Victoria 💚 🧡
@vebate.bsky.social
Thinking about climate, equity, rainbow/trans rights. Toitū te Tiriti. Mum. She/her. Love a good book, especially NZ fiction. ☕️ Cat person with a dog. Aotearoa. 🍉
Has anyone asked the government why they're funding this when our electricity sector is privatised? Why this and not ferries? Why this and not subsidising solar? Why this and not the inpatients hospital in Dunedin? Why are they happy to put public funds in private pockets?
How many solar and battery installations could $1bn fund?
This is just an absolutely brainless decision
#nzpol
This is just an absolutely brainless decision
#nzpol
'Strategic energy security asset': Govt reveals plans for $1b LNG import facility
Luxon warned New Zealand is experiencing swiftly declining gas supply.
www.nzherald.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Has anyone asked the government why they're funding this when our electricity sector is privatised? Why this and not ferries? Why this and not subsidising solar? Why this and not the inpatients hospital in Dunedin? Why are they happy to put public funds in private pockets?
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Govt plans to force NZers to pay even more fossil fuel subsidies, this time via our electricity bills for an LNG import terminal. Govt wants us to pay Big Oil to make the climate crisis worse. Gross moral turpitude and economic illiteratacy www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
LNG terminal decision: Dirty, dumb and expensive - Greenpeace - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace is slamming the Luxon government’s announcement it will build a liquid natural gas (LNG) import terminal, calling it a dirty, dumb and expensive decision that will leave New Zealander...
www.greenpeace.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Govt plans to force NZers to pay even more fossil fuel subsidies, this time via our electricity bills for an LNG import terminal. Govt wants us to pay Big Oil to make the climate crisis worse. Gross moral turpitude and economic illiteratacy www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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National is going to raise your power prices to pay for a facility that might never be used, simply to create the illusion that gas has a future and discourage industrial users from switching.
What a waste of money
What a waste of money
Watch live: Taranaki's Liquefied Natural Gas import facility expected to save New Zealanders millions
Watch live: Taranaki's Liquefied Natural Gas import facility expected to save New Zealanders millions
Energy Minister Simon Watts on Monday announced a contract was expected to be signed by the middle of the year.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 4:27 AM
National is going to raise your power prices to pay for a facility that might never be used, simply to create the illusion that gas has a future and discourage industrial users from switching.
What a waste of money
What a waste of money
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Barrister Max Harris has offered his services for free to help trustees protect land they consider an ancient urupā from development in Whakatāne.
Top political advocate takes on Ōpihi land development case
Barrister Max Harris has offered his services for free to help trustees protect land they consider an ancient urupā from development in Whakatāne.
www.teaonews.co.nz
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Barrister Max Harris has offered his services for free to help trustees protect land they consider an ancient urupā from development in Whakatāne.
In this election year, with a lolly scramble coming from the govt, we will need to remind people how health has been eroded in NZ, with most public money being funneled to private providers. Combined with inflation of food staples being well over 3.5%, remind people how hard it's been and will get.
February 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM
In this election year, with a lolly scramble coming from the govt, we will need to remind people how health has been eroded in NZ, with most public money being funneled to private providers. Combined with inflation of food staples being well over 3.5%, remind people how hard it's been and will get.
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RNZ's lapses are concerning. Australia's TTR wasn't going to make $1 billion earnings for #NZ through seabed mining. TTR made that claim but retracted it once they got onto fast track. RNZ even reported it back then but in the last 2 days, RNZ have republished the $1b claim as fact twice #nzpol
Seabed miner Trans-Tasman Resources retracts claim it will earn $1 billion a year
It comes after the plan was included in the list of projects up for Fast Track Bill approval.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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I presented a little research project this week in Aotearoa at the regional classics conference. Here I was testing the idea that Ovid has a distinct style in the way he uses language when writing as a male vs female poetic speaker.
He doesn't.
He doesn't.
February 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I presented a little research project this week in Aotearoa at the regional classics conference. Here I was testing the idea that Ovid has a distinct style in the way he uses language when writing as a male vs female poetic speaker.
He doesn't.
He doesn't.
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So, if we have to put Ovidian poems in boxes (like 'male' vs 'female') we are much better, imho, making those boxes about genre. I'm not saying that "identifying as pale elegiac lover" is a useful gender in terms of analysis ...
... but also, honestly, I'm not *not* saying that.
... but also, honestly, I'm not *not* saying that.
February 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
So, if we have to put Ovidian poems in boxes (like 'male' vs 'female') we are much better, imho, making those boxes about genre. I'm not saying that "identifying as pale elegiac lover" is a useful gender in terms of analysis ...
... but also, honestly, I'm not *not* saying that.
... but also, honestly, I'm not *not* saying that.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:03 PM
For those who play, Benee was Sally at Laneway Auckland.
February 5, 2026 at 5:24 AM
For those who play, Benee was Sally at Laneway Auckland.
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Some pundits genuinely think right wing economic strategies work.
