Please sign this petition by Endo Warriors Aotearoa https://www.endowarriorsaotearoa.com/
It will be submitted this week

To: Minister of Health Simeon Brown, and Te Whatu Ora
Women, girls & people assigned female at birth with Endo deserve better: Demand guideline review now https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/people-with-endometriosis-deserve-better-demand-review-of-the-national-guidelines

#Endometriosis affects more than 1 in 7 women, girls & those assigned female at birth in Aotearoa, yet national care guidelines haven't been updated since 2020

https://www.health.govt.nz/publications/diagnosis-and-management-of-endometriosis-in-new-zealand

More info about the campaign at https://www.endowarriorsaotearoa.com/

More info about Endo in NZ
https://nzendo.org.nz/

https://info.health.nz/conditions-treatments/womens-health/endometriosis

https://healthify.nz/health-a-z/e/endometriosis

Unfortunately there are many still untreated as I doubt the situation has improved since this 18 July 2024 article:

Hundreds of women left untreated as over 80% of referrals get declined https://nzendo.org.nz/endo-news/hundreds-of-women-left-untreated-as-over-80-of-referrals-get-declined/ or original at The Press https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350340056/hundreds-women-left-untreated-over-80-referrals-get-declined

#AoNZPol #NZPol

Please sign this petition by Endo Warriors Aotearoa https://www.endowarriorsaotearoa.com/
It will be submitted this week

To: Minister of Health Simeon Brown, and Te Whatu Ora
Women, girls & people assigned female at birth with Endo deserve better: Demand guideline review now https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/people-with-endometriosis-deserve-better-demand-review-of-the-national-guidelines

#Endometriosis affects more than 1 in 7 women, girls & those assigned female at birth in Aotearoa, yet national care guidelines haven't been updated since 2020

https://www.health.govt.nz/publications/diagnosis-and-management-of-endometriosis-in-new-zealand

More info about the campaign at https://www.endowarriorsaotearoa.com/

More info about Endo in NZ
https://nzendo.org.nz/

https://info.health.nz/conditions-treatments/womens-health/endometriosis

https://healthify.nz/health-a-z/e/endometriosis

Unfortunately there are many still untreated as I doubt the situation has improved since this 18 July 2024 article:

Hundreds of women left untreated as over 80% of referrals get declined https://nzendo.org.nz/endo-news/hundreds-of-women-left-untreated-as-over-80-of-referrals-get-declined/ or original at The Press https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350340056/hundreds-women-left-untreated-over-80-referrals-get-declined

#AoNZPol #NZPol

Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill

Submission closes at 1pm, TODAY 18 August 2025

https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/54SCHEA_SCF_4F909A7B-8E87-4FEF-8401-08DDB9140FC1/healthy-futures-pae-ora-amendment-bill

#NZGreens submission guide: https://action.greens.org.nz/paeora_subsguide

Protect Public Healthcare:

https://bsky.app/profile/pph-nz.bsky.social/post/3lw6wbmp4gc2z

Some links that may help

* NHS (UK) privatisation drive linked to rise in avoidable deaths, study suggests https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/29/nhs-privatisation-drive-linked-to-rise-in-avoidable-deaths-study-suggests 29 Jun 2022

* Health report: 'Significant differences' persist for Māori, Pasifika https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/02/20/health-report-significant-differences-persist-for-maori-pasifika/ February 20, 2024

"Māori women die on average seven years earlier than European/Other women, and Māori men eight years earlier than European/Other men," the report found. "The life expectancy gap for Pacific women and men is six years compared to European/Other people."

* Outsourcing being used to pretend hospital wait times are being fixed - doctor https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/545877/outsourcing-being-used-to-pretend-hospital-wait-times-are-being-fixed-doctor 25 March 2025

* Some patients waiting for heart scan given death sentence due to delays, cardiologists say https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545502/some-patients-waiting-for-heart-scan-given-death-sentence-due-to-delays-cardiologists-say 21 March 2025

* Asian Kiwi women getting breast cancer younger than any other ethnic group, report shows https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/477699/asian-kiwi-women-getting-breast-cancer-younger-than-any-other-ethnic-group-report-shows 30 October 2022

* Rise in younger people with colorectal cancers prompts call for screening change https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/495125/rise-in-younger-people-with-colorectal-cancers-prompts-call-for-screening-change 4 August 2023

* Thousands missing out on bowel cancer screening - study https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526042/thousands-missing-out-on-bowel-cancer-screening-study 24 August 2024
"Bowel cancer - also known as colorectal cancer - was the second-highest cause of cancer death in New Zealand, behind lung cancer. Around 3000 new cases are diagnosed each year, and the rate amongst under-50s was increasing."

