Are there any good journalists that do stories from working class perspectives on political issues in #Aotearoa NZ?
I've had Brooke van velden, the right wing fascist act party MP block my page and personal accounts on Facebook for spreading a playlist that will help people unlearn propaganda

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#SilentSunday #Auckland #Aotearoa #NewZealand

Been back to #Aotearoa #newzealand this week for work and see family. Always stop by Real Groovy Records. Continuing my obsession with #jazz picked up these second hand but may as well be new. Both are excellent. The Stanley Turrentine features Ron Carter and George Benson #nowspinning #NowPlaying #NowListening #Vinyl #VinylRecords #vinylcollection @vinylrecords

I love the fact there's so much native forest replanting going on around Aotearoa. I get that you're never going to get 100% survival rates when planting Zone 5 (in permaculture jargon, mostly unmanaged reserve area). But...

... I do wonder how much local ecological knowledge is being applied to decisions about what gets planted where, and when.

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#Aotearoa #EcosystemRegeneration #Reforestation #NativePlanting

Can we please, please, just decriminalise all personal use of drugs (including home growing/ processing for personal use), and get rid of the racist prohibition system the Misuse of Drugs Act continues to maintain?

"But while the overall numbers are down, the discrimination has increased. For the first time, Māori now make up more than half of drug prosecutions."

#ChrisFowlie

https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2023/09/09/marijuana-media-cannabis-policing-is-still-discriminatory-show-your-support-for-reform-at-normls-cannabis-roadside-rallies/

#Aotearoa #NZ #DrugLawReform #decriminalization

So, evidence was published earlier this year (see previous post) that charging people $5 to pick up their prescribed medicine costs the health system more (in increased hospitalisations) than it brings in. So it's a no-brainer to abolish user-pays prescriptions, as the current government just did.

No sensible political party would campaign on putting that $5 charge back in place, right?

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132083751/budget-2023-national-vows-to-bring-back-5-prescription-fees-if-elected

Oh.

#Aotearoa #NZ #NZPolitics #Election2023 #PolicyNZ

If you're under 30, please vote!

Even if it's a protest vote for a party that probably (or definitely) won't get 5%. Make sure the politicians who do get elected know what policy platforms you support.

Even if you're an anarchist and don't really support representative government at all (like me), vote anyway. In the short term, control of Parliament affects people's lives for better or worse.

Not voting helps capitalists buy the government they want.

#Aotearoa #NZ #NZPolitics #Election2023

I've been thinking that if I want the country to have a progressive coalition government (finally) for the next 3 years, I need to do 2 things;

1) Stop sniping at parties that will no be needed for that coalition to have a majority, and focus on what I like about them

2) Policy, policy, policy! The right will always win a campaign based on fear of the Other. I need to figure on policies I support, and compare and contrast the policy positions of the various parties

#Aotearoa #NZ #Election2023

In a climate changed world, it turns out that Te Wai Pounamu really is the mainland:

http://www.worlddreambank.org/D/DUBIA.HTM (scroll down to the section on Australia, grrr...)

#ClimateChange #Aotearoa #NZ #TeWaiPounamu

Beyond Degrowth Aotearoa conference

16-17 September

Te Herenga Waka, Pipitea Campus, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, and online:

https://www.degrowth.nz/

#events #conferences #deGrowth #Aotearoa #NZ

Just a reminder that one of the most amusing and entertaining regular features at The Register is written by a product of #Aotearoa - Simon Travaglia's BOFH escapades are always good for a chuckle #IT
https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/01/bofh_2023_episode_17/

WANTED: a leftist/commie in ( #AotearoaNZ )
#aotearoa or #australia
( #leftist #commie )
That is interested in starting a
Podcast on either local NZ politics alone, or to talk about and compare what is happening between Australia and Aotearoa, and analyze the situation and try to refer back to unknown history as well (which I'll need help with if possible)
Potentially looking for a #team of trustworthy lefties to make this happen.

