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Human rights lawyer, indigenous, disabled, into social democracy, equity and rights

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mill Road sucks: "In other words, it would cost the country more than the entire City Rail Link project… to enlarge one local road in Auckland, parallel to an existing motorway, in a way that will change nothing: people will still be stuck in traffic." www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/10/06/t...
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Transport policy on the campaign trail - Greater Auckland
Election campaigning is now in full swing. We’ve previously reported on the (unwise)
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Seymour claims "obsession with identity" is holding the country back. But it really appears that it's Act and its target voters who are doing the obsessing. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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On the ACT campaign trail, one issue emerges above the others
ACT MPs rolled into Tauranga in their big pink bus - Big Pinky - on Monday. Voters urged them to do more on race-relations and one law for all. Stuff joined them for the day.
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wayne Brown was not the hero Auckland asked for but the hero Auckland does need In telling Luxon to fuck off yet again
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Dr Hu @huhana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Any of Us Could Need Support. This is Why Beneficiaries Deserve Dignity
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Dr. Curiosity @drcuriosity.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you are a New Zealander who's going to be overseas for the election, you can still vote. You'll need to be enrolled, and if you're on the unpublished roll then you'll need to sort things out with the appropriate people. Stuff you might want to look at: vote.nz/2026-general...
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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NACT1st has deliberately allowed our healthcare sector to become understaffed. . #NZpol #Listener #cartoon
Patient: "I WAS FORCED TO GO TO WORK EVEN WHEN I WAS SICK."
Cartoon depicts a scene in a crowded hospital where a nurse is pushing a very sick patient. Both appear ill.

Patient: "I WAS FORCED TO GO TO WORK EVEN WHEN I WAS SICK."
Nurse: "SAME."

Refers to a RNZ report : "Some nurses working in the emergency department at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital say they have been asked to come to work despite calling in sick.
They say they have repeatedly raised concerns with management about the pressure on staff over the past two months, but little has changed."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/indonz_featured/1291868/middlemore-hospital-nurses-reportedly-asked-to-work-despite-calling-in-sick
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 28/09/2026
Your hourly reminder that David Seymour is a turd floating down a sewer's idea of a thinking man. Oh you're had, you used 'unethical' in a sentence & pretended you know what it means.
A fake libertarian puppet using words like unethical with ZERO understanding of what it is.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So a campaign of a child deluded into pixies down at the back of the garden and the tooth fairy is real is leading a campaign for our democracy No life experience Exceedingly bigoted and sheltered by his fundamentalism And it has killed people on our roads and in EDs Given the lack of...
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Winston & NZF’s “Health” policies ignore smoking, alcohol, drugs, poverty-causing poor diet & fast foods. Its 15-point plan ‘Make New Zealand Healthy’ raises alarm bells of importing RFK Jr weirdness & his MakeAmericaHealthyAgain campaign to Nz #nzpol #PartyVoteGreen✅ newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/28/n...
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NZ First's health policy more vibes and vitamins than actual evidence
From Auckland University - Comment: NZ First's 'Make NZ Healthy' plan promises prevention, but ignores proven population interventions on junk food, alcohol, and tobacco, argues Dr Boyd Swinburn.
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Dr Hu @huhana.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need the support that made the old service usable restored and protected…A grant system cannot fulfil its purpose if the people it exists to support cannot reach it. huhana62.substack.com/p/restore-th...
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Restore the Support That Makes Lottery Grants Accessible
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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not only is it telling that all these groups are basically the same five agitators with different tour bands, we must remember that they had to form a fake parents' advocacy group because they are utterly unpopular losers
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Dr Hu @huhana.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Im questioning peoples attitudes re disability huhana62.substack.com/p/when-did-h...
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When Did Human Work Become a Measure of Productivity?
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Has Hager been interviewed by anyone in RNZ yet? A simple search on the RNZ app suggests that they've published pieces quoting Luxon, Williams, and Farrar, but not actually interviewed Hager to get their own take on it. So much for Both Sides...
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beckydubs 🇳🇿 @beckydubs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
HealthNZ has been imposing “fiscal savings plans” on all parts of the health system SINCE DAY ONE. This is ONGOING. #nzpol 1/2
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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Dirty work and the disinfecting sunshine it deserves
Nicky Hager’s new book ‘Dirty Work’ reminds us how much we’ve lost in the last three years
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Dr Hu @huhana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Part 2 of the Waitangi Tribunal report huhana62.substack.com/p/a-promised...
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A Promised Alternative to Te Aka Whai Ora Never Arrived
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Dr Hu @huhana.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It shows that disability funding is inequitable and full of assumptions huhana62.substack.com/p/when-great...
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When Greater Needs Leads to Less Support. The Questions Remi’s story raises
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Sisyphus @sisyphusreturns.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#nzpol 🇳🇿
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you're wondering why the media will give Farrar, Williams a good old run at denying everything without being specific or proving anything, it's because Hager criticises the media for their uncritical platforming of both of them and calls them lazy which is 100% correct.
Hager also criticised the media's role, suggesting it contributed to poor transparency.

