EA Ireland

Te Whanganui-a-Tara. she/her. he tangata tiriti ahau. [email protected]

[Helen Clark @HelenClarkNZ]

Australia plans to “require data centres to contribute as much electricity as they use, minimise water use & a raft of other guardrails protecting workers, copyright holders & others who stand to be affected by unregulated use of #AI 🤖”. Useful precedent: https://t.co/C2bkHn4VFu

[Darren Watson @DarrenWatson_NZ]

My dear left and/or slightly left friends. Before you consider switching your party vote to the so-called 'blue-teal' of the imho ludicrously named 'Opportunity Party' please consider this:

1. As far as I can assertain this party's structure is ENTIRELY undemocratic. It is governed by a three person, unelected board. They select all the candidates. The party 'membership' does not get to vote on anything internal to the party, and especially not policy.

2. It's new leader, a very personable and erudite younger person, applied for the leadership role as one would a JOB, from an advertisement. She has no previous history as an active member of a political party, or activist of any kind, and we have no idea of what her real deeply held political views are - if any. She was essentially hired as a spokesperson by a small, undemocratic board. This party appears to be essentially a corporate structure that makes National look super democratic...

3. The party's day to day operations are run by a former Labour Cabinet Minister who was publicly sacked by Jacinda Ardern in 2020 for a severe lack of judgment involving an inappropriate relationship with a staffer under his authority, which ended his parliamentary career in disgrace.

4. The 'party' is massively funded by some real big money Kiwis.

If, after reading that - and checking the facts, you think yep, I'll vote for that, then good luck to you I guess.

I couldn't. YMMV

#nzpol

[Matthew Tukaki @tukakimatt]

This weekend I spent time talking with whānau from right across the country.

Far North. East Coast. Western Bay. Deep South.

Every kōrero had the same thread — people are struggling to afford the basics. Kai. Power. Rent. The everyday stuff is already stretching families to the limit.

Now petrol prices are rising again… and for many, they simply don’t know where the money is coming from.

But what hit hardest this weekend were the whānau who don’t have a choice.

They’re not just dealing with the cost of living — they’re travelling long distances for life-saving and life-extending medical treatment.

Cancer. Ongoing scans. Rehabilitation.

Hundreds of kilometres at a time.

Yes, some can claim mileage back… but that doesn’t help when you need to fill the tank today.

So the reality becomes brutal:
Do we get to the hospital — or do we feed the whānau at home?
That’s not a choice anyone in Aotearoa should be making.

These whānau aren’t asking for much. Just a fair shot at accessing care without being pushed to the brink.

We need to have a serious conversation about this — because right now, too many are being left behind.

https://t.co/hrjT7BUBSk

[Russel Norman @RusselNorman]

Don’t swim on Wellington’s south coast. But hey most NZ lowland rivers are unswimmable due to dairy industry effluent. Across the whole country.

[Matthew Tukaki @tukakimatt]

No matter how often Māori are talked down, blamed, or deliberately denigrated by politicians and commentators on the right, the response from Māori, iwi and hapū is always the same.

The marae doors open.
The kitchens fire up.
The kai comes out.
Beds are laid down.
Safe spaces are offered.

Out come the Māori Wardens, checking on people, calming situations, helping whānau get where they need to be. Support services mobilise. Clean-up crews arrive. Hands, hearts and resources are shared without hesitation.

That is manaakitanga. Not a slogan. Not a theory. A practice.

What you don’t see are Hobson’s Pledge supporters flinging open the gates of their well-appointed homes in Epsom or Remuera when disaster strikes. You don’t see them setting up kitchens, offering beds, or organising support on the ground.

And yet — if they were the ones in need?
If they needed a warm meal, a cup of tea, a blanket, or a safe place to sleep?

The doors of Te Ao Māori would still open.
No judgement. No questions. No politics.

Just care.

The same goes for the halls and community centres of our rural towns — places where people understand that in a crisis, community matters more than ideology.

That’s why we are always stronger together.
And why division is such a dangerous lie.

Because when things fall apart, it’s not the loudest voices that hold us — it’s the ones who quietly show up.

And that’s something the right-wing grifters will never understand.

[CleverMonster ✊🏿🇭🇹🇵🇸 @CleverMonsterCT]

“Black people know things white people don’t.”

[Eftwyrd @eftwyrd]

My wifes sister attended a Maori Nurses conference in Rotorua last weekend..they are militant and support the strike(s)....the overriding concern was inadequate staffing levels on the wards & their inability to care for their patients.
The secondary concern was their pay deals.

[EA Ireland @IrelandEa]

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[Helen Clark @HelenClarkNZ]

Go figure - most, if not all, of those words would be readily understood by many New Zealanders. This ridiculous action speaks to a deeper underlying sentiment - and no doubt to a contest for votes with the minor coalition parties. Not the party of Bolger, Graham, Finlayson etc:

[EA Ireland @IrelandEa]

@irisshackleton This is the only one. One question. Evan you move the couch to clean? How heavy is it?

[EA Ireland @IrelandEa]

I just discovered my name has dropped off the electoral roll. Please don’t let this awful government do the dirty with your vote. Check the list and re enrol if you need to. https://t.co/yHPYAzmwjy Enrol or update online | Vote NZ

[EA Ireland @IrelandEa]

@donkoclock 💙

[EA Ireland @IrelandEa]

@irisshackleton https://t.co/BtZIXP4RRF

[EA Ireland @IrelandEa]

@irisshackleton Hi im not sure if these will suit https://t.co/BtZIXP4RRF

[Helen Clark @HelenClarkNZ]

1. Tax break for NZ landlords is estimated to cost $2.9 billion over 4 years: “more than amount paid in Treaty settlements since 1985, which is about $2.7b”. Thus “more than has been paid out to Māori in 40 years as compensation for historical wrongs.” ➡️2 https://t.co/sBtkEMXuRV

[EA Ireland @IrelandEa]

@irisshackleton Would it be helpful to use an insurance broker- then they sit on hold instead of you.
They do work for the insurance companies but I’ve found the one I use very helpful.
I discuss with her verbally what i need and she does the leg work.

[EA Ireland @IrelandEa]

@financedystop This. Is literature.

[EA Ireland @IrelandEa]

@Becs Warren Ellis of the dirty three

[EA Ireland @IrelandEa]

@rachelmacg 🤬