Lebanon is 33% Christian. Israel is illegally invading Lebanon & bombing Christian villages. Moreover, Israel has warned Lebanese Christians & Druze to forbid any Muslim from hiding in their homes & Israeli troops are now hunting for Muslims hiding in attics of Christians. These Are War Crimes.

Nobody wants our public health system demolished, and yet it's exactly whats happening under this govt: privatization by stealth. Its going to kill a lot of people, this is social murder. The next election cannot come soon enough. We need this lot out before they destroy our heath system. #nzpol

This is it. This is the point where anyone that still thinks the luxon govt is good for the economy is just an idiot. Every stat we have now shows us that we were better off under the previous govt and are worse off under this one. Wake up.

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609... No one else could possibly be a working person. Not the carers, not the stay at home parents, not the job seekers, not the disabled people, not the recently unemployed, not the students, not the ones with no children... #NzPol #Cartoon

I went for the first proper long ride since before COVID - safe to say all the cheerful people on ebikes did not earn my luff and admiration when I was struggling with a headwind that buffeted my solid commuter bike.

This bill is a fucking hate crime, and parliament is a fucking hate platform bills.parliament.nz/v/1/295e8f5e...

Kia ora our team is keen to collect organisational/ community groups Tiriti-organisational journey. Please promote within your networks. H and team

On the back of yesterday's Sepsis in Aotearoa press release - Sepsis is why you need good antibiotic stewardship - for bacterial trig. sepsis it's the only thing standing between the patient & death. If you can't clear the inf, supp. measures can only go so far. These two episodes are a good listen.

America, we really need to have that talk.

Luxon's National Party have spent a fortune on tax cuts for landlords and the rich and can't afford to pay women the same as men for the same work. National Party female MPs, Ministers should take a back dated pay cut, to align them with the working women they ignore. #,lNZPol

Sepsis hospitalisations in Aotearoa rose 78% between 2000 and 2019. Despite improved survival, inequities remain stark for Māori, Pacific peoples and those in high deprivation. A coordinated national response is needed. #sepsis www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/inc...

Sepsis is a serious condition where the body’s response to an infection becomes out of control and starts to damage its own organs. A Seminar explores the complexity of the condition, and discusses current challenges and future developments in care: spkl.io/63323AFBJZ

After confusing wording led to some people being turned away from pharmacists last week, Health NZ says Covid boosters are still available twice a year to anyone 30 or over. newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/01/c...

Steep rise in sepsis hospitalisations since 2000. Sustained and significant disparities in incidence and mortality for Māori and Pacific communities, as well as those communities living with high socioeconomic deprivation. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

x is populated by people who failed 11th-grade english, drove three startups into the ground, make mid-six-figures, and own two cybertrucks. bluesky is full of folks who hold two phds, have won prestigious awards in their field, can't quite consolidate their hold on fulltime work, and ride a bicycle

And to think the first IREX Ferry would be in month 3 of its revenue sailings

Glasses are a disability justice issue. Glasses are a healthcare issue. If you need glasses to see clearly, you are disabled. This is my bonus wokest take. It shouldn't be controversial even a little, and its weird to me people don't see glasses like this.

Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-Ting was demonized and harassed because JK Rowling claimed she was male. Her boxing career was disrupted for over a year. Now, she's been cleared to compete as female after further "sex eligibility reviews." This is going to happen again. www.reuters.com/sports/olymp...

Kenya and Zimbabwe are among the first African countries to offer #lenacapavir, a game-changing #HIV prevention injection that's shown 100% efficacy 💉. You only need it twice a year. Kenya is already giving it out free at public clinics 🇰🇪, while Zimbabwe is rolling it out across 24 sites 🇿🇼.

🧵Spotted on a Rainy Day in Aotearoa New Zealand: A man (80s?) is about to leave a supermarket as rain pours outside. A checkout operator (50s?) asks if he has an umbrella and when he replies no, she tells him to wait and returns with hers, telling him to bring it back the next time he stops by. (1)

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

NZ abstaining from voting UN resolution on enslavement of Africans being gravest crime against humanity WTF was our govt thinking? Why would we not wholeheartedly support this important recognition & mahi towards justice? (rhetorical)

Opinion: Physical activity has long been framed as a matter of personal responsibility. But anyone who has tried to walk or cycle Auckland roads knows that’s not the case, writes Erica Hinckson.

