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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 1d

Vote first thing tomorrow, & take it to a ballot box near you
I Voted for people to protect parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, recycling, kind & connected communities, public transport, social housing, cycle trails, green spaces, public ownership of water & services, disability action & Māori Wards

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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 1d

The Rise Against Big Tech campaign is geared towards individuals and organizations that are ready to move to hosting providers more aligned to the values of collaboration, transparency, equity, community control and and democracy.
riseagainstbig.tech

Welcome

Rise Against Big Tech challenges the dangerous and destructive practices of large technology corporations. The campaign is organized by Infrared, a coalition of independent, feminist, cooperative, ant...

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 1d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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te pua o te rēinga (🫴🏼🎃) @cucumber.bsky.social · 2d

the powerful are petrified of wahine māori and the haka.

got emotional watching this wee clip of oriini kaipara in the house.

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 2d

Voters in Te Whanganui A Tara Wellington or Pōneke, if you haven't voted yet and you're 18YO or older, please get on to it. Te Awe Library in Brandon Street off Lambton Quay is a special voting place if you need help.
#NZpol
wellington.govt.nz/your-council...

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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 3d

i'm proud to be a dog! dogs are great, they are hugely empathetic and caring. woof woff!

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 3d

Deep down we're all dogs, but not Winston Peters' pet!
#NZpol 🐕 🐩 🦮 🐕‍🦺 🐶
www.emilywrites.co.nz/dogs/

Winston Peters, the victim.

Winston Peters needs you to know that he's a victim. He's a victim. And his dog is a victim. His house is a victim. What he has been through is worse than anything anyone else has ever been through. W...

www.emilywrites.co.nz

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 4d

⚠️BREAKING ⚠️ 25+ arrests have been made violently by police, who are facilitating the business of war and genocide in Te Pae right now.

We, the people, say NO to the aerospace military industrial complex.

We, the people, say NO MORE WAR IN OUR NAME

#nzpol #nz #peaceactivism

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 4d

Ka pai e te whānau - amazing mahi at our first day of picketing the National Aerospace Summit!

We’re looking forward to seeing you all again bright and early tomorrow - ready to shut down the business of war in our City of Peace!

Come to Te Pae from 8am onward to blockade the summit

#NZPol

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 4d

You may have heard Peters trying to make the situation with the abducted NZers all about him

They’ve been released and their flights home paid for by the people who love them

Unlike Peters, who has all his flights paid for by taxpayers

#NZPol

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 5d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 8d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 4d

I remember when a protester punched the co-leader of the Greens in the face.

Hana Maipi-Clarke had her home broken into by a political stalker.

I recall VFF protesting outside Clarke's parents' home while Jacinda was on holiday.

I dont remember hearing about National's concerns back then??

Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 4d

Calling people attack dogs is not at attempt to deescalate and maintain civility, it's a attempt to escalate to distract from a failing economy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 4d

kiwis - please call on the government to sanction israel now!

NZ Government Sanction Israel Now

Since October 2023 the world has witnessed the state of Israel perpetrate innumerable war crimes and human rights violations against the people of Gaza [1], while the violence, repression, and forced ...

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350 Aotearoa @350nz.bsky.social · 10d

Today's energy announcement? A damp squib that locks us into expensive fossil fuels while families struggle with power bills.

Sign our petition calling for a 30-year Energy Plan - 350.org.nz/homegrown-en...

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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 4d

"Government deficits are private-sector surpluses [...] Calling that a “burden on future generations” is superstition. What actually burdens them is crumbling infrastructure, student debt, and ecological collapse — the result of too little public spending, not too much."

Response to TPU

A Fairer Tax System: Barrie Saunders Rewritten for Monetary Reality

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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 5d

green party call on government to take action against israel for their illegal detention of nz cutizens & to condemn genocide.

Greens demand return of New Zealanders detained in Israel, government sanctions

The flotilla involved dozens of boats carrying 500 people, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 5d

@teaomaorinews coverage of the media stand up held this morning by the whānau of the three New Zealanders illegally abducted in international waters by the IOF; they are now held illegally in Israeli prison

Contact your local MP and book a meeting to apply pressure on the government to take action

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

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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Camille Baker @mythrakitty.bsky.social · 6d

…and from the author who coined “enshittification” himself

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 6d

Young people aren’t owed a living but landlords are owed accommodation supplement & subsidies, & employers are owed WfF so they don’t have to pay workers a decent wage & shareholders are owed $$ even if it means 120,000 households can’t afford electricity. #nzpol

Luxon&Co represent the worst of us

It's not the needy who are a problem in this world, it's the greedy.

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 10d

Samuel Leason from Aotearoa has been abducted by the IDF

Contact MFaT and let them know that they need to provide consular support

#NZPol

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 6d

More important coverage from Mick Hall

mickhall.substack.com/p/flotilla-a...

Flotilla activist's partner 'shocked’ at NZ Govt's lack of response to abductions

Melbourne-based doctor held by Israel denied medicine and kept in 'frightening and degrading' conditions, as New Zealand and Australia remained silent over abductions.

mickhall.substack.com

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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 6d

Israel is paying social media influencers to whitewash its genocide:

Who are the 'influencers' Israel is paying $7k per post?

We actually don't know and that's likely illegal

responsiblestatecraft.org

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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 8d

The GE Animal experimental field trials have ended in failure.
The disastrous trials have come at the cost of years of cruelty to the animals.
www.gefree.org.nz/assets/Uploa...

www.gefree.org.nz

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 8d

The last vessel in the Global Sumud Flotilla, the Marinette, was intercepted around 8.30pm NZ Time

#NZPol

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