Ms Hooper
@mshooper.bsky.social
Aging, hermit-prone, art inclined, left wing, climate panicked,animal lover 😊😮💨🌳🙏 #Kikorangi #ToitūTeTiriti
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Who knew about this? The areas marked "Kahore I Hokona" (=never sold) are land for which there are no purchase agreements by colonial companies. The land was simply taken from Kai Tahu. You'll notice it includes all the Otago Lakes with their pricey real estate. Totally stolen land. #kikorangi
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Who knew about this? The areas marked "Kahore I Hokona" (=never sold) are land for which there are no purchase agreements by colonial companies. The land was simply taken from Kai Tahu. You'll notice it includes all the Otago Lakes with their pricey real estate. Totally stolen land. #kikorangi
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"Let's be clear - Labour's botched merger of all DHBs into one mega-entity in the middle of a pandemic created a centralised, slow, and bureaucratic system."
let's be lucidly clear - Simeon Brown, you are talking nonsense, and apparently incapable of delivering within the terms of your role
#nzpol
let's be lucidly clear - Simeon Brown, you are talking nonsense, and apparently incapable of delivering within the terms of your role
#nzpol
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"Let's be clear - Labour's botched merger of all DHBs into one mega-entity in the middle of a pandemic created a centralised, slow, and bureaucratic system."
let's be lucidly clear - Simeon Brown, you are talking nonsense, and apparently incapable of delivering within the terms of your role
#nzpol
let's be lucidly clear - Simeon Brown, you are talking nonsense, and apparently incapable of delivering within the terms of your role
#nzpol
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No, sorry, I mean, fucking Christ, how many nurses is that we could have kept in ANZ? How many radiologists/radiographers is it? Enough to clear the eight-month wait list for a basic CT?
As Craig Renney revealed to a shocked Dr Gary Payinda, Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m which has been signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers. Let that sink in. The money was there, but they deliberately underspent. On orders?
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
No, sorry, I mean, fucking Christ, how many nurses is that we could have kept in ANZ? How many radiologists/radiographers is it? Enough to clear the eight-month wait list for a basic CT?
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Surrealism Against Fascism
Naomi Klein
26.11.2025essay
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Naomi Klein
26.11.2025essay
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Surrealism Against Fascism
Naomi Klein
26.11.2025essay
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Naomi Klein
26.11.2025essay
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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#NZpol
Absolutely unacceptable given rising unemployment overall + losing plane after plane of good people offshore!
PSA's Fleur Fitzsimons:
"These figures show that delays in recruitment are a deliberate cost-saving tactic, driven by the government's failure to fund the health system properly."
Absolutely unacceptable given rising unemployment overall + losing plane after plane of good people offshore!
PSA's Fleur Fitzsimons:
"These figures show that delays in recruitment are a deliberate cost-saving tactic, driven by the government's failure to fund the health system properly."
Wellington Hospitals waiting up to six months for Health NZ approval to recruit
Data obtained under the Official Information Act shows 219 recruitment requests took more than two months to be approved, 91 waited more than 20 weeks, and 45 roles applied for in March were still vac...
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
#NZpol
Absolutely unacceptable given rising unemployment overall + losing plane after plane of good people offshore!
PSA's Fleur Fitzsimons:
"These figures show that delays in recruitment are a deliberate cost-saving tactic, driven by the government's failure to fund the health system properly."
Absolutely unacceptable given rising unemployment overall + losing plane after plane of good people offshore!
PSA's Fleur Fitzsimons:
"These figures show that delays in recruitment are a deliberate cost-saving tactic, driven by the government's failure to fund the health system properly."
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A manifestation of Simeon Brown's faith-based brain-fart reckons vs all the experts in the world and a mountain of facts and evidence.😡
#EndProhibition
#nzpol
#EndProhibition
#nzpol
Fears thousands of medicinal cannabis users set to be caught out in new drug-driving laws
It comes as police prepare to test drivers as part of a nationwide rollout of new driving laws.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A manifestation of Simeon Brown's faith-based brain-fart reckons vs all the experts in the world and a mountain of facts and evidence.😡
#EndProhibition
#nzpol
#EndProhibition
#nzpol
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Fringe #antichoice, racist groups are having too much direct influence on our democracy. This anti-choice government is not upholding any form of democracy, but they're anti-abortion, we wouldn't expect any less. #nzpol #alranz #hobsonspledge #tetiriti
www.odt.co.nz/opinion/ian-...
www.odt.co.nz/opinion/ian-...
Ian Taylor: 'This surely rocks the very core of our democracy'
Prime Minister, I’m beginning to wonder who’s actually running the country.
www.odt.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Fringe #antichoice, racist groups are having too much direct influence on our democracy. This anti-choice government is not upholding any form of democracy, but they're anti-abortion, we wouldn't expect any less. #nzpol #alranz #hobsonspledge #tetiriti
www.odt.co.nz/opinion/ian-...
www.odt.co.nz/opinion/ian-...
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#NZPOL Mr wealthy and sorted knows just what it’s like for the wet and whiney.l. He’s just like the common person… he s gotta work work work, there’s bills he’s gotta pay
Contributions may be offset by “lower-than-otherwise wage increases” in the public sector, but National says it has always been the case with KiwiSaver.
National admits KiwiSaver changes may affect public sector pay
Contributions may be offset by “lower-than-otherwise wage increases” in the public sector, but National says it has always been the case with KiwiSaver.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
#NZPOL Mr wealthy and sorted knows just what it’s like for the wet and whiney.l. He’s just like the common person… he s gotta work work work, there’s bills he’s gotta pay
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November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Good news about the tech sector! But some telling details: the top 200 tech companies invest more into R&D than the govt... Because this govt slashed R&D funding.
