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George Laking

@glaking

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 Centre of North Island
Joined May 2009
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Tangata Whenua are the strongest defence against fascism in Aotearoa, and the anti-Māori crowd knows this.
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Every right entails a duty. Every Māori person has duties (ngā here, obligations) to Papatūanuku, Whakapapa, and Hapori (just for starters). Te Tiriti protects Māori capability to exercise those duties. Te Tiriti creates rights for Tangata Tiriti, and duties to Tangata Whenua.
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I don't think the USA has ever reconciled the contradictions of its origin in invasion, dispossession, extermination, occupation, enslavement and settlement. Despite all attempts to make something better, these are the foundations it is built on.
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Being in control of your actions does not in itself make you a good person. Nor does it excuse you from duties and obligations. Some of those might have been inherited, for example, if you took over the family business. You can't just walk away from them. #Democracy #Tiriti
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"Anyone who supports this directive, either actively or complicitly through their silence, is supporting the undermining of our collective scientific knowledge and commitment to evidence-based medical practice."
E-Tangata (@etangata) profile pictureE-Tangata@etangata5 Oct 2024
“The government’s directive is not just an attack on Māori, but an attack on science and good medical practice.” — Doctors from the universities of Auckland and Otago. e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-…
‘An attack on science and good medical practice’ | E-Tangata

‘An attack on science and good medical practice’ | E-Tangata

“The government’s directive is not just an attack on Māori, but an attack on science and good medical practice.” — Doctors from the universities of Auckland and Otago.

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Big thanks to Prof Holly Thorpe and team for writing about our work in TeTairāwhiti and Hawkes Bay theconversation.com/lessons-… #Gabrielle
Lessons from Cyclone Gabrielle: 5 key health priorities for future disaster response

Lessons from Cyclone Gabrielle: 5 key health priorities for future disaster response

Health and wellbeing are greatly affected by extreme weather events. New research into how people and systems responded after Cyclone Gabrielle shows how we can react better to future emergencies.

theconversation.com
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At @TeOhuRata Hui-a-Tau Scientific Meeting
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George Laking retweeted
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NZSOncology@NzsOncology25 Sep 2024
Welcoming to #NZSO2024 Mary-Kaye Wharakura (Tainui, Ngātiwai, Ngāpuhi) co-presenting with @nwalker25021458 during He Akoranga Whakahoungia session. Combining their skills & knowledge, they will discuss all aspects of clinical trials, and engaging Māori participants & community.
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Live Long and Prosper. 🖖 The "Minister for Killing More People on the Roads" is just stone cold Vulcan logic. Road deaths increase as a function of speed. Many are child deaths. The Dutch learnt this in the 1970s, and that's why they switched to bicycles.
Russel Norman (@RusselNorman) profile pictureRussel Norman@RusselNorman15 Sep 2024
The Minister for Killing More People on the Roads, Simeon Brown, consulted the petrol and diesel car importers and they said EVs would be a bad idea, so he weakened the fuel efficiency standards so NZ could have 58,000 fewer electric cars by 2035 rnz.co.nz/news/political/528…
NZ could have 58,000 fewer electric cars by 2035 due to weaker carbon emissions standards

NZ could have 58,000 fewer electric cars by 2035 due to weaker carbon emissions standards

New Zealand could have up to 58,000 fewer fully or partially electric cars on the road in a decade's time, as a result of moves to weaken carbon emissions standards, government modelling suggests.

rnz.co.nz
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Tika te kupu
Maxine Ronald (@maxine_ronald) profile pictureMaxine Ronald@maxine_ronald14 Sep 2024
Dr Jason Gurney leading authority 4 health inequity AoNZ. Health care is already race based - it is just that it is Pakeha race based. As soon as we try to address issues that impact Māori and Pacifica people more - we are being "racist". The hypocrisy is killing our people.
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Tika te kupu
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TBH an SMS seems entirely in keeping for the whole fiasco
Barbara Edmonds (@BarbEdmondsMana) profile pictureBarbara Edmonds@BarbEdmondsMana3 Sep 2024
MFAT: “Careful and deliberate communications with the Korean Government would be required in advance of any public announcement," Nek minnit: rnz.co.nz/news/political/526…
Korea ferry cancellation talks were two texts sent within an hour of announcement

