Jolisa Gracewood
@nzdodo.bsky.social
Freelance writer and editor, full-time silly sausage. Books, bikes, better places, beastly puns. She/ her/ the cats’ mother. Based in Tāmaki Makaurau, aka New Auck City.
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My fireworks display, during the day.
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
My fireworks display, during the day.
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Again a systemic story that's bigger than the individual bits: a govt which ran into power in large part based on banging the localism drum about water has accelerated the pace of centralised - and personal Ministerial - decision-making.
This is a big story about this govt. Someone should tell it.
This is a big story about this govt. Someone should tell it.
Yet another power grab.
“These approvals would be given directly to the Minister of Conservation without the input of either the Conservation Boards or the NZCA.
"This board also has concerns that the proposed draft document also appears to limit input by iwi."
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/06/c...
“These approvals would be given directly to the Minister of Conservation without the input of either the Conservation Boards or the NZCA.
"This board also has concerns that the proposed draft document also appears to limit input by iwi."
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/06/c...
Conservation Boards set to lose functions under new law
Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says the boards and the New Zealand Conservation Authority will continue to play an important role in managing conservation land.
www.1news.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Again a systemic story that's bigger than the individual bits: a govt which ran into power in large part based on banging the localism drum about water has accelerated the pace of centralised - and personal Ministerial - decision-making.
This is a big story about this govt. Someone should tell it.
This is a big story about this govt. Someone should tell it.
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Things I, a woman, have ruined, a partial list:
- the frosting of a cake when I used too many crushed peppermint candies & it came out bright pink instead of classy white & frothy
- many conversations that were nice and comfortable until I spoke up
- a pair of wool socks that I washed in hot water
- the frosting of a cake when I used too many crushed peppermint candies & it came out bright pink instead of classy white & frothy
- many conversations that were nice and comfortable until I spoke up
- a pair of wool socks that I washed in hot water
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Things I, a woman, have ruined, a partial list:
- the frosting of a cake when I used too many crushed peppermint candies & it came out bright pink instead of classy white & frothy
- many conversations that were nice and comfortable until I spoke up
- a pair of wool socks that I washed in hot water
- the frosting of a cake when I used too many crushed peppermint candies & it came out bright pink instead of classy white & frothy
- many conversations that were nice and comfortable until I spoke up
- a pair of wool socks that I washed in hot water
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At every turn, the Government has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Government’s other priorities.
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Govt's climate strategy: Let it burn
Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution – even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes
newsroom.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
At every turn, the Government has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Government’s other priorities.
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
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So let’s get this straight. Lifeline is unfunded by govt & needs $2 million. But govt just hands $24 million to Gumboot Friday and is happy to give millions to the bloody Michelin Guide for tourism puffery of dubious value. Everything this govt does is run on vibes.
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/06/l...
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/06/l...
Lifeline to cut operations unless funding shortfall is plugged
Lifeline Aotearoa says it has had to stop services between midnight and 7am since March, and without sustainable funding, it cannot continue a full 24/7 service.
www.1news.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
So let’s get this straight. Lifeline is unfunded by govt & needs $2 million. But govt just hands $24 million to Gumboot Friday and is happy to give millions to the bloody Michelin Guide for tourism puffery of dubious value. Everything this govt does is run on vibes.
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/06/l...
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/06/l...
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I'm sure it's totally coincidental that the AoNZ government's changes to the Marsden Fund have been followed by successful applications led by female investigators dropping from 55% to 33%, and successful applications led by Māori investigators dropping from 13% to 5%. 🫠 🧪
Information on the 2025 Marsden Fund round
Information about the number of funded proposals in the 2025 Marsden Fund round broken down by research area and institution, also including gender and ethnicity data
www.royalsociety.org.nz
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm sure it's totally coincidental that the AoNZ government's changes to the Marsden Fund have been followed by successful applications led by female investigators dropping from 55% to 33%, and successful applications led by Māori investigators dropping from 13% to 5%. 🫠 🧪
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Weird how we found a way to house everyone during Covid.
Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Government ministers have confirmed they are considering measures to move homeless people out of Auckland's city centre - but the exact details remain unclear.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Weird how we found a way to house everyone during Covid.
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Two thirds of young men backed Mandani. Which challenges the media narrative of the past year that you have to be a white supremacist asshole to get the young guy vote.
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Two thirds of young men backed Mandani. Which challenges the media narrative of the past year that you have to be a white supremacist asshole to get the young guy vote.
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Cuomo, the man who resigned in disgrace after a state attorney general’s report found that he had sexually harassed nearly a dozen women, was asked if he had any regrets.
He said he regretted not being better at social media.
He said he regretted not being better at social media.
Zohran Mamdani drags the Democratic Party into the future
This was a local race with national implications, whether the party's leaders liked it or not.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Cuomo, the man who resigned in disgrace after a state attorney general’s report found that he had sexually harassed nearly a dozen women, was asked if he had any regrets.
He said he regretted not being better at social media.
He said he regretted not being better at social media.
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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He won with joy and strong principles. Even when they used who he was as an attack, he smiled and stood for what he knew was right.
This is the way.
