the RSB - or for it to be giving unfettered power to David Seymour and Shane Jones.
Another big corrupt coverup ….
#nzpol
Another big corrupt coverup ….
#nzpol
‘Spy agencies ignored’: Documents show national security warnings dismissed in red tape reforms
The Green Party is calling on the PM to rein what it calls a “pet project that has gone rabid” but ACT says safeguards are built into the controversial bill.
www.thepost.co.nz
August 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Serious as it gets - Nobody wants the RSB - or for it to be giving unfettered power to David Seymour and Shane Jones.
Another big corrupt coverup ….
#nzpol
Another big corrupt coverup ….
#nzpol
Facts: rising unemployment, wayyy less public housing being built and passing on paywave costs to everyone #nzpol
National's wrecking ball to Auckland - and the economy
Auckland constitutes 1/3 of NZ's population but makes up approximately 40% of NZ's GDP. In the last election, Auckland swung heavily to National.
open.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Facts: rising unemployment, wayyy less public housing being built and passing on paywave costs to everyone #nzpol
“We want the wisdom without the wondering, the insight without the sitting, the transformation without the time. It does not work this way.” I confess that I had to make myself slow down to read this. It’s well worth it
compression culture is making you stupid and uninteresting
why the death of nuance should scare you -your fav gen z philosopher xx
open.substack.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
“We want the wisdom without the wondering, the insight without the sitting, the transformation without the time. It does not work this way.” I confess that I had to make myself slow down to read this. It’s well worth it
Good suggestions here #nzpol. Thanks @davidslack.bsky.social - I’d vote for this/you!
How many coffees is 300 divided by 6?
The Prime Minister's maiden speech, and what came after it
open.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Good suggestions here #nzpol. Thanks @davidslack.bsky.social - I’d vote for this/you!
Great to see some of the #geolingo rocks @catalysenetwork.bsky.social gave away last year at #Matariki on display at @everydaybagels today. #neighbourlife #kikorangi
July 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Great to see some of the #geolingo rocks @catalysenetwork.bsky.social gave away last year at #Matariki on display at @everydaybagels today. #neighbourlife #kikorangi
MAGA tactics and the RSB: Wilkinson and the NZInitiative are instrumental in the personalised attacks & rancorous, sweeping dismissal of any reasoned criticism of the RSB. #nzpol
The unpaid lobbyist steering the Government’s regulatory overhaul
The think tank advocate’s informal access to senior officials helped form new Ministry’s intellectual backbone and key hires
www.thepost.co.nz
July 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
MAGA tactics and the RSB: Wilkinson and the NZInitiative are instrumental in the personalised attacks & rancorous, sweeping dismissal of any reasoned criticism of the RSB. #nzpol
Interesting data here #nzpol. And the reach beyond the individual too
Unemployed, on the dole, or jobless?
No, they're not the same
open.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Interesting data here #nzpol. And the reach beyond the individual too
And then there’s this… do they spare no thought for anything/one but themselves? #nzpol
NZ pulls out of global coalition for phasing out fossil fuels
The move follows the Budget announcement of $200 million to support new drilling for fossil fuel fields.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
And then there’s this… do they spare no thought for anything/one but themselves? #nzpol
Great to see this! #nzpol
Zohran Mamdani offered New Yorkers a political revolution – and won | Bhaskar Sunkara
Now the New York mayoral candidate he needs to ensure an electoral win that translates into tangible improvements in people’s lives
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Great to see this! #nzpol
This is what leadership looks like
I’ve written a letter of complaint to the PM regarding Seymour's behaviour. We’ve witnessed him target academics who act as our critic and conscience, and attack public servants for simply doing their job. This is unacceptable.
June 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
This is what leadership looks like
More courage and hope #nzpol #kikorangi, this time much closer to home. Manawātia a Matariki e te whānau!
“My book deals with grief and loss, because wherever there is colonialism, there is grief and loss. But there’s also strength, endurance, intelligence, wit, and just really hardworking, hard-case people doing their best in terrible and unjust circumstances.” — Nadine Hura
#NZpol
#NZpol
Nadine Hura: Oriented to the light | E-Tangata
“My book deals with grief and loss, because wherever there is colonialism, there is grief and loss. But there’s also strength, endurance, intelligence, wit, and just really hardworking, hard-case peop...
e-tangata.co.nz
June 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
More courage and hope #nzpol #kikorangi, this time much closer to home. Manawātia a Matariki e te whānau!
Signs of progressive courage and hope #nzpol, albeit from far away
Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid is bigger than New York
Amid a global rightward shift, Mamdani’s progressive campaign offers a rare blueprint for the left to win.
aje.io
June 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Signs of progressive courage and hope #nzpol, albeit from far away
Points well made! And not a bot in sight #nzpol
Poetry as resistance: Stephanie McKee's Regulatory Standards Bill submission
McKee chose a unique and funny submission style that is still highly technical and informative. I share it with her permission.
open.substack.com
June 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Points well made! And not a bot in sight #nzpol
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To everyone who believes the National/ACT/ First view that Govt interest costs risk ‘spiralling out of control’ just like they were in the 1990s, so we need to ‘save for a rainy day,’ just print out this chart.Then give it to your friends and family. Then your MP.
Lol, absolutely nothing like the early 90s! Although I have seen quite a few young people wearing flared jeans.
June 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
To everyone who believes the National/ACT/ First view that Govt interest costs risk ‘spiralling out of control’ just like they were in the 1990s, so we need to ‘save for a rainy day,’ just print out this chart.Then give it to your friends and family. Then your MP.
It’s gorgeous! Thank you #mwsecretsanta. I love it!!
June 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It’s gorgeous! Thank you #mwsecretsanta. I love it!!