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She/her Aotearoa NZ #kikorangi. Toitū Te Tiriti, Climate Justice 💚 We are all made of star dust✨️ #BlackLivesMatter #IndigenousLivesMatter #LGBTQIA+🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #DisabledPeopleAreMyWhānau LovingKindness #FreePalestine🇵🇸 #Decolonisation Reject Capitalism
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The ACT Party is the enemy of working people. All working people.
February 17, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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The @greens.org.nz policy on energy is pretty good already, and may even be updated for this election

The clean power payment is just one strand
Clean Power Payment
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
www.greens.org.nz
February 16, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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If the Labour Party can't commit to repealing these anti-workers rights reforms it should change its name.
📢 "Workers who should be employees will be denied basic entitlements just because a company wants to call them a contractor," a spokesperson for union E tū says.
Govt's controversial employment relations bill passes third reading
www.1news.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 5:34 AM
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Bendigo.NZ
Stop Central Otago being mined
bendigo.nz
February 17, 2026 at 5:37 AM
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Honestly if NZ parties don’t front up about their plans for climate & basic infrastructure we should be deeply ashamed -NZ has a sewerage crisis in all our major cities, we have flooding & landslides causing loss of life & critical failure s- thinking we can cap rates & manage this, is crazy
February 17, 2026 at 5:40 AM
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New: The government has introduced legislation to abolish the Ministry for the Environment as part of its plans to build a new super-agency tasked with urban development, planning, infrastructure and transport.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/17/g...
Govt to disband environment ministry as part of agency merger
The environment department will be abolished and folded into a new super-ministry for cities, environment, regions and transport.
newsroom.co.nz
February 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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19 hours away from the next exciting installment of our #StarWars webseries #ForTheEmpire.

Hit that notify button and join us for the fun!
TRAVELLER'S TALES - A Star Wars short film made with Unreal Engine 5
YouTube video by AFK
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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Right now, in #NewZealand 30,000+ homes without power

Some of those have resilience built in, solar, battery, V2G EV

This is what NZ should be looking to spend money on
February 16, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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A profit of $2B!?! Let the power companies pay for their own fucking LNG terminal.
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 8:31 AM
The current health system is so stressful! Its the opposite of what Pae Ora promised. #frustrated
a woman says computer says no in front of a plant
Alt: David Walliams portrayal an unhelpful front desk woman, who says "computer says no"
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.

Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.

Our priorities are so fucked.
February 16, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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Slaughter in Gaza to distract for annexation of the West Bank.
February 16, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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“Immediate and transformative change to most human systems is required if we are to minimise species extinction and ecosystem collapse.”

Apropos of everything, a reminder the Greens have done a great deal of excellent mahi on responding to a crisis that should be top of the list for all leaders.
Climate Change Policy
Tangata whenua and tangata Tiriti seek to mitigate climate harms by prioritising a cultural shift that addresses the root causes of climate change. This will be achieved by focusing on Te Tiriti o Wai...
www.greens.org.nz
February 16, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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Europe’s growing fight over Israeli goods: Boycott movements mushroom https://aje.news/azayka
February 16, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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In #Gaza, learning continues despite immense challenges.

Over 68,000 children are attending classes in UNRWA's Temporary Learning Spaces, while nearly 300,000 are using the Agency's self-learning materials and digital platforms.

#UNRWAworks to keep children connected and supported.
February 16, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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Sorry WHAT!?!?!

This government wants to disestablish the Ministry for Environment!?! Yes, you read that right, they want to get rid of the ministry for environment.

Seriously!?!
WTAF?!?!
National orcishness continues, with a bill to disestablish MfE bills.parliament.nz/v/6/27caed65...
House
bills.parliament.nz
February 16, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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The Trump years were dark. But in little NZ they never lost hope. For NZ had a leader of rare and inspiring character.
In the face of endless climate disaster and economic implosion, he always had just the right uplifting words:
"Welcome to IKEA"
"Welcome to State of Origin"
"Check out my Spotify"
February 15, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Saw this on Mastodon, thanks Dave. It's from 1973 but relevant.

commonslibrary.org/198-methods-...
198 Methods of Nonviolent Action by Gene Sharp
The Commons is an online library for the change makers of the world and for those interested in social change, activism, organising, advocacy and justice.
commonslibrary.org
February 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Meanwhile, back in the West Bank:

'We are reliving the Nakba': Palestinian community says it's being erased as Israeli settler violence intensifies

www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
'We are reliving the Nakba': Palestinian community says it's being erased as Israeli settler violence intensifies
The village of Ras Ein al-Auja in the occupied West Bank has now been erased.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 29, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Iwi conservation work wipes out rats across 700ha of Kaimai Mamaku forest.
Rat-free forest offers rare boost for kōkako north of Rotorua
Iwi conservation work wipes out rats across 700ha of Kaimai Mamaku forest.
www.teaonews.co.nz
February 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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The Department of Internal Affairs believes users of prediction markets are gambling, not just trading financial instruments. - Newsroom Pro - $ -
Polymarket and Kalshi are illegal, regulator says
newsroom.co.nz
February 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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Wairarapa friends: the Red Cross has six families keen to have sewing machines and we are out of stock there.

Could you please ask your neighbours, aunties, sports buddies etc ? Email any offers to sewingmachinedonations@gmail.com please 🧵💚

Please share!
February 14, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.
February 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM