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NZ museums and heritage aficionado, shoe fancier, curator baiter, demure chocoholic, and all-round-caffeine fiend. Personal views; Not those of my employer.
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"There are times when I prefer the human race when it sleeps. When it dreams." Dylan Thomas
How I will remember 2016 and 2017.
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Imagine this bullet going into your body. Now imagine it going into a child. 🤬
Keep talking about Palestine because 2.3 million Gazans can't.
Ceasefire NOW and free Palestine from Zionist Israel by stopping the genocide.
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I hope everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand watching
#ThisEngland
on TV1 tonight finally realises what a freakin amazing job our NZ health service and government did with our COVID response in the first 1½ years when there was not even a vaccine.
#nzpol
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Dear Aotearoa New Zealand, it's Waitangi weekend so Chantelle Baker has posted something pathetic and racist in the hopes that you will make her go viral. The best thing you can do is leave her to drown in her own lonely mediocrity. So please don't engage with her further.
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I love how all the sad narcissistic misogynists and antivaxxers are banding together on Twitter to say they 'refuse' to come to New Zealand because we have such an awesome PM in Jacinda Ardern.
The women of Aotearoa NZ are grateful that your ilk will be staying away.
#winning
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Sunday morning observation: Much of the manufactured hate directed towards Jacinda Ardern was created/spread by conservative Christians. It has me wondering how they would treat any return of their Jesus. Jesus taught kindness, generosity, humility. Jacinda exemplified these. 🤔
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I'm Covid vulnerable. I've invested 3 years of sacrifice and effort into ensuring that I didn't catch COVID... because I can't just pop out any buy another kidney.
So I'm "moving on with the certainty" that I will keep wearing my masks in public and at work.
#nzpol
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To the pathetic woman on Lambton Quay who just purposefully walked towards me, turned her head, and coughed up close to my masked face (as I looked the other way). Grow up!
Don't you ever do that again to anyone. Next time, you just might be getting a slap back. 🤬
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New Zealanders need to start symbolicly turning their backs to
@dbseymour
whereever he appears. If, at social function, he tries to insert himself into your group or conversation = turn your back to him. Exclude him. Because if he gets more power he will definitely exclude you.
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My apologies to all my offshore followers. Here in Aotearoa New Zealand, we are experiencing a rather awful general election where the super rich are basically trying to buy the next government. The rise of capitalist fascism is sadly very real. It's all quite disgusting. 🫣
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I'm loving the
#NZHellhole
thread because the glass is always half full for so many people here. Stay positive
#TeamOf5Million
. Be safe, be generous, and be kind.
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IMHO, Grant Robertson is the most transparent and also the most pleasant and empathetic Finance Minister we've had in our govt in my living memory. His presentations at the 1pm stand ups are really good.
He's a really good communicator.
#nzlockdown
#nzpol
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Bravo Helen Clark!
"This isn’t the time to suspend funding to UN’s largest relief & development agency in Gaza."
Helen Clark, a former PM of New Zealand, has said the country should stick to its three-year funding agreement with UNRWA.
🔴 LIVE updates:
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@gmsharmanz
Thanks for providing such public evidence of your propensity for bullying. Which is why you were kicked out of Parliament - bullying and dishonesty. For you to do this as a Doctor, to someone who's had a mental health crisis confirms you're not fit to hold a GP licence in NZ.
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Sorry,
@gwynncompton
but I totally disagree with your framing of Charlotte Bellis. IMHO she was offered spots but said they were 'too soon' for her liking; threw her toys because she wasn’t allowed to enter NZ on a date of her choice; and chose to return to Afghanistan.
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I wish we had a journalist brave enough to ask Luxon whether his silence on the genocide in Gaza has anything to do with:
- Unilever being a company with strong ties to Israel;
- his fundamentalist Christian beliefs;
- siding with USA for future career;
- islamophobia or racism?
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#LeadersDebate
Hipkins anger was on behalf of all of us - the people Luxon's been lying to thru out the campaign, the people who will be pushed into poverty by National just so the already rich can buy more houses, handbags, and champagne party boats.
