Grant Brookes (he/him/ia)
@grantbrookesnz.bsky.social
#NZNO National Executive member. Registered Nurse from Aotearoa New Zealand. Views here my own. Activism is the rent I pay for living on the planet ✊🌹🍉
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AI generated images or videos should not be used in political ads. It makes no difference if you are "generating fakes of real people" bc the model uses images it has been trained on, not just the image of a specific person you are generating. #nzpol
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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 8:42 PM
AI generated images or videos should not be used in political ads. It makes no difference if you are "generating fakes of real people" bc the model uses images it has been trained on, not just the image of a specific person you are generating. #nzpol
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#NZpol Again, it’s useful to compare what political parties and MPs sing to their fan bases, as opposed to media outlets. It shows where their focus is…
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#NZpol Again, it’s useful to compare what political parties and MPs sing to their fan bases, as opposed to media outlets. It shows where their focus is…
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In a way it's kind of funny that the govt thinks it's ok to just, immediately after local body elections, announce that the regional govts we voted for are for the chop, and the people we elected as city and district mayors are going to have different jobs to the one we just voted them into.
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
In a way it's kind of funny that the govt thinks it's ok to just, immediately after local body elections, announce that the regional govts we voted for are for the chop, and the people we elected as city and district mayors are going to have different jobs to the one we just voted them into.
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 8:51 PM
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In his first council meeting as Wellington mayor, Andrew Little gave a big promotion to controversial rival Ray Chung and opened a political rift between Labour and the Greens.
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Andrew Little buddies up to the right
In his first council meeting as Wellington mayor, Andrew Little opened a political rift between Labour and the Greens.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In his first council meeting as Wellington mayor, Andrew Little gave a big promotion to controversial rival Ray Chung and opened a political rift between Labour and the Greens.
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VOTE this CORRUPT Coalition OUT! #nzpol
How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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 industry's wishlist, including giving it access to draft laws.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
VOTE this CORRUPT Coalition OUT! #nzpol
How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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“Resene Paint workers at the Naenae and Upper Hutt factories do not earn the Living Wage. They are currently in tough negotiations with their employer and need all the support possible to ensure the campaign is well-resourced and that they can win the Living Wage.” #nzpol
Givealittle if you can ❤️
Givealittle if you can ❤️
Support Resene Paints Workers to Win a Living Wage
Raising money to support Resene Paints workers to win a Living Wage at their workplace.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“Resene Paint workers at the Naenae and Upper Hutt factories do not earn the Living Wage. They are currently in tough negotiations with their employer and need all the support possible to ensure the campaign is well-resourced and that they can win the Living Wage.” #nzpol
Givealittle if you can ❤️
Givealittle if you can ❤️
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Some details on his convictions being upheld. Not exactly the kind of person who should be running a school. 2/3. #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/struck-of...
Struck off doctor has convictions upheld
A struck-off doctor turned scrap-metal dealer has had convictions for receiving stolen vehicles upheld after a six-year legal battle.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Some details on his convictions being upheld. Not exactly the kind of person who should be running a school. 2/3. #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/struck-of...
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And more on how he ran a diabetes clinic, and offered consultations, despite being struck off. This is the kind of person considered ok to run a charter school. 3/3. #nzpol
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November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
And more on how he ran a diabetes clinic, and offered consultations, despite being struck off. This is the kind of person considered ok to run a charter school. 3/3. #nzpol
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Victory! Time to bugger off Bangerz.
Also, this shows the kind of person Seymour thinks should run a charter school - Rhys Michael Cullen (on the right), a former doctor with a criminal conviction who was struck off for professional misconduct in 2009. 1/3.
#nzpol
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Also, this shows the kind of person Seymour thinks should run a charter school - Rhys Michael Cullen (on the right), a former doctor with a criminal conviction who was struck off for professional misconduct in 2009. 1/3.
#nzpol
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Trust drops hostile takeover for Auckland state school
Bangerz Education and Wellbeing Trust wanted to convert Kelston Boys’ High School into a charter school.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Victory! Time to bugger off Bangerz.
