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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For a change of pace regarding music with unknown releases dates, the October ’96 issue of Muzik featured a review of the “Beyond Real” single put out by Brooklyn’s Jigmastas sometime in 1996. (Music in reply) #hiphop

JIGMASTAS

Beyond Real Beyond Real, USA

A rare intelligence is displayed throughout this fine DJ Spinna production, one of the few new recordings to openly challenge the authenticity of the whole Keep It Real camp. 7 don't give a fuck about your keys of coke/Glocks that you claim you tote/ Lyrics that you said you wrote". The wind in New York is definitely changing its direction. Post-Real-hip-hopfundamentalism.

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And moving on to reviews in MRR from October ’96, shout outs are due to: ● Assfort ● The Gaia ● Unbroken #hardcorepunk (Music in replies)

Review by Matt Average of Assfort’s ‘Bark Up The Wrong Tree’ EP in Maximum Rocknroll #161 (Oct 1996):

ASSFORT - "Bark Up The Wrong Tree" EP

By the time this review sees print these guys will have already I taken the country by storm again... As I understand it, this material was recorded in '93; nonetheless, these 3 songs rage. The title track starts off quiet and atmospheric, then it rips into the full-on attack these guys are known for. The other two are more direct with speedy attacks, varying tempos and a good song structure. ASSFORT!!! (MA) (NATRecords, Avenue Shinsaibashi#807,2-18-16Nishi-Shinsaibashi, Chu-Ku, Osaka 542, JAPAN)

Review by Timojhen Mark of The Gaia’s ‘This One’ LP in Maximum Rocknroll #161 (Oct 1996):

GAIA – “This One” LP

A by-product of their U.S. tour of last year, this is six new studio tracks and five live tracks recorded at Gilman Street. Anyone who I had the pleasure to personally witness GAIA won't be surprised by the new stuff- agile metallic hardcore that lets up only enough for you to catch your breath. While they have become almost as known for being a all female band, it's the downright ferocious execution that I will continue to win over the real fans. Even with my predisposition against live recordings, the sheer impact of this band is obvious. Awesome! (TM)

(Sound Pollution, PO Box 17742, Covington, KY 41017)

Review by Matt Average of Unbroken’s ‘Circa ‘77’ EP in Maximum Rocknroll #161 (Oct 1996):

UNBROKEN - "Absentee Debate/Crushed On You"

Whoa! ! Not at all what I expected. Last time I listened to these I guys they were boring metal shit, but then this single comes along... I The metal influence is still there, but the power that was absent before I is here, full on, with all instruments up front pummeling the hell outta your ears with gravelly vocals. Apparently this is their last, which is I too bad, 'cuz this stuff rages. (MA)
(New Age Records, PO Box 5213, Huntington Beach, CA 92615)

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oct. 1 means it’s time to salute some 40 & 30 year-old music releases with no exact release date but which were first reviewed in October issues of MRR. Starting with Oct ’86: ● Crumbsuckers ● Desecration ● Kuro ● Negazione ● Uniform Choice (Music in replies) #hardcorepunk

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SUNDAY cont’d Petone: 1pm Hīkoi & flag wave (flags provided if needed) @11 The Esplanade, Petone end of Te Ara Tupua Walkway Motueka: 8am–1pm Motueka Market @Decks Reserve Carpark Waihōpai: 1pm @opposite Mitre 10, cnr Tay St & Elles Rd

Petone poster:

Peaceful walk and flag waving on Te Ara Tupua Walkway

SUNDAY, 4 OCTOBER

1:00 PM

MEETING POINT: 11 The Esplanade, Petone

Bring Palestinian flags, comfortable walking shoes, and join us in solidarity

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SUNDAY Tauranga Moana: 11am Flags @Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui Heretaunga: 1.30pm @Civic Square Te Papaioea: 2pm @Te Marae O Hine Whakaoriori: 9.30am Vigil @Town Hall

Tauranga Moana poster:

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH 11 AM

CORONATION PARK

MT. MAUNGANUI

FREE PALESTINE

Young Feminist Solidarity with Palestine, We dream of a free Palestine

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SATURDAY cont'd Waiharakeke: 10.30am @Blenheim Train Station Ōtautahi: 1pm Public outreach @Bridge of Remembrance

Blenheim poster:

