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PLEASE if you can help with funds for Te Araroa whānau to help Manaaki Matakāoa get shit done, helping whānau in need during the floods that have destroyed their whenua and have cut them off from everyone.
www.manaakimatakaoa.com
www.manaakimatakaoa.com
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Manaaki Matakaoa is a unique hauora Māori organisation, serving the remote community of Matakaoa in the East Cape of Aotearoa-New Zealand
www.manaakimatakaoa.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:55 AM
PLEASE if you can help with funds for Te Araroa whānau to help Manaaki Matakāoa get shit done, helping whānau in need during the floods that have destroyed their whenua and have cut them off from everyone.
www.manaakimatakaoa.com
www.manaakimatakaoa.com
Ok folks who is co-ordinating the response to this absolute nonsense tunnel proposal
$4 BILLION to save 'up to 10 minutes' during peak traffic. Fucking hell - imagine what that $4B could do for housing, education, health, etc, in Aotearoa.
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Ok folks who is co-ordinating the response to this absolute nonsense tunnel proposal
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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There's just a handful of corporates that stand to benefit from Commerce Minister Scott Simpson's unexpected call to dramatically loosen climate reporting requirements; some are political donors. Jonathan Milne investigates.
Govt answers fishing chief's billion dollar question on climate disclosures
newsroom.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
There's just a handful of corporates that stand to benefit from Commerce Minister Scott Simpson's unexpected call to dramatically loosen climate reporting requirements; some are political donors. Jonathan Milne investigates.
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@desmog.com reviewed US tax records which show Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
@desmog.com reviewed US tax records which show Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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So the thing about 18 and 19yos not being able to get access support because their parents will be means tested... Let me give you a little insight into how that works in reality, as someone who lived it
May 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
So the thing about 18 and 19yos not being able to get access support because their parents will be means tested... Let me give you a little insight into how that works in reality, as someone who lived it
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Pulled lifeless from a commercial fishing net off the Otago coast, the adult female yellow-eyed penguin had drowned in a silent, unseen death.
She was the last known breeding-age female Hoiho from the Sandfly Bay colony.
#NZOverFishing
She was the last known breeding-age female Hoiho from the Sandfly Bay colony.
#NZOverFishing
She was the last: Penguin starvation crisis sparks call for emergency fishing ban
The fate of the hoiho - among the world’s rarest penguin species - rests with two ministers.
www.thepost.co.nz
August 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Pulled lifeless from a commercial fishing net off the Otago coast, the adult female yellow-eyed penguin had drowned in a silent, unseen death.
She was the last known breeding-age female Hoiho from the Sandfly Bay colony.
#NZOverFishing
She was the last known breeding-age female Hoiho from the Sandfly Bay colony.
#NZOverFishing
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NZ’s gas supply is collapsing — and the govt’s big fix? More drilling. But experts (including Shane Jones’ advisors) say it likely won’t work, and there’s no backup plan if it fails.
My story here
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
My story here
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Why drilling for fossil fuels is not expected to fix our energy crisis
The government is touting oil and gas exploration as the answer. But there are grave doubts it will work.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
NZ’s gas supply is collapsing — and the govt’s big fix? More drilling. But experts (including Shane Jones’ advisors) say it likely won’t work, and there’s no backup plan if it fails.
My story here
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
My story here
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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this shit drives me nuts. if someone has only ever written op-eds and columns, they're not a journalist! Writer, essayist, columnist, yep. Journalist, no. It would be like calling someone who's never written a book an author.
![Bari Weiss bio reads "is an American journalist. She was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal from 2013 to 2017[1] and an op-ed staff editor and writer on culture and politics at The New York Times from 2017 to 2020.[2] Since March 1, 2021, she has worked as a regular columnist for German daily newspaper Die Welt.[3] Weiss founded the media company The Free Press (formerly Common Sense) and hosts the podcast Honestly.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lf44yuqfyi3ilxxfqudsqqc2/bafkreibk77vr6b34nupe2eatsqxgpsg7k6qm4ccufk6sf2glhe4zxfsmsm@jpeg)
February 27, 2025 at 4:19 AM
this shit drives me nuts. if someone has only ever written op-eds and columns, they're not a journalist! Writer, essayist, columnist, yep. Journalist, no. It would be like calling someone who's never written a book an author.
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The real price of butter.
"Waituna Lagoon, south-east of Invercargill, is part of the internationally significant Awarua-Waituna Wetlands - but its position at the bottom of a 20,000ha intensively-farmed catchment area means it is on the receiving end of sediment and nutrient run-off."
