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๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  โ€“ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐žโฃ

Kia ora koutou,โฃโฃMy name is Grant Brookes. I am a Mental Health Nurse here at Wellington Regional Hospital Ngฤ Puna Wai Ora, and Iโ€™m an NZNO delegate. โฃโฃAt our last strike in July, we had NZNO President Anne Daniels speaking to us. She is in ลŒtepoti Dunedin today, supporting the picket line down there, soContinue reading “๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  โ€“ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐žโฃ”

People Power Trumps the Government

by Grant Brookes Confronted today with dismal Right Wing governments at home and overseas, itโ€™s easy to feel powerless. But mass popular movements can beat back governments โ€“ especially when these are backed up by active support from workers and unions. In fact, weโ€™ve beaten the government in Aotearoa many times before. Sometimes we scoredContinue reading “People Power Trumps the Government”

Speak up for doctors & women in Gaza

text of a leaflet distributed by Aotearoa Healthcare Workers for Palestine at the New Zealand Women in Medicine Conference 2024 EDUCATED HEALTH professionals are aware of the statistics โ€“ 735 healthcare workers killed in Gaza and the West Bank, according to the World Health Organisation, with a further 919 injured in Israeli attacks and 129Continue reading “Speak up for doctors & women in Gaza”

Healthcare workers in solidarity with Palestine

by AHW4P committee member Grant Brookes On 11 October, the fifth day of the war on Gaza, emergency services at Al Shifa Hospital received a call from a nearby neighbourhood. The assault by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) had caused mass casualties in the vicinity of the Karni Crossing.  Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances had to waitContinue reading “Healthcare workers in solidarity with Palestine”

Nurses for peace – talk at the Unions Wellington Summer Peace Picnic

Tฤ“nฤ koutou,  Ngฤ mihi ki a Noah mล te karakia tฤซmataka, ki a Unions Wellington hoki mล tฤ“nei hui. Ko wai ahau?  Ko Kapukataumahaka te mauka. Ko ลŒwheo te awa. Ko Cornwall te waka. Ko Tangata Tiriti te iwi. Ko Grant Brookes tลku ikoa. My name is Grant Brookes. I am a descendant of ScottishContinue reading “Nurses for peace – talk at the Unions Wellington Summer Peace Picnic”