Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I am never surprised as a wahine Māori with the racists @nzherald.nz attracts or their random choices to leave comments on or off 🙄🤦🏽♀️ 0172
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...stuff.co.nzTax the super-rich vs cut corporate welfare: How Green, Te Pāti Māori and ACT would run NZStuff 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. 090
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026The real wealth story of Aotearoa and what we won’t see in any budget. Time to tax the rich. (Pt 1 intro) 0132
Reposted by Whaea Deb Ngarewa-PackerBernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Hope 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. 1321068
Reposted by Whaea Deb Ngarewa-PackerDr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026National 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 1121292
Reposted by Whaea Deb Ngarewa-PackerTe 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 0101
Reposted by Whaea Deb Ngarewa-PackerKay in the End Times 🏳️🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026MP 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.nzvideos.parliament.nzOn Demand 2132
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 19/05/2026We must action real clean energy solutions Aotearoa #nzpol 03015
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Shane 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! #nzpolrnz.co.nzNgāti Ruanui demands apology for 'shameful' Shane Jones commentsNgāti Ruanui says the Resources Minister's insult in Parliament was 'shameful'. 313633
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Matua Shane misogynistic anti-taiao rantings…just another typical Nzf class act 🤮🤦🏽♀️ 3163
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Love that I trigger this 🤑🦖 matua and that we won against his own fast track seabed mining legislation #ban #seabedmining #nzpolstuff.co.nzWatch: Minister booted from Parliament after insulting Te Pāti Māori co-leaderJones lobbed three insults at Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. 911324
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Anyone else? 🎁 Happy Mama’s Day to all mama carrying so many battles for a better world for our tamariki mokopuna. You’re absolute magic! 0405
Reposted by Whaea Deb Ngarewa-PackerMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 08/05/2026What'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 3298
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Acting 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 0339
Reposted by Whaea Deb Ngarewa-PackerNew 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." #nzpolrnz.co.nzFormal complaint lodged with United Nations over changes to New Zealand's pay equity lawsA 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. 03914
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026When 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 0141
Reposted by Whaea Deb Ngarewa-PackerRob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I 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.nzRegulation Minister ordering review of solar panel installationDavid Seymour said less than four percent of households used solar, despite power savings of about $1000 a year. 86912
Reposted by Whaea Deb Ngarewa-PackerJustin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Solar plus storage: $54 Coal: $70-85 Gas (methane): $100 The math gets pretty simple.pv-magazine.comFirm solar and storage costs fall to $54/MWh, says IRENAA 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... 371670514
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026My seat for the day 🤣 Let’s just get them out #nzpol 0233
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Spent 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 1130
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Coming 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 2449
Reposted by Whaea Deb Ngarewa-PackerRussel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Solar 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. 12409103
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 2578
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 19/08/2025When 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 1433569
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Govt 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 218146
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Yuck, his words of support would not help any candidate in a Māori seat. But Nats are soooooo scared of us, I love it! #oneterm 060
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Chris 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.nzLabour leader Chris Hipkins dismisses criticism of Covid-19 overspending as 'Treasury spin'Treasury says the Labour government overspent during the pandemic against official advice. 091
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 17/07/2025A 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 0113
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 12/07/2025They 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 1012728
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Welcoming 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 110623
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 23/06/2025All 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 17213
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 22/06/2025The 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 🙄 310323
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 19/06/2025NZ 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 0178
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Remember this Winston in 2018 anti-austerity what a soul seller www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/capit...beehive.govt.nz 1110
Reposted by Whaea Deb Ngarewa-PackerTe Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Sick 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 114545
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Let’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! 37212
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Genocide 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! 39832
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Govts 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 1377
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Ever 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 8706
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”. 1249
Reposted by Whaea Deb Ngarewa-PackerTe 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 13916
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 05/06/2025While 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.nzImpossible missionsLabour’s first and most urgent mission is to knock Te Pāti Māori out of the race, says Chris Trotter 23412
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025The 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 2966
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Racist trash high on one -term energy 0195
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025TTR 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 1357