Rally for Palestine - The Destruction Continues

BLENHEIM

Saturdays

11:00 am

Blenheim Train Station

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SATURDAY cont’d Ahuriri: 11.30am @Soundshell Roundabout Whanganui: 11am @Riverside Market Kaiwaewae/Paetūmōkai: 11am @The Squircle Porirua: 1pm @outside the Library, Parumoana St Te Whanganui a Tara: 10am–2pm Bake Sale for Palestine @Vintage & Retro Fair, St Joseph's Church, 152 Brougham St

Wellington poster:

bake sale for palestine

UNEARTHED VINTAGE AND RETRO FAIR

10AM-2PM SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER 2026 ST JOSEPH'S CHURCH HALL

152 BROUGHAM STREET, MT VICTORIA

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SATURDAY Kerikeri: 9am–11am @ roundabout, SH 10 Tāmaki Makaurau: ● 10am Banners @text 0274 933 488 ● 2pm @Te Kōmititanga Waiheke: 8am–1pm Stall @Ostend Market Pārāwai: 10am @Thames Market, 700 Pollen St Kirikiriroa: ● 1pm @Flynn Park ● 2pm @ Hinemoa Park Kemureti: 11am @Cambridge Town Hall

Hamilton poster:

KIRIKIRIROA

PALESTINE FLAG WAVING

FIRST SATURDAY EVERY MONTH

SATURDAY 3RD OCTOBER, 2-3 PM

AT HINEMOA PARK (CNR OF MILL ST & TRISTRAM ST) & TRISTRAM ST

TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER, STAND IN SOLIDARITY FOR OUR FAMILIES IN PALESTINE

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

FRIDAY cont’d Te Whanganui-a-Tara: 7.15am Flags @Hill St Ōtautahi: 4pm Flags @Bridge of Remembrance

Christchurch poster:

Friday Flag Waving

OCTOBER 2ND

4 - 5:30PM

BRIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

AoNZ rallies/actions for Palestine: Oct 2–4 FRIDAY Tāmaki Makaurau: ● 3pm Vigil @US Consul ● 4pm Vigil @Te Kōmititanga Ngāmotu: 3.30pm Protest Paul Goldsmith visit to New Plymouth @outside Plymouth International Hotel, 220 Courtenay St Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai: 7.30am & 4.30pm Flags @Charles St

Hutt Valley poster:

HUTT VALLEY

PALESTINE FLAG WAVING

CHARLES STREET MOTORWAY OVERBRIDGE

7.30AM-8.30AM & 4.30PM-6PM

EVERY FRIDAY

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good news from Peace Action Ōtautahi today. But the protest continues tomorrow because the summit is still promoting and celebrating NZ’s role in modern warfare. ##nzpol

PEOPLE POWER WORKS

BREAKING NEWS

ROCKETLAB BACKS OUT OF AEROSPACE SUMMIT.

THIS IS A HUGE VICTORY.

Amidst mounting pressure by activists, the Rocketlab representative has backed away from appearing at the Aerospace Summit.

Rocketlab knows protests of this scale would be disastrous for their public image. They're losing out on business connections and major PR by dropping out of the summit.

That's a loss for Rocketlab, and a win for us.

But this fight isn't over- SYOS, NZS1S and NZDF representatives are still coming to the conference, and are not welcome in our city.

Friday, 7am onwards. Swarm the Summit!

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As well as the protest led by Peace Action Ōtautahi against the war & weapons-loving aerospaсе summit in Christchurch this Friday, Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa will be leading one tomorrow and there will also be a hui tomorrow evening to prep for Friday’s action. #nzpol

Poster text:

PR0TEST THE AEROSPAСЕ Summit!

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA

END COMPLICITY WITH GENOCIDE

THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 8.30AM

TE PAE CONVENTION CENTRE

Poster text:

SWARM THE SUMMIT

NON-VI0LENT DIRECT ACTION TRAINING

Planning to protest the aerospace summit this Friday? Get prepared!

· Legal information

· Peaceful tactic practice

· Community building

6PM THURSDAY 1 OCT 180 AVONSIDE DRIVE

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Shamefully, representatives of the NZDF, NZ’s intel agencies, Rocket Lab, space/weapons tech companies & university faculty will be convening in Ōtautahi this Friday to venerate the military-space sector. Peace Action Ōtautahi is calling for people to join their protest against the convention #nzpol

PEACE ACTION ŌTAUTAHI PRESENTS:
SWARM THE SUMMIT '26
TE PAE CONVENTION CENTRE.
OCT 2ND

Mass mobilisation to disrupt the National Aerospace Summit
Take action against war profiteers, international military personnel and weapons manufacturers coming to Ōtautahi!

