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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 23h

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 · 22h

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 · 18h

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 · 19h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

TIL that Portland has a "famous Unipiper"

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

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 · 1d

@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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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

Universal childcare

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henry cooke @henrycooke.bsky.social · 1d

Amelia Wade dives into the Family Boost policy, which was designed in a hurry using guesswork, and is now so complex one Kindergarten has hired a staffer explicitly to help parents navigate it:

www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Families miss out on FamilyBoost after being caught by quarterly income rule

Parents hoping to claim childcare rebates have been rejected because their quarterly incomes are too high ‒ despite being told it was based on what their households earned yearly.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

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

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 2d

Everything that makes Aotearoa New Zealand unique is related to Māori culture. Welcome to the country, that's a pōwhiri. We are gonna thrash you at sport, that's a haka. Traditional meals, that's a hāngī. Matariki that's our New Year

If you don't like Māori stuff maybe you're in the wrong country?

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 2d

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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Karen on a bike @karenonbike.bsky.social · 2d

I'm caravanning this weekend and the gas bottle ran out, no hot water for ☕.

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Matthew Claxton @matthewclaxton.bsky.social · 2d

As a recreational cyclist, I got pretty excited when I realized that ebikes basically eliminate the "Ugh, I can't ride up hills!" barrier for casual/starting commuter cyclists. In many areas, it's one of the biggest barriers to adoption.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

“The big advantage of bikes is that they go directly from where you start to where you finish, when you need to go. The advantage over cars is that they need perhaps 1/10th of the amount of space. Roads that jam up quickly with cars can carry effectively unlimited numbers of people by bicycle.”

Why e-bikes are more important the EVs

Bikes can actually transform cities in the way driverless cars promise

danielknowles.substack.com

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 2d

Well, that didn’t go how I hoped it would. To say I’m a little disappointed in the NZ voting public’s decision on Māori wards is an understatement. Here’s a thought about aspiring to the bare minimum (& given our #nitrate problem even that might be too much)
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol

Cartoon. Title: “A Traditional Local Body Election Blessing” Image shows a fairy with a wand, dressed in orange, beside a levitating voting box. She’s saying, “May all your municipal dreams come true!” And then, “And if you can’t have that, may your reticulated water be potable”

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 2d

Nicola Willis promised affordable tax cuts and zero borrowings - OR she would resign.

Instead, Willis borrowed $12,000 million i.e. $12 billion & has created another $8 billion hole in the budget. She's now down $20 billion and counting #nzpol #kiwi

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Karen on a bike @karenonbike.bsky.social · 2d

Very high

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 3d

“Sure I destroyed the economy to give tens of billions of dollars to landlords and rich donors, but look I found some assets to sell that *could* be spent on fixing school buildings and if you believe that, you’ll believe anything”.

New Zealand Herald (Unofficial) @nzherald.nzcow.com · 3d

📢 Willis said Chorus move does not amount to asset sales, insists economy is improving.

👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates

Nicola Willis says Chorus sales money could go towards funding hospitals and schools

www.nzherald.co.nz

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 4d

So, I’ve just come home after spending a few days in Welly where I used both my car & my Snapper card & I still don’t get why people have had tantrums about cycle lanes. There are LOTS & LOTS of cyclists which puts my very flat city to shame. Cycle lanes were absolutely not a problem 🚲 🤷‍♀️

A view of Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington on a cloudy day

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 4d

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#WorkersUnite
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol

A.J. Ponder @ponderbooks.com · 4d

Good to see lots of support for the Strike
23 October

#NZpol

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Massive strike action could hit schools and health services - all on the same day

Public Service Association national secretary Fleur Fitzsimons said that, if it goes ahead, this would be “one of the largest strikes in New Zealand history”.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 4d

Utterly smashing piece

The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 4d

Nation upset at the inevitable result of its own actions

Step one: push people out of work and onto the streets. Step two: get mad at people being out of work or on the streets...

thespinoff.co.nz

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 5d

E-bikes as rapid transit. There is a sweet spot, 8-14km from the city centre, where gaps in the mass rapid transit network and slow buses can be filled by e-bikes. Map = 45 minute e-bike travel time.

Isochrone map showing area within 45-minute e-bike trip to city centre Auckland.

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