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Sign our urgent petition to save te Waikoropupū from the fast tracked gold mine: community.greenpeace.org.nz/petitions/do...

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

Aussie mining company Siren Gold is drilling at Sams Creek Golden Bay before its permit expires in March. Env't Court recommended a Water Conservation Order for Te Waikoropupū in 2023. Gov't agreed. Te Waikoropupū Springs has some of clearest water in NZ. #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

So is one of the motivations for our govt creating austerity to increase military $$ & funnel youth into service? Run down higher education down, increased unemployment, limit social support, “NZ ememys” etc. 16 year old had defence force come into school last year - landed a chopper on the field.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

"Disabled people are strong when we call out government cost-cutting and community-sidestepping for what it is: an ableist position that denies our rights and valorises their lives over ours." Áine Kelly-Costello and Jonathan Craig on the devaluing of disability support .

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

The Islamic Women's Council of New Zealand is a community development organisation for Muslim women. Time and again, we are forced to advocate for our safety on topics well beyond most grassroots orgs: counterterrorism, geopolitical conflicts, and now, an unnecessary rewrite of the Arms Act. 🧵 (1/6)

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

We were talking about the risks of RocketLab being militarized years ago (shout out to Oliver Neas ) & routinely got told by people that it was a silly belief & to back kiwi science. NZ politicians & media were similarly uninterested Now they're openly making us a military target

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

Can we just take a moment and a deep breath and recognise that "doubling our defence spending" means devoting an additional equivalent of 2.5 new Dunedin hospitals in societal resources to this EVERY SINGLE YEAR?

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

#NZ in review 2019: "He said he learned at the course it was my fault he was aggressive," #ManUpGang www.stuff.co.nz/national/110...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Yikes. Nothing like being in a social service space where the other people are cheering on institutionalisation while being anti medication, to reaffirm how people with diverse lived experiences are needed at every level.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

If you want to direct your anger at Destiny Church, rather than sign multiple petitions on overseas websites, support the petition open at Parliament #nzpol petitions.parliament.nz/a22e0d59-7da...

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

Massive, meaningful changes in governance done as a result of a ctrl-f for the word "transition." No one will ever believe how stupid this shit was.

submitted 6 days ago • 84 comments

Please note there is an active petition on Parliament’s website to remove Destiny Church’s charitable status. It was started last year and closes Feb 28th – great timing! Go sign. And write to your MP. petitions.parliament.nz/a22e0d59-7da...

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

Petition to have Destiny Churches charity status revoked. 17,240 signatures so far! chng.it/bm22KXHL84

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

submitted 9 days ago • 1052 comments

Some q. for the govt: - Why have you not sent an unequivocal message of support for our LBTQ community? - Why have you not condemned the actions of Tamaki and his gang? - Why did Paul Goldsmith appoint individuals with a history of transphobic comments to NZ’s Human Rights Commissioner roles?

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

Turns out the cost of certification is not high after all. In fact in this case, FIANZ would have done it for free. But nobody asked.

submitted 9 days ago • 10 comments

Until Brian Tamaki and his goons face repercussions for their actions this is just going to continue. No amount of strongly worded statements (none of which I've seen even dare to mention trans people) is gonna cut it. Either arrest them or this will get worse and worse.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

This. 100%. Its not a middle ground or both sides off a story, its platforming and spreading misinformation, while advertising a space where hatred can flourish.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Real men don’t barricade women and children. Real men don’t threaten and intimidate. Real men don’t preach hate. Real men DO show respect, compassion & love. Real men are comfortable enough in who they are to celebrate the diversity of others. Brian Tamaki you are just a boy.