1: Gather at Victoria Park - North End
7.00 am
Friday October 2nd
2: March to Te Pae Convention Centre

BRING YOUR CREW.
TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE AEROSPACE/MILITARY INDUSTRY.
SWARM THE SUMMIT!
PEACE ACTION ŌTAUTAHI

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As one example, this bit from Stuff’s recent look at the govt’s ‘achievements' shamefully accepts the govt’s framing around ‘balance’ in the curriculum (as though it was unbalanced before now) and accepts the racist view that a curriculum concerned with Māori & colonisation is unfair on colonisers.

Excerpt from Stuff's report card on Govt achievements in education during this term:

Restore balance to the Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curriculum

Achieved: Not yet. A new history curriculum has been drafted but will not be implemented until 2027. It shifts the focus away from what the Government called a “victims and villains” framing (centring on Māori and colonisation) and towards a broader focus including global civilisations, as well as new modules on civics education and financial literacy.

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SUNDAY Tāmaki Makaurau: 2pm Rainbow Action Tāmaki fundraiser for Palestine @Charlotte Museum, 1A Howe St Tauranga Moana: 11am Flags @Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui Whāingaroa: 11am Flags @Raglan Water Tower Whakaoriori: 9.30am Vigil @Town Hall Waihōpai: 1pm @ corner Tay St & Elles Rd

Auckland poster:

ORGANISED BY:

RAINBOW ACTION TĀMAKI

ALL FUNDS GOING TO RAMI, A ORGANISER DISTRIBUTING FOOD TO HIS COMMUNITY IN GAZA

RAT PALESTINE FUNDRAISER

THE CHARLOTTE MUSEUM

1A HOWE STREET

SUNDAY 27th SEPTEMBER 2-5pm

Join us for an afternoon of live music, art and community, with a market from some of your favourite local artists and creatives !!

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SATURDAY cont'd Whakatū: 10.30am Flag Wave @cnr Champion & Salisbury Rds, Richmond Waiharakeke: 10.30am @Blenheim Train Station Ōtautahi: 1pm Public outreach @Bridge of Remembrance

Christchurch poster:

public outreach

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH

1PM

BRIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SATURDAY cont’d Ahuriri: 11.30am @Soundshell Roundabout Whanganui: 11am @Riverside Market Kaiwaewae/Paetūmōkai: 11am @The Squircle

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SATURDAY Tāmaki Makaurau: ● 10am Banners @text 0274 933 488 ● 2pm @Te Kōmititanga Waiheke: 8am–1pm Stall @Ostend Market Tauranga Moana: 2pm Protest NZ First’s public meeting @Holy Trinity, 215 Devonport Rd Kirikiriroa: 1pm @Flynn Park Kemureti: 11am @Cambridge Town Hall

Auckland poster:

The Second/Al-Aqsa Intifada Still Matters Sep 2000-Feb 2005 to today 26 Sep 2026

Occupation-Massacres-Dispossession-Apartheid-Torture-Colonial Resistance

JOIN THE GLOBAL MARCH OCT 10

Join us

Sat 26 Sep 2pm

Te Kōmititanga Waitematā Station CBD

KOHA DONATIONS WELCOME:

PSNA 38-9015-0849542-00

FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM PSNATAMAKIMAKAURAU/PSNAOTEAROA

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA

Tāmaki Makaurau

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

FRIDAY cont’d Te Whanganui-a-Tara: 7.15am Flags @Hill St Ōtautahi: 4pm Flags @Bridge of Remembrance

Christchurch poster:

Flag Waving

FRIDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER

4 - 5:30PM

BRIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AoNZ rallies/actions for Palestine: Sept 25–27 FRIDAY Tāmaki Makaurau: ● 3pm Vigil @US Consul ● 4pm Vigil @Te Kōmititanga Ngāmotu: 4.30pm Flags @Paynters Ave Bridge Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai: 7.30am & 4.30pm Flags @Charles St

New Plymouth poster:

BOYCOTT DIVEST SANCTION

FLAGS ON FRIDAY

NO PEACE, NO JUSTICE WITH OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE

PAYNTERS AVENUE BRIDGE 4.30-5.30PM

NGĀMOTU-NEW PLYMOUTH

SHOWING SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE!!

