what. the. hell.

maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.

A mayoral election in the US shouldn’t actually have any significance for our little nation on the far side of the world,

But it materially does, so, fuck yes more please

The Te Tiriti content (which isn't introduced until Year 4) implies the English text was signed in Feb 1840, that the Māori text is a "translation", and that Te Tiriti was primarily a response to the Musket Wars. This is all nonsense.

Media Release: Rights Aotearoa Calls on Government to Reject Social Media Age Ban Rights Aotearoa is urging the Government not to support the Social Media (Age-Restricted Users) Bill, which would ban under-16s from social media platforms.

"Banning young people from social media violates their fundamental rights and will do nothing to make platforms safer," said Paul Thistoll, CEO of Rights Aotearoa. "The answer is to regulate the platforms, not the users."

www.rightsaotearoa.nz/media-releas...

they weren’t striking, they were just out in force showing support

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

#nzpol

A screenshot of a poll in a Stuff news article asking “Do you back workers going on strike today?” With 8,666 votes so far, 70% have voted ‘Yes’, 27% voted ‘No’ and the remaining 3% voted ‘Unsure’

not to steal @foxylustygrover.bsky.social’s thing but there’s a stuff poll telling the govt to get stuffed :)
link below

Am I so out of touch? no, it's the teachers, doctors and nurses who are wronflg

My friend @suburbanennui.bsky.social with his epic sign #nzpol #nzstrike

THERE'S the pushback talkig point our political journalists should be using when interviewing our Coalition of Cuts. #nzpol

What the

What the fuck

What the fucking fuck #nzpol

Threatening doctors, nurses and medical professionals just doesn’t seem like a smart move or something that leads to a solution.

Health minister needs to rethink his approach, the public are statistically very much on side with health professionals and very much not politicians.

the liquidations will continue until morale improves

if you already didn’t have enough reasons to cancel spotify:

This is really great news. City Vision (Labour, Greens & independents) has flipped two local boards. This is a win for progressive policies. Communities want climate action, street improvements, safe speeds and bike lanes

Hey Bernard have you considered moving off of substack? There’s been a few times I’ve been interested in subscribing to the Kaka and then remember that it’s on substack and I don’t wanna give those nazi-friendly guys any money.
Appreciate it’s not easy to move platform, just wanna hear your thoughts

I remember when a protester punched the co-leader of the Greens in the face.

Hana Maipi-Clarke had her home broken into by a political stalker.

I recall VFF protesting outside Clarke's parents' home while Jacinda was on holiday.

I dont remember hearing about National's concerns back then??

that fucken golden michael always fucken up my god-given right to park anywhere i goddamn please

and then the bosses feel bad and come up with more-and-more ridiculous excuses to let you pass and continue progressing?
how would you solve letting the player progress when they “lose”?

Watch: Christopher Luxon defends cuts to benefits for youth The prime minister says businesses are 'crying out for young people' as advocates decry the changes as a punishment.

Prime Munter of New Zealand government tells 18 & 19 year olds to move to Australia #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

The Defence Minister wants to see New Zealand develop lethal weapons for international export through the help of tech companies.

What the ever loving fuck are they doing to new zealand

Look at this amazing piece lacey made of my boyfriend’s cat!!
go commission her, she’s rad and so is her work!

The reveal that we should have expected, but disappointed us nevertheless, I dive deeper into this over at my Substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/genocide-r...

In Nineteen Eighty Four all art for the "proles" is created without human intervention at all because they just feed a set number of scenarios and words into fiction machines and songwriting machines, which then create them and disperse them widely to keep the proles happy and FOR FUCK'S SAKE ORWELL

Screenshot of an article from the ODT NZ by Matthew Littlewood titled, ‘Frankly Astonished’: Concerns raised over Health Minister’s meeting. Paywalled - accessible article in the comments.

Concerns are being raised about privatisation after Health Minister Simeon Brown met representatives of a controversial multinational company that runs prisons and hospitals.

“The Minister must immediately & fully disclose the nature, purpose, & content of his discussions with Serco.”

#nzpol

The PM was asked to define a woman. Here's his 60-second response The Prime Minister appeared unprepared for the question.

Yeah that’s not true! He said, in an interview with Plunket
“… in terms of gender identity, I think people define their gender identity for themselves.”
And got lambasted for it.
The ‘adult human female’ bill is New Zealand First’s baby and strongly OPPOSED by Labour.

A map titled United States High Speed Rail System showing a theoretical high speed rail system in the United States. Some lines also connect north to Vancouver or the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, or south to Tijuana or Monterrey. The map is credited to First Cultural Industries AKA Alfred Twu, dated from February 2013, and is downloadable at www.californiarailmap.com

the US if Tylenol actually caused autism

The People's Economist Tour with Gary Stevenson | Auckland Live Experience Gary Stevenson live in the Bruce Mason Centre. Visit aucklandlive.co.nz to find out about the best shows and events in Auckland.

#nzpol
He’s doing an event in Tāmaki Makaurau!

www.aucklandlive.co.nz/show/the-peo...

they did this because their govt hasn’t recognised palestine… we should take notes
#nzpol

oh i always think it’s some new minecraft smp that i’m not aware of

took me a while to realise this was an old person thing :P