National and NZ First up, coalition would get second term https://www.byteseu.com/902885/ #1newsRecommends #ACTParty #ChloeSwarbrick #ChrisHipkins #ChristopherLuxon #DavidSeymour #DebbieNgarewaPacker #GreenParty #LabourParty #MaramaDavidson #NationalParty #NewZealand #NewZealandFirst #Politics #RawiriWaititi #TePatiMaori #VerianPoll #WinstonPeters
The #NewZealand #GreenParty will deliver a #Green Budget this year to offer an alternative to what it calls the #NZPol government's "trickle-down economics and austerity politics."
Green co-leaders #MaramaDavidson and #ChlöeSwarbrick made the announcement as they delivered their State of the Planet speeches in Auckland.
#NewZealand: #RightToRepair Amendment Bill a critical 'first step' for consumers
20 February 2025
"New Zealand has been 'lagging behind' the rest of the world in offering repairs for products, an advocate says.
"Kiwis are now a step closer to the guaranteed right to repair the products they own with the Consumer Guarantees (Right to Repair) Amendment Bill passing its first reading in Parliament on Wednesday.
"If successful, the legislation would compel manufacturers to ensure repair facilities and spare parts for their products are made available in New Zealand.
"#GreenParty co-leader #MaramaDavidson who has sponsored the bill said it combined climate action with cost of living relief.
"'The Right to Repair is about empowering consumers to repair what they own, protecting them from recurring costs and in turn preventing more and more waste going to #landfill and polluting our #environment.'
"She believed it would favour consumers over big corporates 'who build #obsolescence into their products so people have to keep coming back to replace their things and spend more of their money'.
"It would benefit households as well as businesses including farmers who would be able to fix the appliances and the tools they needed to do their jobs.
"Auckland University Professor and member of the Right to Repair Coalition Alex Simms calls it a 'first step'.
"It was a worldwide movement and New Zealand was "lagging behind', she told Morning Report.
"Simms said one drawback of the existing bill was that the Commerce Commission would not have the power to compel manufacturers to comply because it is an amendment to the Consumer Guarantees Act.
"One suggestion that arose during the debate in Parliament was that it should become part of the #FairTradingAct so that #ComCom would have enforcement powers.
"Also, currently if a consumer takes an item such as a phone to an unauthorised repairer a warranty becomes void - that would no longer apply if the bill became law, Professor Simms said.
"'That will really help people get stuff fixed a lot cheaper."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542440/right-to-repair-amendment-bill-a-critical-first-step-for-consumers-advocate
#PlannedObsolescence #SolarPunkSunday #Repair #Reuse
"If the House moves quickly it might make a start on Marama Davidson's Consumer Guarantees (Right to Repair) Amendment Bill"
https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/12/members-morning.html
Go Marama! The full text of the Bill is here;
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/member/2024/0039/latest/d2373808e2.html#LMS952536
Add this to Kuhurangi Taylor's bill on protecting freedom of satire from copyright SLAPPs, and it's starting to look like the Greens are heading in the right direction to regain some of the tech libertarian vote ...
Record high for Te Pāti Māori, coalition still in driving seat https://www.byteseu.com/548223/ #1newsRecommends #ACTParty #ChloeSwarbrick #ChrisHipkins #ChristopherLuxon #DavidSeymour #DebbieNgarewaPacker #GreenParty #LabourParty #MaramaDavidson #NationalParty #NewZealand #NewZealandFirst #Politics #RawiriWaititi #TePatiMaori #VerianPoll #WinstonPeters
#MaramaDavidson says she knows who the #motorcyclist was that hit her at #PosieParker #rally
Davidson said while she could not identify #Destiny #Church #leader #BrianTamaki as the culprit, it was definitely a member of Bishop Brian’s flock which diverted past the Albert Park protest en route to the Destiny Rally at Aotea Square.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #NewZealand #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Transphobia
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/marama-davidson-says-the-motorcyclist-she-collided-with-will-have-their-own-date-with-destiny/GAWUJRZH6BGSDD4TLSHOJOYFLU/
#NewZealand #GreenParty co-leader #MaramaDavidson #walksback comment linking ‘#white #cis #men’ to #violence at #PosieParker rally
“I will continue to stand with my #trans and #nonbinary #whānau and support #action to ensure that everyone can live their lives without fear of #hate or #discrimination.”
- Getting struck by a motorbike is violent, getting juice poured on your head — while it may be embarrassing — is not likely to cause injury.
