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Joe Biden said without Israel, Jewish people wouldn't be safe.
Israeli officials just dragged an American Jewish man to his knees, made him take a photo op with the Israeli flag, and yelled in his face and called him a terrorist

Disappearing people, disappearing morals – how two years has changed Gaza and Israel | Orly Noy There can be no healing until the world stares into and acknowledges the void torn open by this conflict, says Israeli journalist Orly Noy

Disappearing people, disappearing morals – how two years has changed Gaza and Israel

There can be no healing until the world stares into and acknowledges the void torn open by this conflict

Orly Nor

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I actually agree that MPs should feel safe in their homes*. Benjamin should feel safe in their home. They should feel like their child is safe. Hana should feel safe in her home. Winston *directly caused* AND downplayed the harm those two people faced. It's the hypocrisy for me.

Image shows NZ unemployment climbing relative to other countries and groups of countries.

OECD comparison of changes in unemployment relative to 2019 average. Second image shows all oecd countries. I remain baffled by the media not asking the obvious questions here: 'How have we fked up so badly? Who is accountable?'

4300 teens will be thrown off jobseekers as youth jobs disappear across the country.

More stress, more homelessness, more domestic violence, more poverty, more crime, more prisoners, more profit for PPPs - National Party's back on track is right on track #nzpol

I'm so hung up on Christopher Luxon saying "oh well the government has advised people not to go to Gaza for many years" as though Rana, Youssef and Samuel were on an ill-advised ski trip and not, you know, deliberately engaged in humanitarian efforts to deliver aid to victims of genocide

Not surprised but awful all the same.

“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.

Government unveils strategy for the defence industry The plan will lift New Zealand's defence spending to more than 2 percent in the next eight years with the Defence Minister seeking to have New Zealand develop weapons for export.

So Collins wants New Zealand to become an international arms dealer.
My kiwisaver fund explicitly excludes weapons because they're incompatible with ethical fund management, but here's Judith Collins gleefully announcing our entry into this appalling trade. WT actual F.
#nzpol

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Rich-lister controlled charity posts surplus after Govt funding boost to its childcare centres BestStart is the largest operator in the early childhood sector, with over 260 centres.

Wright Family Foundation receives over $300 million of taxpayers' funding & posts $41.6 million op. profit. The business was converted to a "charity" & pays no tax.
The Wright Family bankrolled Sean Plunkett & The Platform, which regularly attacks govt 'handouts' #nzpol
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At least 53 Palestinians killed in fresh wave of Israeli attacks on Gaza Military offensive stepped up as Hamas leaders consider Trump’s 20-point peace plan

The racists in the UK are not the ones attending pro-Palestine marches this weekend.

The racists in the UK are the ones saying that you shouldn’t protest 53 Palestinians being murdered because two Jewish people were also murdered on the same day.

Some of us can condemn both.

Ben Gvir, Israeli Knesset Member who has several convictions for terrorism, demeaning himself in front of the activists from the flotilla by ranting and calling them terrorists

#NZPol

‘Poverty in Aotearoa is not accidental’: How our systems deliberately keep people poor All of this is avoidable – so how do we fix what's broken?

Disabled Māori face higher rates of hardship, poor health, and exclusion. Huhana Hickey calls it what it is: poverty by design.

YouTube video by Associated Press Global Sumud Flotilla LIVE: Boat sails toward Gaza carrying aid

LIVE: Livestream from cameras of the Marinette as the last remaining boat of Global Sumud Flotilla continues to sail towards Gaza

Watch live with us, The Resistance continues with all force 👇

LIVESTREAM OF MARINETTE: STILL SAILING TO GAZA YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

Et soudain surgit droit au vent ... ⛵

Et vous , vous êtes plutôt Marine ou #Marinette 🥹

Incroyable, ces navigateurices qui ont réussi à faire des pirouettes et des silences et des sur-communication sur l'autre flotille pour que PAF, au milieu de la nuit !
#GolbalSumudFlotilla #BreakTheSiege

Will Alexander nterviewing a fellow passenger on board the Conscience on its way to Gaza in a flotilla of 8 vessels

#NZPol

Government explored ban on people voting outside their electorate The justice minister had said it was “worth exploring” requiring people to be in their electorate to vote, one of the ideas for cutting down on the number of special votes.

Nice democracy you got here. But don't worry, we're only planning to disenfranchise an entire electorate's worth of people

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What do you call a deputy PM who wants all legislation run through his hand-picked ministry, wants to remove regulations, and doesn’t even follow normal democratic processes? #nzpol

Most Government policies skip normal process Officials are increasingly complaining about constraints when preparing new laws or policies, with time pressures the most common issue.

Officials drafting Government policy say more than half of the time they are being "constrained" from following a normal policy process.

New story from me in The Post:

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Family of 21yo disabled Aucklander told to consider rest home care Disabled New Zealanders requiring more complex care, like 21-year-old Mitchell Cawdron, are being forced to consider aged care due to the lack of accommodation options.

It’s time for real investment in supported living for all ages.

Gaza Sumud flotilla live tracker: Israel begins to intercept ships Activists on board Global Sumud Flotilla report interceptions after Israeli vessels approached.

updates here: www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Picture of the flotilla with the caption: Israel has illegally intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla

Israeli warships have surrounded the Global Sumud Flotilla — over 50 vessels.

The flotilla insists on breaking the blockade to deliver aid to Gaza.

(Mondoweiss)

Poster from Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa calls to Protest Winston Peters Friday 3 October 10.30am outside Port Otago office, Beach Street Port Chalmers

OTĒPOTI ACTION: Protest Winston Peters & Shane Jones at Port Chalmers this Friday morning.

Meet up outside the Port Otago office on Beach St in Port Chalmers at 10.45 am.

#FreePalestine #AntiGenocide #InternationalLaw

Local consultation key in next steps for EGL sites — CCS Disability Action The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) has released new information about how upcoming changes to disability support services may apply to Enabling Good Lives (EGL) sites. This follows the recent...

The Ministry of Social Development has released new information about how upcoming changes to disability support services may apply to Enabling Good Lives (EGL) sites.

More info here: tinyurl.com/yausjc4z

It’s so appalling that rights just get wiped away at the stroke of a pen like this. Another egregious decision by this government.

FYI I’ll be on TVNZ Breakfast from 7:05am to talk about the age of eligibility for NZ Super. I say don't extend it. It’s not fair on manual workers, Maori, Pasifika, the disabled & those in 30s/40s without the unearned wealth those in 60s/70s are now sitting on. Land tax/wealth tax better. #nzpol

Cartoon. Title: “Shake-Up”. Image shows the Beehive surrounded by debris of collapsed buildings. A voice (David Seymour) is saying from the Beehive, “This is a win for logic over emotion” from the right of the frame a speech bubble is rising up from the wreckage, groaning. An arrow is pointing to this, and labelled, “A surfeit of emotion” while in the lower right is written, “So said the man in the building on base isolators”

NZ government overhauls earthquake-prone building classification. Let’s not forget that 185 people died, and several thousand were injured, in the 2011 earthquake in Christchurch.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #earthquakes #Insurance #TheCostOfALife

World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say

World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s

- Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, say analysts @iied.bsky.social

#climatecrisis
Story by me
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Gutted to see fire safety and disability access being removed, I worked so hard to have these provisions retained when I was on the select committee considering the earthquake strengthening bill.