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Exactly this - compromised values make vulnerable communities in particular less safe, but it’s not hard to imagine power coming at a widespread cost.

Yes - we're working on some comms around this because there's also going to be a need for funds to support whānau affected by the ban, but you can donate via patha.nz/donate

I personally think NZ First has gone so far off the rails this time, that Labour partnering with them now would be morally repugnant.

Agree - and with NZ First as kingmaker it’s pretty clear what kind of policy would go on the table to be progressed with Labour’s agreement 🫠

Here it is in case of emergency: www.mightyape.co.nz/mn/buy/might...

Can’t help but think it’ll be a progressives vs the establishment situation - especially if the instinct is to throw the actual LW under the bus, as you say. But maybe there will be some good shifts 🤞

The leadership I would like to see is one that doesn’t think it’s a win to deliver what people should already have to survive.
The leadership I would like to see knows the opportunity is in what people need to move beyond surviving, into thriving.
That’s the job - and it should show up in policy.
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Aspirational, inspiring leadership looks like refusing to equivocate on the absolute bare minimums for people to survive.
It looks like immediately backing vulnerable communities instead of refusing to out of fear of antagonising a base that doesn’t exist.
It’s getting out of the middle of the road.