Also, this shows the kind of person Seymour thinks should run a charter school - Rhys Michael Cullen (on the right), a former doctor with a criminal conviction who was struck off for professional misconduct in 2009. 1/3.
#nzpol
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Also, this shows the kind of person Seymour thinks should run a charter school - Rhys Michael Cullen (on the right), a former doctor with a criminal conviction who was struck off for professional misconduct in 2009. 1/3.
#nzpol
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It's just plain not.
Luxon calls growing prisoner numbers 'a good thing' as police target slips
Luxon calls growing prisoner numbers 'a good thing' as police target slips
The prison population has surged to record highs and is now nearing 11,000 inmates
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November 18, 2025 at 6:50 AM
It's just plain not.
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#RocketLab has had US military contracts since 2009. This year they launched satellites that could be used by Israel. >100 ppl, incl ISO members, joined @peaceactnotautahi.bsky.social last month to blockade them, defence firm Nova & USAF contractor Dawn Aerospace #nzpol
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Protesting the Ōtautahi Aerospace Conference
To quote from the 2025 Aerospace Summit website, New Zealand is a “global space leader”. Our low population density and open skies make us the perfect arena, in logistical terms, for testing and launc...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#RocketLab has had US military contracts since 2009. This year they launched satellites that could be used by Israel. >100 ppl, incl ISO members, joined @peaceactnotautahi.bsky.social last month to blockade them, defence firm Nova & USAF contractor Dawn Aerospace #nzpol
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This is grimly amusing. Bishop couldn't fulfil a campaign promise because of Simeon Brown's footpath fatwa, so he had to raid a Kāinga Ora fund. Maybe running transport policy as a culture war was a stupid and destructive thing to do in the first place, eh.
NEW: Chris Bishop used housing money to fund a bridge in his electorate his own Govt had killed off.
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
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Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
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Chris Bishop diverts Kāinga Ora money to fund a bridge in his electorate
Officials warned against the use of housing funds for bridge building but Bishop says it was a “pragmatic choice”.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is grimly amusing. Bishop couldn't fulfil a campaign promise because of Simeon Brown's footpath fatwa, so he had to raid a Kāinga Ora fund. Maybe running transport policy as a culture war was a stupid and destructive thing to do in the first place, eh.
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#NZpol Looking wider, cutting IT staff never sounded a good idea to me,
“This was linked to the government and Health NZ stripping $100m and key roles - mislabelled back office, said Dalton - from data and digital teams.”
I can recall calls for better IT in medicine/health from decades ago.
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“This was linked to the government and Health NZ stripping $100m and key roles - mislabelled back office, said Dalton - from data and digital teams.”
I can recall calls for better IT in medicine/health from decades ago.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#NZpol Looking wider, cutting IT staff never sounded a good idea to me,
“This was linked to the government and Health NZ stripping $100m and key roles - mislabelled back office, said Dalton - from data and digital teams.”
I can recall calls for better IT in medicine/health from decades ago.
1/2
“This was linked to the government and Health NZ stripping $100m and key roles - mislabelled back office, said Dalton - from data and digital teams.”
I can recall calls for better IT in medicine/health from decades ago.
1/2
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“Taken together, they signal institutional racism and something even more corrosive — an erosion of character at the top of government. When those in power stop seeing themselves as trustees and start acting as owners of the country, the checks and balances in our system lose their meaning.”
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 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“Taken together, they signal institutional racism and something even more corrosive — an erosion of character at the top of government. When those in power stop seeing themselves as trustees and start acting as owners of the country, the checks and balances in our system lose their meaning.”
The #Uber loss in the Supreme Court “highlights a grey area in the law”, says Brooke Van Velden.
It’s been through 3 courts. The judges were unanimous. There’s nothing grey about it. The law is black & white. WORKERS HAVE RIGHTS! That’s the real “problem” this anti-worker govt wants to “fix” #nzpol
It’s been through 3 courts. The judges were unanimous. There’s nothing grey about it. The law is black & white. WORKERS HAVE RIGHTS! That’s the real “problem” this anti-worker govt wants to “fix” #nzpol
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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ISO was proud to stand with #Uberdrivers during their long legal battle for the minimum employment rights.
