Part time workers get less sick leave because they and/or their kids only get part time colds, viruses and covid. This is a other attack on working women. #nzpol

RNZ apparently thinks legislation happens by press release www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

#nzpol Sigh, I am so, so tired☹️. More short-term sticking-plaster policies to make some feel good, while others left to pick up pieces. If want "hold on to workers" then PAY THEM GOOD WAGE. Also Productivity Commission inquiry www.treasury.govt.nz/sites/defaul... www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/23/n...

Hobson's Pledge have stolen photos of more local body politicians to falsely portray them as opposing Māori wards. #NZpol New Plymouth District Councillor Dinnie Moeahu www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/19/h... Rohan O'Neill-Stevens in Nelson. Mayor Tania Tapsell of Rotorua www.1news.co.nz/2025/08/29/t...

#NZPol this time read (most of) the comments. Sage words from an expert.

Sorry folks, The Rapture has been indefinitely postponed because Jesus got black-bagged by some masked and heavily armed fuckers before he even cleared customs. Apologies for the delay, but we've no idea where he is.

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: In an indie bookshop: A gentle big dog is eager to greet any customer who'll give him a pat. With his tail wagging invitingly, and soulful brown eyes, he gives all newcomers an optimistic look that says: "Will you be my friend?" (1)

“I used to live in New York City Everything there was dark & dirty Outside my window was a steeple With a clock that always said twelve-thirty Young girls are coming to the canyon And in the mornings I can see them walking I can no longer keep my blinds drawn And I can't keep myself from talking..”

Well, fuck. I've been left behind.

Hahahahahahaha

Every single person who works full time should be able to afford housing, groceries, bills, with some left over on their paycheck, alone. That’s common sense and any system that isn’t designed to do so must be addressed.

"I'm worried constantly that I could lose one of the incredible team of specialists looking after me, they could move for better conditions - that's what worries me. I get fed up with Simeon Brown trying to pit us patients against the people caring for us."

TFW you have a Minister in charge who is more interested in stoking culture wars with performative stunts than being an effective portfolio holder. 🤦‍♂️ #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Love that the Senior Doctors are correcting Simeon Brown and taking back the narrative. Tautoko. Striking senior doctors hit back at Health Minister Simeon Brown's message. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Doctors strike today after a year of frontline hiring freezes, budget cuts and the multi-million dollar grift to private healthcare investors. Simeon has also cut 1/3 of ICU beds in some areas & closed suicide centres. The doctors' messages are bang on #nzpol #kiwi

If New Zealand doesn't recognise Palestine it will show us on the wrong side of history on the global stage, but I suspect it would have domestic repurcussions as well, as it would be another example of the government looking like it's controlled by it's minor coalition partners

I took Tylenol as needed throughout my pregnancy. I am a doctor. I order Tylenol for pregnant women regularly. Tylenol is safe in pregnancy. RFK Jr is ignoring a huge recent well-done study because he doesn't like the answer it gives. There is no causality between Tylenol and autism.

#nzpol If you haven't done so already, I can recommend listening to this interview with Benjamin Doyle. www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/09/21/a...

It’s another day ending in Y so I am once again pissed off at the govt. I remember watching debate where the lady with bowel cancer wanted to lower the screening age which both Chrises said they would. Luxon said he would match australia which is 45. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Also, if someone is promising no rates rises or, even more bizarrely, 'lower rates' then they are lying and are not worthy of your vote.

me telling my grandkids what it was like to have vaccines

Jimmy Kimmel isn't returning to the airwaves because of "thoughtful conversations" with Disney executives. He's back because consumers sent Disney a clear message: selling out our fundamental rights is not an acceptable cost of doing business.

“Six thousand senior hospital doctors and dentists began a 48-hour strike just after midnight Monday, as the battlelines hardened in their long-running pay dispute with Health NZ.” #nzpol

That paracetamol causes autism shit is so outlandish, so clownish, so dangerous, so impossible, so awful, so laughable, so damaging I CANNOT stand it. I feel for all my neurodiverse friends in the US ❤️

Its weird that Doctors save lives and this idiot costs lives. But no Simeon, you do your best to stuff the health system and watch as the Doctor's go overseas for better pay and conditions. Just like the nurses. #nzpol

I think the Stuff all day live coverage of Charlie Kirk memorial & 1News leading with the story shows that there's some heavyweight interest in pushing US culture and Republican talking points into NZ living rooms. NMZE is naturally already atuned, posting headlines painting Kirk positively #nzpol

Beautiful ❣️ every one!

Still waiting for that big Tim Jago / ACT party / David Seymour investigation from any NZ media Still waiting for ANY sustained pressure at all Do NZ media support sexual assault??

Enjoying my bus ride on a new electric bus. Thanks @richardhills.bsky.social @juliefairey.bsky.social and all the other progressive councillors who made this possible

THE PEOPLE TOGETHER WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!!!

Fundraise like their lives depend on it because they do - Emily Writes Can you help? Please donate and/or share. #nzpol #Gaza

I cannot tell you how grim the AI in higher ed situation is. Many of the students have completely surrendered to letting AI do their homework, badly, I might add. How do you fix this? Truly, what the hell do we do, beyond what grading can address, which isn't a solution?

Sound familiar? #nzpol

Or, and here’s a novel idea, they could keep local staff by paying them liveable wages and maintaining a safe, supportive work environment.

I would be sceptical about how many 'jobs' will be created by a school building programme based on prefabs. #NzPol

Shana tova, peeps. May it be a year of health, of safety, and of collective liberation. ❤️‍

If you’re a #BOTY fan (Bird Of The Year NZ), I have SO MANY THINGS you might like, all designed by yours truly x pepperraccoon.com #NZ #Kikorangi There might be a sneaky peek of a few new things to come soon here 👀

So happy we engineered a recession and increased the unemployment rate to get inflation down. It’s worked out so well for us.

The funding. “The $413 million package consists of $58 million of new money, $100 million from Budget 24, $80 million of Ministry of Education Baseline, and $175 million of brought-forward funding.” $355m is existing money. $80m is a cut from somewhere else. What is being cut? Who knows?

Damn, it works. Yesterday's health spend was existing money, rather than new money. Today's "school infrastructure" announcement, is that also just last year's 100 iced projects brought back to life with some existing money?

You called?

*shining a big calculator symbol onto the clouds to summon Craig Renney*

The pottery mug you didn't know you need. And for a good cause. #FreePalestine

"Not all jobs are supposed to earn you a living wage" oh for sure, this is my recreational job.

Millions of people boycotting & speaking out in unison put Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. Let’s not forget he’s not the only victim of fascism. For every Kimmel there’s hundreds more who’ve been silenced for their views that we may never hear of. Fight for them.

Got the panui from the COVID Royal Commission of Enquiry today and started to ponder what happens if stage two reports back and it's basically the same as stage one, which said everyone made the best decisions they could in the circumstances with the information they had available to them.

Once a proud forerunner in progressive foreign policy, NZ now shamefully lags behind Australia, Canada and those wretched old colonisers England and France who’ve joined over 150 countries in recognising the state of Palestine. #onetermgovt #nzpol #freepalestine

Further pondering. We don't have an equivalent to this documentary, because the NZ Government acted swiftly and effectively, while the UK government was slow, corrupt and incompetent www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...