Ciara

Protect Te Tiriti in Education Aotearoa should be a place where everyone, regardless of their background, is respected and part of a vibrant connected community. Where everyone feels a sense of belonging and knows their children wi...

Te Tiriti is for everyone.

Please sign.

our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pr...

Cross Stitch portrait of woman with black hair, green eyes, a green knitted jumper & yellow knitted hat. Green background colours.

Trying hard to get her finished in time to sell before Xmas. I need to make $ to help with my son’s school expenses next year! Wish me luck, my fingers are actually sore…. #CrossStitch #Kikorangi

Friendly reminder that there’s no such thing as “sex with underage girls”! We have a word for that! That word is “rape.”

The young woman charged under digital harassment laws for making sex allegations against former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming is still facing prosecution over alleged abusive emails sent to the detective who investigated her, the Herald can reveal. Instead of investigating whether the sex claims could be corroborated or not, police used the anonymous emails as evidence to prosecute her for a harassment campaign against McSkimming. She was arrested and charged under the Harmful Digital Communications Act in May 2024, placed under restrictive bail conditions and silenced by wide-ranging suppression orders. The failure by the highest-ranking police officers in New Zealand to investigate the woman’s repeated allegations has been criticised in a bombshell investigation by the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) released this week.

Come the fuck on! #NZPol

Folk in community/social service spaces tend to be left leaning, but this is the first time I’ve been at a community conference where people talk openly during the tea breaks about needing a change of government and strategies for voting them out - and it's not yet an election year 🤯 #nzpol

Well this is…not good 👀 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment

Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro: “I ordered the militarisation of the entire country starting at 4pm by land, sea, and air.”

There's so many people against this service (was in a meeting the other night where it was mocked) so please fill this out if it's relevant to you. It's not perfect but it sure beats the alternative which is nothing. #nzpol

yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...

I thought my new health insurance premium was going to be $350 per month until I got this letter informing me that it would be $1,228.28 PER MONTH. I CURRENTLY PAY $50. Is my math mathing? Is that.... a 2,356.42% increase?

2256.42%????

TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩

The Bluesky Mastodon Secret Santa Aotearoa New Zealand rules are: The FIRST RULE of Secret Santa is: Be kind, please. The SECOND RULE of Secret Santa is: Be excellent to each other. The THIRD RULE of Secret Santa is to closely follow these instructions: You must enter an up to date postal address (or PO Box) on the Secret Santa App. Your gift must be sent by Tracked Post / Courier by 5th Dec AND your tracking number loaded into the Secret Santa App. If your address changes after 19th Nov you MUST DM @secretsanta.nz If your situation changes and you can no longer play after the matches are assigned you MUST DM @secretsanta.nz If your gift is being sent to work, you must take it home as soon as you receive it in case covid/life gets in the way The FOURTH RULE of Secret Santa is you must post some hints for your Santa using the hashtag #SecretSantaAoNZ. Post likes/dislikes, hobbies, interests, current hyperfixations, allergies, sock size etc - important stuff. The more the better! Stuck on what to post? Check out what others are sharing on the hashtag. The FIFTH RULE of Secret Santa is: Put aroha into your gift and ONLY SPEND WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD. It's the thought that counts is very much the foundation and spirit of Secret Santa. The SIXTH RULE of Secret Santa is: Opening Day is 17th Dec when you will open your gift and post videos or photos and much excitement! If you cannot do this date, please post in advance and again on the day when you will be opening. We understand that life might happen. The SEVENTH RULE of Secret Santa is that if you are disappointed in your gift, please do not post it onto your account. Let @secretsanta.nz know why in a DM and we can go from there.

It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas,
With sign up going live!🎶🎵

So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Im not “sure” either, but I do think we need way more checks & balances, far more public transparency & we need to implement citizens assemblies, like YESTERDAY.
The idea the likes of the #RSB can pass, with 90% opposed to it, is absolutely horrifying to me.

Good news everybody! ANZ has posted a record $2.53Billion profit, just when we thought everything was dire and no one had any money we find out that ANZ is absolutely coining it!!! #NZPol

Drawn 133 years ago, and the con hasn't changed one bit.

30 years ago this hopeless, overgrazed hillside was turned into a thriving woodland. Care & fencing restored desolate Glen Garry despite a sub-Arctic climate & proved forests are possible anywhere. So why is much of Scotland a barren wasteland? New film www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuTV...

Apparently we should be hearing more about Labour’s election platform soon and I really hope it’s more Mamdani than three Starmers hiding in a Mamdani trench coat 🤞

RBNZ to the Waitangi Tribunal...

A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.

A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.

Michael Adams, @KYSecState: "We're getting calls about polls being closed. They are closed because we do not have elections today. Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry."

Uh....

It doesn't get said enough that Nats have built just 45 State houses since coming into government, no one is being housed in your ghost houses Bishop and now you want to hunt people off the streets? Where worse can you send them, the sewers where you slither? #NZPol

worth noting that Mamdani did *not* take the bait

PREACH!!!

Give the youth third spaces.

I think this constant push for immigrants to feel & act ‘grateful’ is so insidious. Let’s change the narrative. Migration is a normal part of human behaviour, not a charity case. If you’re doing your best to do your best, you don’t need to do even more to be accepted. It’s your right to be accepted.

💯 #nzpol

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.

“…a bunch of MAGA billionaires flushed millions and millions of dollars down the toilet losing to a brown, Muslim democratic socialist.”
🔥🔥🔥

🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 Hope. #nzpol