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Relative to income a block of butter costing $8.60 on minimum wage is equal to the Frontera CEO paying $1055 a block.

The prime minister would pay $91 and our two right-wing knowalls, Peters/Seymour pay $60.

The fact that these four men can't do math normalization is staggering. #nzpol #bhn

All the dropkicks who shouldn’t get to vote Act says new electoral law changes only got rid of the 100,000 dropkicks who shouldn’t get to vote anyway. But why stop there?

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...

Worse, the merchant will spread it across all prices including cash and eftpos. Everyone will be paying foreign credit card companies' profits, whatever payment method they choose.

EFTPOS is very low cost to merchants. But if this lower cost isn't shared with the shopper, why would they use it?

Banning card surchages is a terrible decision: the result will be an increase in cost to New Zealanders. VISA and MasterCard will be absolutely delighted.

NZ mainstream outlets now intentionally ambushing experts in order to attack trans rights. There's no possibility this wasn't signed off further up and indicates that NZME is a willing participant in the hate campaign. Can people please stop making excuses for them? Can other media workers speak up?

You did so good!

Afterword Management's response, recent developments and coming full circle

University senior management and academics are playing different games.

The precision of Q. Atkinson's analysis is starkly contrasting wishy-washy rhetorical language used by University of Auckland upper management.

Universities need honest leadership, not a well versed damage control spin-team.

It's time for the government to declare Destiny Church a Terrorist organisation.

It's only a matter of time before we see an escalation of the violence they've already shown at Te Atatū Community Centre.

The incredible lengths they go to to avoid a wealth tax.
#nzpol

A radical Christian just murdered the speaker of a state house but the real worry is the theocratic muslim who said the bus should be cheaper

text reading “What Pay Equity means:” there is an illustration of a scale with figures with business suits on one side, and figures with hospital scrubs on the other. Text under one side says “Industry A - Responsibilities, skills, etc.” Text under the other side says “Industry B - Responsibilities, skills, etc.”

text reading “What Pay Equity means:” there is an illustration of a scale with figures with business suits on one side, and figures with hospital scrubs on the other. Text under one side says “Industry A - Responsibilities, skills, etc.” Text under the other side says “Industry B - Responsibilities, skills, etc.”

1/4 “Wilful misinterpretation” is when someone misunderstands, or misuses, someone else words on purpose.

The next Government needs to be transparent, care for working Kiwis, and urgently repeal the Equal Pay Amendment Bill. #nzpol

Regulatory Standards Bill Submission - New Zealand Parliament

The Regulatory Standards Bill must be stopped. It threatens future public health laws, such as clean indoor air regulations

You have until 23 Jun 2025 to make a submission opposing the RSB and recommend that the bill is rejected in its entirety
3/3 #nzpol
www.parliament.nz/en/ECommitte...

Auckland University's Vice Chancellor Dawn Freshwater has resigned. Read our statement on what university leadership needs to encompass at Auckland going forward.

#auckland #university #newzealand

wearetheuniversity.org/blog/2025/06...

Image of Siouxsie Wiles on the University of Auckland website. She says: “Academic freedom is a privilege that comes with responsibilities”

Dawn Freshwater, Auckland VC says the critic+conscience function is institutional and "doesn't require individual academics to do anything" (TV1 News). The UoA website says "The role of a University *and its academics* is to be the c+c of society" and has @siouxsiew.bsky.social all over it!

Event Time Announcer - Dark Times Academy Reading Room Event Time Announcer shows time for Dark Times Academy Reading Room in locations all over the world. In Auckland it happens on Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 2:00:00 pm.

Popping the virtual popcorn for tomorrow's Reading Room. 🍿

Join us to ruthlessly poke fun at Musk, Trump, and their hysterical stupidity.

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Arts, humanities, and social sciences are under attack. The National Govt, Judith Collins & Shane Reti, are cutting funding, claiming only "economic impact" matters, ignoring impact on housing, inequality, culture, and communities? After all, isn't improving human lives the point of it all anyway?

I was fortunate enough to borrow money from parents, but we would have missed our mortgage payment.

If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.

I didn't get paid today! ....University of Auckland.
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.

This Friday, where will you be?

standupforscience2025.org

A Concerning Merger of the University of Auckland Law and Business Faculties — 1/200 Students and staff have concerns about the merging of the University of Auckland Faculty of Law and its proposed merger with the Faculties of Business and Economics, including the way in which the con...

“Despite running a research and evidence-based institution, the lack of data, detail, and consideration in the statements made by the university administration is all too familiar for students and staff under their management.”

www.1of200.nz/articles/a-c...

I fear there is deep truth here.

Unconscionable that two of the biggest potential legislative changes in our history have submission deadlines in January when Aotearoa is on holiday - and that media coverage of the (very bad) implications has not been wall to wall. 🫠
Anyone still seeking evidence of erosion of norms - this is it.

If it wasn’t so pathetic and dangerous, it might be funny.

My god, this is dumb. Not declaring institutional support for Te Tiriti is not neutral it is actively supporting the legacy of colonialism where Māori and Pacific colleagues feel less free to speak and we cannot innovate along the lines Te Tiriti opens up.

Selling young men who feel like they’re not masculine enough on the idea that they’ll be basically samurai or cowboys or whatever if they put their money in a speculative financial asset that’ll surely make them rich and tough and desirable sounds like such a classic scam holy cow.

At a time when rents are rising at 4%, when insurance is rising at 13%, and when support for public transport and free prescriptions were withdrawn - this is another blow to low income households. 61% of children in poverty live in households with work - this will make it worse

Open letter on importance of research in the social sciences and humanities Open letter on importance of research in the social sciences and humanities   Tēnā koe Prime Minister, The role of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, as set out in the Royal Society of New Zealand Act,...

The Royal Society Te Apārangi has sent an open letter to the Prime Minister about the importance of social sciences and humanities, following changes to the Marsden Fund terms that explicitly exclude research areas in the social sciences and humanities:
www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/open-le...