Mana Serving Diva
@misswhanau.bsky.social
Former Mayor. Political reckons etc etc
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MPs and public figures (Willis, Seymour, King) out here defaming the people that criticise them and nz media are choosing the side of the MPs almost every time it seems
genuinely what is wrong with nz reporters at this point
genuinely what is wrong with nz reporters at this point
December 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
MPs and public figures (Willis, Seymour, King) out here defaming the people that criticise them and nz media are choosing the side of the MPs almost every time it seems
genuinely what is wrong with nz reporters at this point
genuinely what is wrong with nz reporters at this point
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There's a stark contrast between Living Streets Aotearoa in Auckland, a useful advocacy group for pedestrian infrastructure, and Living Streets Aotearoa in Wellington which seems to exist only to complain about e-scooters and has never found a project they actually like.
A Brave New World for Aotearoa as we find the lost art of walking and even cycling again
However as GA have pointed out, our streets (and even roads) are not keeping up for a variety of reasons. Despite walking and cycling contributing to over $1.1b to our GDP IN THE REGIONS (let alone our cities)
However as GA have pointed out, our streets (and even roads) are not keeping up for a variety of reasons. Despite walking and cycling contributing to over $1.1b to our GDP IN THE REGIONS (let alone our cities)
New Zealand is walking again, but our streets aren't keeping up - Greater Auckland
This is a guest post by Tim Jones, President of Living Streets Aotearoa. By profession, Tim is a writer, editor and anthologist, and his latest book is the poetry collection Dracula in the Colonies. N...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
There's a stark contrast between Living Streets Aotearoa in Auckland, a useful advocacy group for pedestrian infrastructure, and Living Streets Aotearoa in Wellington which seems to exist only to complain about e-scooters and has never found a project they actually like.
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Simeon Brown has appointed no Māori, no Pasifika, and nobody but doctors to Health Workforce Committee despite it being "to ensure that New Zealand has a health workforce that is able to meet the needs of individuals, whānau, and communities now and in the future". #nzpol
tinyurl.com/3tbjmz5s
tinyurl.com/3tbjmz5s
New Health Workforce Committee members named - Inside Government NZ
Health Minister, Simeon Brown, has announced appointments to the Health Workforce Committee, with Dr David Gow appointed Chair. Dr Gow is joined by new members Dr Jeremy Dryden, Dr Ruth Large, and Dr ...
insidegovernment.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Simeon Brown has appointed no Māori, no Pasifika, and nobody but doctors to Health Workforce Committee despite it being "to ensure that New Zealand has a health workforce that is able to meet the needs of individuals, whānau, and communities now and in the future". #nzpol
tinyurl.com/3tbjmz5s
tinyurl.com/3tbjmz5s
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Emily Writes gift guide is well worth a look, a share and definitely subscribe if you can. #kikorangi www.emilywrites.co.nz/gifts/
The gift guide that gives back
This Christmas, do you want to support the community while buying presents? You can! This is our annual gift guide that gives back. Almost all of the gifts on this list are from not-for-profits or are...
www.emilywrites.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Emily Writes gift guide is well worth a look, a share and definitely subscribe if you can. #kikorangi www.emilywrites.co.nz/gifts/
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The issue with this stance is it forgets that no matter who wins, it affects everyone. So, for example, Hipkins behaviour towards TPM and wahine Maori in Greens will radiate to all of us, not because we support TPM (at the moment I don't) but because it normalises racist behaviour
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The issue with this stance is it forgets that no matter who wins, it affects everyone. So, for example, Hipkins behaviour towards TPM and wahine Maori in Greens will radiate to all of us, not because we support TPM (at the moment I don't) but because it normalises racist behaviour
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So Seymour is linking lunch funding to attendance but the lunches are making kids so sick they'll have to stay home 🤔
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
So Seymour is linking lunch funding to attendance but the lunches are making kids so sick they'll have to stay home 🤔
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the cuts to government staff lead to clients of mine leaving town or otherwise reducing/ceasing their use of my services. less money in their pockets lead to less money in mine
Well, I’ve been made redundant. The literal mum and dad company I worked for, and loved working for, has had so little business recently that they’ve had to let go of a quarter of their staff.
This is a direct result of the government intentionally or incompetently crashing the economy.
This is a direct result of the government intentionally or incompetently crashing the economy.
