Govt to remove requirement for school boards to give effect to Treaty of Waitangi Boards will still need to try to achieve equitable outcomes for Māori.

An article with one (1) half-thought about why it might be important to require school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti, or any broader context around why the erosion of it might be a high priority for this government.
Propaganda presents information in a one-sided way to persuade an audience.

Mental health crisis: Wait times for distressed callers more than double as urgent calls for help rise Crisis teams are often only able to respond to “the worst-case scenario”.

“Due to the increasing complexity of distress and needs of the people they are supporting, they told us they are often only able to respond to ‘the worst-case scenario’.”

Thinking about how our government actively chooses to do nothing about this, and what an ignored crisis means for a second term.

Siouxsie Wiles: Why I’m crowdfunding despite winning my legal battle 'Between the ERA and the Employment Court, my husband and I have spent over $632,000.'

Explainer piece is here: thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1... thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1...

Crowdfunding campaign is here: www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

So for the record, I didn’t make millions from media interviews (media don’t pay) or govt/Pfizer handouts. I charged for giving some vaccine webinars, but donated all the money to my lab. I don’t regret that as it supported two early career researchers, one of whom is now running her own lab.

Screenshots of comments left on Facebook. Comment one reads: "She's a fat pinked haired freak show, imagine that fat cun+ giving out health advice". Comment two reads: "You are an absolute nutjob!!! And YOU should be un prison!!! And you are a LIAR, and a attention seeker, You should be embarrassed and ashamed of yourself!!! NOBODY GIVE THIS WITCH MONEY !!! SHE IS A LIAR !!" Comment three reads; "Fuck off bitch, fuck what u think". Comment four reads: "You're a joke hopefully we get covid tribunals soon Seems to me like you were wrong along, and worst still, you KNEW you were wrong yet you were blindly guided by the "science" of Comrade Jacinda. You need to be held accountable". Comment five reads: "You don't deserve a cent. From anyone. Our corrupt politicians stupidly gave you a public platform to spew your garbage. You lied to the country about covid, deaths, cases, lockdowns, masks, social distancing and safe and effective vaccines. You lied, people died. And you gaslit those good people bravely standing up and telling the truth. You and your woke lying mates created the fear and confusion amongst our people. You should be tried, charged and jailed for the damage you have done". Comment six reads: "Hope you're absolutely bankrupt evil pink-haired lying witch". Comment seven reads: "how much money did you make from all those media appearances during covid?? Surely enough to cover your legal fees????". Comment eight reads: "You're a fat pinked haired hack". The final comment reads: "So are school boys still able to ejaculate after getting covid (thinking face emoji) you said they would not be able to in the leaflets you distributed to schools?? you should be the one being sued for your bullshit information during Covid, you made millions of public money telling lies you sick twat".

It’s nuts the crap people believe about me. Someone even thinks I leafleted schools to scare boys into getting vaccinated! That may just sound silly, but misinformation and disinformation like this means some people want me and others like me jailed or even dead. It’s heartbreaking.

Cartoon. Title: BIOHAZARD in this cartoon we see the Skytower in Auckland swaying from side to side with a gigantic yellow legged wasp. The alarms are sounding as its dominance is taking over the skyline. Above three helicopters circle it throwing flyers in its direction. A man shouts out if his tall building "what are they doing?!" And a woman below shouts back, "throwing 1000's of flyers at it!"

My cartoon In today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Eradication of this new biohazard in Auckland should be priority number one. Unfortunately the MPI (Ministries for Primary Industries) is opting for a soft approach. Flyers and chats...

#NzPol #Biohazard #Cartoon #Wasp #KingKong #Skytower

NZ Herald: Explainer: You own one home and you’re currently living in it, how Labour’s CGT could still apply Thomas Coughlan 4 Nov, 2025

NZME's Thomas Coughlan once again rushes to scare-monger about a tiny percentage of edge cases while ignoring the actual, current govt policies that are negatively affecting the majority of people.

Stuff: "They need to be focused on governing in the interests of all NZers': Hipkins continues to hold the door for Te Pati Maori

The media will play this "Labour refuses to rule out working with the extremists" song up until the election but will never once ask Luxon if he's comfortable working with the extremist parties he's currently working with. In fact, they make excuses for him, saying he can't control ACT and NZF MPs.

Tens of billions: Why the bill for planned Roads of National Significance keeps going up Latest estimates put the cost at 23 times that of Dunedin Hospital's rebuild - but why has the bill gone up so much?

"The latest estimates puts just 17 roads in the range of $44 - $54 billion."

