'Māori data in Māori hands': Experts want Google to adhere to data sovereignty principles www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-m... #nzpol

'Māori data in Māori hands': Experts want Google to adhere to data sovereignty principles

Māori tech experts have renewed calls to adhere to Māori data sovereignty principles after a first of its kind partnership with tech giant Google.

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“Atlas Network interlinked, these bodies aim to protect the right to be awful about or to targeted groups. New Zealand's version also appears to work as a "troll farm" for the government.”… By Lucy Hamilton #nzpol lucyham29.substack.com/p/beware-the...

Beware the Free Speech Unions

Atlas Network interlinked, these bodies aim to protect the right to be awful about or to targeted groups. New Zealand's version also appears to work as a "troll farm" for the government.

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The last time fewer than 1 in 5 young people were seeking work or more work was… … 2006. #nzpol

Musical Chairs@musicalchairs.bsky.social · last wk.

And, the young folk are being left to rot here. Seriously... more than 1 in 3 young people wanting work or more work. WTAF. So, I say it again... is there nothing that needs doing? Have we got all the infra we need? Are our schools rich in support people? Jeez. [Ends]

Podiatry NZ advocacy toolkit for members is deadly! 1. Prevention- early intervention saves limbs and lives 2. Equity - access should not depend on postcode, deprivation or ethnicity 3. Workforce- shortages are becoming critical. So: expand public funding, improve access & integrated care teams

Podiatry NZ conference invited me to speak. Podiatrists are a critical prevention focused workforce: underfunded, underrecognised. Podiatry is a health science. Evidence informed. Properly funded Podiatry reduces hospital admissions, reduces complications from diabetes including amputations.

Not enough money to save women’s lives???? Ditching pay equity was bad but this is criminal ffs. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

Women weren’t told they needed cancer tests - because it ‘had not been budgeted for’

Women’s health advocates have called the scale of the cervical cancer testing notification failures “staggering”.

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Ka aroha hoki ki ō tātau tauiwi nō te tarākona 💞 Asians for Tino Rangatiratanga are consistently great and so is Mengzhu's article. ✨Matike Mai✨

The Dragon and the Taniwha: Maori and Chinese in New Zealand

The Dragon and the Taniwha: Maori and Chinese in New Zealand The Dragon and the Taniwha: Māori and Chinese in New Zealand examines the historical and contemporary relationships between Māori and Chine...

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D Jukic She/her@dejanajuk.bsky.social · 2w ago

“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

Urgh. Custom and practice is an aspect of our “law”, as much as statute. Much like Cabinet is not created by statute and is a creation of convention

Urgh^2. Minister is plain wrong in saying that Constitution Act is not an appropriate place for statement of official language, because Act deals with main constitutional provisions. It’s commonplace around the world to specify official languages in such Acts.

this is literally a breach of free speech principles and is rightwing collusion to attack the democratic functions of the media we ALL always knew that this is how they operate, but far too many - including journos - ignored or gave benefit of the doubt there shouldnt be ANY doubt from this point

CEO Johnny Cans@oldmatecans.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE FSU WENT AFTER ANDREA VANCE FOR ASKING QUESTIONS TO THE MINISTER BECAUSE THE MINISTERS OFFICE FORWARDED THEM TO THE DOCTOR??!??? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

The disgraceful "Climate Change Response Amendment Bill" is brazen corruption dressed up as mitigation. This is utterly shameful legislation #nzpol lawnews.nz/administrati...

“Extraordinary’ bill blocking climate change lawsuits risks eroding public confidence and a ‘frontal’ challenge to the courts, TLANZ committee warns - Law News

The Law Association warns a bill blocking climate lawsuits could undermine public confidence and challenge the role of the courts.

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Fix this headline. Minister appoints FSU backed Doctor with history of anti-Māori views and transphobia to Medical Council to replace those he saw as having an "ideological agenda". Not even hiding it here are they? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

Doctor at centre of free speech row appointed to Medical Council

Dr Manoja Kalupahana has been appointed by Health Minister Simeon Brown to the statutory body responsible for regulating New Zealand's 20,000 doctors.

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Defending free speech by attacking a journalist for doing their job and asking questions. Guess that is the problem with right wing grifters, they don't recognize irony, let alone their own. #nzpol

Free Speech Union attacks reporter for asking minister questions

The Free Speech Union ‒ which exists to defend free speech ‒ has attacked a journalist for asking Health Minister Simeon Brown questions over email.

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WHOA WHOA WHOA I know this woman, this woman fought with me on Twitter and she was an abhorrently racist anti-fat-person, just utterly hellish. Insulting, cruel, unwilling to acknowledge the humanity of people who weren't thin

CEO Johnny Cans@oldmatecans.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fix this headline. Minister appoints FSU backed Doctor with history of anti-Māori views and transphobia to Medical Council to replace those he saw as having an "ideological agenda". Not even hiding it here are they? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

Don’t forget Mulgan, GP, sure, but also FSU international director.

