I do not understand how the ABSOLUTELY VOLUNTARY destruction of the original ferry replacement is not a massive political scandal?!
It was a reflexive ideological decision that has disadvantaged the country significantly.
ok so the doctors visits was already announced and had a follow up 'shitty loans to private GPs' announcement, but where are the big policy headliners for good jobs or affordable homes?
or, like these seats, are all three actually pretty absent?
I really wish the left wing parties talking about "free GP appointments" would at least get in touch with the College of Primary Health Care Nurses, because they're really missing a huge part of the problem by only centring GPs in their discussions, policies, and rhetoric.
Kia ora Russell,
Gorgeous interview with Tom. I built that studio a couple years ago for him & it was an absolute blessing to spend that kind of time with him. Sending you such love & kindness for your loss.
Lincoln Road has multiple pockets today and from my clinic office I can hear constant honking in support of the #Oct23strike.
This is a historic day for workers rights in Aotearoa New Zealand
Now we've seen the result of this appeal, journalists can start releasing their stories about how involved Jago was with the ACT Party and David Seymour, right?
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
#NZpol The "go slower" on emergency service buildings sounds off.
You’d think emergency service buildings should _always_ be built to higher standards, surely, and be high priority.
Likewise for buildings intended as safe havens in times of crisis.
The economy must be going super good when the Reserve Bank Governor and Chair resign within six months of each other, having both conflicted with the Finance Minister over the role of the Reserve Bank and how it is funded to be independent. That's a sign of the recovery being around the corner.
There are few joys in my life quite like being cuddled by three cats simultaneously who don’t like each other
Winston Peters is engaging in exactly the same kind of stochastic terrorism used by Brian Tamaki to inspire attacks on queer communities last month. These attacks resulted in seven people being charged with assault and indecent assault. 1/5
Ten PERCENT??
Greens MP: some people don't trust the cops
TPM: We should pursue honouring the treaty
Media: these radicals cannot be in government
NZF: fuck trans peoples right to exist in public
ACT: we're proposing legislation that fucks with the bill of rights act
Media: these are ideas to consider
If you're wondering why we in New Zealand should be worried about the IPCA's incredibly ill-conceived 'helpful' suggestions for reforming protest law & requiring pre-approval, the effect of such laws in the UK is exhibit A.
Regressive and incompatible with a free society.
So what I suggest is more
'i think we need policy xyz, which is why I'm gonna vote Green or TPM because I don't think Labour will do XYZ if they don't have to'
And less 'lab must support XYZ and reject the lib centrist bullshit holding the country back'
Is curia wording Stuff polls now? Because asking if an apple and sandwich is good enough for lunch is not the issue. Starving kids in poverty is the issue.
This being their only meal of the day, is the issue. Working families in poverty is the issue.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
#nzpol
I wonder if the police could use these *new powers* and arrest people who have assaulted people in say, a library, when they’re shown clear footage of assailants committing the harm.
Nah we’ll just leave it to the untrained public huh?
Give these guys the power to violently arrest you what could go wrong? www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/11/e...
And already, this. Perhaps the government could experiment with occasionally thinking it through.
Do you know what minimum wage retail jobs need? A high risk expectation from your employer to stop people who *may* be stealing
What a cop out that will result in so much violence when ultimately retail theft stems from a cost of living crisis and a lack of support
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
A screenshot of the Waikato Times, with the headline, 'I’ve never seen it to that extent' - city leaders flee conspiracy mob. It goes on to say, Hamilton’s deputy mayor was among councillors subjected to an attempted citizen’s arrest at a public meeting overrun by hundreds of conspiracists...
What's that? The government is increasing citizen's arrest powers?
I'm sure that won't go badly at all...
Every announcement this government makes is just baffling. Citizens arrests risk serious harm to both parties. Do not encourage your staff to do this. It breaches your health and safety obligations.
This ad comes from a Ministerial Press Release beehive.govt.nz/release/viol.... It states "Police data shows that violent crime has fallen". In the footnotes it then says "Violent crime is not a category of data that Police tracks". Both these things can't be true.
Domestic violence advocates have been warning that Destiny’s Man Up programme is dangerous for years. Police and the courts keep using it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
📢📢📢TĀMAKI QUEERS AND ALLIES GET AMONGST THIS SUNDAY
Hard no to Police demands for protests to seek permission. Discretion is discrimination, and this is simply a bid to criminalise protests for causes the police or council or the govt of the day would rather ignore
Which is the whole point of protest www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
With Brian Tamaki openly admitting he directly instructed his followers to storm the Te Atatu Peninsula Library on Saturday, I will be personally insulted if he isn't charged with inciting riotous behaviour likely to cause violence. He's directly and publicly admitted guilt.
Today I spoke with a number of those present yesterday and it’s evident they’re dealing still with trauma & injuries.
I hope that they can come forward to help illustrate the scale of the harm that Destiny Church did yesterday.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/destiny-c...
