Last week I spent the day in Auckland talking to people and organisations working in Māori justice. ⚖️ ✊ The success of kaupapa Māori organisations in reducing reoffending has been overlooked by the Luxon Government.

The Labour Party wants a transformation of the New Zealand economy - to have wealth created in New Zealand, by New Zealanders, for New Zealanders.

Today we stand up for public services and the hardworking people who keep them running. ✊ ✊ Where would we be without teachers, nurses, doctors and medical staff?!

#BREAKING: Over 15,000 people have signed our open letter calling on Christopher Luxon to bring down health costs. He’s making it harder to see a doctor and it’s time to act. Add your name at the link below. www.labour.org.nz/openletter-h...

The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in. 📝166,000 submissions. ❌98.7% opposed. Yet National are going to continue supporting it. 🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.

Christchurch City Mission needs our help! They provide 1600 Christmas food parcels for families and people in need through December, but they need boxes! 📦📦📦

OMG the National Party totally screwed up the vote on the Broadcasting Bill. First they didn’t have signed proxies for the conscience vote. Then they didn’t have the 20 members in the house required for a conscience vote - so the vote is a nullity. Politics 101 learn to count !!!

SAVE OUR STATE HOUSING HIKOI - FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER 💔112,500 people are in over-crowded and/or uninhabitable housing, on couches, in cars. 💔Of these, at least 4,965 are living without shelter. Meet at 11.30am at the Bridge of Remembrance, let's make some noise.

Voting for local body elections close on Saturday 11th October, don't miss out on having your voice heard!

Tracey McLellan MP, Reuben Davidson MP for Christchurch East and I visited Te Maata Waka today to understand more about the support services they offer specifically for youth justice. (They do so much other awesome work but I was there in my capacity as Justice spokesperson).

NZ Government refuses to recognise Palestine. Shameful.

It's World Rivers day this Sunday, a great reason to get out and enjoy some sunshine. It's free entry, live music (The Eastern) Kai by Ōtākaro Orchard, interactive workshops, kids’ activities, and plenty of opportunities to learn about river care, biodiversity, and community projects

Toni Jarvis received a King’s Service Medal for his advocacy for those abused in state care. Now, because of a rent increase, he's living in his van. Remember when Chris Luxon said 'renters will be grateful costs are not being passed on to them.' 🧐🧐 www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

❌Enough is enough. ✊Join me on the March for Pay Equity on Saturday 20th September. 💸National is taking money out of women’s pockets and giving it to landlords and tobacco companies.

The fight continues! ✊✊ Join us this Saturday, 20th September, for the Women’s Day of Action, a community march to honour Kate Sheppard’s fight for Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value and to continue the call for pay equity today.

Stanford’s decision to drop outdoor education from the general subject list is baffling. 💩💩

I'm really interested to watch this - PRIME MINISTER, releasing in cinemas across New Zealand on 25 September 2025. I'm sure it will be an emotional yet inspiring documentary about one of our greatest leaders.

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.

Lobbying is when interest groups try to influence lawmaking for their benefit. Sometimes that’s good, and sometimes it’s not. The key to democratic lobbying is transparency…something the coalition is struggling with.

"But what if I'm not wealthy & sorted?" "Well you should have thought of that before we made everything more expensive. Take some personal responsibility for once, dropkick."

Fixed it.

📝 Democracy 101 –How laws are made! 📝 Here’s the lawmaking process explained in five stages. 👍

You can vote in the New Zealand local elections from 9 September to 11 October 2025. 😁 If you are wondering who to vote for or want to look into what policies the candidates have, then I highly recommend checking out this handy website. 👇👇👇 policy.nz/2025

The Official Information Act provides a legal right to access official information held by government agencies. Or in this case, a legal right to access a blank page. ☹️

More than 80 % of participants in my poll last week on Mailchimp and social media don’t support tolls for the new Woodend Bypass. ❌ ❌

Congratulations to my colleagues Tracey McLellan MP and Camilla Belich MP for their hard work. Two Labour Bills passed this week. 😍

Let's not mince words, the cost of food is going up - This is why I have a beef with this government. Tax cuts were a mis-steak and we need to grill the government on them.🍖🍖

📝Democracy 101📝 I've put together a wee series to make it easier to understand some of the aspects of what makes our democracy work. What topics would you like to know more about? Comment below!

The coalition has used urgency to pass a record number of Bills into law. That means 19 Bills have become law that had: ❌No public submissions ❌Limited scrutiny by opposition ❌Rushed debate ❌No time to improve the bill

Thousands of people are out of work and struggling to pay the bills because National is failing them.

I have consistently condemned Israel’s military actions in Gaza, particularly highlighting the humanitarian crisis caused by the blockade and aid restrictions.

Urgent parliamentary debate on Palestinian statehood right now. 🇵🇸

National was elected on a promise to tackle the cost of living. How it's going: 🚎Public transport is more expensive. 💼Unemployment is at the highest level since 2020. 🧀Butter is up nearly 50 percent from this time last year. 👩⚕️Doctor's fees are going up.

We had Young Labour Christchurch pop in on Tuesday to discuss the issues facing youth at the moment. It was great to have Labour Youth spokesperson Arena Williams MP down in Ōtautahi to join us for the discussion.

Here is the letter I sent to the Attorney General about election enrolment problems...

Because of his government’s underfunding GP fees are heading towards $100. 🤧👎

It was great to pop into Catholic Cathedral College Year 13 Social Studies class to discuss with students about how laws are made and how the public can influence them. I love to see young people interested in politics. There were some great questions and discussions, keep it up! 😁

Take the test and find out if David Seymour thinks YOU are a dropkick! Don't have a perfect memory? Kiss goodbye your voting rights! 😘

🍪🍪MEMBERS BILL IN THE BISCUIT TIN 🍪🍪 I'm really happy to have put my latest members bill into the biscuit tin. 💵Did you know that there are billions of dollars of client money sitting in Lawyers' bank accounts?

So what Albert Barume say and what was Seymour’s response?

It was great to be part of this cross-party panel and discuss the important issue of harassment and abuse of political figures - especially women and especially online.

The Regulatory Standards Bill submission period has ended and I must say, it was probably a good job Seymour slashed hearing times down to 30 hours...100 hours of that would've been incredibly embarrassing for him... 🫣🫣

Here's the submitter's list on the Regulatory Standards Bill for Thursday 10th July. Watch along here: www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl...

Wednesday 9th July submitter's list. Watch along here: www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl...

Tuesday 8th July submitters list for the Regulatory Standards Bill. You can watch along here: www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl...

Oral submissions for the Regulatory Standards Bill have begun. Below is the list of submitters for Monday 7th July; these submissions are being heard by Sub-committee B. MPs on each sub-committee are subject to change. Watch the submissions here: www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl...

The oral submission hearings for the Regulatory Standards Bill start on Monday 7th July and go until Thursday 10th July. Only 30 hours allocated to hear a tiny snippet of the 100,000+ submissions on the bill. 👎👎 Watch along here: www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl...

I asked for “A list of submissions made to the ministry on the Regulatory Standards Bill consultation that the Ministry considered to be generated by AI (or “bots”) or otherwise were considered not to come from real people or organisations”. Here is the reply:

National has cancelled pay equity claims for around 180,000 workers and made it harder to lodge future claims. Join Christchurch Labour MPs and @jantinetti.bsky.social, Labour's spokesperson for Workplace Relations & Safety, to discuss these cuts and what they could mean to you.