Ms Hooper
@mshooper.bsky.social
Aging, hermit-prone, art inclined, left wing, climate panicked,animal lover 😊😮💨🌳🙏 #Kikorangi #ToitūTeTiriti
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One of the best speeches I've read by a political leader. And certainly, the best, by far, of any political leader in a Trump stained, polycentric world.
“Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path” Prime Minister Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
“Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path” Prime Minister Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
“Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path” Prime Minister Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Thank you, Larry.It’s a pleasure – and a duty – to be with you at this turning point for Canada and for the world.Today, I’ll talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a nice story, and th...
www.pm.gc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 1:10 AM
One of the best speeches I've read by a political leader. And certainly, the best, by far, of any political leader in a Trump stained, polycentric world.
“Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path” Prime Minister Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
“Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path” Prime Minister Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
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Privacy Commissioner announces inquiry into Manage My Health cybersecurity breach
Privacy Commissioner announces inquiry into Manage My Health cybersecurity breach
The Privacy Commissioner says it is clear an investigation is needed given the scale of the incident.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 21, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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bAcK oN tRacK
#nzpol
#nzpol
Wellington Hospital ED hitting critical code red nearly twice a day
Wellington ED hit its most severe "code red" status 575 times in 10 months.
www.nzherald.co.nz
January 21, 2026 at 4:52 AM
bAcK oN tRacK
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Eye surgery review today and consultant told me that all his GP friends had either left NZ or were only working part time because of stress brought on by the awful state of our health system.
The media keep quiet about this because the 'Telehealth' companies all advertise with them.
#nzpol
The media keep quiet about this because the 'Telehealth' companies all advertise with them.
#nzpol
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Eye surgery review today and consultant told me that all his GP friends had either left NZ or were only working part time because of stress brought on by the awful state of our health system.
The media keep quiet about this because the 'Telehealth' companies all advertise with them.
#nzpol
The media keep quiet about this because the 'Telehealth' companies all advertise with them.
#nzpol
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We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition. …great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited....”
- Mark Carney
Pointers for #NZpol too
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
- Mark Carney
Pointers for #NZpol too
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.
globalnews.ca
January 21, 2026 at 5:10 AM
We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition. …great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited....”
- Mark Carney
Pointers for #NZpol too
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
- Mark Carney
Pointers for #NZpol too
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
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NZ Privacy Commissioner announces inquiry into #ManageMyHealth #DataBreach and #privacy issues. Inquiry will look at what's needed to prevent such an incident in future.
IMHO that sh'd include policy settings + what actions by NZ Gov't + #HealthNZ are needed.
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
IMHO that sh'd include policy settings + what actions by NZ Gov't + #HealthNZ are needed.
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 AM
NZ Privacy Commissioner announces inquiry into #ManageMyHealth #DataBreach and #privacy issues. Inquiry will look at what's needed to prevent such an incident in future.
IMHO that sh'd include policy settings + what actions by NZ Gov't + #HealthNZ are needed.
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
IMHO that sh'd include policy settings + what actions by NZ Gov't + #HealthNZ are needed.
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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lol Nicola Willis trying to say job losses are not on her #NZPol
a close up of a man 's face with a serious expression on his face .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a serious expression on his face .
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:14 AM
lol Nicola Willis trying to say job losses are not on her #NZPol
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'The idea of Māori privilege continues to be deployed in order to constrain Māori aspirations and maintain the power imbalance that colonisation achieved in the nineteenth century.'
Peter Meihana's 'Privilege in Perpetuity' is reprinted and back in bookshops!
www.bwb.co.nz/books/privileg...
Peter Meihana's 'Privilege in Perpetuity' is reprinted and back in bookshops!
www.bwb.co.nz/books/privileg...
January 21, 2026 at 5:16 AM
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C'mon @evacorlett.bsky.social, promote your great work!
Dr Claire Robinson said the [National] "party will be in quite a lot of panic."
Yusss!
#nzpol
Dr Claire Robinson said the [National] "party will be in quite a lot of panic."
Yusss!
#nzpol
New Zealand prime minister sets date for 2026 election
Cost of living likely to dominate the agenda ahead of 7 November poll as centre-right National party battles to retain power
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:07 AM
C'mon @evacorlett.bsky.social, promote your great work!
