Mayor Rowley says,

"attacking someone for being young and Māori is not just cowardly, it’s racist and divisive. Criticising a programme is one thing. Targeting a young person for participating in it is another entirely. We condemn it."

#nzpol

New Zealand government has decided to not recognise Palestinian statehood, while maintaining it is not a matter of if, but when. How long do they believe Palestine has, before there is nothing left to recognise? Trust these 3 to be on the wrong side of history and humanity on every issue. #NZPol

Waimate District Mayor says, "All councils in the country are reeling from government overreach in local decision-making."

"I acknowledge that they were elected with a mandate, but so are we.

Both these mandates are essential for our democracy and should be respected as such."

#NZpol

A criminal waste of time, energy, emotion and history; that's what the treaty principles bill fiasco has been. Don't make claims of 'having a national conversation' if it's too inconvenient for you to listen to the nation in its entirety. My submission, like countless others was disregarded. #nzpol

"Stuff can now reveal the wife of one of Tim Jago’s survivors contacted ACT Party leader David Seymour in November 2022, two months before Jago’s arrest, warning the party that their president was a 'sexual predator'." - by Edward Gay.

Setting the stage for the 2026 election

My submission against the treaty principles bill

"This bill should be pushed into oblivion. I recommend this bill be killed and condemned.
It took decades to turn New Zealand into Aotearoa New Zealand. It shouldn't take so little and so few men to unravel it all."

#nzpol

I could've summarised my entire submission on the principles of the treaty of Waitangi bill with the immortal words of Alexis Rose from Schitt's Creek,

"Ew, David"

#nzpol

Happy New year everyone! Here's to entering an era of uncertainty, illiberalism, thuggery and probably hope. May we all see better days. Kia kaha!

Imagine being told to keep indigenous rights out of... a haka

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