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September 29, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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If you have an electorate MP not from Greens or Te Pāti Māori, it’s worth sending an email and letting them know you expect action against genocide.
Reminder
When emailing MPs - be polite.
NEVER make threats, of any sort.
A template email is easy to be automatically sorted into a folder which will be ignored. Probably.
Same goes for cc emails.
Email your MP and say ‘I am a constituent’.
Postcards (& letters) can be sent free to Parly.
September 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Omg I’m a third of the way there! Thank you to all who have donated. Feeling slightly less distraught right now. chuffed.org/project/zareef
Fund a tent for a family in Gaza
I'm raising funds to buy tents for families in Gaza who are currently displaced. These are families who are being supported through mutual aid from New Zealand.
chuffed.org
September 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Posting to share the campaign started by someone else- whatever your views, this boy deserves a home. In the meantime, let’s get him shelter chuffed.org/project/zare...
Fund a tent for a family in Gaza
I'm raising funds to buy tents for families in Gaza who are currently displaced. These are families who are being supported through mutual aid from New Zealand.
chuffed.org
September 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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RSE workers win landmark case over unlawful wage deductions by their employer - Pick Hawkes Bay. #nzpol

Brave workers. 5 years of their lives on this case for justice

Pick Hawke’s Bay is a ‘not for profit’ profiteering off RSE workers by being really despicable greedy humans & employers imo.
Stuff
www.stuff.co.nz
September 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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“Conrad Joseph Lawrence Goodger and his companies Rent Ezi and Nice View Limited ran eight boarding houses - four of them unlawful and overcrowded, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment said”

He can afford the fine but NZ can’t afford this type of landlord. #nzpol
Queenstown landlord fined $81,000 for unlawful, overcrowded boarding houses
A Queenstown landlord who crammed tenants into partitioned rooms, garages, caravans and a bus has been ordered to pay $81,050 on behalf of 117 tenants.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Lol: huge burn from the experts to the Ministry of Ed statement. They note
"We can’t help but point out the incorrect use of “than” (it should be “from”) and “practice” (it should be “practise”). They’re minor things, but this is the Ministry of Education, after all."
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
Hiding behind jargon | E-Tangata
“Seeing vowels present in Māori words grows a person’s ability to communicate and to understand New Zealand English, of which many Māori words are an everyday part.” — Vincent Olsen-Reeder and Corinne...
e-tangata.co.nz
August 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Here's Chlöe Swarbrick's speech, that led the Speaker to throw her out of the House.

Clearly makes the case for New Zealand to recognise the genocide and ethnic cleansing taking place in Gaza and the West Bank, and for it to recognise the state of Palestine.

youtu.be/yc6oLAzbqoQ
August 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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A tweet from Ori Goldberg who has been consistently critical of the Palestinian Genocide.
July 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This, please can we do better
We lost Efeso Collins to heart disease. We have lost Takutai Tarsh Kemp to kidney disease. In a parliament of 123, that's a pretty good indication that Pasifika & Maori have worse health outcomes than the general population.
June 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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We lost Efeso Collins to heart disease. We have lost Takutai Tarsh Kemp to kidney disease. In a parliament of 123, that's a pretty good indication that Pasifika & Maori have worse health outcomes than the general population.
June 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
#MWSecretSantaAoNZ
My secret Santa hit all I sweet spots! Fudge mmmmmmmmyum, hand cream yes please!, and kiwiana socks. Thanks to my lovely secret Santa xx
June 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#MWSecretSantaAoN it has arrived !
May 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Thanks, it's been fascinating watching from the sidelines and seeing Quin botch things so badly. There's an air of arrogance about Foodstuffs that mirrors the bad old days with Fonterra. (Non paywalled version in the Nelson Mail)
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May 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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This is an excellent contextual unpicking of the Privileges Committee report + recommendations for sanction of TPM's MPs. Journalism like this is essential and we are lucky to have RNZ (+ Phil Smith) to provide it to us.
The House: Parliamentary privileges - Race as an aggravating factor?
Analysis: Reactions and advice from Parliament's Clerk, Speaker and even the committee chair show it has recommended indefensibly harsh punishments.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Emily Writes is such a treasure. Everything's shit and awful but it can still also be funny.

The National Party Toxic Boyfriend excuse generator
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The National Party Toxic Boyfriend excuse generator
In an effort to address the harm caused by the National Government to their partner (soon to be ex) The Women of Aotearoa, both parties attended a mediation session with a marriage counsellor.
open.substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Lolly Cake (pictured) is one of the highlights of New Zealand cuisine. No one is quite sure of its origins, but 107% of dieticians agree it is the leading causes of diabetes, obesity, and Morgellons Disease in New Zealand.
May 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
So good when your secret Santa match gives hints that could actually be your own! It will be like finding a present for me, so easy, so fun. #MWSecretSantaAoNZ
April 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
#MWSecretSantaAoNZ got two cats, love spring flowers, cookbooks, getting people’s favourite recipe.
April 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Have two cats and an out of control garden. A good match
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April 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#MWSecretSantaAoNZ Love my garden, love chocolate, love socks, love art, don’t need my person to spend money :)
April 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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If you have submission writing fatigue, you can add your name to Gun Control NZ's response to Minister McKee's efforts to erode gun safety laws here:

www.guncontrol.nz/submission

Submissions close 28 Feb. #nzpol
Submission — Gun Control NZ
www.guncontrol.nz
February 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM