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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thank you @cathsheard.bsky.social for the charming surprise in my mailbox! It suits myworkstation beautifully 😍

Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Question 2 is long-winded abd triple barrelled. Is about enabling good lives. I think the question should have been tighter but hei aha

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Strong reps from each main party, except National who has sent a backbencher no one has heard of 😳

List of party reps
Laura McClure
Julie Anne genter
Priyanca Radhakrishnan
Rima Nahkle
Jenny Marcroft
Quilae Wong

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Ready now for the IHC election forum - interested to see what each of the parties have to say about disability and the promises they will make... #nzpol #IHC

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Who won? Yall know I'm partisan 🤣but I thought Chippy did very well this debate. Clear, concise, across all the portfolios, relatable, and some good zingers. Luxon too easily flustered, avoided the question a lot. But not completely terrible.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Regret to inform you that NONE of my children are in school this week, even WORSE the school doesnt seem to have noticed and have not texted me to say they are absent

Screenshot of article. Text reads, Why are you not in school?' It’s school holidays

David Seymour stopped to speak to some children at Velocity Valley in Rotorua, giving them a piece of advice.

“Don’t trust politicians,” he said. “Are you a politician?,” they questioned.

After the three children asked if he was going to be on the news and waved at the cameras, he said: “hey, one question, how come you guys aren’t at school?”

It’s school holidays, they said.

Seymour said they could still go into school, but the kids didn’t seemed thrilled by that idea.

“No, it’s ok,” they said before walking away.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For those interested in the deets:

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Y'all can make fun as much as you like but as the target demographic I really do love the New World SMEG sticker promotion 😁 got me some free knives and a knife block just from doing the family grocery shopping

Picture of a small knife block and knives

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not the NZ Herald wheeling out ol Dane Giraud for comment on Nicky Hagers book, Dirty Work 🤣🤣🤣🤣 The most awful men

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Its selling out pretty fast 👀 this is the local Whitcoulls (Te Rapa was fully stocked this morning, as was Taupo)

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ooh selling fast - looks like Chartwell the only one with books left

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

New publication! 🎓 My paper on co-creating a culturally responsive parenting programme in Aotearoa New Zealand has just been published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Link: www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/23...

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ooohh yes please now we're talking!! We had SUCH a good scheme with Ka Ora, Ka Ako. Local jobs for local people, stimulating the local economy. Our kids got solid, nutritious, tasty lunches that they enjoyed. Leftovers were gobbled up by local food rescue and charities.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In creative news, Bella had another gig - First Thursdays on K Road - she did amazing. K Road is pretty vibrant so it was hardly a hardship to hang out for an hour or so enjoying the vibes 😀 loving seeing her confidence develop through these opportunities 💕

Photo of Bella with her guitar and singing

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Not even an ounce of self reflection. TPU were the ones lying to ppl about the cost!!! They frightened ratepayers and also downplayed the actual figures!! TPU DID THIS TO US! Argh I am losing my mind

Screenshot of taxpayers union Facebook post. Text reads, From $3 million to $16.85 million. 🚀

That’s the cost of setting up Waikato Waters!

Ratepayers were told 3 million. Now the bill is nearly $17 million.

How does a water organisation rack up millions in establishment costs and still blow through its own budget by this much?

But they won't worry, just chuck it on the ratepayers tab and carry on! 💸

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

An absolute privilege to speak at the launch of the CPAG Manifesto to Reduce Child Poverty today. I remain so angry that this government's policies are driving more and more of our families further into poverty and hardship. #cpag #nzpol

Photon of the front of the Child poverty action group manifesto to reduce Child poverty.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

And another stunning set from Bea Jordan 🎶✨️

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

We are back again 🎶😊 this time at Te Waihorotiu station opening. It's another stunning station ✨️

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Today NZCCSS released the Older Persons Poverty Monitor. Women over 65 face poverty at higher rates than men across all of the measures.

social media tile. text reads, this election every part should be asked, what will you do to stop poverty following NZers into retirement?

