🏳️⚧️Marama Davidson MP
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She/her/ia @NZGreens Co-leader based in Manurewa. Minister. Indigenous to Aotearoa. Authorised by Miriam Ross, Level 5, 108 The Terrace, Wellington.
Aotearoa NZ
Joined May 2010
Trans women are women. The men who are threats to women's spaces, are men. Trans women who are so acutely oppressed, marginalised and dehumanised - are my sisters. Not my enemies.
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Im devastated. In solidarity with our Muslim community in Aotearoa. My support and aroha goes to the whānau and community. I'm just, deeply deeply sorry and have no appropriate words.
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My cute mum at the Green Party election event last night. We got her up from Ruatoria as we do each election. It was a bit of a night for her.
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Edit: Leeeeeeeets try this again 😘. F**ken I don't even like this flavour. But I love #ReoMāori .@ArohatiaTeReo
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Got a msg from an angry dad. He will keep his children home frm school so they don't have to learn Te Reo Māori. I want to clarify, te reo was beaten out of my nan's generation. We're not going to beat it back into this generation. Sir your children will enjoy learning it.
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Woohoo!!!! Just passed. Magnificent. Much aroha to our Rainbow whānau!
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I remember Moana Jackson telling a room of Māori at a nursing conference a few years ago, not to fall for coloniser narratives that pit us against immigrants. Building bridges of solidarity especially with migrants of colour is our decolonisation work.
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After weeks of 1-on-1 kōrero among 4 of my neices in the most unprotected group (young Māori) & some near fractures in our relationship, they got vaccinated this week. And our whanungatanga survived. Enough to cry about. Came down to access and dropping the 'judgy aunty' vibe.
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My heart broke when I heard of another mass shooting. Please heal America. Simon when you heard about three babies getting murdered, was your initial thought "ah gotcha Marama" - really?. How absolutely. you.
Disgusting that hours after children are murdered, MP Simon O’Connor used it score political points against @MaramaDavidson. All mass shootings are abhorrent no matter who did it. But to say “this one wasnt a cis man” when 97% in the USA are & our worst shooting was too, is yuck.
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i tried 'jogging' to work this morning and three people walking overtook me lol.
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Well my amazing friend @JulieAnneGenter cycled to hospital in labour AGAIN lol and had a beautiful baby this morning and all the Green whānau are so happy for you all! Aunty Ma can't wait till it's safe to snuggle xxxx
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My hapū lost our matriarch at the start of lockdown, & one of our rangatahi to suicide just this last week. Heartbreaking to see the unsafe rally today after all the loving sacrifices my whānau have done in pain, just to keep us all safe. Riri katoa au.
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Sending aroha to our Muslim families and communities. You deserve to be at the centre of your own story.
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My mama has been tagging along with me to media studios these coupla days. Everytime I lose her I turn around and she's cleaning up the studio dishes and picking up rubbish off the floor. #StraightOuttaRuatoria.
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@RashidaTlaib @CoriBush Kia ora, greetings Cori and Rashida. Coleader of the Green Party of Aotearoa NZ here, Minister of the Executive Council. We have a strong proud thrift tradition that extends to elected reps. Here I am wearing my thrift suit on election night.
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Was proud to be with Honourable @NanaiaMahuta yesterday as she made history becoming the first woman to hold the Foreign Affairs Ministerial Portfolio. Of course she has long been suited for such a role and her stunning moko kauae carries the pride of our country with it.
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Kia ora @packer_deb and @Rawiri_Waititi for calling out the absolute ongoing racist comments from Judith Collins in the House just now. This House absolutely deserves better than a narrative that harms tangata whenua communities and damages a pathway for true Tiriti justice.
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We can choose to end poverty. I was pissed off for this morning's interview, and said the things.
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My family mocked me hard for setting this up this morning. Well a mum and her wee child just smiled and laughed in glee when they saw it just now and my whānau can get in the sea.
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Green coleader here. Jan speaks for our Green kaupapa and you're very late to this party dudebros.
Wow. Green MP Jan Logie has just outed herself as an unrepentant anti-capitalist. Will @Jamespeshaw condemn these dangerous, backward comments?.