Dr Claire Robinson said the [National] "party will be in quite a lot of panic."
Yusss!
#nzpol
Dr Claire Robinson said the [National] "party will be in quite a lot of panic."
Yusss!
#nzpol
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#Christchurch #NZ #NZpol
Christchurch City Council say the government’s rates cap plan as currently designed is “unrealistic and unworkable”.
newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/council-calls-to-work-with-government-on-rates-approach
Christchurch City Council say the government’s rates cap plan as currently designed is “unrealistic and unworkable”.
newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/council-calls-to-work-with-government-on-rates-approach
Council calls to work with Government on rates approach
Christchurch City Council staff have outlined concerns about the Government’s proposal to cap annual rates increases at 2% to 4%.
newsline.ccc.govt.nz
January 21, 2026 at 3:18 AM
#Christchurch #NZ #NZpol
Christchurch City Council say the government’s rates cap plan as currently designed is “unrealistic and unworkable”.
newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/council-calls-to-work-with-government-on-rates-approach
Christchurch City Council say the government’s rates cap plan as currently designed is “unrealistic and unworkable”.
newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/council-calls-to-work-with-government-on-rates-approach
Deep sea mining is the next geopolitical frontline – and the Pacific is in the crosshairs
#nzpol
#nzpol
Deep sea mining is the next geopolitical frontline – and the Pacific is in the crosshairs
Proposed seabed mining for battery minerals could collide with tuna fisheries, fragile ecosystems and Pacific sovereignty.
theconversation.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Deep sea mining is the next geopolitical frontline – and the Pacific is in the crosshairs
#nzpol
#nzpol
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If this guy bothered to help during a flood, it would be to make the tea, screw up everyone's order, and flood the kitchen while he filled the jug.
He's done the best thing he can do for flood affected areas - let them know when they can vote in someone useful.
#nzpol
He's done the best thing he can do for flood affected areas - let them know when they can vote in someone useful.
#nzpol
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 AM
If this guy bothered to help during a flood, it would be to make the tea, screw up everyone's order, and flood the kitchen while he filled the jug.
He's done the best thing he can do for flood affected areas - let them know when they can vote in someone useful.
#nzpol
He's done the best thing he can do for flood affected areas - let them know when they can vote in someone useful.
#nzpol
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Mark Mitchell appeared in a NEMA jacket yesterday to offer the message to camera that individuals need to take responsibility for securing their own property. Everything else was about increased police powers. About as close to ‘every landlord for themselves’ as I’ve ever seen from the NZ govt.
January 21, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Mark Mitchell appeared in a NEMA jacket yesterday to offer the message to camera that individuals need to take responsibility for securing their own property. Everything else was about increased police powers. About as close to ‘every landlord for themselves’ as I’ve ever seen from the NZ govt.
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The flooding in Te Tai Tokerau is a climate change charged weather event. The Government will try to tell you that floods like these shouldn't be politicised. But the thing is, this is political.
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The flooding in Te Tai Tokerau is a climate change charged weather event. The Government will try to tell you that floods like these shouldn't be politicised. But the thing is, this is political.
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In this election year, please vote so the UK don't beat us to sensible policy on energy
#nzpol
#nzpol
UK households to get £15bn for solar and green tech to lower energy bills
The government has announced the details of its long-awaited Warm Homes Plan which promises to cut energy bills.
bbc.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 AM
In this election year, please vote so the UK don't beat us to sensible policy on energy
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Yes, we know, which is why they MUST be a one term government! #nzpol
On Twitter, the distinguished Robert Patman exhorted the New Zealand government to listen to Mark Carney. I simply can't see, and haven't studied anything, remotely, which suggests they can, and ever will.
January 21, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Yes, we know, which is why they MUST be a one term government! #nzpol
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Lessons here for NZ: being resilient means we'll have to cope with all this - and crashing our domestic environment in order to export milk powder is not going to help.
#nzpol
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#nzpol
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn
Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Lessons here for NZ: being resilient means we'll have to cope with all this - and crashing our domestic environment in order to export milk powder is not going to help.
