Pip Adam
@pipadam.bsky.social
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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?
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I do not know off the top of head what is in the oath an incoming government makes to the Governor General, but it seems like passing legislation you actually think is bad should be some kind of breach of it
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'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I do not know off the top of head what is in the oath an incoming government makes to the Governor General, but it seems like passing legislation you actually think is bad should be some kind of breach of it
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But these cruel, nasty people went ahead anyway. Because they'd rather go with their own feels than with evidence-based advice.
Ministers were warned against teen welfare crackdown, documents reveal www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Ministers were warned against teen welfare crackdown, documents reveal www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Ministers were warned against teen welfare crackdown, documents reveal
Officials said the changes could actually increase long-term benefit dependency.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
But these cruel, nasty people went ahead anyway. Because they'd rather go with their own feels than with evidence-based advice.
Ministers were warned against teen welfare crackdown, documents reveal www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Ministers were warned against teen welfare crackdown, documents reveal www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Paywall now lifted: Christopher Luxon said in 2023 he would ‘draw the line at’ using AI video ads, but after National published two AI videos in the past month, his office now says that only applied to fakes of real people.
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National deletes AI video of police seizing gang patches
Christopher Luxon said in 2023 he would 'draw the line at' using AI video ads, but his office now says that only applied to fakes of real people.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Paywall now lifted: Christopher Luxon said in 2023 he would ‘draw the line at’ using AI video ads, but after National published two AI videos in the past month, his office now says that only applied to fakes of real people.
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It's so funny how sinking 3 Waters is the main reason for the increase in rates from council to council yet this government are pretending it had nothing to do with them, it's hard not to think on sinking the regional council as a convenient way to hide the body #NZPol
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It's so funny how sinking 3 Waters is the main reason for the increase in rates from council to council yet this government are pretending it had nothing to do with them, it's hard not to think on sinking the regional council as a convenient way to hide the body #NZPol
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Yesterday I was in Te Awe Library. This place and the people who work there are doing incredibly important work filling the gaps in social need left by central government cuts. Above and beyond what you might considered traditional 'library' work. This report is heartbreaking & shortsighted.
Just noting which consultancy wrote this report and the history of their reports for public agencies internationally. Anyone check the footnotes of this one?
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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.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Yesterday I was in Te Awe Library. This place and the people who work there are doing incredibly important work filling the gaps in social need left by central government cuts. Above and beyond what you might considered traditional 'library' work. This report is heartbreaking & shortsighted.
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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 1:21 AM
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...
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A fourth? Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional www.commonwealmagazine.org/charlotte-wo...
Wrestle, Wrestle
In Charlotte Wood's 'Stone Yard Devotional,' an atheist woman retreats to an abbey in New South Wales—and stays.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A fourth? Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional www.commonwealmagazine.org/charlotte-wo...
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Three? Yuko Tsushima's Wildcat Dome www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
A Country Imperfectly Pulling Itself Together
Wildcat Dome’s characters can’t escape the calamities that marked their lives—and their country’s history.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Three? Yuko Tsushima's Wildcat Dome www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
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If I had to pick two? @pipadam.bsky.social's Audition www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
A Novel That Reimagines the Meaning of Outer Space
In Pip Adam’s extraordinary, humane book Audition, the stars are both a dystopian place and a site of uncharted possibility.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If I had to pick two? @pipadam.bsky.social's Audition www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
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I read a lot of very good new books this year, and if I had to pick one, it'd be Donald Niedekker's Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost wapo.st/48hti5c
Review | In this inventive novel, a long-dead poet narrates from beneath Arctic ice
Donald Niedekker’s “Strange and Perfect Account From the Permafrost” offers an ambitious view of human history and is full of sly jokes and imaginative surprises.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I read a lot of very good new books this year, and if I had to pick one, it'd be Donald Niedekker's Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost wapo.st/48hti5c
Um. I cannot express how little frustration I feel in relation to my local government. Oh. Look. Submission period is November to February again.
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No more regional councils - major shake-up of local government announced
The government says it is not a power grab, but about "making local government fit for purpose".
