Please share the he’ll out of this and get in submissions asap. This is being rushed through before Xmas, likely because we are distracted and busy this time of year! www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/fa...
Fast-track amendments another blow to environment and local communities
A new Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill slams the door shut on communities, says Forest & Bird.
www.forestandbird.org.nz
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Please share the he’ll out of this and get in submissions asap. This is being rushed through before Xmas, likely because we are distracted and busy this time of year! www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/fa...
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Trump keeps admitting in public that he's directly running all DOJ operations—which would include deciding to keep the Epstein Files hidden to protect himself—and media keeps pretending not to hear him. Here, he states unambiguously that he *personally decides* on all DOJ payouts to alleged victims:
Trump says he ‘could be’ seeking $230 million from his own Justice Department | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he “could be” seeking $230 million from his own Justice Department as compensation for past investigations into him, though he professed to have little knowled...
www.cnn.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Trump keeps admitting in public that he's directly running all DOJ operations—which would include deciding to keep the Epstein Files hidden to protect himself—and media keeps pretending not to hear him. Here, he states unambiguously that he *personally decides* on all DOJ payouts to alleged victims:
The looters are allowed in Aotearoa again, and of course there’s full transparency of who and what these buggers are up to. Just joking, apparently an Aussie company set up two months ago, no email, and how searching for a finite resource that (if there) is killing the planet “lasting value for NZ”?
Scoop: The first application for an offshore oil and gas exploration permit since the repeal of the ban on offshore drilling in August has been lodged, by an Australian firm that was set up less than two months ago and that doesn't have a functioning email address.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/21/f...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/21/f...
First offshore oil and gas permit sought after repeal of ban
An unknown Australian firm that wants to 'create lasting value for NZ' is behind the first offshore oil and gas permit application since the 2018 ban was repealed
newsroom.co.nz
October 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The looters are allowed in Aotearoa again, and of course there’s full transparency of who and what these buggers are up to. Just joking, apparently an Aussie company set up two months ago, no email, and how searching for a finite resource that (if there) is killing the planet “lasting value for NZ”?
Everyone should heed the words of Nobel Peace Laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social “please choose courage over comfort, facts over fiction, hope over fear… please act now before it’s too late”
September 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Everyone should heed the words of Nobel Peace Laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social “please choose courage over comfort, facts over fiction, hope over fear… please act now before it’s too late”
Greens are “so woke rn”!
Rather be woke than the alternative with NZF voters less likely to survive a pandemic. Winston Peters may have made a bold move to get into power, but how many of his angry grey base will make it to the next election?
Rather be woke than the alternative with NZF voters less likely to survive a pandemic. Winston Peters may have made a bold move to get into power, but how many of his angry grey base will make it to the next election?
I think it says a lot about NZ's Green Party being environment/ecosystem/science based rather than some of the cultural trends in other countries, that the Green Party had the fewest voters who had never had a covid vaccination 0.34%.
32.5% of NZ First voters say they never had a covid vaccination.
32.5% of NZ First voters say they never had a covid vaccination.
August 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Greens are “so woke rn”!
Rather be woke than the alternative with NZF voters less likely to survive a pandemic. Winston Peters may have made a bold move to get into power, but how many of his angry grey base will make it to the next election?
Rather be woke than the alternative with NZF voters less likely to survive a pandemic. Winston Peters may have made a bold move to get into power, but how many of his angry grey base will make it to the next election?
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National has introduced a bill to allow pest species to destroy national parks, in the name of protecting "herds of special interest" for hunters legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...
Game Animal Council (Herds of Special Interest) Amendment Bill 151-1 (2025), Government Bill – New Zealand Legislation
The Bill ensures that there is no requirement to exterminate valued introduced species that have been designated as herds of special interest.
legislation.govt.nz
May 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
National has introduced a bill to allow pest species to destroy national parks, in the name of protecting "herds of special interest" for hunters legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...
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An anti-government militia group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned employees.
