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Thinking about climate, equity, rainbow/trans rights. Toitū te Tiriti. Mum. She/her. Love a good book, especially NZ fiction. Cat person with a dog. Aotearoa. 🍉

I stand alongside my colleague in condemning the spreading of Hobson's Pledge propaganda in this country. How many more times do we need to be shown that what starts as extremist rhetoric does not stay as rhetoric. It follows people to their schools and businesses, and even to the supermarket or as they try to go about their daily lives. Māori New Zealanders in our own community have been harassed and threatened on our streets, including here in Tāmaki. That is not activism. It is intimidation, and it has no place here. Every New Zealander is entitled to go about their life without fear. That is not a partisan position. It is the most basic obligation a free country owes its citizens. To our Māori community in Tāmaki and across New Zealand, ACT and I will continue to call this out whenever we see it.
Text from James Christmas "I stand alongside my colleague Simon Court MP in condemning the spreading of Hamas propaganda in this country. How many more times do we need to be shown that what starts as extremist rhetoric does not stay as rhetoric. It follows people to their schools and businesses, and even to the supermarket or as they try to go about their daily lives. Jewish New Zealanders in our own community have been harassed and threatened on our streets, including here in Tāmaki. That is not activism. It is intimidation, and it has no place here. Every New Zealander is entitled to go about their life without fear. That is not a partisan position. It is the most basic obligation a free country owes its citizens. To our Jewish community in Tāmaki and across New Zealand, ACT and I will continue to call this out whenever we see it."
Early photo taken at Max Harris event, standing room only. In the end there were 2 rows deep of people (mostly young) standing around every wall. Plus all chairs full. Not shown on stage were Max Harris, Barbara Edmonds and Bernard Hickey.
Stuff headline reads "Labour MP Ginny Andersen lodges Members Bill to make... 21 May 2024 - Labour MP Ginny Andersen has lodged a Members Bill to make stalking a crime following the horrific murder of 21 year old" text ends.
Laura McClure, ACT's education spokesperson, is at Westminster "Lonodn", doing a thumbs up in front of Iron Witch Thatcher. Text says "It's not every day you get to meet one of your heroes"
Facebook post that says "Laura McClure is at Westminster Lonodn [sic]" Act party's Laura McClure doing a thumbs up in front of a bronze sculpture of Margaret Thatcher. Her text says "It's not every day you get to visit one of your political heroes".
Email with the following text: Kia ora, Thank you for getting in touch. The Social Services and Community Committee has not yet had the opportunity to review all submissions it received on the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill. If there is an issue with your submission, we will contact you. Otherwise, if you made a submission, you can expect your submission to be published in due course. Committee Staff Social Services and Community Committee
Max Harris in a dark suit with white shirt, stands in front of a crowd with mostly grey hair, he has a microphone in one hand.
Page 299 from the hardback version of Hannah Gadsby's Ten Steps to Nanette
Photo of Peters talking to crowd. Text says: Peters told the rally he was forced to support the law due to the coalition agreement but he did not like it, and promised to fix it after the election. He said protesters were right to be frustrated. "If we're given the chance at the 2026 election we're going to make getting rid of this legislation a priority," he said. "This bill won't last more than four and a months, it'll be dead on arrival." Van Velden labelled that "politicking" at the 11th hour, saying New Zealand First never raised specific concerns about the bill during a meeting a month ago.
National ad: blue background with 2 men in suits. Wording says: Mahesh Muralidhar & Hon Simeon Brown public meeting. 7pm Wednesday 8 July St Chad's Community Centre 35 St John's Rd, Meadowbank
Chlöe Swarbrick speaking in front of a crowd of protesters
Chores Swarbrick speaking in front of a crowd at the protest against the definition of man and woman protest.
Poster with picture of Rocky from Project Hall Mary with words saying "Trans rights are human rights"
Huge crowd, lots of queer pride flags
Title page of the book Treasure which Elizabeth has generously signed.
A sign for the Hunua Room at Aotea Centre with schedule.
1News headline "Gang members now officially outnumber police officers" 26 Feb 2026
City skyline at dusk, includes an old brick building with large graffiti spelling ACHES.
Split Enz on stage, Tim Finn centre playing piano.
Epic NZ band Split Enz on stage wearing colourful Noel Crombie suits.
A round blue badge with a drawing of 6 splendid looking young men (Split Enz) and the words Split Enz 1972 - 1992.
