Grant Brookes (he/him/ia)

Senior doctors and dentists to join massive strike this month The union has voted in favour of a four-hour strike.

Senior doctors and dentists to join massive strike this month

The biggest #strike in generations on October 23 has the power to reshape the political landscape of Aotearoa
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As healthcare workers, it is especially our professional colleagues in #Gaza who we stand with.
#NZPol #NotATarget #FreePalestine #NursesForPeace
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ACT leader doubles down on joke about blowing Pacific Ministry up

I'm glad the right never incite vio.. oh

oh no

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October strike by nurses, teachers likely be biggest in decades | RNZ News The strike by nurses will take place on 23 October, the same day as action earlier announced by primary teachers and allied health workers.

“#Nurses are the latest group to vote to #strike on 23 October, the same day as previously announced strike action by primary school teachers, allied health workers.
The strike is likely to be one of the biggest in decades.”

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This is the key indicator that this gov is corrupt.

They won by such a thin margin they had to create a RW 3-way just to be in power… yet they decide to drastically alter NZ & pay off rich mates by breaking rules that THEY would be screaming about if they were in opposition.

#nzpol

Samuel Leason has been abducted QR code leads to templates of letters to send to Parliament to demand his release

Image includes a sample of the letters

Our government has already made it clear in recent email responses that they will not advocate for the release of the New Zealanders on board the flotilla This is unacceptable We need to apply pressure to ensure that they take every diplomatic action available New Zealand lives are on the line, and we must demand their immediate release, safe and unharmed

Breaking: Sirius has been intercepted. Samuel was illegally kidnapped by IOF

Solidarity means action

Call and email now to demand his release

#NZPol

Whanganui mayor regrets speaking at Charlie Kirk vigil after backlash Andrew Tripe says he knew little about the assassinated US activist's views when he spoke at the event.

#NZPol

Please explain your decision making before speaking at a dead right-wing American’s eulogy in New Zealand. On what planet was ‘What was he advocating for?’ not a question as part of that process? You’re saying you’re actually just really lazy and incurious?

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Read the non-paywalled article here: archive.today/VP8QQ
#nzpol #strike

It’s unlikely to be bigger than the 1979 general strike @henrycooke.bsky.social, but it could be the second biggest

Tidal wave of strike action planned for October 23 Plans are under way for a co-ordinated strike across much of the public sector, with nurses, teachers and other public sector workers potentially walking off the job on the same day.

EXC: Plans are underway for a coordinated strike across the public sector on October 23 featuring:
- Nurses
- Teachers
- Doctors
- and more

If the ballots go ahead it could well be the biggest coordinated strike in NZ history

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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.”

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Also, this claim:

"Go look at other Western economies around the world and how fast they count their vote. We must be the slowest folk on the planet."

Australia - voting day 3 May and final results 12 June (37 days)
NZ - voting day 14 Oct and final results 9 November (26 days)

Say no to less democracy EDITORIAL: Electoral changes should be opposed.

@thepost-nz.bsky.social editorial: Say no to less democracy

“With democracy increasingly under threat worldwide, there is no tangible reason to make voting harder in New Zealand. But that is exactly what the Government has proposed.”
#nzpol

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An ‘election changing’ 55,000 votes could be barred under controversial new law The Government’s changes to voting laws will see a 400% increase in “disallowed” votes, the Electoral Commission says.

The Government's controversial voting law will result in a 411% increase in the number of votes being thrown out, according to the Electoral Commission.

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She keeps telling us that the farmers doing well will trickle down, but we stopped believing in trickle down along with santa and the tooth fairy and we can see they farmers doing well isn't lifting the economy up! We can't spend your ghost dollars Nicola! #NZPol

'We, as health-care workers, are people who care, who do no harm, and who save lives" - long-time Auckland nurse explains why she marched for #Palestine:
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I encourage you all to read this article. It sets out very clearly how intentional and concerning comments like Mooney’s are.
NO sitting MP should be calling for the sacking of an academic in this way.
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So Simeon Brown just announced $20m "investment" in ED frontline staff, immediately after it was revealed Christchurch hospital is in code red every single day.

But it turns out it's just OLD money from the 2025 budget & already allocated. Brown strikes again #nzpol #Kiwi

Union workers are striking in primary schools, in secondary schools, in FENZ, in medicine, in nursing, & watch out for others soon to announce. Electorally, you don’t have to choose red. Choose green, or red white & black.

Or just give up, if that’s what you prefer

Next month our forces will come together in greater strength still

That’s not true. My union has been on strike 31 times in the last 12 months - and we are far from alone. The biggest hīkoi and the biggest Palestine march in history are implicitly against the capitalist world order, and there are people within the Greens & TPM struggling 4 a post-neoliberal regime

Roger Douglas Calls For Class War Roger Douglas, architect of NZ's broken economic model, is calling for Nicola Willis to resign. The former Finance Minister wants the government to pursue a more extreme programme of austerity.

“Nobody voted for Rogernomics 41 years ago — the free market failed our people in the 1980s and it is failing us today. The legacy of Roger Douglas must be torn down root and branch. It is time to end the era of neoliberalism once and for all.”

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Calls for *intensified class war - the one we have already

In a historic first, iwi leaders and unions have united to call for mass mobilisations against the Government on the 28th of October. Rā Whakamana will affirm tino rangatiratanga and workers' rights and mark He Whakaputanga and the first Labour Day in Aotearoa.

Thousands protest against pay equity changes Protestors have gathered at rallies around the country to speak out against changes to pay equity laws.

#nzpol “I think this government needs to stop and really take a look at the people, and work for the people that they're representing, because they're working for their big buddies with big money, they're not working for society.”
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Jacinda Ardern calls for the end of 'genocide' in Gaza The former Prime Minister wrote for The Guardian on "women give birth during war".

WTF is going on at RNZ #NZPol?

Do they really need to put "genocide" in quotes almost every time it's mentioned? 🙄

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"Where the hell do people find a sense of hope?"

an earnest conversation with Chlöe and @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social

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Women’s Day of Action - join the fight for equal pay for work of equal value.
Meet at Victoria Square at 10am on Saturday 20th September, then 11am march to the Bridge of Remembrance.
Kai, healthcare checks, face painting, cultural performances and more!

#nzpol

It was on 1News last night, however