Peter McGlashan
@PeterMcGlashan
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Ngāti Porou, Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board elected representative @aklcouncil, Ex-cricketer, views my own
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Joined July 2012
Love this. Elected members hv a role much greater than just being “th voice of th people”, they hv access 2 knowledge & intel not always available 2 or read by th public. Leadership in politics is taking th@ info & making informed choices not just 4 now but future generations too
Big Pharma says they need to charge astronomical prices to pay for research and development. Yet, the amount they spend on manipulating the market to enrich shareholders completely eclipses what's spent on R&D. Today, I confronted a CEO about the industry's lies, with visuals ⤵️
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RT @Boenau: I think the best way to honor Donald Shoup, who just passed away at age 86, is to post 86 days in a row about the ways in which…
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RT @farmgeek: Read this carefully: “Last year, New Zealand taxpayers forked out more money for the ongoing clean-up of a single mine site’…
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RT @WillHayCardiff: WE NOW HAVE A YEAR OF DATA SINCE 20MPH WAS INTRODUCED IN WALES There were around 100 fewer people killed or seriousl…
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RT @theJeremyVine: The UK’s driving culture summed up in six seconds. The motorist won’t even stop for Paul McCartney on the Abbey Road zeb…
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RT @GreaterAKL: Translation: "we want to make cycleways a massive issue so a small number of key car advertisers keep paying us" https://t…
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RT @jzellis: *Why* the fires started doesn't matter. Arson, a cigarette, someone's fucking warped windowpane focusing sun on the back yard,…
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@FernsHub @andrewvoerman Andrew makes very good point, I just about retweeted ur original post, then thought that sounds too good 2 be true then read th next tweet in ur thread & it mentioned FIFA negotiations … so almost hit retweet then finally saw Andrews comment that made me pause. Just delete it🤷🏽♂️
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RT @TrungTPhan: The 2024 Microsoft Excel Championship just wrapped in Las Vegas. It was a huge upset: financial due diligence expert Micha…
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@Sportsfreakconz @shortflyslip Technically that wasn’t his nickname tho… it’s just his middle name
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That feeling when your 7yo’s @SharesiesNZ account is far outstripping your own… makes you question why you ponder so long what to invest in 🤣
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RT @Boenau: This happens time and time again. Residents oppose traffic calming projects when they're first announced. Then after constructi…
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RT @TheSpinoffTV: An important announcement about the future of The Spinoff from our CEO, our editor and our founder.
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RT @boydparatene: Pākehā returned soldiers were gifted packages of land stolen from Māori via government legislation. Māori Battalion were…
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@ScootFoundation Lived about 50m along the street from the edge of this photo one year when I was playing for @bathcricket ...
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RT @TheFigen_: Artist Greg Goya's street art transforms urban spaces into interactive canvases. If the world was in the hands of such peop…
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