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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · 23d

Well. Let’s see what actions it actually evokes. Remember Rwanda.

Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · 23d

But where is the equivalent of the RPF? Nowhere. United nations? NATO? OTHERS? These organisations are truly allowing a genoside and then their member states will jump in and make profit from the spoils of the genoside and the ‘development opportunities’.

Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · 23d

That’s exactly what happened in Rwanda. Except the RPF stopped the genoside. Then the USA and other countries that were/should have been part of peace keeping all came back/got involved and donated money (and made money).

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Nats are so much better at managing the economy‘. 🙄Comparing real gross domestic product per capita, converted for purchasing power parity, New Zealand ranks 25th out of 43 for growth over the past decade and 37th for the past two years’ New Zealand income growth one of the worst in the world’

New Zealand income growth one of the worst in the world

The post-Covid recession has pushed our wage growth to near the bottom of global rankings.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Aug 29

There’s a great app that can be used to identify brands etc for boycotting and disinvestment.

Screenshot of the icon for the No thanks app.

Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Aug 29

Good read jasonhickel.substack.com/p/why-does-t...

Why does the US support Israel's crimes?

Why does the US support Israel’s genocidal crimes against the Palestinian people, even in the face of overwhelming international condemnation, at massive expense, and to the point of totally debasing ...

jasonhickel.substack.com

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Aug 21

Pretty low survey response rates

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Aug 6

To be clear, I’m not suggesting the kuia consented and should have understood that use of her image was not under her control. My thinking was that she didn’t know it had been added to stock image website and could be bought and used by anyone.

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Aug 6

Apparently HP are saying they bought stock image. I assume this means a professional photographer contributed the image to the website of stock images - is this correct? Can someone’s image be used as a stock image without their consent?

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Aug 1

Fat Bastards pies in Invercargill are very very good.

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Unbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · Jul 29

Surviving measles (again, even mild cases) wipes out a portion of your immune memory and weakens your body's defenses, leaving you vulnerable to infections you were previously protected against through years of exposure or immunization.

The Immunity Thief: Why Measles Is Much Worse Than a Rash

How one infection can wipe out years of hard-earned immune protection

open.substack.com

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Jul 26

Despite the chronic shortage of nurses and the evidence that low nursing numbers is harmful over 50% nursing graduates not employed by HNZ Nursing students, graduates say they are being 'failed' by Health NZ www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Nursing students, graduates say they are being 'failed' by Health NZ

Health NZ used to hire 80-90 percent of all graduates, a nursing student says.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Jul 24

Screening for lung cancer reduces mortality by 20-26%. Open access article
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Te Oranga Pūkahukahu research programme: intentional steps towards a national equity-focused lung cancer screening programme in Aotearoa New Zealand

Screening of at-risk, asymptomatic people can significantly reduce mortality from lung cancer. However, evidence about how to optimise lung cancer screening for specific populations, including Aote...

www.tandfonline.com

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Jul 23

Apropos of the recent Southland times article documenting the chronic severe shortage of nursing staff at Southland hospital…. Open access artilce qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...

Eliminating hospital nurse understaffing is a cost-effective patient safety intervention

More than 20 years since a landmark study1 documented hospitalised patients were more likely to die when their nurse cared for too many patients at a time, hundreds of rigorously conducted studies in ...

qualitysafety.bmj.com

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Jul 19

Public funding to private hospitals to deliver drugs to private patients that aren’t available to public patients because Pharmac doesn’t have the money to fund for public. Meanwhile Christchurch Hospital asks patients' families to help cover short staffing www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Christchurch Hospital asks patients' families to help cover short staffing

The nurses' union says it's unacceptable for hospital managers to expect family members to take on the role of employed staff.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · Jul 10

🕯️

Rumi

In a dream I asked him
What can I do
if I can't change it

and he pointed
to the graves
and whispered witness it

—Joseph Fasano

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · Jul 6

Tangential, but related for #NZ

While we have an emergency alert system through mobile phones, personally I’d still like an official national app that pulls together warnings from different sources that apply to an area.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Jul 6

I do think that officials should be required to post all disaster info on publicly-available government websites (and *then* they can post the same info on social media platforms).

We have to stop relying on social media platforms run by billionaire psychopaths for basic local disaster comms.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Jul 6

If you’re an official who insists on using social media as a primary source for vital disaster info, then I believe it’s malpractice to not at least duplicate those messages on multiple platforms in 2025 - including those that people under 40 actually use, like TikTok.

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Jun 24

I feel seen

Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Jun 24

The use of swearing to relieve stress, anger, pain or frustration is known as ‘lalochezia’.

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Jun 19

Why are new powerlines not put underground? Reduces harm to birds and from road traffic crashes where the posts are hit

Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Jun 17

😂😂

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Jun 16

Here’s the link Paramedic loses medical registration after strangling partner, biting nose www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Paramedic loses medical registration after strangling partner, biting nose

The man also unzipped a constable's vest and attempted to get hold of their Taser, before being restrained.

www.rnz.co.nz

Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Jun 16

Another male blaming a women for his behaviour. Should never get his license back. And shouldn’t have name suppression either. Paramedic loses medical registration after strangling partner, biting nose

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Jun 16

Are there any Tangata Tiriti groups in Tauranga? A friends parents want to join one.

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Jun 14

Man fails to realise his behaviour needs to change. ‘Shepherd also said he… …now "views most women now as a potential complainant".’ Wellington Bird Rehabilitation Trust founder Craig Shepherd keeps security licence despite assault convictions www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Wellington Bird Rehabilitation Trust founder Craig Shepherd keeps security licence despite assault convictions

In 2023, Craig Shepherd pleaded guilty to four assault charges in relation to three women, two of them Wellington Bird Rehabilitation Trust employees.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social · Jun 8

Eurasian hoopoe?

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