Dan Benson-Guiu

Friday drinks.

Great to attend the re-opening of PSA house- a Wellington landmark.

At the Regent in Ōtepoti for the premiere of Life in One Chord. #DunedinSound #AotearoaMusic #NZ

He has an incredible ability to say nothing at all. #nzpol

In today’s NZ Herald #nzpol

One year to go #nzpol - everything is political now, te Tīriti, food, housing, identity, workplaces, Palestine. Time to get political whānau.

Greens want to lead Govt, Hipkins not interested in 'arguing' with them The Green Party is holding its annual meeting in Wellington.

“The Green Party is a vehicle for political change – the big ideas factory – inside of our current electoral system. We don’t pretend to be entitled to anything. We invite people into this movement because we want them to own it as much as we do.” #nzpol

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All the Greens are great. The most united caucus we have had, with the most skilled peeps.

And that money is likely going to Australia. Aussie banks and insurance companies are fleecing us.

For people and planet Our candidates for Local Body Elections 2025. Find Green candidates standing for city, district, regional councils and community boards by searching your address. How do I register for Local Election...

Well, do we have a green representative for you! #Aotearoa #Nzpol www.greens.org.nz/local

Project 10: How the government kept the pay equity law change secret Documents reveal how the government worked to keep sweeping pay equity changes hidden until the last minute.

Project 10: How the government kept the pay equity law change secret
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#NZpol

As low as it is, 8% of our Govt continues to wreak *RW extremist havoc*. The repercussions continue to be considerable, bc of what ACT backs - Bills that reach *far into the legislative nuts and bolts* of OUR future.

To stop it we HAVE TO TURN OUT in 2026.

It's *that fucking simple* AoNZ!

What do you do for a broken health system and burnt out healthcare workers?
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Healthcare #Nurses

Enrol to the vote. They’re taking your voice away.

#nzpol

This is the standard of idiocy we have in government. Does he think the words ‘Russian roulette’ are funny in the context of one of the planet’s biggest earthquakes and a current emergency management situation?

#Palestine: We will not be silent.

The Greenest city: Ōtepoti. #nzpol

It looks like I’ll update my passport early just to make sure mine says Uruwhenua Aotearoa.

What a ridiculous policy from the government.

'English-first': Changes confirmed for NZ passport will place English before te reo Māori The current passport, with te reo Māori text first, came into effect in 2021.

Any level of racism aside, out of all the issues facing the world and our country THIS is what Winnie and his followers think is a major issue? The placement of the fucking words!?

Pathetic and pedantic - the same thing Winnie would say if anyone else was pushing for this stupidity.

#nzpol

One photo from on the ground in Gaza Naima Abu Ful, with her 2-year-old malnourished child, Yazan, at their home in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. A growing number of malnourished children are being hospitalised, as the spectre of ...

We can’t turn a blind eye to this. #nzpol #Palestine #Gaza www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

Te Pūkenga loses over $80m in funding, 855 staff ahead of disestablishment The mega-institute lost one in 10 people last year, leading to a 'huge amount' of burnout for remaining staffers.

This govt hates Education:

We’ve taken over. #nzpol #payequity #TEU #NZCTU

Filibuster time.

It shows that Parliament is a colonial institution when MPs call a haka aggressive and deserving of punishment. A haka is about mana, which this government lacks. #nzpol

I bumped into Andrea Vance this morning. She’s been vilified for a column that called out some home truths. I thanked her for her work. Parliamentary privilege is a cloak for cowards. We need a journalistic privilege. #nzpol

Judith Collins defiant over survey involvement: 'The Greens are frankly bonkers' The Public Service Minister claims questions she removed about religion, te reo Māori and rainbow identities because they infringed on people's privacy.

The Greens absolutely terrify the coalition, because they consistently deliver on policy. That's why the Green budget has been attacked daily since its publication

I only hope that Labour can bin Dripkins and follow suit, we need them to
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We need to revive the political conversation to one of justice, fairness and equity. Not one of what we wear and who ‘looks’ like an MP.

Ferries delayed again, then handed to Peters, who hits out at Seymour Seymour lets slip $1.5b cost of ferries & brags Interislander being privatised; Peters says Seymour ‘unhelpful’; Mainfreight, Ports, unions & retailers aghast at delays & ‘rail-enabled’ uncertainty

Bernard Hickey is telegraphing a triple dip recession in Aotearoa in his Kaka podcast this morning. Free listen.

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And psychology at a time when we have a mental health crisis…