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a photograph of the interior of a church. Several people are visible sitting in pews. In the pew immediately in front of the photographer, a black human-sized cardboard cutout in the outline of a woman is visible, as though a shadow is sitting in the pew in front of you.

Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.

$5b-plus blowout for eight Roads of National Significance The Government's 17 Roads of National Significance will cost it at least $44 billion – enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over. Marc Daalder reports.

The Luxon Govt’s bonkers plan to build 17 Big New Roads that we don’t really need will cost us at least $44 billion.

That’s enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over or to massively improve public transport and cycle infrastructure in all our cities. #nzpol

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Protesters: NZ space launches are enabling genocide

Judith Collins: "Perfectly comfortable" with the ethics and work of the industry, the protesters "live in another world"

1 News: Yeah, actually, we OIAd that shit and the human rights abuse warnings about the launches were there from the start

i think people who have a hard on for Ai truly cannot understand that some people are just talented in the arts and have worked hard to become better at their craft. saying this to the creator of one of the best shows ever written is insane.

For Nothing Is Fixed, by James Baldwin For nothing is fixed, forever, forever, forever. it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing. the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are witnesses they have The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

A crowd of people gathers in front of a stone war memorial arch for a protest. Several individuals are holding Palestinian flags, and a large banner with bold black letters is partially visible in the foreground. Some attendees wear backpacks and jackets, and one person is speaking through a megaphone near the arch. The sky is overcast, and a construction crane rises in the background above the trees.

A short notice protest was called in Ōtautahi Christchurch today when Israel intercepted civilian ships in international waters detaining those aboard, including Aotearoa New Zealand citizens.

Columbia has expelled Israeli diplomats. Aotearoa should do the same

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"She had laid down her field notebook for the last time."

Literally brought me to tears.

Buried in the detail about reducing earthquake strengthening is the removal of requirements for disabled access and fire safety. You know who does that? Sociopaths.

UN: “Kids dying of starvation… what we give them is a peanut butter paste. We’ve been told we can’t bring that in because it’s a luxury.”

AMANPOUR: “Seriously?”

Luxon says NZ 'neither pro The Humans nor pro The Machines' #NZPol

Hirbawi Kufiya - Home Of The Palestinian Scarf The Official Hirbawi Kufiya Shop. Buy the Original Palestinian Keffiyeh and more products from Palestine directly from Hirbawi, the last remaining kufiya factory in Palestine.

I got a lot of compliments on my kufiya I wore to a panel last week, so FYI there is one last kufiya manufacturer in Palestine, & you too can own one of these gorgeous textiles & show solidarity w peoples resisting genocide & colonisation www.kufiya.org?srsltid=AfmB...

Landlord tax break cost rose by $800m to $2.9b National’s pre-election fiscal and tax plans costed the policy at $2.1b.

➡️Tobacco - $300million in tax breaks: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/governmen...

➡️Landlords - $2.9billion in tax breaks: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

➡️Wealthy - $14.725 billion in tax cuts: www.bdo.nz/en-nz/micros...

New Zealand desperately needs good health workers and if you're a doctor/NP/nurse who gets a job in the public health system, you can get residency straightaway.

If you're an American looking to leave, it's a good option. Happy to chat further, drop me a DM

Coming soon: Emergency Room Reunion by Amy Blythe. Cover in the centre - image of a man and woman embracing. Around the outside arrow point to the book cover from text reading "It's just physical", Single Mum, Second chance, Hurt comfort, and "Is all this for me?" Release date: December 2025

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Amazing how completely we all stopped talking about the Epstein birthday book. Huh.

Local candidates: it's not much help telling us you're married with 3 kids and have run your own business. I need to know where you stand on issues: fluoridation, cycleways, water, homelessness, climate change mitigation, housing density, libraries, and which issues you care about most.

#coverreveal 😍 I love the devotion on his face, the light in her eyes, the coming-home-ness of it all 🥹

Emergency Room Reunion comes out this December!

people definitely need to differentiate between "stop doing this trope lazily" and "stop doing this trope" because those are just such different things.

and these books are brilliant wrapped in bonkers.

Tomorrow, my newsletter subscribers will get the first glimpse of the gorgeous cover to my debut Harlequin Medical #Romance, Emergency Room Reunion, out December 2025!

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Publishers Marketplace deal report for Emergency Room Reunion by Amy Blythe. Imprint: Harlequin. Amy Blythe's Emergency Room Reunion, in which a woman reunites with her med school sweetheart after he's injured in a hit-and-run and finds herself working with him, to Elena Lodge at Harlequin Medical Romance, in a two-book deal (world).

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Private schools got a boost of $4.6 million under this govt, upping the annual Government funding to $46.2m. David Seymour wants to increase it by more.

A reminder ACT's charter schools are funded at $50,000 per student and took away ~$150m from public schools too

Priorities.

#nzpol

They say the left isn’t doing enough to get men laid, so here’s some male fashion advice: to make the pink buttondown and shorts combo work, accessorize with a hilarious act of civil disobedience

I Got the Call: Meet New Harlequin Medical Romance Author, Amy Blythe Amy Blythe’s debut with Harlequin, Emergency Room Reunion, caught the eye of Harlequin Medical Romance editors when she submitted it…

Oops, I forgot this was coming out! Busy week. www.writeforharlequin.com/i-got-the-ca...

In NZ parliament, saying MPs are spineless is apparently worse than them actually being spineless. #nzpol

Chloe was right, was right to say it and was right not to apologize

There are multiple government MPs who are saying privately they know the govt position is deeply wrong but are putting *themselves* first when it comes to the greatest atrocity of the modern age. That's FAR more than just spineless

My sister, the nurse, has some thoughts;

That they're all the same.

Remember when Tamatha Paul said 'some people don't trust the police' and was then verbally attacked by (mostly) powerful white men? They should apologise to her.

FYI: This is MSF’s typical stance. For them to comment like this is a VERY big deal. Of course it’s obvious that Israel has been committing genocide against Palestine, but for MSF to explicitly state that is in direct opposition to many of their funders. Every inch of ground counts. Free Palestine