But as Kiwisaver hardship withdrawals double to half a billion %, company liquidations hit records higher than the GFC, and 140,000+ Kiwis leave our shores, it pays to remember - their confidence is unmatched by capability #nzpol
But as Kiwisaver hardship withdrawals double to half a billion %, company liquidations hit records higher than the GFC, and 140,000+ Kiwis leave our shores, it pays to remember - their confidence is unmatched by capability #nzpol
February 3, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Some pundits genuinely think right wing economic strategies work.
But as Kiwisaver hardship withdrawals double to half a billion %, company liquidations hit records higher than the GFC, and 140,000+ Kiwis leave our shores, it pays to remember - their confidence is unmatched by capability #nzpol
But as Kiwisaver hardship withdrawals double to half a billion %, company liquidations hit records higher than the GFC, and 140,000+ Kiwis leave our shores, it pays to remember - their confidence is unmatched by capability #nzpol
This would have been Aotearoa if NACT had kept the clean car discount and set ev RUC's at a decent level.
January 29, 2026 at 12:31 AM
This would have been Aotearoa if NACT had kept the clean car discount and set ev RUC's at a decent level.
Any Tāmaki peeps that are keen to campaign against BvV, let's stay in touch. Once we know who else is standing, we should try and unify behind 1 candidate, that might give us a chance to get rid of her.
January 28, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Any Tāmaki peeps that are keen to campaign against BvV, let's stay in touch. Once we know who else is standing, we should try and unify behind 1 candidate, that might give us a chance to get rid of her.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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Slashing all Marsden grants to social science and humanities another Judith Collins legacy www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Government's Marsden Fund cuts: All humanities, social sciences research funding slashed
Cutting all research funding for the fields is a massive step backwards, critics say.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 28, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Slashing all Marsden grants to social science and humanities another Judith Collins legacy www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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#NZpol
So, Luxon may want the inquiry to be "independent" of the Council there in Tauranga. However, who will be watching them to ensure *that's* actually "independent" of those in a govt already packed not only w/ *climate sceptics*, but *also* those who are derisory of Councils *and* H&S issues.
So, Luxon may want the inquiry to be "independent" of the Council there in Tauranga. However, who will be watching them to ensure *that's* actually "independent" of those in a govt already packed not only w/ *climate sceptics*, but *also* those who are derisory of Councils *and* H&S issues.
January 27, 2026 at 5:09 AM
#NZpol
So, Luxon may want the inquiry to be "independent" of the Council there in Tauranga. However, who will be watching them to ensure *that's* actually "independent" of those in a govt already packed not only w/ *climate sceptics*, but *also* those who are derisory of Councils *and* H&S issues.
So, Luxon may want the inquiry to be "independent" of the Council there in Tauranga. However, who will be watching them to ensure *that's* actually "independent" of those in a govt already packed not only w/ *climate sceptics*, but *also* those who are derisory of Councils *and* H&S issues.
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FSU is trying to undermine a Nursing Council consultation on a new code of conduct; the NC is an independent, self-funding agency that regulates nursing. Instead of submitting to the NC by Feb 16, as per everybody else, the FSU is using the backdoor to complain about the code to the Simeon Brown.
January 27, 2026 at 6:00 AM
FSU is trying to undermine a Nursing Council consultation on a new code of conduct; the NC is an independent, self-funding agency that regulates nursing. Instead of submitting to the NC by Feb 16, as per everybody else, the FSU is using the backdoor to complain about the code to the Simeon Brown.
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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A VA nurse who dedicated his life to helping others, murdered by a man who has dedicated his life to hurting others.
January 25, 2026 at 1:41 AM
A VA nurse who dedicated his life to helping others, murdered by a man who has dedicated his life to hurting others.
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Newly released messages appear to show the Teaching Council Chair seeking help from the Minister of Education about funding for a private teacher training institute before being appointed to the Council’s leadership role.
Alleged conflict of interest messages between Teaching Council Chair and Education minister
The Educational Institute Te Riu Roa and the Council of Deans of Education said the messages show a conflict.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 22, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Newly released messages appear to show the Teaching Council Chair seeking help from the Minister of Education about funding for a private teacher training institute before being appointed to the Council’s leadership role.
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On a purely electoral level if you don't want what's happening in the US to happen here in NZ you actually have to vote as far left as possible. The back and forth between major parties to slowly edge us towards fascism is VERY well established at this point.
March 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
On a purely electoral level if you don't want what's happening in the US to happen here in NZ you actually have to vote as far left as possible. The back and forth between major parties to slowly edge us towards fascism is VERY well established at this point.
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Thank you for telling us you neither serve nor protect. Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud. That was state murder in broad daylight, captured from multiple angles by multiple witnesses, and the people of Minneapolis have eyes.
You support murder.
You support murder.
January 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Thank you for telling us you neither serve nor protect. Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud. That was state murder in broad daylight, captured from multiple angles by multiple witnesses, and the people of Minneapolis have eyes.
You support murder.
You support murder.