Mandy Hager
@mandyh.bsky.social
Writer, Greenie Granny worrying for my grandkids future
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On the lowering of the Clean Car Standard, right after COP30.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On the lowering of the Clean Car Standard, right after COP30.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
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#nzpol 🎯💯💯💯🤬
A choice that reduces our community power to say no to any destructive and polluting businesses being built in our shared backwards. Come on, all you NIMBIs, a multi-storeyed apartment building, to house PEOPLE, is the least of your potential problems being caused by this govt. Wake up!
A choice that reduces our community power to say no to any destructive and polluting businesses being built in our shared backwards. Come on, all you NIMBIs, a multi-storeyed apartment building, to house PEOPLE, is the least of your potential problems being caused by this govt. Wake up!
getting rid of regional councils, one of the few voices at the table when it comes to fast track applications and the bodies that are supposed to monitor any ongoing consents, is certainly a choice
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Save Bream Bay Sand
Save Bream Bay from McCallum Bros sand-mining under the Fast Track Act. Resources and information from Bream Bay Guardians.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
#nzpol 🎯💯💯💯🤬
A choice that reduces our community power to say no to any destructive and polluting businesses being built in our shared backwards. Come on, all you NIMBIs, a multi-storeyed apartment building, to house PEOPLE, is the least of your potential problems being caused by this govt. Wake up!
A choice that reduces our community power to say no to any destructive and polluting businesses being built in our shared backwards. Come on, all you NIMBIs, a multi-storeyed apartment building, to house PEOPLE, is the least of your potential problems being caused by this govt. Wake up!
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What else do you call this except corruption? #nzpol
Fossil fuel companies were given confidential drafts of legislation during their (successful) two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban - new reporting from me via the OIA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules
A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the oil and gas industry's wishlist.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
What else do you call this except corruption? #nzpol
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Two embattled retailers announce fire sales - 'significantly reduced prices'
Customers can only pay via Eftpos and bank transfers. No cash will be accepted.
www.nzherald.co.nz
September 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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For a government that keeps talking about democracy they are really desperate to remove representation and accountability.
There are 39,400 people employed in local government and if we conservatively apportion these out equally there will be 3000-4000 losing jobs, incomes and livelihoods.
#nzpol
There are 39,400 people employed in local government and if we conservatively apportion these out equally there will be 3000-4000 losing jobs, incomes and livelihoods.
#nzpol
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
For a government that keeps talking about democracy they are really desperate to remove representation and accountability.
There are 39,400 people employed in local government and if we conservatively apportion these out equally there will be 3000-4000 losing jobs, incomes and livelihoods.
#nzpol
There are 39,400 people employed in local government and if we conservatively apportion these out equally there will be 3000-4000 losing jobs, incomes and livelihoods.
#nzpol
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NZ has had two major reforms of subnational government so far: 1876 and 1989
As the guy who literally wrote a book on the demise of that first system, *and* as someone who generally supports more unitary authorities, my considered opinion is that this proposal is completely insane
As the guy who literally wrote a book on the demise of that first system, *and* as someone who generally supports more unitary authorities, my considered opinion is that this proposal is completely insane
No more regional councils - major shake-up of local government announced
The government says it is not a power grab, but about "making local government fit for purpose".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
NZ has had two major reforms of subnational government so far: 1876 and 1989
As the guy who literally wrote a book on the demise of that first system, *and* as someone who generally supports more unitary authorities, my considered opinion is that this proposal is completely insane
As the guy who literally wrote a book on the demise of that first system, *and* as someone who generally supports more unitary authorities, my considered opinion is that this proposal is completely insane
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It's so funny how sinking 3 Waters is the main reason for the increase in rates from council to council yet this government are pretending it had nothing to do with them, it's hard not to think on sinking the regional council as a convenient way to hide the body #NZPol
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It's so funny how sinking 3 Waters is the main reason for the increase in rates from council to council yet this government are pretending it had nothing to do with them, it's hard not to think on sinking the regional council as a convenient way to hide the body #NZPol
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Well, this might contribute to the explanation around why the Wellington night shelter charges $10 per night to house the unhoused. Shouldn’t that $$ be going to shelters and urgent housing? #nzpol
Govt paid Kāinga Ora reviewers out of urgent housing fund
Cabinet ministers dipped into an unexpected and unlikely fund to pay the costs of the new review into Kāinga Ora and public housing, reports Tim Murphy
newsroom.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Well, this might contribute to the explanation around why the Wellington night shelter charges $10 per night to house the unhoused. Shouldn’t that $$ be going to shelters and urgent housing? #nzpol
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/de...
