I may be leaving parliament, but I’m certainly not leaving the kaupapa. Ka whawhai tonu mātou, ake ake ake! 🌿💚

Kirikiriroa! In colab w/ Justice4Palestine and Ngaa Haumi we are facilitating a workshop on how to lobby MPs to support the I$rael Sanction Bill. Sunday 17th, Pukete House, 1pm.

To quote official advice given to the Minister by his own officials in the bill’s Regulatory Impact Statement… “limitations and constraints increase the risk of policy failure and creates litigation risks for this work… and assessed it as failing to meet the Cabinet’s quality assurance criteria”

“Laser-focused”?! Yeah, on the wrong things which make absolutely no material difference to anyone in AOTEAROA…

Everyone deserves to feel safe in sport, including our trans whānau. The Green Party condemns the Government’s decision to abandon guidelines outlining how transgender people can be included in community sport. These guidelines are about keeping our communities safe.

My first oral question in the house 💅🏻 and you know it’s a real one! We can eliminate HIV transmission in Aotearoa, but concerning recent data from the HIV Epidemiology Group shows that this government is steadily veering us off track. No excuses, they need to do better!

(note: tone of sarcasm) In a shocking turn of events, members of parliament decide to try and work with other members of parliament in order to improve real-world outcomes for communities and strengthen harm-reduction clauses in legislation…

A letter I sent to Minister Mitchell today regarding DC hate-rally inciting violence in Tāmaki Makaurau this weekend

🚨 From Freedom Flotilla: “Contact the Israeli embassy in your country immediately. Demand our volunteers are safe and unharmed. Call on your government to impose sanctions on Israel without delay” Israeli Embassy NZ: (04) 439 9500 [email protected] MFAT: [email protected]

I reflect often on the precious lives we’ve lost to the AIDS epidemic. Each one a story unfinished; a potential unfulfilled; a loved one held in this realm by memory, grief and precious talisman left behind He mura e kore e ngaro A flame never extinguished

At our Auckland rally today. Instead of tryna define us, just pay us.

Yesterday the government legislated the killing of kiwi and scrapped pay equity… Today they have failed survivors of abuse in state and faith-based care and announced a review of the Waitangi Tribunal w/ a view to limit its scope. Nothing and no one is safe.

The govt. is focused on tax cuts, buying war machines, and eroding workers’, women’s, trans, and Māori rights! (Oh, and killing native wildlife) The 33 pay equity claims currently being negotiated that will be thrown out by this government’s attack on women and workers… 🧵 1/7

Nearly 290,000 children in Gaza are on the brink of death due to Israel’s total blockade on all aid for the last two months. Starving children to death is torture and genocide. It is past time our government enacts sanctions against the Israeli government. Write to your MP today to demand action.

The govts halt on pay equity work is an attack on women, workers & unions. It will disproportionately impact Māori & Pacific, disabled & whānau living in poverty. They can afford new war machines but not workers right. Make it make sense… When workers rights are under attack STAND UP FIGHT BACK!

Consultation on the draft Relationships & Sexuality Education framework closes May 9th 3 things: ⚡️ Strengthen and retain consent education 🌈 Reintroduce meaningful takatāpui, intersex, trans and non-binary identities 💪🏼 Break down gender binaries Info & guides at… linktr.ee/benjamin.doy...

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Firefighters risking their lives to keep others safe should be taken care of, regardless of whether they’re paid or volunteers. Sign the petition before May 1st to demand ALL firefighters have access to ACC! Link at linktr.ee/benjamin.doy... 💚👩🏼‍🚒🚒

3 actions you can take with a spare 30 minutes… 📚 submit feedback on draft RSE curriculum. 🍉 email local MP to demand they support the Greens ‘Unlawful Occupation of Palestine Sanctions Bill’. 🚒 sign petition to give volunteer firefighters ACC cover. (For guides/details: linktr.ee/benjamin.doy...)

I honestly think most people in Aotearoa are more concerned about ending poverty, ensuring everyone has a safe place to live, and not totally pissing away any possibility of sustaining life on this precious earth than how to define a woman. Anyway, Cambridge Dictionary already has it sorted…

Monday 31st was trans day of visibility. I am trans non-binary, and I will not be made invisible. Challenge transphobia, free Palestine, and touch some grass x

This Pride let’s let’s dream of better, let’s care deeply and uncompromisingly, let’s love radically 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 “The moment we choose to love we begin to move … against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others” - Bell Hooks

Moe mai rā e te Māreikura, Kahurangi Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi. A founder of the Kōhanga Reo movement, a whaea, an educator, and now a star in the great korowai of Ranginui. Haere atu rā 🕊️✨

what's happening in NZ right now is that our far-right populist party is trying to rewrite one of our core constitutional documents to fuck over Māori, and it's been over an hour of every Māori leader in the country making them look like complete fools www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl...

Oral submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill start today. Will it be a net collective braincell gain or loss? 🫠

Let’s resist fascism in big and small ways, together 🫶🏼