#NationalNotFitToGovern
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🤬
ACT is finally showing it's true colours. It's a fascist white supremacist party in sheep's clothing.
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I'm genuinely gutted to hear that Dr Bloomfield's stepping down.
Aotearoa New Zealand owes him and his team such a huge debt of gratitude.
Kia kaha Dr B and team
Arohanui. 😭
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Now might also be a good time for NZ peeps to thank all the public servants out there who have been working around the clock this week. You know - the ones you normally call 'those bloody bloated bureaucrats'.
They're the underlying machinery of government.
#GunControl
#nzpol
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No one seems to have said it yet so I will.
I think our PM,
@jacindaardern
, has represented NZ very capably on the international stage during her UN visit.
#nzpol
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@AP
@paulbrislen
In the grand tradition of releasing embarrassing or unpleasant news over the Christmas holidays, Japan's government does the dirty and announces it's recommencing commercial
#whaling
.
So I'm cancelling my holiday to Japan and I won't be buying their goods either.
#BoycottJapan
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Just sending some gratitude & arohanui to all Aotearoa New Zealand's contact tracers, vaccine bookers and deliverers, medical receptionists and technicians, genomic scientists,
@ESRNewZealand
, hospital and healthcare staff, MIQ staff, Emergency Services, & Min of Health staff.
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This morning a rather stupid man tried to ridicule me because I was scanning the
#COVID19NZ
QR Code at my local café.
Don't be foolish like him.
Be wise instead.
Please keep scanning
#ScanQRCodes
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For under 24 hrs I've been trolled by right whinge racists who are against the use of te Reo. It's tedious. Exhausting.
Imagine having to put up with this short of sh*t every single day of your life. Some kiwi are. We Pākehā need to do more as a society to silence hate.
#nzpol
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What an incredible
#Covid19NZ
service we have! I had my test at 2pm on Saturday and got my results text at 7.54pm the following day (Sunday).
NZ needs to realise how good our response system really is.
Thank you to everyone making this level if service possible.
#nzlockdown
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#LeadersDebate
Luxon really exposed himself when he said that he's a talker, not a texter. He's not a details man. He's a 'talk at you', not a consultative man. Democratic govts are consultative. He wants to be a feudal King, not a PM.
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@maggiekelstrom
@CChristineFair
@MomsDemand
Hmmm, doesn't Trump also make this type of gesture a lot when he's speaking....
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This is sad news.
My thoughts go out to Māni Dunlop and Kiri Allan. Break-ups are tough enough without demanding jobs, public scrutiny, and multiple natural disasters to respond to as an MP. 💔
Cabinet minister Kiri Allan confirms relationship break-up...
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I'm so incredibly happy for Jacinda Ardern, Clarke Gayford, and Neve. Congratulations! ❤️
Wishing them every happiness and joy.
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Serious question:
Why aren't NZ media investigating the use of bot farms to change Kiwi perceptions? There is clearly a lot of conservative right funding going into the manipulation of the mood of our country. Their noise and lies are chipping away at NZ's core values.
#nzpol
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Honestly,
#nzpol
, this is getting beyond embarrassing.
I really hate saying this of any woman, but Nicola is simply not capable of being an effective Finance Minister.
I've never seen so much utter BS spouted by a major NZ political party in my life. 🤯
#LeadersDebate
For the sake of our integrity Nicola released all our costings and modeling for our Foreign House Buyers tax policy today, so everyone could see we are good with numbers and serious people.
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No matter who wins the
#nzpol
election, the fact that so many knowingly voted for a party shown to be huge fiscal liars and racists is quite disturbing. Our failing 4th estate has played a big part in this. So has greed. I really don't like the selfish change I'm seeing in us.
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#nzpol
#RoyMorgan
Women aged 50+ favour a National/ Act NZ coalition. 🤯
WTF! How can you not realise that under NatACT you'll be first in the job and salary cuts queue for all business types, and you'll be worse off on almost every measure there is?