Demand the Government support people experiencing homelessness!
Everyone should have access to decent, secure and permanently affordable housing. But right now, many people in our communities are experiencing homelessness – living on couches, in cars, in overcrowd...
our.actionstation.org.nz
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/de...
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Exactly this! #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Exactly this! #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
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Can I just point out that these warnings are far, far from empty alarmism. Look at the states. Repro rights orgs started warning people years ago as the antis chipped away at our rights until finally Roe v Wade fell. We can’t let it happen here. We need a new govt. #nzpol
The banning of gender affirming care/ puberty blockers for trans kids is a TEST. This Luxon-led coalition is seeing how much pushback they receive on this issue to figure out how to ban abortion & contraception next term. They're anti-choice, they will act on this. #nzpol #abortion #pubertyblockers
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Can I just point out that these warnings are far, far from empty alarmism. Look at the states. Repro rights orgs started warning people years ago as the antis chipped away at our rights until finally Roe v Wade fell. We can’t let it happen here. We need a new govt. #nzpol
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“it’s hard to avoid the feeling that children are being treated as costs, problems, or political props, rather than people whose flourishing should be at the centre of public life.”
#nzpol
#nzpol
Do we like children? Watching this government through an educator’s eyes.
By Cheryl Mitchell Teacher, EdD
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“it’s hard to avoid the feeling that children are being treated as costs, problems, or political props, rather than people whose flourishing should be at the centre of public life.”
#nzpol
#nzpol
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#NZpol Just adding this, the figures they quote make me think that if you wanted to "save money" – as ACT keep going on about – you’d be demanding a very strong clean car mission, not a ditching of it.
#NZpol I found this while looking up ACT’s latest effort at being shit-stirrers, hoping for “ditching the Clean Car Standard entirely” -
ehinz on 'Health effects of air pollution':
www.ehinz.ac.nz/indicators/a...
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ehinz on 'Health effects of air pollution':
www.ehinz.ac.nz/indicators/a...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
#NZpol Just adding this, the figures they quote make me think that if you wanted to "save money" – as ACT keep going on about – you’d be demanding a very strong clean car mission, not a ditching of it.
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Great to see @garypayinda.bsky.social saying the quiet part out loud. The NZ Labour Party are lucky to have such a dialled in candidate on their team. Let’s not risk another 3years of “only the rich matter” BS. #nzpol #Democracy #OneTermGovernment
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Great to see @garypayinda.bsky.social saying the quiet part out loud. The NZ Labour Party are lucky to have such a dialled in candidate on their team. Let’s not risk another 3years of “only the rich matter” BS. #nzpol #Democracy #OneTermGovernment
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"Let me be clear:I don’t think it’s a good idea to expose everyone’s location without warning. But accounts with massive followings? Having transparency about whether they are portraying themselves accurately can be helpful for deciding how to engage with them and the information they share."
#nzpol
#nzpol
Social media could work differently. We teach digital literacy, but ppl often can’t apply those lessons w/in systems that obscure where info comes from & how it gets to them. What might social media look like if users had better signals of information provenance? www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries
A large number of MAGA social media influencers were exposed over the weekend as being being based in other countries.Podcaster Matt Binder posted screenshots showing that Charlie’s Voice Rising, a po...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Let me be clear:I don’t think it’s a good idea to expose everyone’s location without warning. But accounts with massive followings? Having transparency about whether they are portraying themselves accurately can be helpful for deciding how to engage with them and the information they share."
#nzpol
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#NZpol Rumination/rant
Part of politicians’ job is to back infrastructure needs with funding, etc., but MPs & (minor) parties reaching in to install their ideological positions into our institutions is overreaching, and an authoritarian approach.
Part of politicians’ job is to back infrastructure needs with funding, etc., but MPs & (minor) parties reaching in to install their ideological positions into our institutions is overreaching, and an authoritarian approach.