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Very proud of @TaikaWaititi making history as the first Māori to win an Oscar award! Kei runga noa atu e hoa, thank you for putting indigenous tamariki front and centre.
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My moko and I had just parked up at Big Gay Out when I found out about the South Auckland COVID19 cases. As an over-precaution, and due to me being at big Sth Akl sports gatherings all morning, we turned around and came home. But look. We Proud in our backyard instead.
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Me trying to figure out how I'm going to fit two mokopuna in my bed. Proud of our Ariya newborn arriving this morning around 4am. Little teina to her tuakana Raeya. Most excellent timing for optimum nana duty availability.
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I'll take a hot AF transport plan over a hot AF planet any day.
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I did years of waitress jobs as a student and single mum. Be nice to service people. Especially if you're an MP whose salary is a zillion times theirs.
Pet hate: waiters/waitresses who insist on ‘remembering’ meal orders (in this case a table of six). Just. Write. It. Down. Seriously.
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What happened to them good ole days where we just simply burnt the patriarchy instead of this pegging what is pegging please nana isn't getting a clear direction from the interweb.
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I visited the wildbase hospital at Massey Campus today and this is what happened to my face.
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My longtime taxi driver, from the Sikh community, this morning linking me to his Muslim friends who have asked that I visit their Mosque. He's basically coordinating my community work. I'm trying not to cry.
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Today we banned letting fees and we've been pushing for this for a long time. This is a great win for the Greens, tenants and ordinary NZ’rs committed to fairness.
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Nats side with iwi when it suits. They want to tautoko tangihanga, but not the iwi checkpoints that were set up to protect Māori communities from even more tangihanga. In fact they went on a smear campaign to paint our volunteers as violent gang members. Shush!.
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Everyone knows this is the $2 marae blanket bag.
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I've been pulled into a thread of Seymour dangerously undermining an essential health equity approach to Māori vaccination. They ignore a power/privilege analysis, which is unintelligent. Our Māori health experts who centre an equity analysis instead deserve the air time. 1/5.
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Let me make something clear because I'm angry about their attempt at an apology claiming their concern against violence to women. Racism towards our Māori men, does NOT support Māori women who are victims and survivors of family violence and sexual violence.
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Dr Lupe Taumoepeau is our 1st NZ female and first Tongan vascular surgeon. Just heard her inspirational story at the launch of the Pacific Young Women's Network.
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Finally get to see my hubby tonight, since all the uproar. First thing he said when he saw me was "how are you my c*nt". I love him.
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Hubby and I in isolation at home with now two teens who are positive covid, were feeling like crap so we did RATs. The tests confirmed that we don't yet have COVID but we are still old and tired.
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also I have tried an embarassing number of times and I haven't once managed to get Marama Davidson on that "which MP are you" quiz thingy. (no I will never, ever, ever reveal the names I got).
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Final reading of Treaty Settlements in House 2day. Relevant since our whole country is apparently outraged about historic lying & stealing.
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In my defense I was just thinking "how brave of him" :).
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Imagine a country where homes are for living in, not just for making wealther people even more wealthy. We've got to look at all the options available to us, so people can live with dignity.
"The Government has a responsibility to keep housing affordable for all New Zealanders and that may mean looking at ideas that weren’t previously on the table." @MaramaDavidson .
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Wrong country we won't have you. No country should have you.
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Having a mokopuna stuck in your neck and pushing you off the edge of the bed all night is in fact a privilege I am deeply thankful for.
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Folks. My friend who passed away on Friday night, arranged for bouncy castles and an ice-cream truck to be at Manurewa marae for his tangi, for the tamariki. He wins all.
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oh hey yo Farmers store told everyone to 'be patient and calm down' about racism lmao this is going to be a ride.
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Whānau should not have to choose between buying nappies or putting kai on the table. Our Guaranteed Minimum Income will replace the dehumanising and unliveable social safety net we currently have. We can change this. #TheHui.
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What are the chances, you ask, of your phone falling down the small gap between the plane and the airbridge?.100% possible. (Thanks to ground workers for finding it unscathed on the ground and bringing it back to me in time to board.)
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I had my three youngest in Wellington with me this week helping me finish up in my Parliament office. They mocked and sassed me the whole three straight days. I love them ridiculously.
