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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 2h

Thoughts and prayers to Sean Plunket who, it seems, is entering the "Find Out" stage of broadcasting.

NZ Herald article preview with the headline:
'We're going to war': Broadcasting watchdog claims authority over The Platform; Sean Plunket hits out

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Karen on a bike @karenonbike.bsky.social · 38m

Yes, me too

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Sea Senor 🇳🇿 @seassenor.bsky.social · 7h

Can't stop thinking of this from yesterday

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Karen on a bike @karenonbike.bsky.social · 3h

Technically wasn’t called a war, but an armed conflict

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 7h

Nixon did the same thing with the Vietnamese during the election run-up.

There's a word for it. It's called "treason".

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Karen on a bike @karenonbike.bsky.social · 4h

Ohh, I know! Stuart Smith for PM

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23h

This $300,000 was clearly as useful as the $100,000 NACT threw away on the road cone hotlines & the $500,000 to Sunny Kaushal to stop talking about retail crime. #nzpol

'Extremely wasteful': Cook Strait ferry ministerial advisory group paid $300,000

$300,000 spent on the Cook Strait ferry Ministerial Advisory Group has been criticised as wasteful, as a contract for new ships is yet to be signed.

www.newstalkzb.co.nz

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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 1d

"On top of the weaker ambition on methane reductions, the government recently reopened the country to oil and gas prospecting, removed a subsidy for electric vehicles, and disestablished a fund meant to help decarbonise industry. All moves are counter to the free trade agreement with the EU." #nzpol

James Renwick @cubaraglanguy.bsky.social · 1d

My recent comments on NZ methane targets summarised here.
theconversation.com/a-lack-of-am...

A ‘lack of ambition’ over livestock emissions targets now threatens NZ’s reputation and trade

The government’s weakened methane reduction target mirrors the approach promoted by industry lobby groups but rejected by the Climate Change Commission.

theconversation.com

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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 23h

Note we have yet to be told how much they will cost us.

But remember, whatever number we are told, please add $671m to account for what we have already spent and got nothing in return.

What a bargain 🤔! ☹️😠😡.

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 1d

Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on.

These philistines need to hear from you all.

Thank you

petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...

Edvard Munch's 'Scream' but with the text 'I can't believe they're cancelling Art History' in a speech bubble

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Karen on a bike @karenonbike.bsky.social · 1d

My cat projectile vomited into the void between the front car seats at the start of a 7 hour drive

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 2d

50 years ago today thousands crammed into Parliament grounds in Wellington at the end of a 1100 km historic Māori land march from Te Hāpua in the far north led by Ngāpuhi leader Whina Cooper to protest against the continuing loss of Māori land. #TeRōpūOTeMatakite 🏳️

Photograph of Māori Land March demonstrators outside the Parliament Buildings in Wellington. Heinegg, Christian F, 1940- :Photographs of the Maori Land March. Ref: PA7-15-12. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating how gang numbers have surpassed 10,000 for the first time, meth use is up double & triple, cocaine spiking & gangs are making DOUBLE the profits while domestic violence doubles, but NZME is so quiet about this crisis of law and order. #nzpol

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a link to their givealittle page givealittle.co.nz/cause/suppor... #nzpol

Support Resene Paints Workers to Win a Living Wage

Raising money to support Resene Paints workers to win a Living Wage at their workplace.

givealittle.co.nz

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Karen on a bike @karenonbike.bsky.social · 1d

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 2d

spent a day & night outside ICE in portland with some very peaceful protestors, as goons with guns and masks cosplayed their little dick fantasies around us: www.webworm.co/fingresontri...

www.webworm.com for full text details of priests i was with and other details

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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 2d

Why do thousands of Canterbury kids need charity?!? #nzpol

a close up of a black and white goose 's head with a makeagif.com logo in the corner

Alt: Goose, curious... about to be furious.

media.tenor.com

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James Renwick @cubaraglanguy.bsky.social · 2d

A really moving set of presentations from Westport residents and Councillors on the realities of climate change & extreme events. These are people who have experienced it first-hand. #AF2025

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 2d

Absolutely heartbreaking visit to NZ's temperate glaciers on Te Tai Poutini West Coast.

Here's Kā Roimata-o-Hinehukatere Franz Joseph Glacier & Waiau (Waiho) River in Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana the Southern Alps.

NZ's glaciers are in fast retreat due to Climate Change (see 2009 position drawn in).

View up a glacial valley towards mountains, with a flat valley floor & snow capped mountains. Lush rainforest frames the valley

This image shows how far the glacier has retreated just in 16 years - absolutely heartbreaking. The place where I took the photo was the terminal of the glacier in 1905

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 3d

Methane makes up 48% of NZ's climate pollution.

The Luxon Govt's Trumpian announcement that they’ll never penalise methane pollution, along with moves to INCREASE the dairy herd, is a huge slap in the face for our Pacific neighbours and many NZers already facing the impacts of the #ClimateCrisis.

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 3d

In related news I am presently transcribing a podcast episode covering the OECD's report "Tax Policy Reforms 2025". And guess what Denmark did? Introduce a carbon tax on agriculture aimed at reducing CO2 emissions from agriculture & forestry by 30% by 2030.

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Ange 🍞🌹🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇿 @seawall.bsky.social · 3d

Attn Aotearoa NZ

After that disappointing local election result...

How about we show more love to @nzgreenparty.bsky.social and @tepaatimaori.bsky.social ?

And start working on making next year's general election a proper showing? For the majority of us, not just the rich and the venal?

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 3d

TIL that Portland has a "famous Unipiper"

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 3d

@nzgreenparty.bsky.social @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social response to this Governments new methane targets.

“A resilient and flourishing country and economy is possible. The first step to getting there is kicking out Luxon and his corporate cronies,” says Chlöe Swarbrick.
#nzpol

Media releases from NZ Parliamentary Parties @nzparlypartiesnews.bsky.social · 3d

New media release published on Scoop Parliament: Govt’s Downgrade Of Methane Target An Accounting Trick With Devastating Real-World Consequences

www.scoop.co.nz

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Gil (Guillermo) Penalosa @penalosag.bsky.social · 3d

We need to be honest on climate movement. We are failing.

- The temperature keeps rising.
- True problem is structural, NOT individual behavior!
- Industry has masterfully marketed individual's fault.
- Collective civic action to change policy
- Say pollution, not emissions
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe

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