Ani O'Brien

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Like good faith disagreements & principled people. Dislike disingenuousness & Foucault. Care about women’s rights, justice &democracy. Awfully centrist 🇳🇿🇬🇧

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The govt was advised that two shots came with increased risk of myocarditis for young people who were at much lower risk of serious covid infection anyway. Officials advised the govt not to mandate 2 vaccines for 12-17 year olds. But they did &amp; they made this youth campaign.

Takuta Ferris posted this. Keen to know what other New Zealanders think. We don’t have a constitutional document (we have a collection of docs said to make up an unwritten constitution). If you are non-Māori do you have different constitutional rights from Takuta?

The Finance Minister distributes the Budget to all the party leaders. Well, the ones that show up to the Budget Debate. Look who is missing.

What is THE big political issue in NZ in 2025?

This is so telling of how the NZ media view the general public. They think we are morons who can’t be trusted to form our own political opinions. They detest democracy because the “experts” should run our lives. Thank goodness for Winston Peters

Trust. The. Process.

There were only 2 MPs in the Labour caucus without uni degrees according to Willie Jackson. I suspect it’d be similar in all parties. Would NZ politics be better off if we had more working class representation &amp; fewer who’ve gone thru the uni system?

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Unbelievable. This is peak Chloe Swarbrick. She tried to get one of our trade partners to do an “independent investigation” into us because she doesn’t like our current approach to climate change.

I keep hearing about the “harm” the Definitions Bill is doing and I have a few questions…

I’m going on a wee trip around NZ with 🗣 Free Speech Union ✊ on a Good Faith Yarns Tour. I have some incredible Kiwis lined up to talk to &amp; am hoping to meet some of you in person along the way. You can get tickets &amp; see speakers etc at ♥️

Labour’s election strategy appears to be whatever lazy idea looks good in a press release. “Free” ain’t really free, guys.

Will the real Oriini Kaipara please stand up? Oriini vs Oriini 🥊

Every journalist should be ready with a microphone to doorstep Chloe Swarbrick &amp; the Greens now that their protestors have smashed a window at Winston’s house &amp; endangered his family.

I do no consent to my rights, protections, and opportunities being taken away because a bunch of the most privileged women on the planet have used their positions of influence to sell women out. Our sport is not yours to give away.

A TVNZ executive called Police Minister Mark Mitchell to apologise for how bad One News reporting was last night. Where is TVNZ’s apology to all the NZers it is lying to?

Another election, another round of “Harry Tam is a good guy” from the left. Beware the fact checkers, guys. They need fact checking too.

Who knows more about what is happening in Cuba? NZ Green MPs or actual Cubans?

What we define “woman” as underpins everything else. We can’t deal with inequality, violence, representation etc if we cannot define the people we are advocating for.

Winston Peters again has proven Hipkins lied. Where are the media? Where are the reporters demanding answers from the former PM?

Today Casey Costello used general debate to call out Benjamin Doyle for his “insulting” final speech. It’s worth s watch.

First politician clearly explains the rational for making sick leave pro-rated, second politician vomits up the word salad she had for lunch

It’s sad. So sad. It’s a sad sad situation. And it’s getting more and more absurd.

“Mariameno Kapa Kingi was demoted for overspending her Te Tai Tokerau budget by over $200,000. A large chunk of the money went to her son, Eru Kapa Kingi in increments of $160k, $25k, &amp; $20k.” Allegedly info from TPM hui

“Love and affirmation” I was there. Right up the front where all the violence happened. If they would’ve succeeded in getting Kellie-Jay on the ground they wouldn’t have stopped. The mob was rabid. Green Party NZ needs to take responsibility for the violence they justified.

As i said when I commented on it, I do not know who the source is. But here is video from the council meeting on cycleways for context

The govt was advised that two shots came with increased risk of myocarditis for young people who were at much lower risk of serious covid infection anyway. Officials advised the govt not to mandate 2 vaccines for 12-17 year olds. But they did & they made this youth campaign.

There were only 2 MPs in the Labour caucus without uni degrees according to Willie Jackson. I suspect it’d be similar in all parties. Would NZ politics be better off if we had more working class representation & fewer who’ve gone thru the uni system?

I’m going on a wee trip around NZ with 🗣 Free Speech Union ✊ on a Good Faith Yarns Tour. I have some incredible Kiwis lined up to talk to & am hoping to meet some of you in person along the way. You can get tickets & see speakers etc at ♥️

Every journalist should be ready with a microphone to doorstep Chloe Swarbrick & the Greens now that their protestors have smashed a window at Winston’s house & endangered his family.

“Mariameno Kapa Kingi was demoted for overspending her Te Tai Tokerau budget by over $200,000. A large chunk of the money went to her son, Eru Kapa Kingi in increments of $160k, $25k, & $20k.” Allegedly info from TPM hui