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The party of anti-vaxxers/anti-maskers thinks we should take their claims of putting "prevention at the centre of healthcare" to deal with the "epidemic of chronic illness" seriously and it's all about focusing on vitamin intake. #nzpol

Tommy Lee Jones in a scene from No Country For Old Men looking away from reading a newspaper with a displeased face

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm not surprised, but it's still disgraceful that Hipkins is defending the FBI's presence in AoNZ. It would be bad under any US president, but Hipkins is saying that if he becomes PM after the election he wants to maintain NZ's intel, military & policing relationship with the Trump admin. #nzpol

Excerpt from NZ Herald article today:

Chris Hipkins promised Labour would recognise Palestine as a state, halt proposed public sector job cuts, and retain an FBI presence in New Zealand, as he took his election campaign to Porirua on Saturday.

Excerpt continues:

The last question came from a man in the audience concerned about international affairs, asking “can you tell me why we have a CIA office in Wellington and do they put pressure on the Government?”
Hipkins clarified that the US does have an FBI office in its Embassy, as of July last year, but does not have a foreign intelligence office in the form of the CIA.

Excerpt continues:

He defended the FBI’s increased presence, saying “this might sound unusual coming from a lefty politician like me, but it’s actually quite helpful to us”.
“A lot of the information that we rely on for our own security as a country actually comes from the information that we share with other like-minded countries like the US, Australia, Canada, the UK.”

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

SUNDAY Tauranga Moana: 11am Flag wave @Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui Te Papaioea: 2pm @Te Marae O Hine Whakaoriori: 9.30am Vigil @Town Hall Waihōpai: 1pm @opposite Mitre 10, cnr Tay St & Elles Rd

Tauranga Moana poster:

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH

11 AM

CORONATION PARK

MT. MAUNGANUI

PEACE AND FREEDOM

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

SATURDAY cont'd Whakatū: 10.30am Flag Wave @opposite Wakefield Hall, 10 Whitby Way Waiharakeke: 10.30am @Blenheim Train Station Ōtautahi: 1pm Public outreach @Bridge of Remembrance

Nelson poster:

COMMUNITY-LED FLAG WAVE

SAT 19 SEPT 10:30 AM

WAKEFIELD

(OPPOSITE WAKEFIELD HALL)

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

SATURDAY cont’d Ahuriri: 11.30am @Soundshell Roundabout Whanganui: 11am @Riverside Market Kaiwaewae/Paetūmōkai: 11am @The Squircle

Napier poster:

Don't be like Ed Stand with Humanity This and EVERY Saturday

[Drawing of Ed Sheeran saying “I DON'T TAKE SIDES”]

11.30am

Soundshell Roundabout Marine Parade

NAPIER

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA

Hawke's Bay

More Information 027 226-9950 or psnhb@protonmail.me

WWW.PSNA.NZ

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

SATURDAY Whangārei: 10am @Hātea Drive carpark Tāmaki Makaurau: ● 10am Banners @text 0274 933 488 ● 1pm Joining the March for Nature @Albert Park Waiheke: 8am–1pm Stall @Ostend Market Kirikiriroa: 1pm @Flynn Park Kemureti: 11am @Cambridge Town Hall

Whangārei poster:

INFLUENCE UNITY AND CHANGE

FREEDOM JUSTICE EQUALITY

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK WHANGĀREI

COME TO RAISE FLAGS AND VOICES

SATURDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER 10AM-1130AM

GATHER HĀTEA CARPARK

OPPOSITE PŪTAHI PARK

SANCTION ISRAEL NOW

RESPECT TANGATA WHENUA EVERYWHERE

KEEP PALESTINE

IN YOUR HEARTS

EXPEL ISRAEL'S AMBASSADOR

THE PEOPLE UNITED CAN NEVER BE DIVIDED

Auckland poster:

TOITŪ TE TIRITI TOITŪ TE TAIAO

MARCH FOR NATURE 19 SEP, 1PM, ALBERT PARK

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

FRIDAY cont’d Ōtautahi: 4pm Flags @Bridge of Remembrance Waihōpai: 7pm Film - 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' @South Alive Meeting Rooms, 262 Ness St (see ALT text for further deets)

Invercargill poster:

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

One of the year's most celebrated international films, Kaouther Ben Hania's searing docudrama "The Voice of Hind Rajab' explores the frantic real-life mission by Palestinian Red Crescent volunteers to save a five-year-old Palestinian girl, Hind Rajab, trapped in a car under heavy gunfire in Gaza.

