Amanda Hunt
@tuihunt.bsky.social
Shorebird junkie, poet. @nzgreens
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Serco also owns nz prisons
February 10, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Serco also owns nz prisons
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Editorial: Tell me Australia, which is worse: signing bombs or making anti-bomb signs? preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
February 7, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Editorial: Tell me Australia, which is worse: signing bombs or making anti-bomb signs? preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
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Fuck Israel and fuck everyone who defends it. Right now the president of this apartheid monstrosity is sitting down with Australia’s prime minister for a cozy dinner - fuck him, too.
February 10, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Fuck Israel and fuck everyone who defends it. Right now the president of this apartheid monstrosity is sitting down with Australia’s prime minister for a cozy dinner - fuck him, too.
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woah, this is kinda fucked up (but on brand).
The Trump Administration ordered the National Parks Service (which manages momument locations like the Stonewall Hotel) to remove the Pride flag.
This is the birthplace of the queer revolution movement!
#LGBTIQA
The Trump Administration ordered the National Parks Service (which manages momument locations like the Stonewall Hotel) to remove the Pride flag.
This is the birthplace of the queer revolution movement!
#LGBTIQA
Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument
The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News
gaycitynews.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:27 AM
woah, this is kinda fucked up (but on brand).
The Trump Administration ordered the National Parks Service (which manages momument locations like the Stonewall Hotel) to remove the Pride flag.
This is the birthplace of the queer revolution movement!
#LGBTIQA
The Trump Administration ordered the National Parks Service (which manages momument locations like the Stonewall Hotel) to remove the Pride flag.
This is the birthplace of the queer revolution movement!
#LGBTIQA
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Find Shane Jones
Disturbing finding. New Zealand continues to drop in the global Transparency Index from 83 in 2024 to 81 in 2025. Perceptions of corruption, and cases in the courts, are increasing in our country
February 10, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Find Shane Jones
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This gaslighting government #nzpol
So these dipshits won't fund a *pair* of ferry terminals that'd get used several times a day, but will fund an LNG terminal that *might* get used once in a blue moon?
One terminal, for the same price as two, and with zero (0) ferries?
One terminal, for the same price as two, and with zero (0) ferries?
February 10, 2026 at 6:58 AM
This gaslighting government #nzpol
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Never been more interested in a Dinosaur Convention until now.
February 10, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Never been more interested in a Dinosaur Convention until now.
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One thing that really gets my goat here, apart from the obvious, is that raising a tax to pay for necessary infrastructure is a Good Thing, and Labour should be attacking the stupid investment not the mechanism.
A targeted top rate tax to pay for infra would be beloved across the nation.
A targeted top rate tax to pay for infra would be beloved across the nation.
FYI I’ve opened this up for full public reading, listening & sharing after requests from paying subscribers. Their support allows me to do this kind of public interest journalism on Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate & poverty in public. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/why-not-sp...
Why not spend $2.7b on solar & batteries instead?
Govt to pay up to $180m/year or $2.7b over 15 years to lease LNG re-gasification plant, paid for by $15-$30 'levy' per household per year. That $2.7b would build four Benmore Dams worth of electricity
thekaka.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 AM
One thing that really gets my goat here, apart from the obvious, is that raising a tax to pay for necessary infrastructure is a Good Thing, and Labour should be attacking the stupid investment not the mechanism.
A targeted top rate tax to pay for infra would be beloved across the nation.
A targeted top rate tax to pay for infra would be beloved across the nation.
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Ryan Bridge caught Seymour admitting that a critical minerals deal with Trump had, in fact, been discussed at Cabinet. This was awkward, given Christopher Luxon’s insistence that it hadn’t.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
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Appeasing Trump is a strategic mistake. Luxon should know better. - Greenpeace Aotearoa
David Seymour slipped up on Herald Now. Ryan Bridge caught Seymour admitting that a critical minerals deal with Trump had, in fact, been discussed at Cabinet. This was awkward, given…
www.greenpeace.org
February 10, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Ryan Bridge caught Seymour admitting that a critical minerals deal with Trump had, in fact, been discussed at Cabinet. This was awkward, given Christopher Luxon’s insistence that it hadn’t.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
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Another record day of utility solar in New Zealand on 7 Feb – 2200 MWh. Because of the way the market operates, it only earned $6800 for its owners. The government now wants to charge them $8800 towards the LNG terminal. And then what?
February 10, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Another record day of utility solar in New Zealand on 7 Feb – 2200 MWh. Because of the way the market operates, it only earned $6800 for its owners. The government now wants to charge them $8800 towards the LNG terminal. And then what?
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The police violence in Sydney last night was utterly sickening. People were there to protest a leader who signed his name on bombs that were dropped on Palestinian civilians. The only appropriate reception for this war criminal would have been handcuffs and a court date with the ICC.