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-...
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
Analysis: The government's ban on puberty blockers for gender-affirming care prioritises politics and ideology over decades of expert clinical guidance and patient safety evidence.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
#NZpol Rumination/rant
Part of politicians’ job is to back infrastructure needs with funding, etc., but MPs & (minor) parties reaching in to install their ideological positions into our institutions is overreaching, and an authoritarian approach.
Part of politicians’ job is to back infrastructure needs with funding, etc., but MPs & (minor) parties reaching in to install their ideological positions into our institutions is overreaching, and an authoritarian approach.
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Yes. #NZGovt = ACT, National & NZF are #AtlasNetwork-captured, with a war on #Democracy, #Nature, & #ClimateAction, a war on #Workers, a war on #Māori, a war on #Women, a war on the #Rainbow community & a war on the #Poor, Sick, Disabled & #Vulnerable! #nzpol www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/und...
From undermining democracy to destabilising the climate: a brief history of the neo-liberal Atlas Network - Alliance magazine
The mythical Atlas carries the world on his shoulders. This one tries to put it under its thumb. The most impressive aspect of the Atlas Network is probably its combination of effectiveness and obscur...
www.alliancemagazine.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Yes. #NZGovt = ACT, National & NZF are #AtlasNetwork-captured, with a war on #Democracy, #Nature, & #ClimateAction, a war on #Workers, a war on #Māori, a war on #Women, a war on the #Rainbow community & a war on the #Poor, Sick, Disabled & #Vulnerable! #nzpol www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/und...
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PRESS RELEASE:
Greenpeace says a comprehensive timeline of the anti-environmental actions of the Luxon Government highlights the shocking extent of the coalition’s war on nature.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Greenpeace says a comprehensive timeline of the anti-environmental actions of the Luxon Government highlights the shocking extent of the coalition’s war on nature.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Luxon Govt Two Year Anniversary: Greenpeace releases updated timeline of War on Nature
A comprehensive timeline of the anti-environmental actions of the Luxon Government highlights the shocking extent of its war on nature.
www.greenpeace.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
PRESS RELEASE:
Greenpeace says a comprehensive timeline of the anti-environmental actions of the Luxon Government highlights the shocking extent of the coalition’s war on nature.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Greenpeace says a comprehensive timeline of the anti-environmental actions of the Luxon Government highlights the shocking extent of the coalition’s war on nature.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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“..a bunch of dirty old men started bullying her. Spreading salacious, baseless, downright creepy rumours about her. And not even bothering to hide it. Sending all staff emails about it.”
And those men - some not so old - still sit at Council tables & got rewarded for that filthy behaviour. #nzpol
And those men - some not so old - still sit at Council tables & got rewarded for that filthy behaviour. #nzpol
Tory Whanau isn’t leaving - she was hounded out
Opinion: As all the emails and filthy gossip came out, it’s been patently, toe-curlingly, nauseatingly obvious to every young woman what’s been happening.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“..a bunch of dirty old men started bullying her. Spreading salacious, baseless, downright creepy rumours about her. And not even bothering to hide it. Sending all staff emails about it.”
And those men - some not so old - still sit at Council tables & got rewarded for that filthy behaviour. #nzpol
And those men - some not so old - still sit at Council tables & got rewarded for that filthy behaviour. #nzpol
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“This Government’s decisions - in a shockingly apparent and unapologetic way - are focused entirely on short-term gain and greed. And the result is an economy in tatters and an environment in grave danger.” #nzpol www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Why my business collapsed - and the myth about plant-based food
OPINION: The hardest part honestly hasn’t been the headlines, or the armchair analysts, or the carnivorous trolls eager for a schadenfreude snack.
www.thepress.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“This Government’s decisions - in a shockingly apparent and unapologetic way - are focused entirely on short-term gain and greed. And the result is an economy in tatters and an environment in grave danger.” #nzpol www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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“Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the Maga evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression”
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the Maga evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression”
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
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If NZ politicians were so concerned about "saving" kids from "unnecessary" medical interventions, then why the fuck did they reverse so many lowered speed limits #NZPol
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If NZ politicians were so concerned about "saving" kids from "unnecessary" medical interventions, then why the fuck did they reverse so many lowered speed limits #NZPol