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
the cuts to government staff lead to clients of mine leaving town or otherwise reducing/ceasing their use of my services. less money in their pockets lead to less money in mine
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After cutting 70,000+ jobs, causing recession & poverty & kicking families out of emergency housing & selling state houses NZ Coalition & PM Luxon confirm #SimeonBrown action plan on ‘move-on’ orders for homeless #Neoliberal #austerity #cruelty #AtlasNetwork #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
PM confirms action plan on Auckland CBD homeless 'move on orders' after mayor, minister meet
The PM said he expected an announcement to be made by Christmas.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
After cutting 70,000+ jobs, causing recession & poverty & kicking families out of emergency housing & selling state houses NZ Coalition & PM Luxon confirm #SimeonBrown action plan on ‘move-on’ orders for homeless #Neoliberal #austerity #cruelty #AtlasNetwork #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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National's Local Water Done Well will come to be recognised as a generational cock-up. Simon Watts's vague claim that rates will not increase is farcically untrue. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Revealed: Councils expected to foot a near $48 billion bill for Local Water Done Well
Officials estimate water service infrastructure will cost $47.9 billion to 2034.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
National's Local Water Done Well will come to be recognised as a generational cock-up. Simon Watts's vague claim that rates will not increase is farcically untrue. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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It’s worrying alright
#Labour NEEDs #Greens!
-Heck, NZ, the whole world, our kids & our future, need Greens!
Greens #GreenBudget is fully costed & fantastic. Free GPs, Dentists & childcare. Less tax for 91% of NZers, & a wealth tax v similar to Australia’s #nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
#Labour NEEDs #Greens!
-Heck, NZ, the whole world, our kids & our future, need Greens!
Greens #GreenBudget is fully costed & fantastic. Free GPs, Dentists & childcare. Less tax for 91% of NZers, & a wealth tax v similar to Australia’s #nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It’s worrying alright
#Labour NEEDs #Greens!
-Heck, NZ, the whole world, our kids & our future, need Greens!
Greens #GreenBudget is fully costed & fantastic. Free GPs, Dentists & childcare. Less tax for 91% of NZers, & a wealth tax v similar to Australia’s #nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
#Labour NEEDs #Greens!
-Heck, NZ, the whole world, our kids & our future, need Greens!
Greens #GreenBudget is fully costed & fantastic. Free GPs, Dentists & childcare. Less tax for 91% of NZers, & a wealth tax v similar to Australia’s #nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
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I wish Disinfo Project had ¼ of the funding, & resources he had to continue work we did. Examples like this make it harder for other folk to access philanthropy. | The transparency project that went dark: Inside the collapse of Bryce Edwards’ Integrity Institute www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
The transparency project that went dark: Inside the collapse of Bryce Edwards’ Integrity Institute
A million-dollar political integrity project has imploded with little transparency, revealing a tangle of broken promises, stalled research and an institution unwilling to explain what went wrong.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I wish Disinfo Project had ¼ of the funding, & resources he had to continue work we did. Examples like this make it harder for other folk to access philanthropy. | The transparency project that went dark: Inside the collapse of Bryce Edwards’ Integrity Institute www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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What the hell is going on with the new New Zealand school curriculum, and what does it have to do with the Atlas Network? (No, really!)
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
What the hell is going on with the new New Zealand school curriculum, and what does it have to do with the Atlas Network? (No, really!)
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
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has labour tried running against national?
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
has labour tried running against national?
If you’re over the garbage behaviour from many of our ministers, join me and Louisa Wall to present our combined petitions to @maramadavidson.bsky.social on Tuesday Dec 9th.
It’s time to call on our Prime Minister to uphold Ministerial Codes of Conduct and demand accountability. #nzpol
It’s time to call on our Prime Minister to uphold Ministerial Codes of Conduct and demand accountability. #nzpol
PETITION HANDOVER: Calling on PM Luxon to Uphold Ministerial Standards
No matter who we are or where we come from, we all deserve leaders we can trust - leaders who act with integrity, speak truthfully, and bring communities together.
Over this Government’s t...
our.actionstation.org.nz
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
If you’re over the garbage behaviour from many of our ministers, join me and Louisa Wall to present our combined petitions to @maramadavidson.bsky.social on Tuesday Dec 9th.
It’s time to call on our Prime Minister to uphold Ministerial Codes of Conduct and demand accountability. #nzpol
It’s time to call on our Prime Minister to uphold Ministerial Codes of Conduct and demand accountability. #nzpol
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Public meeting here in Wellington next week!
Tuesday 2nd December 7pm - 8pm, St Joseph's Church, Mount Vic.
