"Te Pāti Māori isn't a race-based party. We are a rights-based party, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi protects the rights of everybody here in Aotearoa, not just Māori. And so don't get us wrong. Te Tiriti o Waitangi will protect you, it will protect me, it will protect our mokopuna.

#RawiriWaititi, Co-Leader, #TePātiMāori, 2025

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/pat-brittenden/episodes/BHN-Te-Paati-Mori-co-leaders-Debbie-Ngarewa-Packer-and-Rawiri-Waititi-LIVE-for-the-whole-show-e33dv69

#podcasts#BlindfishMedia #BigHairyNews #BHN#TPM

"A Tiriti-centric Aotearoa is; everybody is fed, everybody is housed, everybody is cared for, and everybody is welcome."

#RawiriWaititi, Co-Leader, #TePātiMāori, 2025

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/pat-brittenden/episodes/BHN-Te-Paati-Mori-co-leaders-Debbie-Ngarewa-Packer-and-Rawiri-Waititi-LIVE-for-the-whole-show-e33dv69

#podcasts#BlindfishMedia #BigHairyNews #BHN#TPM #TeTiritiOWaitangi

"284,000 empty homes."

#DebbieNgarewaPacker, 2025

"That's two homes per every homeless person in this country."

#RawiriWaititi, 2025

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/pat-brittenden/episodes/BHN-Te-Paati-Mori-co-leaders-Debbie-Ngarewa-Packer-and-Rawiri-Waititi-LIVE-for-the-whole-show-e33dv69

#podcasts#BlindfishMedia #BigHairyNews #BHN#TPM#TePātiMāori #housing#HousingCrisis

Anyone know if any of the Big Hairy News folks have bridged their BS accounts into the fediverse, so we can follow and talk to them from here?

https://fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-get-started

@patbrittenden.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @chewienz.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @xkaosmagex.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

#BHN #BigHairyNews

"... the amendments that were made to the Equal Pay Act in 2020 made a real, tangible difference to women and women's pay. We had 13 successful pay equity claims that went through, and those women saw a huge difference. In some cases, up to 30%+ changes to their pay.

Today we've seen a huge step backwards, and we need to create a better world for our daughters and our granddaughters."

#JanTinetti, 2025

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/pat-brittenden/episodes/BHN-Brooke-Van-Velden-cancels-Equal-Pay-Act--Chris-Hipkins-on-Erica-Stanfords-emails--Luxon-ban-on-under-16s-on-social-media-e32evtg

#podcasts #BHN #BigHairyNews#NZPolitics#EqualPay#PublicFinances