Fleur Fitzsimons
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It’s a full frontal assault on the well-being of people - boot camps, health and safety changes, 90 day trials, cuts to public services, no cause evictions, removal of gender, sexuality and relationship based education and more…
#StandUpFightBack
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History will judge Jacinda Ardern as a remarkable leader.
She is genuinely kind and has an incredible intellect, she’s made more of a contribution than she will ever appreciate.
I can’t help but feel like we need to find better ways to support women and mothers in politics.
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Jacinda Ardern is clearly an amazing communicator but that is an understatement of her as PM.
She has the intellectual heft to distill and test large amounts of information and advice to make decisions in the public interest. We are so lucky to have her in these testing times❤️
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Burning a kids slide tells you everything you need to know about the protestors. I’m so angry, my kids loved that slide and it was a symbol of our Parliament being for everyone. Gross.
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The right to protest is just that and it’s a precious right.
It doesn’t include spitting, assaulting, abusing or threatening.
I’m holding onto the memory of the big crowds of young people on the climate strike - they are our future and they get it.
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Chris Luxon describing managers at Te Whatu Ora as “mush” on
@radionz
is just offensive.
They are human beings and committed health professionals like the thousands of public servants this Government is sacking.
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What a dark day for New Zealand workers - Govt repealing fair pay agreements, allowing new workers to be sacked for no reason before Christmas, cutting public service jobs and changing the law to encourage unemployment!
Each are oppressive and inhumane and will cause misery.
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I’m so troubled by the casual disregard for threats against the PM and our MPs across the political spectrum.
This is the tip of the iceberg too, MPs are often aggressively approached going about their lives and yelled at.
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So proud of Wellington tonight, a few thousand people here tonight to support the rights of transgender people!
#TransWomenAreWomen
#TransMenAreMen
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Powerful speech from new Labour President
@jilldaynz
“We are for the New Zealanders of the smoko room, not the Koru lounge. For our opponents, VIP treatment for the already wealthy, the already powerful isn’t just a case of airline hospitality, it’s an entire political ideology”
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The thing about Grant Robertson is that he is a true progressive.
He wants to actually make poor people’s lives better and takes his responsibility to do so very seriously.
It’s a lifelong commitment which is so obvious in today’s budget.
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How dare he?
First of all Luxon says abortion is murder and now this.
Women cannot trust National and he’s a seriously dangerous leader.
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This woman.
She has changed politics and New Zealand forever.
We all owe her a duty to bring kindness and intellectual, scientific rigour to decision-making imho.
Go well Jacinda.
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This is personal for me and my family but even if it wasn’t, I would be deeply proud of this commitment.
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I drove past the convoy today, the squalor and the tents were confronting but the worst part was seeing people with obvious COVID symptoms freely walking around unmasked.
I have no doubt they are adding to the public health emergency and infecting Wellingtonians
#GoHomeToBed
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I have asked the Auditor General to investigate the last-minute decision to consult on selling the Wellington Central Library because there is no going back once the building is sold.
The Library is too important to fall victim to a flippant, last-minute flip flop.
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Am holding on to what I know to be true - Wellington and Aotearoa is full of kind, inclusive people who resist hate
#LoveCommunityHateFascism
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The trade union movement is not shy about being clear!
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Pride Day at my kids school - the arc of education bends towards inclusion no matter what the Government says or does
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An amazing night at Wow.
Congratulations to the organisers, designers and models, so special to have our PM make a surprise appearance!
So proud Wellington City Council supported Wow to return after Covid.
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Such a distressing time for public servants losing jobs.
Please know: this is not about you, it’s not a reflection on the work you do, your value or the contribution you’ve made.
It’s about the Govt putting tax cuts and a windfall for landlords ahead of services we all need
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“I will never apologise for lifting the prospects of low income New Zealanders, it’s about dignity, hope and opportunity.”
Labour Finance Minister, Grant Robertson, 27 May 2023.
Such an inspiring and uplifting speech to energised Party members.
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Answers today from our PM just shows the professional she is.
She takes her job seriously, is focussed on the detail, across international evidence, honest where no clear answers, effectively uses the team around her, supportive but realistic to us, deflects from personal impact
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Chris Hipkins is the real deal when it comes to progressive leadership - he appeals to the best of us as humans rather than race baiting which causes more harm in communities than we can ever measure.
