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Pie lover #Aotearoa
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Privatise power generation, they said.
It’ll make things much better, they said…



NO!! NoT LiKe ThAt!!

Keep in mind: This means either 50% less maintenance or 50% increased power bills for Kiwis, or a combo of both.

Great job 🤮 🤮
#nzpol
Experts forecast Meridian, Contact, Mercury and Genesis will report a combined operating profit of about $1.86 billion for the six months to the end of December ‒ an increase of about 45% on the same period last year.
Big four power profits set to soar 45% as Contact Energy kicks off earning week
Experts forecast Meridian, Contact, Mercury and Genesis will report a combined operating profit of about $1.86 billion for the six months to the end of December ‒ an increase of about 45% on the same period last year.
dlvr.it
February 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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After decades of recovery, southern right whales are showing signs of a climate-driven decline in breeding rates, which scientists say is a “warning signal” about changes in the Southern Ocean.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis linked to fall in southern right whale birth rates as researchers raise ‘warning signal’
Lead author of Australian study says breeding slowdown is linked to climate-driven changes in ‘magnificent’ whale’s foraging grounds
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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If someone tells you it's raining and another tells you it's dry, it's not your job to quote them both. It's your job to look out the window and see if Christopher Luxon is holding an umbrella.
February 16, 2026 at 3:33 AM
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I've been thinking about this for the last couple of days.

ACT believe that if you reduce government then communities will step up to fill the gaps.

But the communities that fill in the gaps are never ACT voters.

ACT is the party for people who expect free labour but it's never them.
I dislike how it reinforces the ACT Party line of "if you make government smaller then communities will find their own solutions" but it seems like folly to wait for government solutions out of spite for David Seymour
February 16, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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"One in 100 year events happen much more frequently now."

Here's a simple way we can represent this idea, via World Weather Attribution/ ABC News.

#greensky #nzpol
February 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Who ever pushes to revoke Peter Thiels NZ citizenship first gets my vote in the upcoming elections. We dont want pedophile enabling billionaires in our country theyre stinking up the place

#nzpol #peterthiel #epsteinfiles #fuckbillionaires
February 16, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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New Zealand has lost 29% of its glaciers since 2000

That means in only 25 years, we've lost almost 1/3 of our glaciers, that had been existent for millions of years prior.

Oceans continue to warm

Meanwhile this govt are pushing through bills to disband the Ministry of Environment #NZ #nzpol
February 16, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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Government’s plan to import LNG for electricity generation would cost households and businesses up to $8.3bn

Same volume of electricity could be delivered through a $2.5b investment in rooftop solar panels and hot water heat pumps

evsandbeyond.co.nz/solar-heat-p...
Solar, heat pumps ‘lower cost’ path than LNG for electrification, says NZGBC
A new report argues New Zealand can meet its looming energy shortfall by accelerating rooftop solar and electric hot water
evsandbeyond.co.nz
February 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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So, WTF is #tvnz on? Their poll coverage teased "one party surging ahead" and that's all about NZF going +1%. In a poll where the Greens went forward 4%. What the actual fuck? #nzpol
February 16, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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whaaaaaaaaaat
National orcishness continues, with a bill to disestablish MfE bills.parliament.nz/v/6/27caed65...
House
bills.parliament.nz
February 16, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Luxon claiming his Mum and Dad would let him stay up and watch State of Origin when it wasn't broadcast live here until 1990, and he would have been 20 years old #nzpol
February 16, 2026 at 4:56 AM
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can I just say that I keep calling out Nancy Lu because she seems like an utter embarrassing stooge who's always fawning over Luxon

She also sells Jamie Beaton/John Key's Crimson Education courses with them - no mention of conflict of interest though by anyone
February 16, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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Failing to check the weather forecast ahead of their outdoor promotional event, then declaring themselves heroes for having to run out with an umbrella when it rains, seems symbolic of this government.
Image for those who missed it ...
February 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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While climate change is causing devastation around the country Luxon is announcing NZ taxpayer support for an Australian Rugby League game that actually excludes our players #WorstEverPM #NZpol
It’s supposed to be where you started playing but it only includes NSW and Queensland, so taxpayers are paying for a game no Kiwi player can play in.
February 16, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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But why go solar when you can avoid isolating NZ from geopolitical risks of the most expensive energy system on the market.
February 16, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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That’s about $340 each. Family of four, over $1500.
February 16, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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China - installs 5GW renewable every week
UK - cues up 1.3GW new wind before 2029
Ukraine - installs 1.3GW solar in a year during war
New Zealand - Installs 45% profit margins for gas addicted cash cow gentailers

#nzpol
February 16, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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A politician is praised for holding an umbrella, a judge is on trial for possibly having shouted…meanwhile half the country is in a state of emergency, the causes of which the government refuses to deal with. Jesus wept. #NZPol #kikorangi
February 16, 2026 at 2:15 AM
We are being fleeced #nzpol
Experts forecast Meridian, Contact, Mercury and Genesis will report a combined operating profit of about $1.86 billion for the six months to the end of December ‒ an increase of about 45% on the same period last year.
Big four power profits set to soar 45% as Contact Energy kicks off earning week
Experts forecast Meridian, Contact, Mercury and Genesis will report a combined operating profit of about $1.86 billion for the six months to the end of December ‒ an increase of about 45% on the same period last year.
dlvr.it
February 16, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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How funny, my electricity bills went up by almost that percentage last year…. #nzpol
Experts forecast Meridian, Contact, Mercury and Genesis will report a combined operating profit of about $1.86 billion for the six months to the end of December ‒ an increase of about 45% on the same period last year.
Big four power profits set to soar 45% as Contact Energy kicks off earning week
Experts forecast Meridian, Contact, Mercury and Genesis will report a combined operating profit of about $1.86 billion for the six months to the end of December ‒ an increase of about 45% on the same period last year.
dlvr.it
February 16, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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Bryce Edwards pins the blame on decades of underinvestment in 3 Waters on "progressive" parties Greens and Labour. While ostensibly defending Tamatha Paul, he skewers her continually, while also laying blame at the feet of Whanau. This is what the left gets for actually addressing 3 Waters #nzpol
February 16, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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Well shit.

#nzpol
Under the previous govt the Wellington harbour would have 2 new purpose built ferries by now.

Under luxon the Wellington harbour just has poo in it.
February 16, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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Luxon's face when he's told they could've held the State of Origin press conference inside.

#nzpol
February 16, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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Luxon's face when he's told we can import the energy from the sun for free.

#nzpol
February 16, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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There are not enough dildos in the world to chuck at this level of punchable fucking incompetence. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
February 15, 2026 at 10:21 PM