Callum McKenzie

@tonycartman1 @PhilBStewart @chrisluxonmp I went to school with the kids on my street, and some of them were migrants or the children of migrants. I'm not sure what that has to do with me becoming less of a Kiwi...

@tonycartman1 @PhilBStewart @chrisluxonmp How does it make me less of a Kiwi? Please explain. Many refugees can't go back to their country of origin because their govt won't just not take care of them, it's the reason they had to leave in the first place. Friends and family can be made here.

New Zealand needs economic growth - and we’re chasing it. That was my message at the APEC CEO Summit. New Zealand is open for business and we’re pushing for that business to land in New Zealand.

@tonycartman1 @PhilBStewart @chrisluxonmp My grandfather was a doctor, his funeral was attended by hundreds of his patients and their families at the local town hall. His father came here from Gujarat, India and started a greengrocer business that continues today. I owe my existence to immigration to this country.

@tonycartman1 @PhilBStewart @chrisluxonmp People moving here doesn't make me any less of a Kiwi, and just makes more of us. If people want to move here and contribute to our country, what's the issue?

@OuterDepthsMN @SocDoneLeft I think that's what he's saying: as life conditions improve people have less kids, so if the inverse is true then worse conditions = more kids

@SocDoneLeft That just doesn't play out the way you think it does

You can't fix lower birthrates because the problem is opportunity cost. Higher incomes? Better goods & services? The opportunity cost of having a kid goes up because it eats potential wages & potential leisure. Only two solutions: 1. Make everyone poor 2. Clone vats

@chelseahartisme From a fellow pākeha from Lower Hutt, your dad sounds awesome!

My dad is a born and bred *WHITE* New Zealander from Lower Hutt who raised me with deep love and respect for indigenous Māori. Growing up, he would smile ear to ear when showing me videos of the Haka. The Māori are the pride and joy of my entire family. Fuck you.

@IanMatTheBar @MangsMichael @Keanubtc @koekemoer_no1 Nah mate, unfortunately there's enough racist fucks coming out of SA that we'll be a little suspicious of you till proven otherwise. Maybe not as much with younger Saffas, but if you came to Aotearoa in the 90s, we'll be watching out

Does anyone more familiar with the NZ twitter cooker scene know what the deal is with the "spider" thing? Clearly some sort of in-group label, but what's the relevance?

@dissdisinfo @David_Cormack Which nations did God create? Hundreds of them have come and gone over history. Whatever you call ours it's a pretty new one comparatively. It's fair to say NZ is not the name the original people that found this country called it, so "later other people" messed with those names

@David_Cormack God created the nations. People named them, then later other people tried to mess with those names, and those nations. Its a sad story....

They are all created nations. That's what nations are

@pcchan1981 @kiehlmanniac Assuming this question is asked in good faith, a chromosome is only 1 factor in biological sex. Hormones and how the body responds to them make the majority of the changes. If an XY person has reduced or no sensitivity to androgens they will develop largely as if they were XX.

So there's an actual child rapist at the Olympics and JK Rowling set the entire far right on... *checks notes*... a woman who took up boxing to defend her mother Gender Critical is a danger to women and a shield for misogynists

@JimBell_Tweets @rousetodd1 @cherio007 Except you can do a personal karakia if you want, no meeting required. They're about setting intentions, like a mantra. So no, you're still wrong.

Reports that Health New Zealand is encouraging staff to incorporate a karakia into their workday is a complete distraction from the important work New Zealanders require that department to do, says ACT’s health spokesperson @toddmstephenson. A leaked email to staff reads: "We encourage everyone to incorporate karakia daily. To help support you with this we have created some pre-recorded videos to learn karakia. Our resource is designed to give you some options that will enable you to learn and develop your confidence and skills. Note over time we will be adding more recordings for you to choose from." Health New Zealand has perhaps the most important job of any government department: turning around the performance of our health system. It should have a single-minded focus on delivering better health outcomes for New Zealanders. Encouraging staff to pray during work hours detracts from that goal and is paid for by struggling taxpayers. To be clear, if someone wants to pray on their own time, that is their business. But they shouldn’t be paid, or encouraged, to do it by a government department. ACT has heard many unconfirmed reports that government departments are encouraging staff to do karakia. If true, it is outrageous. Some workers will feel uncomfortable saying no, and in other cases workers will feel their right to choose to follow their own beliefs has been denied. Some senior bureaucrats have they forgotten their job is deliver core services to the people who pay their wages, not to undertake a social engineering project from Wellington. Imagine if senior bureaucrats were encouraging employees to incorporate a Christian prayer into their workday. It would be seen as deeply inappropriate – and rightly so.

Of course you have the usual characters in the comments who railed against Labour's "authoritarianism" supporting the coalition overruling local democracy

@Jane59501255 @publicaddress If this goes ahead it literally means that councillors won't be able to listen to their ratepayers on setting local speed limits. It removes local decision making, in favour of central government's political agenda

@publicaddress Why do leftie councils think they are more important than the majority elected govt? Its time councillors worked for ratepayers and not to promote their own political agenda.

🧵My Listener column on Simeon Brown's rule-change on road speed limits. It increases speed limits on most roads, reverts any limits enacted since 2020 and, crucially, forbids councils ever reduce any of them, even at the request of their own voters. nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/o…

The government wants local communities to make their own decisions. The only problem – they keep disagreeing with the government. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-06…

BREAKING: Former President Donald Trump found GUILTY on 34 felony counts for falsification of business records in the first degree.

@_____Hardworker @JoelMacManus Not nearly so simple, chromosomes are not the be all and end all of sex differentiation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_…

Fear, hatred, and a putrid stench: I spent five hours at the Unsilenced Summit, where some of New Zealand’s most controversial figures – and a sitting MP – gathered to fight against trans rights. This is what I saw (and smelled). thespinoff.co.nz/politics/22-05…

@cla92845617 @_chloeswarbrick We just had an election like 4 months ago, and Chlöe was RE-ELECTED. I think that tells you she might have a good sense for her community's priorities

@_chloeswarbrick Get your priorities right Chloe! I can’t wait until the next election when you’re voted out.

I am in touch with relevant authorities to have our Karangahape Rd rainbow crossing fixed immediately.

@ThatRaccoon13 @BitsHammer @wrhollingsworth

@BitsHammer @wrhollingsworth Don't ask how one gets past a gene-coded lock.