A table of older ladies at a cafe with a very smiley man at the back. Text says "joined these ladies at Honey Cafe Glendowie yester morning for a coffee and a chat on community issues"
Just a couple of words from me on the NZ Herald story this morning about my brief involvement with the Regulatory Standards Board. First, there's not really a story here. I went through a full interview process, was successful, and withdrew the moment I decided to put my name forward as ACT's candidate for Tāmaki, as was entirely appropriate. But it is a useful chance to say something about why the Regulatory Standards Act matters for the people of Tāmaki. The Act, which David Seymour drove through Parliament last year, finally puts property rights into the framework Parliament uses to make laws. Until now, New Zealand has been an outlier. Parliament has had transparency rules around debt (the Public Finance Act), inflation (the Reserve Bank Act), and personal freedoms (the Bill of Rights Act). What it has never had is a discipline that forces politicians to be honest about the costs they impose when they regulate the use of people's property. The Regulatory Standards Act fixes that. The Board, when it is up and running, will publicly assess whether new and existing laws stack up against principles of good lawmaking, including respect for property rights. Why does that matter in Tāmaki? Look at what our residents are dealing with right now. Intensification rules being proposed for streets without the infrastructure to support them. Heritage listings, earthquake-strengthening requirements, and zoning changes that can dramatically alter the value of a home or a small business overnight. Resource consent processes that take years and cost a fortune. Every one of these is a regulatory cost on someone's property, and until now, no one was required to be transparent about who pays it or why.
Photo of 2 vacant looking white men in suits. The one on the right is David seymour and there is an RNZ tag over the bottom right of the corner that looks like it is a red with white swirl arm band on Seymour.
Article with the text "Newstalk ZB presenter Rachel Smalley has apologised for calling New Zealand women "heifers" and "a bunch of lardos" on air when she thought her microphone was switched off."
"The NZ Govts favourite game when it comes to solving real issues" followed by a picture of a Bop It game with the usual features replaced by Suppress It, Ignore It, Deflect It, Mock It and Fake It.
Simmonds also opposed the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Act 2022, which established safe zones around abortion providers. The bill passed its third reading on 16 March 2022.
Google search results with the top result showing fuelclock.nz
A photo of a man sitting in front of the Auckland Harbour with Rangitoto Island in the background. The words say "I've been selected as the Labour Party candidate for Tāmaki! I would love to have you involved in our campaign to take the fight to this awful, anti-worker government."
Van velden wearing pink with short brown business bob hair, carries pink box and is asked a question by unseen interviewer.
Benee and Role Model on stage at Laneway. Large crowd, the musicians appear on 3 large screens.
The ACT Party’s Employment Relations Amendment Bill is an attack on every working person. It would allow employers to turn real jobs into contracting arrangements and legally enable them to pay people less than a minimum wage. Employers could take away our entitlements to sick leave, annual leave and public holidays, and shut the door on the personal grievance process – denying us the right to workplace justice. The Government is using the ACT Party to normalise a ‘fire at will’ culture in New Zealand, and we have to resist it!
The Government is using the ACT Party to normalise a ‘fire at will’ culture in New Zealand, and we have to resist it! Workers First Union is asking Aucklanders to take a stand and join us in a public protest outside Minister Brooke van Velden’s electorate office (35 Saint Johns Road, St Johns, Auckland) on Thursday 5 February at 11am. We need a strong turnout and lots of energy to show that our communities will not accept laws that take away our hard-fought rights while rewarding ‘gig economy’ employers like Uber who are taking advantage of our (already) weak employment laws.
She said Luxon's "silence in the face of this blatant US breach of international law goes against NZ maintaining our cherished independent foreign policy and betrays the values of our nation". "The PM needs to show an understanding of how this action risks the already fragile stability and sustainable pathways to justice for the world and impacted regions. He must condemn this invasion now," Davidson wrote. Contacted for a response, the prime minister's office referred RNZ to Peters' post on X.
"Contacted for a response, the prime minister's office referred RNZ to Peters' Post on X."
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been captured and down out of Venezuela after the US carried out a large scale strike on the capital city of Caracas, US President Donald Trump announced, adding there will be "further details to follow."
2 books piled on table. "Chris Knox, Not Given Lightly, a biography by Craig Robertson" and "Grant Robertson, Anything Could Happen"
A wāhine stands in front of a green nature blurred background. Says "Tania Waikato announced Green Party candidacy for 2026 general election"
CD sitting on top of stack of DVDs. CD insert has black and white picture of the musician Chris Isaak and an autograph saying Victoria stay cool signed by Chris Isaak.
Terry asks "any evidence of this claim or are you making a maga claim?" Uffindell replies "goodness me Conspiracy Terry"
Casey costello meets with self proclaimed 'terf' as landmark case reaches final chapter. Picture of 2 women above the headline.
A fascist with a short fascist haircut wears a long leather military coat with some kind of medallion. He looks like gestapo. Black and white picture. There is some text that says We will never be stopped.
" The former Board, together with the outgoing principal, declined to engage. We have invited the parent reps on the newly elected Board to engage with this consultation process. Carmel Trump, the local MP, has gone public with untruths that the media has not bothered to fact-check."
Two sycophants meet. The one in the left from NZ is bald and had his hands in his pockets. The one on the right has an orange demeanour. Both look vacantly at each other.
noem stands in front of a massively overcrowded cell filled with men whose heads have been shaved and shirts removed.