Once were gardeners

There have always been elements of the left who have not supported de-colonization efforts. They often hide behind the old no war but the class war slogans. Keven Mayes just put a thing talking about how this issue had kept him from supporting the Green party back in the day

Christ on a stick now Labour MPs are complaining about people using te reo during Māori language week...

Good reminder how National Party supported Labour’s Covid response from Kieran McAnulty in parliament today.

Now they hope NZ forgets as they press on with Winston Peters (another Covid response enabler’s) kangaroo court.

#nzpol

Collins claims teachers get an average of $147K a year and 12 weeks off. If it's such a plumb gig why are we in a teacher shortage crises and importing overseas teachers? Something doesn't add up.

Wish I got to skip hui because they were at annoying times. I wonder if "at an annoying time" is accepted by WINZ as a reason to miss their meetings

Dear Erica and your advisors...

So much for the party of fiscal responsibility

Israeli government official arrested in Nevada in internet crimes against children sting Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was released and returned to Israel after being charged with luring a child for a sex act

The executive director of the Israel Cyber Directorate—an Israeli agency under the purview of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu—was arrested in Las Vegas for luring a child with a computer for a sex act.

He was released and returned to Israel shortly thereafter.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

What da F**k?

From aecnz.substack.com/p/at-the-marae

Christopher Bishop @jsbishop • 26m Meanwhile, anti-Semitic graffiti appears in Wellington and the Mayor says nothing. 'Solidarity and hope: Wellington forms partnershi... From nzherald.co.nz 6 274 25 In 773 个

Except that I did and have told Bishop this directly. He needs to stop spreading misinformation and delete this tweet.

Story here www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

Minister Brooke van Velden confirms meeting with Uber over contractor law change Brooke van Velden has confirmed the meeting, as she considers banning contractors from going to court over their employment status.

5/8 …and Minister van Velden met with Uber over contractor law changes. She’s had no such meeting with unions.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/520719/minister-brooke-van-velden-confirms-meeting-with-uber-over-contractor-law-change

The next election

Anne Salmond: Victim of the Day Dame Anne Salmond on a lame but personally intimidating campaign launched by Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour against academic critics of his Regulatory Standards Bill

"At a time like this, it is extraordinary that a Deputy Prime Minister here should initiate an online campaign of intimidation against university scholars, using Trumpian rhetoric and tactics to harass them for exercising their academic freedom."

newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/23/a...

Remove the reasons for crime and there is no crime.

YouTube video by RNZ Mata Reports | ACT: The Foreign Influences That Have Shaped David Seymour's Political Agenda | RNZ

Finally found the time to watch this. Really worth the time, would encourages others to do the same. m.youtube.com/watch?v=QLOj...

If enshittification was a person it would be David Seymour.. #nzpol

Finally an MP saying what we are all thinking

Honestly as a country we are so lucky to have Te Ara and the quality that on it. I don't always agree with the editorial decisions but on the whole it is an amazing resource.

If only a forward thinking government had already put solutions in place years ago due to this very risk. Oh wait...

Meet Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, the 22-Year-Old Lawmaker Behind that Viral Haka Protest The young lawmaker is leading the fight to preserve Māori rights.

Maipi-Clarke has emerged as the young lawmaker who catapulted this story of Indigenous strength, of Māori mana, or spiritual power, into international news. The Treaty Principles Bill is dead, but her work is not done.

Read the full profile here ⤵️

Christopher Luxon’s legacy summed up with 1 headline

Parliament's law-making watchdog warns against Regulatory Standards Bill Minister for Regulation David Seymour says he knows bureaucrats don’t like his bill, but that’s a good thing. Laura Walters reports.

Parliament’s law-making watchdog warns against Regulatory Standards Bill
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/04/p...

Why does anyone care what Seyless thinks? Why is his option being centred in this? Fur patrol makes sense thier T shirt is in the video

Could have had Ferrari ferries and new ports to see us through the next 100 years at that price

Coloured screenshot: Bold red text reads “27” with black text underneath: “DAYS LEFT TO OPPOSE THE REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL.” The graphic is a call to action, counting down the days remaining to submit against the Bill.

27 days left. Day two.
Haven’t submitted? Do it now.

Already done? Kei te pai. Help someone else. Share the link.

They’ve got money, lobbyists, and corporate backers.

We’ve got people. We believe in something stronger, a collective voice that refuses to be ignored. #NZPol

Day 1 e te whānau kua tukuna tāku kia kaha tātou katoa!

A group of former MPs from across parties are running their own select committee on pay equity A group of 10 former women MPs from across the political spectrum announced today that they have a formed what they're calling the 'people’s select committee on pay equity' to examine the Government’s changes to the Equal Pay Act. It will serve as an extra-parliamentary committee tasked with considering public submissions and independently examining the new law. Parliament passed the law changes, under urgency, on May 12 which meant it did not go through the select committee process, or have input from the public. Finance Minister Nicola Willis said the swift process gave people 'certainty'. Professor Marilyn Waring, a former National MP, said the former women MPs, have set up this committee to collect the evidence and hear the voices of New Zealanders regarding the policy debate on pay equity.

The People's Select Committee of 10 former MPs is taking submissions on the Pay Equity changes. Since nobody got a say before the govt passed it under urgency.

www.payequity.org.nz

Given both their budgets have had holes when do national just admit they're bad at running the economy?