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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer

@whaeadeb.bsky.social
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A nan wanting the best for hers & everyone’s mokopuna #toitutemokopuna #toitutetiriti 🖤🤍❤️

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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I am never surprised as a wahine Māori with the racists @nzherald.nz attracts or their random choices to leave comments on or off 🙄🤦🏽‍♀️
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
stuff.co.nz
Tax the super-rich vs cut corporate welfare: How Green, Te Pāti Māori and ACT would run NZ
Stuff asked each of the parties what their budget would look like if they were solely in charge. ACT, Te Pāti Māori and the Greens replied. This is what they said.
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The real wealth story of Aotearoa and what we won’t see in any budget. Time to tax the rich. (Pt 1 intro)
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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Hope everyone is comfortable. Especially the ones without homes, and the ones being ‘moved on’ because they’re ‘not a good look,’ and the ones paying more thn 30% of their income in rent, or the ‘lotto winners’ in state homes.
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
National MPs, with their six figure salaries, who claim accommodation supplements that are more than some state housing occupants earn in a year, stripping away accomm support for state housing tenants is some next level hypocritical cruelty. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360... #nzpol
Ministerial expense claims show the
social development minister claims
$1000 per week, while the pecuniary
interests register shows she jointly
owns an apartment in Wellington. It
does not show any mortgage debts
owed.
The amount Upston claimed last year
was $52,000, on top of her $320,600
ministerial salary.
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Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
#Karakia before question time with our MPs and staff. A quick kai to feed the troops. #nzpol
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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
MP Tom Rutherford reading out letters from people scared of trans people as a threat to their children shows their ignorance. Cisgender (not trans) men who are pedophiles are a threat to children. Drug pushers are a threat to teenagers. Trans people aren't a threat. #NZpol videos.parliament.nz
videos.parliament.nz
On Demand
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We must action real clean energy solutions Aotearoa #nzpol
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Shane is a misogynistic bully who throws his weight around when wāhine Māori stand against his extractive politics. I won't be bullied out of defending Ngāti Ruanui success. He’s normalised belittling wāhine because we are extremely informed unapologetic and prepared to challenge him! #nzpol
rnz.co.nz
Ngāti Ruanui demands apology for 'shameful' Shane Jones comments
Ngāti Ruanui says the Resources Minister's insult in Parliament was 'shameful'.
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Matua Shane misogynistic anti-taiao rantings…just another typical Nzf class act 🤮🤦🏽‍♀️
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Love that I trigger this 🤑🦖 matua and that we won against his own fast track seabed mining legislation #ban #seabedmining #nzpol
stuff.co.nz
Watch: Minister booted from Parliament after insulting Te Pāti Māori co-leader
Jones lobbed three insults at Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Anyone else? 🎁 Happy Mama’s Day to all mama carrying so many battles for a better world for our tamariki mokopuna. You’re absolute magic!
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
What's interesting is Maiki's statement confirms: 1. Lloyd Burr may have made the alleged racial slur to Maiki 2. Nicola Willis knew & despite it being closed a year ago, in the same week National complained about Maiki, its story was leaked by Suit & Tie & Ani O'Brien 1/2
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Acting like a police state in regard to freedom of media.The Govt have shown media they will take out anyone in their way! A Min sat on it for a year raises it when the Govt in trouble. PM only fronts privately owned media. Loss of strong wāhine Māori reo speaker who was to ask the hard questions
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"These are roles that have been chronically undervalued for decades. A year on, workers are no closer to justice...This isn't about one claim or one sector. It's about whether the law itself now creates a system that structurally disadvantages women." #nzpol
rnz.co.nz
Formal complaint lodged with United Nations over changes to New Zealand's pay equity laws
A group of organisations lodged the complaint asking the United Nations to investigate whether the government's pay equity law changes amount to systemic discrimination against women.
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
When kaumātua see you in Tokoroa and demand you go to their hui, you immediately change your plans & listen. Māori electorates are huge, voters diverse, but guarantee kaumātua rule everywhere…love it #nzpol
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I can tell you now its the cost and lack of subsidies not red tape Never once in all the time I have talked to people about solar has red tape been an issue www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
Regulation Minister ordering review of solar panel installation
David Seymour said less than four percent of households used solar, despite power savings of about $1000 a year.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Solar plus storage: $54 Coal: $70-85 Gas (methane): $100 The math gets pretty simple.
pv-magazine.com
Firm solar and storage costs fall to $54/MWh, says IRENA
