Can't afford: Ferries Hospitals Pay equity Intercity passenger rail Fair pay increases for doctors, nurses, teachers Feeding kids 😕😕 Can afford: Roads Military hardware Landlord tax cuts Pay rises for MPs Billionaire subsidies Support for tobacco & alcohol industries 💩💩 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

If you are thinking about applying for either of the teaching jobs going at my school, this long weekend is a good time to get your CV and cover letter sorted so that your application arrives by 4 on Thursday.

So the Prime Ministers new attack on teachers is their 12 weeks of school holidays which we all know many teachers work through. Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!

#nzpol. We don't have the money, we gave you $12 a week tax break, and me an extra $340 a week. Ohh, yea, we also gave $2.9 billion to landlords (hey, that is me also, woohoo), and $300 million tax break for tobacco companies. But we just don't have the money for teachers and medical staff, sorry.

Certainly after the $2B spent on planes and helicopters I thought we didn’t have any money. Funny. It seems we have money for vanity projects and roads, but not to house people, or educate people, or provide decent healthcare

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice. A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past. We will choose the future.

Desperately looking for relief teachers for Maraenui in Napier. Te reo Māori useful but not essential.

Chorus makes a profit, the government owns 61% of it. There is no need to sell it off, and in a time where we are running an infrastructure deficit in large part due to repeated asset sales, maybe just maybe we shouldn't fucking do this.

Curriculum progress in Aotearoa explained in 176 words. #nzpol

If an incumbent councillor running in 2025 claims they support Māori wards please check receipts - there was a councillor vote on Māori wards in 2023. 11 voted against, & most are seeking your vote again - Fletcher, Lee, K Turner, Williamson, Baker, Newman, Walker, Watson: all said no.

Real estate agent hasn’t presented my offer on a house because he wants my husband and I to have a discussion to see if we have any wiggle room. I’m like Wtf dude?!!!

Obama: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything.

From @tomredmemes.bsky.social

Drs (and nurses, teachers too) only ever strike as an absolute last resort - and because they care about YOU and the service they can provide to you. Unsafe staffing impacts you. Exhausted Drs impacts you. Underpaid Drs means they LEAVE. I stand with our Drs today, and always. #nzpol

I’m actively house hunting in Napier (mostly) and some things that have struck me as particular to the Bay. 1. Even in a buyers’ market, most agents do the bare minimum 2. Most open homes are on a Sunday (which is full on) 3. Hawke’s Bay was an enthusiastic adopter of dux quest and ceiling tiles

Technically the school holidays haven’t even begun ‘cos it’s the weekend, but Friday night I went to bed with a scratchy throat, I got home to Auckland just before 2 yesterday and by the time bedtime came around again I was full blown crook. Earache, screaming sinuses, snot and headache. ☹️

Hey Hutt folks, you may miss it when voting, but please don’t vote for Suzanne Levy! She sounds fine, but OOPS she runs the TERF organisation Speak Up For Women.

If the Israelis lay down their arms, a genocide ends immediately. If Hamas lays down their arms, Israel’s planned ethnic cleansing of Gaza happens quickly and without resistance.

Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"

Second migraine with aura since I moved 6 weeks ago. Might be age & stage but seems odd. Haven’t had aura since TIA when pregnant 25 years ago. Average 1 migraine every couple of years or so. Hmmm

Did you catch the first episode of this podcast by Messrs Renney and Miller? Utterly eye-opening This statistic: for every dollar of electricity sold in the last week of 2024, 92c was pure profit for the gentailers. But of course the govt is also a shareholder www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBW9...

Having recently moved to Ahuriri, today I thought I had better register with a Dr. Bahahahahahahahahaha

Argh! Houses under contract still having open homes. My time not to mention my petrol wasted. Disrespectful. Apparently Ray White policy is not to advertise a property is under contract. Rude!

Drove past this billboard this afternoon. Seems legit.

Illuminating.

Note to self: no te reo Māori when txting via Siri. Me: mine’s a long black e hoa Siri to my EA: a long blacky, whore Wow. How to win friends and influence people 🤦‍♀️

Looking for a good NZ moisturising serum. With all the goodies and none of the not so’s. Preferably will make me glowy, younger and skinny 🤣 Hit me with your recommendations.

It only took 2 weeks and kids are waving at me in the supermarket. The look of wonder when they recognise me out of school always makes me laugh

Thank you for all of your kind messages. When I’m feeling sorry for myself I forget I have so many friends here, even if we have never (yet) met. I’m coming right. Some who know me will say that’ll never happen🤣 Being a woman of a certain age can suck big time

I wish there was such a thing as carers you can pay to come and make toast and soup when you are sick. The worst thing about living alone.

Going to open homes is fun BUT the pics that misrepresent the reality, prices all over the place with no logic, and agents then hounding you for days on end. I can see why in some countries you can hire a purchasing agent.

I hate the term ‘vegan leather’. It’s not leather, it’s plastic.

Most important hikoi completed.

For reasons that I’ve never understood, people tell me stuff. All sorts of stuff. Personal and confidential and controversial. Often before we have known each other more than 5 minutes. I take that trust seriously but also, if you turn out to be a bit dodgy, well, ethical dilemma much!

Gotta be done. A joy bringer every time

I’ve got these new sneakers that I love, small platform, a bit of interest and bling, super comfy, but they have a zip. Makes me feel old. Youngest dort to the rescue. ‘You don’t need them ‘cos your old, you need them ‘cos your Māori’ ?? Easier to get off before you go into the wharenui. Ka pai

Is anyone able to decipher this signature for me? Lawrence I think then 🤷🏼‍♀️ It’s a limited print, called Crossroads in probably pencil.

In a cafe in Murchison and an American tourist is complaining his long black is too small.🤣🤣🤣🤣

The same people demanding you present a photo ID to vote are perfectly fine with letting you be arrested, handcuffed & thrown into a van by armed men wearing plain clothes, face masks & presenting no identification of any sort.

Wow, spark is putting up my mobile plan charges again, the 2nd time in less than a year. WTH?

Today began with me being a sparky. Checking fuses and showing teachers how the surge protection works and is linked across multiple outlets. The many hats of a principal

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

Tummy bug taking out our kids like dominoes. Resorted to sandpit buckets. Lucky I’m not a queasy one

Can’t sleep. I hate having a brain that doesn’t turn off

Wanting some help from the bskypeeps. My uncle is turning 80 and I don’t know what to get him. Ex army, still independent, very small home, great gardener, still drives ( but probs shouldn’t)