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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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Brian Tamaki's gang-like cult today disrupted a Sikh community event in Manurewa today - Destiny Church is the biggest threat in this country and we need to start actively confronting them.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Brian Tamaki's gang-like cult today disrupted a Sikh community event in Manurewa today - Destiny Church is the biggest threat in this country and we need to start actively confronting them.
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These articles always talk about the billions of dollars of gold - but that is effectively the money that is going overseas, leaving kiwis with pennies in the dollar.
In 2024/2025 the NZ Govt received a total of $143 million from all mining, all sources.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
In 2024/2025 the NZ Govt received a total of $143 million from all mining, all sources.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Controversial $8 billion gold mine plan given Fast Track approval
A controversial plan to mine around $8b worth of gold under conservation land in Coromandel has been given the green light under the Government’s Fast Track law.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
These articles always talk about the billions of dollars of gold - but that is effectively the money that is going overseas, leaving kiwis with pennies in the dollar.
In 2024/2025 the NZ Govt received a total of $143 million from all mining, all sources.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
In 2024/2025 the NZ Govt received a total of $143 million from all mining, all sources.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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(2/3) It means they can't work and won't be paid, as punishment from a billion-dollar Australian company for exercising their democratic right to strike.
December 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
(2/3) It means they can't work and won't be paid, as punishment from a billion-dollar Australian company for exercising their democratic right to strike.
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(1/3) UPDATE: Woolworths Customer Care centre workers have been LOCKED OUT by the company until Saturday night as retaliation for their 3-hour strike action this morning. We need your help!
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
(1/3) UPDATE: Woolworths Customer Care centre workers have been LOCKED OUT by the company until Saturday night as retaliation for their 3-hour strike action this morning. We need your help!
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One more update: ironically, the Woolworths phone line appears to be down/exceptionally busy - probably because they have locked out the Customer Care Centre workers - so we recommend you email [email protected] if you'd like to provide any feedback in the meantime.
December 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
One more update: ironically, the Woolworths phone line appears to be down/exceptionally busy - probably because they have locked out the Customer Care Centre workers - so we recommend you email [email protected] if you'd like to provide any feedback in the meantime.
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(3/3) Want to support these workers? Call Woolworths on 0800 40 40 40 or email [email protected] to let them know what you think about locking out workers at Christmas for fighting back against attempts to take away their rights.
December 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
(3/3) Want to support these workers? Call Woolworths on 0800 40 40 40 or email [email protected] to let them know what you think about locking out workers at Christmas for fighting back against attempts to take away their rights.
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This is a really significant ruling - it’s some important that commissioners, especially human rights commissioners, aren’t just installed because they align with the current regime’s political positions. Today an Aotearoa court has ruled it illegal.
![[101] I agree with the applicant that the declaration sought here would serve a real purpose in ensuring that future recommendations for the position of human rights commissioners proceed lawfully. When potential appointees for such positions occupy an important public office intended to help ensure the human rights of New Zealander’s are upheld and promoted, there is a clear and substantial public interest in having errors in their appointment publicly declared. Conclusion [102] The judicial review application is granted. [103] I make the declaration that the Decision was unlawful because: (a) (b) the Minister applied the incorrect legal test; and the Minister failed to take into account relevant considerations. [104] The issue of costs is reserved. I encourage the parties to agree on any issue of costs that might arise. If that is not possible, the applicant is to file a memorandum on costs no longer than five pages within 30 working days of the date of this judgment, with the respondent to file a memorandum in response within a further 10 working days of receipt of the applicant’s costs memorandum. The Court will then decide the costs issues.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b7y7isv72z6ku7rtpu7zvfzy/bafkreiejxsssvwd7e3gbtjsrqinyh63jrn75ppz7t6cvqpxddb65nucel4@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is a really significant ruling - it’s some important that commissioners, especially human rights commissioners, aren’t just installed because they align with the current regime’s political positions. Today an Aotearoa court has ruled it illegal.
small country fings - when you're getting bad service from a major nationwide telco, *multiple* people say "hit up Jase the CEO, on the socials, he'll sort ya"
Has anyone ever tried to (repeatedly) cancel an account with One NZ (for a service that wasn’t delivered) and then got stuck in a vortex where they tell you it’s cancelled and fees are waived then bill you again so you cancel again by email, online, messenger, phone then they bill you again and😬
December 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
small country fings - when you're getting bad service from a major nationwide telco, *multiple* people say "hit up Jase the CEO, on the socials, he'll sort ya"
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Police refused use of rescue chopper…
“I have struggled to find the right words to convey the frustration and urgency of this matter. We have encountered these same issues repeatedly, and I've attached previous communications regarding lines rescue responses for reference."
#nzpol
“I have struggled to find the right words to convey the frustration and urgency of this matter. We have encountered these same issues repeatedly, and I've attached previous communications regarding lines rescue responses for reference."
#nzpol
Police refused use of rescue chopper because they wrongly thought teenager was dead
Firefighters begged police in vain for a helicopter to help rescue the 13-year-old from a Coromandel cliff.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Police refused use of rescue chopper…
“I have struggled to find the right words to convey the frustration and urgency of this matter. We have encountered these same issues repeatedly, and I've attached previous communications regarding lines rescue responses for reference."
#nzpol
“I have struggled to find the right words to convey the frustration and urgency of this matter. We have encountered these same issues repeatedly, and I've attached previous communications regarding lines rescue responses for reference."
#nzpol
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Nelson hapu get (half) their land back! Plus $420 million in backrent and compensation www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/17/n...
Nelson Tenths: Land returned to descendants in NZ's oldest property dispute
About 7583 acres (3,068 hectares) of land at the top of the South Island will be restored to descendants of its original Māori owners after a long-standing private litigation.
www.1news.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Nelson hapu get (half) their land back! Plus $420 million in backrent and compensation www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/17/n...
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BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz
December 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:
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This one’s important e hoa mā - a few of our orgs are collaborating on this fund to ensure that no trans young person in Aotearoa misses out on lifesaving care. Alternative treatment pathways exist but are expensive and we need your help.
givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...
givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...
Support Rangatahi and Whānau Affected by the Ban on Puberty Blockers
Raising funds to support rangatahi directly affected by the New Zealand Government’s decision to ban new prescriptions of puberty blockers.
givealittle.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This one’s important e hoa mā - a few of our orgs are collaborating on this fund to ensure that no trans young person in Aotearoa misses out on lifesaving care. Alternative treatment pathways exist but are expensive and we need your help.
givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...
givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...
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A doozy, uncovered by victim-survivor advocates Backbone Collective. Officials said if the courts found out people were at risk of family violence, the system would have to do something about it - a massive change. So they decided it was best to sweep victim-survivors, incl children, under the rug.
Officials shelved work to see how families in custody battles could be screened for domestic violence!!!
Officials shelved judge's trans-Tasman family violence probe
A top judge commissioned work to see how families in custody battles could be screened for domestic violence, but officials shelved it.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A doozy, uncovered by victim-survivor advocates Backbone Collective. Officials said if the courts found out people were at risk of family violence, the system would have to do something about it - a massive change. So they decided it was best to sweep victim-survivors, incl children, under the rug.
Love the Don; separate side note: blokes make up 75% of Guyon's guests over his four seasons, he must have worked hard to make it so.
Chris Bishop will not be having a great day today and I am here for it #nzpol
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What spurred Don McGlashan to tell off Chris Bishop at the AMAs?
"I turned around and said, 'Shut up, you dickhead.' And then he looked at me and said, 'What'd you say to me?' And I realised who it was."
www.rnz.co.nz
December 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Love the Don; separate side note: blokes make up 75% of Guyon's guests over his four seasons, he must have worked hard to make it so.
"misogyny is prejudice against women, which would allow a situation to take hold institutionally, like, say, a man in a top job (MsSkimming) could create a version of events (a woman scorned who wants to take revenge), which would be accepted and passed on by those around him"
“Who knew what when, who told who. This week, as we watch high-up men engage in playground-level scrapping about who should take the responsibility for allowing convicted sex offender McSkimming close to the top job, let’s all just take a quick breath & remember; growing up is really hard to do.”
The ‘hysterical’ problem in the Andrew Coster Q+A interview
For many women and survivors of sexual violence, the crux of Jack Tame’s extraordinary interview with Andrew Coster on Q+A wasn’t the part where the former police commissioner narked on Mitchell and H...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"misogyny is prejudice against women, which would allow a situation to take hold institutionally, like, say, a man in a top job (MsSkimming) could create a version of events (a woman scorned who wants to take revenge), which would be accepted and passed on by those around him"
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Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
May 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
A doozy, uncovered by victim-survivor advocates Backbone Collective. Officials said if the courts found out people were at risk of family violence, the system would have to do something about it - a massive change. So they decided it was best to sweep victim-survivors, incl children, under the rug.