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Next up Bea sings an original song, Hot Cross Bun

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

And we're off. Ladies and gentlemen, Bea Jordan, singer songwriter from Hamilton 😍 starting off with a cover to warm up the crowd

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

At the opening of Karang-a-hape Train Station, on the Mercury Rd side, with Bella, who is just setting up to perform 💕😊

Photo of Bella tuning her guitar, surrounded by mic stands in the train station

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The SSC Select Committee is back with its report on the DSS Bill. Louise Upston had a very carefully prepared press release. It all made me quite cross so downloaded the large print version of her press release and turned it into a black out poem.

blackout poem, page 1. text that is not blacked out reads, Disability community report amendments. Submitters voices inform

blackoutpoem page 2. Text reads, expectations voice concerns on the language of safety. clear

blackout poem page 3. text reads, assessment package important

blackout poem page 4. text reads, family employees 55,000 milestones. End Bill.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Having a very relaxing time at the Wairakei Resort near Taupō 💕😊 the heated hot pools are an absolute winner, slept so well 😁

Selfie of me with trees and buildings in the background

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ngl I love me a reward sticker chart 🤣 a dream for my mum who only had to draw up a gold star sticker chart and et voila! Chores done 🤣

New world sticker chart filled in with smeg stickers

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Had an unexpected visitor this morning 👀💕 poor thing was quite hungry - and very friendly. The girls would have kept him in heartbeat 🤣 fed and watered him while we waited for the lovely chap from dog control to arrive. No microchip 😪 hopefully the pound will find whoever he belongs to.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

One has to wonder if the PM would have been quite so condescending and patronizing if it had been a male asking the same question 🤔🤔🤔 FTR Melanie Short is the very capable and competent head of the Rotorua Business Association.

Headhsot of Melanie, a blonde middle aged woman wearing glasses

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It is a colossal failure by National, NZFirst, and ACT to understand how scientific discovery works and progresses. Instead they're more focused on removing opposing thought, reducing dissenting voices, squeezing out Māori, and "weeding out the woke" from research.

Screenshot of text. Text reads, Moving our funding system to prioritise commercial outcomes does not necessarily just mean favouring a group of more commercially savvy researchers over others; it means a narrowing of the intellectual environment in which we all work. Even as individuals.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The spin of this govt is just ridiculous. They have significantly reduced research funding and narrowed the criteria to access what is left

Screenshot of text. Text reads, The trick here is that, while the Government says the plan itself doesn’t cut science funding, that is only because those cuts to science funding have already been announced. In the last two years, Marsden funding has been reduced and narrowed (with arts and humanities excluded), National Science Challenge funding has disappeared, the Endeavour Fund has been disrupted, and research money has been redirected into restructuring the science system and commercialisation initiatives.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

If one is genuinely interested in upholding the rights of mana whenua, this article deep dives into this topic at Maungatautari. The mountain was fenced off, and aerial poison bait drops cleared invasive predator species - cats, rats, stoats and possums. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This paper describes, situates and evaluates the use of indigenous knowledge by local Maori stakeholders in the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust and project, a multi-stakeholder community-based biodiversity conservation project located on New Zealand's North Island. Local Maori groups known as Mana Whenua (subtribes with ancestral rights to certain lands) connect through ancestral and tribal ties to Maungatautari, a prominent mountain in the Waikato region and site of the project.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This is a great blog by an American visiting our country and posting about the experience, and how conservation in this country means trapping and killing introduced predatory animals like rats, stoats, and weasels arocha.org.nz/blog/killing...

But wait…since when did conservation involve killing?! Before preparing to travel to New Zealand, I had no idea about the ongoing rodent massacre in New Zealand.

As it turns out, New Zealand is an extremely unique country ecologically speaking. Located in the middle of the South Pacific ocean, the closest country, Australia, is more than 1700 km (1000 miles) away. Due to this isolation, the entire island was populated only by birds. The only native mammals found in the country pre-human settlement were bats. Because of this, the birds evolved in complete isolation from land-based predators.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This is also a thoughtful piece on the need to hold the tensions of conservation and killing of introduced predators destroying native flora and fauna pupurangi.com/blog/predato...

