Eleanor Howden
@aganor.bsky.social
Tangata Tiriti.
Live in Tahuna to be closer to grandchildren. Love the maunga, roto and awa.
People and planet need our care.
We're in 'a massive, existential fight between the looters and life on Earth.' George Monbiot
Live in Tahuna to be closer to grandchildren. Love the maunga, roto and awa.
People and planet need our care.
We're in 'a massive, existential fight between the looters and life on Earth.' George Monbiot
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As Xmas approaches, 4.3 children in the UK - almost 1 in 3 - live in poverty
In the world's 4th richest nation, this is an obscenity, and politicians who are allowing this to continue should hang their heads in shame
Always remember, maintaining poverty is a political choice
In the world's 4th richest nation, this is an obscenity, and politicians who are allowing this to continue should hang their heads in shame
Always remember, maintaining poverty is a political choice
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
As Xmas approaches, 4.3 children in the UK - almost 1 in 3 - live in poverty
In the world's 4th richest nation, this is an obscenity, and politicians who are allowing this to continue should hang their heads in shame
Always remember, maintaining poverty is a political choice
In the world's 4th richest nation, this is an obscenity, and politicians who are allowing this to continue should hang their heads in shame
Always remember, maintaining poverty is a political choice
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This fossil-fuel obsessed government is driving up higher electricity costs, increasing energy insecurity and sabotaging our collective futures with climate emissions.
#climatecrisis
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/26/g...
#climatecrisis
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/26/g...
Govt backtracks on fossil fuel phase-out
Australia, the UK, the EU and Pacific nations backed a roadmap away from fossil fuels at COP30, but New Zealand didn't sign up
newsroom.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This fossil-fuel obsessed government is driving up higher electricity costs, increasing energy insecurity and sabotaging our collective futures with climate emissions.
#climatecrisis
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/26/g...
#climatecrisis
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/26/g...
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Cities like Paris are showing that urban greening thru street & place transformation is just COMMON SENSE, for cooling cities that are getting hotter due to the #ClimateCrisis, and for reducing emissions, cleaning the air, and improving quality-of-life!
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Cities like Paris are showing that urban greening thru street & place transformation is just COMMON SENSE, for cooling cities that are getting hotter due to the #ClimateCrisis, and for reducing emissions, cleaning the air, and improving quality-of-life!
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
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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 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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...
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Ngāi Tahu takes Crown to High Court over proposed changes to Conservation Act
Ngāi Tahu takes Crown to High Court over proposed changes to Conservation Act
Proposed changes include streamlining and centralising conservation land management, and a review of Section 4 of the Conservation Act.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Ngāi Tahu takes Crown to High Court over proposed changes to Conservation Act
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The window to act on climate is rapidly closing. Our new 2025 State of the Climate report is just out. Read the full report here: doi.org/10.1093/bios... @michaelemann.bsky.social @dwallacewells.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @ecowarriorss.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The window to act on climate is rapidly closing. Our new 2025 State of the Climate report is just out. Read the full report here: doi.org/10.1093/bios... @michaelemann.bsky.social @dwallacewells.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @ecowarriorss.bsky.social
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A must-read article for anyone interested in the future of education in NZ... Which should be everyone who lives here.
And I hope after reading this you start supporting @etangata.bsky.social - they're a hugely important outlet for stories and voices like this.
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
And I hope after reading this you start supporting @etangata.bsky.social - they're a hugely important outlet for stories and voices like this.
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
The imported ideology behind education reform | E-Tangata
“If a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum isn’t grounded in te ao Māori and the very people and things that make Aotearoa unique, who is determining the knowledge and where does it come from?” — Jessie Moss o...
e-tangata.co.nz
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A must-read article for anyone interested in the future of education in NZ... Which should be everyone who lives here.
And I hope after reading this you start supporting @etangata.bsky.social - they're a hugely important outlet for stories and voices like this.
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
And I hope after reading this you start supporting @etangata.bsky.social - they're a hugely important outlet for stories and voices like this.
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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#nzpol Labour is proposing to create a Capital Gains Tax on property - excluding farms and the family home. That income will help make GP visits free for the majority of people. Is that a better policy than continuing tax-free profits on, say, someone's seventh property? Absolutely. A🧵
Release: Targeted tax to grow the economy and fund free doctor’s visits
www.labour.org.nz
October 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#nzpol Labour is proposing to create a Capital Gains Tax on property - excluding farms and the family home. That income will help make GP visits free for the majority of people. Is that a better policy than continuing tax-free profits on, say, someone's seventh property? Absolutely. A🧵
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For further discussion, see:
Biggest-Ever Scientific Review Shines Fresh Light on the Health Benefits of Nature-Rich Cities
Biggest scientific review to date on health co-benefits of urban biodiversity confirms growing importance—and tradeoffs—of making space for nature in our fast-growing cities.
www.nature.org
October 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
For further discussion, see:
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Yes, solutions for nature are also solutions for health!
This new analysis finds urban greening is "associated with a wide range of positive health outcomes including improved physical and mental health, increased physical activity, improved childhood development, and reduced exposure to harms."
This new analysis finds urban greening is "associated with a wide range of positive health outcomes including improved physical and mental health, increased physical activity, improved childhood development, and reduced exposure to harms."
