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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · 11d

FBI sets up shop in Aotearoa and gifts illegal 3D-printed guns to top cops. Could you get any more tone-deaf? Why are we inviting this militaristic gun-crazed attitude into our country in the first place? We know where it leads, and it aint pretty. apnews.com/article/kash...

FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws

On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed.

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · 22d

Bottom trawling fish that can live for two centuries, off from seamounts where they go to breed, and "oops" also dragging up corals that can be thousands of years old (sometimes tonnes at a time)... New Zealand sustainable fisheries my arse. dialogue.earth/en/ocean/ins...

Inside the battle over trawling a 200-year-old deep-sea fish

New Zealand's chequered history of trawling for valuable orange roughy has set conservationists against fishers for years

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Aug 28

Against the advice of his own officials, NZ's Minister of Oceans and Fisheries (actually, screw the ocean, just fisheries) tries to put his dodgy decisions above the law, and divorce catch limits from environmental impacts. Deranged and ego-maniacal spring to mind. newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/27/o...

Fisheries minister's constraint on court challenges 'restrictive' – officials

MPI warned a 20 working day deadline to file court cases could be viewed as restricting the right to judicial reviews, suggesting a much longer timeframe

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Aug 25

What Dame Anne said. Just who is the New Zealand government working for? Not the people of this country, it seems. newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/23/a...

Anne Salmond: Who is this Government working for?

On a range of environmental and legal measures involving forestry, the coalition Government seems to be doing the opposite of what people and communities need, writes Dame Anne Salmond

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Aug 6

Last but not least: Environmental Law Initiative, whose repeated legal victories against unlawful and risky fisheries decision-making by successive Ministers have got
@shanejonesmp so riled that he's shaken his whole bag of playground insults out on national radio www.eli.org.nz/updates/resp...

Response to the Government’s limitations on judicial review under the Fisheries Act — Environmental Law Initiative

ELI’s director of legal and research, Dr Matt Hall says, “Any restrictions on judicial review under the Fisheries Act will mean that when unlawful decisions are made, they may be unchallengeable. This...

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Aug 6

@GreenpeaceNZ “These reforms will mean more destruction, more decline in fish populations, and will allow the industry to go back to operating in the dark – hiding the impact they have.” - Ellie Hooper. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Jones moves to green light ocean destruction through reforms - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Greenpeace says moves to weaken ocean protection through dodgy fisheries “reforms” will be met with strong opposition, as Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones announces he wants to proceed with a...

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Aug 6

@WWF-New Zealand @KaylaKingdon responds: "Yet again the bombastic Jones is pandering to his mates in industry at the expense of the public interest. These amendments will further undermine the industry’s social license, which is already pretty tenuous." wwf.org.nz/news/oceans/...

Fisheries ‘reforms’ a further blow to hopes for a transparent and sustainable industry

Proposed changes to the Fisheries Act will undermine the integrity and efficacy of New Zealand’s fisheries management system and the public’s right to have a say in it, says WWF-New Zealand.

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Aug 6

Other pearlers include changing the law to stop enviro groups from legally challenging the Minister over unlawful fishery decisions (ie, attempting to put oneself above the law). If nothing else, this shows the impact the Environmental Law Initiative's excellent work is having.

Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Aug 6

@newsroom.co.nz on the latest fisheries f***uppery from our Minister, firmly in the pocket of the trawl industry. Highlights include the ability to put fisheries mgmt on autopilot. Suffice to say, that's not gone well for near-collapse Chatham Rise orange roughy. newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/06/f...

Fishing industry nets changes to cameras, discards and catch restrictions

Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says the changes are the biggest in 40 years, and will put an end to 'reckless' legal attacks that demonise fishers. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Aug 4

Great news from Te Tapuwae o Rongokako marine reserve in Tai Rāwhiti. The first "generational review" has just been done on the reserve, and it's a winner 💙 congrats to Ngati Konohi, DoC, EMR and all involved in this protection and allowing the ocean to flourish again. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Marine reserve's 25-year review: 'When things aren't fished the place changes'

The jewel of the East Cape's coastline is under review for the first time in 25 years, with locals hoping the marine reserve will remain protected for many generations to come.

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Jun 11

🪸 heartbreaking 6 tonne bycatch 🪸 If you were shocked by bottom trawling in Sir David Attenborough’s film Ocean, you’ll be appalled by the devastation from bottom trawling in New Zealand. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/bottom-tr...

'Attenborough would be mortified': Six tonnes of coral bycatch off Christchurch

Experts said incidents involving such a large amount of coral being caught are rare.