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The point of the Human Rights Commission is to protect people from hatred for who they are - today is a new low even for this Government.
#InstitutionalisingHatredAndBigotry
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Love this responsible journalism.
Letter from the Wellington editor: We will not contribute to hateful discourse
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Grant has made such a significant contribution to Labour and to New Zealand but mainly he is a thoroughly decent values driven person, take care e hoa xx
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Now seems a good time to note: public servants have the same fundamental human rights and freedoms as everyone else. This includes the right to protest, be politically active and engaged.
#FYI
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Such a distressing time for many public servants facing job losses.
Please know: this is not about you, it’s not a reflection on the work you do or the contribution you have made.
It’s about the Government’s heartless and chaotic approach to cutting public services x
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“This election is about whether we build a few roads or rebuild New Zealand,” Jacinda Ardern, Labour Campaign Launch 2020.
#LetsKeepMoving
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Rapt and grateful to have been selected as Labour’s candidate in Rongotai!
Starting today, my task is to earn the community's trust so that, if elected, I can be an effective local MP – accessible & responsive no matter your background or politics.
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Thrilled to get privatisation of the Central Library off the table today.
Thanks so much for the overwhelming support from throughout the community and across the political spectrum.
Let’s get on and strengthen our Library building so we can get it open ASAP!
#LoveLibraries
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The public sector jobs cuts are causing deep anxiety, guilt, trauma and even emotional collapse for people - all for the sake of a tax cut and a windfall for landlords.
It’s not worth it and we will all pay the price for many years to come.
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One of the most powerful political speeches I have ever seen from Kelvin Davis just now.
“We don’t have a moral obligation to win, we have a moral obligation to look after all New Zealanders”
#LetsKeepMoving
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All is not lost: we can stop privatisation of the Library & get stronger commitment to cycling in the end if we hear this is what Wellingtonians want, please make sure you make a submission peeps, one thing I will say about local govt is campaigns work - just look at living wage!
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This story is a touching insight into some of the public servants the Govt is sacking.
The trauma and indignity of losing a job can take years to recover from, some never do.
There are thousands of heartbreaking stories, most will never be told.
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It is reckless for Collins to impugn the integrity of postal voting. Many local authorities rely exclusively on postal voting, and there is no evidence of fraud. Diminishing public confidence in a perfectly safe form of voting in return for a media hit is low politics imho
#nzpol
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Love to see
@chrishipkins
coming out so strong against transphobia, he’s been an ally of those fighting for trans rights for many years.
#HesTheRealDeal
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We are taking legal action against the Ministry of Education to seek decent and humane treatment of workers bearing the brunt of public service cuts.
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These are real people with kids to feed and rent to pay.
There are well documented devastating psychological, emotional and physical impacts of job losses on people.
This just heartless.
'Good': ACT pleased with MPI's plan to cut 9 percent of jobs
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This speech makes me so proud of our PM.
It’s quintessentially kiwi, internationally relevant and so perfect for the times we live in.
She has a moral authority that is inspiring, challenging and just real.
Read it, you won’t regret it!
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I’m going to a wedding today of a beautiful activist who has made her life about fighting for marriage equality, justice for Pike families, equal pay, paid parental leave and more.
It’s the perfect antidote to the hate at Parliament.
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Before the analysis starts, I just want to pay tribute to our Finance Minister Grant Robertson.
He has delivered humane economic policy in tough times. He is not someone attacked to the baubles of office or swanky events.
#Budget2022
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One of the defining policies of this election - fair pay agreements are at stake if a Labour-led government is not elected!
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Great protest in Wellington today, we must keep resisting, opposing, organising & campaigning until this Government leaves office.
This is public servant, Hayley, her job is on the line, she traveled from Hawkes Bay to protest this Government’s heartless cuts.
#BeLikeHayley
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Disrespectful. False. Shameful.
We don’t need this hatred here too, it just makes people unsafe and lives harder. Do better Winston.
As they say in your world: withdraw and apologise.
This is why NZFirst fought for gender rules in sports to be in our coalition agreement - for fairness and safety in women’s sports.
All the virtue signalling disintegrates when an Olympic female boxer takes two hits from an opponent who previously failed a gender test, abandons
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Jacinda Ardern is a ridiculously hard worker, always has been. The attacks on her as a
#parttimePM
are straight out of Karl Rove political handbook, attack your opponent’s strengths. Glad to see media acknowledging her work ethic.
