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In today’s NZ Herald #nzpol

I thought her role in Health was just to promote smoking???

We are an unserious nation

#Kikorangi

Little man is feeling the music 🎶✨ 🔊🔊 📽️danceworldkids

Repost with your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only).

You know, Seymour still doesn't get how opposed NZ is to his bad ideology on Te Tiriti. A small example. Stopped at the lights, land cruiser next to me has a guy with a hard mullet, speed dealers, singlet, farmers tan. He roars off on green, a Together for Te Tiriti sticker on his bumper.

Dissected Lego Man by Jason Freeny.

“Religion is not the enemy. But delusional religion is. The kind that refuses truth. The kind that weaponises scripture. The kind that prioritises power over people.” — Professor Nāsili Vaka‘uta.

This part

“No matter how powerful rangatira might presume to be, they never possessed the authority nor had the right to give away or subordinate the mana of the collective.” — Moana Jackson.

“He knows he’s different. And not in a ‘celebrate diversity’ kind of way, but in a way that feels like he doesn’t belong. And that cuts deep, for him and us.” — Dahlia Malaeulu, on navigating the school system when your child has autism.

"Imagine my delight when I set foot in the halls of power and learned many of my fellow lawmakers are some combination of megachurch pastor, Eric Adams, and a restaurant smoking section. These are people who won’t judge me for my wealth."

I don't like Tamaki's mob, but they seem to get all the attention. These guys are still flying under the radar. www.webworm.co/p/chasingthe...

Brace yourselves for a shitstorm of antivax disinformation

Dear POTUS, Go get Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador RIGHT NOW you demonic fascist douchecanoe. Or is he dead already? Sincerely, SCOTUS and every human with a cell of moral fiber

Love this: “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colours. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” ― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

You know what Dame Jacinda Ardern was right that David Seymour is an arrogant prick #nzpol

Really, the only fitting thing left to do with the Treaty Principles Bill is to fire it out of an old-timey circus cannon along with its author #nzpol

Everything I needed to know I learned from D&D.

The funny thing about these people getting upset about #transgender women competing in women's #fencing is that anybody who knows anything about #HEMA or contact fencing knows that mixed-gender matches are normal. Fencing is a sport about speed & dexterity. Gender makes no difference.

So Andrew Bayly who resigned as a Minister for "grabbing" a staff member has just been made chair of the Justice Committee in Parliament. FFS Luxo loves a self-inflicted headache. #nzpol #nzpolitics

Utterly shameful stuff. We are (Rightly) proud of NZ being the 1st country to have voting rights for some women, but this is how we behave now? Fucks sake www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

Full and final settlement. Not. thespinoff.co.nz/atea/09-04-2...

Because gallows humour is the only thing keeping me sane... www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/vot...

TPB this Thursday, 3pm The government heard the loudest NO this motu has ever delivered. Not just to a bill, but to a future without Te Tiriti You stood tall. Tangata whenua, tangata moana, tangata Tiriti - kotahitanga in action. Celebrate this moment. Then get ready Because we’re not done

"by not controlling hate speech, freedom of speech is already being limited: the freedom for women and minorities to speak up, bullied or frightened into not speaking, because of the constant threats and abuse directed at them" thespinoff.co.nz/politics/09-...

Mainstream media took RFK's "endorsement" of vaccines at face value. In reality, his Texas trip was focused on sending a different message: Only weak people use vaccines, and morally superior people tough out letting kids die. www.salon.com/2025/04/08/d...

every day. women post their achievements online and get their hearts broken 😔

On NRT: The dishonest crown - norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...

"The show-within-a-show stars John Cho, Jack McBrayer, Clark Gregg, and DeWanda Wise, sporting outrageous hairstyles and costumes that make the stylings of A Flock of Seagulls look like business casual." oh my God they're doing Sanctuary Moon, say thank you Apple TV+

“We didn’t backflip Brian. We just gently and calmly walked back the policy to a point time where it didn’t exist”

Hope the flag is wet!! 🤣🤣