This is the way.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
He won with joy and strong principles. Even when they used who he was as an attack, he smiled and stood for what he knew was right.
This is the way.
This is the way.
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Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
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Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible
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New map of the cool parts of NYC just dropped.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
New map of the cool parts of NYC just dropped.
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this is objectively hilarious
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
this is objectively hilarious
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"The changes were included at the bottom of a press release put out at 8pm on a Government website but not emailed to all political journalists, as ministerial press releases generally are."
Utterly Gutted by the Utterly Gutless.
#nzpol
Utterly Gutted by the Utterly Gutless.
#nzpol
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"The changes were included at the bottom of a press release put out at 8pm on a Government website but not emailed to all political journalists, as ministerial press releases generally are."
Utterly Gutted by the Utterly Gutless.
#nzpol
Utterly Gutted by the Utterly Gutless.
#nzpol
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How many exasperated
parents called you, Seymour?
"The social media post was as ACT Party Leader. The ACT Party, as a political party funded by the Parliamentary Service, is not subject to the Official Information Act, therefore your request is declined."
#nzpol
#SeymourTrickery
parents called you, Seymour?
"The social media post was as ACT Party Leader. The ACT Party, as a political party funded by the Parliamentary Service, is not subject to the Official Information Act, therefore your request is declined."
#nzpol
#SeymourTrickery
[Response] David Seymour replied about A record of phone calls received from parents regarding Marae visits and Māori words in math classes
November 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
How many exasperated
parents called you, Seymour?
"The social media post was as ACT Party Leader. The ACT Party, as a political party funded by the Parliamentary Service, is not subject to the Official Information Act, therefore your request is declined."
#nzpol
#SeymourTrickery
parents called you, Seymour?
"The social media post was as ACT Party Leader. The ACT Party, as a political party funded by the Parliamentary Service, is not subject to the Official Information Act, therefore your request is declined."
#nzpol
#SeymourTrickery
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When I wrote this just two-ish months ago, the premise was that the architecture of the CCRA (zero carbon act) remained, but the policies that sustained it had been hollowed out.
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
How Jacinda Ardern’s ‘groundbreaking’ climate law has become ‘a shell’
The Zero Carbon Act promised to lock climate ambition into law. But with key policies repealed, delayed or watered down, the once 'world-leading' legislation has become a husk of its former self.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
When I wrote this just two-ish months ago, the premise was that the architecture of the CCRA (zero carbon act) remained, but the policies that sustained it had been hollowed out.
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
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Rimmer plays the hat game to avoid admitting that - as always - he has no evidence, and those "phone calls from outraged parents" never happened.
[Response] David Seymour replied about A record of phone calls received from parents regarding Marae visits and Māori words in math classes
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Rimmer plays the hat game to avoid admitting that - as always - he has no evidence, and those "phone calls from outraged parents" never happened.
Remember when this government got really mad about public musings on its growing resemblance to “a death cult that hates children”?
One tries to resist hyperbole, but every day it gets harder to quibble with that take.
*not just death: disability, denialism, dismantling democracy—what else? #nzpol
One tries to resist hyperbole, but every day it gets harder to quibble with that take.
*not just death: disability, denialism, dismantling democracy—what else? #nzpol
The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Government quietly loosens climate rules
An announcement at 8pm on Tuesday saw the Government delinking the ETS from the Paris Agreement and extending another emissions deadline by 25 years.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Remember when this government got really mad about public musings on its growing resemblance to “a death cult that hates children”?
One tries to resist hyperbole, but every day it gets harder to quibble with that take.
*not just death: disability, denialism, dismantling democracy—what else? #nzpol
One tries to resist hyperbole, but every day it gets harder to quibble with that take.
*not just death: disability, denialism, dismantling democracy—what else? #nzpol
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A bonfire of the climate policies. An emissions Guy Fawkes Day
The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Government quietly loosens climate rules
An announcement at 8pm on Tuesday saw the Government delinking the ETS from the Paris Agreement and extending another emissions deadline by 25 years.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A bonfire of the climate policies. An emissions Guy Fawkes Day
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The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Government quietly loosens climate rules
An announcement at 8pm on Tuesday saw the Government delinking the ETS from the Paris Agreement and extending another emissions deadline by 25 years.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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FYI today’s Chorus. I’ve opened it up immediately to all so those affected & can’t afford it can read & listen. Q3 jobs data is expected to show a slight rise in the jobless rate, but that disguises a jobs & mental health catastrophe for 15-35s since 2010. #nzpol
thekaka.substack.com/p/wednesdays...
thekaka.substack.com/p/wednesdays...
Wednesday's Chorus: Mental health & joblessness wrecking a generation of workers
Q3 jobs data is expected to show slight rise in unemployment rate, but that disguises a jobs & mental health catastrophe for 15-35-year olds over the last decade, and since Covid in particular
thekaka.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
FYI today’s Chorus. I’ve opened it up immediately to all so those affected & can’t afford it can read & listen. Q3 jobs data is expected to show a slight rise in the jobless rate, but that disguises a jobs & mental health catastrophe for 15-35s since 2010. #nzpol
thekaka.substack.com/p/wednesdays...
thekaka.substack.com/p/wednesdays...