Utilising the actual audio of emergency phone calls made by Hind Rajab alongside the dramatic recreation of the call-centre volunteers tasked with coordinating her rescue, a maddening picture emerges of the tangled web of military and governmental bureaucracy blocking rescue units as a young girl's pleas for help intensify. The result is both a gripping race-against-the-clock thriller and a devastating reality-check on the ghastly human toll inflicted on families.

FREE FILM SCREENING

FRI 18th SEP 7pm

South Alive Meeting Rooms, 262 Ness St

Koha to the Palestinian Red Crescent

R rating

Find us on Facebook for future events: Invercargill Stands with Palestine

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Further details:

Free showing of The Voice of Hind Rajab Friday September 18th starting 7pm (doors open 6.40) at South Alive Meeting Rooms, 262 Ness St, Invercargill.

Koha will go to the Palestine Red Crescent Society and there'll be hot drinks and snacks.

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

AoNZ rallies/actions for Palestine: Sept 18–20 FRIDAY Tāmaki Makaurau: ● 3pm Vigil @US Consul ● 4pm Vigil @Te Kōmititanga Ngāmotu: 4.30pm Flags @Paynters Ave Bridge Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai: 7.30am & 4.30pm Flags @Charles St Te Whanganui-a-Tara: 7.15am Flags @Hill St

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Clicking through to the full scorecards shows Te Pāti Māori and the Greens way ahead on each environmental front. Sad, but unsurprising, to see Labour lagging behind in many areas. If you want to show support for te taiao, there’s a march in Tāmaki Makaurau this Saturday. #nzpol

TOITŪ TE TIRITI

TOITŪ TE TAIAO

MARCH FOR NATURE 19 SEP, 1PM, ALBERT PARK

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Obviously staffing and resourcing need to increase to ease pressure on the health system (and reduce staff stress), but that alone won’t fully address the problem. Better sickness prevention & health protection measures are essential to reduce the demand in the first place #nzpol

NZ Herald article headline from 15/09/2026:

Tauranga Hospital Emergency Department nurses declare state of emergency

NZ Herald article excerpt from 15/09/2026:

Nurses at Tauranga Hospital have declared a state of emergency after a patient collapsed in the Emergency Department waiting room.

More than 100 New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) members and ED nursing staff wrote to Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora’s chief executive and the Midland/Te Manawa Taki region’s executive director on September 8.

They called for urgent recruitment, saying “exceptional demand” has become their “daily reality”.

Excerpt continues:

The union’s letter said the ED was “operating over capacity every day”.

“What should be considered exceptional demand has become our daily reality.”

It said staff were being asked to manage increasing patient numbers with “inadequate resources”, the risks of which were “no longer theoretical”.

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This Saturday, Whanganui branches of the Green Party, Palestinian Solidarity, Teens For Change, School Strike 4 Climate & DECOL Collective will be hosting a screening of Earth's Greatest Enemy. Guest speaker = Teanau Tuiono. There will be subtitles & accessible access. See reply for trailer. #nzpol

EARTH'S GREATEST ENEMY

DOCUMENTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF HISTORY'S BIGGEST EMPIRE

'Earth's Greatest Enemy' reveals a hidden truth behind the climate crisis: the role of the U.S. military as the world's largest institutional polluter, tracing the link between war, empire, and ecological destruction.

Drawing on powerful testimonies from veterans, scientists, and frontline communities, it uncovers how military operations poison ecosystems, accelerate global warming, and sacrifice the future for endless expansion.

SAT 12th SEPT | 7PM | KOHA ENTRY

DAVIS LECTURE THEATRE, WHANGANUI

WPSG

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

SUNDAY Tauranga Moana: 11am Flag wave @Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui Whakaoriori: 9.30am Vigil @Town Hall Petone: 1pm Hīkoi & flag wave (flags provided if needed) @11 The Esplanade, Petone end of Te Ara Tupua Walkway Waihōpai: 1pm @opposite Mitre 10, cnr Tay St & Elles Rd [6/6]

Petone poster:

Peaceful walk and flag waving on Te Ara Tupua Walkway

SUNDAY, 13 AUGUST

1:00 PM

MEETING POINT: 11 The Esplanade, Petone

Bring Palestinian flags, comfortable walking shoes, and join us in solidarity

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

SATURDAY cont'd Waiharakeke: 10.30am @Blenheim Train Station Māwhera: 11am @lawn below the GDC fountain, Greymouth Ōtautahi: ● 1pm Public outreach @Bridge of Remembrance ● 7pm Free Palestine Party launch @The Cashmere Club, 88 Hunter Terrace [5/6]

Christchurch poster:

FREE PALESTINE PARTY LAUNCH

SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER

7PM

THE CASHMERE CLUB

88 HUNTER TERRACE, CASHMERE

JOIN THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT

HELP MAKE A FREE PALESTINE POSSIBLE

FREE PALESTINE PARTY

No sanctions - No vote!

