Rachel R
@rachelemridley.bsky.social
Lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa.
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🚨Your regular reminder to STAY OUT of flood waters.
🚨 You can be washed away by far shallower water than you’d think, and flood water is full of debris and probably contaminated 💩
🚨Follow the instructions of civil defence, evacuate early if you feel unsafe.
❤️Stay safe and look after each other
🚨 You can be washed away by far shallower water than you’d think, and flood water is full of debris and probably contaminated 💩
🚨Follow the instructions of civil defence, evacuate early if you feel unsafe.
❤️Stay safe and look after each other
🔴🔴RED HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN FORCE FOR
MANAWATU, RANGITIKEI and RUAPEHU DISTRICTS north of FEIDING and east of STATE HIGHWAY 1
Valid from 6pm Sunday-2pm Monday
‼️Expect 140 to 180 mm of rain
Check details here
bit.ly/AllWarnings
MANAWATU, RANGITIKEI and RUAPEHU DISTRICTS north of FEIDING and east of STATE HIGHWAY 1
Valid from 6pm Sunday-2pm Monday
‼️Expect 140 to 180 mm of rain
Check details here
bit.ly/AllWarnings
February 15, 2026 at 6:48 AM
🚨Your regular reminder to STAY OUT of flood waters.
🚨 You can be washed away by far shallower water than you’d think, and flood water is full of debris and probably contaminated 💩
🚨Follow the instructions of civil defence, evacuate early if you feel unsafe.
❤️Stay safe and look after each other
🚨 You can be washed away by far shallower water than you’d think, and flood water is full of debris and probably contaminated 💩
🚨Follow the instructions of civil defence, evacuate early if you feel unsafe.
❤️Stay safe and look after each other
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“The reason there’s a need for this work is because the evidence shows over and over again that prisons don’t work. Not in terms of community safety, nor in terms of rehabilitating those who are imprisoned.” #nzpol
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
Our prisons cause more harm | E-Tangata
"Lots of people in our society are happy to have vast amounts spent on the mass imprisonment of our Indigenous population. It's an industry. And the industry relies on society thinking that this is th...
e-tangata.co.nz
February 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
“The reason there’s a need for this work is because the evidence shows over and over again that prisons don’t work. Not in terms of community safety, nor in terms of rehabilitating those who are imprisoned.” #nzpol
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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“When the prime minister, Christopher Luxon, spoke at Waitangi last week, he set out a terribly distorted view of the country’s founding document, Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Here are some of the things he got wrong.” #nzpol e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
What the PM said at Waitangi was wrong | E-Tangata
“When the prime minister spoke at Waitangi he set out a terribly distorted view of the country’s founding document.” — Carwyn Jones.
e-tangata.co.nz
February 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
“When the prime minister, Christopher Luxon, spoke at Waitangi last week, he set out a terribly distorted view of the country’s founding document, Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Here are some of the things he got wrong.” #nzpol e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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February 14, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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At least 12 WI groups are closing or considering closure after the organisation barred transgender women from membership.
Members say more groups are likely to close, and that the federation’s decision has opened up a toxic, traditionalist culture that will deter younger women from joining.
Members say more groups are likely to close, and that the federation’s decision has opened up a toxic, traditionalist culture that will deter younger women from joining.
‘Carnage of concern and upset’: Women’s Institute groups close after transgender ban
Members warn NFWI decision has opened up toxic culture that deters younger women from joining
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM
At least 12 WI groups are closing or considering closure after the organisation barred transgender women from membership.
Members say more groups are likely to close, and that the federation’s decision has opened up a toxic, traditionalist culture that will deter younger women from joining.
Members say more groups are likely to close, and that the federation’s decision has opened up a toxic, traditionalist culture that will deter younger women from joining.
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There's been this hit job on the Green Party by ACT's NZCPR, claiming money was "stolen" from water infrastructure for cycleways.
In fact, their Council invested significantly, more than others over decades.
They put $2.7 billion to 3W in 2021 and 1.8% of that on cycleways #nzpol
In fact, their Council invested significantly, more than others over decades.
They put $2.7 billion to 3W in 2021 and 1.8% of that on cycleways #nzpol
February 14, 2026 at 5:36 AM
There's been this hit job on the Green Party by ACT's NZCPR, claiming money was "stolen" from water infrastructure for cycleways.
In fact, their Council invested significantly, more than others over decades.
They put $2.7 billion to 3W in 2021 and 1.8% of that on cycleways #nzpol
In fact, their Council invested significantly, more than others over decades.
They put $2.7 billion to 3W in 2021 and 1.8% of that on cycleways #nzpol
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Huh, would you look at that.