A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) finds that round‑the‑clock solar and wind paired with battery storage deliver power at lower cost than new fossil fuel generation in h...
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
My seat for the day 🤣 Let’s just get them out #nzpol
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Spent the day in Tokoroa with rangatahi learning about parliament watching them debate. All agreed wanted free public transport for everyone but millionaires who cd do more to help. Their empathy respect care for struggling communities is something govt cd learn from Brilliant students #proud #nzpol
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Coming from Taranaki watching oil companies come & go…it annoys the !!!k out of me that this govt uses a fuel crisis to justify their fossil reliance and not invest at scale in solar on rooftops & electrify Aotearoa #nzpol
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Solar panels + batteries + electric transport gives us the freedom to take back control of our energy and transport systems from dependence on oil supply chains stretching around the world, and stabilise the climate in the process.
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
“Burn the Bill” tonight govt passed their dumb foreshore & seabed Maca bill continuing to show how anti-Māori they truly are. #oneterm #nzpol
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
#solidarity ✊🏽
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
When Māori and women MPs are punished while Govt privilege is protected, that’s not neutrality its bias. A Speaker’s duty is to uphold fairness, not shield the Govt. If they can’t rise above partisanship, the real disorder is not on the Opposition benches, but in the Chair itself. #nzpol
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Govt fails women ✊🏽 Wāhine workers should never have to drag the Govt to court for fairness. We stand with the unions, this elite Govt has failed wahine, failed unions, failed Aotearoa. #oneterm #PayEquityNow #StandWithWāhine
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
#freepalestine🇵🇸
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Yuck, his words of support would not help any candidate in a Māori seat. But Nats are soooooo scared of us, I love it! #oneterm
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Chris Hipkins can deny it but the record is clear Māori were left behind in the COVID response. The Waitangi Tribunal researchers & our lived reality show the same thing inequitable vaccine rollout poor engagement & avoidable harm that’s why Māori led our own response www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
Labour leader Chris Hipkins dismisses criticism of Covid-19 overspending as 'Treasury spin'
Treasury says the Labour government overspent during the pandemic against official advice.
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I thgt we all wanted #oneterm govt!?
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
A Minister has a duty to be accountable not to twist equity into a racial grievance.Seymour’s refusal to reply is a calculated deflection. Māori are a Te Tiriti partner, equity isn’t about favouritism it’s about fairness, pretending not to see race doesn’t make him neutral it makes him dangerous
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
They mocked my whakapapa lied I spray-tan to “look Māori.” Winston and Plunket amplified it. Using our bodies to shame and condition us is the colonial playbook. We must call out colonial sexualised violence, our tāne esp so. When wāhine Māori are targeted, all of te iwi Māori is under attack.#NZpol
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Welcoming Oriini Kaipara is powerful but how do we protect our wāhine when colonial sexual violence thrives in media & politics? What’s happening to Tory Whanau is in a system built to shame, silence & degrade wāhine Māori who lead. Ray Cheung’s threats aren’t politics, they’re violence! #matriachy
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
All the hui, zooms, mobilising, social media, marae, rangatahi, kaumātua, kapa haka, kura, mahi, hapū, whānau, settled, non settled, never settled iwi, urban, rural, tangata tiriti course we’ll repeal bru didn’t do all this mahi for nothing! It’ll be gone by lunch time #toitutetiriti #nzpol
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Agree 💯
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
The US attacks Iran without cause & Winston Peters is silent,hes quick to condemn Chinese ships in intl waters & Cook Is but won’t defend Iran. Iran, China and Cook Is are sovereign nations. Israel hoards nuclear weapons & commits genocide but the world polices everyone else. Colonial hypocrisy 🙄
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
NZ punishing the Cook Islands for exercising sovereignty shows exactly how colonial control still works in the Pacific. Free association isn’t freedom if it comes with threats. #PacificSolidarity #WhakapapaNotWarfare #DecoloniseAid
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Remember this Winston in 2018 anti-austerity what a soul seller www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/capit...
beehive.govt.nz
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Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Sick leave is a right, not a reward. Cutting it punishes low-paid workers, single parents, and especially Māori and Pacific women. Pro-rating fuels inequality, risks outbreaks, and betrays the workers who carried us through COVID. @whaeadeb.bsky.social #NZPol #Unions #OneTermGovt
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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer stands speaking into a microphone at a public rally, wearing a black beret and coat. Behind her is a large blue and white banner reading: “FIGHT BACK, MARANGA AKE FOR HEALTH.” A red banner on the image reads “PRESS RELEASE” and the headline says: “Government’s proposed changes to sick leave entitlements a cruel step backwards!” The TPM logo appears at the bottom.

