perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#whakairo #stonecarving #toimaori #maori 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Vote like your grandchildren are watching. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Just a reminder that Winston Peters has been in politics for 51 years. It's his job to make you think he and NZ First are about to do something he's had half a century to do. 001
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Does it matter how much 'wealth' our country has if our children aren't here to spend it? We have the highest child su*c*de rate of 36 'wealthy' countries Enrol: f.mtr.cool/f0pjrmzi5p 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Enrol to vote, and vote for things that you're still going to care about in 5 years' time. f.mtr.coolGeneration vape: How vaping hooked a generation that never smokedThey were too young to remember a world without vapes. Now thousands of young Kiwis are addicted to nicotine. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026We're the world leader in youth consuming something that makes them sick. We're not the world leader in "too much race-based hiring" or "too many people confused about what defines a man". Like my 12-year-old would say: stop letting them rage-bait you. 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"An estimated half a million Kiwis vape daily, according to the Health NZ survey, 138,000 of whom are 15 to 24-year-olds – making New Zealand the world leader for youth vaping rates." 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Our sharing of aroha through Shoebox Christmas is just a different set of tea towels and benches, and every coordinator who puts up their hand keeps the movement going. f.mtr.coolShoebox Christmas September UpdateGetting (really) close! 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Movements like Shoebox Christmas don’t survive if they rely on a few. Just like our marae and community can’t rely on one speaker or cook to take time off work every time there’s a tangi. 101
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Don't forget to enrol to vote! Link here: vote.nzEnrol or update onlineEnrol to vote or check and update your enrolment details. Get ready to have your say in New Zealand’s elections and referendums. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Nothing to move the country forward, nothing to address the harm being caused to people and planet, just "Nobody should be treated any different to the majority". That's how they got into power, and that's what they spent their time & our money doing. 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I hope that in a hundred years, they look back at today and say "Wow, they had political parties whose entire platform was based on reducing the rights of marginalised groups." 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"We're all one people" doesn't mean what you think it does when you're the majority and want everybody else to be like you. If that's too hard to think about, try: "We're all one gender". Please don't confuse kotahitanga (togetherness) with assimilation or sameness. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026And our politicians still think the most important thing is GDP and economic growth? (This is a worldwide figure... ours is higher). 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Our kids don't need the latest version of the iPhone. They need the best version of us. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Remember, the 80/20 rule applies to unhappiness too. That thing making you think 80% of the world sucks is probably less than 20% of where and how your life is spent Shift your focus to the rest of your life for a bit* *Oversimplified, but that’s the point. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Remember when everybody lost it because an MP in the Greens nearly shoplifted? Meanwhile in the ACT party.... Make sure you're enrolled to vote! f.mtr.cool/qnydlqpllh 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Winston Peters telling a Chinese man to go back to his own country David Seymour claiming different approaches for different groups is racism ...it's worth unpacking that with some journalling and books on history. That same school system didn't teach us much of ours. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 12/08/2026And if that DID ever happen, we'd want to ensure we had a voice in Parliament by creating some protected seats, just in case... If you're against Māori seats in Parliament AND agree with: Shane Jones kōrero about a butter chicken tsunami 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 12/08/2026We wouldn't let people come here, turn into a majority population over time, create whole new school and political systems imposing *their* culture, religion and language on us, would we? 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If someone comes to our country, we should be allowed to retain our own identity. We should be able to continue practising our religion, traditions, or culture. 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If a political candidate relies on racial-or-social division clickbait, they're compensating for a lack of useful political ideas & leadership. Clicks and likes are not the same as ability, values or actions to make our country better. Influencers are not politicians. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Kapiti Coast whānau - Māoriland tomorrow night! Come for the celebration, stay for the words (or the other way around - kei a koe) 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Your monthly reminder that in election year, you're gonna see a lot on social media designed to make you mad enough to click, like, comment & argue. The more you do that, the more they earn. Don't waste your time investing in someone else's wallet. f.mtr.coolEnrol or update onlineEnrol to vote or check and update your enrolment details. Get ready to have your say in New Zealand’s elections and referendums. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Built by us so it works for us. f.mtr.cool/xhcgttjlpg 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 05/08/2026It's nearly Shoebox Christmas time.... f.mtr.cool/ecmuzoholk 011
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Your social media feed isn't a snapshot of what people in the real world think. It's a sales pitch of what big tech thinks you'll click. Get outside. Read. Wānanga. Talk to people. Self-determination doesn't live in an engagement-driven algorithm. 011