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Israel Folau's bigoted comments about our rainbow whānau and our transgender community are the opposite of peace-building. Rugby Australia c'mon this is hate speech.
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Also - for absolute shame that a vaccination code, meant for Māori, was shared publicly to stuff up those health centres and staff directly for doing their essential work for at risk communities. How absolutely disgusting and dangerous!.
I've been pulled into a thread of Seymour dangerously undermining an essential health equity approach to Māori vaccination. They ignore a power/privilege analysis, which is unintelligent. Our Māori health experts who centre an equity analysis instead deserve the air time. 1/5.
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Yesterday was my birthday. This morning I woke to my dad telling me my birth story at the foot of our mattress as if he was telling me about it for the first time (more like 20th time). Nala our golden-most whānau member listened intently. #HomeInHokianga
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This gathering at Ihumātao is the best of us.
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What level of entitlement does it take for a Pakeha who is completely disconnected from Māori families and Tiriti justice work, to yell at me a wahine Māori born into mana motuhake activism, about "what the Treaty says".
An hour later I still can’t get over Simeon Brown heckling @MaramaDavidson in the House trying to school her on Te Tiriti!!!.
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When spreading legs wear your mask. Didn't know I needed this.
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Everyone deserves a home. I am in complete dismay at suggestions to move people experiencing homelessness from emergency housing, simply to make space in Rotorua for tourists. It feeds a narrative that dehumanises and further stigmatises people who are struggling. 1/3.
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I just realised that my dad calls all the world's children "moko". Every random child he sees is a mokopuna. Which is great way to be collectively accountable to them.
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beautiful #TransAreTaonga.
Thousands of Wellingtonians have come out in support of our trans community here today 🏳️⚧️ 👏 THANK YOU ALL
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Nana took her trauma to her grave. Colonisers beat te reo numeracy and literacy out of her as a little girl, erasing it from the four generations after her. @PaulGoldsmithMP knows what he is saying & who he is appealing to. Dangerous, disgusting.
Got a msg from an angry dad. He will keep his children home frm school so they don't have to learn Te Reo Māori. I want to clarify, te reo was beaten out of my nan's generation. We're not going to beat it back into this generation. Sir your children will enjoy learning it.
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Siblings & I stayed gently engaged, with an aunty who was quickly being taken down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole. This morning she has posted up this article saying "I share this because I became an easy target of Conspiracy". We got one back!.
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It’s spooky season and I’m coming for your healthcare, education, clean water, wages and climate 🦇 (jks please ban billionaires)
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It's official. I've put myself forward to be a candidate for the Co-leadership of the @NZGreens. In the Greens it is the members that decide our policies, our vision, and our leadership. If you would like to support me to become Co-leader, please visit
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Have received emails denying any racism in the country, saying that Māori just need to stop committing crime. But that I don't need to worry cos I'm a 'good Māori'. I've been getting this said to me since I was a child. We've got to do better.
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Of all the things to use your platform for as Pacific role models. Endorsing hate speech against gay people? When it is Pacific young gay people who are tragically harmed by this bigotry?.What a waste of a powerful profile. Disappointed.
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My postie sister (single-parent) sends her 2 yng kids away for the entirety of Level 4, every time. So the deliveries can keep going. My wee nephew has really had enough but doing ok. Lockdown is working, and it's tough. Thanks essential workers, sacrifices for us all xx.
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For those who are saying to us "we just want to be pay our respects to the dead without having to feel blame for racism" - we have got Māori kids giving respects to the dead and having to DEAL with racism as they do it. Please stop and listen to us. Don't get offended, listen.
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I just had a deeply humbling experience being welcomed by The South Auckland Muslim Association to Al-Mustafa Jamia Masjid in Ōtāhuhu. It's the largest Mosque in NZ. We shared prayers, aroha, learning, and kai with each other 💚
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I commissioned 16 year old nephew for art over lockdown for his cuz' (my kids) rooms. He scraped together what he had at home, cos didn't get to shops b4 Akl L4. Can aunties generously koha gorgeous nephews without creating negative art world precedent? Cos look omg *tears
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Aunties don't care what colonial status you've been afforded. My official Ministerial stakeholder meeting in my Hokianga homeland started with my aunty growling me publicly for not calling into her whare as I drive past.