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Police forced to remove illegal tent from parliament grounds after patiently giving its owner multipl warnings and days to remove it post their legal trespassing. 👏👏👏
#Convoy2022NZ
#ProFest22
#NewZealand
#Protest
police stealing tent on Parliament Grounds, Ordinary Citizens Push Back!
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Wow. The new Wellington case tested negative 3 times in isolation before testing positive and they still have no symptoms. Shows how really important it is to stick to isolation rules.
#COVID19NZ
#lockdownnz
#nzlockdown
#TeamOf5Million
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Don't be selfish like the blonde who refused to wear a mask in the breastscreening van in Waikanae. She just didn't see why she had to wear a mask in a health setting, which is a van with no airflow, and despite the fact that the women using this mobile service can be very ill.
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TBH, I don't like how Jessica Mutch McKay is running this Debate. They're talking all over each other and she's doing it too. I also don't like how she appears to be helping Luxon by redirecting away from his mistakes. Too much softballing.
#nzpol
#LeadersDebate
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7 Antivaxxer locals destroy their tiny town's strongest tourism drawcard business, and employer, by stubbornly believing conspiracy theory disinformation over science. 😤
Covid-19: Fleur's Place to close indefinitely after half of staff refuse vaccine
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@lachlan_waugh
Hey Lachlan, I respect sticking up for a mate.
But you must also surely see that there has been a massive toxic shift in the way kiwi journalists are addressing all our female leaders incl. the PM.
The misogynistic dinosaur line of questioning needs to end.
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#ChurArdern
and
#ChurGrantRobertson
for leading a government and fiscal response that put keeping us alive at the top of its list. We know how hard the machinery of govt has been working. Thank you all! Happy holidays. Let's make 2022 another year for us all to be proud. 👏👏
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@danwootton
@RossjournoClark
Oh Dan, you're not very good at understanding complex things, are you.
As a New Zealander, in New Zealand, I am very pleased with the direction our country has taken in both its economic and health responses to Covid-19.
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@ianbremmer
@Harryslaststand
IMHO:
- His lawyers will argue that continuing with the case is not in the best interests of the State of Israel at this time due to 'war footing' blah, blah.
- One could argue that Netanyahu manufactured the scale of this 'war' response for his own benefit.
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Hey
@NewshubNZ
,
Saying 'dolled out' to the Christchurch mosque shooting victims - instead of 'allocated' or 'distributed' is really disrespectful IMHO. It certainly doesn't reflect the spirit of the many donors who gave the funds for this charitable purpose.
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Finally. A NZ media article minus the politicised clickbait
#Covid19NZ
border hysteria. Instead it quietly separates spin from facts. It's worth your time NZ. If I was Queen, I'd make this mandatory reading for any kiwi with a social media account.
#nzpol
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Could Epsom voters finally do their duty for New Zealand and deliver the cleansing dose of salts that their electorate needs? Will they vote to stop ACT getting any seats? I really hope they do because I don't want any NRA pro gun lobbyists in our parliament.
#EpsomSalts
#nzpol
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IMHO Woof co-owners Josh Thomas and Dudley Benson are Dunedin COVID heroes. Please support them if you can.
Dunedin bar keeps vaccine pass rule as local Covid cases continue to rise
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Bravo Eric Rush New World Supermarket owner for putting antivaxx and anti mask abuser Zeb Jackson in her place.
Covid 19 Omicron outbreak: Video shows former All Black Eric Rush removing anti-masker from Whangārei New World, via
@nzherald
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My relatives fought and died in WW2 to free the Jewish people and Europe from Nazism. They would be horrified to know that, after all their sacrifices, Israel is behaving like Nazis towards Palestinians. Yes. I don't say that lightly. Behaving like Nazis.
Stop this Genocide NOW
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@dbseymour
New Zealand, please don't tolerate this contemptible race baiting by David Seymour. Remember his actions and vote ACT out. And, please don't undermine targeted efforts to increase Māori vaccination rates. Please remember that none of us are safe until we are all vaccinated.
