Laurie Kiwi Nan
@lauriebackintheday.bsky.social
Hello, can’t find anyone, please find me over here!👀😬
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"Last year, the Ministry of Social Development introduced stricter entry criteria for emergency housing, and new requirements that make it more difficult to stay" and remember they had no idea where those turfed out or excluded went, well put your genius hat on and take a guess.
Auckland homelessness spike prompts 'please help' letter
The number of people sleeping rough in the city is up more than 50%, prompting a plea for help.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"Last year, the Ministry of Social Development introduced stricter entry criteria for emergency housing, and new requirements that make it more difficult to stay" and remember they had no idea where those turfed out or excluded went, well put your genius hat on and take a guess.
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"Water is the lifeblood of our planet. But in Aotearoa New Zealand, a staggering two-thirds of the rivers monitored for water quality are classified as unswimmable. Only 2% of large lakes are deemed to be in “good health”."
theconversation.com/how-sharing-...
theconversation.com/how-sharing-...
How sharing stories about river restoration can inspire others to take care of waterways
Reversing damage to waterways requires sustained effort over time. Storytelling that emphasises inter-generational goals cultivates patience and resilience within communities.
theconversation.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:43 PM
"Water is the lifeblood of our planet. But in Aotearoa New Zealand, a staggering two-thirds of the rivers monitored for water quality are classified as unswimmable. Only 2% of large lakes are deemed to be in “good health”."
theconversation.com/how-sharing-...
theconversation.com/how-sharing-...
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This story contains some of the worst sets of accounts - outside liquidations and recieverships - I’ve ever seen. Bonus Shane Jones clarification that he’s actually not related to its MD. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/bus...
Shelling out: How taxpayer spent $52m buying into a loss-making mussel farm
Shane Jones defends Crown investments into struggling Ōpōtiki aquaculture firm.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 27, 2024 at 6:34 PM
This story contains some of the worst sets of accounts - outside liquidations and recieverships - I’ve ever seen. Bonus Shane Jones clarification that he’s actually not related to its MD. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/bus...
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Warning given just before cutback
Warning given just before cutbacks
Clinicians warned officials about the dangers of scaling down the new Dunedin hospital project just two days before the government announced...
www.odt.co.nz
November 30, 2024 at 6:06 AM
Warning given just before cutback
Classic!
Mary Tyler Moore accidentally nailed a perfect trick shot in *The Dick Van Dyke Show* (1962)—on the FIRST take.
It was supposed to be done by a pro, but she shocked everyone and pulled it off herself. Absolute legend. 🎱✨
#ClassicTV #FunFacts
It was supposed to be done by a pro, but she shocked everyone and pulled it off herself. Absolute legend. 🎱✨
#ClassicTV #FunFacts
November 30, 2024 at 6:10 AM
Classic!
And tens of thousands less long covid and protected our frontline drs/nurses. Winning all round.
Covid-19 Royal Commission Report [363/?]
The elimination strategy was the best way to protect all Kiwis and look after those at highest risk from a pandemic. By delaying widespread transmission until most people had been vaccinated, thousands of premature deaths were prevented.
The elimination strategy was the best way to protect all Kiwis and look after those at highest risk from a pandemic. By delaying widespread transmission until most people had been vaccinated, thousands of premature deaths were prevented.
November 30, 2024 at 6:09 AM
And tens of thousands less long covid and protected our frontline drs/nurses. Winning all round.
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Covid-19 Royal Commission Report [363/?]
The elimination strategy was the best way to protect all Kiwis and look after those at highest risk from a pandemic. By delaying widespread transmission until most people had been vaccinated, thousands of premature deaths were prevented.
The elimination strategy was the best way to protect all Kiwis and look after those at highest risk from a pandemic. By delaying widespread transmission until most people had been vaccinated, thousands of premature deaths were prevented.
November 30, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Covid-19 Royal Commission Report [363/?]
