Raymond Sagapolutele

Good advice. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NoPlanetB #ClimateCrisisNZ #Aotearoa #NewZealand

Watch: Christopher Luxon defends cuts to benefits for youth The prime minister says businesses are 'crying out for young people' as advocates decry the changes as a punishment.

“Luxon said the government did not want to "send a message to young people" that they could "just drift into welfare and that's it".

I know someone with *two* entry level roles who got *hundreds* of applicants.

There aren’t enough jobs.

Media accepting this propaganda at face value is concerning.

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
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Green MP questions Sāmoa shipwreck payout, warns peace declaration at risk Teanau Tuiono raises concerns over transparency of New Zealand’s $6 million payment to Sāmoa for the HMNZS Manawanui wreck, while the government says it responded ‘in good faith’.

Green MP Teanau Tuiono is questioning whether the New Zealand government’s $6 million payout to Sāmoa is enough to address the damage caused by the grounding and sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui last October.
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zeldawilliams 20m From Create Mode •• Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want. To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, , just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

ACT leader doubles down on joke about blowing Pacific Ministry up

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

oh no

#nzpol

So I watched the documentary on Jarcinda Ardern and her time as PM yesterday, great film BTW.

The footage of the protests on parliament grounds and the cookers outside her parents hone was infuriating.

Remembering that Winston rubbed shoulders with them, hypocrite.

#nzpol

Winston blaming the NZ Greens for his broken window for standing along side people he deems as inciting harm against him… Dude legit got into parliament by aligning himself with violent cookers who hung a noose up for JA, defecated on beehive grounds & set fire to a kids playground. #nzpol #Winston

Watch: Christopher Luxon defends cuts to benefits for youth The prime minister says businesses are 'crying out for young people' as advocates decry the changes as a punishment.

"If you want a job you go where the jobs are."

Australia?

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Must be nice to be rich enough to think people can afford a Playstation, the power it costs to run it, the roof needed to house it & the money to pay for the games.

People are drowing and Luxon is sitting on the first class deck of a cruise telling them to hold their breath longer.

#nzpol
#aikae

Any New Zealander who doesn’t see a problem with this requires a in-depth cultural literacy education. Pākehā domination is not acceptable anymore. The voices of diversity in this country are no longer something Pākehā systems can suppress. To see the face of Pākehā domination in 2025 is chilling.

Does Trump know he can't take all of that gold and money to hell with him when he eventually passes away?

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

Government is always about priorities...

#nzpol

PM refuses to condemn kidnappers; claims victims were asking for it…

Over the next couple weeks we'll be posting some milestones from our decade long practice. It's been some time since the collective was active on social media. We're keen to get re-acquainted with our online community. Feel free to ask us any questions 🙂☺️

Letterboxed who awarded me the best Pasifika Talent award at NZIFF have posted Picking Crew on their site. If you've seen the film, please consider leaving a review. Xx ❤️🙏🏽

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He’s revealed it? What are the caveats? Seymour/ACT doesn’t have form for operating in the best interests of all New Zealanders or for being truthful - he routinely twists facts and information - so why regurgitate what he says with no deep dive into how ‘more medicine funding’ plays out? #nzpol

In today’s NZ Herald

Oscar on set (honoring Wrightson)

UN warns of potential ‘ethnically driven’ atrocities in Sudan’s el-Fasher United Nations says more than 90 people were killed in paramilitary attacks on the city over 10 days last month.

United Nations says more than 90 people were killed in paramilitary attacks on the city over 10 days last month.

We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.

Never forgive, never forget.

#FreePalestine
#FromTheRiverToTheSea
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To celebrate my turning 54 we had KFC, not as common a thing as you'd think for this Samoan.

Went to the end of Palmers Road in Clendon for the traditional holding out of the food from family.

Out of nowhere the black chicken of consequences showed up, coolest chicken ever.

Life is a mystery.

Environment minister accused of using position to influence council's legal process Penny Simmonds says it is "wholly appropriate" to engage with the primary sector.

So National MP Chris Bishop wrote to Penny Simmonds to push the Environment Minister to intervene in local councils for the benefit of National MP Suze Redmayne's private farm.

National Party say this is all cool and above board for them. #nzpol #kiwi

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#OnThisDay 25 years ago, Israeli forces shot and killed 12-year-old Palestinian boy Muhammad al-Durrah in Gaza as his father tried to shield him from bullets.

The moment shook the world and turned al-Durrah into a symbol of the second Palestinian Intifada ⤵️

YouTube video by RNZ MATA Reports | Not Her Destiny: Former church member asks "Did I not deserve to be protected?" | RNZ

Brian & Hannah Tamaki and Destiny Church are responsible for decades of preventable harm to children.
Enabling abusers, emboldening abusers, protecting abusers.
This shit is still happening now.
Why is this sick-as-fuck Christo-fascist cult of abuse not being shut down?
#nzpol