Shame on this government for the deeply racist Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Amendment Act, just passed into law.

The Hauraki Gulf Marine Protection Act: Turning the Tide for the Marine Park www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... via @greenpeace.org.nz #nzpol

Re-posting. Para 10 is just depressing. thespinoff.co.nz/society/20-1...

#nzpol CTU Secretary @melansellbridges.bsky.social had a thing or two to say to Minister Judith Collins after her open letter on Sunday.

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What kind of bullshit is this?! "Take our offer or we'll make it illegal for you to strike". 🤬 Talk about abusing your power imbalance. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

My thoughts on the latest shameless attack from our health minister #nzpol

There is no end to punishment, for some people.

This is truly shameful legislation. The government is once again showing contempt for the rule of law. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

#nzpol 1/3 The 2025 “Work for Free” calendar shines a harsh light on pay inequity for women and marginalised communities across Aotearoa. Each year, these dates symbolise when women and many ethnic groups effectively stop being paid compared to Pākehā men.

I don't know who is responsible for the "sack Seymour" sticker I saw on a road sign today in Remuera but well done that person and can I join your club please? #nzpol

Low ballot returns in the local government elections so far? That's worrying - but highlighting 'low turnout' can turn it into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Better: show that many are voting, share local examples, and remind people their vote counts. A 🧵 #nzpol

My partner is so jet-lagged that he has just said that he talked to my mother on my phone earlier today. She died suddenly in 1996, so I would have loved to know if she had called me.

Remember the Magic Eye books of the 90s?? Now, you can have a crack at viewing New Zealand’s native flowers in 3D. Clematis, orchid, ngutukākā, korukoru, oioi… this is a luscious, spectacular feature by @rebekahwhite.bsky.social, based on the new book He Puāwai by @theobrominated.bsky.social

In Europe visiting my boyo. He and GF took us to Menaggio, on Lake Como, because of a painting my parents left me that I have been looking at my whole life. They booked us this room especially and when we walked in my eyes welled up. #Kikorangi

Buried in the detail about reducing earthquake strengthening is the removal of requirements for disabled access and fire safety. You know who does that? Sociopaths.

Son of a friend in his first year of Uni recently spent 12 hours waiting in the ED at Wellington hospital.

Privatisation = Thames Water & US-style healthcare. Pass it on. #nzpol

Seems a bit over the top....

Chaos at the school gate, Voralberg style.

In a historic first, iwi leaders and unions have united to call for mass mobilisations against the Government on the 28th of October. Rā Whakamana will affirm tino rangatiratanga and workers' rights and mark He Whakaputanga and the first Labour Day in Aotearoa.

— "debate me bro" culture, a particularly toxic form of intellectual harassment that has become endemic to our political discourse — demand that serious people engage with your conspiracy theories or extremist talking points nah, not David Seymour, but might as well be #nzpol

This trick of National could win them the 2026 election - Submit by 1pm, Thur 11 Sep 2025-it’s easy, & a quick one is fine US voter suppression tactics are back in vogue & National's Coalition is bringing them to Aotearoa NZ-MOUNTAIN TÙI #nzpol #Democracy at risk! open.substack.com/pub/mountain...?

Primary school teachers reject latest pay offer, will vote on strike action I stand with #teachers, #midwives, #nurses, carers, doctors & all who NZ Govt robbed of #PayEquity #nzpol

Government ministers continue to appear on Reality Check Radio, a media outlet that promotes the 'great replacement' conspiracy theory (among others) and frequently platforms far-right figures factaotearoa.nz/call-for-min...

Finangled. Now there's a word.

Tell me again why trust in technocratic democracy is dropping. Punitive welfare systems show people they’re not respected. Narrow representative democracy shuts out their voices. And neoliberalism has massively worsened economic inequality.

Simeon gets carried away. I do wonder what attracts people like him to politics and I think it is an authoritarian personality and a deep seated desire to get back at people. For something.

Bullied out of parliament by the deputy PM. Fuck Winston. Good luck to Benjamin. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

So far the Government has: ❌Halted Pay Equity claims ❌Extended the 90 day trial ❌Implemented real-term minimum wage cuts ❌Repealed Fair Pay Agreements ❌Removed union protections for new workers ❌Cut thousands of public sector jobs …So I’ve taken the liberty of renaming the Minister’s portfolio.

Booklovers in Te Whanganui A Tara Wellington, Wellington City Libraries are holding their Annual #BookSale from Friday 26 September to Monday 29 September! ❗ Preloved #books and DVDs and CDs will be needing new homes. Can you help? 📚 📀 💿 😍 wellingtoncitylibraries.trumba.com/Wellington-C...

It is disgusting how the government and health NZ are trashing our nurses. It is bullying in a national scale. They have every right to strike, no matter what. Our nurses work harder and do more for people in a *day than Simeon Brown has in his whole shitty little life. #nzpol

The anti-trans crowd are having a cry because the Law Commission is recommending that transphobia should be made illegal. Imagine being upset at the Law Commission for saying you shouldn’t discriminate against a minority?

A horrifying but extremely important read: melanienelson.substack.com/p/new-zealan...

TIL that in Aotearoa New Zealand the average life expectancy at Auckland City Mission is 55 and I feel that more people should know this

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I support the nurses’ strike #NZPol. & today I saw how hard Auckland Hospital staff were working to support the nurses right to strike (without pay), & make sure patients were kept safe. While S Brown used his tax-payer funded staff & photocopier to paste poisonous anti-union messages on his windows

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

Whaikaha, Ministry for Disabled People, earlier this year published results showing that 51% of disabled people in schools did not have their needs met.

Perfect summary.

In today’s NZ Herald #nzpol #duopoly

A defence of the right of prisoners to vote quotes the Independent Electoral Review "Given the fundamental nature of the right to vote, disenfranchisement should not form part of someone’s punishment": newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/27/w...

It only takes a minute.

full-stop styleguide.nz#full-stop

New from me: An investigation into the voters currently switching back from Christopher Luxon to Christopher Hipkins, complete with lots of charts from the new NZES www.henrycooke.news/p/who-are-th...

Is the answer, “At the last election in 2023 when National, Act, and NZ First formed a governing coalition.”??? 🤔 #nzpol

The notion that progress is bound to human mastery over nature is flawed. Real progress comes when we master our impulse to dominate and learn to live as part of the landscape, not its conquerors. Anonymous. How true is that.