This needs too be normalized at conventions.

Early in May, MBIE did a webinar about the new public research funding regime. Here we see Dr. John Roche, the Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister say: "... the PMSITAC ... was charged with acknowledging, that the country has no more money ..." No. More. Money. Yeah, right.... #NZPOL

We are calling for an Ombudsman inquiry & a Solicitor-General review into revelations that the Prime Minister’s Office has hidden significant lobbying by Fonterra & Z Energy that lead to the Government’s move to block Mike Smith’s climate case. www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/24/a... #nzpol #climate

#ChristopherLuxon lauds No Good Character References for SA offenders @ sentencing, yet no funding for survivor's support after SA has occurred. Leaving survivors, including children, squarely in the lurch. #OneTermGovt #nzpol MSD ends support service contracts 1 July www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

I am not a lawyer, but I would have thought that the courts would take a pretty dim view of the discovery process being gamed in this way. I’m sure Fonterra & Z Energy will have priced in the financial cost, but the social & political costs may well be greater than they imagined. #nzpol

This level of lying and corruption needs to be at the top of the news feed #nzpol

Holy shit. This is quite serious. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Not only will the hateful mine destroy the beautiful landscape of Central Otago, polluting the land, it will pollute the night sky. X marks the spot where another massive light pollution will be created for a mining operation.

Anecdotally, I was sitting in a group of maybe 8 other women in health science courses Friday lunch- med, pharmacy, dental students etc- and every single one of us had plans to leave for Australia after graduation.

At Massey University, we take our rainbow tick seriously. To our rainbow Whanau, we stand by you. That these far right extremists are triggered by Massey is exactly the reason why you should come study with us.

What a breath of fresh air. Good to see at least one university being clear and granting students exactly the space they need to hone their skills. "The use of AI is prohibited for aid in conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit.”

When you vote, vote with vulnerable communities in mind. Vote for those who immediately speak up for those communities, and take careful note of who stays quiet. Leadership means showing up in the moments that matter - and sometimes silence says everything you need to know. Believe behaviour.

If you're a sensible human being and only want to email the Social Services and Community Select Committee who'll be considering the Marcroft Bill, here they all are. Their details are here: www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl...

"We now have ✨ 59,883 ✨ people registered to be represented by #ToitūTeTiriti in the Treaty Principles Reform Urgent Inquiry. Still time to register before 2 June. Open to all, link below. Come be part of history. ✌️🫡🙏💯" @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social #nzpol 📝 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

It’s bad to be in social housing cause you are poor but completely fine to charge the taxpayer $52,000 to rent the house you already own. National party MPs are disgusting people and people who vote for them are disgusting too.

Nice story but especially this bit “Because this is an important specimen, we’re going to 3D scan it, digitise it, and make that data open access.”

Email 63 - Nicole McKee - ACT

"‪It would emit more CO2 than the entire nation of Jamaica."

Good article from the Spinoff about today's budget and the assault on the public service. "What is actually being done away with is not inefficiency. What is being done away with is us." #nzpol

Did you know that New Zealand's only dental school has 80 mannequins with removable jaws in one teaching space? A fact from the recently improved article on the Faculty of Dentistry, on the front page of #Wikipedia right now! @universityofotago.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers...

Email 22 - Casey Costello - New Zealand First

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Excellent thread with heaps of suggestions for how to register your opposition to the appalling NZF bill that should never have got past the first vote.

On this. Op shops have given me postcards free when I've explained what I'm using then for.

Some good news! Well done to everyone working to make sure concerns were taken seriously www.odt.co.nz/business/per...

A selection from speeches from the debates on the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Recognition Act 2021. Any journos reading this feel free to ask any of the speakers whether they stand by these comments made less than five years ago. At the second reading: Nicola Grigg:

***Call to action*** NZ First’s transphobic bill is lawfare against trans, non-binary, and intersex people. What can we do about it? Well, we can make sure the select committee receives as many submissions as possible against the bill. To that end I will offer my time to anyone who wants help 1/4

Perfect summation

Okay, some quick and dirty thoughts on this whole scandal countercraft.substack.com/p/llms-are-r...

This bodes well for the NZ governments pivot to AI.

One of the worst things about our press gallery is almost without exception - and please, point me to any that don't do this so I can give credit! - they accept completely uncritically the framing that "cuts = savings". Which *extremely obviously* are concepts which are not 1:1 equivalents.

"Saving" WHAT?! These chaotic clowns already gave BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars, from hardworking kiwis, to their landlord & tobacco lobbyist donors. They STOLE billions from working wahine who were overdue pay equity deals. Yet Stuff go with the lie that the government still need to "save" money?!

What absolute cunts. A bill to remove good character references for sex offenders can wait until after the election, but one to penalise people who care for whanau is getting rushed through. Upston can rot in hell. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

A government that claims it's saving money by consolidating departments, introducing A.I and becoming more efficient by sacking up to 8000 civil servants is basically saying "Expect a worse economy, fewer services, and we don't give a fuck what those people actually did for the country"

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You’re trapped in the last TV show you watched. Where are you? Oh. Oh no. No no no.

Articles like this make me so angry. As someone who understands electricity, it's market, and late stage capitalism, everything about this project is grubby and corrupt. This will be a thread on this mess. #nzpoll thespinoff.co.nz/business/15-...

In response to everyone asking how they can tautoko @RespectEd today: ✔️ Spread the word ✔️ Contact your local MP ✔️ Contact Hon Karen Chhour (Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence and Sexual Violence) * note: Chhour is also the Minister for Children * Email ➡️ [email protected]

Our infrastructure is so fragile in the South Island….we drove up to Chch for an event on Friday. Had an extra 3h added to drive by the closed Rakaia bridge. 1000s of vehicles on a one way bridge at Rakaia Gorge. Arrived 20 mins before our event! Stressful.

I am so grateful we have someone diligently someone chasing this. We all got so mad and marched on the treaty rights bill, but they're just doing it but worse... Where are we? www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/05/15/e...

I'm one of the 8,000! Pākehā friends: have you put your name on this list yet?? WE MUST protect Te Tiriti o Waitangi! If you thought the Treaty Principals Bill was bad, THIS IS WORSE. Please let's protect our founding document!! Add your name, share, get the word out, this is IMPORTANT. Thank you! 🫶🏼

NZ judges really need to examine their weapons-grade misogyny. Stop saying a man’s predatory behaviour is not as bad as the consequences. Stop letting them get away with it. Stop devaluing women.

#Christchurch #NZ The full article is paywalled, but there are at least some photos at the top.

Hantavirus outbreak should reset WHO's default approach to airborne risk 👏🏼 great op-ed by Milton, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social , @dfisman.bsky.social et al www.bmj.com/content/393/...

This is what parliament would look like if the only people who could vote were most of the people who bear children, do most of the unpaid work and are most likely to experience male violence. And it is the party most supportive of trans people’s human rights.

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