According to the Trump admin, nursing isn’t a profession so they won’t qualify for student loans 🤬 We’re barely recovering from the last RN shortage and they want to create another one 😫 Literally zero patients survive the ICU without outstanding RN care. www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...

The prison population is >50% Maori people and prison is one of the many factors driving inequitable health outcomes. This is a societal failure, a breach of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and indicative of a government with severely misplaced priorities. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Two Otago studies examining the experience of imprisoned and recently released Māori have led researchers to believe the Government is breaching their rights. They found Māori were consistently undercounted while in prison, and had unmet needs in primary care services after release. Read more here ⬇️

Being observed today so I guess I'll go through the slit on the left

He's not only deeply concerned about how dangerous this can be, along with the expectation that prescribers will be expected to prescribe 12 month scripts, but also said this will greatly impact income for pharmacies already struggling in a market with mega pharmacies like Chemist Warehouses.

david!!!1

'She pointed to the Regulatory Standards Bill, Pae Ora Amendment Bill, the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora and the repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act as examples of government actions that have had an "enormous effect" on Māori.' #nzpol

what. the. hell. maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.

Hang on, doesn't the Minister of Health expect nurses to have much more involvement in primary care? It would be reasonable to think the advisory group would include some advisors from this profession. But then no-one has accused Simeon Brown of thinking reasonably I guess.

This nurse practitioner here, who's constantly advocating for expanding the role of registered nurses in Primary Health Care, is gonna have a stroke if every political party including the Greens keeps talking about "free GP visits" #nzpol

John Cleary, shot in the chest by National Guardsmen on May 4, has passed away at age 74. He was a 19-year-old architecture student in 1970 when he was shot and critically wounded.

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-dail... This is why strikes were happening #nzpol #safestaffing #toitutetiriti

I’m pretty desensitized but sheesh

Thank you to everyone who came out to support our public service workers today ✊ #nzpol

Govt says there is not enough money to pay firefighters and decent engines, but plenty for fossil fuel subsidies

A lot of stupid things have come out of Brian Roche’s mouth recently. But this feigning ignorance about what workers want must the dumbest thing yet. #nzpol #strike #MegastrikeNZ #MarangaAke www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Some pics from my partner #nzstrike #megastrikeNZ

Wrapping up the Auckland rally. Huge crowd.

‘My kid’s teacher’s pay is in the skibidi toilet’

The big strike in Auckland

When the climate storms come, will you want war helicopters or a well funded fire service?

In a world of climate change we need well funded public health and education and emergency services. Not subsidies for oil companies

#nzpol #nzstrike

My friend @suburbanennui.bsky.social with his epic sign #nzpol #nzstrike

James Meager is a real piece of shit. He was mendacious about TPB submissions (as chair of that Select Committee he tried to dump hundreds of thousands of submissions and then lied about it). Now he wants to dump one of the only ways for the public to weigh in.

The negative impacts this government has had on our health system was almost immediate, and has worsened every month that goes by with them in power. Funding cuts, service closures, graduate nurses unable to find jobs, dismantling of Te Aka Whai Ora. Support the strike! #nzpol

It's hilarious that Luxon claims there are no hiring freezes in our health services, because everyone who works in healthcare knows well that funding cuts have meant staff are not being replaced, and haven't been for nearly two years. Call it what you will, but that's a hiring freezes to me. #nzpol

Labour stands with the striking workers. #nzpol

Lincoln Road has multiple pockets today and from my clinic office I can hear constant honking in support of the #Oct23strike. This is a historic day for workers rights in Aotearoa New Zealand

I'm doing live updates on the 'mega strike' today for RNZ. Please post enough content here on the Bluesky so I don't have to scroll the bird app for content, I'm begging you www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Took this thread and made it a post, with links - open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...

National don't give a fuck, & sadly the narrative I've seen in the media is 'teachers don't want to bargain' according to Humpty CEO of NZ Inc. Here's the truth Ruth!

DIRE EMERGENCY 2,000 New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union members walked off the job across the motu today to fight for safe staffing, working equipment, and better conditions. The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi stands with the NZPFU in their fight to keep our communities safe. #nzpol

look how well camouflaged the pūtangitangi ducklings are in shimmering waters 🙂

#nzpol this is appalling

“I protect the family” I whisper as I fill the bird feeders every morning.

Regulatory Standards Bill will expose the SPCA to penalty if they remove abused animals; it will expose taxpayers to compensate suspected criminals for confiscated assets; farmers can do as they want; Peter Thiels can build bunkers anywhere. A terrible bill with > 98% opposed. #nzpol

The Old People’s Ukulele Orchestra broke me.

Kōtuku ngutupapa (royal spoonbills) spooked by something this morning. I was in a good position and not distracted at the decisive moment for a refreshing change! 🪶🇳🇿

UNC Chapel Hill has reinstated Prof. Dwayne Dixon. Rather than conduct a threat assessment of a faculty member based on spurious accusations, UNC should conduct an assessment of its own administration's threat to First Amendment rights and academic freedom. @aaup.org www.wral.com/news/local/u...

you guys look at this pūtangitangi with its pups. the ducklings have racing stripes!

“#Nurses are the latest group to vote to #strike on 23 October, the same day as previously announced strike action by primary school teachers, allied health workers. The strike is likely to be one of the biggest in decades.” www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

A good thing for New Zealanders to consider every time a local politician starts to make noises about moving toward privatized healthcare, or a "competitive insurance market"

Genomics for Aotearoa New Zealand - Public Webinar 14th October @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social will be giving a public webinar on myth busting de-exctinction. The webinar will run from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm including time for questions. Please boost this to help reach a broad audience. 🙏

To celebrate the kārearea winning bird of the year here's a couple of pics I took of one on a fence in Ligar Bay, Te Tau Ihu. #boty #falcon #birds

Local Bird Elections are on. Do your avian duty and vote for the Kākā. Just joking. Vote for whoever you like. But the Kākā really is best. Voting closes today. My Stuff #cartoon today #BirdOfTheYear

Hear me out - Give Ngutu pare/wrybill your vote for #BOTY. The ONLY birds worldwide with a laterally curved bill! That's a serious kink. Also when they murmurate the whole flock flashes from silver to white, it's spectacular. They are also Bi-landers dividing their time between North and South.

got admonished (complimentary) by this tīeke just now 😊