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Awww, such a loss to Labour, Parliament, Wellington and New Zealand. Grant is a person of such integrity, a true progressive intellectual but also just a thoroughly decent person who has given his all x
#Respect
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The flippant and dehumanising language from the PM about not wanting more spin-doctors fails to understand the New Zealand public service.
It is proudly politically neutral as required by the Public Service Act 2020 and has been since 1912.
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Wow, public servants have the same rights and freedoms as everyone else, read the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 Todd.
I want to thank all the brave public servants who are continuing to contact me with examples of inappropriate practices and behaviour they are seeing in their workplaces.
Some of the political activism I'm being tipped off about in the public sector is incredibly brazen. This
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Fair pay agreements are at risk if we do not return a Labour-led government - this was top of mind for Ben who caught up with us at the Newtown markets this morning. I find it very motivating to think of all the workers who need industry bargaining and need Labour re-elected.
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I have a two year old who adores Flamingoes, visited some old friends today and discovered their toilet, the screech of delight was heard throughout Wellington…
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Breaking news: Just Jeans from today have good jeans up to size 24.
I appreciate I don't have enough Twitter followers to give this the airtime it deserves but it's actually pretty cool imho.
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Embarrassing.
This Government is desperate to drive division and hate, and the worst thing is it will work with some people and harm trans people along the way too.
But community sport is full of decent people who will resist and oppose this.
Solidarity with trans kiwis, xx
Sad news out of New Zealand. The new government, which is more conservative than previous governments, announced that it will make a priority to ban transgender people from all publicly funded women's sports.
A reminder that anti-trans panic is global.
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I’m obviously voting Labour but if I wasn’t already, I would be after Jacinda’s answer on gender neutral toilets in schools. Her instincts are inclusive and kind and that’s the leader I want my trans boy to see as his PM.
#leadersdebatenz
#LetsKeepMoving
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Finally watched
#LeadersDebate
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Felt to me like Judith was treating politics as a game whereas for Jacinda, politics is a serious endeavour to change lives for the better.
#LetsKeepMoving
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Grateful to have a chance to express the frustration Wellingtonians are feeling at the ongoing protests at Parliament.
As Omicron grows the urgency for them to go home grows.
Protesters disturbing Wellingtonians' lives, councillor says
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So glad to hear Grant Robertson dismiss the minimising compliment so often given to Jacinda.
Of course she is a good communicator but it’s her decisive intellect and commitment to people that have meant we have had the world leading response to Covid19.
#LetsKeepMoving
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🧵Reflecting on last few weeks- the cuts to public services we are seeing serve a greater purpose than simply funding tax cuts and a windfall for landlords.
It’s a war on the state itself.
#StarveTheBeast
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New Zealand deserves better than Chris Luxon on abortion.
He still thinks it’s murder.
Let’s that sit for a minute.
He still thinks it’s murder.
I just hope sensible National people are talking to him, it’s bad for them and hideous for those who’ve had them or need to.
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Self indulgent Twitter rant/news: I am not standing for the Council again at this years election.
It has been a real privilege to serve residents as a Wellington City Councillor for the past five years.
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More children will be subject to exploitation and sexual abuse as a result of the Government cuts in the Digital Safety team at the Department of Internal Affairs.
The Government was warned in April about the proposed cuts and DIA yesterday confirmed they were go ahead.
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I got a prize for School C home economics, where did it all go so wrong?
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Voted today at Strathmore Community Centre, it’s open till 4pm.
Make a plan for yourself and your family if you haven’t voted already.
Two ticks New Zealand Labour Party!
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New low in ongoing water leaks in Wellington, people are spray-painting on the road the date that leak was reported to the Council. Three waters reforms can’t come soon enough imho.
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I didn’t think I could like Ashley Bloomfield more and then he says:
“Leadership is an invitation to collective action”
#Leadership
#PublicServants
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I make no apology for meeting with the Minister of Transport re LGWM. Serious investment in transport infrastructure is long overdue, the last time was 40 years ago! Wellington needs us to achieve the aim of LGWM- to move more people with fewer vehicles.
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Am delighted to be elected to Wellington City Council!