"Waituna Lagoon, south-east of Invercargill, is part of the internationally significant Awarua-Waituna Wetlands - but its position at the bottom of a 20,000ha intensively-farmed catchment area means it is on the receiving end of sediment and nutrient run-off."
Southland lagoon at risk of ecological tipping point, warns DOC
An ecologically significant Southland lagoon that has been plagued by algal blooms could be at a tipping point.
www.rnz.co.nz
July 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The real price of butter.
"Waituna Lagoon, south-east of Invercargill, is part of the internationally significant Awarua-Waituna Wetlands - but its position at the bottom of a 20,000ha intensively-farmed catchment area means it is on the receiving end of sediment and nutrient run-off."
"Waituna Lagoon, south-east of Invercargill, is part of the internationally significant Awarua-Waituna Wetlands - but its position at the bottom of a 20,000ha intensively-farmed catchment area means it is on the receiving end of sediment and nutrient run-off."
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🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
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Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
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July 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
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Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
Palestinians are starving to death
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I created a data visualisation on the dilemma facing local councillors for my latest uncharacteristically non-despairing column thespinoff.co.nz/politics/21-...
July 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I created a data visualisation on the dilemma facing local councillors for my latest uncharacteristically non-despairing column thespinoff.co.nz/politics/21-...
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One thing that makes me feel like I'm losing my mind is that just a few years ago we got a bunch of insane projections about how big the "metaverse" was going to be - literally trillions of dollars - and now everyone just pretends like that never happened.
June 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
One thing that makes me feel like I'm losing my mind is that just a few years ago we got a bunch of insane projections about how big the "metaverse" was going to be - literally trillions of dollars - and now everyone just pretends like that never happened.
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The majority of the 23,000 public submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill were never read by ministry staff, but Minister David Seymour says he's comfortable with it because "there just weren't that many" worthwhile ideas submitted by the public.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/19/t...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/19/t...
Thousands of Regulatory Standards Bill submissions not read by ministry
David Seymour said 'there just weren't that many' worthwhile ideas in the 23,000 submissions on his proposed law, despite most of them going unread
newsroom.co.nz
May 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The majority of the 23,000 public submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill were never read by ministry staff, but Minister David Seymour says he's comfortable with it because "there just weren't that many" worthwhile ideas submitted by the public.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/19/t...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/19/t...
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#nzpol At 5pm yesterday, the Treasury informed the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) it has been barred from attending the Budget lock-up on 22 May. This is the first time the CTU has been prevented from attending a Budget lock-up in living memory
May 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
#nzpol At 5pm yesterday, the Treasury informed the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) it has been barred from attending the Budget lock-up on 22 May. This is the first time the CTU has been prevented from attending a Budget lock-up in living memory
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NEW INVESTIGATION: A private equity-fueled for-profit chain slashed patient care for years while its executives got rich. So we scraped every malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death case tied to Steward hospitals.
And we found how mothers, newborns, and others paid the ultimate price.
And we found how mothers, newborns, and others paid the ultimate price.
May 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
NEW INVESTIGATION: A private equity-fueled for-profit chain slashed patient care for years while its executives got rich. So we scraped every malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death case tied to Steward hospitals.
And we found how mothers, newborns, and others paid the ultimate price.
And we found how mothers, newborns, and others paid the ultimate price.
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Bernard Hickey: The Govt’s retrospective law wrecks 33 pay equity deals. $17 billion in wages & back-pay will not now go to over 150,000 workers. That means the $14 billion of tax cuts going mostly to landlords & highest earners are being paid for by wage cuts for the poorest NZers, mostly women.
May 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Bernard Hickey: The Govt’s retrospective law wrecks 33 pay equity deals. $17 billion in wages & back-pay will not now go to over 150,000 workers. That means the $14 billion of tax cuts going mostly to landlords & highest earners are being paid for by wage cuts for the poorest NZers, mostly women.
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Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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This line is going to stick with me for a very long time.
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
wapo.st
April 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This line is going to stick with me for a very long time.
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
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I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel
Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
April 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
75%
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We live in New Zealand and have more cows than anything else and have given up clean water and we still can’t afford butter. Isn’t THAT the story here?
We live in New Zealand and have more cows than anything else and have given up clean water and we still can’t afford butter. Isn’t THAT the story here?
Butter too pricey? Experts suggest these alternatives
The price of butter has skyrocketed, forcing home cooks and chefs alike to clarify what you can substitute to keep cooking costs down.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
www.rnz.co.nz/life/food/bu...
We live in New Zealand and have more cows than anything else and have given up clean water and we still can’t afford butter. Isn’t THAT the story here?
We live in New Zealand and have more cows than anything else and have given up clean water and we still can’t afford butter. Isn’t THAT the story here?