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Grant Brookes

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Director @nznoaotearoa. Registered Nurse. Views here my own. Activism is the rent I pay for living on the planet ✊🌹🍉

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Lyndy McIntyre has been the voice of a movement which transformed the lives of working people, like Rebecca from Sth Sudan. Thanks to the collective power of Living Wage Aotearoa NZ, Rebecca can pay her bills & spend time with her kids. The story is told in a new book. We have the Power to Win

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Aotearoa Healthcare Workers for Palestine are holding our inaugural AGM this Sunday, timed to allow a presentation from our esteemed guest speaker. Join us as we reflect on the past year and establish an enduring health sector voice for Palestine in Aotearoa NZ
www.instagram.com/p/C8-_jNJPyC...

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Sarah Pallett - previously MP for Ilam 's avatar Sarah Pallett - previously MP for Ilam @sarah4ilam.bsky.social
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Shocking but wholly unsurprising.
#nzpol

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Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara's avatar Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara @taipo.bsky.social
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My new years wish is for this country to endure through this period of difficulty, coming out the other side of all of this stronger together.

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Mask Up Comments and Opinions's avatar Mask Up Comments and Opinions @commentsandopi2.bsky.social
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"Just 3% of non-attendance was due to family holidays, with the majority due to illness, he said."
Ruh roh! Turns out forcing kids to school sick just spreads it around.
#kikorangi
#nzpol
Schools hit by winter ills, say 90% attendance is 'impossible'

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Protest and Survive's avatar Protest and Survive @postnatodepression.bsky.social
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25 July 1893 edition of Te Paki o Matariki, newspaper of the Kīngitanga. The masthead depicts Matariki & is an adaptation of the coat of arms of the Kīngitanga. ‘Te Paki o Matariki’ is also the name of a song associated with the Māori King Movement. Archives New Zealand.

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Serena Moran spoke on behalf of Aotearoa Healthcare Workers for Palestine at a Unions Wellington forum last night. “Why Palestine is a trade union issue” also featured Teachers for Palestine & Mohammed Arouri from the General Union of Palestinian Workers. vt.tiktok.com/ZSYubq9Rh/

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It is outrageous that the Massey University Foundation is funding genocide by investing in Israeli Government Bonds. Please add your name to this call for divestment from Students for Justice in Palestine.
(our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ma...)

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Ms Hooper's avatar Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social
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Nasty Social Development Minister Louise Upston defends Government's funding cut for community food providers

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How Doctors Without Borders announced the murder of one of their staffers by Israel in Gaza followed by how the Times of Israel reported it. The strike also killed 5 other people, including 3 children.

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Foxy esquire's avatar Foxy esquire @foxylustygrover.bsky.social
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RNZ whipped around Picton with a mic & understandably they are all furious at government, most saying a rethink should take place on the cancelled order. Willis is going to have a trouble with this. My fav: "I thought it was an earthquake but it was just a big problem for government"

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D Jukic's avatar D Jukic @dejanajuk.bsky.social
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“Cooper Legal, a law firm which specialises in human rights, said on X that boot camps do not have have never worked.

They represented a punitive approach that did more harm than good, it said.” www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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Chewie's avatar Chewie @chewienz.bsky.social
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Petition to rename the aratere to the nicola willis? Simeon brown can be the next one

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Fin's avatar Fin @finsarg.bsky.social
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The thing people don't seem to grasp when it comes to "budget blowouts" is that it isn't a failure to keep costs within a budget, it's a failure to budget properly in the first place.

A project will cost what it costs. Budgets are just a prediction of that cost.

#nzpol #interislander #aratere

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BtheLane's avatar BtheLane @bthelane.bsky.social
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This government has made some dumb decisions. The cancelling of the ferries would have to be up there as the dumbest.

Aratere ferry grounding will cause 'issues' for inter-island freight - union www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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People must be doubting the value of adding the Environment Minister to the proposed 'fast track' decision process, given the nous of the incumbent Penny Simmonds. #nzpol

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 's avatar Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social
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Ever sat in the Gallery while Simeon Brown is demonstrating how little he knows about cannabis and the difference between detecting cannabis use and detecting driver impairment? I have. He's proud to be stupid.🙄 Doesn't care that all the experts and all the evidence shows he's wrong.😡

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Coley's avatar Coley @coleytangerina.bsky.social
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Just to be clear:

The ACT Party’s decision to bully a university on social media for having a dedicated space on campus for Māori and Pacifica students, resulted in those students and staff receiving death threats.

www.nzherald.co.nz/talanoa/auck...

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David Marshall 's avatar David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social
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I can't remember a tech campaign this relentless.

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Grant Brookes's avatar Grant Brookes @grantbrookesnz.bsky.social
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“Emergency doctors and nurses call for ceasefire

Peak emergency medical & nursing bodies of Australia and Aotearoa NZ call for an immediate and sustainable ceasefire to end the escalating health crisis in #Gaza.” Co-signed by NZNO & College of Emergency Nurses NZ
acem.org.au/News/June-20...

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The crowd was huge, the signs were sassy, and the vibes were impeccable! ✊💚

Some pics from yesterday’s #MarchforNature in Tāmaki Makaurau, as an estimated 20,000 people filled the central city to overflowing.

A super positive, highly energised and life-affirming event. Well done, everyone.

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Transparency & accountability out the window and because they make Luxon look ill-informed and playing 2nd fiddle to ACT & NZF. #nzpol

“Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has ended the convention of regularly holding a post-Cabinet press conference even in weeks where Parliament is not sitting.”

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔)))'s avatar (((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3503...

At the weekend we saw over 20,000 people from all walks of life demonstrating that they do not want this bill to be passed. The hubris and nonchalant attitude towards our people and the environment is breathtaking.

#NzPol #Aotearoa #Nz

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“Ōtaki MP Tim Costley owns a $1.4m riverside home in Waikanae, two rental properties in Palmerston North, and a Wellington flat.
He claims the taxpayer-funded perk for the capital property, where he stays during the weeks Parliament is sitting.” #nzpol

www.thepost.co.nz/a/politics/3...

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An authoritatian surveillance state, perhaps? That protest chant has a hint of prophecy: “In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians”

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#BREAKING The NZ govt has been secretly using Israeli spyware to search encrypted platforms for audio, video, images & text - collecting info without a person knowing - including family details, financial, health, political & religious information.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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Jennifer Duval-Smith 's avatar Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social
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The photographer must have just hugged themselves with joy as they lined him up.

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MeatMechSuit's avatar MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social
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Four minutes of coverage of stupid trump, including in-studio graphics, but a large protest right here in NZ for disability funding gets 2 seconds, buried in another story.

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 kaiwhiu 's avatar  kaiwhiu  @aotearoa-nz.bsky.social
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From the people that brought you:

There's METH in the WALLS!

Comes:

Kāinga Ora ran up DEBT by building HOUSES!!
#NZPol

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