Zooey Neumann

@zoomoo.bsky.social

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Lost in the woods. Still hopeful ๐Ÿ’š Greenie, West Aucklander, immigrant

An awful ai illustration of a Mฤori family using a telehealth service
Collage of various West Auckland Green Party campaign activities, including doorknocking and phone calling
A screenshot showing the Facebook notification, saying my comment had 591 reactions and 43 replies
Family guy chart that explains racism - things are ok for white people, not ok for brown and black people
No place like home event with Yasmine Serhan and Tamatha Paul Sat 11 April, details at the link!
West Auckland Greens get-together at Blues at Blockhouse Bay, Fri Jan 23rd, 6pm, Blockhouse Bay Beach Reserve. Illustration of people having a picnic ๐Ÿ’š
A terminally ill person with a cannabis prescription describes her worry about roadside drug testing
Cartoon dog looking depressed, with a caption of "Me a lot of the time"
Council and local boards are so important for our quality of life - transport, housing, the arts, parks, beaches and green spaces. Check your address us up to date at vote.nz before August 1st to receive your postal voting pack
Zooey Neumann standing for Henderson-Massey local board in the upcoming local elections. Check if you're enrolled at vote.nz!
The two main characters of the French movie Diva seated at Cafe tables
A photo of Sean Connery in The Name of the Rose, held in front of the arched walkway at Kloster Eberbach, where the movie was made
Picture of the beach/foreshore and big sky, with Auckland city looking tiny in the distance
Auckland Harbourat night, with blue and green lights on the water, and soft twinkly lights in the background
A map of te atatu south showing speed limit changes on the eastern side of the suburb
I believe that a major challenge for this and future generations will be rediscovering our sense of community spirit and responsibility. We need to rediscover our faith in collective institutions and processes. I too am ambitious for New Zealand but the prosperity that I dream of will not be measured by the size of our cars or the number of holiday homes we own. It will be measured by the strength of our compassion towards one another. It will be measured by the collective efforts that we take to give our kids the best possible start in life. It will be measured by the respect we show to our older citizens. It will be measured by the steps we take to help each other up the ladder of opportunity. We need to move past the notion that our welfare system should be little more than a safety net at the bottom of that ladder. It can and it should help people up. I have little time for those who, having climbed that ladder themselves, think it is their right to pull it up behind them.
A beach, blue sky, absolutely nobody in view
A tote bag full of books
Three ladies high heel shoes discarded in the street
A person holding out their hand full if little white pepples of hail, with hail also covering the ground behind them
Kauri at Cascades walk, Waitakere ranges
A view of the open ocean at Piha, blue sky with little fluffy clouds