There isn't a version of protecting this forest that leaves the predators in it. Trapping and baiting are the methods that work and they are the same ones usec across the country, including by the New Zealand Department of Conservation.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Girl dinner ✌🏻 and SILO viewing. Solid Friday night for me 😊

Image of assorted cold meats and cheese, a glass of wine, and a telly with silo playing

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Bought some IKEA flat packed items for teenagers room Got them delivered. Paid eldest son to put it together. Cheaper than quoted IKEA price, items nicely put together, eldest has $$ in his pocket, teen has needed storage. Win win all round I say!

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Wherein the NZ Minister of Disabled People fails to realize that Cerebral Palsy is not a progressive condition. I just. This is basic disability sector knowledge. How do you get this so wrong IN A WRITTEN PRESS RELEASE??? #nzpol www.beehive.govt.nz/release/powe...

Screenshot of text from press release with progressive conditions highlighted, and cerebral palsy circled with a question mark.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Hai it me, heading into the Social Services and Community Select Committee to speak on the DSS Bill. A whole 5 minutes lol but better than no minutes

Selfie of me in a black jacket in the halls of parliament outside the select committee rooms

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Let me present to you, the scientist creator of insulin, who did a "piece of science" and gave it away, for free, to save lives:

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

This is me paying a stupid amount of $$ in Montreal for an ebike tour 😁 there were plenty of bike lanes! It is such a good way to see the city, 100% recommend! I do think that NZ cities are losing out on these very cool and very easy tourism opportunities bc of our weird opposition to cycle lanes.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Hai it me, hiring an ebike to cruise about Stanley Park in Vancouver. Dedicated bike lanes, considerate car drivers, and stunning summer weather = a boon for ebike operators. Biking is surely the future, and it deffo brings economic value, judging by the sheer numbers of folk hiring ebikes here.

Pic of me on an ebike, posing in front of the bikes and blades store in Vancouver.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Niagara Falls baby 💕👍🏼

Selfie of me wearing a yellow rain poncho and standing in front of the horseshoe falls at Niagara Falls. A tour boat is on the lake in front of the falls

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Hai it me! Casually repping Aotearoa on a canal cruise in Ottawa, Canada.

Photo of me on a canal. I am wearing my toitu te tiriti tee

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Oh, look, the law is quite clear and unequivocal - information received by a Minister is part of the public record. The PM and his Cabinet know this. They are deliberately flouting the law to avoid public scrutiny of their shady shenanigans aka cronyism and corruption. bsky.app/profile/rich...

Screenshot of text. Text reads, 8.109 "Records" for the purposes of the
Public Records Act 2005
information held in all digital and
physical formats, such as emails or
text messages sent or received on
devices like mobile phones. This
includes official information held
include
on personal devices or
communication tools (see
paragraphs 2.86 - 2.87).
8.110 Systems must be put in place to
ensure that all information created
or received by a Minister in their
official capacity is treated as a
public record according to the
requirements of the Public Records
Act 2005.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Lazy Luxon allowing industry to write the countrys environmental laws is 👀 👇🏼 #nzpol

Screnshot of text. Text reads, In mid-2024, two of New Zealand's largest
corporate energy and agricultural emitters
drafted a specific, two-sentence
amendment to the country's climate laws.
They printed it out and hand-delivered it
to the prime minister's office.
Two years later, the Government
announced it was advancing legislation that
closely mirrors that exact corporate text,
while saying it has no internal record of any
meetings or documents.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Luxon allowing lobbyists to write their own laws and then passing them verbatim is some next level Trumpian BS and should have no place here in NZ #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

Screenshot of text. Text reads In mid-2024, two of New Zealand's largest
corporate energy and agricultural emitters
drafted a specific, two-sentence
amendment to the country's climate laws.
They printed it out and hand-delivered it
to the prime minister's office.
Two years later, the Government
announced it was advancing legislation that
closely mirrors that exact corporate text,
while saying it has no internal record of any
meetings or documents.

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

National MPs, with their six figure salaries, who claim accommodation supplements that are more than some state housing occupants earn in a year, stripping away accomm support for state housing tenants is some next level hypocritical cruelty. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360... #nzpol

Ministerial expense claims show the
social development minister claims
$1000 per week, while the pecuniary
interests register shows she jointly
owns an apartment in Wellington. It
does not show any mortgage debts
owed.
The amount Upston claimed last year
was $52,000, on top of her $320,600
ministerial salary.

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