Teacher, leave them kids alone.

Go and sign this petition to support a group of kids using their own agency and exercising empathy with fellow kids.

So. Not to get political on this apolitical website for people having a nice time online, but my kid's friend is trying to organise a bake sale to raise $ at their high school, and the school says it's too political.

Because the $ is going to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.

You can't fight racism with more racism and that's all I have to say on the matter.

Crikey…The NZ Greens could take out the election win after all. 👀💭 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ

#NZpol

Please read, we need to bring this closer to *actual implementation*.

Naturally, ALL Parties actually should, but... if we're interested in *real* societal wellbeing, *better financial outcomes* and *less stress on the whole system*?

Well... vote for those who WILL put in the work here.

Read this and despair at NZ media who have no interest in looking past who is getting rolled this week and what the polls say this month and a government that strategically does not believe in science and an opposition (*cough* Labour) that doesn’t think this is crucial policy to campaign on.
#nzpol

USAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People Knew Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.

Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.

No rethink on US, drones on right path for now, says new Defence Minister And Chris Penk says the country is not movng too slowly on getting military drones, even though some other countries are accelerating quickly.

Well, so he needs to go too. Morally bankrupt. The Gaza genocide should have meant a rethink. #nzpol

Penk says “he has not seen anything in the Iran war that would lead him to reconsider New Zealand's defence relationship with the United States”

It just defies comprehension that the world's richest man is literally a hitlerian figure, got to illegally commandeer the US govt for months and condemn millions to excruciating death, and then just fucked off to make jokes about "show orphans" on podcasts with zero consequences. The mind recoils

Late drop of a big story tonight—the research team that jailbroke AI safety standards with weaponized poems have published their Adversarial Humanities Benchmark, broadening their research through cyberpunk attack-fiction and ADVERSARIAL HERMENEUTICS:

One thing that living in Korea did is irreversibly radicalise me against the Japanese government (all of them) for this persistent refusal to grapple with its abhorrent history. And that was before I'd even read The Rape of Nanking

worth reading Oriini's SM post (hour ago) & Tina Ngata: "Parmar has indeed done a lot of damage... answer to that should not be racist harm back upon her people by mocking them, ridiculing their culture, jeering at the poverty on their lands that comes from the same coloniser, & using racial slurs".

A bit like putting a bandaid over a semi decapitated neck wound & hoping it will heal itself.
Zero tolerance of misogynistic & racist behaviour, coupled with severe consequences for such offending, is how you stop the need for “bandaids” at all. #nzpol #NZ

I can use it in a sentence:

Humpty Dumpty’s choppelganger runs New Zealand.

J. Edgar Boozer.

Ha ha, midday news cuts to Nicola Willis with a briefing on our economy. She's using slides and Guyon goes "We don't want to stay for death by PowerPoint!" Then he refers to her as Prime Minister 😀

Says the person that borrowed 14 billion for tax cuts that had virtually no stimulus on the economy... #nzpol

National will relentlessly tout this as an “economic success story” for Luxon all the way to election day, thanks to Hipkins for this move. Never mind the $33billion dollars we have to gift to India or the no dairy exports allowed, etc. Dumb & fucking dumber 🤦‍♀️

Infrastructure Commission to oversee major projects under new government plan The government it is shifting oversight from Treasury to the Infrastructure Commission.

It wasn't Treasury that made you announce $50 billion worth of trophy roads we can't pay for, and the Infrastructure Commission has already told you what a bad idea that is. I don't think either of them are the problem here. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

“International Embarrassment” Māori leaders condemn coalition government in Geneva Aotearoa has come under fire at the United Nations this week, with advocates calling out the New Zealand Government for what they describe as an erosion of Indigenous rights.

“The Government continues to remove measures that recognise and uphold Māori rights as Indigenous Peoples and Te Tiriti o Waitangi… against the warnings of the Waitangi Tribunal, against the advice of its own officials, and against the will of its citizens.” #nzpol
www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/07/16/i...

When they received the call to respond to an Israeli airstrike in the city of Mayfadoun, in southern Lebanon, most of the paramedics held back, having previously seen colleagues killed by double-tap attacks targeting rescuers. But the medics from the Islamic Health Association (IHA) rushed to the scene. By the time the other emergency workers arrived at the site, they found the IHA medics had indeed been caught in a second strike. They started evacuating their wounded colleagues, only for their ambulances to be hit in two further attacks. One of the paramedics covered his ears and screamed, convulsing in pain as shrapnel shattered the back window of the ambulance. The rescue mission on Wednesday afternoon had turned into a nightmare as Israel carried out three consecutive strikes on three sets of ambulances and medical workers.

Israel performed a literal quadruple tap attack in Lebanon to massacre three separate sets of medics.

Truly pushing the bounds of human depravity.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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*.

Dozens of principal, teacher associations sign letter opposed to government's curriculum changes Critics who have signed the letter say six draft curriculums for Years 0-8 are not fit for purpose.

“Hundreds of principals and thousands of teachers remain opposed to the government's curriculum overhaul as consultation closes on Friday.” #nzpol

We need a govt that believes in a participatory democracy, not the current govt who ignore evidence and the results of all consultation.

Minister for Maori Devlopment, Tama Potaka please withdraw and apologise for your use of the phrase 'roast busters' in this evenings annual review debate in the House #NZPol #NZQT #NZDebates

rowecartoon.bsky.social in AFR

As far back as 2023 (a year after parliament protest) this infographic captures the domestic+transnational #disinformation ecosystem linked to Cyclone Gabrielle. The report has much more detail. Climate change denial's scale, & sophistication in NZ is far greater now, which I also flag. #nzpol

Live: 'They're the guys that put Jacinda Ardern in power' - Christopher Luxon bites back at Winston Peters

They are also the party who put you into power you ridiculous little man #NZPol

In a bizarre sequel to this I was very nearly hit* twice on the ride home tonight - once I was in a bike lane, the other in a bus lane during operating hours (bikes are allowed too).

* =take extreme evasive action to survive; 1st driver tried to run a stop, 2nd turned across road in front of me.

Awesome!