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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Changing Minds put six pātai to the political parties regarding their positions & policy actions re: - mental wellbeing & addiction support - equitable & visible lived experience leadership - CPSLE workforce - community led networks, support & solutions - mental health education - Accountability

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Update: Online survey is closing Weds 13th May. Every voice matters e te whānau 🫶 bsky.app/profile/mxlo...

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Calling tāngata whaiora, people with lived experience of mental distress &/or addiction + whānau - Contribute to the design of a Mental Health & Addiction Lived Experience National Representative Body via an online survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/B55Y5B2

bold text below an image of an open laptop and steaming cup and saucer reads online survey share your thoughts to design a MH&A lived experience national
representative body. The logos for Thriving Madly, Changing Minds, Te Kete Pounamu, and Balance Aotearoa are displayed.

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Peace Action Wellington @peacewellington.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Peace Action Wellington is calling a peace vigil on Monday, 2 March at 5:30pm meeting at the Cenotaph on the corner of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street. All people who oppose war are welcome.

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

"The standard we walk past is the standard we accept. By ignoring the findings of this report, the Government is accepting that poverty, isolation, & fear are acceptable outcomes for disabled New Zealanders. We do not accept that." Mana Āki - Dignity for All report www.cab.org.nz/assets/Docum...

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SirKidStarverIsGone @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I repeat, Trump is about to start WW3 cos he's a pedophile youtube.com/shorts/WWJj7...

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And Bill Gates “loved” torture?! 😳

YouTube video by 51-49 with James Li

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Kia ora, are there any fluent te reo speakers on here who could help? I have a pātai. 11yr old has a mahi toi piece that she wants to name. It is about moving through life with aroha. Is ‘Haere i Runga i te ngākau aroha’ correct? Ngā mihi nui.

S, age 11 holding a large rectangle piece of wood. Aroha has been wood burned on in graffiti style text. An orange cloud lined in red and blue sits behind the text. She is beaming at the camera with a smile and shinning eyes.

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

'But while this warning was duly reported, it has barely interrupted the largely episodic nature of climate coverage in mainstream media, which continues to look from day to day as though we weren’t on the precipice of irrevocable disaster.' timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2024...

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Opinion: Journalists Shouldn’t Be Neutral on Climate Change -- The Stakes are Too High

The immediacy and the stakes of human-driven climate change have never been clearer. Yet journalists reporting on climate-driven disasters are still pulling punches in their coverage.

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Watching a stream of the protest in Minnesota and it has such a huge union presence. Massive show of solidarity and people power. In negative temps! The unity is 🔥

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

15 years on from the Pike River disaster where their men were killed, Sonya Rockhouse and Anna Osborne explain what a corporate manslaughter law would've meant for them. #nzpol

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Tahetoka | Ómar @amscraig.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

If you need any evidence that our trans whānau bare the brunt of this society that serves none of us. We should be protecting our trans whānau at all costs.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 19/11/2025

PATHA's statement has been published: patha.nz/news

The Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA) condemns today's decision from Minister of Health Simeon Brown introducing a ban on new prescriptions of GnRH analogues (puberty blockers) for transgender children and young people who are not currently on them. This ideologically driven ban will have a devastating impact on the lives and wellbeing of our transgender and gender diverse young people.
We know that children, young people and their whanau will be highly distressed by this decision.
We also acknowledge health professionals' frustration at the way their expertise has been ignored and disregarded.
"The ban will lead to a deterioration in mental health, increased risk of suicidality and increased dysphoria in gender diverse children and young people, and will put them at a higher risk of experiencing marginalisation and discrimination," says Dr Elizabeth McElrea, GP specialist in gender affirming care and PATHA Vice-President. "The prescribing of puberty blockers is always undertaken with the utmost care and consideration. They have been prescribed safely for decades for transgender children and banning their use will lead to profound distress in this already vulnerable
group."
This decision is not supported by the Ministry of Health's November 2024 evidence brief on this care.

This decision is not supported by the Ministry of Health's November 2024 evidence brief on this care. While the evidence brief identified some limitations in the academic quality of evidence regarding the risks and benefits of GRH analogues, limitations in evidence quality are common across a number of areas of medicine, especially within paediatric medicine, and do not justify a ban on access.
"PATHA supports evidence-based medicine, which consists of three key components: academic evidence, clinical experience, and patient preferences and values," says Dr McElrea. "When the quality of available academic evidence is of lower quality, it's incredibly common for clinicians to lean on guidelines drawn from clinical experience."
"Practising medicine, and paediatric medicine (not just within gender affirming healthcare), often necessitates providing care without a high-quality evidence base. The absence of high-quality clinical evidence does not mean providing this care is wrong."
"Children benefit from innovative medical treatments that improve their survival and quality of life. Pediatric care would all but cease if physicians denied treatments for which the evidence base is imperfect." (McNamara et al., 2024, p. 15) 'An Evidence-Based Critique of "The Cass Review" on Gender-affirming Care for Adolescent