And Nicola Noboats scrapped the two iRex ferries and port infrastructure,costing approx NZ$4 billion - 10% of the rising roads blowout.

These"genuises"in National couldnt run a corner Dairy.
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I assume someone already has an OIA in for records of these calls from parents, right?

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has faced a welter of negative submissions by groups invited by the Expert Panel to make comment. Presumably this has upset Bishop. These groups have rights to test Expert Panel decisions in court on issues of law. It is these rights that Bishop is proposing to limit with his Fast Track amendment

The National Party Campaign Cttee Chair, Chris Bishop, wearing his Infrastructure Minister hat, has introduced new changes to the Fast Track Act further restricting people's ability to test the fast track decisions in court. The fast tracked TTR seabed mining project, supported by Nat donors, ...

The Nazi Who Built Mount Hutt The untold story of how a former Waffen-SS soldier lied his way into New Zealand — and got away with it.

NZ loves a Nazi
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Museum’s attempt to show ‘both sides’ of World War II ‘uncomfortable’ At Geraldine’s Military Museum, amid the tanks and machinery of war, a display aims to show “the other side” of the conflict.

ah, "both sides" is it?

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Meanwhile our actual veterans are still fighting for compensation. FFS.

Teachers shocked by government decision to remove Treaty of Waitangi requirement in schools The minister had been moving to change the requirement, but has announced it will remove it altogether.

"Our tamariki Māori have a right to learn about their histories, hear their language and experience their culture. Effectively… without a clear obligation, schools will be pressured by extremists to delete Māori from the curriculum in the school programmes.“

The quiet part of the plan, out loud.

#BHN could you imagine if Republicans removed US Constitution requirements in schools #nzpol #nzpolitics

National Party Campaign Chair Chris Bishop, wearing his Infrastructure Minister hat, is restricting the parties that Expert Panels can ask to provide evidence in the fast track process. And is changing law so if you are not asked to provide evidence you can't appeal #Trump eds.org.nz/wp-content/u...

Measles left me blind, this is why vaccinations matter Olivia En contracted measles as a baby living as a refugee in Vietnam, where vaccines were not an option for her family.

You could put this in front of anti-vaxxers and all you'd get is:

"Yes, but... [insert pseudo-science/feels/influencer "advice"].

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Tomorrow we get labour market data. Expect some people to point to the job ad data as a sign that the 'worst is behind us'. It's not - not for the hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders needing work. We aren't 'back on track' and this data doesn't change that.

With 400,000 people wanting more work and not being able to get it - small shifts in job ads won't cut it. There are 36,309 more people on Jobseeker over the past two years (217,818 in Sep 2025), and the only plan is to take it away from 18/19 year olds.

To call it green shoots would be a mistake. It might better be described as bouncing on the bottom of the cliff. There are some other things we don't know:
- How many of the job ads are full-time?
- How many people are chasing each job?
- What is the pay for these jobs?
- How many jobs are needed?

Across all skills levels job ads are down across two years. But low/unskilled jobs have been hit particularly hard. How much this is due to changing employment patterns in the economy is unclear. The loss of highly skilled job ads might explain some of our migration issues

Across 10 jobs sectors measured by MBIE job ads are down across 2 years.
- Down 27% in construction
- Down 33% in health
- Down 31% in IT
- Down 35% in manufacturing
- Down 30% in sales

Even down 16% in primary industries

MBIE measures job ads across 10 regions. Across 2 years (Sept 2023) Job ads are down in every region.
- Down 34% in Auckland
- Down 35% in Wellington
- Down 32% in Manwatu/Whanganui
- Down 33% in Northland
- Down 26% in Waikato

Down everywhere

#nzpol On Morning Report today Ingrid said "Should we say green shoots?" in response to a tiny lift in MBIE job ads. Anything that shows a better labour market should be welcomed - but is that really what's going on? The honest answer is not really - job ads are down 30% in 2 years. A🧵

'Enough is enough' - New Zealand First wants to ban private fireworks "The abuse and misuse of fireworks has far outgrown any of the benefits," claims Winston Peters.

God I hate it when Winston Peters says something I agree with.

Thankfully it happens very rarely.

Govt announces local quotas on Streaming. | TV Tonight Streaming platforms will need to invest at least 10% of their total expenditure for Australia – or 7.5% of their revenue – on new local drama, children’s, documentary, arts and educational programs.

Australia has announced a local quota for steaming platforms. It would be great if NZ would do the same. Currently our Government is too afraid of upsetting the USA by doing anything that would be seen as disadvantaging US companies in the local market.