The Free Speech Union (FSU) is so morally and ethically bankrupt they invited Steven Pinker to New Zealand. #nzpol

Trump’s Department of Injustice has deployed the FACE Act—not against antiabortion extremists who invade clinics and terrorize patients, but against journalists documenting political protests and peaceful activists decrying the killing of Renee Good by federal ICE agents.

I was at #Waitangi Treaty Grounds today, celebrating a #NewZealand that will be 186 years old this Friday. It's a day for all the people of NZ. Lovely vibe, and so many families having fun. The museum's eye-opening, I hadn't it visited before. #bhn #chippy #ambos #nz #tetiriti

Canterbury museum to mark 50 years hosting Waitangi Day commemorations

NZ Labour and NZ Greens leaders appear together at Waitangi. They emphasised their parties have different policies but share many common values in wanting the best for Aotearoa and its people. They will compete for votes but they can work with each other. #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

The number of unemployed men and women rose in the last quarter, and 7,600 more 15-24-year-olds are unemployed than a year ago. With Waitangi just around the corner - Maori unemployment was 11.2% in December 2025 – more than twice the national average.

There's no question in my mind that the need we are seeing in our community, and the desperation of people's circumstances is greater than we've ever seen before." #Homelessness #NZpol Move on orders just shift the problem. This is not back on track it is callously pushing people out of trains.

For the next couple of weeks, I'm championing noke waiū, the North Auckland Worm, for the Bug of the Year competition. Thanks to Toby Morris for this great little cartoon, which shows one reason I think you should give it your vote: it can grow up to 1.4 metres long!

Talked to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about all the lying around Epstein youtu.be/-1ydBK3NEDY?...

Really proud of New Mexico! www.koat.com/article/immi...

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

Public outcry pushed DOJ to investigate the killing of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minnesota. But can we trust the outcome? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/5S-Wgd

Today ACOG released updated guidance to help ob-gyns provide and advocate for safe and equitable care for immigrant patients. Explore the guidance for ways clinicians can help improve health outcomes: https://bit.ly/4kfVXxj

Canada - Advocates are calling on the New Brunswick government to make good on its pledge to implement universal, no-cost contraception coverage. Without coverage, people can spend more than $10,000 on contraception over the course of their lifetime.

February is Black History Month.🤎 This month, we are taking a look back at the many inspiring women of color who have been trailblazers in the reproductive health and reproductive justice sectors.

New from me - Epstein continued attending dinners alongside the likes of Musk, Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin after his sentence for child sex offenses www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“The best way to proceed is to ignore it,” Chomsky wrote in a text Epstein sent to a lawyer and publicist. “That’s particularly true now with the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women, which has reached the point that even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder.”

Now more than ever, information is power. We’re here to keep you informed on how U.S. policies like the Global Gag Rule threaten reproductive rights. You can learn more about the expanded Gag Rule—and how the U.S. is using coercive “health agreements” with other governments—here: buff.ly/7HYsDYr

Reproductive justice demands immigrant justice. Read our statement in solidarity with Minnesota and Immigrant Communities here: 🔗https://reproequitynow.org/press/ren-stands-with-minnesota-and-immigrant-communities

Mifepristone is safe, effective & essential. Despite increasing false claims from anti-abortion lawmakers & activists, it does not impact US waterways or drinking water. Environmental attacks on mife are misleading & blatant ploys to stigmatize & restrict abortion access. https://gu.tt/4j0sgj4

Emily Waldorf’s water broke at 17 weeks — far too early for her child to survive. Despite a nonviable pregnancy and a growing risk of serious infection, Emily was denied both an abortion and antibiotics. Now, she’s suing to overturn Arkansas’ ban.

The incredible, @thesweetfeminist.bsky.social wrote an op-ed on Literary Hub. We completely agree -- we are working together to make a better world, we have to use our imagination and creativity to get there, and it takes resilience to remain optimistic. bit.ly/4qQh0cj

States are coming together to bring state charges against ICE agents. It's about freaking time! www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...

