Rimu Bhū’ī

A letter from the Health Department, at the behest of Simeon Brown, demanding sick and at-rest children attend school during a measles outbreak.

The Minister of Health wants dead kids:

Dr Wiles is an inspiration to so many, but behind it all, a person. Please send some spare puutea her way. I look up to her and Toby for their comms work. As someone who’s still taking precautions, I’ve held on to it tightly.

Exciting day today. Not only is it Halloween, but my crowdfunding campaign is also live! Please support me by making a pledge and/or sharing on all your socials and with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks to everyone offering rewards. You rock! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

It is pretty funny that he and Seymour both thought the were good enough, and also correct enough, to try this.

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

Also. I still remember when Dirty Politics came out and all sorts of people, many with deep Nat party connections, were saying Collins was finished, that the Nats wouldn't want to give Hager an immediate scalp, but that they were disgusted, and angry, and she was done.

Your evergreen reminder that measles is spread via the air. So opening windows and doors, cleaning the air, masking up, and hosting events outdoors will make a massive difference! Stay safe out there e hoa maa

My rule of thumb is a fit test to check for leakage! If it leaks, or feels loose at all, in the bin she goes

It's not easy being a disabled person who is getting more disabled every day it seems. It's not easy being a queer person who has to talk about misogyny all the time. It's not easy just being a person under the age of 35 in this country.

I think I did my communities proud.

It's official. 100 votes off being re-elected.

Survivors of a slasher movie sitting on the bumper of an ambulance at the end [Picture of Winnie the Pooh, Tiger, and Rabbit all sitting around a table with mugs in their hands]

HAPPY FRIDAY! While this is hilariously apt, I also feel like it is a good summation of how we all feel at the end of the workweek.

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.

Perfectly okay to not be elected, if I'm honest ✌️

I remember when I had to do one every year to confirm my mum was still dead… the year I did the estranged one too was a double whammy 😵‍💫

This time, I'm just bored. I spent three years in this rigid routine of agendas, briefings, meetings, and decision making. Give me an agenda to read or I'm going to re-organise the fridge, AGAIN

If I'm not elected, that's fine. I'll go get a job where I don't get death threats. I win either way

Bird of the Year ‹ Forest & Bird Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year recognises our unique birds and with each vote you give them a voice.

I just voted in the #birdoftheyear — Kaarearea all the way folks!! (I’m an endemic flora & fauna girlie) www.birdoftheyear.org.nz

Reminder
When emailing MPs - be polite.
NEVER make threats, of any sort.
A template email is easy to be automatically sorted into a folder which will be ignored. Probably.
Same goes for cc emails.
Email your MP and say ‘I am a constituent’.
Postcards (& letters) can be sent free to Parly.

The case for New Zealand action against Israel The 1976 Olympic boycott over our silence on apartheid left a black mark on New Zealand’s reputation. Our inaction on Gaza could leave another.

Reposting this in the wake of today's embarrassing news

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...

What do you do when the man who said you should have "the living shit beaten out of you" keeps sitting in the front row of candidate events?

You make him meet your eye.

You make him listen to the gasps of outrage when you say his words outloud.

You make him listen to the applause you get.

I want to emphasise the importance of anyone with a progressive or even a fair-minded bone in their body in the Wharangi Onslow-Western ward giving me their first preference. Please hit up friends in Karori, Ngaio, Wilton, Northland, Wadestown, Khandallah etc to check they voted

first actual skeet lol, i made you a lil strategic voting guide combining all the best people’s resources rimu.substack.com/the-status-quo-is-voting-are-you

Strong support for Māori wards from council candidates A Newsroom survey with responses from more than a third of council candidates shows support for co-governance and Māori wards.

The 2025 edition of Newsroom's local government survey has reached more than a third of all candidates for council or mayor of a district/city/unitary council.

Today, I report it shows strong support for Māori wards and co-governance among the cohort of respondents.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/16/s...

Drawn poster with two fairy terns at the beach - both have City Vision rosettes, left is wearing carved wooden pendant, has a crutch and a leg brace, one on right is wearing an Auckland FC cap. Text reads Vote Fairy Tern for Bird of the Year And Julie Fair(e)y & Jon Tern-er for Auckland Council.

The rumours are true - @cityvision.bsky.social is endorsing Tara Iti, the Fairy Tern, for @forestandbird.bsky.social’s Bird of the Year!

Vote Fairy Tern AND Fair(e)y Turn(er)!

Thanks to the very talented @emmamcinnes.bsky.social for this great graphic 😍💚❤️

If you're sick of this government and this absolute race baiting bullshit and attacks on Māori across the board - vote in your local election and vote to keep Māori wards.

Your council is ONLY having a referendum because this government is forcing them to.

How embarrassing if they all get kept.

a man is wearing a black jacket with white stars on it and the word schitts creek on the bottom ALT: a man is wearing a black jacket with white stars on it and the word schitts creek on the bottom

"How's the election going"

It's definitely the most violent and aggressive election I've been in, and it's my third

"so you don't think you'll be re-elected???"

I can be running a great campaign, having great conversations, have lot of support, and even be re-elected - and still face violence

Labour aren’t the life raft they think they are. I talk more about this over at my substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/labours-fe...

Traffic evaporation Reallocating general lanes reduces private motor traffic

TRAFFIC EVAPOURATION!
We all know about INDUCED DEMAND, that is one more general lane never fixes traffic congestion (it makes it worse)

Well, here is the opposite: traffic evaporation. By reallocating general lanes to transit or active modes, private traffic movement well evaporates!

A photo of a newspaper clipping. It is from the letter to the editor from someone called Jenny Senior from Waipawa. The letter is entitled "Say what?" and the text says - spelling as original! Kia ora, Māori language is sew confusing that I am knot surprised that the minister has put fourth an idea that will make learning how too reed easier four knew entrance. Hour children mite find it sew much easier in they're lessens, if they only have to here and eyes won language.

Not all heroes wear capes, sometimes, like Jenny here, they just use puns and homophones.

public service

Can predictive text suffer? That’s one of several ridiculous questions I’ll be ignoring this morning.