#nzpol
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#nzpol
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Seriously, half the North Island is under f*cking water - but our PM's only message is "game on"??!! No words of support, just Nicola Willis blabbering on that we are "heading in the right direction". Hopefully, just 290 days remaining of this clusterf*ck coalition. #nzpol #onetermgovernment
January 21, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Seriously, half the North Island is under f*cking water - but our PM's only message is "game on"??!! No words of support, just Nicola Willis blabbering on that we are "heading in the right direction". Hopefully, just 290 days remaining of this clusterf*ck coalition. #nzpol #onetermgovernment
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Aotearoa: we’ll have a general election on 7 November. As we go through another climate-change-driven extreme weather event today, consider whether you will reward our government for cosying up to a US regime whose bonfire of science is actively reducing our odds of surviving the next few decades.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 21, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Aotearoa: we’ll have a general election on 7 November. As we go through another climate-change-driven extreme weather event today, consider whether you will reward our government for cosying up to a US regime whose bonfire of science is actively reducing our odds of surviving the next few decades.
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Reminder: regime voter suppression means you need to enrol early. vote.nz/enrolling/en...
Enrol or update online
Enrol to vote or check and update your enrolment details. Get ready to have your say in New Zealand’s elections and referendums.
vote.nz
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Reminder: regime voter suppression means you need to enrol early. vote.nz/enrolling/en...
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Hey the voter suppression laws mean you can only vote up to twelve days before November 7 and have to be registered thirteen days before that. Twelve days before Nov 7 is 26 October. THAT IS LABOUR DAY. THE ELECTION VOTING STARTS ON LABOUR DAY.
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Hey the voter suppression laws mean you can only vote up to twelve days before November 7 and have to be registered thirteen days before that. Twelve days before Nov 7 is 26 October. THAT IS LABOUR DAY. THE ELECTION VOTING STARTS ON LABOUR DAY.
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Says the leader of the National Party: "We’re not going to be working with the Greens..."
The Gallery always spends metres of column space calling the Greens immature for exactly this this position in reverse, so I'm sure Luxon will get the same treatment, right? Right?
The Gallery always spends metres of column space calling the Greens immature for exactly this this position in reverse, so I'm sure Luxon will get the same treatment, right? Right?
Watch: Luxon confirms 2026 election date, rules out two parties from coalition consideration
Setting the election date is one of the few powers that is reserved solely to the PM.
www.nzherald.co.nz
January 21, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Says the leader of the National Party: "We’re not going to be working with the Greens..."
The Gallery always spends metres of column space calling the Greens immature for exactly this this position in reverse, so I'm sure Luxon will get the same treatment, right? Right?
The Gallery always spends metres of column space calling the Greens immature for exactly this this position in reverse, so I'm sure Luxon will get the same treatment, right? Right?
Not satire - 😬🤦🏻♀️
#nzpol
#nzpol
Interim advisory in place for Northland water CCO establishment | Far North District Council
www.fndc.govt.nz
January 20, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Not satire - 😬🤦🏻♀️
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Two more #kakapo matings on Anchor:
JEM 💚 Awhero
Kohengi 💚 Tuterangi
Currently at least 12 females have mated on Anchor, 10 on Whenua Hou, and probably 2 on Te Kahahu/Chalky.
Plus 2 new nests: Marian on Anchor and Tohu on Whenua Hou.
#conservation #parrots #kakapo2026
Here's Awhero.
JEM 💚 Awhero
Kohengi 💚 Tuterangi
Currently at least 12 females have mated on Anchor, 10 on Whenua Hou, and probably 2 on Te Kahahu/Chalky.
Plus 2 new nests: Marian on Anchor and Tohu on Whenua Hou.
#conservation #parrots #kakapo2026
Here's Awhero.
January 20, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Two more #kakapo matings on Anchor:
JEM 💚 Awhero
Kohengi 💚 Tuterangi
Currently at least 12 females have mated on Anchor, 10 on Whenua Hou, and probably 2 on Te Kahahu/Chalky.
Plus 2 new nests: Marian on Anchor and Tohu on Whenua Hou.
#conservation #parrots #kakapo2026
Here's Awhero.
JEM 💚 Awhero
Kohengi 💚 Tuterangi
Currently at least 12 females have mated on Anchor, 10 on Whenua Hou, and probably 2 on Te Kahahu/Chalky.
Plus 2 new nests: Marian on Anchor and Tohu on Whenua Hou.
#conservation #parrots #kakapo2026
Here's Awhero.