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UN sounds alarm on NZ racism and Māori rights UN CERD warns NZ is backsliding on racial equality: Māori land, Tiriti commitments, hate speech, youth justice, health equity, and human rights institutions face serious risks.

UN CERD warns NZ is backsliding on racial equality: Māori land, Tiriti commitments, hate speech, youth justice, health equity, and human rights institutions face serious risks.

It's his big FU to Dunedin for being safe Labour

Trans women to be barred from main Labour women’s conference in 2026 All delegates will be able to attend fringe programme as party tries to find compromise while complying with supreme court ruling on gender

Ffs. This beyond shameful and a slippery slope. Labour in the UK is f**ked. You either believe in everyone’s human rights and defend them no matter what, or you are part of the problem.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

We met a few when kayaking in Akaroa harbour a few years ago. Very cute.

Security expert blasts Trump's 'cabinet of dunces' for posting on Twitter 'like you're 12' National Security attorney Bradley Moss and international affairs specialist Tom Nichols took turns dumping on the mounting idiocy of officials working under President Donald Trump as the administrati...

Stop the clown-car, we'd like to get out

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🦠 #NZ Measles

- Many new locations of interest
- Close contacts
Auckland: G.A.Y. Club, Eagle Bar, Karagahape Road
Nelson: BP Connect Richmond
Otago: Emergency Dept, Dunedin Hospital
Hikari Teppanyaki & OPSM, Frankton
Ballarat, Chemist Warehouse, Carters, Queenstown

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From ‘terrorist’ to national treasure, renowned Māori activist finally tells his own story Tāme Iti’s colourful memoir covers his decades-long fight for Indigenous rights in New Zealand and takes aim at ‘saboteurs’ in the government

From ‘terrorist’ to national treasure, renowned Māori activist finally tells his own story

If you see this, post with your model of positive masculinity.

How to Dad bootcamp

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Feeling a bit like... the old me.

Here they just serve it up as school lunches #nzpol

Hey, I want to offer some helpful tips for coping with the cold for ICE folks who might have come from warmer places.

1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!

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Bet they didn't let him use the pointy scissors

🤣 As someone whose flatmates at Lincoln actually *got* several sheep, I can assure you that what they did with them would not be legal these days. Probably wasn't then either...

He played in a *disability* cricket team. Are they going after anyone else in the team?

Why I Hate ABA Therapy: A Personal Opinion ABA therapy doesn't in any way help us autistics to adapt; it forces us not to complain about routine sensory punishment beatings.

"ABA therapy does not teach children to be typical. It teaches children to act 'normal,' all the while inhibiting them from finding their own normal." From @cosmichael.bsky.social, at TPGA:

thinkingautismguide.com/2018/05/why-... #autism #autistic #BetterWaysThanABA

"Give it a rest, Jerk" might have to be the slogan from now on

And because I love Jesus, he loves me back and agrees with every unhinged thing that comes out of my mouth. I'm doing God's work...

Easily confused with seance...

BUSINESS DOULA keep emailing!

thanks, business doula

This is getting weirdly off-topic. Bye

Reminds me of a North Korean CD a friend of mine had in the 90s. It had songs like "Dear Leader Makes the Crops Grow"

We have more than enough problems with invasive species to add another one. We aren't going to agree, so I'll stop now.

Prevention is a whole lot less toxic than cure, no?

Fine, but we don't *have* kudzu in New Zealand, and we don't want it.

YouTube video by Halestorm Halestorm - I Am The Fire [Official Video]

I Am the Fire by Halestorm

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Thanks, but no thanks. 😊 Plants in the wrong place can be devastating for the native environment

a map of peru with a flag in the middle Alt: a map of peru with a flag in the middle

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Taking refuge in "but they were mean to me" is expected from them now.

Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.