Miriam 🌻
@mincandescence.bsky.social
Huge fan of snacks, naps & cats. Very keen on education, children's rights, history & disability issues. Loving mama 🌿
At some point we — all of us — have to have a serious conversation about priorities. We can't just keep squeezing corporate profits out of everything and insisting everyone just make do somehow.
RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 23h agoOlder Kiwis choosing between 'starving or heating' as price increases bite
The Public Service Commissioner is in one corner trying to tell the Public Service Association what they can and cannot say politically, and then we have Mr CEO of the country using public services to get to and from party political events like that’s just fine and ok
kyle@kyledchurch.bsky.social · 16h agoNot for *government duties* for his role as leader of the National Party for a party *fundraiser* for the *election* Surely this is outside the bounds of what the Air Force should be used for?? Seems like an enormous breach of his access to public assets! www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The good economic managers have created high unemployment again lol who was in govt 11 years ago? Yeah that’s right.
a bunch of happy residents working at the data centre
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
🚨 Measles case detected in Palmerston North. If you were in Wellington over the Matariki weekend (11-12 July) or have visited a listed location of interest, watch for symptoms including fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a rash. 📍 Check locations of interest: healthnz.govt.nz/measles
Comment: In the collective obsession to avoid every little mistake from the Covid-19 response, we risk failing to learn from what went *right*. newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/30/b...
Brown promises 'future-focused' pandemic plan while relitigating the past
Comment: In the collective obsession to avoid every little mistake from the Covid-19 response, we risk failing to learn from what went right.
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Man, if only National had been in power for the last few years and been able to do all these things they've suggested recently.
National promises to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-elected
National has pledged to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-elected.
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"The school lunch programme is one of the most significant existing opportunities we have right now to reduce the effects of child poverty, and support families struggling with the rising cost of living. #nzpol
Our school lunch programme is too important to get wrong
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Finland's horrendous experience of 50 homeless people who froze to death in 1967, contributed to the changes Finland finally made from 2008 with a cross party consensus. It has become the country that has reduced homelessness the fastest, and it protects people in severe weather & gives dignity
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
Hey guys again they did the same thing in America with black people in leadership positions. They were considered “DEI” cause they happened to be black or a woman. The unhinged shit is coming straight from America.
Russell Brown@publicaddress.bsky.social · 3w agoSimeon Brown's quoted response here – that New Zealanders voted to "end Labour’s co-governed system" – is the most deranged culture-war nonsense, even by Simeon Brown standards. Is he saying the Medical Council was "co-governed" because the chair, a respected surgeon, happened to be Māori?
When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.
but inflation rising now is not national's fault it's just the unavoidable impact of global events unlike during labour's term when it was labour's fault come to think of it the current inflation is also labout's fault
Lew@lewsos.bsky.social · 2w agoFixing the basics, building the future watch Inflation rises to highest level in two years www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Act yesterday: NZ First is undermining the Indian free trade agreement with its xenophobic rhetoric Act today: our hot new candidate is the man who called an Indian politician "dick shit" and said it was "so appropriate because she's Indian, so she would be dick in shit" when walking the streets
NZ politicians except the Greens, every election: “We actually think people have an appetite for us to be conservative. We need to balance wild progressive ideas with being fiscally responsible. We’ll make tough decisions and look after middle New Zealand. Vulnerable communities do not exist.”
God@thegodshow.com · 4w agoMamdani got into office and instantly: • Froze rent for 2 million New Yorkers • Cut subway fares in half for low-income riders • Fully funded NYC parks • Added $680M for public schools • Launched free child care for 2-year-olds If establishment politicians actually wanted to help you, they could.
This is the cop who told me rape and death threats were "public criticism" that journalists should expect and weren't intended to harm me because they weren't directly sent to me.
Paula Penfold@paulapenfold.bsky.social · 4w agoPolice are re-investigating 54 sexual assault and child abuse cases after concerns about one case triggered a review of almost 1,000 files. The senior officer who managed those files told me the scale of it was “news to me”. He remains under an employment investigation.
Here's the strategy: The Taxpayers' Union finds one example that sounds wasteful, then presents it as the 'tip of the iceberg'. When this is highlighted over and over, all government spending starts to sound like waste. But who decides what counts as waste? tinyurl.com/WhoCountsANZ #NZPolitics
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Wee update. After a decent rest I’ve returned to the movement by taking up Campaign Manager for Izzy Scherrer (Green state candidate) and have been elected to the Green Victoria State Council. Will also still be supporting Greens back home but man it feels good to be back behind the scenes 💚 #nzpol
Homelessness reaches highest levels in history “New Zealand had the "programmes and the capacity" to end homelessness if there was political will to do so.” "We can solve it as a nation here in New Zealand. It really is a political choice," #nzpol
Homelessness reaches highest levels in history, Community Housing Aotearoa report finds
A charity says significant investment in social and affordable housing is crucial to solving New Zealand's housing crisis and ending homelessness.
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So lemme get this straight #nzpol. High school students who follow the rules of NCEA to best suit their learning are “gaming the system”, which must be thrown out. But MPs taking taxpayer money as a living allowance for properties they own outright is an entitlement they’re comfortable with. 🤔
Only having politicians with personal or family wealth is objectively bad for democracy. Allowances to make sure people elected from all walks of life, no matter where you live, can be effective at their jobs isn't the issue. People with existing personal or family wealth taking the piss is.
I really rate Qtopia's submission guide on NZ First's transphobic definitions bill If you're uncertain about the submissions process, or what to say in your submission on the bill, this is a great place to start qtopia.org.nz/news/submiss...
Submission Guide: Legislation (Definition of Woman & Man) Amendment Bill — Qtopia NZ
Submissions are open for the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill. This is a guide produced by a collective of transgender people and their allies, to help others who are also opp...
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Excellent from Alexandra Sinclair. Real expert on this stuff (and I should note despite the plethora of overseas academic garlands, a kiwi).
Is the NZ government sleepwalking into its own automation scandal?
Cautionary tales from abroad show that when automation and AI goes wrong, it does so at speed and scale – with huge human and financial costs.
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My submission if it helps give inspiration for yours. You have until 2 July, follow the link below. www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