The tech sector sees huge opportunities in renewable energy. This govt doesn't. Maybe they should. #nzpol
Good news about the tech sector! But some telling details: the top 200 tech companies invest more into R&D than the govt... Because this govt slashed R&D funding.
The tech sector sees huge opportunities in renewable energy. This govt doesn't. Maybe they should. #nzpol
Report into health of New Zealand’s tech sector
The tech sector has been a major bright spot in the economic doom and gloom in recent years. The TIN report is a well-regarded barometer of the sector, quantifying the economic significance of the top...
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Good news about the tech sector! But some telling details: the top 200 tech companies invest more into R&D than the govt... Because this govt slashed R&D funding.
The tech sector sees huge opportunities in renewable energy. This govt doesn't. Maybe they should. #nzpol
Good news about the tech sector! But some telling details: the top 200 tech companies invest more into R&D than the govt... Because this govt slashed R&D funding.
The tech sector sees huge opportunities in renewable energy. This govt doesn't. Maybe they should. #nzpol
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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NZ national’s had a ‘deplorables’ moment. While bottom feeders’ should have haunted National but hasn’t (because poor & vulnerable communities are not the focus of this particular govt) calling the actions of middle class communities supporting Triti in schools, ‘disgusting’ will haunt them #nzpol
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
NZ national’s had a ‘deplorables’ moment. While bottom feeders’ should have haunted National but hasn’t (because poor & vulnerable communities are not the focus of this particular govt) calling the actions of middle class communities supporting Triti in schools, ‘disgusting’ will haunt them #nzpol
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If any other political party pulled what Nats have on Kiwisaver this week and the comments on the regulatory standards bill, they would have been raked over the coals given their history. No one would have made it out alive from the news cycle.
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
If any other political party pulled what Nats have on Kiwisaver this week and the comments on the regulatory standards bill, they would have been raked over the coals given their history. No one would have made it out alive from the news cycle.
This government is failing us, and leaving feels like my own personal “fuck you”. The fact that there’s thousands of others just like me is enough of a statement itself.
#nzpol
#nzpol
‘I love my country. I don’t want to leave’: readers reflect on the exodus from New Zealand
As people continue to move away in record numbers, readers share their reasons for leaving and contemplate life in New Zealand
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This government is failing us, and leaving feels like my own personal “fuck you”. The fact that there’s thousands of others just like me is enough of a statement itself.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Hipkins has still said absolutely nothing as we know he wants to cuddle Winston and NZF to shut out the Greens and TPM after elections next year
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Hipkins has still said absolutely nothing as we know he wants to cuddle Winston and NZF to shut out the Greens and TPM after elections next year
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In today’s NZ Herald
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In today’s NZ Herald
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#NZpol Another example of overreach 😞
Surely there should be _some_ separation of politician’s roles in managing funding and support of ministries as a whole, and the internal workings of the ministries or institutions.
Surely there should be _some_ separation of politician’s roles in managing funding and support of ministries as a whole, and the internal workings of the ministries or institutions.
Minister Stanford doesn't care to follow the limits of her position. A Minister interfering with curriculum development is politicising the curriculum and that is dangerous. #education #school #curriculum #overreach #AtlasNetwork #Neoliberalism #nzpol
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Stanford Admits Involvement in the Development of the Senior English Curriculum
By Bevan Holloway
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#NZpol Another example of overreach 😞
Surely there should be _some_ separation of politician’s roles in managing funding and support of ministries as a whole, and the internal workings of the ministries or institutions.
Surely there should be _some_ separation of politician’s roles in managing funding and support of ministries as a whole, and the internal workings of the ministries or institutions.
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PRESS RELEASE:
Greenpeace says the Luxon Government’s "war on nature" has been met with an unprecedented wave of resistance from tens of thousands of New Zealanders over the two years since the coalition took office.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Greenpeace says the Luxon Government’s "war on nature" has been met with an unprecedented wave of resistance from tens of thousands of New Zealanders over the two years since the coalition took office.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Greenpeace says Government’s war on nature has sparked a powerful nationwide resistance
Greenpeace says Luxon Government’s "war on nature" has met an unprecedented wave of resistance from New Zealanders since the coalition took office.
www.greenpeace.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
PRESS RELEASE:
Greenpeace says the Luxon Government’s "war on nature" has been met with an unprecedented wave of resistance from tens of thousands of New Zealanders over the two years since the coalition took office.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Greenpeace says the Luxon Government’s "war on nature" has been met with an unprecedented wave of resistance from tens of thousands of New Zealanders over the two years since the coalition took office.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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There are more children in poverty in Aotearoa than trans kids needing puberty blockers. Guess which one the gov't is focused on?🙄 #nzpol #prolifemyass #prolifeisalie #alranz #abortionrightsaotearoa #pubertyblockers #transkids
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There are more children in poverty in Aotearoa than trans kids needing puberty blockers. Guess which one the gov't is focused on?🙄 #nzpol #prolifemyass #prolifeisalie #alranz #abortionrightsaotearoa #pubertyblockers #transkids
I and my kids adored/adore this Kit Williams book and here is the mystery magical treasure piece, from the treasure hunt, and story that enraptured so many readers
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November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I and my kids adored/adore this Kit Williams book and here is the mystery magical treasure piece, from the treasure hunt, and story that enraptured so many readers
www.instagram.com/reel/DReXvGP...
www.instagram.com/reel/DReXvGP...