submitted 8 days ago • 55 comments

Two attacks, using force (people were injured at the library, "breaking through" police barricades here), against the queer community of Auckland in one day by Destiny. We are owed an explanation as to why there are thus far zero arrests. There may BE a good explanation, but if so we are owed it.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Israel has destroyed dozens of homes in Rafah, southern Gaza, despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, satellite imagery analysis conducted by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency, Sanad, has revealed ⤵️ aje.io/sybivy

submitted 8 days ago • 24 comments

Forced detainment, isolation and labour for people experiencing mental health issues. Slavery.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Tomorrow, people around the country will mobilize at Tesla dealerships. If no action is planned near you, you can still go to a Tesla outlet and express your feelings. Here's a flier to distribute explaining the need for these actions and calling for more March 1: crimethinc.com/posters/depo...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Mr. Rogers said "look for the helpers," but his advice was for CHILDREN. If your ass is grown your role is to BE the helper. I wish I could find the person who said this originally, but it's been too long.

submitted 11 days ago • 20 comments

Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’

submitted 11 days ago • 6 comments

#Manawanui They met last week. Within 1 day, Chinese Emassy had donated $30k NZD to villages. "It's only the start" of the support. on 18 Dec, the NZDF Commodore went to the coast to meet affected fishing villages. Samoan officials were present too. No compensation yet. www.rnz.co.nz/internationa...

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

To talk about going somewhere: (Tense) haere (subject) ki (place). We can add the means of transport (mā runga (vehicle)) and/or purpose (ki te (purpose)). Example: “I haere au ki Akaroa mā runga waka rererangi ki te whakamoke (I went to Akaroa by plane to hide).” #tereoMāori #tereo #kikorangi

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Seeing two conflicting interpretations of recent US death penalty changes, have read doc but someone more in the know - is it legalising the use of capital punishment for being undocumented in the US? Or saying only in instances of certain crimes separate to immigration status?

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Here is Justin Tipa’s powerful speech at Ōnuku today, a profound challenge to national leadership, a scathing attack on the ideological extremism of Act it also offers a path for unity - it received a standing ovation: ‘We are not the Radicals’ ngaitahu.iwi.nz/connect-2/co...

submitted 17 days ago • 19 comments

Hundreds of people began marching from Victoria Square on Thursday morning, Waitangi Day, towards New Brighton with flags, signs and a petition for the Government.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Victim’s parents question police’s shelving of probe into sex offender Tim Jago #nzpol

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Google scraps diversity hiring goals and cites Trump’s DEI orders

submitted 17 days ago • 35 comments

Some powerful words from Justin Tipa, ripping into the actions of David Seymour as Seymour’s chief enabler nods and smiles in agreement.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

If trumps is correct in saying 1.7 or 1.8 million people in Gaza, and there were 2.3 million before the genocide, that implies that they murdered 600,000 people. And that they are aware of the true number.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

10yr old headed back to kura this week with a new bag and patch they sewed on. An unbelievably proud & healing moment for our whānau & an ordinary morning for her, because “what else would I want on my bag mum?”

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Brother Aperahama explains the tikanga behind turning backs to a speaker in a powhiri #waitangi

submitted 18 days ago • 9 comments

Something the "so you think the law means anything now" doomers fail to grasp: the importance of buying time. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, has infinite resources and infinite capacity for managing complexity. Make your opponent work. Make their every decision complex and their every move costly.

submitted 18 days ago • 127 comments

#nzpol Unemployment data today. It crossed the 5% barrier to 5.1%, with 33,000 more people out of work than last year. employment fell in Aotearoa at its fastest rate since the GFC. There is a real and growing problem in the labour market. A thread www.stats.govt.nz/indicators/u...

submitted 18 days ago • 5 comments

Swedish police say 11 people dead in Örebro campus attack

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

The world needs freeing from genocidal old white men.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

The politician powhiri is finished. No Luxon & no Willis. That is both leader & deputy leader of National not in attendance. Such disrespect & arrogance. #nzpol #lyingluxon #nickynoshow

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

BREAKING: China imposes 10% tariff on U.S. oil, 15% on coal and LNG - Bloomberg

submitted 19 days ago • 14 comments

Tik tok said the US govt sites are showing a different flag, and yup. nine stars. Apparently has links to confederate history.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

submitted 21 days ago • 195 comments