The elimination strategy was the best way to protect all Kiwis and look after those at highest risk from a pandemic. By delaying widespread transmission until most people had been vaccinated, thousands of premature deaths were prevented.
The elimination strategy was the best way to protect all Kiwis and look after those at highest risk from a pandemic. By delaying widespread transmission until most people had been vaccinated, thousands of premature deaths were prevented.
Isn’t Estonia the country we have to be more like? “Be like Estonia?” Or am I confused?
The John Key govt ran official 'productivity recession' it's hardly improved.
No wonder my brother has ZERO intentions of moving from Ireland back to NZ
#NZPol
No wonder my brother has ZERO intentions of moving from Ireland back to NZ
#NZPol
Labour Productivity
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Hungary🇭🇺
Japan🇯🇵
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Estonia🇪🇪
November 30, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Isn’t Estonia the country we have to be more like? “Be like Estonia?” Or am I confused?
Or go to physical shops, I try to.
I’ve used BookHub for most of my gift-giving this year, it’s awesome 🙌
Reminding everyone thinking of buying books as presents this Christmas (as you should), please do your online searching at bookhub.co.nz before trying anywhere else. Keep the sales in Aotearoa if at all possible.
November 30, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Or go to physical shops, I try to.
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Former Amazon worker here; do not cross this picket line. Don't do it. Don't even order from them (unless absolutely necessary). They're a disgusting company to work for and the reason for my knee problems that required years of physical therapy.
Fuck Amazon. We stand with the workers! 👊🏻✨
Fuck Amazon. We stand with the workers! 👊🏻✨
Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
Amazon workers on strike from Black Friday to Cyber Monday
(WFXR) – Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
www.cbs42.com
November 28, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Former Amazon worker here; do not cross this picket line. Don't do it. Don't even order from them (unless absolutely necessary). They're a disgusting company to work for and the reason for my knee problems that required years of physical therapy.
Fuck Amazon. We stand with the workers! 👊🏻✨
Fuck Amazon. We stand with the workers! 👊🏻✨
RNZ now, very interesting talk on long Covid/ME
November 29, 2024 at 9:25 PM
RNZ now, very interesting talk on long Covid/ME
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The Cabinet Manual stipulates "no Minister should endorse in any media any product or service".
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/green-par...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/green-par...
Social media strife: Greens co-leader edits chocolate bar post after PM's warning
Davidson said her post was to promote te reo Māori after backlash against Whittaker's.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 28, 2024 at 7:43 PM
The Cabinet Manual stipulates "no Minister should endorse in any media any product or service".
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/green-par...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/green-par...
This is a tsunami we can’t stop.
Slimy Seymour thinks he can buggar us up by stealth! Sickening!
A quick Google reveals the link between the new charter school: Mastery Schools and the Atlas Network.
Toni Hatten-Roberts, one of the founders and directors of Mastery, writes research for the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), an Atlas Network think tank.
#nzpol #corruption
Toni Hatten-Roberts, one of the founders and directors of Mastery, writes research for the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), an Atlas Network think tank.
#nzpol #corruption
November 28, 2024 at 6:22 PM
This is a tsunami we can’t stop.
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The government has proposed targets to increase the share of public transport costs from fares (and other revenue like advertising, which is small and not scalable). Our target equates to a 71% fare hike. Our only other option is even more cost cutting, which just cuts patronage and fare revenue. 1/
Bus and train fares may surge by up to 70% to meet NZTA targets
It comes as the New Zealand Transport Agency tells councils to hit higher revenue targets.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2024 at 10:50 PM
The government has proposed targets to increase the share of public transport costs from fares (and other revenue like advertising, which is small and not scalable). Our target equates to a 71% fare hike. Our only other option is even more cost cutting, which just cuts patronage and fare revenue. 1/
Slimy Seymour thinks he can buggar us up by stealth! Sickening!