Have your say either at the meeting or online at www.greens.org.nz/tunnel_vision
#nzpol
Tuesday 2nd December 7pm - 8pm, St Joseph's Church, Mount Vic.
Have your say either at the meeting or online at www.greens.org.nz/tunnel_vision
#nzpol
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Public meeting here in Wellington next week!
Tuesday 2nd December 7pm - 8pm, St Joseph's Church, Mount Vic.
Have your say either at the meeting or online at www.greens.org.nz/tunnel_vision
#nzpol
Tuesday 2nd December 7pm - 8pm, St Joseph's Church, Mount Vic.
Have your say either at the meeting or online at www.greens.org.nz/tunnel_vision
#nzpol
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Just in the ODT this morning, the new Mayor of Ōtepoti Dunedin has received the most hideous violent messages since taking office.
Yet in NZ RW males are loosing their fucking minds that their freedoms are being taken away.
Digital violence is real & abhorrent
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Yet in NZ RW males are loosing their fucking minds that their freedoms are being taken away.
Digital violence is real & abhorrent
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just in the ODT this morning, the new Mayor of Ōtepoti Dunedin has received the most hideous violent messages since taking office.
Yet in NZ RW males are loosing their fucking minds that their freedoms are being taken away.
Digital violence is real & abhorrent
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Yet in NZ RW males are loosing their fucking minds that their freedoms are being taken away.
Digital violence is real & abhorrent
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Apple pie and paua pie. End of.
Yeah people, WE DID IT. Let's go for gold. #pies #piespiespies
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Apple pie and paua pie. End of.
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Some political parties will literally disestablish entire layers of local government rather than go to therapy (for their entrenched racism)
Regardless of kayfabe comms and Nat equivocation in media, ACT always says the thing to its red-faced griefer audience
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Some political parties will literally disestablish entire layers of local government rather than go to therapy (for their entrenched racism)
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These chucklefucks might genuinely see me have to cross the ditch just to be working again.
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
These chucklefucks might genuinely see me have to cross the ditch just to be working again.
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“Little rewarded the conservative councillors who ran a self-described “campaign of disruption” throughout his predecessor Tory Whanau’s mayoralty by giving them control of four of the most powerful committees.”
Labour: Women are worth it, except when it’s not politically convenient. Then hell no.
Labour: Women are worth it, except when it’s not politically convenient. Then hell no.
Andrew Little buddies up to the right
In his first council meeting as Wellington mayor, Andrew Little opened a political rift between Labour and the Greens.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
“Little rewarded the conservative councillors who ran a self-described “campaign of disruption” throughout his predecessor Tory Whanau’s mayoralty by giving them control of four of the most powerful committees.”
Labour: Women are worth it, except when it’s not politically convenient. Then hell no.
Labour: Women are worth it, except when it’s not politically convenient. Then hell no.
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You know what Wellington really needs to help kickstart its economic recovery? More unemployed people! That always makes things better for everyone! #nzpol
Just noting which consultancy wrote this report and the history of their reports for public agencies internationally. Anyone check the footnotes of this one?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Hundreds of job cuts proposed in new report to Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council could save tens of millions of dollars through cost-cutting, such as reducing staff, according to a new report.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
You know what Wellington really needs to help kickstart its economic recovery? More unemployed people! That always makes things better for everyone! #nzpol
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More accurate headline:
Deloitte receives $435k of public funds to produce a report that recommends austerity, asset selling, and AI snake-oil for Wellington City Council.
#nzpol
Deloitte receives $435k of public funds to produce a report that recommends austerity, asset selling, and AI snake-oil for Wellington City Council.
#nzpol
Delloitte report suggests Wellington City Council has 330 more staff than it should
Delloitte report suggests Wellington City Council has 330 more staff than it should
PSA says analysis from Deloitte lacks a basic understanding of what the Council's role is.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
More accurate headline:
Deloitte receives $435k of public funds to produce a report that recommends austerity, asset selling, and AI snake-oil for Wellington City Council.
#nzpol
Deloitte receives $435k of public funds to produce a report that recommends austerity, asset selling, and AI snake-oil for Wellington City Council.
#nzpol
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So ... the government just forced us all to have referendums on *existing* Māori wards because Local Communities Deserve Choice, but now they're unilaterally abolishing our regional councils because they don't like the Choices we made?
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
So ... the government just forced us all to have referendums on *existing* Māori wards because Local Communities Deserve Choice, but now they're unilaterally abolishing our regional councils because they don't like the Choices we made?