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Rank insubordination from AT, taunting the mayor with their Santa parade float
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Rank insubordination from AT, taunting the mayor with their Santa parade float
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The Fast-Track Amendment Bill is a savage Escalation in Government’s War on Nature www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Fast-Track Amendment Bill a Savage Escalation in Government’s War on Nature - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The Fast-Track Amendment Bill passed its first reading in parliament today, prompting fierce condemnation from Greenpeace, who have branded it a “savage escalation of the Luxon Government’s war on nat...
www.greenpeace.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The Fast-Track Amendment Bill is a savage Escalation in Government’s War on Nature www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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The Fast Track is a Shane Jones fever dream.
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The Fast Track is a Shane Jones fever dream.
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The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 70,000
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LIVE: Gaza’s ‘social fabric destroyed’ by Israel’s killing of 70,000 people | Gaza News | Al Jazeera
Israeli army carried out attacks east of Rafah city, demolitions east of Khan Younis.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 70,000
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BOOM!
The power of the people prevails again.
In a BIG win for food sovereignty and climate justice, the High Court of Kenya has ruled in favour of smallholder farmers by decriminalising the age-old practice of saving, sharing, and exchanging indigenous seeds.
The power of the people prevails again.
In a BIG win for food sovereignty and climate justice, the High Court of Kenya has ruled in favour of smallholder farmers by decriminalising the age-old practice of saving, sharing, and exchanging indigenous seeds.
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
BOOM!
The power of the people prevails again.
In a BIG win for food sovereignty and climate justice, the High Court of Kenya has ruled in favour of smallholder farmers by decriminalising the age-old practice of saving, sharing, and exchanging indigenous seeds.
The power of the people prevails again.
In a BIG win for food sovereignty and climate justice, the High Court of Kenya has ruled in favour of smallholder farmers by decriminalising the age-old practice of saving, sharing, and exchanging indigenous seeds.
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National's Local Water Done Well will come to be recognised as a generational cock-up. Simon Watts's vague claim that rates will not increase is farcically untrue. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Revealed: Councils expected to foot a near $48 billion bill for Local Water Done Well
Officials estimate water service infrastructure will cost $47.9 billion to 2034.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
National's Local Water Done Well will come to be recognised as a generational cock-up. Simon Watts's vague claim that rates will not increase is farcically untrue. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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Morning peeps! Final tally from my crowdfunding campaign is just over $194,500, incl the donations made directly. I’m blown away! Pledge Me will be in touch to collect your gifts shortly. Thanks so much for all your support!
November 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Morning peeps! Final tally from my crowdfunding campaign is just over $194,500, incl the donations made directly. I’m blown away! Pledge Me will be in touch to collect your gifts shortly. Thanks so much for all your support!
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Agribusiness Corporations have taken over agriculture, pushing out family farmers .https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/29/working-the-land-but-rarely-owning-it-life-for-new-zealands-young-farmers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Working the land but rarely owning it: life for New Zealand’s young farmers
A country built on agriculture is seeing the sector change as the number of farms shrinks and it becomes harder for young people to buy land
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Agribusiness Corporations have taken over agriculture, pushing out family farmers .https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/29/working-the-land-but-rarely-owning-it-life-for-new-zealands-young-farmers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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I know this is a shocking thing to say but the Herald's habit of assuming extra housing is inherently negative has me wondering if it might have some kind of editorial slant on urban issues
November 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I know this is a shocking thing to say but the Herald's habit of assuming extra housing is inherently negative has me wondering if it might have some kind of editorial slant on urban issues
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Total government expenditure on climate:
2022/23 - $800m
2023/24 - $1,083m
2024/25 - $1,225m
2025/26 - $657m
That's a 46% drop from last year to this and the lowest amount ever since the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment started compiling these figures. 1/2
2022/23 - $800m
2023/24 - $1,083m
2024/25 - $1,225m
2025/26 - $657m
That's a 46% drop from last year to this and the lowest amount ever since the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment started compiling these figures. 1/2
December 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Total government expenditure on climate:
2022/23 - $800m
2023/24 - $1,083m
2024/25 - $1,225m
2025/26 - $657m
That's a 46% drop from last year to this and the lowest amount ever since the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment started compiling these figures. 1/2
2022/23 - $800m
2023/24 - $1,083m
2024/25 - $1,225m
2025/26 - $657m
That's a 46% drop from last year to this and the lowest amount ever since the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment started compiling these figures. 1/2
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We can’t pretend that Wellington doesn’t need investment & new transport infrastructure. People are sitting in their cars in traffic today, and they need a solution. Wellington needs to grow, but it also requires a fair deal - not this half-baked plan. Wellingtonians deserve better.
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
We can’t pretend that Wellington doesn’t need investment & new transport infrastructure. People are sitting in their cars in traffic today, and they need a solution. Wellington needs to grow, but it also requires a fair deal - not this half-baked plan. Wellingtonians deserve better.