* Māori, Pasifika and disabled hardest hit by 'postcode lottery' healthcare - expert https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565305/maori-pasifika-and-disabled-hardest-hit-by-postcode-lottery-healthcare-expert 27 June 2025

* Postcode lottery persists three years after creation of Health NZ https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/28/postcode-lottery-persists-three-years-after-creation-of-health-nz/ 27 July 2025

#AoNZPol#NZPol

Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill

Submission closes at 1pm, TODAY 18 August 2025

https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/54SCHEA_SCF_4F909A7B-8E87-4FEF-8401-08DDB9140FC1/healthy-futures-pae-ora-amendment-bill

#NZGreens submission guide: https://action.greens.org.nz/paeora_subsguide

Protect Public Healthcare:

https://bsky.app/profile/pph-nz.bsky.social/post/3lw6wbmp4gc2z

Some links that may help

* NHS (UK) privatisation drive linked to rise in avoidable deaths, study suggests https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/29/nhs-privatisation-drive-linked-to-rise-in-avoidable-deaths-study-suggests 29 Jun 2022

* Health report: 'Significant differences' persist for Māori, Pasifika https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/02/20/health-report-significant-differences-persist-for-maori-pasifika/ February 20, 2024

"Māori women die on average seven years earlier than European/Other women, and Māori men eight years earlier than European/Other men," the report found. "The life expectancy gap for Pacific women and men is six years compared to European/Other people."

* Outsourcing being used to pretend hospital wait times are being fixed - doctor https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/545877/outsourcing-being-used-to-pretend-hospital-wait-times-are-being-fixed-doctor 25 March 2025

* Some patients waiting for heart scan given death sentence due to delays, cardiologists say https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545502/some-patients-waiting-for-heart-scan-given-death-sentence-due-to-delays-cardiologists-say 21 March 2025

* Asian Kiwi women getting breast cancer younger than any other ethnic group, report shows https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/477699/asian-kiwi-women-getting-breast-cancer-younger-than-any-other-ethnic-group-report-shows 30 October 2022

* Rise in younger people with colorectal cancers prompts call for screening change https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/495125/rise-in-younger-people-with-colorectal-cancers-prompts-call-for-screening-change 4 August 2023

* Thousands missing out on bowel cancer screening - study https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526042/thousands-missing-out-on-bowel-cancer-screening-study 24 August 2024
"Bowel cancer - also known as colorectal cancer - was the second-highest cause of cancer death in New Zealand, behind lung cancer. Around 3000 new cases are diagnosed each year, and the rate amongst under-50s was increasing."

* Māori, Pasifika and disabled hardest hit by 'postcode lottery' healthcare - expert https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565305/maori-pasifika-and-disabled-hardest-hit-by-postcode-lottery-healthcare-expert 27 June 2025

* Postcode lottery persists three years after creation of Health NZ https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/28/postcode-lottery-persists-three-years-after-creation-of-health-nz/ 27 July 2025

#AoNZPol#NZPol

Controversial West Coast Te Kuha Mine project has fast-track application declined

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/569660/controversial-west-coast-te-kuha-mine-project-has-fast-track-application-declined 12 August 2025

Reminder: same project rejected before all the way to Supreme Court

Supreme Court rejects Buller conservation land coal mining appeal
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/421291/supreme-court-rejects-buller-conservation-land-coal-mining-appeal 15 July 2020

#AoNZPol#NZPol

Controversial West Coast Te Kuha Mine project has fast-track application declined

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/569660/controversial-west-coast-te-kuha-mine-project-has-fast-track-application-declined 12 August 2025

Reminder: same project rejected before all the way to Supreme Court

Supreme Court rejects Buller conservation land coal mining appeal
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/421291/supreme-court-rejects-buller-conservation-land-coal-mining-appeal 15 July 2020

#AoNZPol#NZPol

Please sign this petition to #NZ Government asking them to create and implement a National #Autism Strategy for Education in #Aotearoa New Zealand, @co-designed with autistic people and their families, with the aim of ensuring that autistic learners receive equitable access to inclusive, safe, and affirming education across all settings.

https://petitions.parliament.nz/541e2359-ecd5-4719-798e-08ddbf868713

Please share the petition as widely as possible before 10 August 2025!

#AoNZPol#NZPol

Via @lin

Please sign this petition to #NZ Government asking them to create and implement a National #Autism Strategy for Education in #Aotearoa New Zealand, @co-designed with autistic people and their families, with the aim of ensuring that autistic learners receive equitable access to inclusive, safe, and affirming education across all settings.

https://petitions.parliament.nz/541e2359-ecd5-4719-798e-08ddbf868713

Please share the petition as widely as possible before 10 August 2025!

