Flaneuse, urbanist, community, te taiao. No progress without peace ☮️ Projects for pedestrians - contact me
Wellington City, New Zealand
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ALT Cartoon. Title: “Pacifier” Image shows Putin cradling Trump like a baby, feeding him from a diesel bowser. The bowser has “Ukraine War” ticking over on the counter.
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The National Library and Archives NZ will cut more than 11 percent of its workforce, with confirmation today that 45 jobs will be lost after govt funding cuts.
No cuts are required at Seymour's Ministry of Regulation despite being 400% overbudget. rnz.co.nz/news/political/205…
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Huge factory ships are taking the Krill in Antarctica that whales, penguins, seals and seabirds depend on to survive
Krill is used to feed farmed fish and for Omega-3 supplements and pet food
BAN KRILL PRODUCTS NOW and do not buy them please insideclimatenews.org/news/0…
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Scientists Urge Consumers to Stop Buying Products Made From Antarctic Krill. A new global boycott comes as major retailers withdraw krill products from their shelves to protect whales and other marine life. insideclimatenews.org/news/0…
Luxon wants a more prosperous and wealthy NZ! Hipkins wants people back in work. #Enrol #Vote #LeadersDebate
#NZ efforts to end #ChildPoverty have stalled. #Vote2026 for those that focus on ending child poverty
Poverty claims the lives of children, undermines their health and development, and constrains their learning.
The urgency for action has never been greater.
After decades of progress, we know how to end child poverty.
What is needed today is the will. unicef.link/4mI5H2N
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Everyone has the right to live free from poverty and the chance to thrive.
Every efforts must be made to eradicate poverty so all people, everywhere, can live with dignity and prosperity.
Saturday is #EndPoverty Day.
un.org/en/observances/day-fo…
Kāinga Ora urged to halt pre-election sale of empty Wellington state houses (and the public land they're on) wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=18…
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ALT Cartoon. Title: “Health Targets” Simeon Brown pushing a patient in a wheelchair, in an Emergency Department. He’s wheeling her towards a cupboard that is stuffed full of people, and saying, “Technically, this isn’t the ED. Our targets are working!”
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Looks like Trump's bold strategy of committing war crimes has once again failed to win over the Nobel Peace Prize committee. Tough crowd.
Aotearoa kōanga
Tarata in sweet smelling flower, our national flower festival
ALT Tree smothered in sweet smelling yellow flowers with lovely crinkled edge leaves
#WOW war on #walking going strong in #Wellington
Time for #Police enforcement
Video of men cycling on busy downtown #footpath
There's a word for this - something like #corruption How many more 'donors' will be revealed #CoC
Also Bayleys 'won the contract' to flick off Kainga Ora state housing, made $2.5 millionin fees so far. Nuku St, Strathmore state house site to be sold 16 days before the election!