Riddhish
@riddhishp.bsky.social
On a quest to civilise the West!
Aotearoa New Zealand | India
Aotearoa New Zealand | India
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
"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
‘We condemn it’: Mayor takes stand against racist comments
Waimate’s mayor has issued a firmly worded statement condemning “racist and divisive” online attacks on a young leadership programme participant.
www.thepress.co.nz
October 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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
"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
September 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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
"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
Mayor criticises central government’s ‘overreach’
A South Canterbury mayor says local government is being steadily eroded by central government mandates which “chip away” at councils’ power, gut their finances and put pressure on ratepayers.
www.thepress.co.nz
June 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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
"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
April 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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
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"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.
Former ACT Party president named for sexually abusing boys
The allegations were brought to ACT Party leader David Seymour two months before Timothy Jago’s arrest, Stuff can reveal.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"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
Shane Jones shouts ‘send the Mexicans home’, MP told she doesn’t understand the ‘essence of being Māori’
ACT is also accusing Te Pāti Māori of crossing the line after an MP told Karen Chhour she did not understand the “essence of being Māori”.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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
"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
January 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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
"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"
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"Ew, David"
#nzpol
January 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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
"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!
December 31, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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!
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Imagine being told to keep indigenous rights out of... a haka
November 24, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Imagine being told to keep indigenous rights out of... a haka
I left Twitter about a decade back after it became a steaming pile of hate spewed by jobless trolls. Hopefully this place doesn't turn into the same. Until then, I'm here.
November 24, 2024 at 9:05 AM
I left Twitter about a decade back after it became a steaming pile of hate spewed by jobless trolls. Hopefully this place doesn't turn into the same. Until then, I'm here.