#Podcast #nzpol #nzpolpodcast #nzpolitics #nzpodcast #nzpodcasters

Please lmk or boost

Après la rivière #Whanganui en #Aotearoa Nouvelle-Zélande, les tortues marines et #requins sont dotés d’une personnalité juridique dans le Pacifique : sur les îles Loyauté (#Kanaky #NouvelleCalédonie), le Code de l'Environnement crée un « droit du vivant » pour ces espèces.
https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/nouvellecaledonie/province-iles/la-province-des-iles-loyaute-prend-une-reglementation-inedite-sur-le-droit-du-vivant-1411340.html
« Des droits fondamentaux leur sont reconnus. Elles n’ont pas de devoirs. »
#Communs #transition #NonHumains

#Aotearoa #NewZealand is joining the #EU’s Horizon programme, meaning its nationals and entities will be able to participate in its calls!
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/horizon-europe-launch-aotearoa-new-zealand
Looking forward to more 🇳🇿🇪🇺 collaboration!
via @verbman

@Br3nda
Gravy trains are relative. I hope kiwis are collectively smart enough to deny the grifters funding the NatACTs the power to write laws that put public money into their pockets. Because...

"National leader Christopher Luxon, who owns seven properties worth more than $16 million, wants to push through a lot of new laws that will financially benefit him and other landlords, to the detriment of renters."

#EmilyWrites, 2023

https://i.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/renting/132800974/the-gravy-train-is-over-why-my-tiniest-violin-is-out-for-landlords

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#Aotearoa #NZ #housing

Bronwyn opens pop-up store on Auckland’s Ponsonby Road

https://lucire.com/insider/20230822/bronwyn-opens-pop-up-store-on-aucklands-ponsonby-road/ #Bronwyn #footwear #fashion #mode #moda #chaussures #NewZealand #Aotearoa #Auckland #tendances #trend #shoes

The alpine village of St Arnaud (named for a French marshal) sits at the northern end of Lake Rotoiti (📷1). It serves as a gateway for visitors tramping or skiing (Rainbow Ski Area) in Nelson Lakes National Park. Modern homes line Glacier Tce, which has views over the lake (📷2). Homes in the village provide insights into the sense of humour of the 150 or so locals (📷3&4).

🚐 #VanLife #Motorhome #CamperVan #RV #Travel #RoadTrip #Nomad 🇳🇿 #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography

Dawn at Kerr Bay, Nelson Lakes NP. The view is 🆓 range, cruelty 🆓, certified organic, high fibre, low salt, gluten 🆓, additive 🆓, no added sugar, locally sourced, preservative 🆓, vegan friendly, all natural ingredients, plastic 🆓, palm oil 🆓, grass fed, keto friendly, plant based, home made, allergen free, egg 🆓, soy 🆓, dairy 🆓, GMO 🆓, all natural goodness. Served at -2C.

🚐 #VanLife #Motorhome #CamperVan #RV #Travel #RoadTrip #Nomad 🇳🇿 #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography

Pleasant drive through hop-growing Motueka Valley, then following Buller River (📷1) on St Arnaud-Kawatiri Hwy into #Tasman’s Nelson Lakes NP, which sits within northernmost ranges of Southern Alps. Lake Rotoiti is one of two larger lakes, carved out by glaciers during the last ice age. There’s a serviced DOC camp at Kerr Bay (📷2-4), close to alpine village of St Arnaud.

🚐 #VanLife #Motorhome #CamperVan #RV #Travel #RoadTrip #Nomad 🇳🇿 #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography

Handy mnemonic I just realized re: spelling #Aotearoa (aka #NewZealand): it's a late 90s/early 00s chat/etc username, where the "ao / oa" are little ascii decorations.

<aoTEARoa> so what do you think life will be like in the mid 2020s? techno-ecotopia?
<xXxSefirot1984xXx> Nah it'll be an apocalyptic hellhole
<Jason> i agree
<_Jason> its gona suck
<aoTEARoa> you're always so pessimistic Sefy, lame
<aoTEARoa> you too jason -_-
<.oO[JazzMasta]Oo.> I bet the jazz will be amazing in either case