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Watch Nanaia Mahuta make a wonderfully powerful statement about rising above the bigotry she's experienced. 💪🫶
#nzpol
#LeadershipMatters
🧡 JULIAN WILCOX:
@NanaiaMahuta
, you have been
#targeted
. By vile, racist approaches - particularly with co-governance - why do you want to go back into that world? ❤️🤍🖤 NANAIA MAHUTA: 👇🏽
(Kia ora to
@TheHuiNZ
)
#nzpol
#Maori
#Hauraki
#Waikato
#aspirationhopeandopportunity
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Goodness gracious me.
I made two little (accurate) tweets about the Roy Morgan poll, and women over 50, and I've since been inundated with: antivaxx, anti trans, anti labour, anti green, anti women, anti equal pay, anti Māori, anti govt workers, anti governance... 1/3
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Question for
@TVNZ
@1NewsNZ
Why is John Key sitting at a New Zealand desk at the Pacific Islands forum in your broadcast this evening? Is he there,
@barbaradreaver
? Or was that old footage edited in?
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We're so lucky to have
@_chloeswarbrick
as an MP.
@dbseymour
, on the other hand, scares the hell out of me. He puts so little value on the lives of others. Speakly softly doesn't disguise your cruelty David. It amplifies it.
Call for a Ceasefire NOW.
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@Ceriphinz
Yes. For me it would demonstrate they lacked the necessary skills/traits I was seeking. E.g. They lacked strategic thinking and problem solving skills. Also, for me, it would demonstrate that they would always put self interest before team, collective and social responsibility.
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@danhett
@FernRiddell
Dad's outfit is tailored to fit his build and the hat fits him perfectly. These aren't from a costume rental.
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I want to see
@nzpolice
take action taken against Brian Tamaki. I want his cult church to loose ALL of its charitable status exemptions. I want to see the organizers of any anti lockdown events arrested and prosecuted under the Health Order for endangering others.
#COVID19NZ
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#nzpol
The fact that ACT (only 8% of vote) is trying to force this legislation change on our country is appalling. The complicity of NZ First and National Party in this is shameful. 🤬 Make firearms regulation tighter! Access to firearms is a privilege not a right.
#nzpol
New Zealand was praised all over the world for our leadership on this issue. Reopening debate on semi automatic weapons is a huge step backwards on so many levels.
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Very, very well said and applies equally in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The protesters haven't lost freedoms... they have lost some privileges... because of the choices they freely made...
#GoHome
#Convoy2022NZ
#Dumbkirk
#Clownvoy
#nzpol
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Oh dear, Judith is doing her silly petty bullying thing of saying 'Miss' Ardern.
I meet Judiths in the play ground when I was six years old. The rest of us have grown up.
#Leadersdebate
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@Jasonwalls92
Come on mate. Your public apologies to
@SiouxsieW
and the clearly talented young documentary maker are both overdue. Please step up and do the right thing.
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This is freakin appalling
#nzpol
.
Has Luxon actually seen how sick you have to be to qualify for that band within Job Seekers? Has he spoken with people in that band, or seen how they have to live? Does he realise how fast savings disappear funding medical specialists, help, etc?
Here's Luxon saying he believes that someone on the JobSeeker benefit, who has cancer, should still be looking to work 10 hours a week:
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Observation: In times of emotion, New Zealanders are increasingly turning to te Reo to express themselves when showing kindness and love to each other.
This a beautiful thing. And, for me, it reflects what Māori culture has given to us all. Love and kindness.
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If Winston and this latest
#nzpol
government are stupid enough to think kiwis will support undermining our nuclear free stance, they're in for a shock. They'll have to endure a lot of protest action. I will certainly be spending a lot more of my time protesting on the streets.
#NZ
’s independent foreign policy &
#nuclearfree
stance has been supported by all NZ govts for decades. Now signals are that new govt is veering towards signing up to
#AUKUS
Pillar 2, linking NZ to an alliance promoting nuclear submarine defence in region:
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@NapierinFrame
Huge thank you to Grant Robertson, the Treasury, and the Reserve Bank for saving our nation's bacon (again). 🫶
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Just foolishly watched Jamie Oliver's One Dish Wonders.