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026On that note, stop defaulting to US-owned Big Tech, built on others' values. Support local platforms like Te Hiku Media & Kaha Create - our Aotearoa, Māori-owned learning & development platform. Check them out if you prefer to buy local: f.mtr.cool 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026And a job done quicker today at the expense of us ever being able to do it ourselves creates an industry of consumers, not leaders. 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Our two rangatahi interns from Kaha Create were in the room, learning and growing our pipeline and future, because the pipes we're relying on from Big Tech don't set us up for long-term success. 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026If you're a leader and the development of people is important to you, then the default should never be 'how can I avoid paying and developing somebody in this role?' 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Like Philip Whitmore said, this was a conversation about people - not the usual conversation about AI. Stopping and thinking IF you should use AI for this job, rather than HOW is the first opportunity to bring your values to the conversation. 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Something Artificial Intelligence doesn't change is the need for leaders to bring others with them. Christopher Cormack, Kaapua Smith and I shared a lot about how we bring our values to life in and around Artificial Intelligence, and practical steps for iwi and government. 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026And why have we let a political party with a mandate for 3 years undo decades of work that was meant to ensure we think longer term than that? Me, my kids, and their grandparents really hope you're enrolled to vote. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Iwi are collectives who care deeply about the environment, have been here for hundreds of years, and will still be here hundreds later. Why would you not want a group with that timeline of thinking to help make decisions about the environment our species needs to survive? 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026That's the definition of short-term thinking. Votes & profit today; our kids pay the price tomorrow. It's not about special rights for Māori - that's just easy rage-bait for politicians to spin. It's about balancing the especially short-term thinking our political system creates. 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Politicians' decisions are shaped by that. They spend hundreds of millions of dollars every political cycle, undoing and then redoing the same things, for different voters. Local councils might not get lobbied as hard - but the cycles and influences are the same. 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Government and council cycles are 3-yearly. Politicians' high-salary careers depend on collecting the most votes from individuals. Big money industries like tobacco, oil, alcohol, mining, dairy, tech etc. donate to the parties who help their industry profit. 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Most iwi organisations work towards 50-200-year plans. Decisions on things like the taiao (environment) are made for those here today and our grandchildren. Future generations depend on those kaitiaki (caretakers) of the land today thinking about their best interests too 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Why would you not want iwi alongside council for decision-making? 110
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Creating division for votes based on race is an easy distraction from the difference that actually affects our wellbeing as a society: youtu.beHow economic inequality harms societies | Richard Wilkinsonhttp://www.ted.com We feel instinctively that societies with huge i... 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 20/07/2026an immature, ill-informed argument and an oversimplification. If it were that easy, we wouldn't have these graphs and studies in the first place. We also wouldn't need laws restricting the sale of cigarettes, vapes or alcohol. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 20/07/2026If you don't have children of the age where peer-pressure feels like a Rip Tide: Saying that parents should all be able to protect our kids from addictive technologies with billions of dollars and research behind them is... 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Spend as much time reflecting on why you think you're right as you spend thinking about why all those others are wrong. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 16/07/2026"New Zealanders want us to unite, they want us to all get on together like we did in the 1970s." - ACT Deputy Leader talking about race relations. Don't forget to enrol to vote! Link in the comments if you're not yet. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Regardless of who's in power today, remember who's tomorrow we're building. And remember to enrol to vote! f.mtr.coolEnrol or update onlineEnrol to vote or check and update your enrolment details. Get ready to have your say in New Zealand’s elections and referendums. 000
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Imagine if tough-on-crime or growing GDP meant more spaces for sharing mātauranga and passion, so our youth grow up curious and excited to shape their potential. I know we got bootcamps instead - but that just makes this bit more important: 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Those self-help business books politicians and corporate leaders read say increasing surface area is how you increase luck and the chance of finding work and a life you love. Love and connection reduce the likelihood of addiction. Reduced addiction reduces crime. 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 15/07/2026What if Gross Tamariki Potential was as important to our political parties as GDP? Last week, we ran our second wānanga pounamu at Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira Incorporated - teaching rangatahi to cut, shape, and polish toki pounamu (adzes) 100
perabarrett.bsky.social @perabarrett.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Write the names of those they want to acknowledge who left us over the year, and honour them. It’s a tradition that gives us permission to focus on things we all care about, our past and our future. It's not a competition between public holidays, but if it was… 000
