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#nzqt Q12. Goldsmith confirms will not consult Tiriti partners on his wholesale law change, except as select committee submitters. #NzPol

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ANALYSIS: Government set to reduce Treaty in legislation to lowest possible standard - what it means Sweeping changes to Treaty clauses across 23 laws could lower te Tiriti to its weakest legal standard, reshaping how it influences decisions in health, environment and beyond.

yes we've all been frothing with the coup, meanwhile Mani Dunlop is out here reporting on this fuckery and what it means.

www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/20/a...

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Trump posts image of himself with Jesus as administration's pope criticism continues It comes as the US administration's criticism of outspoken Iran war critic Pope Leo continues.

OMG Vance just told the Pope "it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology"

I just… have no words. FFS

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Fossil fuels funding our right wing parties

#nzpol

Today is Yom Hashoah, the day of holocaust rememberence in Israel. It is a day to remember all those murdered by the Nazis, but also a day to remember the many civilians across Europe who risked their own lives to save Jewish friends, neighbours and strangers. In Judaism, we say of the dead 'zichron l'bracha', may their memory be a blessing.

We call on Israelis to reflect on this today, and to take the memories of their ancestors killed in the Holocaust as motivation to speak up and take action against the genocide being committed by their friends and neighbours today. The only way to truly honour the memory of those cruelly taken from us is to ensure it does not happen to anyone else. Never again means never again for anyone.

Wrote this today for Dayenu: New Zealand Jews Against Occupation. You cannot commemorate the victims of a genocide while perpretrating one yourself. The killing must end. The occupation must end.

Never again means never again for anyone.

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Israeli strike kills infant girl in south Lebanon during father's funeral Wrapped in bloodied bandages, Aline Saeed, 7, barely survived an Israeli strike on her home. She was there to bury her father when a new strike killed her infant sister and other relatives.

“Israeli strike kills infant girl in south Lebanon during father’s funeral” — headline that tells you all you need to know about Israel’s war on Lebanon

‘I wished for death’: Sexual violence in Israel’s prisons is an ‘organised state policy’ Palestinian testimonies reveal how sexual violence, including rape using objects and dogs, is approved by 'highest levels' of Israeli leadership

The testimony here about sexual violence by Israel against Palestinian prisoners is so beyond the pale everyone must see it.

It is so bad I can’t in good conscience share a quote other than the headline, which somehow manages to understate the horror within.

www.middleeasteye.net/news/i-wishe...

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Text reads “Tēnā koutou Katia and then gives details from the Matahiwi Marae, inviting anyone who needs to evacuate due to Cyclone Vaianu to come and find support. Details include directions, sleeping arrangements and food.

This is the HEART of Aotearoa/New Zealand - a cyclone threatening us by tomorrow and already marae are ready and willing to welcome anyone.

They have such value and deserve the rest of us to support them.💜
#AoNZ #marae #Māori #cyclone

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The Lebanese Health Ministry says Israeli strikes have displaced more than one million people.

That’s more than a sixth of the entire population.

Ōkārito is one of my favourite places in the whole world, and the Trig Track is just spectacular. Such a beautiful place. Have you ever seen the phosphorescence in the sea at Ōkārito beach? Mind-blowing.

Now, the kicker: $200m not spent domestically means we are gonna lose about that much demand from the economy soon. Friends, $200m / week is about 130,000 jobs worth. This is serious. Any media folk want to ask for an unemployment forecast, and, errrm, whether we have a frickin plan? [Ends]

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A Two Bedroom House The next new rule was: You first. Guy wants to start a war? Go for it buddy. Go duel the other guy who wants to start a war. You get a knife, each.

We don't actually have to put up with this! It's time we grabbed these lunatics by the armpits and frog-marched them off to their overdue punishment, detailed here:
www.emilywrites.co.nz/a-two-bedroo...

⚠️🌀🚨Cyclone Vaianu is likely to move across the North Island on Sunday.

Uncertainty remains in the cyclone's exact track, so the locations of the most severe winds are not yet certain. 🟠🔴

📢 More information: metservice.com/warnings

The government has boxed itself in over fuel saving strategies – but there is a way out Promoting fuel saving measures as vital to energy security would help frame the oil shock as a technical problem to be solved, not a political issue to be fought.

Every effective tool for reducing fuel demand right now (free PT, cycling, EVs, lower speed limits) is a policy the NZ coalition government has spent two years dismantling.

My new piece in The Conversation on why they've gone quiet and how they get out of it.
theconversation.com/the-governme...

Pedro Sánchez welcomes the ceasefire deal but notes: "This momentary relief cannot make us forget the chaos, the destruction, and the lives lost. The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket."

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