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Teanau Tuiono

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I like hats and books. Also I’m a Green Mp

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Papua Merdeka! Great to share space with these legends at the West Papua Action Aotearoa conference. Shoutout to Catherine Delahunty and the crew for organising

07.03.2026 21:10 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Keep going @nzpfu. its a dire emergency and FENZ knows it. Keep backing the fire fighters folks 🚒👨‍🚒🧯

06.03.2026 03:01 — 👍 45    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 0
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Watch: Luxon returns to Parliament at night to correct answer on Middle East – Greens say he mucked up again 'The Prime Minister just doesn't seem to know what is going on,' Chlöe Swarbrick said.

Christopher Luxon returns to Parliament to ‘correct answer’ on visas during Middle East conflict, but Greens say he mucked up again

03.03.2026 22:49 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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More than 30,000 displaced in Lebanon by Middle East war - UN Israel is continuing to carry out air raids in Lebanon in a campaign against Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

Netanyahu taking a terrible situation and making it worse www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

03.03.2026 21:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran must be condemned as an illegal and unprovoked act against the people of the region. It is the latest escalation in aggression and is a long pattern of behaviour of the US dragging the region into more wars, violence, and bloodshed.

03.03.2026 02:26 — 👍 39    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
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How a Groundbreaking Indigenous Treaty on Whales’ Rights Could Change National Laws - Inside Climate News A declaration recognizing whales as legal rights-holders is influencing legislation in New Zealand and sparking an international push to translate Indigenous customs into binding protections.

New Zealand lawmakers have introduced legislation recognizing whales as legal persons. The move, inspired by an Indigenous declaration, would affirm whales’ rights to a healthy environment and to migrate.

23.02.2026 17:39 — 👍 35    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 0
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A law for the tohorā: New Zealand bill seeks personhood for whales - Oceanographic A groundbreaking bill seeking legal personhood for whales has been introduced in New Zealand to recognise the species rights in law.

The Tohorā Oranga Bill also reflects the growing global movement to recognise the rights of nature a legal philosophy that challenges anthropocentric environmental law. Pooja Sharma a director at Earth Law, says the concept is rooted in Indigenous stewardship and reciprocity

15.02.2026 07:07 — 👍 28    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 2
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How a Groundbreaking Indigenous Treaty on Whales’ Rights Could Change National Laws - Inside Climate News A declaration recognizing whales as legal rights-holders is influencing legislation in New Zealand and sparking an international push to translate Indigenous customs into binding protections.

How a Groundbreaking Indigenous Treaty on Whales’ Rights Could Change National Laws

01.03.2026 10:32 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Green MP says the proposed immigration changes risks reigniting Dawn Raids trauma Green MP Teanau Tuiono warns that granting officers the power to demand identification inside private residences risks repeating a traumatic chapter of New Zealand’s history for Pacific families.

Green MP Teanau Tuiono says the Government’s plan to expand immigration officers’ powers mirrors aggressive tactics seen in New Zealand’s history and the current reality in the United States.

01.03.2026 10:22 — 👍 40    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 0
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Peace Action Wellington is calling a peace vigil on Monday, 2 March at 5:30pm meeting at the Cenotaph on the corner of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street. All people who oppose war are welcome.

28.02.2026 23:27 — 👍 31    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0
INTRODUCING! 

Hannah Spencer 

The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON 

Green Party 

Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚

27.02.2026 04:31 — 👍 4457    🔁 1035    💬 183    📌 340
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Fisheries emerges as unlikely election battleground Tama Potaka's election promise to undo his Hauraki Gulf ring netting proposal sets the country up for a proper discussion about commercial fishing

Green party spokesperson for oceans and fisheries Teanau Tuiono was unsurprisingly the most environmentally minded.

Tuiono believes New Zealand has failed to successfully balance conservation and economic activity.

newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/23/f...

26.02.2026 08:19 — 👍 20    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Government deciding whether US should get access to New Zealanders' biometric data Officials are in talks with the US about a new travel deal.

RNZ www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

26.02.2026 03:30 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

The pattern is clear. This Government is secretly locking New Zealand into deeper alignment with the US without ever putting it to the public, whether it's critical minerals deals, AUKUS Pillar 2, or now handing over our biometric data.