In Aotearoa New Zealand supermarkets the cost of buying the 'simple' ingredients for his lamb kebab lunch for his kids would easily be $100.
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New Zealand, please stop saying we're thru lockdown because we are NOT. We are shifting to Level 3 which still requires huge self discipline on our part.
Please stay focused, wash your hands, keep your distance and be sensible so we can get to Level 2 quickly.
#nzlockdown
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This will be the saddest and funniest thing you've heard today Aotearoa New Zealand. I was squawking with laughter by the end. 🤣🤣
#ClownvoyNZ
#Dumbkirk
#GoHome
#EndTheProtest
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What an f-ing embarrassment our new Prime Minister and
#nzpol
govt are. For Luxon to deny knowledge of our responsibilities under article one of the genocide convention, 4 months into a plausible genocide, is at best lying, and at worst, gross purposeful and potentially criminal.
Poor Luxon out of his element here as he tries to keep up with James Shaw on the topic of NZ's obligations under the Genocide Convention:
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Serious question: Why don't retirement villages and retirement homes have Lego rooms? Legos is such a great activity.
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Hey Kiwi peeps, I noticed some of you are being thoroughly abusive and trolling
@grantrobertson1
. Attacking someone for their gender or relationships preferences (which are NONE of your business) is Hate Speech and it's really not OK.
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@1NewsNZ
You're a news room. There is a genocide happening in Gaza where your journalist colleagues are killed everyday - 3 were killed in the last 24 hours - and this is the best you can do - reprint PR handout garbage about our PM who has yet to call it a genocide!
Use your words! 🤬
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I'm just putting this out there before Waitangi Day.
Watching the evil damage from colonialism playing out in Palestine has really made me reflect on how awful it must have been for Māori to go through their own colonialism experience despite te Tiriti.
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Can the NZ Courts please formally rule that Colin Craig is a vexatious litigant on these matters and bar him from filing variant cases. He's doing this to continue contact and control of his victims.
All over: Colin Craig loses final defamation case
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#LeadersDebate
Luxon keeps saying 'calm it down' in a patronising voice to try and make Hipkins angry. Such silly school boy stuff.
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Dear media, Kindly stop making a big drama of 'returnees hardship' just for being required to stay in their rooms for 14 days. We all did it for weeks.
These hotel rooms have TV, internet, and food supplied. Treats and goods can be delivered too. We couldn't get that in L4
#nzpol
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IMHO, her posturing did a huge disservice to Afghani women who were then genuinely seeking refugee status to escape the Taliban. All my statements are IMHO ones, based on news coverage at the time.
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@chrisluxonmp
To clarify, would that be - you're deeply concerned about the divisions:
- Chris Bishop has spent the last 2 years creating to undermine our Covid response?
- the decades of National Party policy which created inequalities?
- these anti mandate protests you and ACT encouraged?
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#nzpol
Anyone foolish enough to think the political Right will protect our public healthcare system here in Aotearoa New Zealand, really needs to read this thread on what's been happening to the NHS.
Once it's gone it's gone.
Thread (1/16)
The far right seized on the 75th Anniversary to claim that it is time to replace the NHS with a privatised, social insurance model.
This thread explains what they want, how they lie to us and what we can do about it.
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Moody's aren't moody about NZs fiscal discipline. Far from it.
#nzpol
'Govt’s strong fiscal discipline and comparatively low debt levels means that the country’s credit metrics are in a good position to respond to further negative shocks to the economy.'
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Really looking forward to getting my booster jab tomorrow. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible.
You all rock!
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Wow, this is appalling! National's Shane Reti is clearly looking to break up our health service for privatisation (profiteering). Don't let this happen, Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Tories tore the guts out of the NHS. Don't let them do it here too.
#nzpol
#NationalNotFitToGovern
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@melulater
Why aren't Queenstown businesses offering free or subsidised housing for chefs and wait staff. That's what they do at expensive overseas locations.
Stop whining and start taking responsibility for solving your business problems with smarter choices.
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