*stares directly at the camera lens*
*stares directly at the camera lens*
New UK onshore wind and solar is ‘50% cheaper’ than new gas. pdpwbj.clicks.mlsend.com/tl/cl/eyJ2Ij...
February 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Huh, would you look at that.
*stares directly at the camera lens*
*stares directly at the camera lens*
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I regularly post updates on this story because it's an atrocity on an incomprehensible scale but people don't really talk about it
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
USAID cuts may cause over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, study says
Deep funding cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development and its potential dismantling could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The ...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I regularly post updates on this story because it's an atrocity on an incomprehensible scale but people don't really talk about it
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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meta has a 'human rights policy' (about.fb.com/wp-content/u...). i wonder what their impact assessment looked like, given the massive privacy issues at stake here.
Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
meta has a 'human rights policy' (about.fb.com/wp-content/u...). i wonder what their impact assessment looked like, given the massive privacy issues at stake here.
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There's a lot of useful numbers in this post.
More reasons why the government's LPG plans are strategically stupid:
#nzpol
theconversation.com/importing-ga...
#nzpol
theconversation.com/importing-ga...
Importing gas locks NZ into fossil fuels for longer – just as clean energy surges
Even as the US steps back from Paris and New Zealand flirts with imported gas, the global energy transition is gathering speed.
theconversation.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
There's a lot of useful numbers in this post.
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These mining fast-track applicants don't appear to genuinely benefit New Zealand.
Removing limited resources, returning 2-5% royalties, and paying no tax.
Then we get lugged with clean up costs (like Tui oilfields that cost $500m for taxpayers to clean up)
#nzpol #Kiwi #NZ
Removing limited resources, returning 2-5% royalties, and paying no tax.
Then we get lugged with clean up costs (like Tui oilfields that cost $500m for taxpayers to clean up)
#nzpol #Kiwi #NZ
February 13, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Most economic damage from gas crisis 'locked in', officials warn newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/12/m...
Most economic damage from gas crisis 'locked in', officials warn
Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether or not the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead, new modelling has found
newsroom.co.nz
February 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Most economic damage from gas crisis 'locked in', officials warn newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/12/m...
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The collapse of NZ's freshwater river ecosystems, driven by @fonterranz.bsky.social and @dairynz.bsky.social . Fishing competitions without fish. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
What happened to all the fish?
For the first time in more than 40 years, this year’s Rakaia fishing competition will not involve fishing. What has gone wrong?
www.thepress.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The collapse of NZ's freshwater river ecosystems, driven by @fonterranz.bsky.social and @dairynz.bsky.social . Fishing competitions without fish. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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Questions:
Does anyone believe the oil/gas ban prevented new gas, when there hasn’t been a gas find in 26yrs?
Why does half our gas go to methanex? Can that deal be undone to prioritise NZ households? Or no?
Have power co’s underinvested to focus on dividends since the sale?
Does anyone believe the oil/gas ban prevented new gas, when there hasn’t been a gas find in 26yrs?
Why does half our gas go to methanex? Can that deal be undone to prioritise NZ households? Or no?
Have power co’s underinvested to focus on dividends since the sale?
February 10, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Questions:
Does anyone believe the oil/gas ban prevented new gas, when there hasn’t been a gas find in 26yrs?
Why does half our gas go to methanex? Can that deal be undone to prioritise NZ households? Or no?
Have power co’s underinvested to focus on dividends since the sale?
Does anyone believe the oil/gas ban prevented new gas, when there hasn’t been a gas find in 26yrs?
Why does half our gas go to methanex? Can that deal be undone to prioritise NZ households? Or no?
Have power co’s underinvested to focus on dividends since the sale?
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As is now plain to see the fossil fuel industry controls the NZ Luxon Govt. Not only is Luxon taxing us to pay for an LNG import facility, he is opening the door to taxpayers paying the decommissioning costs of old oil fields. This is the story of how they did it: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
How oil companies made you pay $300m to clean up their oil field mess (and how they are trying to do it again) - Greenpeace Aotearoa
How oil companies made you pay $300m to clean up their oil field mess (and how they are trying to do it again)
www.greenpeace.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM
As is now plain to see the fossil fuel industry controls the NZ Luxon Govt. Not only is Luxon taxing us to pay for an LNG import facility, he is opening the door to taxpayers paying the decommissioning costs of old oil fields. This is the story of how they did it: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
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Ah yes, 'if you don't like a woman, either (a) call her a slag; (b) call her ugly.'
Classic stuff from the 1970s manual for men.
