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Our wonderful registered counsellor Veronica has some opening for new clients, and is offering sessions at Auckland Women's Centre for $100. All women and non-binary whānau welcome.

Click the link or give us a call on (09) 376 3227 to enquire about an appointment. awc.org.nz/counselling/

Greens ask PM to condemn 'outwardly racist' rhetoric NZ First's Shane Jones yelled "Send the Mexicans home" during a debate on Tuesday.

Heated debate in the house is not an excuse for racism and xenophobia. #chaosistheladder

Worst towel wronger ever 😅

Aotearoa Free From Stalking supports: item: Putting stalking in the Crimes Act item: The proposed list of stalking types (broadly: surveillance; following; unwanted contact; life sabotage; taonga/property damage; any distressing or frightening act eg threats) item: Including stalkers’ harmful use of others, and stalking of family members (eg using or threatening children to get at their mum) and interference with pets item: Victims being able to keep their distress more private (as stalking consists of acts “which would cause fear or distress to a reasonable person” rather than to the specific victim) item: Police being able to warn a stalker after one act (this has helped prevent escalation in some cases overseas) item: Convicted stalkers being prohibited from owning a gun for ten years – to protect victims Aotearoa Free From Stalking does not support: item: That for stalking to be considered a crime, it requires: subitem: 3 acts (it should require only 2 acts) subitem: a time frame (3 acts in 12 months; it should require 2 acts in an unspecified time) subitem: the stalker knowing their acts will likely cause fear or distress (it should be “knows or ought to know” to cover denial, and deluded stalkers) new item: AFFS does not support excluding acts of stalking friends, employers, employees and supporters (such as refuge workers) of the primary target item: AFFS does not support police being able to warn a stalker without letting the victim know and without taking the victim’s informed preference into account item: AFFS does not support that people charged with stalking but not yet convicted don’t mandatorily lose the right to own a gun (conviction can take years) item: AFFS does not support that there’s no mandatory consideration of stalker rehabilitation, such as non-violence programmes, and/or psychological, psychiatric, cultural and/or addiction interventions

Another submission opportunity, folks - this time for a law we've actually asked for! Let's ensure the anti-stalking bill isn't bait-and-switch. Closes 13 Feb. Our guides aim to help stalking victims decide how to have their say. awc.org.nz/options-anti...

Marae-based study into psychoactive mushroom for treating methamphetamine addiction completes first phase of trials Over the past month the first cohort of participants have undergone sessions with mushroom extract containing a specific dose of psilocybin at Rangiwaho Marae south of Gisborne.

What an innovative approach.

Deeply disturbing.

My aunty told me about this thirty years ago but I had my doubts. As always, should have listened to aunty.

Snapshot of discourse in comments responding to ACT Party's post on Facebook, & those by Hobsons Pledge. A broadly shared, awful vocabulary - defined by violative, dehumanising, denigrating, & dangerous speech targeting Māori - illuminates an ideological overlap too. Govt gives all this succour.

I want to get on Red Note too. You've convinced me to download the app.

Graphic design of a Māori waharoa. A noho marae takatāpui weaving event on Waitangi Weekend.

What a great idea for Waitangi Weekend. Scan the QR code for more information.

Kia ora Sally😍

Thanks for your mahi 🔥🙌🏾

What a disgrace. Khabib would actually be a helpful and selfless person in an emergency and I would want to be seated near him. I would trust him more than others and I can understand his English just fine!

Jane Kelsey's Submission on the proposed Regulatory Standards Bill A guest post by Emeritus Professor Jane Kelsey, sharing her in-depth knowledge of neoliberalism and the Regulatory Standards Bill

Jane Kelsey's Submission on the proposed Regulatory Standards Bill is an informative piece. A good read if you want to know more.
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RNZ headline “water bottlers face no summer restrictions as residents told to cut back”

“This Is What Our Ruling Class Has Decided Will Be Normal” #nzpol #climatechange

I missed this. Is there somewhere I can watch it?

The Treaty Principles Bill going through the Justice Committee has received record responses, triple the submissions of any previous Bill.

The image is the landing page on Māori Television for the documentary, 'Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen'. Picture features Merata Mita, and her son Hepi Mita as a young child, in profile.

Available worldwide, watch 'Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen' here:https: www.maoriplus.co.nz/movie/merata

Nau mai! See you around the Bluesky!

Kia ora, I joined Bluesky today to transition away from the Metaverse. Looking forward to friends, old and new. Ngā manaakitanga.

Kia ora Ella, I am following your lead 💜