Thanks to people in the Southern Ward for this support, I promise to do my best for you all.
So excited to work with our modern, progressive Mayor Justin Lester and the ubiquitous, and hard-working
@pauleaglenz
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This Government’s strategy is from international playbook to hollow out public services so the public lose faith in the ability of Govt to solve problems, forcing people to fend for themselves, creating the conditions for private companies to step into the resulting chaos.
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People struggling with addiction need a home and they need respect, dignity and support which is what will be provided at Te Pa Maru which was re-opened today in Taranaki Street.
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High energy and great music at the bus drivers picket this morning, they won’t be starved into submission by bully boy tactics from NZ Bus.
#NegotiateNowNzBus
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The current strategy from National reminds me of this Gough Whitlam quote:
"A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic, reformism is basically optimistic."
Labour is about change and hope.
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Our Prime Minister at the National Refugee and Migrant Forum tonight in Wellington.
“It is not said enough but it is us who are the lucky ones when refugees come to New Zealand.” Jacinda Ardern
#kindness
#LetsKeepMoving
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Eek, on the phone to the Mayor talking about earthquake strengthening the Central Library when that earthquake hit!
#eqnz
#Wellington
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Woke up with a bit of a cold, rung Healthline and they suggested a Covid test so popped down to Wellington Hospital. A very calm and friendly experience, the nurse was right, the test is not super awesome but not terrible! Thank you health workers!
#COVID19nz
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This makes a mockery of the Government claims they will stop contracting out, it will cost so much in the long run too. Legal services on behalf of the Crown should all be in-house imho
Commercial work undertaken by a Department of Internal Affairs’ legal team will be fully outsourced to private law firms under proposed job cuts to meet the Government’s drive for spending cuts.
Read the full media release:
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Very pleased Councillors across the political spectrum voted against selling our airport today!
Asset sales are so 90s!
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This is a disgraceful aggressive move.
So sorry to the bus drivers facing these tactics, back you 100 percent!
Breaking: NZ Bus has locked out its striking bus drivers from all company property.
This means Wellington’s 24-hour bus strike could now last for weeks.
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Special guest out door knocking in Strathmore Park today - Grant Robertson! We will be talking about Labour’s record and our positive plan for the future with people here this afternoon!
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Take a bow
@rentersunited
, today Council will support creation of a renters advocacy service in Wellington thanks to your advocacy at the last election.
There is a power imbalance between landlords & renters - this will help in a practical way.
Lawyer Machrus who will run it:
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This National Party policy is nasty and even if never implemented it gives license to people to treat those struggling in inhumane and nasty ways which results in pain and misery for families.
Just like Brash unleashed the racists.
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Very proud of our Parliament tonight. There are people everywhere who will quietly benefit from this in intensely personal ways
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Labour volunteers hitting the streets of Hataitai today to door knock and discuss what’s at stake this election.
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How many years before National MPs apologise for their position on this issue?
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I am just delighted for
@drayeshaverral
and for New Zealand!
From ward rounds as a Specialist at Wellington Hospital straight into Cabinet as Associate Minister of Health!
Ayesha is an intellectual powerhouse, internationalist and one of Southland’s best nerds. Yay.
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People were moved to tears as
@IbrahimomerNZ
described the difference that good housing made to his life at the opening of 19 new Dwell Housing Trust homes in Kilbirnie today.
Ibrahim was filling in for Minister of Housing
@Megan_Woods
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And wow, Gender Minorities Aotearoa have just won the prize for Health and Well-being at the Regional Community Awards.
This is so well deserved and special, GMA do such important and unseen work supporting our trans communities in Wellington.
#❤️Wellington
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When public health is under attack, stand up, fight back!
Blood service workers deserve better.
Great picket on right now!
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❤️People who support parents - today our little girl had a full on convulsions at her ECE centre, the teachers, ambulance staff, hospital staff all wonderfully calm and supportive, just so grateful xx
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Listening to the distressing facts leading up to yesterday and I am just so grateful for NZ today and NZ in the future that Jacinda is our PM right now.
It is with the kindness and love she models that we will get through these unprecedented times. Stay kind everyone, xx
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The public sector cuts are about tax cuts and a windfall for landlords but there is also an ideologically driven agenda at play to dismantle the state and remove what people need from Government creating the conditions for privatisation.
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