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Roskill. Pākehā. Land back. 13 Dec 23: https://awc.org.nz/things-you-can-do-right-now-to-contain-this-cartoon-villain-government/

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING:
Labour has announced a tax policy that includes a tight Capital Gains Tax:
- 28% on profit after 2027 for residential and commercial property
- Family home, KiwiSaver, farms, financial assets excluded
- Would pay for a medicard for three free GP visits a year

It’s a good start!
#nzpol

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · Aug 13

Solar is EU's biggest power source for first time

Solar booms that no one saw coming --Netherlands and Hungary --- are now over 40% solar, higher than Spain! Installation boomed once policy became supportive few years ago @palmapolyak.bsky.social @janfichtner.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/0894...

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Erin Harrington @ladyhorrors.bsky.social · 5d

This is impeccable thespinoff.co.nz/society/25-1...

Bumble fumbles: A brutally honest anthology of modern dating

'I am of the generation of wāhine who were seen as manic pixie dream girls, only to discover we aren’t quirky, we are autistic.'

thespinoff.co.nz

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jem @janetmcallister.bsky.social · 5d

sooo good!!

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you to everyone who came out to support our public service workers today ✊ #nzpol

New Zealand ‘mega strike’: 100,000 public sector workers demand better conditions

Teachers, nurses and public service staff among those walking off job and pressing for more government investment in health and education

www.theguardian.com

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 6d

"Investigations have confirmed that the fire originated from the car involved, and the bus batteries were undamaged and not a factor in the resulting fire." www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...

'Devastating accident': Bus driver killed in fiery Auckland crash

A key route into the CBD remains closed today.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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jem @janetmcallister.bsky.social · 6d

I couldn't get close enough to this, but clearly a labour of love: "Something stinks in parliament - it's a CODE BROWN talking crap wont fix our broken healthcare" with a pic of Simeon Brown talking crap.

Why did you give our funding to big tobacco and landlords??? [narrator voice: they ARE big tobacco and landlords]

You can't feed families on "thank you" teachers matter, nurses matter, firefighters matter, support staff

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jem @janetmcallister.bsky.social · 6d

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jem @janetmcallister.bsky.social · 6d

If you can read this, thank a teacher and pay ALL essential workers properly!

You cant put teachers & nurses in a corner [Extra points for Dirty Dancing reference]

Teaching isn't Charity, it's a PROFESSION. [nice and clear for the pupils at the back]

It's TIME TO USE OUR OUTSIDE VOICES [hehehe]

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jem @janetmcallister.bsky.social · 6d

Signs & Symbols

"Drink Flat Whites" with a green tick; "Only Teach Flat Whites" with a red X, showing Captain Cook, Shakespeare, Lt Hobson (?) and Voldermour. Does flat = square in this context? 10/10

We won't STANFORD this! we need more support! 10/10 teacher pun dad pun teacher dad pun

If I have to be highly qualified, why doesn't ERICA? [democracy debate not the point here ok guys]

Dire emergency - fighting for your fire service. I don't think it was this guy, but a firefighter spoke at the rally and said he was on duty and there to give us fire safety advice lol. Smoke alarms people! But also, the day of the Sky City fire, an appliance had to come up from Kirikiriroa? I didn't get the full story as on the other side of Aotea Square but did sound concerning

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jem @janetmcallister.bsky.social · 6d

Signs & Symbols

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jem @janetmcallister.bsky.social · 6d

"Chris you gotta learn" placard repurposed from last parliamentary term?

Crowd and signs against worker exploitation

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@akwomenscentre.bsky.social represent!

Auckland women's centre bag at the mega strike in Aotea Square

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jem @janetmcallister.bsky.social · 6d

Aotea Square filling up ten min ago #megastrike

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jem @janetmcallister.bsky.social · 7d

Te Ika a Maui... we really gotta stand up and march on this one as our comrades further south are hampered by extreme right-wing weather gods

Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 7d

PSA website has updated... potential new venue at Edgar Centre gather at 11.45.
www.psa.org.nz/campaigns/23... updates around the motu found here

Screenshot of psa website. Queenstown and Balclutga new venues, Cromwell cancelled, Dunedin new venue hopefully at Edgar Centre 11.45am

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jem @janetmcallister.bsky.social · 7d

1848 brooks no patience for that guy at the bar who refuses to consider you might wish he didn't exist

Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 7d

Ohhhhhhhh my god there's a book within the book where Mysterious Dark Tenant of Wildfell Hall tells her story in her own words! I am in love with this!

Anne Bronte with an exasperated description of a mansplainer ftw:

In vain I attempted to drive him away by giving a loose to my exasperated feelings, even to positive rudeness: nothing could convince him that his presence was disagreeable. Sullen silence was taken for rapt attention, and gave him greater room to talk; sharp answers were received as smart sallies of girlish vivacity, that only required an indulgent rebuke; and flat contradictions were but as oil to the flames, calling forth new strains of argument to support his dogmas, and bringing down upon me endless floods of reasoning to overwhelm me with conviction.

jem @janetmcallister.bsky.social · 7d

That's amazing!

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 16d

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