Considering we don’t have national infrastructure (or mandates) for open access in Aotearoa - our universities repositories and OA agreements are shifting the dial but not sure if we can get to 70% without them. Congrats to Massey and Lincoln who have! #OpenResearch tesaunders.github.io/oa-nz/

Guess I better start carrying my passport with me....🖕🏾 #nzpol

Just a FYI - if you are a pedestrian, speed walker or runner and it's a dark morning in Pōneke. The waterfront lights turn off at 7am-ish & if you have no lights, HiViz or refl. gear on, esp. if you're wearing black - be very aware of your surroundings.

#nzpol looks familiar

WTF Aotearoa?

Can someone please ask Minister Potaka where those 3,000 children are now? And if he doesn’t know, why doesn’t he know? #NZPol

The Government has no credibility talking about the “international rules based order”. It criticises Iran at every turn but says nothing about the US-Israel illegal war of aggression. #StoptheWar Full speech here youtu.be/aiusHG5NOoU 2/3

Simon Watts was already told in December that his Local Water Done Well is AT LEAST $9 billion more expensive than 3 Waters They were also warned by multiple credit rating agencies that repealing 3 Waters would hike rates and credit costs

The Government’s planned $1 billion gas import terminal could raise energy prices and carbon emissions, Parliament’s environment watchdog has warned in a letter to the energy minister. #nzpol #lng newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/25/l...

Pōneke peeps: I have to implore you to make sure you're registered to vote. If you haven't already, do it NOW! And in November votes for the left - Greens or TPM preferably, because if this lot get back in they'll pretty much flatten the city to build a giant road going to the Airport. Save Pōneke.

Every time I post about endometriosis and dare to make it, gender inclusive, I always get a lot of comments from people angry that I didn’t just say “women” And every time, I think about how Rowling has enough money to cure endometriosis forever. But she doesn’t actually give a fuck about women.

🧪This is sad. A study identified between about 150,000 and 160,000 potential unrecognized COVID deaths on top of the 840,251 that were officially reported. 2020-2021 were such chaotic years with so much confusion. archive.today/5HezA

Too often, we assume people don’t get social determinants of health. New @scothealtheq.bsky.social Scottish Social Attitudes data suggest otherwise: strong support for action on health inequals & high awareness of economic factors (eg ⬇️poverty = most popular option for cutting alcohol & drug deaths)

Your social media feed is a "digital diet" dictated by algorithms, and it isn’t the same for everyone. New research from @norc.org ’s Social Data Collaboratory (SDC) reveals massive disparities in food/beverage marketing exposure. 🧵 1/3

How can health systems reduce disparities, expand access and improve outcomes at a population level? We will hold an expert-led panel discussion from 12-1pm on 30 March exploring practical strategies for advancing health equity. Register today: 100896engagecms.campusnexus.cloud/rcsio-equita...

“It is better to make public health decisions based on data, not drama,” Joe Hibbeln, another recent vaccine adviser, told me. “The real enemy is the unknown virus that creates the next pandemic.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

*pssst* even if we'd just done three waters, the price of water services for drinking, sewage and stormwater in this country was going to at least double this decade - you can't policy your way out of hundreds of billions of dollars of infrastructure deficit or water quality standards - it needs $

On the anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, John Sloan's searing March 1911 illustration for the New York Call, a Socialist newspaper, responding to the tragic event

Wow! Big move out of UK today. This is how we should be responding to oil price shocks 👏👏 Britain responds to Iran war energy shock by requiring solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes. www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/i...

Rent increases should not be more than the rate of inflation. This unfortunately is not the norm here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Because landlords get tax breaks, while renters can get evicted without notice. A Green Government will give renters a better future to live AND thrive in. #nzpol

It’s so blatant that the govts policy is designed for the media to keep saying “$50 a week” so people think they are doing something rather than actually doing anything that’s gonna address or fix anything at all.

How ‘Po Atarau’ made it all the way to Ryan Gosling’s Project Hail Mary

Listening to Te Tiriti Based Futures webinar - Hauora Māori . Peter Crampton (previous Dean of Otago Medical School & worked in partnership with Kai Tahu to set up Te Kaika health centre here): the ultimate solution for health & wellbeing is constitutional reform - change the system.

Heart disease and stroke account for ~12,000 deaths in NZ every year. The flu vaccination reduces your risk of a major cardiac event by roughly a third. Read more from experts in our latest Briefing. www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/inf...

Old Luxo shooting himself in the foot for saying we're a "very negative, wet, whiney, a negative inward looking country" and it getting caught on camera. His policies made the whole country moist?