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November 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Um. I cannot express how little frustration I feel in relation to my local government. Oh. Look. Submission period is November to February again.
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Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support
"We can do it right now, if Winston Peters is willing to walk the walk."
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November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Fossil fuel companies were given confidential drafts of legislation during their (successful) two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban - new reporting from me via the OIA
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How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules
A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the oil and gas industry's wishlist.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Fossil fuel companies were given confidential drafts of legislation during their (successful) two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban - new reporting from me via the OIA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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This literally means that if a trans person requires GnRH blockers for cancer treatment (i.e breast or prostate), they CANNOT get cancer treatment.
Insane. Absolutely insane - and deadly.
Insane. Absolutely insane - and deadly.
No matter what the politicians say, this is discrimination. Look at how the regulation is worded: This is not a ban on its use for a particular indication, it's a ban for a population.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This literally means that if a trans person requires GnRH blockers for cancer treatment (i.e breast or prostate), they CANNOT get cancer treatment.
Insane. Absolutely insane - and deadly.
Insane. Absolutely insane - and deadly.
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That every comment in this article is supportive of trans kids right to access puberty blockers tells you everything you need to know. In the medical community, this isn’t even a debate. No one thinks a ban is right.
Government halts new puberty blocker prescriptions – Expert Reaction
Government halts new puberty blocker prescriptions - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
The government is halting new puberty blocker prescriptions for youth with gender dysphoria. From 19 December, new regulations under the Medicines Act will prevent new prescriptions for this purpose,...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
That every comment in this article is supportive of trans kids right to access puberty blockers tells you everything you need to know. In the medical community, this isn’t even a debate. No one thinks a ban is right.
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The Government is set to abolish regional councils later today, The Post understands.
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www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
End of regional councils tipped in local government reforms
It is understood reforms to be announced today will mean the dissolving of regional councils, and the first steps could be within this current three-year council term.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Government is set to abolish regional councils later today, The Post understands.
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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The explanatory note does make it clear that the ban is for prescriptions for TREATING dysphoria and wouldn't in fact ban trans cancer patients from accessing it, but that it's this clumsy makes their intention clear.
No matter what the politicians say, this is discrimination. Look at how the regulation is worded: This is not a ban on its use for a particular indication, it's a ban for a population.
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The explanatory note does make it clear that the ban is for prescriptions for TREATING dysphoria and wouldn't in fact ban trans cancer patients from accessing it, but that it's this clumsy makes their intention clear.
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Greens statement - @maramadavidson.bsky.social says "The Greens affirm our pledge to properly resource and promote clear pathways for timely, free, non-discriminatory access to all forms of gender-affirming healthcare based on informed consent and self-determination."
Our trans whānau deserve better than this Government
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
www.greens.org.nz
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Greens statement - @maramadavidson.bsky.social says "The Greens affirm our pledge to properly resource and promote clear pathways for timely, free, non-discriminatory access to all forms of gender-affirming healthcare based on informed consent and self-determination."
I always find it cute everytime I write to a politician and their auto-reply has a special line in case you're inviting them to an event. It feels like, 'Oh sorry. No time for human rights but, hey, if there's a party we'll get back to you asap.'
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I always find it cute everytime I write to a politician and their auto-reply has a special line in case you're inviting them to an event. It feels like, 'Oh sorry. No time for human rights but, hey, if there's a party we'll get back to you asap.'
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Itd be kinda cool if Labour could commit to reversing the puberty blocker ban AND enabling the expansion of availability of transition related care. Reversing the ban comes first but if all we get out of suffering all these recent attacks is return to status quo then *shrugs* the bar is underground
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Itd be kinda cool if Labour could commit to reversing the puberty blocker ban AND enabling the expansion of availability of transition related care. Reversing the ban comes first but if all we get out of suffering all these recent attacks is return to status quo then *shrugs* the bar is underground
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An excellent read.
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The slow demolition of our democracy | E-Tangata
“We have a government willing to reshape constitutional understandings without genuine consultation, careful process, or respect for long-standing norms.” — Mark Feary.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
An excellent read.
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