We have heard numerous claims from Auckland mayor Wayne Brown and his supporters that the proposed budget is about saving money and getting rid of a nearly $300 million hole. Unfortunately, these claims have often gone unchallenged by journalists and, when reporting on the current…
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This post is for discussion about the Let Women Speak events in New Zealand this weekend. It is open to people of any sex, any gender identity and those without a gender identity, who want to talk about why women are speaking, women's sex based…
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So Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull aka Posie Parker is coming to Aotearoa New Zealand and intends to spread her message. Wikipedia describes her as someone who "has used posters, billboards, stickers, and social media to promote anti-trans messages, and she has organized events in the United Kingdom,…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Post by Lynn Williams. Originally published on twitter in early March. Re the vexed questions posed by "she who channels her inner Monroe", her apparent preparedness to ally with religious fundies and right wing extremists, and the predictable calls from sections of the left for…
This year we have seen two storms batter Tamaki Makaurau and the East Coast of the North Island, atmospheric rivers dump huge amounts of water on California, snow in Los Angeles, and extreme flooding in parts of Australia. And this is during a La Nina…
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Cross posted from Women's Liberation Aotearoa 20 March 2023 Women’s Liberation Aotearoa stands for all women’s right to speak about matters that affect them, including women we don’t agree with, and women we oppose politically. We recognise the right of our members as individuals, and…
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On 20 March 2003 the US invaded Iraq, on the basis that it had and could use weapons of mass destruction. That was a lie. Australia joined President Bush's 'coalition of the willing', New Zealand did not. The drums of war beat strong then, and…
Originally published on Nick Kelly's blog In late January, just days after the Government in Westminster blocked Scotland's Gender Recognition Bill, the UK media widely reported the story of Isla Bryson the Trans woman being sent to a women's prison in Scotland. Bryson was convicted…
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