Campaign group costs universal free dental care, says NZ can afford it A report by Dental for All estimates it'll cost $936 million a year - alongside a one-off capital investment of $1.1 billion.

Campaign group costs universal free dental care, says NZ can afford it

Funding falls short as father tries to get a lift for his disabled daughter Dinson Thomas said he carries his 13-year-old daughter, who has cerebral palsy, up several steps to get into their house.

"For some people just paying for it is their solution but not everyone can do that so it is an equity issue. It's not fair that some are asked to pay and others just wait and wait." - Laurie Hilsgen, Carers NZ chief executive

Cars and vans bobbing in flood water in an Edwardian suburban street.

"Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it"

Or till the background is the street you grew up in. Hits home.

From ‘butter chicken’ comments to graffiti, anti-Indian sentiment is a warning signal How did this language become imaginable?

My friend Manisha Bhikha calling for us to get our shit together. When she says "This is the first time I can remember seeing anti-Indian hate expressed with this level of visibility and confidence" be aware that *she's been in govt counterterror & preventing violent extremism for decades*.

Reposting with the start of the thread ⬇️

I’m also continually astonished at the lack of awareness that we are all one illness or accident away from disability… and the morals that get attached to being disabled 🤯

Of course disability was absent 🫠 given some of the attitudes you describe in your other posts I’m not surprised. Disappointed, yes, but also aware I could (should) have submitted but a lack of spoons… aware I’m not alone in this. Thank you for your mahi, and for posting about it!

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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

Thank you!! It feels pretty big. I’m lucky to play for an orchestra that performs in the Town Hall a few times a year. Such a treat to play there, it’s an incredible acoustic 🥰

Congratulations Ash, that’s awesome!!
Mine is that I played a demanding concert yesterday and it went really well!! I may be paying the fatigue price today but it was worth it. Now to do it again in the Town Hall next week 🤩

If this is the case, it’s a huge victory for the hard-working people at MPI

#nzpol

Bon Jovi concert, Western Springs, 1989. Photograph by Stuart Page. Record ID: 273-PAG035-05. Auckland Library.

New music exhibition at Auckland Council Libraries

"Encore! explores how live music has shaped central Tāmaki Makaurau and the connections formed between musicians, reviewers and audiences across generations. "

www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/en/encore.html

World’s First Lule Sámi–English–Māori Picturebook to Launch at NORLA in Bologna | Nord.no Nord University initiative brings together Indigenous languages across the Arctic and the Pacific.

Available in Aotearoa New Zealand on 8 June.

@thesaplingnz.bsky.social @thespinoff.bsky.social @christchurchlib.bsky.social @takahemagazine.bsky.social @etangata.bsky.social @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social #lulesami #reomāori #BCBF26 #oratiabooks #fiveoceans #pukapuka

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Long and strong, get gone. I can’t believe we have staff on call for this 🤯 we’re not the Shaky Isles for nothing…

This sounds… wild!

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Why did my accommodation supplement drop when NZ Super increased? - Ask Susan Money corespondent Susan Edmunds tackles questions around NZ Super and accommodation allowances.

THIS is what they don’t mention, every time the government talks about increasing benefit amounts in April each year. And it’s not just the accommodation supplement that drops. #nzpol #beneficiaries

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The story about beneficiaries not eating some days isn’t going to make people more empathetic. The cruelty that people in this country have for beneficiaries, which is fostered and celebrated by most political parties across the spectrum is truly disgusting.

Some how New Zealand isn’t on this map …

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#MapsWithoutNewZeland

Been a while since I’ve heard the emergency alert! 🚨 fortunately I didn’t have Bluetooth on this time so it wasn’t drilled into my brain. 🦻 stay safe everyone

Excellent thread about preparedness! 👍

Stunning skies in Tāmaki Makaurau tonight… the calm before the storm

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

These are gorgeous! I’d love to buy if they get sold online

Warnings Update - TROPICAL CYCLONE VAIANU ❗ 🌀

⚠️ 🟡 Strong Wind Watches for the North Island (Sat – Mon) 💨
⚠️ 🟡 Heavy Rain Watches for the North Island (Sat – Sun) 🌧️

Upgrades to Warnings likely.

More info: metservice.com/warnings

ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) 1/ The world is facing a 'ticking time bomb' from its supply of oil, according to a briefing note from JP Morgan. Physical scarcity of oil is about to unfold across the globe, spreading sequentially t...

btw to read a thread from Bluesky "flattened"

simply put the letter T in front of the first post URL

ie.

Tbsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3mi7gttytyd2n

Who has leftovers??!!

This is always fun. Lots of really cool visualisations already! I’ll be following the hashtag for both inspiration and interesting info #30DayChartChallenge

Biggest Kākāpō Breeding Season episode of Kākāpō Files II DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme says that the 2026 kākāpō breeding season is officially the biggest on record, and that all chicks have now hatched. At least 256 eggs were laid in 80 nests, of which a...

You won't find many kākāpō Easter eggs in the latest episode of the, Kākāpō Files ... because they've all hatched!

And by every measure, this is now officially the biggest breeding season on record.

#kakapo #conservation #birds

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