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Ni-cola Ga-stan @nicgaston.bsky.social · 12h

When the PM says ‘we don’t owe them a living’, we should be clear that this is not a metaphor.

A living is life. And I want to live in a society in which it is clear that this is the least we owe each other, and are owed. 💞

I’d like us to aim for lives lived in dignity and with joy, personally 🤷‍♀️

Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 12h

Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

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canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 12h

Canadians #FreedomFlotilla volunteers on 'Conscience' have been illegally abducted by Israel.
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#EndGazaBlockade

🆘 Canadians #FreedomFlotilla volunteers on 'Conscience' have been illegally abducted by Israel.

YouTube video by CanadaBoatGaza

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 12h

Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 11h

They usually keep'em until 18-20, esp if congenital cardiology

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 14h

This headline really needs some commas.

Dread Pirate Sex Badger @badgercult.bsky.social · 22h

Honestly, compared with the other possibilities I'm not mad.

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Peruvian bishop accused of having 17 lovers exposed by cleaning lady

Ciro Quispe López has handed in his notice to Pope Leo after an investigation by the Vatican over claims he had a string of lovers including a nun

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 14h

Business academic, science academic, arts & humanities academic.

Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 14h

City librarian, YA librarian, Cataloguer

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you, I only saw The Conversation notification today. My bad. Will delete.

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 14h

Open letter from staff, students, and alumni of the New Zealand community of universities.

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Open Letter to Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs: The New Zealand Government must recognise the State of Palestine

As students, staff and alumni of the university community in Aotearoa (New Zealand), we express our profound dismay at the Government’s recent decision not to recognise the State of Palestine. Aotearo...

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 16h

Or at any time.

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 16h

And under-employment is a huge issue among young folk, especially in construction, where my youngest works.

Jobseeker changes turn young adults into dependent children – and squeeze households further
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Jobseeker changes turn young adults into dependent children – and squeeze households further

The Jobseeker changes assume there are enough jobs for young New Zealanders looking for work – when one in eight are already not in a job, training or education.

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 17h

Bust and crash?

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 18h

The included quotes are awful. These people are totally captured by Israel.

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‘Not a punchline’: 15 dehumanising quotes on Gaza atrocities by US figures

Van Jones apologises for joke about dead Palestinian babies, but not alone when it comes to insensitive remarks on Gaza.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 20h

We'd love to have a huge turn out for Nic's talk. Please help spread the word. There are downloadable pdf adverts in the link below. They can be emailed or printed. If you work in a public space (e.g. Library) you could help by printing and posting one of the flyers. Ngā mihi nui!

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Davien @davi-en.bsky.social · 20h

Shame on cops, shame on aerospace!! Please spread the word 🕊️
#nzpol

Peace Action Ōtautahi @peaceactnotautahi.bsky.social · 21h

⚠️BREAKING ⚠️ 25+ arrests have been made violently by police, who are facilitating the business of war and genocide in Te Pae right now. We, the people, say NO to the aerospace military industrial complex. We, the people, say NO MORE WAR IN OUR NAME. #nzpol #nz #peaceactivism

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Peace Action Ōtautahi @peaceactnotautahi.bsky.social · 21h

⚠️BREAKING ⚠️ 25+ arrests have been made violently by police, who are facilitating the business of war and genocide in Te Pae right now. We, the people, say NO to the aerospace military industrial complex. We, the people, say NO MORE WAR IN OUR NAME. #nzpol #nz #peaceactivism

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 19h

Nats clutch their pearls and sanction Chloe in the house then call everyone a snowflake when they spout shit #nzpol

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19h

BREAKING: Israeli forces have opened fire on a young Palestinian man near Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, reports our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/72upo8

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 18h

"And there’s little in intellectual property law to stop overseas researchers and drug companies raiding New Zealand forests...", a position consistent with neoliberalism, and thus ACT and National party dogma.

newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/07/c...

Cannabinoid breakthrough recognised as science minister bankrolls Māori traditional knowledge

Shane Reti funds science institute $42m to work with iwi to commercialise NZ's 80,000 indigenous species

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 1d

Treasury: "Because of this, it is hard to reconcile (from a purely logical perspective) how building a new medical school is going to be better than any non-build option, if we aren’t facing a capacity constraint."

The University of Waikato paid Steven Joyce $1m to get $82.85m of taxpayers' money.

Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 1d

www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin... Treasury repeatedly criticised Waikato Medical School proposal, but those complaints fell on deaf ears. @publicaddress.bsky.social

Treasury warnings over medical school ignored

The government ignored repeated warnings from Treasury not to approve the new Waikato Medical School amid concerns about cost overruns. The...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22h

David Adler says Sumud Flotilla activists were 'kidnapped, stripped, zip-tied, blindfolded' and sent to prison camp.

US activist from Gaza flotilla alleges ‘psychological torture’ by Israel

David Adler says Sumud Flotilla activists were 'kidnapped, stripped, zip-tied, blindfolded' and sent to prison camp.

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 23h

The Govt wants to cut Health NZ staff working on alcohol harm & end its research & social marketing campaigns. Sixty five organisations have signed an open letter to the PM, calling for alcohol industry to be excluded from policy making.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #alcohol #Health #PublicHealth

Cartoon. Title: “Sponsored by the Alcohol Lobby”. Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey and Assoc Justice Minister Nicole McKee, drinking together. McKee hands her beer to Doocey and says, “Hold my beer” “I’m going to sort out these Public Health boffins. Lower right it says, “Govt ignores expert advice on alcohol”

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 22h

Opinion: Targets being pursued by the Govt depress more valuable economic activity and increase social stress, argues Rob Campbell

Vocal vested interests distract us from the need for economic change

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 1d

Newsroom’s survey shows local government candidates are still overwhelmingly older, male, and white.
It’s a familiar pattern, but we rarely connect it to the digital spaces that shape public life 🧵
#nzpol

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Lack of diversity in survey of 1000 council candidates

Newsroom's survey of more than 1000 local election candidates shows those running for council who responded are less diverse than their constituents.

newsroom.co.nz

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JessTerraformEarth 🌏 💚 🌈 💧 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇳🇿 @jessterraformearth.bsky.social · 1d

"This is the worst we've seen in New Zealand since 2005."
…She said there was more downturn in the demand for labour than during the global financial crisis.'

Thanks Luxon! #nzpol

bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1d

this why peters willis luxon et al are relentlessly attempting to distract rn

The 'longest, deepest, slowest' job market - recruitment agency

The prime minister claims jobs for young people are still out there, but one of NZ's largest recruitment agencies says the employment market is the tightest it has been in decades.

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · 1d

Attention Simon Court

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Israel has killed or injured more than 10 percent of Gaza's population over the past 24 months.

Two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza: By the numbers

Israel has killed or injured more than 10 percent of Gaza's population over the past 24 months.

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