Korea ferry cancellation talks were two texts sent within an hour of announcement

New Zealand officials notified their Korean counterparts they were scrapping the Interislander ferry project via text message less than an hour before the public announcement.

rnz.co.nz
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NZ Transport Minister's policies will kill
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 (@grescoe) profile picture𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇@grescoe4 Sep 2024
"I happened to be cycling when I realized that my presence aroused a sort of hysteria in bystanders or people passing in cars. They shouted abuse...they threw things..." —Paul Theroux on how drivers react to cyclists and walkers in the US. in re: Gaudreau Brothers tragedy 🧵
Image from 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 (@grescoe)
Image from 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 (@grescoe)
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50 km/h Will Kill Children
Richard Edwards (@ProfEdwardsNZ) profile pictureRichard Edwards@ProfEdwardsNZ30 Aug 2024
Systematic review of studies of 30kmh city-wide speed limits in 40 European cities. Road fatalities decreased 7%, crashes 23%, road injuries 38% and emissions by 18%. Any thoughts @DrShaneRetiMP @SimeonBrownMP? mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/11/438…
Review of City-Wide 30 km/h Speed Limit Benefits in Europe

Review of City-Wide 30 km/h Speed Limit Benefits in Europe

To date, more and more European cities are systematically working to expand the proportion of their street network with a speed limit of 30 km/h. This paper endeavored to assess the effectiveness of...

mdpi.com
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Saying that everyone has to shut up about an active genocide because it is ruining the vibes of your political movement is so nihilistic that I really can't believe any human who lives and breaths could even imagine thinking it.
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Tēnā koe @tinangata for saying it rightly
E-Tangata (@etangata) profile pictureE-Tangata@etangata17 Aug 2024
“Māori rights, like all Indigenous rights, have always been the strongest roadblock to corporate mineral and freshwater extraction, and that is why we are consistently attacked in the media.” — Tina Ngata @tinangata e-tangata.co.nz/media/tina-n…
Tina Ngata: New Zealand media is soaked in oil and racism | E-Tangata

Tina Ngata: New Zealand media is soaked in oil and racism | E-Tangata

Tina Ngata examines how New Zealand media perpetuates racism and supports colonialism, highlighting controversial advertisements and historical media bias.

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Also with these guys it's a straight line from Crown ownership to sell-offs and privatisation.
WestSide 8345 (@tauhenare) profile pictureWestSide 8345@tauhenare7 Aug 2024
#ForeshoreSeabed No one was going to be denied access to the beach, it was always bullshit. Designed to play Pakeha off against Māori, Every week since this Govt has been in Power, there has been a RacistAF Diatribe from one of the Coalition members.
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In support of trans-disciplinarity
Kareem Carr, Ph.D. (@kareem_carr) profile pictureKareem Carr, Ph.D.
@kareem_carr5 Aug 2024
I think a lot of science illiteracy comes out of a deficiency in humanities education. Why? Because, unless the evidence is very clear cut, and it almost never is, the skills you need to determine the scientific consensus on an issue are skills that you learn in the humanities.
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More genocidal actions from the evil State of Israel
Evan Dyer (@EvanDyerCBC) profile pictureEvan Dyer@EvanDyerCBC27 Jul 2024
As polio spreads in Gaza, IDF engineers blow up the “Canada well” water treatment facility and reservoir in Tel Sultan, Rafah, Gaza.
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Tika tāna
E-Tangata (@etangata) profile pictureE-Tangata@etangata27 Jul 2024
“If something is an independent risk factor, why would you ignore it? Why would you need to look for another, less robust, surrogate? Unless, of course, you simply hate the premise, based on your ideology.” — Dr Anthony Jordan, former Pharmac director. e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-…
‘Māori are not a footnote, Mr Seymour’ | E-Tangata

‘Māori are not a footnote, Mr Seymour’ | E-Tangata

“Once you've seen the reality of considering ethnicity and the impact that can be made when we consider it, that's not something easily unlearned. You can try to ignore the evidence, but you can’t...

e-tangata.co.nz
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