26.02.2026 00:17 — 👍 136    🔁 49    💬 5    📌 2

New Zealand should be coordinating with the EU and other like-minded countries to collectively negotiate proper safeguards, not quietly capitulating.

26.02.2026 00:17 — 👍 115    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 0

This is not a routine border security arrangement. The EBSP would go far beyond existing information-sharing. It would enable automated, bulk matching against New Zealand databases by US agencies.

26.02.2026 00:17 — 👍 73    🔁 16    💬 1    📌 0

MFAT has confirmed discussions are underway only when asked directly. This is not how decisions this important should be made in a democracy.

26.02.2026 00:17 — 👍 91    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 0

These negotiations are occurring with no public announcement, no parliamentary oversight, and no consultation.

The public is being kept in the dark while the Government negotiates the handover of our most sensitive personal data to the Trump administration.

26.02.2026 00:17 — 👍 120    🔁 42    💬 1    📌 1

The Government is currently negotiating an Enhanced Border Security Partnership with the US Department of Homeland Security that would grant US agencies, including ICE, automated, direct access to New Zealanders' biometric data and identity records.

26.02.2026 00:17 — 👍 172    🔁 97    💬 9    📌 39

Every party knew exactly what the unions' concerns were as soon as the Bill was introduced.

Unlike this government, the Greens back workers. And we are proud to let everyone know our position and stick to it.

22.02.2026 21:35 — 👍 26    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

We fully back unions' calls for Luxon to step in & act.

Not only did Peters sell out workers when he voted for this bill, now he's accusing their representatives of lying. The receipts lay it out clearly.

22.02.2026 21:35 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Winston Peters' behaviour following the passing of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill is a disgrace. He has falsely claimed that unions didn't raise their concerns with NZ First early enough. That is simply not true.

22.02.2026 21:35 — 👍 51    🔁 15    💬 2    📌 1

2/4 Like similar political figures across the world, Winston Peters is cosplaying as a defender of working people. The reality is that he had a chance to stop this anti-worker Bill, and didn’t take it.

20.02.2026 03:48 — 👍 53    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 1
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Winston Peters has 'no doubt' he could've stopped contractors law if unions went to him earlier The Green's Teanau Tuiono says New Zealand First doesn't "give a damn" about workers.

1/4 In September last year we sought a meeting with Winston Peters and New Zealand First to talk about the Employment Relations Amendment Bill and what could be done to protect workers in New Zealand. We met with them in October and again shortly before the Bill was passed. #nzpol

20.02.2026 03:48 — 👍 83    🔁 42    💬 3    📌 3
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Union hits back at NZ First over Employment Relations Amendment Bill The PSA said NZ First leader Winston Peters was wrong to blame unions for being too slow to convince New Zealand First to block the bill.

'Fitzsimons said Peters had "all the time in the world" between the PSA's first meeting with New Zealand First and the passing of the Bill this week.

"It's as simple as this - the party lacked the guts to stand up to the ACT party despite expressing concerns in speeches about the Bill."'

#NzPol

20.02.2026 08:35 — 👍 45    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 1
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Winston Peters has 'no doubt' he could've stopped contractors law if unions went to him earlier The Green's Teanau Tuiono says New Zealand First doesn't "give a damn" about workers.

Note these guys pretending to support the workers and then did nothing to stop the Bill. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

19.02.2026 10:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Government rams through law attacking workers We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

@teanau.bsky.social highlighting the awful anti worker government's latest move

This is really bad, and yet many people will have no idea of it

Join a Union, look after each other✊🏻
#nzpol

18.02.2026 03:25 — 👍 32    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 0
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A law for the tohorā: New Zealand bill seeks personhood for whales - Oceanographic A groundbreaking bill seeking legal personhood for whales has been introduced in New Zealand to recognise the species rights in law.

The Tohorā Oranga Bill also reflects the growing global movement to recognise the rights of nature a legal philosophy that challenges anthropocentric environmental law. Pooja Sharma a director at Earth Law, says the concept is rooted in Indigenous stewardship and reciprocity

15.02.2026 07:07 — 👍 28    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 2

Roses are red, Violets are Blue.
Make this a One Term Govt.
Happy Valentines Day

13.02.2026 21:52 — 👍 31    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0