#AoNZPol#NZPol

Via @lin

Thread by Kevin Hague, former Green MP on his private capacity:

Friday 11 July 2025 thread https://bsky.app/profile/kevinhague.bsky.social/post/3ltnb7t5yjc2j

"On RNZ’s political panel I heard that Seymour has been saying that Nats & NZ1st HAVE to support RSB because they said they would support THE Bill in Coalition Agreements. That’s pure rhetoric: THE Bill didn’t EXIST at the time so the Agreements have to be read as contingent.

For example, the Nat & NZ1st parties will have assumed any RSB they were asked to vote for would improve good governance and economic efficiency, as the Agreement states. This one doesn’t. They would have assumed a proper process. This one hasn’t even followed its own rules.

And, anyway, what’s he going to do? Force an election?"

Today 12 July 2025 he up'd the thread with comment:

"I’m hearing journalists echoing Seymour’s line. It is ABSOLUTELY NOT game over. National and NZ First still have a choice to make and we can help them make the right one" https://bsky.app/profile/kevinhague.bsky.social/post/3ltqyn7kp6c2f

Other observation to the friday skeet include one from

Eddit Clark https://bsky.app/profile/dreddieclark.bsky.social/post/3ltnjct4vhs26

#AoNZPol#NZPol

Thread by Kevin Hague, former Green MP on his private capacity:

Friday 11 July 2025 thread https://bsky.app/profile/kevinhague.bsky.social/post/3ltnb7t5yjc2j

"On RNZ’s political panel I heard that Seymour has been saying that Nats & NZ1st HAVE to support RSB because they said they would support THE Bill in Coalition Agreements. That’s pure rhetoric: THE Bill didn’t EXIST at the time so the Agreements have to be read as contingent.

For example, the Nat & NZ1st parties will have assumed any RSB they were asked to vote for would improve good governance and economic efficiency, as the Agreement states. This one doesn’t. They would have assumed a proper process. This one hasn’t even followed its own rules.

And, anyway, what’s he going to do? Force an election?"

Today 12 July 2025 he up'd the thread with comment:

"I’m hearing journalists echoing Seymour’s line. It is ABSOLUTELY NOT game over. National and NZ First still have a choice to make and we can help them make the right one" https://bsky.app/profile/kevinhague.bsky.social/post/3ltqyn7kp6c2f

Other observation to the friday skeet include one from

Eddit Clark https://bsky.app/profile/dreddieclark.bsky.social/post/3ltnjct4vhs26

#AoNZPol#NZPol

Youth MPs told to remove criticisms of government from speeches https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565610/youth-mps-told-to-remove-criticisms-of-government-from-speeches RNZ at 11:18 am, 1 July 2025

Youth MPs say they were told to avoid criticising the Government https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360742409/youth-parliament-participants-accuse-government-censorship by Stuff on July 1, 2025, 3:08pm.

Stuff article mentions a statement by a coalition of youth organisations which include Make It 16, Gen Z Aotearoa and SchoolStrike4Climate.

So It wasn't hard to find it.

PRESS RELEASE: Youth Parliament must honour rangatahi voices – Not manage them
https://www.makeit16.org.nz/post/press-release-youth-parliament-must-honour-rangatahi-voices-not-manage-them

Youth MPs press conference - Instagram video post https://www.instagram.com/p/DLjBFJgyERC/
It wasn't just someone reading out the press release. 4 spoke then Q&A had more than 4 of them participating. Press release they did just summarised it

#AoNZPol#NZPol

Youth MPs told to remove criticisms of government from speeches https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565610/youth-mps-told-to-remove-criticisms-of-government-from-speeches RNZ at 11:18 am, 1 July 2025

Youth MPs say they were told to avoid criticising the Government https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360742409/youth-parliament-participants-accuse-government-censorship by Stuff on July 1, 2025, 3:08pm.

Stuff article mentions a statement by a coalition of youth organisations which include Make It 16, Gen Z Aotearoa and SchoolStrike4Climate.

So It wasn't hard to find it.

PRESS RELEASE: Youth Parliament must honour rangatahi voices – Not manage them
https://www.makeit16.org.nz/post/press-release-youth-parliament-must-honour-rangatahi-voices-not-manage-them

Youth MPs press conference - Instagram video post https://www.instagram.com/p/DLjBFJgyERC/
It wasn't just someone reading out the press release. 4 spoke then Q&A had more than 4 of them participating. Press release they did just summarised it

#AoNZPol#NZPol