The questions focused on the appointment process: whether Brown was aware of her previous public profile before appointing her to Medical Council; whether officials, Health New Zealand or the council were consulted; whether minister had discussed appointment with FSU www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

Free Speech Union attacks reporter for asking minister questions

The Free Speech Union ‒ which exists to defend free speech ‒ has attacked a journalist for asking Health Minister Simeon Brown questions over email.

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World Hepatitis Day www.goodfellowunit.org/events-and-w...

If you're anywhere near #Dunedin, this Health Debate will be worth attending. https://f.mtr.cool/bnttwhosjk #BHN

A must read for everyone. Send it to your MP too. “The fear of Māori having a place at the table outweighed both the evidence and the truth about what the law actually did.” — Environmental planner Tina Porou on the government’s decision to remove Mana Whakahono ā-Rohe.” #nzpol

Tina Porou: 'Our leadership is not a threat to Aotearoa' | E-Tangata

“The fear of Māori having a place at the table outweighed both the evidence and the truth about what the law actually did.” — Environmental planner Tina Porou on the government’s decision to remove Ma...

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Recently, David #Seymour baselessly suggested that #bots drove up fake submissions against his #RSB Regulatory Standards Bill. However, evidence suggests he’s the one with links to seemingly fake support: #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/kaimataa...

The bot calling the kettle black

Seymour cries bots - but evidence points to his own camp's history of seemingly manufactured support

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Your daily reminder that in 1991 we set social welfare payments at less than the cost of staying alive - on purpose - and fundamentally this hasn't changed. It's a feature, not a bug.

Matt Whitehead@mjwhitehead.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am shocked it's only 8%. You can't mentor your way out of not enough money to live. I'm worried about minimum wage too, it's pretty appalling atm.

Scotland's youth prisoner population is ZERO! www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Jimmy Paul, turning Scotland's crime stats upside-down

New Zealand and Scotland have a similar population size, but while our youth prison population hovers around 130 to 160, Scotland's is currently zero. It's an incredible feat given Glasgow was dubbed ...

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“We can’t underestimate just how important this is in terms of normalising te reo Māori [Māori language],” Ngahiwi Apanui-Barr,” “When everybody who is learning te reo Māori, or who speaks the language, hears those placenames being used, their language journey is being supported.”

New Zealand finally gets a Google Maps tool that correctly pronounces Māori placenames

Language commission hails normalisation of te reo Māori after years of work in identifying frequently mispronounced words

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1/7 Yet again, David Seymour provides an appalling, evidence-free policy. His new welfare reforms are built on a complete fantasy (shock!) and the machinery he’s designed will reliably break real bodies while completely missing the target. 🧵 andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/staining-t...

Staining the Poor: The Cruelty and Coercive Control of Seymour's New Card

ACT’s cashless welfare card ignores years of failed evidence to do something far worse: treat state-sponsored financial abuse as public policy.

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Join the Dental for All Webinar: Fixing Oral Healthcare in Aotearoa NZ our.actionstation.org.nz/events/denta...

Dental for All Webinar: Fixing Oral Healthcare in Aotearoa NZ

Fixing Oral Healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand – a webinar on Dental for All policy & advocacy 🗓️Wednesday 15 July ⏱️7.30–8.30pm 📍Online (register to receive the Zoom link) Join this webinar wit...

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"....the New Zealand Minister for Worksafe admitted she hasn't read the Royal Commission report on Pike River yet, yet she feels equipped to suggest these unsafe and absurd amendments to health and safety laws," 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 Fuck me 😵 #nzpol

Pike River families rally against overhaul of workplace safety laws

Family members of those killed in the Pike River Mine explosion have rallied outside Parliament urging politicians to vote down a bill they warn will risk a workplace disaster.

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24,000 voices got their submission in on the Conservation (Exploitation) Amendment Bill over the last weekend alone! And our petition is at over 48,000 signatures and counting 😱👏👏🌏🌳🐧 Keep the pressure on. Force this Government to sink this bill, just like their harmful Fisheries bill ✊️ Links below!

South Asia's first framework for the ethical use of AI in newsrooms, and journalist collectives www.linkedin.com/pulse/south-... (LinkedIn) sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/06/24/s... (WordPress) #SriLanka #AI #journalism #media

#JUNETEENTH

#Juneteenth #DV1 #ProudBlue #Juneteenth2026 #BlackSky #BlackHistory June 19 1865 marks the end of chattel slavery in the US, yet a 99-year gap loomed before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Juneteenth honors that while reminding us that the fight for true equity and systemic quality continues.