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An important thought provoking post about what already appears to be mismanagement of Yellow Legged Hornet eradication. We need to move on this fast, as a team, Aotearoa New Zealand. #nzpol

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Luxo is quite right. We do need a mature conversation about state asset sales.

One where he is made to understand that New Zealanders have bad memories of the consequences of the last round of them, particularly the break up of #ElectricityCorporationNewZealand. #nzpol

Stuff headline: NZ needs to have a 'mature conversation' about selling state assets, PM says

Luxon thinks we need a "mature conversation" about selling state assets... But I don't think he really means that, because a mature conversation would look at the history of failure and the shortsighted focus on profit ahead of public interest.

He wants a conversation where we agree with him.

Towards He Whakaputanga | E-Tangata “What is clear from He Whakaputanga is that there was never a ceding of any kind of sovereignty to Britain. Not then, nor five years later, when Te Tiriti was signed at Waitangi.” — Catherine Delahunt...

“What is clear from He Whakaputanga is that there was never a ceding of any kind of sovereignty to Britain. Not then, nor five years later, when Te Tiriti was signed at Waitangi.” — Catherine Delahunty. #nzpol e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/...

Anything SERCO gets involved it turns to shit w poor outcomes for those they 'help'. See immigration detention & private prisons. I'd be very sceptical of any health care model they propose. NAF Coalition would love their #UserPays for profit ethos #PutTheNatsLast it's where they put you #NZpol

Rahui Papa: What needs to change in schools isn’t the law | E-Tangata “The proposal effectively deprioritises Te Tiriti so that it sits as a supporting objective. We believe, and have advised, that this will not have the desired effect.” — Rahui Papa.

“The govt claims school boards are no place for upholding Te Tiriti, and wants to change the law to ensure there’s no requirement on boards to do so.

Rahui Papa says the proposal flies in the face of sector consultation……and puts the educational success of tamariki at stake.” #nzpol

Housing heritage with heart The Suzanne Lund Community Loft Apartments offer a heritage of 'social housing with heart' for people needing a long-term home. About 40 tenants live in this specially-converted Victorian warehouse, w...

And for some positive news: Philanthropy done right #nzpol.

Kia ora Catherine Delahunty.
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Prisons operator Serco eyes NZ's public health infrastructure needs The outsourcing firm tells the Government it is uniquely positioned, and its services could be of great value

Fairly likely Serco will be focused on profit, will understaff and underpay.

Just what this government's underfunding of public health needs
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Beyond just hired...

“In Government, he’s shown himself a liar by halving methane emissions targets, and now removing consideration of meeting the Paris Agreement from Emissions Trading Scheme settings, while making it easier to hand out taxpayer money to polluting corporations.”
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#nzpol Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand!!!!

Don't let this awful National Party/NZ First/ACT coalition government permanently change who we are as a nation. We are better than them, and it's time for us to stand up, speak up, and show up. We are empathetic and powerful. Take action NOW!

We are in a world which is run by millionaire/ billionaire political donations and Right Wing dictators and it's not normal.

But this abnormal Luxon government thinks it's normal for this corrupt money to dictate how they run our society

It's wrong and unethical
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Jack Tame interviewing a Turning point USA agent (Charlie Kirk’s friend & co worker) about how amazing AI is & how great far-right christo-fascism is for the future of the world, is a new low I was not expecting on my Sunday morning. 🤨🤦‍♀️ #nzpol

That’s a bit mean. She is entitled to her opinions after all its not as if she is planning on voting ACT

15 reasons why the Michelin Guide arriving in New Zealand is a bad idea The tyre man is here to judge our food. Nick Iles argues why this is terrible for New Zealand cuisine.

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Michelin reviewers to rate New Zealand restaurants for first time They will dine at restaurants in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown for a New Zealand edition of the famous food guide.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines.... As taxpayers we are shelling out $6m to Michelin to come here and review restaurants? This has to be the most egregious waste of govt funds I’ve seen in a while and a massive rort. #nzpol

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Wonderful response in comments…..there are enough of us to make change happen. Smart people see what is happening. We need Labour to hear loud and clear that they need to step up with #climateaction #bethechange #nzpol #greed #climatedenial #resist #organise

I can only imagine that certain members of this government are getting large bribes paid into overseas tax havens. Otherwise their decisions make no sense #nzpol

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Government announces $61.6 million boost for crisis response services Doocey announced $61.6 million over four years will go towards additional crisis assessment teams and other services.

I hope a useful portion of the $61.6 million Doocey magically found down the back of the couch after some negative publicity will go to both Lifeline and Whakamātūtū.
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Lifeline to cut operations if funding shortfall not plugged A mental health support service says it will have to reduce its operations if it cannot plug a $2 million shortfall.

Rather telling that NZ Luxon and Upston announce $6 Million towards possible Michelin stars for Kiwi restaurants while respected Lifeline cuts Mental Health services due to $2 Million funding shortfall.

Priorities.

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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

How much more evidence do we need that self regulation by the tech giants is not working

They're fine with the harms caused by their products and services as long as its profitable for them #nzpol

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Seems like a problem with the rules if you can have a financial benefit from 25 properties but structure it so you don't have to declare that interest #nzpol

Talking to school based healthcare services colleagues about the attempt to privatize public schools, it's surprises me how few people are aware that Act is a dogmatic libertarian party that aims to privatize all public services.
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IMHO, we need to push back hard and fast Aotearoa, because this horrid government will not deviate from its course of economic vandalism unless it gets very publicly awkward for the National/NZ First/ ACT coalition govt very fast.

Get off your couches and make some noise!!!
Do it NOW!

No nurse practitioners, no designated nurse prescribers, no practice nurses included in Simeon Brown’s primary care advisory group. But lets include 5 GPs or A&M physicians, a pharmacist, and an accountant. FFS #nzpol

#nzpol they do not give a shit