"Despite all their undeclared political machinations, both Farrar and Williams are often interviewed uncritically in the mainstream media - far more often than most genuinely independent experts and commentators.

"At the time of writing, for instance, Radio New Zealand had interviewed Farrar about 600 times since 2007, an astonishing amount of coverage considering that he is one of the least independent people available. He is often introduced with labels such as 'polling company maestro', while Williams is given labels such as 'anti-waste campaigner'. It is lazy journalism."
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If we had an engaged population and a proper media industry it should see the elections come forward, NACT1 trumped, and some actors never seeing beyond the bars of prison ever again But given our Proles mentality nothing will happen even as the proles got stiffed by Anti 3 waters
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The only thing "Dark" Brooke are your ACT policies. If you want to see "Dark" go and sit in your ex-president Tim Jago's prison cell. You were the idiots that wrote a letter of support. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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Watch: Minister signs off from ‘Wellington’s dark bureaucracy’
She also called to abolish the Public Service Commission.
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Nigel Robertson @easegill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As Nicky Hager said, political donations are destroying democracy #NickyHager
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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 22/09/2026
The party announced a proposed crackdown on lobbyists and big political spenders on Tuesday.
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Green Party push for $30k donation cap as millions of dollars flow to National and ACT
The party announced a proposed crackdown on lobbyists and big political spenders on Tuesday.
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Kieran @nugmonster.cryptoanarchy.network · 22/09/2026
Good. force national and act to say "No we think democracy should be bought and sold"
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‘It’s past time to act’: Greens pledge to cap political donations, introduce lobbyist register
A new policy includes a package of reforms, including capping political donations at $30,000, banning corporate donations, and establishing a public register of lobbyists.
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nicola Willis tries to pin #NZ multi-decade unemployment & business failures on National's watch THIS TERM onto RBNZ. Says her handpicked Atlas Network economist that led review is "independent" Willis designed inquiry to be released 8 weeks before election to create misleading narrative #nzpol
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Dr Hu @huhana.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NZF’s proposed health policy, my thoughts on it huhana62.substack.com/p/prevention...
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Prevention is Not Blame: A Look at NZF’s Proposed Health Policy
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Dr Hu @huhana.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A safe city is not one where poverty has been pushed out of sight. It is one where people in crisis can obtain help before harm occurs. huhana62.substack.com/p/you-cannot...
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You Cannot Police People into Having a Home
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Minister of Women - Nicola Grigg - who said nothing when her Government gutted pay equity for women alongside gutting sick pay and holiday pay, and voted for an attack on trans women, tells absolute porkies on women’s suffrage day. #nzpol
The lie in the headline: Suffrage Day marked with promise to boost women's health, safety and financial security
Politics / Election 2026 12:09pm today
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For 33 years, McConnell has voted against family and medical leave for working Americans. Then he disappears from the Senate for 92 days and keeps collecting his full paycheck. Apparently, paid leave is only a problem when someone else gets it.
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Bill Bennett @billbennett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Framed as the failure of the two bigger parties, but what if it’s actually the success of the minnows? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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New poll shows major parties continuing historic slump, with Labour coming out on top
Labour has edged ahead of National, but both major parties remain below 30% as voters increasingly shift their support to smaller parties.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
He cancels those Fast Tracks and he doesnt get Donor money
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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NZ First & Labour migration policies sidestep temporary worker issues; Labour would force firms to contribute to KiwiSaver; US diesel over US$6/gln; Paper warns NZ Super would cost 30% of tax by 2065 #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/the-elepha...
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The elephant in Election 2026’s migration debate
NZ First & Labour migration policies sidestep temporary worker issues; Labour would force firms to contribute to KiwiSaver; US diesel over US$6/gln; Paper warns NZ Super would cost 30% of tax by 2065
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
People aren't going hungry because we cannot feed the poor. People are going hungry because we cannot satisfy the rich. - Mohamad Safa #nzpol 1/2 www.thepress.co.nz/rural/361067...
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Food insecurity hitting more and more families