DONATIONS

LIVESTREAM

authorised by John Edmundson, www.palfree.nz

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

SATURDAY cont’d Ahuriri: 11.30am @Soundshell Roundabout Whanganui: 11am @Riverside Market Kaiwaewae/Paetūmōkai: 11am @The Squircle [4/6]

Napier poster:
EXIST RESIST RETURN
Support Peace with Justice
No New Zealand support for US wars
Expel the Israeli Ambassador
Recognise Palestine
Provide immediate Humanitarian Assistance and Security Guarantees
GENOCIDE IS A CRIME
PROTEST IS NOT
Every Saturday
11.30am to 1.00pm
Soundshell Roundabout
Marine Parade
NAPIER
PSNA Napier PSNA Hastings Palestine Action Heretaunga
More Information 021 900-254 027 226-9950 psnhb@protonmail.me
عيد
PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA
HERETAUNGA Palestine Action

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

SATURDAY Tāmaki Makaurau: ● 10am Banners @text 0274 933 488 ● 2pm @Te Kōmititanga Waiheke: 8am–1pm Stall @Ostend Market Kirikiriroa: 1pm @Flynn Park Kemureti: 11am @Cambridge Town Hall [3/6]

Auckland poster:

Tāmaki Makaurau Rally

12 September 2 pm

Te Kōmititanga/ Britomart

Anniversary of Israeli organised massacre of Palestinians in Sabra & Shalila refugee camps, Lebanon 1982

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA

Tāmaki Makaurau

Followed by Sumud Kite flying, Coyle Park, Pt Chevalier 3.30pm

Donate to Palestine Solidarity 38-9015-0849542-00.

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

FRIDAY cont’d Te Whanganui-a-Tara: 7.15am Flags @Hill St Ōtautahi: 4pm Flags @Bridge of Remembrance [2/6]

Christchurch poster:

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA

Friday Flag Waving

PALESTINE NEEDS YOU

4 - 5:30PM

11TH SEPTEMBER

BRIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

AoNZ rallies/actions for Palestine: Sept 11–13 FRIDAY Tāmaki Makaurau: ● 3pm Vigil @US Consul ● 4pm Vigil @Te Kōmititanga Ngāmotu: 4.30pm Flags @Paynters Ave Bridge Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai: 7.30am & 4.30pm Flags @Charles St [1/6]

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Token gestures that have come far too late & ignore Gaza. Even if we view the UK’s weak sanctions on Israeli “settlements” as a step in the right direction, it’s completely undone by the fact that those sanctions are to be coupled with sanctions on Iran – currently under attack by Israel & the US🧵

Excerpt from Al Jazeera article:
Ahead of Tuesday’s announcement, Miliband said new trading bans and sanctions would represent a “comprehensive reset” of the UK’s policy on Israel, amounting to an approach that “not only calls out the injustice [in Palestine], but acts”.
However, he added: “The sanctions regime will target illegal settlements and settlement expansion, not Israel.”

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In support of Israel, Miliband also announced new sanctions against the financing arm of the Lebanese group Hezbollah – Al-Qard al-Hasan – and said the UK will reimpose sanctions on Iran, in line with those imposed by the European Union and United States.

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Tomorrow (9 Sept) in Ōtautahi: Stand with Ōtautahi Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa to protest National’s campaign launch. 4pm @Omarino Estate, 638 Harewood Rd, Christchurch #nzpol

GENOCIDE SUPPORTERS IN TOWN!

National Official Greater ChCh Campaign Launch

JOIN OUR PR0TEST

Wed 9 Sep 4pm

Omarino Estate, 638 Harewood Road

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Umm, quick quesion: who is the minister currently presiding over a collapse in the health system where there are day-long queues to get seen in hospital? #nzpol

Idiotic Instagram post by Simeon Brown showing an AI generated picture of the Kwik-E-Mart from The Simpsons with a line of people queueing outside. He has renamed it Kiwimart and included a hamner and sickle to represent the Greens new policy.

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Sept. ‘96 issue of Vibe featured this review of Joi’s ‘Amoeba Cleansing Syndrome’ due to receiving the promo CD, but not many readers would’ve been able to hear it until years later. FYI: Betty Davis’s “If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up” is mistitled as “Take Me Home” in the review.

