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Dr Ayesha Verrall

@drayeshaverrall.bsky.social
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Labour MP based in Wellington. Spokesperson for Health, Public Service and Wellington Issues. Authorised by Rob Salmond, 2 Gilmer Tce, Wellington

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Dr Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Wow, if I had known Hooten was eligible I would have applied to be Post editor as a sitting MP.
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Janet Hoek @janethoek.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Astonishing how Costello recalls events from an evening nearly 15 months ago (www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...), yet still can't recall the source of the tobacco industry friendly "mystery document" she passed on to the MOH to inform tobacco policy.
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Judge called Winston’s speech ‘disgusting’ during disruption at club event, minister recalls
NZ First Minister Casey Costello told the panel Judge Ema Aitken yelled “he’s lying” during Winston Peters speech.
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Dr Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Proud of how the Silver Ferns are standing tall tonight—focused, united and delivering against South Africa despite all the off-court noise. Brilliant. 🖤🌿 #SilverFerns #NZLvRSA
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Joy Hooker @joykh.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Great meeting tonight hearing @chrishipkins.bsky.social & @drayeshaverrall.bsky.social speak on health services in NZ & the way we are going backwards & their plan for a healthy & prosperous NZ. Thanks for organising @shananhalbert.bsky.social #universalhealthcare
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Dr Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Independent apart then
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Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
If you think that Ginny Anderson and I look pissed off, that’s because we are seriously pissed off. The government is ripping our pay equity legislation apart, kicking low paid women down in order to balance their books. The Labour caucus turned out in force at the snap protest at Parliament today.
Me and Ginny Anderson at the protest, against a backdrop of PSA and D Tu flagsLabour caucus on the steps at the protest supporting our leader as he committed to restoring proper pay equity processesCarmel Sepuloni, Jan Tinetti, me, at the protestProtestor with sign saying, “ Pay women what we’re worth!!!”
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Sarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
@drayeshaverrall.bsky.social is now subjecting Brown to her steely intellect and total command of the facts. “Who does he expect to DO the work with 310 fewer nurses and 47 fewer drs” Brown shouting to compensate for his lack of competence. And LYING. #nzpol
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Dr Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Today Health Minister Simeon Brown wouldn’t say whether he thinks abortion is healthcare.
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Dr Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Public health doctors say Simeon Brown is meddling in the submissions they can make and it's having a "chilling effect". Doctors and health experts should be free to do their job without being micro-managed by Simeon Brown.
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Dr Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
It’s past time Te Whatu Ora Health NZ returned to transparent governance and replaced the destructive Lester Levy with a board. Here’s what I wrote to Minister Simeon Brown on how we could approach this constructively together for the good of our health system.
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Dr Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
National finally funding its medical school places a year later than promised, and half the 100 places they describe were funded by Labour.
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Dr Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
National needs to take responsibility for the job cuts and hiring freeze they’ve imposed and admit it’s putting people in danger. If a hospital needs a cancer specialist, they shouldn’t have to wait around for National’s sign-off while patients suffer.
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Dr Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The sheer number of resignations in health leadership point to one thing: that they’ve been directed from the top. Christopher Luxon seems to have a low tolerance for diversity of thought and is pushing out people whose advice he disagrees with. This decision takes New Zealand backwards.
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Sharing with permission. A letter to the President and Board of RANZCOG from one of Aotearoa's gynaecologists who knows first hand how important abortion healthcare is for all folks who can get pregnant. #abortionrightsaotearoa #alranz #abortion #abortionishealthcare #nzpol #luxon
Sharing with permission. A letter to the President and Board of RANZCOG from one of Aotearoa's gynaecologists who knows first hand how important abortion healthcare is for all folks who can get pregnant. Abortion is healthcare. THANK YOU, Mairi, for allowing us to share this letter to the wonderful people at RANZCOG - the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 
#abortionrightsaotearoa #alranz #AbortionRightsAreHumanRights #abortion #ReproductiveJustice #abortionishealthcare #nzpol #luxon #nz #aotearoa
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Christopher Luxon's Coalition Government is putting a less qualified anti-choice, anti-abortion MP to lead the health portfolio. An MP who *CELEBRATES* the fall of abortion rights and abortion access in the United States. This is wildly irresponsible. We deserve better. #abortion #nzpol #Luxon
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Rachel Brooking MP for Dunedin @rachelbrooking.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Select committee has met and extended the time for submissions on dreadful Treaty Principles Bill after the system crashed 👇
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Dr Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
So far 2025 a lot like 2024 www.facebook.com/share/p/ZwLB...
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Redirecting...
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Dr Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Te Anau BBQ tradition - throwing the icebreaker on when the weather changes at 7pm.
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Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The government has a new accounting measure called OBEGALx. It's the measure you use when you can't get the books to add up the way you would like. I guess it goes with FERRIESx and CHILDPOVERTYTARGETSx and HOUSESINAUCKLANDx. I'm giving this government a giant ❌ for its performance this year.
Screen shot of an NZ Herald headline: "No surplus in sight: Creative accounting used to mask deterioration in Govt books."
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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
WOWWWWW. But they don’t mention the bike lanes?! 🤯
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Farah @kiwifarah.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Frickin’ targets. #NZPol. www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
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The government's targets in charts: More than half behind track
RNZ's new visualisations, which track progress on nine public sector targets, show crime and education goals are particularly at risk.
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Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
An excellent meeting this morning with Drs Kroon, Watene, Dare and Grix, talking about the cut to Marsden funding for research in humanities and social sciences, and working out a possible strategy. I’d love to come and talk to researchers about this. Just email me and we can set something up.
Me and Drs Kroon, Watene, Dare and Grix.
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Sarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The opposition were given the 200+ page report ONE DAY before the hearing rather than the legally required two weeks. You wanna try getting across a detailed 200 page document in one day? Unfortunately for Reti, Hon Ayesha Verrall did just that and highlighted some dramatic accounting, um, issues.
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Peek-a-boo politics: Scrutiny in the dark
The House: Parliament is conducting its annual week of performance reviews of government entities (and their ministers), sometimes all but blindfolded.
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Dr Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Nice to turn up here for the first time and see an old friend has set out the welcome mat.
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