Teresa

I've been saying this for years. Forget about parties/populists and let's vote for policy!

Photo of an empty road lined with tall trees on one side and flowers on the other. Blue skies ahead.

Couldn't get over the beauty of the Far North today

"Democracy Northland" will likely be behind this too - they've been distributing newsletters to letterboxes throughout Kaipara and Whangārei on a regular basis. Most of the content has an anti-Māori and anti-'woke' agenda. Check out their content: letterbox-nz.blogspot.com/search/label...

Say it louder for the people in the back! The biggest complainers always seem to be SA and UK immigrants too - strange.

Whangārei have just voted in 11 Pakeha councillors (of which 10 are male) out of 14 total. Two wahine councillors came through via the Māori ward votes. The majority have now voted to remove Māori Wards and so this lack of representation is going to look even more dire in future. Un (?) believable!

Public Ownership of Electricity Join us in building a better world

Sign the open letter: www.together.org.nz/public_owner...

Mānawa Bay (shopping complex) 5 mins from airport has a foodcourt with heaps of delicious and ok priced options. Highly recommend the Vietnamese place :)

Nicola Willis urges Greens to 'call off' protesters outside Winston Peters' home Senior government ministers are accusing the Greens of condoning "indecency" after a window at the Foreign Minister's house was smashed.

Oh, you are SO full of shit.

Where were you when Peters played a starring role in a co-ordinated campaign against Benjamin Doyle?

Where were you when Seymour joked about blowing up government departments, or mounted another online attack at yet another critic? #nzpol

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

NZ Government Sanction Israel Now Since October 2023 the world has witnessed the state of Israel perpetrate innumerable war crimes and human rights violations against the people of Gaza [1], while the violence, repression, and forced ...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/nz...

124.39% price increase over the past 5yrs - is it trickling down yet cause all I see is ever increasing prices at the supermarket.

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

I'd like to think what is happening in the world at present is fascism's last gasp, so stumbling across this video is just what I needed to hear.

urlebird.com/video/a-mess...

Diagnosis, recognition, understanding, acceptance, and making accomodations for neurodivergence :)

Just had this exact conversation with my 16yr old. Sigh :\

Done - thanks for sharing the guide.

I notice the noise pollution all the time when I go out walking and have to up the volume on my podcast/music, esp when walking next to the road. Can't wait for it to be a non-issue in the future via more EVs and more bike lanes🤞

thatdarnchat Women are generally more supportive of socialized resources because they're the ones budgeting, maintaining living spaces, travelling around cities running errands, finding free or low cost activities, booking appointments, dealing with insurance companies. More men would be too, if they didn’t have women in their lives buffeting them against the damages of absent structural support.

Apropos of absolutely nothing local elections kick off shortly.

Tāmaki Makaurau info:
voteauckland.co.nz/en/informati...

Idle — The Wealth Race Can your hard work beat The Rich? Play and find out!

We need to tax wealth not work.

Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.

Someone made a game to show this:

therichdont.work

100%

It really makes me wonder how many people understand what "the economy" actually is. Especially when they believe National are better at managing it, but Labour are better at managing taxation, unemployment, household debt etc. Make it make sense...

I'm curious how much income tax has been lost as well with 2.5m fewer hours worked in 1 year. Surely it's in the Gov's best interest (via tax) to have more people employed and spending more?

Indeed! I work in the rehab sector and trust me, the vast majority of those injured would love to be 'back to normal' and back to work.

I just checked mine and got the same, even though I've never had a problem before. It did also say this though: "Are you on the unpublished roll?
You can’t search for your enrolment details online if you’re on the unpublished roll. This helps to keep your information secure..."

Um, I'm pretty sure we were all better off (as was the economy) a couple of years ago when butter, and in fact, all dairy, was cheaper

Isn't *this also a massive part of the problem.

*"'premium' butter as only option"

Louis Theroux: The Settlers (2025) Full Documentary 62 minutes | Fourteen years after his first visit and 2011 film The Ultra Zionists, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the West Ban...

An interesting watch:

www.filmsforaction.org/watch/louis-...

Maybe it's time we nationalised Fonterra!