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The amount that the toll would charge, how, & when, is all redacted. We also have no idea how much traffic will be moved from the tolled road to ‘free’ roads meaning that some neighbourhoods will likely have huge new volumes of traffic that their roads were never designed to take
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The amount that the toll would charge, how, & when, is all redacted. We also have no idea how much traffic will be moved from the tolled road to ‘free’ roads meaning that some neighbourhoods will likely have huge new volumes of traffic that their roads were never designed to take
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NZTA also suggests new ways of paying for it. Tolling is proposed, as is a regional fuel tax/levy. Levies could be collected on properties that are believed to ‘benefit’ from the plan. Even if they never use the roads & live far away. Rate caps with one hand...levies with another
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
NZTA also suggests new ways of paying for it. Tolling is proposed, as is a regional fuel tax/levy. Levies could be collected on properties that are believed to ‘benefit’ from the plan. Even if they never use the roads & live far away. Rate caps with one hand...levies with another
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NZTA is recommending doing all of this work at once. That’s a huge amount of disruption to throw on the city. Detail on the key risks is all redacted – so we have no idea on the effect. Communities to the south of the City (e.g. Newtown, Hataitai) would likely be most impacted
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
NZTA is recommending doing all of this work at once. That’s a huge amount of disruption to throw on the city. Detail on the key risks is all redacted – so we have no idea on the effect. Communities to the south of the City (e.g. Newtown, Hataitai) would likely be most impacted
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The current proposal will likely cost $2.9bn to $3.8bn - just shy of 1% of GDP. Its likely an underestimate – major infrastructure plans tend to increase in cost. The work won't start until 2028 – but we have no idea when it will be finished. Alternate uses of that money are also not considered
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The current proposal will likely cost $2.9bn to $3.8bn - just shy of 1% of GDP. Its likely an underestimate – major infrastructure plans tend to increase in cost. The work won't start until 2028 – but we have no idea when it will be finished. Alternate uses of that money are also not considered
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#nzpol NZTA put out a very redacted report on the proposed changes to SH1. It shows that the likely cost of the package will be borne by Wellingtonians, regardless of whether they use the roads. Wellington does need new infrastructure, and it needs a fair deal. A🧵
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December 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
#nzpol NZTA put out a very redacted report on the proposed changes to SH1. It shows that the likely cost of the package will be borne by Wellingtonians, regardless of whether they use the roads. Wellington does need new infrastructure, and it needs a fair deal. A🧵
nzta.govt.nz/assets/proje...
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What do you get when you give billions in tax breaks to landlords ?
Mouldy, rancid school lunches for kids.
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Mouldy, rancid school lunches for kids.
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
‘Rancid’: Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat mouldy lunches
A Christchurch school is warning parents to watch for symptoms of food poisoning after students were served contaminated meals as part of the Government's school lunch programme.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
What do you get when you give billions in tax breaks to landlords ?
Mouldy, rancid school lunches for kids.
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Mouldy, rancid school lunches for kids.
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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5/A similar attack by a U boat in WWII resulted in conviction for war crimes. Even in wartime, an attack like this is a crime. If we are not at war—an issue the experts are now hotly debating—it’s quite simply murder. Continue reading here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-moment...
The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
“You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
5/A similar attack by a U boat in WWII resulted in conviction for war crimes. Even in wartime, an attack like this is a crime. If we are not at war—an issue the experts are now hotly debating—it’s quite simply murder. Continue reading here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-moment...
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1/ You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what 6 Democratic members of Congress said on video. Trump called it seditious. The FBI launched an investigation. Then came reporting in WAPO about an order SecDef Hegseth gave ahead of the 9/2 attack on a boat allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
1/ You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what 6 Democratic members of Congress said on video. Trump called it seditious. The FBI launched an investigation. Then came reporting in WAPO about an order SecDef Hegseth gave ahead of the 9/2 attack on a boat allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.
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As former Bush OLC leader Jack Goldsmith writes, the DOD manual prohibits killing shipwrecked enemies. If reporting is correct, killing helpless men clinging to boats was a war crime.
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A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
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November 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
As former Bush OLC leader Jack Goldsmith writes, the DOD manual prohibits killing shipwrecked enemies. If reporting is correct, killing helpless men clinging to boats was a war crime.
 open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
 open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
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Fox News legal contributor Andy McCarthy knocks down Hegseth's defense:
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
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It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
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It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
‘We Intended the Strike to Be Lethal’ Is Not a Defense | National Review
The laws of war, incorporated in the federal war crimes statute, prohibit the killing of people who have been rendered hors de combat.
www.nationalreview.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Fox News legal contributor Andy McCarthy knocks down Hegseth's defense:
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
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It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
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It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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We must never believe what we are being told. We must not believe these charlatans who would deceive us for their cynical political, immoral, and godless purposes.
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We must never believe what we are being told. We must not believe these charlatans who would deceive us for their cynical political, immoral, and godless purposes.