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Is it too late for a photo with my parentals? Mum, stepmum, dad. Government House today. #Honoured
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Got home to this from my son. Heart. Slayed. I'm done.
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Wonderful positive rally against racism at Aotea Square tonight and a clear message to uplift people not tear them down!
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Green Māori caucus celebrating the passing of legislation to support Māori wards with Minister @NanaiaMahuta. Loved her strength of absolute fire to burn through the hours of racist boring dog-whistling in the House and get it done anyway😄 🙏💪
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Poor broke guy and his poor broke girlfriend went ahead and had this baby and two more and ended up being the best parents IN THE UNIVERSE!
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"If you find yourself on the front lawn of Parliament and all you see around you are religious fundamentalists and literal Nazis – without a trade union in sight – then it isn’t a protest to improve people’s lives. It’s an alt-right recruitment drive.".
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I'm going to campaign on getting all cabinet papers turned into podcasts so I can utilise my one hour walk home more efficiently.
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Hubby just said to me "No one can power through a packet of chips like you can" and I'd like this to be noted on record. Top skill. Years of practice after the kids have gone to bed.
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And I will pay more tax towards this and will still be able to go on family movie outings. But I'd prefer for truly struggling families to be able eat healthy kai and have a warm healthy home. My family will benefit from ensuring strong communities around us.
Because I'm not one of the wealthy few, I'll get a 50% bigger tax cut in my back pocket with the Greens than under National. And they'll double my bus fares.
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okay, finally got some truthful guidance amongst the very very colourful responses. Y'all are some funny folk!. You shoulda all just told me at the start it's just black women asserting themselves on their own creative terms. I already know how the rest of this story goes. .
Who is WAP? Asking for all us nanas.
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We of team kākā would like to fully congratulate the kākāpõ for their #BirdOfTheYear2020 win. It was a democratic election and we are glad all votes were counted. It is right to concede. May you do justice to this high office, for all birds and planet.
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My skirt tog bottoms look like they could go from the beach to the nightclub. This nana's bedtime is before the clubs open so I'll dress for New World instead. Of course the main point of this tweet is I'll COVID scan if I go grocery shopping. #FalseSegue #ScanEverywhere
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Tuatahi ka nui te aroha ki a koutou Hana-Rawhiti and whānau, @Maori_Party & all our kaupapa Māori loving communities and friends. @NZGreens send all our love, & share our rage at this attack. Completely unacceptable for anyone to be targeted like this. We'll stay strong together.
Te Pāti Māori are not strangers to hate speech and online threats. This week however, a line was crossed. Our Hauraki-Waikato candidate, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi Clark’s home was invaded, vandalised, and left with a threatening letter.
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Me to Mr 12 year old just now: "Son you need to clean up your room.". The whole classroom and teacher on zoom that I did not realise were there on his device: "Horouta you need to clean up your room!". hahahaha thanks team.
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My dad is doing a thing. He communicates differently now, following a number of strokes over the past couple of years. And it has been a journey for our whānau to see him work so hard to be able to speak again. This is his swan-song.
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Apparently some Letters to Ed in some newspapers are blaming my push for Te Reo in Schools as further damaging the poor literacy rates being reported on in schools. Learning second languages HELPS literacy and learning across the board!.And I'd prefer that language be Te Reo.
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My cute parents. Divorced for nearly 30 years and more stable in their connection for us than we could ever hope for. They chose beautiful step-parents for us.
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. also I just never in my entire nearly three decades as a South Auckland local - thought I would see the day when the country is (understandably) angry at our people going to their paid jobs. That opposite narrative of our work ethic has been damaging and dehumanising.
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This doesn't bode well for peaceful resolution. To Ihumātao kaitiaki - I have raised my concerns with government Ministers and am seeking more information behind this escalation. Please stay as safe and look after each other as much as you can, while I try find out more.
Ngā mihi for all your tautoko, whaanau. Police have separated our front line whenua protectors from their whaanau, kai and wai but their wairua remains strong. We ask people to come to Ihumātao to join our peaceful protest #protectIhumatao #protectIhumātao.
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