Jennifer Duval-Smith
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Andrew Jull NZRN
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"We were missing 12 whole nurses [over the day] and we only have 13 nurses on the morning shift altogether, so we were half staffed. It was absolutely nuts." Remember there is no nursing shortage according then Minister Reti or TWO Commissioner Lester Levy.
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Josh | writer, painter, tinkerer
2 days ago
What the hell is going on with the new New Zealand school curriculum, and what does it have to do with the Atlas Network? (No, really!) A thread:
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Raymond Sagapolutele
2 days ago
Idiots.
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NZ Bluesky - ordering cherries for Christmas from the South Island - who does the best ones?
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Stephanie Rodgers đ
3 days ago
So ... the government just forced us all to have referendums on *existing* MÄori wards because Local Communities Deserve Choice, but now they're unilaterally abolishing our regional councils because they don't like the Choices we made?
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Learning so many fantastic expressions from Cory Doctorow in this excellent episode such as "The pile-of-shit-this-big-must-have-a-pony-underneath-it school of investing". The rest is really the outrageous failure of competition regulation which has allowed monsters to go rogue and screw us all.
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Claire Willett
3 days ago
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyoneâs funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore I feel like we need this
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BikerChiwi
3 days ago
So Winnie is saying he doesn't want to do the thing he said he wanted to do but promised he wouldn't do to get into government? More flip flop than a ute full of jandals.
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Ms Hooper
3 days ago
The mystery material? Tiny pieces of vehicle tyre. Now itâs clear that driving is contributing to New Zealandâs â and the worldâs â single largest source of marine microplastic pollution.
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Time to kick this marine menace to the kerb
Researchers have narrowed down the single biggest source of microplastic pollution in NZâs coastal waters â and ways to curb it.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/25/time-to-kick-this-marine-menace-to-the-curb/?utm_source=Newsroom
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Appalling.
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Charlie Mitchell
4 days ago
Some of the information in this book excerpt is either distorted or flat out wrong. According to the survey, 58% of journalists are women, not "two out of every three". The average journalist is 45.8 years old, and they are not "mostly aged in their 20s or 30s"
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Michael Bain
5 days ago
Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National. Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
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D Jukic She/her
6 days ago
Imo this is on the same spectrum as the PoliceNZ scandal. Attacking women should be a disqualifier for any role and definitely an sppoitment that gives you power over others
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1/2 Womenâs lives, our reputations, our safety are discounted. Misogny in action.
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Dr Bex
6 days ago
It also doesn't save any "red tape". It just creates an additional barrier to understanding whats in your food and means the seller can scrape your data. Its a sh*tty solution to a non-problem that places the consumer increasingly at risk.
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James OâBrien
7 days ago
It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/21/cryptocurrency-farage-donor-used-for-russian-war-effort?CMP=share_btn_url
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Sarah May
7 days ago
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
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ALT text based joy from none other than
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of course
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Dave Andress
7 days ago
Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of âgiving money to people who need itâ is tried, it turns out to work. And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
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Brigit Strawbridge
7 days ago
Some cautiously positive news from France, but systemic pesticides (like neonics) can persist in the soil for years, so it's early days yet. Worth taking a moment to read this article in full đ
#neonicotinoids
#birds
#insects
#pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Franceâs birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/17/france-wildlife-insect-bird-numbers-rise-neonicotinoid-pesticide-ban-aoe
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There's a Sweet Pea Festival at Highwic House, Newmarket 10am-2pm tomorrow. I will be demonstrating painting sweetpeas (obvs!) if anybody wants to pop through and say hi. There will be food and plants for sale plus a pressed fern exhibit (woo!). Come on through! FREE entry.
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Welcome to Heritage New Zealand
Welcome to Heritage New Zealand
https://www.visitheritage.co.nz/whats-on/auckland-events/sweetpea-and-plant-fair-sat-22-nov-highwic
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Duncan Webb MP
7 days ago
Doctors and parents should make decisions about what it best for their kids' health - not politicians.
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Tina Makereti
8 days ago
Iâve never liked a National Government or National led Coalition government but I canât remember a time when they completely disregarded human rights and human decency, thanks to Act & NZ first. Every day a new horror. Every day dragged back decades
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
9 days ago
Today marks 15 years since the Pike River mine disaster. Anna and Sonya are meeting with Brooke van Velden today to call for stronger health and safety protections in our country, taking time out of the most precious day of their year to fight for all New Zealanders.
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Katya
9 days ago
Callous and stupid. "the one in four children in our local schools who are disabled and/or neurodivergent could be collateral damage from the ministerâs refresh" We have had some terrible Ministers of Education in our history but Stanford is shaping up to be our worst.
