Mark Jeffery

Tourists don't have ultimate 'right to the city' Opinion from Auckland University: NZ shouldn’t be making decisions about how Auckland functions based on who spends $20 at Kiwi Giftland on Queen Street, argues Dr Salene Schloffel-Armstrong.

"Luxon proposed a situation to New Zealanders where tourists on a trip of a lifetime have more of a right to exist in our cities than people trying to survive by sleeping on its streets"

Tourists don't have ultimate 'right to the city' newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/03/t...

Q&A: Just how risky is the Iran attack gamble? Comment from Otago University: Why attack Iran now? What will China do about its oil reserves? Is NZ’s response sufficient? International relations expert Professor Robert Patman shares his analysis.

"the New Zealand Government’s statement on the attacks was ambiguous"

Q&A: Just how risky is the Iran attack gamble? newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/03/q...

A future where NZ is lauded, not embarrassed, for its climate action The year ahead: As a climate lawyer, writes Jessica Palairet, I’m often met with a degree of scepticism. What can lawyers, a privileged profession often defending the status quo, do about climate chan...

A future where NZ is lauded, not embarrassed, for its climate action newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/13/n...

From the Other Side of the Bed In this narrative medicine essay, an internist’s life is invaded by what she called the “wild-eyed beast” when her husband was diagnosed with lymphoma.

From the Other Side of the Bed url:

"Cancer insisted that I stop everything and turn toward it full-hearted and full-time."

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

"We were missing 12 whole nurses [over the day] and we only have 13 nurses on the morning shift altogether, so we were half staffed. It was absolutely nuts."

Remember there is no nursing shortage according then Minister Reti or TWO Commissioner Lester Levy.

Holy shit - say it like it is

Five years ago today I had a total gastrectomy for cancer.
Very grateful to superb surgical & anaesthetic teams for getting me thru major surgery.
It was certainly worth it!
#gastriccancer

Holy shit - it could happen again - "van Velden, the Minister for Workplace Relations & Safety is watering down the regime that was written in their [29 dead miners] blood."
@rebeccamacfie @nzlistener

Luxon himself handed me the Prime Minister's science prize last year. Let me say this in plain English: he's an idiot for running a govt who budgeted more for AI than for the Marsden fund. any journo reading this can quote me on it #nzpol

The Pelicot Trial: A Timeline The trial of Dominique Pelicot for raping and drugging his wife, Gisèle, is about to reach a verdict. Here’s how the events unfolded.

Dominique Pelicot, the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot, pleaded guilty to drugging and raping her for nearly a decade and arranging for dozens of strangers to abuse her unconscious body. A verdict for the trial is expected on Thursday. Here’s how the events in the case unfolded.

Luxon is too much of a coward to attend Waitangi #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Truth be told, it does seem kind of silly to have the FBI do background checks on presidential appointees when the president is a convicted criminal and an adjudicated digital rapist.

Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to redefine the principles that have been used in support of Māori.

Growing awareness of Indigenous resistance in New Zealand. Te Pāti Māori reps breaking into ceremonial protest in Parliament www.google.com/amp/s/www.bb...

This 👇

Today is the 4th anniversary of my total gastrectomy for stomach cancer.
Forever grateful for the skill & professionalism of my surgical, anaesthetic & nursing colleagues.
And not forgetting my Oncologist & that tincture of chemotherapy.
Grateful to wake up each day. 😃

Toitū Te Tiriti Toitū Te Tiriti is tupuna inspired, tiriti led, mana motuhake driven and mokopuna focussed. Our intent is to demonstrate the beginning of a unified Aotearoa response to the Government’s assault on tan...

All details to join the hikoi, or participate in the rallies around the motu, can be found here.
If you can’t join but can donate to help make it easier for others to do so - links are also here.

#toitūtetiriti

Voters were wrong to support Trump. People will tell you this isn't a helpful thing to say. But our role atm isn't to be helpful. It is to be truthful tinyurl.com/5x9hmss7

Protester with sign: pennieplant OVER 2.00 zip-tied Palestinians Found Executed in a HOSPITAL + YOU areupset at our PROTEST??

Sunset walks at Te Henga.

The moon overs above trees and clouds.

This morning's blue sky has a moon in it.

😂😂

Me, wearing a blue beret, with an aperol spritz in hand, at a cafe outside the Pantheon.

I’ve been trying not to talk about this too much but I’ve gotta say, having an aperol spritz after spending an afternoon at the Pantheon is hard to beat.

“If it is possible to see that reasonable people may reason differently, this might help to bring dignity and honour to our debates over Te Tiriti o Waitangi” - I fear we won’t get to this level of maturity.

newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/15/a...

One thing public private partnerships do incredibly well is to funnel public funds into private profit and shareholder dividends. I've yet to see a PPP that delivers a good deal for the public. Thankfully @maxrashbrooke.bsky.social has the receipts.

'Embarrassing': Simeon Brown criticised for halting cycling and walking initiatives The Transport Minister said cycling and walking initiatives are a waste of time and money.

"Frankly it's embarrassing for a government to put the brakes on what's the best bang for buck investment in transport, investing in cycling."

As an aside, I live in Ōtautahi and I saw tino rangatiratanga flags being flown from two different vehicles today.
I’ve almost never seen that in this city outside of an actual protest so my prediction is this thing has legs.

I dont support the removal of Te Aka Whai Ora
I dont support any of the Stop Work notices
I dont support interest deduction for landlords
I dont support removal of references to gender, sexuality or relationships in education guidelines
I don’t support “reform” of firearms laws
#notmygovt #nzpol