Drs (and nurses, teachers too) only ever strike as an absolute last resort - and because they care about YOU and the service they can provide to you. Unsafe staffing impacts you. Exhausted Drs impacts you. Underpaid Drs means they LEAVE. I stand with our Drs today, and always. #nzpol

Ōtautahi - if anyone knows of anti-trans FB groups or other media platforms where a recording might be uploaded to harass allies please could you dm me? Thank you!

I encourage you all to read this article. It sets out very clearly how intentional and concerning comments like Mooney’s are. NO sitting MP should be calling for the sacking of an academic in this way. #nzpol

🚨 Strong Wind Warning - Red Canterbury NZ 10pm Sat, 20 Sep - 3pm Sun, 21 Sep 🚨Threat to life. Stay indoors. Avoid travel. Be ready for power and communication outages. 🔋Charge your devices 🪢Tie down anything you don’t want airborne! 📝 Details here for this and other affected areas

On now!!! I can’t be there but I’m with you all in spirit 🥰

Sharing this because these opening points work in AoNZ too. The Nats LIE, all the time. They serve billionaires and their donors, not us. And their policies ARE cruel. #nzpol

Women’s Day of Action - join the fight for equal pay for work of equal value. Meet at Victoria Square at 10am on Saturday 20th September, then 11am march to the Bridge of Remembrance. Kai, healthcare checks, face painting, cultural performances and more! #nzpol

⚠️Heads up! The beloved just got a credible sounding scam call purportedly from Westpac … ‘we’ve blocked two suspicious transactions for $1000 Amazon gift card and $800 ITunes voucher on your Visa card - press one to release the funds, two to continue to block’. #scam #warning #nz

Here is a starter pack for #nzpol please let me know if I’ve missed anyone 😊 go.bsky.app/2ETTf4A

ANYWAY. I’m currently being yelled at by a tree full of deep pink blossom. May I present Tūi birb vs Korimako/ Bellbirb for your delectation. #notpolitics #nature #morningwalk

Ohhh dear. Um. Where to start? This Old Boys Club nonsense needs to stop. #nzpol #ōtautahi

20,000 of us owe our lives to these amazing people - and we probably don’t even know it. That’s 108 times the number we tragically lost in the Chch EQ. It’s beyond imagining and I’m so grateful to them all 🥰 Arohanui

Oh for pity’s sake. #nzpol

Your regular reminder to JOIN A UNION! US/UK/NZ, wherever. Do it now.

A limited number of snip ‘n’ chip vouchers for cats and dogs (cats only in Christchurch atm) are available now across the motu. Awesome initiative by the SPCA.

You all need to stop whatever you’re doing and look at this!

Sharon literally hits the nail on the head. What ARE they thinking???

Good work here by @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social #nzpol

Whoop!! 🎉 It’s also worth noting that both women are Labour MPs 🥰

This will be good! #nzpol

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

My reckons. There is something desperately wrong with any system which condemns mildly critical language addressed towards privileged power holders, but is utterly silent on the intentional starvation of children. #nzpol

Labour says - recognise Palestine NOW. #nzpol

World Central Kitchen @wck.org has an A+ rating with Charity Watch - 96% of donations spent on programs vs overheads. I hate that we need to check stuff but, yeah. If you have any dollars to spare - they will use them to feed folk around the world. If not, please consider sharing their work ❤️

Because we put people FIRST. Their lives, their jobs, their future. It was the priority then, and it is now. Because really, it’s not about ‘them’ - it’s about ‘us’. Perfect? Nah. Nobody ever is. #nzpol

Here’s the text of Duncan’s letter to the Attorney General about the voting debacle. Thanks for adding this @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social #nzpol

Ōtautahi Christchurch peeps - could someone please recommend a good arborist who can prune/rescue a damaged but recovering weeping mulberry? Thank you 🥰

Rather quieter and more restrained than I’d have managed! #nzpol

Chaucer really nailed this huh? Amazing foresight. Also radix malorum est cupiditas or something. See - I was paying attention, Mrs Omer!

Also one of my very favourite things. Especially when said law changes treat women with utter contempt. Awesome work by @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social, as ever! #nzpol

In case anyone needs a wee giggle this morning …

Apologies for sharing an X link - but for the interested this video shows the impact of a 40cm tsunami surge. Translation is available. Even as ‘little’ as 40 cm will knock you off your feet, and tsunami are often debris filled. #tsunami

Mōrena all! If you have questions or concerns about the emergency mobile alert system (didn’t get it, can’t find it, what is it etc) - try this link. You can also share feedback there to help improve the system. Keep safe, and check in on friends and neighbours if you can, esp. if vulnerable.

What you need to know about today’s (Wednesday) 24hr strike. Safe staffing is CRITICAL and saves lives. #nzpol

If you have the means, this organisation would benefit from $$. If not, please consider sharing.

Venues like Darkroom (and more specifically, Darkroom itself) are vital if we want to nurture our artists, mainstream AND experimental. Bands don’t just spring fully formed into sold out stadium tours. Not often, anyway!

This is NOT OK. We are being run by minority parties with no mandate for this sort of bigoted, backward thinking nonsense - which Sport NZ themselves don’t want! Basic rights, like participation in community sports, should be afforded to ALL. Solidarity. #nzpol

This is disgraceful. I’m proud of Tory for standing up to this disgusting behaviour, which is so far from what we all expect and deserve from our representatives.

Labour had a better plan ready to go for NZ families on 1 April 2024 - extending 20 hours free ECE down to two year olds - no paperwork for parents to keep, fill out, and send to the IRD - it was simple and equitable unlike National's Family Boost debacle. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Ōtautahi - can anyone help?

Watching the latest presser on the devastating flooding in Nelson Tasman I learned that Luxon is ‘away’ (out of NZ) and Seymour is acting PM. Now, everyone needs down time and I totally support our (any!) PM in having a holiday but could we please be a bit more transparent about it? #nzpol

Writers! The University of Canterbury in Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand has opened applications for the Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence positions. Follow the link for more details. Please share.

Next time, may I politely suggest careful consideration occurs BEFORE plans are made which fly in the face of both expert advice and good sense.

Staff beg Health NZ not to lose maternity and gynae beds to ED. Managers appear not to understand the basics of maternity care - which cannot be scheduled and is often urgent. Yes, we need more ED capacity (WHY is another story) - but not at the expense of vulnerable women and babies. #nzpol

A quick work-related post. I have been alarmed to discover a lot of people think 111 calling will work no matter what happens to the phone networks. I'm sorry to have to tell you this but it may not if there's a major event. Be prepared to be without 111. www.tcf.org.nz/news/buildin...

In addition to the sheer insanity of reducing capacity in an already super busy maternity unit (can we PLEASE listen to the midwives and OBs?) we need to ask why it’s always women whose needs are considered secondary? 😡 (Spot the former midwife, eh?) #nzpol

Horrifying. And if this disaster is, as purported, a direct result of the defunding of weather forecasting then - I dunno. Those poor, poor people 😞 #DRR

Couple things here. 1. It’s not for the PM to ‘dismiss’ a petition, it will still be heard by the Petitions committee. 2. CCC staff were NOT engaging in any sort of political debate - robust or otherwise. They have no platform or right of reply and attacking them is bang out of order. …/n

I’m with @chrishipkins.bsky.social. Our Youth MPs have this one precious moment to speak in Parliament and should be allowed to say what they think. And if what they think is critical of ANY government then so be it. #nzpol