Kia ora, I think there is way more that we can be doing in Aotearoa to prepare for the 3G mobile network shutdowns at the end of 2025--particularly for older people, remote and financially constrained people. I've made a website for those who want to find out more about the issues: 3gclosure.nz
3G Closure – Preparing for the Impending 3G Network Shutdown in Aotearoa
3gclosure.nz
Treaty Principles Bill oral submissions live video link here: www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl...
Justice - New Zealand Parliament
In the 54th New Zealand Parliament there are 6 parliamentary parties represented by 123 MPs. These MPs represent 65 general electorate seats and 7 Māori electorates. The other 51 MPs are selected from the party lists.
parliament.nz
Does anyone have any insights/thoughts into how likely anti-5G positions might rise to prominence as the 3G networks are retired in Aotearoa at the end of this year? Networks will be forcing some people--those whose phones currently use 3G--to upgrade to get service.
Here are some young people who haven't found a Māori and Pasifika community in Ōtautahi so they are trying to build it. In a sign of the political times, their measures to reduce the barriers to doing this is touted as discriminatory. Good to see this profile. thespinoff.co.nz/society/18-0...
Pacific profiles: Meet the three friends behind Ōtautahi collective Brown Town
'We found a home in each other and realised the huge need for many more brown people living in Ōtautahi to have something like this.'
thespinoff.co.nz
Just sent in my submission against the Treaty Principles Bill: a neoclassical liberalism reimagining of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Last day for submissions!