Anti-government group threatens crucial weather radars, NOAA warns
Veterans on Patrol, which spread conspiracy theories in the wake of Hurricane Helene, has encouraged followers to visit sites hosting weather equipment.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
An anti-government militia group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned employees.
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NEW: 13 ex-Palantir employees condemn work with the Trump administration as violating Palantir's code of conduct, including using products to collect data on immigrant children.
"These injustices could be facilitated by the very software infrastructure we help build."
www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...
"These injustices could be facilitated by the very software infrastructure we help build."
www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...
Former Palantir workers condemn company's work with Trump administration
In a rare rebuke, more than a dozen former workers of the powerful data-mining and surveillance company say the firm's work with the Trump administration violates the company's founding principles.
www.npr.org
May 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
NEW: 13 ex-Palantir employees condemn work with the Trump administration as violating Palantir's code of conduct, including using products to collect data on immigrant children.
"These injustices could be facilitated by the very software infrastructure we help build."
www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...
"These injustices could be facilitated by the very software infrastructure we help build."
www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...
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Shameful. Those poor families are being traumatized all over again for purely political reasons.
May 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Shameful. Those poor families are being traumatized all over again for purely political reasons.
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NOTE: There are more people *in this frame of television* than there are transgender athletes in the State of Maine
*All* of this is theater for stupid people
*All* of this is theater for stupid people
April 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NOTE: There are more people *in this frame of television* than there are transgender athletes in the State of Maine
*All* of this is theater for stupid people
*All* of this is theater for stupid people
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My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
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Please can folk share far and wide. This isn't the only genocide in the world but it's the most digitally recorded one in history.
Executions of medical staff - how can we accept this? How can we turn away? I like to think of myself as a mosquito. Small but a good irritant ✊
Executions of medical staff - how can we accept this? How can we turn away? I like to think of myself as a mosquito. Small but a good irritant ✊
My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
Over the weekend footage showed what actually happened to the Red Crescent medics in Gaza. The IDF initially said the vehicles were acting 'suspiciously'.
Now we know the truth.
#Gaza #IDF #WarCrimes #PoliticalCartoon
Over the weekend footage showed what actually happened to the Red Crescent medics in Gaza. The IDF initially said the vehicles were acting 'suspiciously'.
Now we know the truth.
#Gaza #IDF #WarCrimes #PoliticalCartoon
April 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Please can folk share far and wide. This isn't the only genocide in the world but it's the most digitally recorded one in history.
Executions of medical staff - how can we accept this? How can we turn away? I like to think of myself as a mosquito. Small but a good irritant ✊
Executions of medical staff - how can we accept this? How can we turn away? I like to think of myself as a mosquito. Small but a good irritant ✊
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NZ Police can spend many hours requesting thousands of video clips of people accused of shoplifting, but can't find the videos posted online by Destiny Church?
Tamatha Paul was right.
Tamatha Paul was right.
Posted in other place by activist Kelvin Morgan, this letter is addressed to Countering Hate Speech Aotearoa CEO Paul Thistoll. NZ Police confirm they are unable to bring charges against Brian Tamaki incitement of violence against Te Atatū community centre in Feb due to insufficient evidence.
April 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
NZ Police can spend many hours requesting thousands of video clips of people accused of shoplifting, but can't find the videos posted online by Destiny Church?
Tamatha Paul was right.
Tamatha Paul was right.
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Anti-vaxxers, and the far-right talking about values, morals, decency, and integrity is like an arsonist delivering a fire safety lecture or a loan shark advising on financial prudence. The sheer hypocrisy competes with how darkly funny it is. 🤡
April 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Anti-vaxxers, and the far-right talking about values, morals, decency, and integrity is like an arsonist delivering a fire safety lecture or a loan shark advising on financial prudence. The sheer hypocrisy competes with how darkly funny it is. 🤡
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BREAKING: Citizens of Heard and McDonald islands have issued a statement after trump's 10% tariff.
