What is it with the ACT party being keen on people dying?

NZ's ninth wave of Covid | Now You Know | The Spinoff YouTube video by The Spinoff

This is the best video about Covid that has ever been made www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqWx...

John Campbell's takedown of Luxon is worth watching.

Particularly strong on Luxon's Christian heroes not being performative handwringers waiting for every condition to be met before they acted. Ouch.

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IT WOULD BE FUCKEN GREAT IF THE SCEPTICISM THAT THE NZ MEDIA HAS SHOWN TO "TYLENOL CAUSES AUTISM" COULD BE APPLIED TO "GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE IS BAD" BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH FUCKING LIES SPREAD BY THE FAR RIGHT

Auckland prepares for climate change realities However, figures show our biggest city is way off target.

#NZpol

Sigh. I know, I know, it's been a week.

Well, Monday just dropped.

"....when it comes to stopping climate change from getting worse, figures show our biggest city is way off target"

The *country* is way off target. Feeling it's a case of getting through All This Shit one day at a time.

Happy Mothers Day.

Look at this

Coloured photo: Black background with rainbow rings, a rainbow-styled “Māori” and pride fist. Text reads: “We stand with our takatāpui whānau.”

Appreciate the pātai. Te Pāti Māori won’t let Aotearoa import UK/US-style hate.

We reject attacks on trans, non-binary and takatāpui whānau. That’s not who we are.

Our Te Tiriti commitment means protecting mana, inclusion, and whānau safety.

Whakapapa over wedges. Manaakitanga over fear. Always.

Need Labour/Greens to speak to the gallery today and go "So they're cutting health jobs, again, they've failed to provide abortion services, and the biggest concern of the Women's Health minister is deleting inclusive language? Typical, focused on culture war nonsense and attacking minority groups"

‘She knew before she could read’: The reality of raising a trans child A parent shares their experience and fears as public submissions are sought on the use of puberty blockers for gender-affirming care.

Heartbreaking and vitally important read from the parent of a trans child in the spinoff this morning.

"how am I going to tell her? How do you tell a child, “All those things we promised you about growing up as a young woman, the government has decided that you can’t have any of that”?"

For the past 3 years Anthony worked tirelessly on writing a book on “Auckland’s Changing Climate” tracking Auckland’s (past, present -and future) climate.
Written for the intelligent lay person in a chatty friendly style.
Check it out here:
sites.google.com/view/aucklan...

Repost widely please.

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of January 6 - 12 Rod Emmerson's take on the week.

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of January 6 - 12 www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rod-emmer...

They've got them at The Strawberry Farm, or at least they did a few days ago.

In case you also need a list:

✍️ Treaty Principles Bill - 7 Jan
✍️ Oranga Tamariki Amendments Bill aka Military Bootcamps - 9 Jan
✍️ Regulatory Standards Bill - 12 Jan
✍️ Puberty Blockers Consultation - 20 Jan

May 2025 be the year everyone gets a library card.
Libraries are amazing third places and they get funding based on card holders and borrowing stats in most cases.
Pop in. Check something out.

P.S. The Libby app works on your phone/tablet. It has audibooks and regular books.

How To: Submit in favour of gender-affirming care. A simple guide to avoid some suspicious survey framing.

Submissions for the MoH’s puberty blocker consultation close on 20 Jan 2025. Emily Writes had some great info on her Substack, & @oldmatecans.lol wrote an excellent post on what to do/avoid:

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Finally got around to submitting on the Treaty Principles Bill and the Regulatory Standards Bill. Are there any I've missed?

LUXON THE GRINCH Cartoon depicts NZ PM Christopher Luxon as Dr Seuss's The Grinch appearing in a chimney to steal presents from sleeping children. "Sorry Kids, I need all these for our poor, poor landlords. Gifts are labelled 'Fair Pay' 'Free prescriptions' 'Te Reo Signs' 'RMA Reforms' 'Worker Rights' 'Jobs'. Refers to cost cutting and other measures to claw back savings for tax cuts allowing landlords to deduct mortgage interest costs they pay on rental income retrospectively, in effect a reverse Robin Hood” tax move that would enrich the 346 largest landlords by nearly $500 million over five years." - Council of Trade Unions’ economist Craig Renney. https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350096254/some-landlords-will-pay-110000-less-tax-over-15-years-under-nationals-tax-policy Author: Slane Cartoons Limited All Rights Reserved, licensed for single publication use. Slane Cartoons Limited Cartoon keywords: 'RMA, Fair Pay, Free prescriptions, Grinch, jobs, Luxon, NAF, National, NZpol, public, Reforms, sector, Signage, tax, Te Reo, Worker Rights

“Sorry Kids, I need all these for our poor, poor landlords.” says Luxon, the Grinch #nzpol #repost

'A way of ensuring our survival': Kiwi booksellers band together to take on Amazon In bookshops throughout the country, a small band of booksellers has decided to take on Amazon in their very own David v Goliath fight.

This seems like a good way to increase my book stash while supporting local shops and I don't have to leave my garden. i.stuff.co.nz/entertainmen...