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A graphic with Debbie Ngarewa-Packer speaking in the background and bold white text overlaid. It reads:
“Te Pāti Māori is calling out Government’s proposed changes to sick leave entitlements as a cruel step backwards that punishes low-income, part-time, and essential workers and staunchly supports the concerns raised by PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons, that this move disproportionately harms women, who are most likely to take time off to care for sick children and whānau.”
Ngarewa-Packer quote below:
“This Government’s obsession with attacking women, predominantly Māori and Pacific women, ignores equity and endangers public health.”
TPM logo is at the bottom.

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Background image of Debbie Ngarewa-Packer addressing a crowd, with overlaid quotes in white text:
“Sick leave is a right, not a reward,” said Ngarewa-Packer.
“Pro-rating it just reinforces inequality, fuels presenteeism, and increases the risk of outbreaks in workplaces and schools. It’s a betrayal of the frontline workers this country relied on during COVID.”
The TPM logo is visible at the bottom.


Image 4 alt text:
Same rally image background with overlaid quotes from Debbie Ngarewa-Packer:
“The increase to 10 days was a hard-won gain. Workers need time to recover, not punishment for being sick.”
Additional statement reads:
“Reversing this isn’t ‘long-needed reform’ it’s short-sighted austerity.” Te Pāti Māori urges all parties to oppose any erosion of sick leave entitlements and stand with the workers who carry this country every day.
The TPM logo is at the bottom.
Image 1
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer stands speaking into a microphone at a public rally, wearing a black beret and coat. Behind her is a large blue and white banner reading: “FIGHT BACK, MARANGA AKE FOR HEALTH.” A red banner on the image reads “PRESS RELEASE” and the headline says: “Government’s proposed changes to sick leave entitlements a cruel step backwards!” The TPM logo appears at the bottom.

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A graphic with Debbie Ngarewa-Packer speaking in the background and bold white text overlaid. It reads:
“Te Pāti Māori is calling out Government’s proposed changes to sick leave entitlements as a cruel step backwards that punishes low-income, part-time, and essential workers and staunchly supports the concerns raised by PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons, that this move disproportionately harms women, who are most likely to take time off to care for sick children and whānau.”
Ngarewa-Packer quote below:
“This Government’s obsession with attacking women, predominantly Māori and Pacific women, ignores equity and endangers public health.”
TPM logo is at the bottom.

Image 3
Background image of Debbie Ngarewa-Packer addressing a crowd, with overlaid quotes in white text:
“Sick leave is a right, not a reward,” said Ngarewa-Packer.
“Pro-rating it just reinforces inequality, fuels presenteeism, and increases the risk of outbreaks in workplaces and schools. It’s a betrayal of the frontline workers this country relied on during COVID.”
The TPM logo is visible at the bottom.


Image 4 alt text:
Same rally image background with overlaid quotes from Debbie Ngarewa-Packer:
“The increase to 10 days was a hard-won gain. Workers need time to recover, not punishment for being sick.”
Additional statement reads:
“Reversing this isn’t ‘long-needed reform’ it’s short-sighted austerity.” Te Pāti Māori urges all parties to oppose any erosion of sick leave entitlements and stand with the workers who carry this country every day.
The TPM logo is at the bottom.Image 1
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer stands speaking into a microphone at a public rally, wearing a black beret and coat. Behind her is a large blue and white banner reading: “FIGHT BACK, MARANGA AKE FOR HEALTH.” A red banner on the image reads “PRESS RELEASE” and the headline says: “Government’s proposed changes to sick leave entitlements a cruel step backwards!” The TPM logo appears at the bottom.

Image 2
A graphic with Debbie Ngarewa-Packer speaking in the background and bold white text overlaid. It reads:
“Te Pāti Māori is calling out Government’s proposed changes to sick leave entitlements as a cruel step backwards that punishes low-income, part-time, and essential workers and staunchly supports the concerns raised by PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons, that this move disproportionately harms women, who are most likely to take time off to care for sick children and whānau.”
Ngarewa-Packer quote below:
“This Government’s obsession with attacking women, predominantly Māori and Pacific women, ignores equity and endangers public health.”
TPM logo is at the bottom.

Image 3
Background image of Debbie Ngarewa-Packer addressing a crowd, with overlaid quotes in white text:
“Sick leave is a right, not a reward,” said Ngarewa-Packer.
“Pro-rating it just reinforces inequality, fuels presenteeism, and increases the risk of outbreaks in workplaces and schools. It’s a betrayal of the frontline workers this country relied on during COVID.”
The TPM logo is visible at the bottom.