#nzpol
#auspol
#nzpol
#auspol
February 10, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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The lady putting down the ramp for me got really angry that some guy cut me off to walk down it. “Shocking!!”
Me: first time?
Me: first time?
February 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The lady putting down the ramp for me got really angry that some guy cut me off to walk down it. “Shocking!!”
Me: first time?
Me: first time?
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I think the fact is, if you installed LNG in your house in the past 20 years you have made bad life decisions
February 10, 2026 at 7:11 AM
I think the fact is, if you installed LNG in your house in the past 20 years you have made bad life decisions
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all thanks to lobbyists slow clap, seriously we need them regulated and less direct access to policy makers, scrutinize, sanitize, pull them into the open
#nzpol
#nzpol
February 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
all thanks to lobbyists slow clap, seriously we need them regulated and less direct access to policy makers, scrutinize, sanitize, pull them into the open
#nzpol
#nzpol
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And this is why you don't let billionaires own platforms.
YouTube just terminated PlainSite's YouTube channel, which posted certain Epstein Files video directly as provided by the government, because doing so purportedly violated YouTube's "spam, deceptive practices and scams" policy.
For real. Providing the Epstein Files is a "scam" according to Google.
For real. Providing the Epstein Files is a "scam" according to Google.
February 10, 2026 at 6:31 AM
And this is why you don't let billionaires own platforms.
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New Zealand’s score in the @anticorruption.bsky.social Corruption Perceptions Index has dropped yet again. Over the last decade we’ve slipped 10 points, and gone from equal first to equal fourth.
Greens & Labour must take integrity issues seriously and act.
www.transparency.org.nz/blog/falling...
Greens & Labour must take integrity issues seriously and act.
www.transparency.org.nz/blog/falling...
Falling Corruption Score Signals Growing Risks to New Zealand’s Democratic Integrity Media Release
New Zealand’s CPI score has fallen by two points for the fourth consecutive year—a 10% drop overall. While New Zealand still ranks equal fourth with Norway, this continued slide reflects diminishing c...
www.transparency.org.nz
February 10, 2026 at 6:30 AM
New Zealand’s score in the @anticorruption.bsky.social Corruption Perceptions Index has dropped yet again. Over the last decade we’ve slipped 10 points, and gone from equal first to equal fourth.
Greens & Labour must take integrity issues seriously and act.
www.transparency.org.nz/blog/falling...
Greens & Labour must take integrity issues seriously and act.
www.transparency.org.nz/blog/falling...
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The Minister is not known for being the brightest bulb on the NZ electricity network
So no counter-factual using "let's build more storage to cover the dry season issues"? Is that right?
Why the new LNG terminal could raise, not lower, your power bill
Analysis: Energy Minister Simon Watts is confident importing gas will lower power prices, but questions remain about the scheme and its costs.
newsroom.co.nz
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 AM
The Minister is not known for being the brightest bulb on the NZ electricity network
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Dinosaur Convention out here with higher moral standards than the Cabinet.
February 10, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Dinosaur Convention out here with higher moral standards than the Cabinet.
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For years now, UK state owned rental properties have had swathes of solar panels on their rooftops, supplying clean energy to the grid. But clean green 100% Pure NZ is going to import fossil fuels instead. Fuckwits.
February 10, 2026 at 6:21 AM
For years now, UK state owned rental properties have had swathes of solar panels on their rooftops, supplying clean energy to the grid. But clean green 100% Pure NZ is going to import fossil fuels instead. Fuckwits.
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#nzpol
Pull the plug NOW.
Pull the plug NOW.
About 45% of gas produced in this country goes to Methanex, the Canadian multinational. Fonterra is another significant gas user. Just in case you are wondering who stands to benefit most from the planned LNG plant which is to be paid for by me, thee and every other individual user of power.
February 10, 2026 at 5:39 AM
#nzpol
Pull the plug NOW.
Pull the plug NOW.
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Really hope all those journos that were angry and calling for more climate action last week publish something about this bonkers, corrupt, planet-burning LNG idea. We won't see any real change unless the issue stays in the news and we're constantly asking for better #nzpol
February 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Really hope all those journos that were angry and calling for more climate action last week publish something about this bonkers, corrupt, planet-burning LNG idea. We won't see any real change unless the issue stays in the news and we're constantly asking for better #nzpol
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Or we could spend that $billion on getting industrial users off gas completely, insulating them from price spikes and lowering their emissions in the process. In fact, we used to have such a policy - GIDI. It was great value for money.
National repealed it.
National repealed it.
February 9, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Or we could spend that $billion on getting industrial users off gas completely, insulating them from price spikes and lowering their emissions in the process. In fact, we used to have such a policy - GIDI. It was great value for money.
National repealed it.
National repealed it.
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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...