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#unprecedentedTimes so now what? Greenie vegan banshee, nutrivore, attachment parent of 2 teens, child of 2 countries tech writer idling on 2-stroke engine. Factivist -more fair than kind. Crops not corpses. She/her
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Niece told me that on the same day the school lunch was an bread roll, without any filling, and a piece of fruit, the halal meal was mac'n'cheese with ham. #NZPol

We continue to call for our Pacific relatives to be granted Visa Waiver status as a necessary step to strengthen and honour our relationships in the region

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🌏🇳🇿 The April 25 Cúl Dara Consultancy newsletter: an insight into Māori culture, colonial legacy, and how Aoteaora (New Zeland) First Nation are asserting their agricultural, economic, political and social weight in New Zealand's society. 📰 culdaraconsultancy.ie/april-2025-n...

Study Links Binge Eating To Stress, Contentment, Depression, Joy, Boredom, Anger, Relaxation theonion.com/study-l...

Oof. We’ve fallen so far, so fast.

Congress has the power to stop this economic chaos right now. Here’s the plan to end Trump’s game of red-light, green-light with worldwide tariffs:

Warren: "There is no tariff policy. It's just all chaos and corruption. That's all we have going on. And how can you believe any of these guys?

Please listen this time @chrishipkins.bsky.social!

"There is strong evidence of a causal association between growing inequality and the rise of populist authoritarian movements... The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality." TAX WEALTH. DO UBI.

Peters, just in case you missed the news sunshine, EVERYONE knows it's a trade war and has for weeks. Stop napping and do your job! #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

What an ultramaroon!

Learning while autistic: 'While the government rolls out a Curriculum Refresh, what we really need is a System Refresh—one that rebuilds teacher training and schooling from the ground up, with all learners at the centre' e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/...

Do you really want the Party who negotiated the new school lunch program negotiating your work rights? #NZPol

I had to buy myself a wheelchair cushion from the US (that Dad kindly paid me back for) because I’d already waited MONTHS for funding to be approved for a new cushion. I cried in a meeting at my home with my OT The resulting pressure sore is still there, nearly a year and several infections, later

Our school was in the news a couple of weeks back when a child bit into a hunk of Perspex. Before that, we had a long spreadsheet of times when things went badly - meat in the vegetarian meals, gluten in yoghurt given to celiac kids (thankfully caught by one of our staff before it was given)...

#BHN Judith Collins said on Q&A this morning of the money for defence that “it would be found as it has to be found” Two things. 1. They’ve made promises without the budget 2. Health and education are not deemed important enough to find money “as it has to be found”…why? #nzpol

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Article (and comments) worth reading on slow "progress" with NZ Government’s legislation to repeal the 2018 ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration. HT @marcdaalder.bsky.social @newsroom.co.nz @cindybax.bsky.social #NZpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/10/t...