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@locuslebe.bsky.social

te Tiriti, social democracy, sustainability, civic duty, science & art 💚🇳🇿🏳️‍🌈

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miravox@miravox.bsky.social · 3d ago

Good decision #nzpol Labour has pulled its support for changing the census. The Government is now short of the ‘supermajority’ it needs. Labour said it was not opposed in principle to modernising the census, but was not confident the administrative data model “would be accurate or reliable enough."

Govt’s census overhaul thrown into doubt after Labour pulls support

Opposition parties warn relying on government agency data instead of a full census risks undercounting Māori and minority groups.

newsroom.co.nz

locus@locuslebe.bsky.social · 3d ago

"The coalition Government is showing an uncommon meanness of spirit, doing everything it can to turn back the advances made during the Māori renaissance. Its denial of shared humanity goes well beyond ethnicity and cultural difference to the poor, the disabled, the unemployed and the homeless..."

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝@greenflorence.bsky.social · 3d ago

Well done Kuini Ngā wai hono i te pō. Great mana, leadership and role modeling. As to Mr Peters, he should no longer be in leadership role, racist, demeaning, manipulative, inarticulate, shame Let's vote better in November. For giving all the people of NZ a right to live on a healthy land. #nzpol

locus@locuslebe.bsky.social · 3d ago

Inspiring (not paywalled) report on training and work experience that helps to change perspectives and give prisoners a better chance when they've done their time

Kev Lucky - Left of centre moderate.@lucky-lefty-nz.bsky.social · 3d ago

An interesting piece on what Prisoner rehabilitation was like in 2023. Wonder if the high standards of trust and training are still in place, or have the shortages of experienced corrections staff hampered the process? #NZPol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/correctio...

Lady Iris@ladyiris5.bsky.social · 5d ago

#AZSongsAugust #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 1: Artist name that begins with A Al Jarreau - We're In This Love Together

Al Jarreau - We're In This Love Together (Official Video)

YouTube video by RHINO

youtube.com

Eu@euatbs.bsky.social · last wk.

#AZSongsAugust #MusicChallenge 🎶📌 #NewMusicChallenge #MusicSky AZSongs returns for the last time in August. Post a song each day whose Artist Name begins with the letter indicated below. On August 7th and 21st, post an Artist starting with any letter. Starts 31 July at 9 PM Greenwich, London time. 💚

CaptnCanada 🇨🇦@captncanada.bsky.social · 5d ago

#CaptnCanadasMusicMonth #MusicSky #MusicChallenge 1-A Canadian summer road trip song youtu.be/U3sMjm9Eloo

Tom Cochrane - Life Is A Highway (Official Video)

YouTube video by TomCochraneVEVO

youtu.be

CaptnCanada 🇨🇦@captncanada.bsky.social · last wk.

Hey everyone, I’m doing a daily music challenge for August at #CaptnCanadasMusicMonth #MusicSky #MusicChallenge Please use the hashtags so others can see. The focus is on “late summer in Canada” but you can interpret the prompts as you wish! The fun starts at 5 pm Eastern time on July 31.

August #MusicChallenge 31 Days of Canadian Summer
Cam Bennett@cambennett.bsky.social · 6d ago

We have some serious problems here. An ideological drive for smaller government by the people in power means not only will they not address these problems, they will do things that actively make them worse. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

Top surgeon quit NZ for Australia after twice falling asleep at the wheel

Brendon Bowkett worked at Wellington Hospital for 24 years. Both times he fell asleep while driving he was returning to the city after an outreach clinic in Palmerston North.

stuff.co.nz

locus@locuslebe.bsky.social · 6d ago

#nzpol Hello Seymour, Peters, Luxon... following the USA is where your policies and ideology are taking our nation The tragic results when 'freedom' has been sold as freewheeling capitalism, deregulation, individualism...

The US public is fed up with RFK Jr. To really ‘make America healthy again’, it should look to Europe | Devi Sridhar

Americans are dying younger than Europeans, despite being the wealthiest people on the planet. Wellness fads won’t change that, says public health expert Devi Sridhar

theguardian.com

Ash Hickey آشلي@ordinaryash.bsky.social · 7d ago

Honestly this needs multiple extra agains. There have been Chinese people in NZ since 1842–not that it matters, nau mai, but they've been here as long as most Pākehā ancestors. We keep doing this shit, and it's not just a right wing thing either. #nzpol rdln.wordpress.com/2015/08/24/l...

Labour’s racist roots

by Philip Ferguson The racist, anti-Chinese ‘dog whistle’ statement by Labour’s housing spokesperson Phil Twyford in relation to people with “Chinese-sounding surnames” buying hou…

rdln.wordpress.com

Ash Hickey آشلي@ordinaryash.bsky.social · 7d ago

Istfg this govt is just flicking through Papers Past ca. 1880-1925 (which happens to be my research period) for ideas. What do you mean we're doing anti-Chinese hysteria again? Well, again again I guess. What's next? Vagrancy laws...oh wait. #nzpol