Permanently Disabled kids shouldn’t have to face a future living on a benefit that’s not enough to survive on, where bi-yearly they have to prove they still have an incurable condition. That’s not a future they deserve, it’s dehumanising, it’s depressing & it’s unacceptable. They have worth. #nzpol

“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.” — Mohan Dutta. #nzpol 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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Both par for the course and absolutely disgusting. It should be a lasting shame on us as a country that Peters has for 40 years made a political career out of peddling this sort of crap to the bigots receptive to it.

Winston Peters launches tirade against Chinese-Kiwi Green MP

“This is called democracy, unlike what you're used to. So go back to where you come from, you loud mouth, and maybe you'll learn something,” Peters said.

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Ms Willis went on to say, "A woman is defined as someone who should not get equal pay for equal work - as National have repeatedly stated this term" www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

Willis hits out at NZ First: ‘No woman wants to be reduced to a description about shopping habits’

Following Stuart Nash’s resignation over sexist remarks, a New Zealand First candidate has offered another definition a woman - someone who knows where to shop

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NZ Greens have generated a handy list of all their policies - nice to know someone has a comprehensive plan that actually meets the moment, including, critically, “investing in and ensuring timely and equitable access” to public health. Thanks Greens for treating a crisis as something to respond to👇

Building a fairer, greener, future for everyone in Aotearoa. | Complete Party Policy

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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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 · 2w 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.

The Greens are calling for a one year pause on new AI data centres - so New Zealanders get to have their say on how to protect our resources, environment and communities. Sign our petition today: action.greens.org.nz/pause_ai_dat...

#nzpol If it walks like a white supremacist fascist duck and it quacks like a supremacist fascist duck... ⬇️

Robot Muldoom@robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 2w ago

NZF conference: Shane Jones cautioned against being 'hobbled' by 'demographic engineering' concerns. Floor speaker: 'globalist governments have degraded our economy'. 'Globalism' is 1930s coded language. 'Demographic engineering' is Great Replacement. Call it what it is.

a decade long program to update and unify all the DHB's onto the same system was WEEKS away from delivery before this govt came to power and cancelled it. the whole thing just flushed. friend of mine worked in a hospital admin team, and when she found out about this she started planning to leave NZ.

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hospital IT problems the result of years of under-investment, experts say

Please save this person HAVING NO DIALISIS IS A DEATH SENTENCE

DontgiveupHope@giveunlimtdlove.bsky.social · 2w ago

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ko-fi.com/systemerror/... Please consider sharing or donating if you can. My internet bill is overdue and I'm struggling for all my bills etc this month Help greatly appreciated

since the GP won't do anything i need to try and treat this rash myself as it's spreading quickly and bleeding and i don't want it to get infected. please could people share my ko-fi link and/or donate so i can try some home remedies? i would be so, so grateful 🩷 ko-fi.com/hanslabyrinth

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Tired 🌈🏴‍☠️✨🔇♿🇵🇸@flintsponytail.bsky.social · 2w ago

GP booked me an appointment at the surgery saying my rash needed to be looked at. when i replied that i'm housebound they decided it doesn't need to be looked at and told me to moisturise more and take fexofenadine.

Unless Labour rolls out an amazing disability policy, as a disabled person, I’m begging you all to vote for the Greens. So far they are the only party who would massively, materially change my life, and the lives of disabled & chronically ill Kiwis, for the better. @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... So I expect an announcement that Covid is airborne and vascular and carries serious post infection risks then.

Burnham to say UK must be honest about its challenges as he prepares to become PM

Labour leader will visit king to accept role on Monday and will start making cabinet appointments that afternoon

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FUCK YEAH Go @maramadavidson.bsky.social #nzpol

‘A pack of ........’: Marama Davidson slams coalition government, doubles down on comments

The Green Party co-leader says her words were not harsh enough and she was “being mild.“

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Pass the Consent Law NOW w/support from Labour/ Greens? NO. Use it as a political football AFTER the election? YES. Meaning: National aren't serious about it at ALL. Typical #NationalPartyNZ Grandstanding for Votes. #NZJustice #PaulGoldsmith #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...

National promises stricter rules on sexual consent

National is promising to modernise laws on sexual consent, saying there must be consent before sex every time, rather than assuming it has been given.

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The surgical mask shown in this article will do almost nothing to reduce particulate inhalation because it's just a splash guard. Wear a well-fitted respirator N95 or better

What you need to breathe easier when the air is full of smoke | CNN

Millions of Americans and Canadians are breathing bad air right now due to wildfire smoke. Here’s what you need to know masks, ventilation and staying healthy.

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Please, FFS an electorate vote for Labour in a Māori electorate is a WASTED vote… Why? Because Labour’s Māori caucus has left and Māori MPs in Labour will be outnumbered & unable to effect change! AND A vote for a TPM candidate will literally add new seat for Māori MPs in parliament!! #nzpol

i think we should restructure society so that the ideal bedtime is 2am

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2

Would be great if Aotearoa's National Risk Register was updated in similar fashion. It currently doesn't mention 'democratic process' for its entry relating to foreign interference: www.dpmc.govt.nz/our-programm... #nzpol

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 3w ago

Interesting. "The risk of interference in the UK’s democratic process has been added to the national risk register." Follows new measures announced last week to "safeguard our democracy, including tougher checks on company donations and a cap on overseas donations" (bill moved to September)

Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)

The homeless deserve help, not handcuffs. Please sign this petition calling on the Government to replace the move-on orders legislation with duty to assist legislation. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/de...

Demand the Government support people experiencing homelessness!

Everyone should have access to decent, secure and permanently affordable housing. But right now, many people in our communities are experiencing homelessness – living on couches, in cars, in overcrowd...

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E.g.sudden infant death rates "For Māori "rates remained high (7.4 to 6.9 per 1,000). In 2008, a Māori team developed a culturally competent response that included education campaigns and the provision of portable infant sleeping pods. By 2015, Māori rates had dropped to 3 babies per 1000"

Ms Hooper@mshooper.bsky.social · 3w ago

“despite the minister's view that cultural safety and competence is an "ideological agenda", these principles are deeply embedded in New Zealand practice and make a difference to health outcomes” #nzpol

idk what's more painful to swallow National's campaign chair happily pushing misinformation to his target audience with no pushback or Aotearoa needing to rely on Australian fact-checkers because National, ACT and NZ First are halting scrutiny of harmful broadcasting and advertising. #nzpol

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa@sanjanah.bsky.social · 3w ago

"[Simeon Brown] has suggested hundreds of thousands of Kiwis will pay nearly half their income in tax under the Green Party's tax policy, but that's misleading." NZ National minister misrepresents Greens' income tax policy www.aap.com.au/factcheck/nz... via @aapfactcheck.bsky.social #nzpol

I read that a 20-minute walk in nature can help folks with ADHD as much as a dose of stimulant medication. This isn't about whether that's true. It just brought up a memory of my parents, undiagnosed ADHDers, and their lifelong habit of going for walks (and urging everyone else to do the same)

I have to move hotels tomorrow for one day, and the next cheapest in the area is going to cost $112 for tomorrow night plus $100 deposit. Allowing some safety margin and transport costs I need to raise $140 hopefully today. (I do get $100 back so I can use that again) Can you please help me? 💸💕💕💸

Kait Richardson 🥔@thryse.com · 4mo ago

I hate to be a burden, but I’m a severely disabled homeless trans woman struggling to get back on my feet. If anyone could help me out with a gift to so I can eat and stay sheltered I would be grateful. My links are in my bio. 💕💸💸💕 #crowdfunding #disability #homeless #transcrowdfund #mutualaid

This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.