April 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
BREAKING: Citizens of Heard and McDonald islands have issued a statement after trump's 10% tariff.
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Police say dozens of their staff taking what we now know was not one but two trips to China were just on a private holiday.
But the email trail reveals multiple red flags.
Also I wish I could get a 13 day trip for this price!
But the email trail reveals multiple red flags.
Also I wish I could get a 13 day trip for this price!
‘Shocking naivety’: Second police trip to China revealed, as emails show security concerns
Internal concerns and a “cheap” price: Police say the China trips were “private” but emails show internal advertising and discussion among security bosses
www.stuff.co.nz
March 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Police say dozens of their staff taking what we now know was not one but two trips to China were just on a private holiday.
But the email trail reveals multiple red flags.
Also I wish I could get a 13 day trip for this price!
But the email trail reveals multiple red flags.
Also I wish I could get a 13 day trip for this price!
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Hipkins: “He said more transparency was needed from the government on what was up for auction”
Luxon: “Christopher Luxon said the government wanted private investment into "anything and everything” #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NotForSale #PeopleOverProfit
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Luxon: “Christopher Luxon said the government wanted private investment into "anything and everything” #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NotForSale #PeopleOverProfit
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
'Public institutions' like schools and hospitals shouldn't be owned privately - Chris Hipkins
Labour says it does not support the private ownership of infrastructure, as the 'Infrastructure Investment Summit' kicks off.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Hipkins: “He said more transparency was needed from the government on what was up for auction”
Luxon: “Christopher Luxon said the government wanted private investment into "anything and everything” #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NotForSale #PeopleOverProfit
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Luxon: “Christopher Luxon said the government wanted private investment into "anything and everything” #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NotForSale #PeopleOverProfit
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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We either have the highest level of totally incompetent CEO’s or Business Directors in the world, or we have the highest level of unchecked TAX FRAUD. 🤨 #TaxWealthMore #TaxWorkLess #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
The companies not paying tax
Huge numbers of businesses aren't paying any tax at all, newly released data shows.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We either have the highest level of totally incompetent CEO’s or Business Directors in the world, or we have the highest level of unchecked TAX FRAUD. 🤨 #TaxWealthMore #TaxWorkLess #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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Look at Donald Trump and his gang of broligarchs – and tell me we don’t need a wealth tax
– Succession actor Brian Cox today in the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
– Succession actor Brian Cox today in the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Look at Donald Trump and his gang of broligarchs – and tell me we don’t need a wealth tax | Brian Cox
I played a fictional billionaire on TV. It’s time world leaders got serious about taxing the real ones, says the actor Brian Cox
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Look at Donald Trump and his gang of broligarchs – and tell me we don’t need a wealth tax
– Succession actor Brian Cox today in the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
– Succession actor Brian Cox today in the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If it’s not clear, offering to swap QE2 covenanted land for native forest is cynical bollocks because QE2 land is already protected in perpetuity. They want to swap land they can never use for currently protected land they can’t.
Winstone Aggregates seeks Belmont Regional Park land through Fast-track Approvals Act
Winstone Aggregates seeks Belmont Regional Park land through Fast-track Approvals Act
Winstone Aggregates is attempting to acquire a 29 hectare chunk of land in Belmont Regional Park through the Fast-track Approvals Act.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
If it’s not clear, offering to swap QE2 covenanted land for native forest is cynical bollocks because QE2 land is already protected in perpetuity. They want to swap land they can never use for currently protected land they can’t.
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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#BHN Are National lining up NZ for privatisation in their desired second term? #nzpol
youtu.be/9xb8SYc6wy0
youtu.be/9xb8SYc6wy0
#BHN Are National lining up NZ for privatisation in their desired second term
YouTube video by DOC Studios
youtu.be
February 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
#BHN Are National lining up NZ for privatisation in their desired second term? #nzpol
youtu.be/9xb8SYc6wy0
youtu.be/9xb8SYc6wy0