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Education's Stanford experiment not for everyone
From Auckland University - Opinion: The exclusion of disabled children from the latest iteration of the curriculum can be added to the list of problematic ministerial decisions in education.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/19/educations-stanford-experiment-not-for-everyone/
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Jessica Ellis
10 days ago
Welcome to being a woman.
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According to writer @Caroclaireburke on Insta over the last 10 years winners of the , Pulitzer 80% men , Booker, 70% men, National Book Award were 60% men. Men don't seem to be suffering unduly from underrepresentation. Is no research required before this pap is published?
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Moose Allain
10 days ago
How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
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Kent Duston
10 days ago
If you ever wanted a field guide to how sociopathic the average banker is, here it is
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deb te kawa nĆ aotearoa
10 days ago
So, a breach of confidentiality, improper access to official information, and potential misuse of office for private or political advantage. Should trigger: an immediate investigation KC or OAG?
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Robert Reich
10 days ago
Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If youâre a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars: 1) Profiting from a monopoly 2) Insider-trading 3) Political payoffs 4) Fraud 5) Inheritance Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
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Russell Brown
10 days ago
This is grimly amusing. Bishop couldn't fulfil a campaign promise because of Simeon Brown's footpath fatwa, so he had to raid a KÄinga Ora fund. Maybe running transport policy as a culture war was a stupid and destructive thing to do in the first place, eh.
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Wadepool
11 days ago
Also spotted in the wild at Arataki Visitors Centre, go support a local artist!!
@pepperraccoon.com
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He ruined 1000 women's lives.
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Well that's interesting.
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If you see this post a bird. (it's Margaret Hatcher)
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Russell Brown
17 days ago
Well, this story just got a lot fucking worse.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...
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Police bosses ignored sex complaints against top cop, charged woman for 'revenge' emails instead
Suppressions fall away to reveal full story about the downfall of deputy police boss.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcskimming-police-ignored-sex-allegations-against-former-top-cop-prosecuted-the-woman-for-revenge-emails-instead/DAWYWAD33FAVNCI3Z6OXTXR3EI/
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Huia Sue
18 days ago
While the NZ assoc health minister, Casey Costello, hosted an Irish anti-trans activist to discuss âwomenâs rightsâ, at Parliament ($4,500 venue cost), the Human Rights Review Tribunal heard evidence of the âextremeâ & âviciousâ nature of trans-exclusionary sentiment
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...
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Casey Costello meets with self-proclaimed âterfâ as landmark case reaches final chapter
While the associate health minister met with an anti-trans activist to discuss 'women's rights', around the corner, a court heard evidence of the 'extreme' and 'vicious' nature of trans-exclusionary s...
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-11-2025/casey-costello-meets-with-self-proclaimed-terf-as-landmark-case-reaches-final-chapter
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Charlie Mitchell
18 days ago
If you'd told me that a speaker at the Free Speech Union conference would call for banning non-Christian public expressions of faith to an applauding crowd, I would have said yes, obviously that is going to happen
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wonderful long read
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Brittany Trang
19 days ago
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. đ§Șđ§Źđ§«
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/james-watson-remembrance-from-dna-pioneer-to-pariah/
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Newsroom NZ
20 days ago
In the final part of this Who Benefits instalment, Act leader David Seymour intervenes â but says he wasnât working in concert with the Free Speech Union
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Who Benefits: Seymour directs officials to consult the free speech lobby
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/08/who-benefits-seymour-steps-in-and-directs-officials-to-consult/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1762572731-3
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Jesspooka Kant đ
20 days ago
Turns out Tidal is only a few dollars more a month for a family plan than Spotify and they have a cool feature where theyâre not running ads to recruit for the gestapo.
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Celeste Labedz
20 days ago
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad,
@lpachter.bsky.social
compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
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Mark Jacob
21 days ago
Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
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Russel Norman
22 days ago
Ardern and Shaw, willfully or no, were taken for a ride by National and Fed Farmers on climate change. Nats/Feds delayed climate action with false promise of seeking 'consensus'. As soon as they had the power they ditched He Waka Eke Noa and 'Zero Carbon Act'. Don't get fooled again.
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Peter
22 days ago
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You donât need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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The rewarewa is flowering, with its dramatic nectar filled spiky blooms. Knightia excelsa. One of just two native protaceae species in Aotearoa NZ I believe.
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It's this time of year in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Moana
23 days ago
Heads up, Iâm putting together a great lineup for a special concert on Sun Mar 8, 2026 at the Akld Town Hall to mark International Womenâs Day. My band Moana & the Tribe 1/
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Itâs THE Festival
Te Ahurei Toi o TÄmaki Auckland Arts Festival celebrates the best of arts and culture, for the people of this diverse city, by artists doing incredible things from Aotearoa and around the world.
https://www.aaf.co.nz/
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caasbrey
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