Today #Uber lost in the Supreme Court.
If the govt proceeds with planned law changes to annul this Supreme Court decision, it must pay the political price #nzpol
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Today #Uber lost in the Supreme Court.
If the govt proceeds with planned law changes to annul this Supreme Court decision, it must pay the political price #nzpol
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November 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
ISO was proud to stand with #Uberdrivers during their long legal battle for the minimum employment rights.
Today #Uber lost in the Supreme Court.
If the govt proceeds with planned law changes to annul this Supreme Court decision, it must pay the political price #nzpol
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Today #Uber lost in the Supreme Court.
If the govt proceeds with planned law changes to annul this Supreme Court decision, it must pay the political price #nzpol
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#nzpol HUGE VICTORY FOR WORKERS:
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Uber Drivers and their unions, saying that they are employees not contractors. Now the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Government to respect this ruling and uphold the rights of platform and gig economy workers:
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Uber Drivers and their unions, saying that they are employees not contractors. Now the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Government to respect this ruling and uphold the rights of platform and gig economy workers:
Govt must respect Supreme Court ruling and abandon pro-Uber bill - NZCTU
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Prime Minister to respect the ruling of the Supreme Court and abandon Brooke van Velden’s Employment Relations Bill. The Bill would enshrine in law the abi...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
#nzpol HUGE VICTORY FOR WORKERS:
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Uber Drivers and their unions, saying that they are employees not contractors. Now the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Government to respect this ruling and uphold the rights of platform and gig economy workers:
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Uber Drivers and their unions, saying that they are employees not contractors. Now the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Government to respect this ruling and uphold the rights of platform and gig economy workers:
Uber loses Supreme Court appeal over drivers' employment status www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Uber loses Supreme Court appeal over drivers' employment status
The Supreme Court has unanimously voted in favour of the drivers.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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'On notice': Greens pledge to revoke fast-track consents for coal, hard-rock gold, seabed mining projects www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Thank you Greens. Can Labour + Te Pati Maori step up and pledge this too? Today I filed my submission against the shameful Fast-track Approvals Amendments Bill.
Thank you Greens. Can Labour + Te Pati Maori step up and pledge this too? Today I filed my submission against the shameful Fast-track Approvals Amendments Bill.
Greens pledge to revoke fast-track consents for coal, hard-rock gold, seabed mining projects
"We will revoke them, even if consents are issued," said the Greens' resources spokesperson Steve Abel.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
'On notice': Greens pledge to revoke fast-track consents for coal, hard-rock gold, seabed mining projects www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Thank you Greens. Can Labour + Te Pati Maori step up and pledge this too? Today I filed my submission against the shameful Fast-track Approvals Amendments Bill.
Thank you Greens. Can Labour + Te Pati Maori step up and pledge this too? Today I filed my submission against the shameful Fast-track Approvals Amendments Bill.
Early advice from officials that recommended New Zealand recognise Palestine as a state was ultimately ignored by the Government.
Foreign affairs officials advised recognition of Palestine
Early advice from officials that recommended New Zealand recognise Palestine as a state was ultimately ignored by the Government.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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this should immediately have a commentator REMOVED from their roles, instead it’s a strong signal of just how decrepit and servile to power nz media is
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
this should immediately have a commentator REMOVED from their roles, instead it’s a strong signal of just how decrepit and servile to power nz media is
We have a government of 🤡 and they’re spraying taxpayers’ money around like greenkeepers in a drought
#nzpol
#CharterSchools Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#nzpol
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Charter School Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust
The contract would see a secondary school with a focus on young athletes in Years 11-13 established in Trentham, near Wellington, next year.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We have a government of 🤡 and they’re spraying taxpayers’ money around like greenkeepers in a drought
#nzpol
#CharterSchools Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#nzpol
#CharterSchools Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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