The new restrictions will be in place until the conclusion of clinical trials in the United Kingdom, which are not due until at least 2031.
"In no other area of care would life-saving medication be withheld from a vulnerable population for six years. This will have a traumatic impact on a generation of transgender children," says Avery Zavoda, PATHA Executive Committee member.
PATHA is strongly against the decision. It is a shocking act of discrimination against transgender children and young people.
"That New Zealand First announced this news three hours before the Minister of Health shows the way this care has been politicised, and how politics have been prioritised over the wellbeing of New Zealand children," said Zavoda.
"Banning puberty blockers will not prevent children from being transgender, despite the disinformation New Zealand First are promoting," says Jennifer Shields, PATHA President. "It's obvious that this has been a political decision made to appease a coalition partner based on an imported culture war, rather than a medical recommendation reflecting the expertise of NZ clinicians and researchers who have been working in this field for over 25 years."
Identify, a 2022 New Zealand research survey on the experiences

Identify, a 2022 New Zealand research survey on the experiences of rainbow young people showed "the proportion of young people who wanted puberty blockers and were able to use them was nearly half the number of young people who wanted these medications but could not access them." These findings made it clear
that the prescription context and existing regulations "did not result in the easy access to young people who wanted puberty blockers that some people have claimed existed. In fact, the results demonstrate a seriously constrained prescription context that urgently needs further attention to be more equitable."
"We call on the Ministry of Health to publish their consultation report immediately, so that health professionals, trans people, and the wider public can see that this decision has been made by politicians rather than based on clinical experience," says Shields. "We also look forward to the Minister now immediately allowing the updated guidelines for gender affirming healthcare to be published."
"We also call on Labour, the Green Party, and Te Paati Mãori to commit to reversing this harmful decision if they are elected into government next year. Our communities need the reassurance that this ban will not last."
"PATHA is committed to ensuring all trans children and children experiencing gender dysphoria have access to the best quality care.

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Would like a govt that doesn’t categorise people as an ideology.

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Rotten from the top down. “Twenty police staff investigated over 'misuse and inappropriate content” www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 19/11/2025

A 3 part comedy, AKA 'They lied & many of you bough the lie'. I think I might disown my cousins who are all working class poor who have all consumed the National trickle down cool aid.

basically National campaigned on scrapping Labour's 12c regional tax on petrol, then introduced a 12 cent petrol tax, now are putting petrol up by 50c to pay for billions of dollars of roads no one wants

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Youngests kura coming through with their commitment to te Tiriti. “Our commitment is not driven by compliance or politics - it is driven by what is right for our students.”

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Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in. 📝166,000 submissions. ❌98.7% opposed. Yet National are going to continue supporting it. 🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.

Regulatory Standards Bill:
Select Committee Report:
166,000 submission total
0.7% supported
0.6% unclear
98.7% opposed

AUTHORISED BY DUNCAN WEBB MP, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS WELLINGTON

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Ben Shapiro's Eye Merkins @toxidrone.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Gaza absolutely must have a harbor and airport. No part of the blockade can be allowed to remain. Israel cannot be allowed to have control or jurisdiction over Palestinians ever again. There is not a person on earth anymore who genuinely believes that Israel deals in good faith with Palestine.

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Damn. Phillipstown hub in Ōtautahi is set to close for land repurposing. Its been an incredible hapori space for 10 years, on an old school site. Lot of community groups, classes & services use the space, massive māra kai, galas & activities each year. Gunna be hard to find space another like it.

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beckydubs 🇳🇿 @beckydubs.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Fucking hell. This wasn’t on my radar. #nzpol thank you Emily Writes ‼️Submissions close at 2pm TODAY Oct 6th! ‼️ This amendment makes it an offense to protest *near residential areas. This is fascist suppression of free speech 101. www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

This mornings listening - 1/200 S2E164 - Blockading the National Aerospace Summit: A chat with Peace Action Ōtautahi. Includes NZ role in military industrial complex, global war economy, explanation of the kaupapa behind this week’s blockade. open.spotify.com/episode/3FWS...

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1/200 S2E164 - Blockading the National Aerospace Summit: A chat with Peace Action Ōtautahi

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Spookably UnAwake @lamentablyawake.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

If you haven't read Manufacturing Consent by Herman and Chomsky I highly recommend it. Specifically because it does such a good job of leading you from the position of "knowing" the media are biased to shocking you with just how deliberately untruthful it is.