This is what going back to The Good Owld Days™ actually looks like.
Classic stuff from the 1970s manual for men.
This is what going back to The Good Owld Days™ actually looks like.
Jeremy Kyle is interviewing Reform MPs at a live press conference
Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"
Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"
*applause from the audience*
Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"
Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"
*applause from the audience*
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Ah yes, 'if you don't like a woman, either (a) call her a slag; (b) call her ugly.'
Classic stuff from the 1970s manual for men.
This is what going back to The Good Owld Days™ actually looks like.
Classic stuff from the 1970s manual for men.
This is what going back to The Good Owld Days™ actually looks like.
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What climate change? Not us. Not here.
If this money was put into subsidizing solar and battery storage, that would help this country long term
If this money was put into subsidizing solar and battery storage, that would help this country long term
Watch live: Taranaki's Liquefied Natural Gas import facility expected to save New Zealanders millions
Watch live: Taranaki's Liquefied Natural Gas import facility expected to save New Zealanders millions
Energy Minister Simon Watts on Monday announced a contract was expected to be signed by the middle of the year.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 4:17 AM
What climate change? Not us. Not here.
If this money was put into subsidizing solar and battery storage, that would help this country long term
If this money was put into subsidizing solar and battery storage, that would help this country long term
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Maybe there should be more content warnings. Macbeth: contains blood, violence, regicide, hubris, excessive ambition, disastrously ambiguous prophecies and the sunk cost fallacy
February 8, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Maybe there should be more content warnings. Macbeth: contains blood, violence, regicide, hubris, excessive ambition, disastrously ambiguous prophecies and the sunk cost fallacy
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On this day in 1915, a Jewish woman was born in Paris. A clerk, she was interned in Drancy from where, on the 7 Dec 1943, she was deported to Auschwitz where she perished. Her name was Jeanne Blaustein
Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
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February 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM
On this day in 1915, a Jewish woman was born in Paris. A clerk, she was interned in Drancy from where, on the 7 Dec 1943, she was deported to Auschwitz where she perished. Her name was Jeanne Blaustein
Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
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Power prices spark up an electric election newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/04/p...
Power prices spark up an electric election
Comment: Energy retailers tell us, take fewer showers or turn off the aircon – this is like trying to lose weight by having 9 burgers a day instead of 10, writes Mike Casey.
newsroom.co.nz
February 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Power prices spark up an electric election newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/04/p...
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A real pleasure to meet George Clarke and hear about his experiences growing up on a council estate. We both know the positive impact social housing can have on families’ lives.
That’s why I’m determined to continue delivering more council homes as we build a fairer London for everyone.
That’s why I’m determined to continue delivering more council homes as we build a fairer London for everyone.
February 3, 2026 at 7:23 AM
A real pleasure to meet George Clarke and hear about his experiences growing up on a council estate. We both know the positive impact social housing can have on families’ lives.
That’s why I’m determined to continue delivering more council homes as we build a fairer London for everyone.
That’s why I’m determined to continue delivering more council homes as we build a fairer London for everyone.
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MSD have been delaying their December benefits data release due to data processing issues but they shared headline numbers yesterday. If the data is correct, this is a huuuge increase. We now have nearly 1 in 7 adults on a working age benefit. Link in ALT. (🧵 1/n)
February 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
MSD have been delaying their December benefits data release due to data processing issues but they shared headline numbers yesterday. If the data is correct, this is a huuuge increase. We now have nearly 1 in 7 adults on a working age benefit. Link in ALT. (🧵 1/n)
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Quelle surprise, Veolia - in it for the profit - fails the to do the basics.
“An independent report released today has found the French-owned multinational Veolia failed to carry out basic asset management, including regular maintenance.” #nzpol
They join CompassNZ on the DO NOT USE LIST.
“An independent report released today has found the French-owned multinational Veolia failed to carry out basic asset management, including regular maintenance.” #nzpol
They join CompassNZ on the DO NOT USE LIST.
Company running Wellington wastewater treatment plants failed basic asset management - report
Despite multiple failures - including untreated sewage polluting a popular swimming beach - the company running Wellington's four wastewater treatment plants is keeping its multi-million dollar contra...
www.rnz.co.nz
February 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Quelle surprise, Veolia - in it for the profit - fails the to do the basics.
“An independent report released today has found the French-owned multinational Veolia failed to carry out basic asset management, including regular maintenance.” #nzpol
They join CompassNZ on the DO NOT USE LIST.
“An independent report released today has found the French-owned multinational Veolia failed to carry out basic asset management, including regular maintenance.” #nzpol
They join CompassNZ on the DO NOT USE LIST.