Review by Sacha Jenkins of Joi’s ‘Amoeba Cleansing Syndrome’ album in Vibe magazine Sept. 1996:

JOI AMOEBA CLEANSING SYNDROME

LIMP/EMI

Joi's debut, 1994's The Pendulum Vibe, was overlooked and/or misunderstood. The album's miraculous love crooning sprouted up in R&B's boring little garden like 3 pretty picket fence in the projects. Thankfully, Joi continues to kick and scratch at the boundaries of rhythm and blues with her new, impressive Amoeba Cleansing Syndrome.

Joi's arrangements, with backing by the 2 funky bugouts known as Fishbone, easily outweigh R&B's all-too-common drum machine gibberish. "Move On" borrows the zooming riddims of Anita Ward's 1979 disco classic "Ring My Bell," while "Take Me Home" features sly, punkadelic guitar riffs. "E'en So Lord Jesus" is a pristine a cappella gospel rant in which Joi paints high holy soundscapes. Honestly, cousin, ain't a damn thing changed. Joi's chance-taking persists-and beautifully.

Sacha Jenkins

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

SUNDAY Tauranga Moana: 11am Flag wave @Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui Heretaunga: 1.30pm @Civic Square Te Papaioea: 2pm @Te Marae O Hine Whakaoriori: 9.30am Vigil @Town Hall Ōtautahi: Hui with Hāhona Ormsby @WEA, 59 Gloucester St Waihōpai: 1pm @opposite Mitre 10, cnr Tay St & Elles Rd [5/5]

Christchurch poster:

PUBLIC MEETING:

MEET HĀHONA ORMSBY FROM THE GLOBAL FLOTILLA TO GAZA

4PM SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER

WEA-59 GLOUCESTER STREET

ÕTAUTAHI

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

SATURDAY cont'd Whakatū: 10.30am @1903 Square Waiharakeke: 10.30am @Blenheim Train Station Ōtautahi: 1pm @ Bridge of Remembrance [4/5]

Nelson poster:

RALLY FOR PALESTINE

SAT 05TH OF SEPT 10:30AM

1903 SQUARE

IT'S NOT OVER!

BLACKSKY, ROCKET LAB AND RAKON-END NZ COMPLICITY IN GENOCIDE

Te Tau Ihu Palestine Solidarity

Christchurch poster:

LET'S HOLD THESE BASTARDS ACCOUNTABLE

DAVID SEYMOUR / CHRISTOPHER LUXON/WINSTON PETERS

RALLY & MARCH

SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER, 1PM BRIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE

VISIT PSNA.NZ

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

SATURDAY cont’d Kemureti: 11am @Cambridge Town Hall Ahuriri: 11.30am @Soundshell Roundabout Whanganui: 11am @Riverside Market Kaiwaewae/Paetūmōkai: 11am @The Squircle Porirua: 1pm @Public Library, Parumoana St [3/5]

Whanganui poster:

Rally for Palestine – The Destruction Continues

WHANGANUI

Saturdays 11:00 am

Riverside Market

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

SATURDAY Kerikeri: 9am–11am @Kerikeri roundabout, SH 10 Tāmaki Makaurau: ● 10am Banners @text 0274 933 488 ● 2pm @Te Kōmititanga Waiheke: 8am–1pm Stall @Ostend Market Pārāwai: 10am @Thames Market, 700 Pollen St Kirikiriroa: ● 1pm @Flynn Park ● 2pm @Hinemoa Park [2/5]

Hamilton poster:

KIRIKIRIROA

PALESTINE FLAG WAVING

FIRST SATURDAY EVERY MONTH SATURDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER, 2-3 PM AT HINEMOA PARK (CNR OF MILL ST & TRISTRAM ST) & TRISTRAM ST

TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER, STAND IN SOLIDARITY FOR OUR FAMILIES IN PALESTINE

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

AoNZ rallies/actions for Palestine: Sept 4–6 FRIDAY Tāmaki Makaurau: ● 3pm Vigil @US Consul ● 4pm Vigil @Te Kōmititanga Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai: 7.30am & 4.30pm Flags @Charles St Te Whanganui-a-Tara: 7.15am Flags @Hill St Ōtautahi: 4pm Flags @Bridge of Remembrance [1/5]

Christchurch poster:

Flag Waving

join us

FRIDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER

4 - 5.30PM

BRIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Oh, and one more 30th anniversary for the road. “Behold My Kool Style”, the 2nd single by Aotearoa NZ’s Dam Native, was released sometime around 1 September 1996 and was first reviewed in Rip It Up’s Sept ’96 issue. [Music vid in reply] #hip-hop

DAM NATIVE

Behold My Kool Style

CD Single (Tangata)

What's taking so long? Dam Native dropped their debut single ‘Hori’fied One’ last October, and the word then suggested their first album would be unleashed in February. Now, 10 months on, single number two arrives out of nowhere, and Dam Native are demanding, ‘Behold My Kool Style’.

