OECD comparison of changes in unemployment relative to 2019 average. Second image shows all oecd countries. I remain baffled by the media not asking the obvious questions here: 'How have we fked up so badly? Who is accountable?'

4300 teens will be thrown off jobseekers as youth jobs disappear across the country. More stress, more homelessness, more domestic violence, more poverty, more crime, more prisoners, more profit for PPPs - National Party's back on track is right on track #nzpol

I'm so hung up on Christopher Luxon saying "oh well the government has advised people not to go to Gaza for many years" as though Rana, Youssef and Samuel were on an ill-advised ski trip and not, you know, deliberately engaged in humanitarian efforts to deliver aid to victims of genocide

“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.

So Collins wants New Zealand to become an international arms dealer. My kiwisaver fund explicitly excludes weapons because they're incompatible with ethical fund management, but here's Judith Collins gleefully announcing our entry into this appalling trade. WT actual F. #nzpol

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Wright Family Foundation receives over $300 million of taxpayers' funding & posts $41.6 million op. profit. The business was converted to a "charity" & pays no tax. The Wright Family bankrolled Sean Plunkett & The Platform, which regularly attacks govt 'handouts' #nzpol 🧵👇

The racists in the UK are not the ones attending pro-Palestine marches this weekend. The racists in the UK are the ones saying that you shouldn’t protest 53 Palestinians being murdered because two Jewish people were also murdered on the same day. Some of us can condemn both.

Ben Gvir, Israeli Knesset Member who has several convictions for terrorism, demeaning himself in front of the activists from the flotilla by ranting and calling them terrorists #NZPol

Disabled Māori face higher rates of hardship, poor health, and exclusion. Huhana Hickey calls it what it is: poverty by design.

LIVE: Livestream from cameras of the Marinette as the last remaining boat of Global Sumud Flotilla continues to sail towards Gaza Watch live with us, The Resistance continues with all force 👇

Et soudain surgit droit au vent ... ⛵ Et vous , vous êtes plutôt Marine ou #Marinette 🥹 Incroyable, ces navigateurices qui ont réussi à faire des pirouettes et des silences et des sur-communication sur l'autre flotille pour que PAF, au milieu de la nuit ! #GolbalSumudFlotilla #BreakTheSiege

Will Alexander nterviewing a fellow passenger on board the Conscience on its way to Gaza in a flotilla of 8 vessels #NZPol

Nice democracy you got here. But don't worry, we're only planning to disenfranchise an entire electorate's worth of people This time www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

What do you call a deputy PM who wants all legislation run through his hand-picked ministry, wants to remove regulations, and doesn’t even follow normal democratic processes? #nzpol

Officials drafting Government policy say more than half of the time they are being "constrained" from following a normal policy process. New story from me in The Post: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

It’s time for real investment in supported living for all ages.

updates here: www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Israeli warships have surrounded the Global Sumud Flotilla — over 50 vessels. The flotilla insists on breaking the blockade to deliver aid to Gaza. (Mondoweiss)

OTĒPOTI ACTION: Protest Winston Peters & Shane Jones at Port Chalmers this Friday morning. Meet up outside the Port Otago office on Beach St in Port Chalmers at 10.45 am. #FreePalestine #AntiGenocide #InternationalLaw

The Ministry of Social Development has released new information about how upcoming changes to disability support services may apply to Enabling Good Lives (EGL) sites. More info here: tinyurl.com/yausjc4z

It’s so appalling that rights just get wiped away at the stroke of a pen like this. Another egregious decision by this government.

FYI I’ll be on TVNZ Breakfast from 7:05am to talk about the age of eligibility for NZ Super. I say don't extend it. It’s not fair on manual workers, Maori, Pasifika, the disabled & those in 30s/40s without the unearned wealth those in 60s/70s are now sitting on. Land tax/wealth tax better. #nzpol

NZ government overhauls earthquake-prone building classification. Let’s not forget that 185 people died, and several thousand were injured, in the 2011 earthquake in Christchurch. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #earthquakes #Insurance #TheCostOfALife

World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s - Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, say analysts @iied.bsky.social #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gutted to see fire safety and disability access being removed, I worked so hard to have these provisions retained when I was on the select committee considering the earthquake strengthening bill.