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

At wānanga this week we were asked to write a haiku using tika, pono and aroha. This is what I came up with. Am very much a beginner with my te reo & welcome any feedback. Manaakitanga, mahara ki aroha, tika me pono.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Flood of reports continue from Kiwis being deleted or moved off the Maori roll. This concerns every single Kiwi who cares about NZ. Tomorrow is the cut off for local elections & next step is more complex special voting. EC says they've moved some to dormant but reports are highly suspect #nzpol

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Hera-nui-te-Pō 👑 @herapls.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Recommend extending this attitude into multiple areas within your community. Run for your school and community boards, join your local PTA, fuck, run for council! Show up to counter the fascist cunce.

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

While everyone is in a democratic mood: submissions are open on national's voter suppression bill. I expect submission guides will emerge soon. But if you already know what you want to say, go wild www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

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Lotographia 🍹 @lotographia.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Whether removing people from the Māori roll is intentional or part of some 'administrative error', it provides a really solid example of why people need to be able to update their enrolment details right up to the final day of an election. #NZPol

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

“I will continue to do what I have to do," UN human rights expert Francesa Albanese told reporters in Ljubljana in response to US sanctions announced against her on Wednesday. "Yes, of course, it will be challenging... I'm putting everything I have on the line," she added.

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

That disgusting little fuck seymour loves to claim indigeneity when it suits doesn’t he. Speaks on behalf of Māori to the UN telling them the RSB is good, actually. The irony of seymour acting aggrieved about sovereignty when protecting a bill that seeks to further erase tinorangatiratanga 😡

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/07/2025

BREAKING: Israel has killed at least 42 Palestinians in Gaza, hospital sources tell Al Jazeera, as Israeli forces again target people waiting for food and hospitals struggle to treat the wounded. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/9f3hg8

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

AT LEAST WE SAVED MONEY RIGHT RIGHT

A baggage claim inside a big tent with some road cones

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Jfc hes a prick. Knows full well from the river to the sea isnt a call to wipe Jewish people off the planet. Fuck the IOF. And anyone in a position of power who is enabling the genocide of 2.3 million people caged in an open air prison.

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Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

RSB oral hearings start Monday. Just one week to face off against a bill that could rewrite how all laws are judged in Aotearoa. #RSB #TeTiriti #DemocracyOnTrial #KillTheBill #NZPol #AoNZ #NZ 📋 Submitters list: 🔗 www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/lis...

Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Earlier this week PSNA filed a case against Chris Luxon, Winston Peters, Judith Collins, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck & Rakon’s Sinan Altug to the International Criminal Court, for complicity in Israel’s war crimes & failure to abide by international law. Link for info ⬇️ www.psna.nz/icc-referral

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ICC Referral — PSNA

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Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

📢 Local elections are coming! If you’re Māori, you have until 10 July to switch to the Māori Roll. It’s your choice. It’s your power. He mana tō te kōwhiri. 🗳️ Comment Māori Roll and we’ll send you the link. #MāoriRoll #AoNZ #HeManaTōTeKōwhiri #VoteMāori #NZPol #LocalElections2025

A bold graphic promoting the Māori Roll for local elections. It features a young Māori person with long hair tied back, wearing a white shirt with red, black, and white design elements. The text reads: “LOCAL ELECTIONS – You have until the 10th of July to make the switch to the Māori Roll! Comment ‘Māori Roll’ & we will send you a link.” Along the bottom, a red banner repeats the phrase “He mana tō te kōwhiri” (Your choice has power). The style is eye-catching and empowering, aimed at encouraging Māori voter participation.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Current heatwave expected to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales - analysis - The spike in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, scientists say, with the elderly most at risk #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Current heatwave ‘likely to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales’

Surge in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, scientists say as analysis published

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Thiel was granted NZ citizenship back in 2011.

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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Mānawatia a Matariki Why don't you celebrate the new year with a submission against the Regulatory Standards Bill? www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Mānawatia a Matariki mā Puanga e hoa mā!

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

10yr old got called a n***** by a classmate during an anti-Māori tantrum triggered by Matariki after school yesterday & then his mum went off yelling at my kid after she told him to shut up so I’m meeting with the teachers to make sure this isn’t ignored. Our kids deserve to be safe from bigotry.

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Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

#RSB 🚨📣 6 Days Left to Oppose the Regulatory Standards Bill! 📣🚨 📅 Deadline: 1 PM, Monday, 23rd June #NZPol #ToitūTeTiriti 🔗 Take Action: www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The real threat to humanity and peace - in the Middle East and globally. Has the CoC said anything yet?

"Iran should have signed the “deal” I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!" –President Donald J. Trump

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Ko Loren tōku ingoa @mxloren.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

NZ health system failing tangata whaikaha. Ablism built into the system. Article covers experiences in the physical health space and it’s the same in the mental health side of the system too. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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Navigating New Zealand's ableist health system with a disability

Julie Woods has navigated the world without sight since 1997, but New Zealand's healthcare system has often left her in the dark.

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