In today’s NZ Herald
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In today’s NZ Herald
There’ll be way more. I’m sure many are just waiting for their BOT meetings to be held.
This is heartbreaking 💔
Can confirm. I’m 3 years and 4 months in and I’m here to tell you long covid is not for the faint of heart.
RNZ headline on an upcoming teachers strike that states "Teacher's decision to strike a 'political stunt'" This is one one of the worst headlines I've ever seen. It privileges the government's anti-worker talking point by making it seem like a neutral statement without even attributing it to a minister
This RNZ headline on the upcoming teachers strike is appalling.
It goes beyond just parroting the government's viewpoint. By failing to attribute the quote to a specific minister, it presents it as neutral or objective assessment of the situation
Something is deeply rotten at RNZ...
Seymour is a coward
The govt basically said ‘yes removing pay equity goes against human rights but saving businesses money is more important’ and ‘yes we rushed it and that went against a whole lot of established govt safeguards but our right wing goals were more important’. #nzpol
The choice by the current NZ govt not to condemn targeting of academics is a major red flag.
When privileged men in positions of power choose not to hold other privileged men in positions of power accountable and instead deliberately shield them from accountability, they’re condoning the behaviour.
When online harassment is dressed in the authority of Parliament, it signals that ridicule is not just endorsed but institutional. That’s more than a little concerning. #nzpol
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Look, I'm no Ardern acolyte, but there's no denying that she had the toughest session as PM since WW2 and got most of us through it alive.
Luxon, Seymour, and Peters are just pissing on us and telling us how hard it is being in charge when it's raining.
Absolutely Positively Wellington City Council Me Heke Ki Poneke 23 June 2025 The Right Honourable Christopher Luxon Prime Minister of New Zealand Tenã koe Prime Minister I am writing to formally complain about the campaign of online harassment and intimidation against university scholars that is being orchestrated by Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour. This deliberate targeting of academics and the exposure of Christchurch Council staff to ridicule by comparing them to Russian President Vladmir Putin, following their opinions on the Regulatory Standards Bill, appears to be a direct breach of the Cabinet Manual's standards of conduct. It's a blatant attempt to stifle academic freedom and any dissenting opinion. For the Deputy Prime Minister to lead this online harassment campaign is quite concerning, as such actions could incite behaviour that spills into real-world violence. This is irresponsible and a clear breach of public trust. We expect our leaders to keep us safe, not throw us into harm's way. Such behaviour by the Deputy Prime Minister compromises the safety and wellbeing of the targeted individuals and sets a dangerous precedent for how dissenting voices in our society are treated. It also breaches sections 2.53 and 2.56 of the Cabinet Manual. As Prime Minister and Head of the Cabinet, I urge you to immediately investigate this matter and address this serious breach of the Cabinet Manual. We expect Cabinet members to display the highest standards of conduct and ensure that all members of our community can contribute to public debate without fear of harassment or intimidation. Ngã mihi nui dan. Tory Whanau Mayor of Wellington | Wellington City Council M +64 21 195 1066 E tory.whanau@wcc.govt.nz| W Wellington.govt.nz | Wellington City Council PO Box 2199 Wellington 6140 New Zealand Phone +64 4 499 4444 Fax +64 4 8013138 Wellington.govt.nz
I’ve written a letter of complaint to the PM regarding Seymour's behaviour. We’ve witnessed him target academics who act as our critic and conscience, and attack public servants for simply doing their job. This is unacceptable.
Tēnā koutou, I am writing to formally lodge a complaint regarding the recent behaviour of the Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. David Seymour. His “Victim of the Day” campaign which publicly names and ridicules individual academics for their views on the Regulatory Standards Bill is inappropriate and deeply concerning. I attach screen shots from his Facebook social media regarding Dr Michael Baker (University of Otago), Dame Anne Salmond (Auckland University), Metiria Turei (University of Otago), and Dr George Laking (Auckland University). Using language borrowed from Trump-era tactics, this campaign seeks to mock and discredit scholars exercising their academic freedom. It is difficult to see how this aligns with the standards of conduct required by the Cabinet Manual, which clearly states that ministers must uphold the highest ethical and behavioural standards in all communications, and show good judgment in interactions with the public. The deliberate targeting of individual academics in this way undermines Section 161 of the Education Act, which guarantees academic freedom and institutional autonomy. It also raises real concerns about the chilling effect this may have on public discourse and democratic debate in Aotearoa New Zealand. I respectfully urge the Cabinet Office to investigate this matter and recommend that the Deputy Prime Minister be required to withdraw this campaign and issue a formal public apology.
Just sent this regarding David Seymour/ACT's appalling online behaviour (after reading the Newsroom piece by Dame Anne Salmond)
I sent to cabinet office, the PM, the leaders of Labour, NZ Green and Te Pati Māori and my local MP (Nicola Grigg)
Has there been any media coverage of the Deputy Prime Minister starting a campaign targeting academics, even though he knows full well that whenever he does that, they experience threats and harassment?
Has there been any coverage of the DPM inviting an extremist to headline an upcoming event?
This is dangerous for a party in government to do. It's unacceptable.
Just when you think they can’t get any more unlikeable.
On top of humanities and social sciences being cut from eligibility for the Marsden Fund, changes to 're-balance' the histories curriculum, attacks on the Waitangi Tribunal, etc, it seems clear the government would prefer we remain in ignorance about our history.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Christopher Luxon’s legacy summed up with 1 headline
For someone who got 8% at the last election David Seymour somehow has control over school meals, the curriculum, our entire constitutional settlement, bottlenecking bills that don't meet his standards, and somehow what universities choose to teach? Didn't National win the most seats or something.
This.
I was there on Thursday night and Stan Walker's performance was vivid, vibrant and meaningful, the high point of the evening. That's why people were on their feet. Chris Bishop's behaviour was thin-skinned, disrespectful and sad. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Future historians will scratch their heads trying to imagine how a minor RW party got to set a coalition Govt’s agenda for an entire term.
Nicked.
"We all, I believe, want to live in a country and a world in which men and women have equal opportunities, are equally rewarded for their work, and are able to progress and fulfil their own potential to the maximum extent possible."
-Willis 2020
Nah, I'm good with it-Luxon 2025
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NZ Govt: we need to live within our meanness.
Isn't it weird that when a dude calls Winston Peters some names, his job is threatened; but when other dudes throw death and rape threats at female and minority politicians, it's crickets?
The Green budget has great stuff in it and it frustrates me no end that they get treated like "tree-hugging weirdos" while National, who were told that their landlord tax cuts didn't add up before the election, get to throw women under the bus and still are somehow "safe hands" for the economy.
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Remember during Covid when all those “unskilled” jobs were actually the ones deemed essential. While many with “important” jobs sat around baking bread.
Many of those essential roles are the ones being impacted by pay equity shafting.
Praised then, scoffed at now. Shame on this Government.