Gutted to see fire safety and disability access being removed, I worked so hard to have these provisions retained when I was on the select committee considering the earthquake strengthening bill.

Buried in the detail about reducing earthquake strengthening is the removal of requirements for disabled access and fire safety. You know who does that? Sociopaths.

"However, those under three storeys and in towns with under 10,000 people would no longer need strengthening, remediation or warning notices" "Requirements for fire safety and disability access would also be removed" This is straight up dangerous #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Requirements for fire safety and disability access would be removed under NZ Govt revamp of earthquake standards ... because why? 😲 Do Ministers want disabled people to Burn Baby Burn? So soon after conviction for killing five people in Loafers Lodge fire too! #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

#NZpol The "go slower" on emergency service buildings sounds off. You’d think emergency service buildings should _always_ be built to higher standards, surely, and be high priority. Likewise for buildings intended as safe havens in times of crisis.

It's very important to remember that Luxon and his ministers are appeasing a genocide as categorised by the United Nations. South Africa was apartheid, not genocide. When Chamberlain made peace with Hitler, the Final Solution was still 4 years away. Luxon, Peters, and Seymour are complicit.

More kiwi heroes www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The Total Mobility scheme makes a huge difference for people who otherwise can’t get to the places they need to go. It is vital that this scheme is kept and expanded.

I'm heartbroken and deeply ashamed at our government's cowardly, disgraceful stance on Palestine. Bastardy bastards.

Please sign!! This is an essential service where eligibility needs to be INCREASED not decreased!! #nzpol

We watch a people go through an attempted genocide, and we sit back and say you are no people. You have no state. For you see, we are friends with both you and your murderer.

New Zealand is punching above its weight in cowardice

Have heard that govt likely to cut eligibility for Total Mobility - an essential lifeline for many disabled people who cannot drive or access public transportation. Please sign this petition to parliament calling for Increased funding for Total Mobility Scheme

Have heard that govt likely to cut eligibility for Total Mobility - an essential lifeline for many disabled people who cannot drive or access public transportation. Please sign this petition to parliament calling for Increased funding for Total Mobility Scheme

Electoral Commission on NZ Minister Goldsmith's Electoral Amendment Bill says: - cutting off enrolment early was NOT in their recommendations! - cutting off enrolment early would NOT result in a faster result! Still 20 days w verification of Special Votes. #NZpol www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl...

What a deadly London fire can teach our politicians about systemic failure and the risks of deregulation, according to Lianne Dalziel

NZ Public #health is being pushed to the brink as Simeon Brown diverts millions $ funding from community GPs & public health to private investors. It's Kiwis & health professionals who are paying the price as he pushes the system towards the USA model #nzpol mountaintui.substack.com/p/doctors-ki...

Protect New Zealanders on the Sumud Flotilla – Act Now! #Nzpol Email Coalition leaders today to demand urgent action for the safety of Kiwis onboard 🔵 click on the link below using your phone. It will open your mail app with all the recipient details and the email body. 👉 cbty.short.gy/KDasH5

Protect New Zealanders on the Sumud Flotilla – Act Now! #Nzpol Email Coalition leaders today to demand urgent action for the safety of Kiwis onboard 🔵 click on the link below using your phone. It will open your mail app with all the recipient details and the email body. 👉 cbty.short.gy/KDasH5

This piece takes aim at RFK Jr. and Trump’s nonsense about autism, and kicks off a lighter convo about what autistic traits are actually like (spoiler: it’s not the paracetamol). 😬

Yasemin Acar reports explosions, unidentified drones, and communication jamming on the Global Sumud Flotilla. #urgent #share #breaking #globalsumudflotilla ‼️

Nice to wake to some positive news for a change! Big shout out to @ainekc.bsky.social for their staunch advocacy for disabled migrants. #Nzpol #DisabilityRights

Nice to wake to some positive news for a change! Big shout out to @ainekc.bsky.social for their staunch advocacy for disabled migrants. #Nzpol #DisabilityRights

Ardern resigned when her preferred PM poll numbers dropped to 30%, saying she clearly wasn't what NZ wanted anymore. Luxon is on 20% and still adamant he's doing a fucking brilliant job. Never send a white dude CEO to do a competent woman's job.