A quick Google reveals the link between the new charter school: Mastery Schools and the Atlas Network.
Toni Hatten-Roberts, one of the founders and directors of Mastery, writes research for the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), an Atlas Network think tank.
#nzpol #corruption
Toni Hatten-Roberts, one of the founders and directors of Mastery, writes research for the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), an Atlas Network think tank.
#nzpol #corruption
November 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Slimy Seymour thinks he can buggar us up by stealth! Sickening!
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This needs to hit the headlines way more often.
the government has found one weird trick for getting good headlines without actually spending any money: just pillage an existing budget and rename it '*insert bad thing here* annihilation fund'. It's now worked on fixing potholes, a drink-driving 'crackdown', and yesterday new doctors and nurses
November 27, 2024 at 8:25 AM
This needs to hit the headlines way more often.
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1/ We're experiencing a huge influx of users, and with that, a predictable uptick in harmful content posted to the network.
As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.
As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.
November 26, 2024 at 12:08 AM
1/ We're experiencing a huge influx of users, and with that, a predictable uptick in harmful content posted to the network.
As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.
As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.
I’d say the war on bowel cancer is over. Luxon doesn’t give a flying one!
November 26, 2024 at 9:36 PM
I’d say the war on bowel cancer is over. Luxon doesn’t give a flying one!
Don’t worry, a ghost hospital is being built in the Waikato. Thanks to Joyce and Quigley?😬😳
www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/26/p...
www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/26/p...
Pipeline repair leads to ceiling collapse at Dunedin Hospital
A leak has caused a partial ceiling collapse where sterilisation equipment is stored.
www.1news.co.nz
November 26, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Don’t worry, a ghost hospital is being built in the Waikato. Thanks to Joyce and Quigley?😬😳
www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/26/p...
www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/26/p...
Anyone who has had anything to do with education won’t be surprised one bit. Hold onto your hats support personnel, nek minut you will be getting zero hours.😡
Let me tell you what teacher aides do: in short, we catch the kids who slip through the cracks. We’re teacher and counsellor. We’re sometimes the first school worker to ever tell them they’re smart.
But we don’t deserve cost of living increase? Fuck off with your zero pay offer.
But we don’t deserve cost of living increase? Fuck off with your zero pay offer.
A zero pay offer. I shouldn't be shocked anymore but yet ...
www.nzeiteriuroa.org.nz/about-us/med...
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November 26, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Anyone who has had anything to do with education won’t be surprised one bit. Hold onto your hats support personnel, nek minut you will be getting zero hours.😡
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With all the shizzle going on in the world, let's show the bastards that we're not going anywhere and won't roll over and accept it.
It would be amazing to get thousands of people across the motu to show them where they can shove their Treaty Principles Bill
Check your local activations
#nzpol
It would be amazing to get thousands of people across the motu to show them where they can shove their Treaty Principles Bill
Check your local activations
#nzpol
Toitū Te Tiriti! How you can support the Hīkoi Mō Te Tiriti as a PSA member
The hīkoi is going ahead as planned, starting 10 November, despite the Government announcing it will introduce the Treaty Principles Bill into Parliament on 7 November. Te Tiriti o Waitangi is about a...
www.psa.org.nz
November 7, 2024 at 9:19 PM
With all the shizzle going on in the world, let's show the bastards that we're not going anywhere and won't roll over and accept it.
It would be amazing to get thousands of people across the motu to show them where they can shove their Treaty Principles Bill
Check your local activations
#nzpol
It would be amazing to get thousands of people across the motu to show them where they can shove their Treaty Principles Bill
Check your local activations
#nzpol
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Absolutely don't touch men under 30 in Australia with a bargepole, I'm not stupid enough to think there couldn't be similar results here but fuckin' yikes!
October 28, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Absolutely don't touch men under 30 in Australia with a bargepole, I'm not stupid enough to think there couldn't be similar results here but fuckin' yikes!