Image 4 alt text:
Same rally image background with overlaid quotes from Debbie Ngarewa-Packer:
“The increase to 10 days was a hard-won gain. Workers need time to recover, not punishment for being sick.”
Additional statement reads:
“Reversing this isn’t ‘long-needed reform’ it’s short-sighted austerity.” Te Pāti Māori urges all parties to oppose any erosion of sick leave entitlements and stand with the workers who carry this country every day.
The TPM logo is at the bottom.Image 1
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer stands speaking into a microphone at a public rally, wearing a black beret and coat. Behind her is a large blue and white banner reading: “FIGHT BACK, MARANGA AKE FOR HEALTH.” A red banner on the image reads “PRESS RELEASE” and the headline says: “Government’s proposed changes to sick leave entitlements a cruel step backwards!” The TPM logo appears at the bottom.

Image 2
A graphic with Debbie Ngarewa-Packer speaking in the background and bold white text overlaid. It reads:
“Te Pāti Māori is calling out Government’s proposed changes to sick leave entitlements as a cruel step backwards that punishes low-income, part-time, and essential workers and staunchly supports the concerns raised by PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons, that this move disproportionately harms women, who are most likely to take time off to care for sick children and whānau.”
Ngarewa-Packer quote below:
“This Government’s obsession with attacking women, predominantly Māori and Pacific women, ignores equity and endangers public health.”
TPM logo is at the bottom.

Image 3
Background image of Debbie Ngarewa-Packer addressing a crowd, with overlaid quotes in white text:
“Sick leave is a right, not a reward,” said Ngarewa-Packer.
“Pro-rating it just reinforces inequality, fuels presenteeism, and increases the risk of outbreaks in workplaces and schools. It’s a betrayal of the frontline workers this country relied on during COVID.”
The TPM logo is visible at the bottom.


Image 4 alt text:
Same rally image background with overlaid quotes from Debbie Ngarewa-Packer:
“The increase to 10 days was a hard-won gain. Workers need time to recover, not punishment for being sick.”
Additional statement reads:
“Reversing this isn’t ‘long-needed reform’ it’s short-sighted austerity.” Te Pāti Māori urges all parties to oppose any erosion of sick leave entitlements and stand with the workers who carry this country every day.
The TPM logo is at the bottom.
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Let’s be clear Israel’s attack on Iran isn’t preemptive. It’s a preventive war, illegal, immoral, and timed for advantage, not defence. The world should be alarmed!
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Genocide is genocide. Sanctioning two Israeli ministers is a performance, not justice. Real action would cut diplomatic ties, uphold international law, recognise the State of Palestine, sanction Israeli companies, military officials & weapons suppliers. Govt doing everything it can to do nothing!
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Govts Seabed Mining in Fast Track is Muldoons Think Big in a Wetsuit and our community know it! Every activation is bigger and louder, standing in unity with one strong message #noseabedmining
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Ever notice the trolls who oppose Te Tiriti, Māori, takatapui rights, women equity & taiao protection are the same trolls who support Israel genocide & Coc #freepalestine #nzpol #oneterm
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#PRESSRELEASE TPM Demands Safe Passage Of Madleen To Gaza “This is the Mavi Marmara all over again - but the world has no excuse for silence now. We stand with the people of Gaza. We stand with the Madleen”.
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
In the meantime 😳
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Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
#RSB 🚨📣 16 Days Left to Kill the Regulatory Standards Bill! 📣🚨 🔗 Take Action: Link below to kill the bill 📅 Deadline: 1 PM, Monday, 23rd June 2025 🗣 KILL THE BILL 🙅🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️ www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak... #NZPol #NZ #Māori #ToitūTeTiriti #Aotearoa #Greenpeace #Conservation #NewZealand #TPM
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
While we fought the racists right-wing govt we heard a centrist tone matching this play in the house yday, thank goodness for Te Pāti Kakariki who showed our aligned values. What worked in 2017 def won’t work in 2026 🙄#oneterm #nzpol www.interest.co.nz/public-polic...
interest.co.nz
Impossible missions
Labour’s first and most urgent mission is to knock Te Pāti Māori out of the race, says Chris Trotter
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The nephew Stan Walker sings his heart out for the people. Chris Bishop calls it ‘crap.’ Must be hard hearing Māori voices when you’re used to silencing them. Waste of tickets shdve given them to us! #ProudAuntyEnergy #StanWalker #ColoniserCrying #TruthHurtsBishop #TinoRangatiratanga #nzpol
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Racist trash high on one -term energy
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Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
TTR promises $1.5B over 20 years & 77 non-local jobs.They have no mining experience no funds no smelter & no fleet.The tech, jobs & profits go offshore while the damage & mess stay. Unproven extractor relying on political favour to raise capital. When govt falls in 2026 we’ll repeal #noseabedmining
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