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Southeast Asian MPs to ASEAN: Will You Honour Your Declaration or Greenlight Myanmar Junta’s Sham Elections? - APHR JAKARTA, 4 August 2025— As Myanmar military reshuffles its power under the guise of electoral reform, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) joins the regional collective outcry following Min ...

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Ugh. "In the letter, the general commended Trump’s “strong leadership” and praised his administration for defunding US-backed media outlets critical of the regime." www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...

All the dropkicks who shouldn’t get to vote Act says new electoral law changes only got rid of the 100,000 dropkicks who shouldn’t get to vote anyway. But why stop there?

"If we’re going to disenfranchise people for not being engaged enough in politics, or thinking the wrong way about tax, why stop with just the election-day enrollers?" thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...

Passport langauge order, Winston's Aotearoa tantrums, the electoral enrolment changes... etc, don't make butter cheaper or address any real cost of living issues. No, they just play to the frothing at the mouth, racist, angry white boomer parts of N/ACT/NZF support base before the next election.

Hi Hannah. It's appalling and cyncial. They pushed it through Parliament under urgency in 30 hours.

Kate Sheppard would be rolling in her grave after this week’s events, writes Verity Johnson OPINION: I can’t work out which part of this week’s pay equality law change was the most horrifying.

Exactly: "If they want to do this, they need to be honest. They need to say, “this is terrible for women’s rights. But we did it anyway to save money..." www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...

Protect Pay Equity – stop scrapping equal pay claims and law Sign the petition: Protect Pay Equity

Please support this: www.together.org.nz/fbt_for_pay_...

Luxon on RNZ this morning blahs on about governments getting re-elected because they focus on 'what matters to people' - Ingrid Hipkiss then completely missses the chance to ask him then why his coalition is so concerned about who uses bathrooms or dobbing in road cones.

The Attacks on Benjamin Doyle are Depraved Ani O'Brien, Chantelle Bakers lead the way supported by many on the right - including Winston Peters and Nick Mowbray

My article tonight - Attacks on Benjamin Doyle are deprived. And have no doubt - that's exactly what it is - depraved people willing to harm innocent people and their families for political gain.

#nzpol

This carry on plus ACT's agenda to get on local councils, as if they're not angry, white, and right enough already. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

PH, New Zealand eye military deal soon amid China concerns Officials said the Philippines and New Zealand are expected to conclude a visiting forces agreement within the year.

"The Philippines and New Zealand officially started negotiations for the Sovfa on Jan. 23 in Manila."... Has this been mentioned at all in the news here? www.inquirer.net/428071/ph-ne...

Oh, so Seymour will go on RNZ when Kathryn Ryan gives him a platform to spout off about his Regulatory Standards Bill.

Hi, I’m God.

I had nothing to do with saving that guy’s life or making him president.

Watch: Elon Musk makes 'odd-looking' salute at Trump's inauguration At the end of his speech, Elon Musk held his hand to his chest and raised his arm straight, outwards towards the sky.

So is this how RNZ would have reported this in the 1930s?..."Hitler makes odd looking gesture at rally". FFS.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

You stop looking at social media for 20 minutes and look what happens...

So, RNZ gets in Ben Thomas to spray some BS gloss on Luxon's 'reshuffle.'

What is ‘waste colonialism’ and why has Thailand banned imports of plastic? China had taken in nearly half of the world’s plastic waste since 1992 until it imposed an import ban in 2018.

Thailand has stopped importing plastic waste from countries like New Zealand in an effort to curb toxic pollution in the country.

#BreakFreeFromPlastic

Table describing the evaluation outcomes, comparing the RSB principle with the TPB assessment. The table shows that the TPB fails all the RSB principles

Just for fun, we conducted an evaluation of the TPB using the good law-making principles in the RSB ... it did not go well for Mr Seymour's headline racism project

The banality of racism (with apologies to Arendt). | Minister says no to making Rangitīkei macron official www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

Myanmar’s rebels liberate territory – administrating it is the next battle Al Jazeera visits liberated area in Karen State where establishing a civil administration is the next task for fighters.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...

I can’t get over how cartoonishly evil this is

putting in your fucking “hate speech” policy that a particular kind of hate speech against a particular group of people is explicitly allowed - and therefore encouraged - is the kind of shit that should be done from a volcano lair with a shark moat

Star of Bethlehem by Banksy. 🎨 😔 🙏
#GazaGenocide #Christmas2024

Myanmar junta intimidates aid groups in effort to hide hunger crisis Myanmar’s army has warned aid workers not to release data showing millions are hungry. Fearing retaliation, aid groups have held back publicizing their findings

Last story of 2024 - a @reuters.com team of reporters on the effort by Myanmar’s junta to cover up increasingly desperate hunger. The military warned against the release of research detailing the crisis, which has been driven by conflict and its own policies.

www.reuters.com/investigates...

#BHN Best of 2024 tonight at 9pm
- Mihingarangi Forbes vs David Seymour
- Harry Tam on gang patches
- Plunkets "middle name" debacle and hypocrisy
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social

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Karen National Union considers how to improve border governance Guest contributor Saw Kapi The Karen National Union (KNU), one of Myanmar’s largest and most influential ethnic resistance organizations, is a vital force in the struggle for autonomy and rights for t...

"By prioritizing accountable and innovative governance, the KNU has the opportunity to enhance its leadership and legitimacy, while strengthening its institutions, and contribute to a broader vision of peace and development in the region." english.dvb.no/karen-nation...

The BBC's Civil War Over Gaza The BBC is facing an internal revolt over its reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza. Owen Jones investigates.

This has been evident from the BBC (and NY Times) since Oct last year. www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-...

YouTube video by DOC Studios #BHN 2024 yearly wrap all the fact and figures and how we've grown

#BHN 2024 yearly wrap all the fact and figures and how we've grown as a show and where to from here
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social @xkaosmagex.bsky.social @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social

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KNU says it has recaptured its former HQ after almost 30 years The fall of Manerplaw in January 1995 was a major blow to the group and allied pro-democracy forces fighting Myanmar’s former military junta

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This isn’t a wake-up call for the government, it’s an alarm. Excluding COVID lockdowns, this is the fastest fall in Production GDP over six months since June 1991. The economy isn’t back on track, its derailed.

I last updated this chart just before the global inflation crisis & post Covid19...

Covid aside, the simple face of the matter is Labour (the left) pays down debt while (on the whole) providing better essential services & infrastructure, National increases debt & stops spending - it's fucked