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I'm going to sign out now.

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Pretty much pointless trying to change things in New Zealand I guess.

It's kind of sad, but it also means I can just look forward, not backward.

I wish everyone all the best.

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@worldiswatchu Great point. There is pretty much no point in advocating for change unless you have a big reach.

[Iseeyou123 @worldiswatchu]

@NewsForNZ This is normal reach for a small account.

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@worldiswatchu Ok. Thanks. You're a champ🙏🙏

[Iseeyou123 @worldiswatchu]

@NewsForNZ No it's not. You just have very few followers.

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@worldiswatchu I usually have 100+ views on all my posts. I've had 13 on that one🤷

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@FullTwatforward @X @elonmusk As would I. But I want to spend our money where it will have the best result.

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@FullTwatforward I'm not sure. But it definitely has been @X @elonmusk

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Precisely

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@jemmm85517813 Why?
Biometrics at airports have been used around the world for years now.

Europe needs to catch up.

[Gaye Ess @gaye_ess]

Te Reo Māori: From Survival to State-Sponsored Playground. Back in 1769, Māori had a working vocabulary of around 8,000 words. By 1900, Māori had grown to about 10,000–11,000 words, borrowing clever bits from English like miraka (milk) and hōiho (horse). Fast-forward to today, and Te Aka lists over 24,000 headwords, many invented by linguists to cover everything from computers (rorohiko) to democracy (manapori).
Of course, this explosion didn’t happen naturally it’s now a full-blown taxpayer-funded operation. Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori rakes in $36 million a year, while Te Mātāwai pockets $40 million both busy churning out “official” words, often duplicating each other’s efforts. Meanwhile, ordinary New Zealanders might never have heard half of them. What was once a practical, spoken language has become a made-up lounge, polished and codified by bureaucrats with pens, budgets, and official stamps far removed from the communities that actually speak it.
Yet the spin rolls on: Māori is being “revitalised,” and success is measured not by use in homes or schools, but by how many words sit in a dictionary or how many millions flow through government agencies.
From a post on facebook. Happy Maori Language week!
#nzpol

[Graham Linehan @Glinner]

Hey everyone this account isn't me @Glinner_1 please block and report. It's probably one of Fat Tony's crew trying to trick someone into giving information.

[Feng 'Matua Steamed Kūmara' Moon @FullTwatforward]

Words of the Day with Marama Davidson for Maori Langauge Week:

English - Maori

Gaza Gāza
Palestine Palestine
Hamas Hamās
Marama Porangi

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@MatuaKahurangi What's maori for 'bash your missus'?

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

@tombo9090 If you don't like people pointing out that many trans activists use precisely the tactics advocated by the world's most famous fascist, try persuading them to a) debate, b) accept women, too, have rights and c) not to try and force compliance by threats of death and violence.

[Lawrence Hakiwai (Father/of two) @SonofOmahu]

What an idiotic claim.

We don't hate these stupid priests, we pity them.

The terrorists they simp for would murder them in an instant. https://t.co/sA94QceB4Q

[Cam Slater @kaiviti_cam]

Martyn Bradbury is another Marxist who danced on Charlie Kirk's grave with blood libels @DeputySecState

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I'm so worried about the financial impact on @jk_rowling (😂😂) due to her unwavering support for women, I've just bought 6 of these books & given them to random women at Auckland Airport.

My hope is she can now afford to heat her home during winter🙏🙏