Officials shelved work to see how families in custody battles could be screened for domestic violence!!!
Officials shelved judge's trans-Tasman family violence probe
A top judge commissioned work to see how families in custody battles could be screened for domestic violence, but officials shelved it.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A doozy, uncovered by victim-survivor advocates Backbone Collective. Officials said if the courts found out people were at risk of family violence, the system would have to do something about it - a massive change. So they decided it was best to sweep victim-survivors, incl children, under the rug.
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UN CERD warns NZ is backsliding on racial equality: Māori land, Tiriti commitments, hate speech, youth justice, health equity, and human rights institutions face serious risks.
UN sounds alarm on NZ racism and Māori rights
UN CERD warns NZ is backsliding on racial equality: Māori land, Tiriti commitments, hate speech, youth justice, health equity, and human rights institutions face serious risks.
www.teaonews.co.nz
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
UN CERD warns NZ is backsliding on racial equality: Māori land, Tiriti commitments, hate speech, youth justice, health equity, and human rights institutions face serious risks.
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University of Auckland opens new Pacific space honouring Fa’anānā Efeso Collins
University of Auckland opens new Pacific space honouring Fa’anānā Efeso Collins
An intimate ceremony filled with singing, tears and laughter marked the opening of a new Pacific student space at the University of Auckland's general library dedicated to Fa'anānā Efeso Collins.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
University of Auckland opens new Pacific space honouring Fa’anānā Efeso Collins
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
Reverse the decision to deny transgender and takatāpui young people access to puberty blockers
Dear Minister Simeon Brown
We write to you as transgender and takatāpui young people of Aotearoa New Zealand to ask you to reconsider your decision to ban the use of puberty blockers (gonadotropin-re...
our.actionstation.org.nz
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
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New Zealand to continue staffing the US-Israel genocide continuation centre.
A new release is available from Hon Judith Collins KC.
NZDF liaison officer deployment to Israel extended
The deployment of a New Zealand Defence Force liaison officer to Israel has been extended, Defence Minister Judith Collins says.
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
New Zealand to continue staffing the US-Israel genocide continuation centre.
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“The long-term goal is to help victim-survivors take cases against individuals and understand patterns of repeat offending and build collective-action cases against serial perpetrators.”
Exactly what’s needed - meet the team below actually trying to do something about New Zealand’s appalling stats👇
Exactly what’s needed - meet the team below actually trying to do something about New Zealand’s appalling stats👇
Only 10 per cent of sexual assaults are reported: There’s a new plan to change that
Fear of not being believed remains one of the biggest barriers to reporting sexual harm. Advocates say giving people safer, alternative ways to disclose are needed
www.thepost.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“The long-term goal is to help victim-survivors take cases against individuals and understand patterns of repeat offending and build collective-action cases against serial perpetrators.”
Exactly what’s needed - meet the team below actually trying to do something about New Zealand’s appalling stats👇
Exactly what’s needed - meet the team below actually trying to do something about New Zealand’s appalling stats👇
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Looks like a good time in the news cycle to tackle three big myths 🧵
❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌
Seriously, no, for lots of reasons.
1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]
❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌
Seriously, no, for lots of reasons.
1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]
September 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Looks like a good time in the news cycle to tackle three big myths 🧵
❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌
Seriously, no, for lots of reasons.
1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]
❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌
Seriously, no, for lots of reasons.
1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]
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getting rid of regional councils, one of the few voices at the table when it comes to fast track applications and the bodies that are supposed to monitor any ongoing consents, is certainly a choice
savebreambaysand.org
savebreambaysand.org
Save Bream Bay Sand
Save Bream Bay from McCallum Bros sand-mining under the Fast Track Act. Resources and information from Bream Bay Guardians.
savebreambaysand.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
getting rid of regional councils, one of the few voices at the table when it comes to fast track applications and the bodies that are supposed to monitor any ongoing consents, is certainly a choice
savebreambaysand.org
savebreambaysand.org
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New Zealand kills twice as many workers as Australia and four times as many as the U.K. per capita. Despite the introduction of WorkSafe in 2013, we’re seeing issues with weak enforcement, inadequate fines, and a Workplace Relations and Safety Minister hellbent on taking us backwards.
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
New Zealand kills twice as many workers as Australia and four times as many as the U.K. per capita. Despite the introduction of WorkSafe in 2013, we’re seeing issues with weak enforcement, inadequate fines, and a Workplace Relations and Safety Minister hellbent on taking us backwards.