Geordie

John Campbell shows empathy for rangatahi in prison, says facts & gets accolades; a young brown woman MP does the same & is subjected to a deranged media circus. Todd Muller's breakdown gets the kid-glove treatment; Golriz is still being hunted like prey. If only this phenomenon... had a NAME??

Geordie's Top Surgery Fundraiser 🏳️‍⚧️ Geordie's Top Surgery Fundraiser

I'm going to Portugal in July for top surgery because it's nearly impossible to get it publicly funded here. Going private would cost upwards of $23,000.

I'm asking for your help to cover the surgery cost 💚

Thank you to those who have already donated 🥺

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Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a climate summit.
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Councillor Geordie Rogers and mayor Tory Whanau of Wellington City posing in front of a pride parade

Proud as with @misswhanau.bsky.social and @geordierogers.co.nz 🏳️‍🌈✌️

At the Wellington Pride Parade

Man Up protesters disrupt Wellington Pride parade Dozens of protesters wearing Man Up t-shirts have met the start of the Wellington Pride parade, performing a haka.

Scumbags

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Everyone knows the mark of a great country is how many children are actively starving.

Councillors vote to bring back car parks at Wellington’s Botanic Garden The councillors asked staff to look into reinstating car parks on roads near the Botanic Garden and Karori Park despite not knowing how many people are using the cycleways the council built. Have your...

It's a shame to see the safety of cyclists, and potentially pedestrians, being compromised. This is merely a decision based on the reckons of Councilors who never supported cycleways in the first place www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

Cycleways only COST 1% of the entire transport budget and reap significant benefits economically, environmentally, and health wise. So why is it a bogeyman? Plus the much maligned Wellington Council

THIS #nzpol

mountaintui.substack.com/p/cycleways-... - @mountaintui.bsky.social

Say NO to Corporate Tax Cuts! We all want GPs and hospitals that can help us when we need them. We want our kids to have full bellies so they can learn. But because Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis chose tax cuts for landlords ...

If you haven't signed, please consider doing so. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/sa...

Wonderful, inspiring, fabulous show tonight at Meow. If you don't already know of the blessing that is @alokvmenon.bsky.social, please do yourself a favour and fill your life with more love.

Feeling so full of love and fire 🏳️‍⚧️💚

The magic of photorealistic portraiture is the feeling of that person being brought to life in front of you and seeing the light shining in Efeso’s eyes today as his mural nears completion, was powerful, and emotional. One year today, and the loss is still immeasurable. Our #SouthAuckland legend.

“Ultimately you have to work with me”

Fuck off David Seymour.

You don’t speak in the interest of your hapu or many of us.

We don’t have to work with you and we certainly don’t have to listen to you.

But we do to hold you to account.

#nzpol #toitūtetiriti

"the research broke down how particular demographics felt about Te Tiriti, showing strong support across regional, ethnic and income cohorts (71% overall) for Te Tiriti to be protected in our laws and constitution."

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How New Zealand got it’s Treaty of Waitangi - ABC listen The events that lead to the Treaty of Waitangi and it’s legacy.

I was interviewed by ABC's Nightlife programme on the background to the signing of te Tiriti o Waitangi and the history of Waitangi Day.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Heck yeah @maramadavidson.bsky.social, so glad you're feeling well enough to come back to mahi. We've missed you like, A LOT. 💚 #nzpol

'Te Tiriti o Waitangi Relationships' – Metiria Stanton Turei et al (Book Trailer) 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi Relationships: People, Politics and Law' is the third volume by Metiria Stanton Turei, Nicola R. Wheen and Janine Hayward (eds), in a s...

'I have mokopuna, I want them to be in a country where that relationship is honourable' – Metiria Stanton Turei.

'Te Tiriti o Waitangi Relationships: People, Politics and Law' is introduced by Metiria Stanton Turei, Nicola R. Wheen & Janine Hayward.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PON...

Kiwis need to start saying ‘yes’, the PM says. Are we really a nation of ‘no’ people? NZ’s 'no' culture may stem from risk aversion and consensus, driven by Tall Poppy Syndrome, Number 8 Wire thinking, and the 'She’ll be Right' mindset...

yes to trans health care
yes to honoring the treaty
yes to reducing carbon emissions
yes to funding health care
yes to capital gains taxes
yes to speaking up on genocide

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

incredible things are happening on the federal employee subreddit

friendship is medicine

“Parliament can legislate that the Earth is flat. That doesn’t make it flat.” Chris Finlayson

Loans of digital and physical books both on the rise in Wellington The number of physical and digital books borrowed from Wellington’s library increased in 2024, although hard copy loans are rising at a slower rate.

I would say this, but - another great incentive to borrow from our libraries was going fines free. Huge increase of younger borrowers especially. Whatever the cause, I am thrilled. Love libraries ❤️ and will continue to be one woman hype machine www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

Explore books on Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi – available in schools, libraries, and bookshops across Aotearoa, as well as digitally through the BWB Collections.

#NZHistory #TeTiriti

What you missed from day one of the Treaty principles bill select committee hearings Nine hours, 50 oral submissions, half an hour for lunch.

What you missed from day one of the Treaty principles bill select committee hearings

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Fully agree with @vomalley.bsky.social that the disinformation invited and fostered by the TPB will linger long after the Bill has been dumped. That’s one reason I am advocating for a sustained programme of public education on Te Tiriti and our national history

Let’s resist fascism in big and small ways, together 🫶🏼

pain as a pathway to connect back to one another via @saboraqueer.bsky.social

Always was always will be 🖤💛❤️✊🏾

Meta's new hateful conduct policy fundamentally contradicts New Zealand's Online Safety Code. The changes permit dehumanising speech previously prohibited, creating new vectors for harm against Māori and other marginalised communities.

Shout out to Harri for convincing me to move to Bluesky 🤍