Leonie Morris
@leoniemorris.bsky.social
Toitū Te Tiriti, feminism, tax wealth, climate justice. I work for Auckland Women's Centre but this is my personal account.
Being at the fulcrum of attacks like this is awful. Some folks seem to forget your humanity and lose their own. It’s not Winston’s first rodeo; he knows the impact his words have and what they set off. It’s not OK.
Dr. Cassandra Mudgway@legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 3d agoAre you joking? Winne started a homophobic disinformation campaign against a non binary MP knowing full well what that would translate to online. Threats, harassment and other online violence. So serious, that MP left. Unbelievable #nzpol
Senior NZ First youth figure linked to neo-Nazi group
Byron C Clark@byroncclark.bsky.social · 3d agoThis is not one of the two far-right linked NZ First members reported on recently, but a third individual
Another study on youth transition that find that about 97% of all youth who says they're trans turn out to be. Only 1.1% who start HRT stopped it for any reason whatsoever. This is, like, the fifth youth transition study that I'm aware of, and all of their results have been identical.
Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 3d agoCanadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later.
Anyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes.
In times like these, it’s important to pay attention to the grand unifying narratives ideas are hooking on to. Like that children are there to be controlled by adults, like babies and birth are commodities to be controlled by the state, like citizenship is a state more valuable than non-citizenship.
Another gen of abuse in state care and it can get in the bin and be fired into space 🔥
Stephanie Rodgers 🍉@bootstheory.bsky.social · 4d agoThis policy would directly lead to physical abuse of disabled and neurodivergent children. Tell your friends. I'm absolutely serious.
"A society that treats naming racism as the greater offence has confused the mirror with the wound." e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
We must name racism when it happens | E-Tangata
"It is not impolite to name racism, to document it, or to organise against it. What is impolite is telling a New Zealander of 30 years to go home. What is indecent is a cabinet that shelters him." — M...
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'Children only get one chance at childhood. A baby hospitalised this winter cannot wait for a stronger economy. A child growing up in poverty cannot pause their development until political consensus emerges.' - Claire Achmad. #NzPol
The plight of our children can't wait for politics
Children can't vote but inherit the consequences of government and societal failures for the longest time, writes outgoing Children's Commissioner Claire Achmad in a final plea
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According to anti-cyclist replies, here's evidence that cars and bikes are equally dangerous: 🚗: They kill ~40000 people in the US annually 🚲: I saw a cyclist run a red light 30 years ago
Feeling bad? Come do some good! Phone bank next Thursday www.greens.org.nz/wlg_20260806 Door knock next Saturday www.greens.org.nz/wln_dr_mtvic... If you’re new, we train you up and we buddy you up so you can feel confident and competent as you connect with community.
Door Knocking Mt Vic for Tamatha Paul
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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“Watching Winston Peters shout at Lawrence, his face seemed like the face of every person who has yelled the same words at migrants of colour, repeating the same racist imperative. It is the face of a society that has enabled and normalised racism. It is old skin that refuses to shed.” #nzpol
Why we call Winston Peters ‘Lao Pi’ | E-Tangata
“Mandarin-speaking communities are so familiar with Winston, we have nicknamed him 'Lao Pi'. Lao Pi is like that grumpy neighbour everyone knows is a problem. Except he’s not a random neighbour. He is...
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“When the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill was resoundingly defeated at its second reading in parliament, it seemed like Te Tiriti was safe. It was not.” — Jack Potaka. #nzpol e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
Tribunal names Crown's trickery and deceit | E-Tangata
“When the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill was resoundingly defeated at its second reading in parliament, it seemed like Te Tiriti was safe. It was not.” — Jack Potaka.
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Great! So now the government has given the go-ahead to destroy the Kaimai Range too?! FFS. We’ve got to get The Greens in and stop this ridiculousness. #nzpol #green #mining #waikato www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Locals skeptical about new Kaimai gold hunt
A historic mining area could be revived in the Kaimai Range, with an Australian-headquartered company given the green light to search for silver and gold.
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Luxon criticises Nash for his misogyny, yet introduces legislation harmful to women, then criticises Peters for his racism, when Luxon's basically spent the last three years being racist towards Māori & trying to get rid of Te Tiriti obligations. Stuart & Winston just say it out loud 🤷♀️ #nzpol
A Māori MP has drawn praise for defending New Zealand’s native language in a heated parliamentary debate - citing Wales as an example of a nation valuing its indigenous language and identity
‘English is a bastard language’: Māori MP praises Wales' bilingualism in passionate speech
Stephen Price A Māori MP has drawn praise for defending New Zealand’s native language in a heated parliamentary debate – citing Wales as an example of a nation valuing its indigenous language and iden...
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No, it's just me, surely? I'm not the only one seeing this? Our Prime Minister acknowledges Winston Peters is racist, but is "relaxed" about Peters being our Foreign Minister? There are few lines to be read between, here.
The New Zealand government is actively rewriting New Zealand's law to block Mike Smith from taking the country's biggest climate polluters to court. It's quite a story👇 www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
We are locked in a legal battle against six of New Zealand’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters - Greenpeace International
The core argument behind my case against Fonterra and others is that if corporations knowingly contribute to dangerous climate harm, then surely there must be some legal mechanism to hold them account...
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#nzpol nzno we’re called liars but www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
‘It’s a song and a prayer’: The hidden cost of 1300 empty nursing jobs
More than 1300 nursing roles are vacant across NZ’s public health system, leaving frontline staff increasingly reliant on exhausted colleagues working extra shifts to keep wards running.
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The 'Inv-Asian' migration wave of the 90s was dominated by nuclear family units. To be an Asian kid in the 90s like Lawrence (or me, though I was born here) was to grow up isolated & in the shadow of hatred and violence instigated by a guy who is currently the Deputy PM still doing the same thing.
Winston used to dogwhistle generically - 'ostentatious houses' etc. Now he's doing blatant birtherism and racist tirades, and stating that Asian immigrants do not have the right to be in Parliament, to zero consequence. Motherfucker thinks he's won, and so far he's right.
Using RocketLab, a company who's openly working with the US military, as a success story here does not instill confidence that they care about ethical business practices. Peter Thiel also invested money in Xero. Why celebrate these companies unless you are happy to ignore dirty money?
So much here, but the point that stood out to me is that stupid Netflix documentary that she refused to engage with (good on her). Everyone in NZ should boycot that shit. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...
'He was a dictator': Mother of Marokopa children speaks out about her relationship with Tom Phillips
For most people, the Tom Phillips case began when he first disappeared with his children into the bush in 2021 and ended when he was shot dead by police last year.
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TOPs policies about automation and cutting admin at MSD (and elsewhere) is just "let's do AI everywhere". They don't have a clue about risk, about bias, about error rates, about the balck box, about how getting it wrong can lead to people experiencing homelessness, starvation, or death #nzpol