On the Zane Lowe produced track, Danny raps staunch, though hurriedly, over lightweight drum track, looped sax melody and dose of nifty scratching from Manuel Bundy.

As with ‘Hori’fied One’, 'Behold...’ is fundamentally class track, but boasts little of the attack and punch Dam Native’ are capable of live, leaving it far from reaching its potential.

More tasty, is the mellow, warm groove of the b-side, ‘Revolution (Mark My Words)’.

JOHN RUSSELL

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Rounding off the 30-year anniversaries with a few reviews of key releases for me from 1996 that featured in Jersey Beat’s Fall-Winter ‘96 issue: ● Anti-Matter – V/A compilation ● Crown of Thornz – Mentally Vexed #hardcore

Review by Rich Quinlan of Anti-Matter zine’s CD compilation in Jersey Beat #58 (Fall-Winter 1996):

ANTI-MATTER (Another Planet Records,740 Broadway, New York, NY, 40003) This compilation is generously brought to us compliments of Norm Arenas, formerly of Shelter, now in the brilliant Texas is the Reason. However, prior to his involvement in those bands, Norm was the creator/ editor and all around everything behind a great fanzine called Anti-Matter, and this compilation highlights bands that Norm featured in the zine. It is a pretty impressive line-up, ranging from the well known (CIV, Snapcase, Quicksand) to well hidden talent (check out the Threadbare song). There are sixteen big tracks on this disc, and to Norm's credit, he has found bands that are similar yet different. This is an undeniably great hardcore comp, but its true appeal comes from the fact that the bands span the map of hardcore musical avenues. Some of the standouts are Farside, 108, Strife, and Chamberlain (formerly Split Lip). You also get treats from Mouthpiece, Garden Variety and Sense Field. Overall, a very worthwhile compilation, and a celebration of diversity. Rich Q.

Review by Phil Pinto of Crown of Thornz’s ‘Mentally Vexed’ CD in Jersey Beat #58 (Fall-Winter 1996):

CROWN OF THORNZ - Mentally Vexed (Another Planet) Well, this album has had its delays, including band members being involved in side projects, SKARHEAD, and other things. But they're back with a new one and they're fuckin’ intense! All the songs pretty much run into each other, so the brutality just pounds in your face. It's fresh N.Y.H.C., very original and very melodic, so hook up! - Phil P.

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Funksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Keeping the momentum going, here’s a couple of reviews of longtime legendary releases from 1996 that featured in Hardware zine’s Autumn ’96 issue: ● Fall Silent – No Strength To Suffer" CD/LP ● Subzero – Happiness Without Peace CD #hardcore

Review by Nate Wilson of Fall Silent’s ‘No Strength To Suffer’ CD/LP in Hardware #9 (Autumn 1996):

FALL SILENT "Strength To Suffer" CD/Lp

I love these guys to death, yet they get the worst reviews in just about every 'zine I've seen them reviewed in. Maybe it's 'cos they are so metal. This is some heavy fucking stuff, with an allout guitar onslaught. Tons of harmonics keep this stuff interesting. Reno is where these S.E. warriors dwell, and they're lyrics are mil of intelligence, questioning the scene that they come from. Great personal lyrics keep my neck nodding. The only song that sucks on here is a cover of Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker" (Yuck!!!). Do yourself a favor and pick this shit up! -NW

(Revolutionary Power Tools)

Review by David Koenig of Subzero’s ‘Happiness Without Peace’ CD in Hardware #9 (Autumn 1996):

SUBZERO "Happiness Without Peace" CD

I know everybody is going to be like, "What!?" but I think this is not half bad. Pretty good actually. I remember seeing this band like back in 1990 and thought they sucked big time. I guess a few years can make a difference. They give nods to just about every NYCHC band that ever existed. The production and music is solid. Can't judge a book by its cover this time, guys. I like it. -DK

(Too Damn Hype Records, see ad)

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