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · May 22

More of this please! Chef Alex Davies of Gatherings Restaurant in Ōtautahi Christchurch ditches bottom trawled fish in favour of more sustainable options 💙 #OceanFilm #BanBottomTrawling www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

A Christchurch restaurant has decided to stop serving most fish from its menu. Gatherings have made the move, over concerns about the impacts of bottom trawling on our ocean environment. Gatherings ow...

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · May 22

This government. They can't even.

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The saddest girl to ever hold a martini @lifeisterrible.bsky.social · May 21

this queen

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · May 19

Seafood NZ wishes a "happy birthday" to Sir David Attenborough by telling him about how wonderful all our bottom trawling is. WTAF are these people thinking? #BottomTrawling #TheWorstBirthdayPresentEver @greenpeace.org.nz responds: www.instagram.com/reel/DJqdtyETtWs

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · May 19

NZ government wants glyphosate residue limits 100 times HIGHER. Wrong direction, idiots. Businesses have submitted against the change, for obvious reasons. Even Federated Farmers, usually pretty aligned to a right wing government, doesn't support the increase. newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/19/h...

Herbicide review bad for business, Harraways says

New Zealand's only oat mill has submitted against a proposed hundredfold increase to the maximum limit of glyphosate in grains.

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · May 14

WWF calls out Seafood New Zealand on their "birthday message to Sir David Attenborough." SNZ represents industrial trawlers of the only country still bottom trawling seamounts in the South Pacific high seas. You know what they *could* do for his birthday, right? www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

A tone-deaf happy birthday message to David Attenborough

OPINION: The fishing industry claims its track record is “the sort of good news a global treasure like Sir David needs on his 99th Birthday”, rolling out a litany of “alternative facts”.

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · May 11

Andrea Vance is on fire writing about the absolute travesty of a government that throws working women and their families under the bus by cancelling pay equity legislation to pay for tax cuts to landlords and property investors. www.thepress.co.nz/a/politics/3...

Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · May 11

David Attenborough's film OCEAN is a must-watch. As well as breathtaking beauty from the tropics to the poles, brace yourself for horrendous footage of bottom trawling. This last-century fishing method is still widely used in Aotearoa NZ waters, responsible for 99% of coral bycatch.

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · May 10

Recommended watch: A new feature-length documentary “Ocean With David Attenborough” is in cinemas now.

Ocean with David Attenborough | Official Website | 8 May 2025

Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for Ocean with David Attenborough on the official site. In cinemas 8 May 2025 brought to you by Altitude Film. Directed by: Toby Nowlan, Colin…

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · May 4

There are many things going wrong in the US right now, this is one of them. news.mongabay.com/2025/04/unde...

Under Trump, US retreats from global fisheries and oceans leadership

This is Part 2 of a two-part series on fisheries management and oceans governance under the second Trump administration, which took office Jan. 20. Part 1 looks at the potential impacts that cuts and ...

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Apr 28

So this govt is happy with a mining company that costs more tax $ in acid mine remediation annually than the entire coal sector yields in royalties. I myself care as much about blind frogs, but how is this a good idea in anyone's book? Excellent work, those protesters. newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/20/p...

Protesters set up camp at fast-tracked coal mine

The occupation is 'the first of many' says 350Aotearoa, who plans to continue to disrupting Bathurst's operations on the West Coast

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Apr 11

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How Greenpeace Lost a $667 Million Trial -- But Saved Its Soul

Greenpeace lost big but stood firm after Energy Transfer sued the group for its role in the Standing Rock protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Mar 25

Don't buy these crap products, made from a toxic mix of colonisation and rainforest destruction. #KitKat #Pantene #Oreos #Nestlé #Procter&Gamble www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide

Thousands of acres of rainforest is being cleared to produce palm oil, used in popular Nestlé and Mondelēz brands

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Mar 14

Oh, hello @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social welcome to 🦋 now I can tag you for real!

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The domain name, To.Now, encapsulates the idea of immediacy and action, urging visitors to take action and seize the present moment. It evokes a sense of urgency, innovation, and forward-thinking. Wit...

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Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social · Mar 13

What the actual F***, NZ Government. Trading away renewable energy for one Minister's fast-track seabed mining invite to a company that's already had its permits rejected by our Supreme Court. We need leadership, not a sandpit fight over junior parties' pet projects. newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/14/s...

Second firm halts plans for offshore wind farms

Just weeks after one offshore wind developer pulled out of New Zealand entirely, another told the Government it was pausing its activities.

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