BREAKING: Stephen King calls for the Epstein files to be released fully unredacted.

Leaders should absolutely show up, but disaster response isn’t a photo op or should be trivialised. Watching our Prime Minister hand out boxes of KFC to impacted communities was peak cringe IMO. We need serious, systems-level action and that 6b resilience fund like yesterday.

Never stop talking about the Epstein Files, a criminal rapist dictator who is guilty AF is currently hiding them. Never stop talking about the Epstein Files, a criminal rapist dictator who is guilty AF is currently hiding them. Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.

That ACT does not support measures to end modern slavery sadly comes as not that much of a surprise. #nzpol

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

🦠 #NZ Measles, new case in Tauranga Health New Zealand “has confirmed a new measles case in Tauranga which is likely linked to recent overseas travel. The case is not connected to the recent national outbreak.” More ⬇️ www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/news-and-upd... 1/2

"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland. In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.

Two of the women say that, like Waldorf, they were denied abortions even though their pregnancies had effectively ended. One of the women says that she was unable to get an abortion after getting pregnant through a sexual assault... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The most 'pRoLiFe' 💩🚩🤡 President is doing this to children AGAIN! We guess Liam has lost his embryonic look and now looks like a brown child the anti-choice movement hates. #nzpol #abortionrightsaotearoa #prolife? #ProLifeMyAss #ProLifeisaLie #forcedbirthers #reproductivejustice #ICE

The workplace relations minister refusing to back a bill to address the issue of modern day slavery doesn't bode well for workplace relations

"Economise on the volume you eat" what fresh Marie Antoinette hell is this

We had a $6B climate resilience fund and Nationals squandered it all on tax cuts for their mates so now we get boxes of KFC after weather events instead of properly funded supports and help. Yay for us I guess??

The Goverment’s latest proposed changes will place unsustainable pressure on local authorities already managing multiple reforms, the Christchurch City Council warns.

i continue to ask what people are still doing on the fascist white supremacy platform that generates child pornography

Mayor Mamdani is on the scene of the Chabad-Lubavitch attack.

What an embarrassing and pathetic man

ICE doesn’t de-escalate, it escalates, then runs. 🚨ICE agent pepper-sprays woman after shoving her. Totally unnecessary. Santa Barbara police and paramedics showed up to clean up the mess. ICE already fled the scene.

Setting up Specialist Schools is one thing, kids & their whānau deserve choice AND it's looking like segregation AND consolidating ORS funding INSTEAD OF resourcing schools & staff & kids to provide equitable access to education

Yet again, in almost any other NZ government a minister telling NZers to *eat less food* to save money would have them hounded by media and pushed out of politics. Never forget the immensely important protective role that NZ media have played in protecting these fascists from public outrage.

Can we get this on a billboard? #NZPol

Because the ABC can't be bothered to tell you, this is happening because we burn shit tonnes of coal and gas and our government keeps approving more pollution www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Now: With double digit windchill, thousands marching in Downtown Minneapolis during a general strike. Marching and protest against the actions of ICE. Prince dance party outside First Avenue and the Prince mural - where there’s been many Prince dance parties before. Minneapolis January 23, 2026

I’m sharing our stories from 2020 so people can see and connect the dots… the defund and abolition movements have been going on for a long, long time. Black folks been trying to tell y’all… for YEARS. Been leading these mvmts… for YEARS.

This is a choice that will lead us into chaos. Have the actions of the Trump Regime taught us nothing?! This is a direct alignment to MAGA moron mayhem & our NZmedia must not be complicit in the proliferation of this fucked in the head propaganda! WE HAVE BEEN WARNED 🤨 #nzpol

This is mostly not about abortion, but is an excellent article by Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières. It features photos and stories of patients from Nigeria, Central African Republic, and Bangladesh.