FionaA
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Palmy. Trans rights are human rights. Toitū te tiriti.
Great to see that National support 30 weeks Paid Parental Leave. Especially after they voted against the introduction of PPL. Blocked the extension to 26 weeks for several years. Canceled 33 pay equity claims. And just this year, cut Best Start payments for the majority of new parents.
🧬In 2001, a member of the National Academy of Sciences told my 400-person lecture to watch Jennifer Doudna, because she'd probably win a Nobel. What he didn't say: taxpayers were already paying for the work that would get her there. 🧵
So angry tonight, had media korero but sharing here why Wakari ward needs to be shut. open.substack.com/pub/huhanahi...
Wakari Was Not an Isolated Failure, It is the Warning We Can No Longer Ignore
Dr Huhana Hickey
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on the destruction of New Zealand Science open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on the destruction of New Zealand Science
and earthquakes
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It's hard to convey just how monstrous the privatisation of children's care homes has become. Highly vulnerable children have been turned into cash machines, with devastating impacts on their wellbeing. Please sit down before reading this week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England’s children in care | George Monbiot
Councils are sending vulnerable kids to homes ran by money-grabbing cowboys and private-equity vultures, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We illustrated their findings.
The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...
I am trying to get in touch with the whānau of Dave Terangi, a Ngāpuhi fella who lived in Margaret St, Papakura. We did some research with Dave, and we know he has since died, but we would like to return a taonga. If anyone knows his whānau, pls DM me. Also Pls retweet (so to speak).
A research project for anyone providing care for someone with an illness, disability or frailty wahikorero.co.nz
Sharing your stories | Wahi Korero
A safe and anonymous place where you can share your health-related stories to help improve health outcomes.
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Bluddy hell, I missed this. A quiet law change last year. “ironic that Public Trust is mandated by the Family Court to audit our statements, to ensure we haven’t ripped [the man] off. But in the process of this, we feel that he is now being ripped off by the system.” www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
She helped a vulnerable man manage his money – then came a $2400 bill that shocked her
The Government has quietly dropped a subsidy for costs associated with managing the affairs of vulnerable people, leaving some with large bills.
stuff.co.nz
“We may not have gunshot wounds, but we have plenty of bungee-jumping accidents.” American doctors are trading the U.S. for a new life in New Zealand.
Burned-Out Doctors Are Leaving the U.S. for a Remote Town in New Zealand
Timaru has become a magnet for medical workers fed up with the American healthcare system and seeking better work-life balance.
on.wsj.com
The AI market is a bubble despite the technology being real and transformative. Let me explain!
The Capital is Misaligned and the Crash is Coming
My strong disagreement with the sentiment on Wall Street.
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Here we go. The stealth ending of public health… #nzpol
Sacha@sachadylan.bsky.social · 4mo agoQuiet privatisation of a whole service.
been sitting at NZ$667 of $999 for a couple days now, please help me keep the momentum going! reposts are a HUGE help and hey, if you’ve got a spare dollar or two to send my way, i’d be grateful for that too — no amount is too small! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 #mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #transcrowdfund
rebecca needs their own transport!
rebecca is chronically ill and needs an e-scooter for transport!
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rebecca s (the s is for scooter) 🛴💨@rebecca.is.vgay.fyi · 5mo agookay so, here goes nothing: i've just set up a givealittle page to see if i can crowdfund getting me a scooter! i need NZ$999 total and i've set this to run until the end of april, i will see if i can extend it if i don't quite get there by then. if you can't chip in, please consider reposting!
The Hera Lindsay Bird Tweet referenced by Nomnomnom de Plume
A year ago, ministers met to consider tightening NZ’s pay equity law. Their decisions went further than officials had advised, hardening the policy to the point some groups were cut out from ever making a claim. Why? And on what evidence? They won’t show us. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How a crucial 45-minute meeting between ministers took pay equity claims away from tens of thousands of women
In a crucial 45 minute meeting, ministers decided to go beyond official proposals, making it even harder for 180,000 workers to ask for pay equity.
rnz.co.nz
Whānau, remember how the far-right tried to take over Internet NZ last year and we kicked their butts? They haven't learned, and they're trying to do it again this year. Register by March 31st ($21 for a year) so you can vote in the AGM and send them packing again. members.internetnz.nz
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Labour’s Send reforms get this right: disabled children in mainstream schools is transformative for everyone | Frances Ryan
It gives me the opposite of great pleasure to point out that every (fairly obvious to anyone who was watching) prediction I made in this doom-laden piece has come extremely true www.tworuru.com/bad-newslett...
The Party That Can’t And The Party That Won’t
Approximately every three years I indulge in a bit of political punditry, which is about as much as I can stand. It’s nearly that time again, which is my opportunity to do something pundits almost nev...
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It’s taken me a while to tease out my thoughts on this. Which reflects the mess that inclusive education is in, the failure of respective ministries and governments to insist that schools and school communities lift their game, and the individualising of blame. open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Specialist schools, exclusion, and education
Individualising blame and systemic ableism
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1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it. Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned. rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i... 🧵
Is our Government Complicit in Genocide?
The Genocide Convention imposes obligations on states and individuals not just to punish the crime of genocide but to actively prevent it. Two years into the war in Gaza and over 20 months since th…
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1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
What white supremacists sometimes argue are the benefits of colonisation is essentially connection with the wider world and access to a global pool of knowledge and production. And it’s like, mutual benefit of expanding that did not require the sublimation, abuse, theft, murder, genocide etc
My wife and I were on a beach in the Wellington area and found this at a car park, in the grass. It is approximately the size of a person's hand,made of bone, and intricately carved. I've masked the lower half,as only the legitimate owner will be able to fully describe it. Please share this...(1)
I will be looking for an RA soon as my amazing postdoc has got a permanent role on our team. I will be looking for an emerging Māori researcher who has a social science background preferably :) dm me if you know of anyone or want to kōrero
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Ciara 🇳🇿🏴🇮🇪@ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social · 7mo agoTip my Ko-Fi $25NZD or more before Mon 19th Jan at 10.00am & you’ll go in the draw to win my ‘Green Girl’ Cross Stitch (78.5cm x 70cm unframed). Almost a year of daily work to finish. Please share widely, I need as many supporters as possible. #Kikorangi #CrossStitch ko-fi.com/ciaraaxstitch