The Meet the Need Impact Report shows the rising cost of living is hitting more families than ever before.
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Labour need to cancel any and all Greenfield Housing Fast Tracks and put them through the Standard Planning Processes The National Directions are there for a reason
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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Act leader David Seymour carries on his campaign. (Those are quotes from DSeymour about the Tribunal) My #cartoon today #NZpol #WaitangiTribunal #Māori
Cartoon. Title: “The Campaign” Image show Act leader David Seymour talking to the media, with a Waitangi Tribunal document under his arm. He is saying, “Activist! Ideological! Expansive! And an affront to every New Zealander!” In the background PM Luxon is walking away, and looking back nervously, saying, “Gawd! What’s he talking about now?” And Nicola Willis is saying, “The Act Party”
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Labours Michael Woods Auckland airport shares springs to my mind. National don't know the meaning of the word Resignation. But I misplaced those 25 rentals🤦
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yuuuuup…
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The impact of removing funding for free vaccinations for under 12s still having a serious impact. The u-turn on funding for under-5s will help but a lot of the damage was already done. #nzpol National/ACT/NZF cuts end up costing more at the bottom of the cliff.
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Young children still hit hard by flu-like illnesses, even as general hospitalisation rates drop
Young children are still being hit hard by respiratory illnesses even as hospitalisation rates come down for the rest of the general population.
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Act is presumably claiming that the video it has released of last night's meeting bears out its version of what happened. It absolutely doesn't. Henry engages with @chewienz.bsky.social and even says "good question". He's already moving on when security swoops. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/med...
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Watch: 'That's not true' - Act releases new video of Paul Henry v podcast host confrontation
The podcast host was removed from venue by security and later arrested by police.
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Dr Hu @huhana.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Time for the Minister/Ministry/Coalition to be held to account huhana62.substack.com/p/when-the-w...
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When the Welfare System Gets It Wrong, an Apology Is Not Enough
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Jamie Small @jamiesmall.co.nz · 10/09/2026
Yesterday my wife, a GP, clocked out at 5pm. Stayed at the clinic until 5:45 when she had to go to a class, then spent time with the kids before bedtime. ➡️Then she worked on her laptop until 3 am⬅️ This is not unusual for GPs. It's happening every day, and it's because of under-reaourcing #nzpol
Your GP is here for you. Everyone deserves a whānau doctor. 
www.everyone.gpaotearoa.co.nz
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Dr Hu @huhana.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Should disabled keep their SLP if they get into a relationship huhana62.substack.com/p/love-shoul...
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Love Should Not Cost Disabled People Their Independence
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Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is what privatised health care does, and what NACT want for Aotearoa.
Comparison of Canadian and US health data.
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Last year, I warned Kiwis are dying in hospital corridors. Sean Plunket said it wasn't true. Today, news that 2 patients in 2 months died in ED toilets and doctors & nurses continue to tell of alarming deterioration of public health. National diverting millions to private care #nzpol #kiwi
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The MAPS Phase 3 trial cited in RNZ's story is interesting reading. The dropout rate for the active arm was only 1.9% – much lower than the placebo group (15.7%) and *way* lower than is typical for conventional exposure therapy or CBT (about 50%). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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MDMA-assisted therapy for moderate to severe PTSD: a randomized, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial - Nature Medicine
Results from the phase 3 placebo-controlled MAPP2 trial show that MDMA-assisted therapy reduces post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and functional impairment in a diverse population with mo...
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Dr Hu @huhana.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
My thoughts on the Waitangi Tribunal disability claim huhana62.substack.com/p/hauwhaikah...
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Hauwhaikaha, The Tribunal Has Spoken and Now The Crown Must Act.
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Jennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
MP Louise Upton happily grabs her $52K/yr housing entitlements but happily punches down whilst side stepping her ministerial responsibility. It’s CRUEL & VINDICTIVE. Why does she? Louise Upston refuses to apologise after benefits wrongly suspended in second MSD error www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Louise Upston refuses to apologise after benefits wrongly suspended in second MSD error
Social Development Minister Louise Upston is refusing to apologise after some people's benefits were wrongly suspended.
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