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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1h

“You’re so lucky! I wish I didn’t have to work!”

People act like we’re getting a permanent vacation.

The reality is we are forced to live in legislated poverty.

Barred from earning or marrying without losing our meagre benefits.

Denied autonomy.

And we’re sick & in pain.

It’s a 24/7 job.

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 3h

Methane makes up 48% of NZ's climate pollution. The Govt's grossly irresponsible announcement today that they will never have a price on methane, combined with their policies to increase the dairy herd, means that they have zero intention of meeting NZ Paris obligations.

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Rosie Sea @dacrispylettuce.bsky.social · 4h

Methane bubbling up in #Antartica - I wish it weren’t so. NZ farmers just let themselves off the hook to ensure they pump out more methane #climatecrisis #greed #nzpol

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 3h

“Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an "astonishing rate," scientists have found, raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been underestimated.”

Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica

New seeps of methane are being discovered at an "astonishing rate," scientists have found.

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 5h

I was gobsmacked to see this as the lead item on the Six O'clock News with a very critical slant.

If the farmers & Govt have lost 1News, then they're in trouble. Good.
#nzpol

1News NZ (Unofficial) @1newsnz.nzcow.com · 5h

📢 The target would be set at a range of 14-24% below 2017 levels by 2050.

👉 More news/weather bots

Govt to lower methane reduction target, rules out methane taxes

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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 4h

Is he... is he pimping us out to the international cartels? #nzpol

FookyFBSandcat @funkypuffin56.bsky.social · 5h

Drugs in New Zealand are 15 times more expensive than they are in North America so we are now seeing international drug cartels come into the Pacific – including Australia and New Zealand – because the pricing is very attractive,” Luxon said.
#GrowthGrowthGrowth /s

www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/29/g...

Gangs making large profits amid 'bizarre' increase in meth use

New Zealand’s meth consumption rose from 732kg in 2023 to 1434kg in 2024.

www.1news.co.nz

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Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 4h

“…and now funnels almost half its funding to households earning more than $120,000 a year.”

Sounds about right. 🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #Aotearoa #NewZealand #FamilyBoost #NZ
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

The Post

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 8h

Would be karma if french farmers demanded total ban of nz diary just after fonterra sold anchor to the French. #nzpol

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Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes

The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years and is ruling out agricultural taxes on methane emissions.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 7h

Luxon can have his methane boner all he likes, but permanent is NOT entrenchment & the climate criminals can get fucked.

Next October you’re out baldy.

Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 11h

Mind blowing.

The Luxon Government has confirmed it will rewrite NZ’s once bipartisan climate change law to dilute methane reduction targets and PERMANENTLY exclude dairy from the Emissions Trading Scheme – a move Greenpeace says amounts to full-blown climate denial.
#nzpol

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 7h

@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 · 8h

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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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 6d

Hands in pockets from a top dog always strikes me as pretty arrogant.

Someone should be advising Christopher Luxon that it's really not a good look.

16 photos of Christopher Luxon with his hands/hand in pockets/pocket when chatting with people. Looks unprofessional and blasé.

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Trevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 9h

The NZ government is convinced that the best way to insulate NZ against climate change is to exacerbate it. The war with reality has a cost; the tragedy is that it is the next generation that will have to pay it.
#nzpol

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James W @jamesw228.bsky.social · 9h

Pretty sure this breaks the terms of the free trade deal with the EU so that'll be funny when the farmers realize that #nzpol

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Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes

The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years and is ruling out agricultural taxes on methane emissions.

www.rnz.co.nz

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jonathansgamecast.bsky.social @jonathansgamecast.bsky.social · 9h

When will Winston Peters and Luxon's government call for Hamas and Israel to give up their arms? Hamas should give up their guns and rockets and Israel should give up their nukes. The IRA did... #nzpol
youtube.com/shorts/t3HSH...

why’s no one asking if Israel will disarm?

