Yes, but what about second bank? #nzpol

That doesn't seem fair... #nzpol

Just like with the Ferries? #nzpol

Don't forget, we're all in the same boat #nzpol

Our current coalition government in a nutshell: We all deserve to live in a country that supports us ALL, not just the wealthy, sorted, greedy, cruel adherents to this regime. #NZPol #DitchThePricksIn26 #ToituTeTiriti #EndTheCruelty ✅️✅️💚

Seems to me that it's a bit rich to be 'surprised' at racism against our Indian communities, when we learnt that racist language and behaviours at the feet or our parents and grandparents. It's fair to argue that's not who we are now; however, the evidence would appear to disagree. #nzpol

I know that there's peeps in Wellington who are struggling following flooding - some having lost everything. But, please, pray for the REAL VICTIMS here - Fossil Fuel companies and the politicians they fund. People will demand Green alternatives to prevent CC - oh, THE HORROR! #nzpol

Don't National MPs know that everything will be fine if they just pull their polling numbers up by their bootstraps? #nzpol

There is no homelessness, there is no fuel crisis - who you gonna believe? The Govt, or your own lying, cheating eyes and ears? #nzpol

Disinfonation (also: disinfo-nation) (noun) A portmanteau of disinformation and nation, describing a country in which evidence-based policymaking is systematically displaced by policy shaped by disinformation, lobbying, and the interests of powerful actors I think I just created a word #nzpol

Filling society's essential roles by preventing social mobility - a thought experiment #nzpol

Pretty pleased to be able to announce our project report for He Autaki Hou: Collaborative decision-making at child protection's front door - An Indigenous community partnership with New Zealand's Child Protection System. #socialwork

The economy is recovering for those whose voices matter. Those struggling can be safely ignored - unless it's to tell them that their struggles are (somehow) being caused by those also struggling. And the more they struggle, the better for those whose voices matter. #nzpol

If this Government is not trying to take over your professional organisation as a naked power grab to prevent dissent then you are obviously not trying hard enough. Looking at us, Social Workers 👀 #nzpol

"We will not spit in your gruel on Mondays and Fridays" Oh wow! A much fairer system, really pumped for this step in the right direction! #nzpol

Today, I'm going to genuinely smile at a stranger - could be at the supermarket; maybe the gas station; may be while walking down the street. Might even say "Hi, how are you?". No one can stop me.

Relax, it’s only poor brown people in prison who’ll lose their vote. Rich white criminals usually get a fine or home detention, so they’ll still be voting. Happy Days. #nzpol /s

Day 16 of stopping smoking because David Seymour said 'smokers are heroes because they pay lots of excise tax and don't need a pension' (cause they're dead). Love never made be stop smoking but spite and pettiness did. Thanks, David, I owe you one. #nzpol

David Seymour said that smokers are heroes because they pay lots of excise tax and don't need a pension. If DS calls you a hero then you're doing something wrong. Day 5 of stopping smoking... #nzpol

Help out Southern Youth Development - a great #Ōtepoti #Dunedin organisation supporting our Youth!

Student Accommodation Available Now! 1 bedroom. Close to the University and all student amenities. No smokers, no pets. $500p/w Welcome back ;) #Dunedin

Seymour gives kids rheumatic fever! #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2022/07/06/n...

NZ loses $1b per year to tax-cheating Multinational Companies, and the super rich. #nzpol But also this: "Multinational corporations cheated more after tax rate cuts, disproving “tax appeasement” thinking popular with lobbyists and some politicians"

If you've looked at the history of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and how it failed to protect Māori rights, would you then be comfortable having your rights protected by this same document? Would you like to be treated the way Māori have historically been treated in this country? #nzpol

#nzpol Tēnā koe, Prime Minister Luxon, I am reaching out to express my profound concern over the decision to exclude Newsroom journalist Aaron Smale from the official apology to survivors and victims of abuse in state care. I am writing to implore you to reverse this decision.

Something I can do. Signed. #nzpol our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/im...

I could spend $500 today to address an issue, or, I could spend $100 but it will cost me a further $1000 later on. However, by the time the bill comes due someone else will have to deal with it. Then, I can yell at them for spending the $1000. National/ACT/NZ First austerity logic. #NZpol

Surely the NZ Labour Party can win the next election if they just present watered down versions of existing National Party policies as their campaign manifesto, or just 'cautiously agree' to changes to show they are a 'serious' party. I'm sure nothing will go wrong because of it.

"Essentially, a long list of people in positions of power covered up this systemic and large-scale abuse over decades, often with full knowledge of the allegations and their credibility." Social Work, and Social Workers, were complicit in this and the profession has much to answer for.

If you are wondering 'what about nuclear' for #NZ Hinkley is costing $74bn and is taking 25 years to complete Built in the UK by a French company with more experience than anyone else www.theguardian.com/business/202...

His name was Malachi Subecz aroturuki.govt.nz/assets/Repor...

Post by Emily Keddell newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/02/s...

'When you think about it, protesting apartheid is the real racism.' Press, Issue 33198, 11 April 1973, Page 1

Not an easy read at all 💓 But written with care and clarity. As the upoko Pita Te Hori said, "Kia atawhai ki te iwi" #MōTātouĀMōKāUriĀMuriAkeNei #ArohaKiTeTakata

The lovely Billy Bragg nailed it

It will become important for the Govt to vilify certain groups (more so than already!) as its policies begin to negatively affect the middle-class, cause if you're going to make people poorer, you have to give them someone to feel superior to.

This cartoon from 1894 shows that nothing much has changed

The PM has laid out his priority list for the next three months, and it includes a focus on the repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act. waateanews.com/2024/04/03/a...

Kia ora #kikorangi Will the new ACT ToW Principles Bill effectively make it a breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (their 'principle' 3) to offer any special support for Māori in educational or social service settings? Or, am I just over-thinking this?

You were told for years that it was on YOU to save the planet. YOU had to recycle. The power is YOURS! ... well turns out they were lying. You can't recycle plastic at scale. You never could. WE are not the ones destroying the world.

NZ Police - Briefing to the Incoming Minister: "the latest testing indicates at least 14.7 kilograms of methamphetamine, 7.5 kilograms of MDMA and 2.6 kilograms of cocaine was consumed across 38 sample sites during one week in September 2023" (p. 18). www.police.govt.nz/sites/defaul...

This is why we need to #RepealCAPTA: "Even now, 50 years later, CAPTA still funds programming that disproportionately harms Black children and families. It is used as an instrument of discrimination by those who are supposed to protect and support." www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

5/12/2023: Repealing child protection legislation will fail Māori all over again. Section 7AA was an attempt to address child protection shortcomings and win back the trust of Māori communities. We mustn’t repeal it. newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/05/r...