YouTube video by HasanAbi

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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 8h

Climate change was hardly mentioned in the last election cycle. The current government is intent on rolling back commitments.
"If they can’t meet the target, they should admit it and fix the policy - not change the target."
I hope Labour will hold to this at the next election. #nzpol

Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 10h

Our response to the Government's change to our methane targets:

www.labour.org.nz/news/release...

Release: Luxon backtracks on climate commitments

www.labour.org.nz

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Mask Up Comments and Opinions @commentsandopi2.bsky.social · 8h

What is this shit?
#nzpol

FYI.org.nz feed @feed.fyi.org.nz · 9h

[Response] ACC replied about Comprehensive Inquiry into the Use, Deployment, Governance, and Future Plans for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools and Technologies Across the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 12h

I'm kind of at a loss for words. NZ's Stuff published a genocide denial piece on Gaza under the guise of an attack on Chloe Swarbrick. It's both intimate in its attacks and horrifying for what it represents...

#nzpol #stuff #gaza #auspol

Even on the UN definition, intention matters so the case becomes untenable in my opinion, but that isn’t important. Most of us don’t study the United Nations manual on crimes against humanity. We understand that genocide entails rounding up families, herding them into cattle carts before cramming them into a fake shower. We imagine mothers hugging their children as they choke to death on poison gas. On an industrial scale.

One word. Two very different meanings.

The Auckland Central MP’s choice of language warrants comment. Because she does understand the distinction. She is aware that, whatever Israel’s intent, there can be no comparison to what happened in Rwanda, Cambodia or Treblinka.

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 12h

Mayors everywhere should have been honest and said "We were wrong about Labour's 3 Waters, the reason we've had to raise your rates by so much is due to National's much worse and more expensive waters option, please don't blame us, they lied to us too" #NZPol

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 11h

Obama:
"centrist politicians had, in many instances, lost the pulse of voters and allowed some of the populist anger to take hold"

"sclerotic bureaucracies and unresponsive politicians had, in many ways, ushered in a global populist wave"

Hope our NZ left-of-centre party is listening.
#nzpol

Obama’s warnings about democracy fading sound increasingly directed toward the US

Former US President Barack Obama warns about "rising wave of authoritarianism sweeping the globe".

www.rnz.co.nz

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Ed Hyde @edhyde.bsky.social · 13h

Generally mild-mannered @clrenney.bsky.social ripping the government a new one 🔥

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 5d

#nzpol Sometimes a policy is so stupid it makes you question the very fabric of reality. Decisions so fabulously, almost wantonly dumb, you wonder if we actually live in a simulation. Welcome to the world of removing Jobseeker Support for 18 & 19-year-olds. craigrenney.substack.com/p/a-small-wr...

A small wrinkle in the Jobseeker policy

The government’s recent changes to benefits feel like this: the house is on fire, and this policy is them turning off the smoke alarm and saying it’s fixed

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 14h

Politicians of Aotearoa New Zealand, give the people a reason to vote for you.

People want HOPE, just look at the amazing reaction that @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social are getting.

People are tired of the bullshit finger pointing, they want to hear POSITIVITY
#nzpol

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CuriousCat @felissapien.bsky.social · 13h

Don’t tell me there’s no money, Prime Minister. You found over $20b for tax cuts & $2.7b for a few helicopters. You can find the money to fix our crises in housing, energy, health & education – & create jobs and hope for our young people at the same time.

#nzpol

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Shane Te Pou: My message to Christopher Luxon – stop playing tough

OPINION: Stop playing tough and start showing love for young jobseekers.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 16h

#Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting #whales, #seals and #polarbears
...remove key pieces of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted in 1972...

#USA 🇺🇸 #USpoli #Oceans #AnimalWelfare #Wildlife #Marinelife #AnimalRights
#Cdnpoli #UK #EU #Auspol #NZpol

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Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 16h

Bottom feeder youth, get fucked

Get off the PlayStation and TRY HARDER NOT TO BE UNEMPLOYED
#nzpol

Thousands of teens to lose Jobseeker Support | Now You Know | The Spinoff

YouTube video by The Spinoff

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