Will biodiversity actions yield healthy places? A systematic review of human health outcomes associated with biodiversity‐focused urban greening
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Yes, solutions for nature are also solutions for health!
This new analysis finds urban greening is "associated with a wide range of positive health outcomes including improved physical and mental health, increased physical activity, improved childhood development, and reduced exposure to harms."
This new analysis finds urban greening is "associated with a wide range of positive health outcomes including improved physical and mental health, increased physical activity, improved childhood development, and reduced exposure to harms."
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It's just such a tell that they have no interest or intention to serve the public, just rubber stamp corporates to rip us off. Literally your job to represent the public and read/hear us you fucking lazy turd.
'Coordinated, largely online campaigns' make it harder for politicians to consider good-faith submissions on laws
Tighter rules may be needed to stem flow of public submissions, MP says
newsroom.co.nz
October 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's just such a tell that they have no interest or intention to serve the public, just rubber stamp corporates to rip us off. Literally your job to represent the public and read/hear us you fucking lazy turd.
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From Auckland University - Opinion: How much did the Govt pay for a curriculum that is so inferior to the version already mandated in our schools? And how else might we have spent that money?
If the curriculum ain't broke, don't fix it
newsroom.co.nz
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
From Auckland University - Opinion: How much did the Govt pay for a curriculum that is so inferior to the version already mandated in our schools? And how else might we have spent that money?
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Please vote on this, they're doing EVERYTHING they can to turn the public against each other
#nzpol
#nzpol
Have your say: Where do you stand on the ‘mega strike’?
Do you support the workers’ grievances, or is the government right to question their motives? We want to hear your thoughts.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Please vote on this, they're doing EVERYTHING they can to turn the public against each other
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Damn, I read Judith's letter! I'll leave the politics to others, but, lord, the Govt spending stuff is REALLY BAD! I'll try and keep this short.
First up, this bare-faced lie. The countries in the pink circle have a similar-sized economy to NZ. Govt spending is a lot higher in all but one . [🧵 1/n]
First up, this bare-faced lie. The countries in the pink circle have a similar-sized economy to NZ. Govt spending is a lot higher in all but one . [🧵 1/n]
October 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Damn, I read Judith's letter! I'll leave the politics to others, but, lord, the Govt spending stuff is REALLY BAD! I'll try and keep this short.
First up, this bare-faced lie. The countries in the pink circle have a similar-sized economy to NZ. Govt spending is a lot higher in all but one . [🧵 1/n]
First up, this bare-faced lie. The countries in the pink circle have a similar-sized economy to NZ. Govt spending is a lot higher in all but one . [🧵 1/n]
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Yes the CO2 rise 2023-2024 was faster than we predicted at Mauna Loa and was a record rise there - now the WMO confirm the global mean rise was also a record
Also the rate of CO2 rise is now above the IPCC scenarios that limit global warming to 1.5C
www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-a...
Also the rate of CO2 rise is now above the IPCC scenarios that limit global warming to 1.5C
www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-a...
October 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Yes the CO2 rise 2023-2024 was faster than we predicted at Mauna Loa and was a record rise there - now the WMO confirm the global mean rise was also a record
Also the rate of CO2 rise is now above the IPCC scenarios that limit global warming to 1.5C
www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-a...
Also the rate of CO2 rise is now above the IPCC scenarios that limit global warming to 1.5C
www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-a...
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NEW – Experts: The key ‘unknowns’ of overshooting the 1.5C global-warming limit | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org and @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/yPWMH59
Read here: buff.ly/yPWMH59
Experts: The key ‘unknowns’ of overshooting the 1.5C global-warming limit - Carbon Brief
On the sidelines of a conference, Carbon Brief asked a range of experts what they consider to be the key “unknowns” around overshoot.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
NEW – Experts: The key ‘unknowns’ of overshooting the 1.5C global-warming limit | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org and @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/yPWMH59
Read here: buff.ly/yPWMH59
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🚴 The way to make cycle paths "make sense" is to invest in connecting them. Once they connect right through to destinations, more people use them.
Transport Minister Chris Bishop is keen to see more children learning to ride bikes, but on halving cycleway spending says, “it’s fair to say that some people are sick and tired of cycle lanes in areas where they don't make sense”.
Transport minister promotes cycle safety, backs cycle lane funding cuts
Transport Minister Chris Bishop is keen to see more children learning to ride bikes, but on halving cycleway spending says, “it’s fair to say that some people are sick and tired of cycle lanes in areas where they don't make sense”.
dlvr.it
October 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🚴 The way to make cycle paths "make sense" is to invest in connecting them. Once they connect right through to destinations, more people use them.
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The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
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More good work by Greg Sargent
JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule
He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.
newrepublic.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
More good work by Greg Sargent
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Jane Goodall final message
The pernicious idea that economic development should come before the environment. In reality, we’re on a planet with finite resources, and if we exhaust them, it could spell our own end
“Humans are not exempt from extinction,”
www.vox.com/climate/4634...
The pernicious idea that economic development should come before the environment. In reality, we’re on a planet with finite resources, and if we exhaust them, it could spell our own end
“Humans are not exempt from extinction,”
www.vox.com/climate/4634...
Listen to Jane Goodall’s final — and urgent — message
Her last interviews are essential listening for everyone.
www.vox.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Jane Goodall final message
The pernicious idea that economic development should come before the environment. In reality, we’re on a planet with finite resources, and if we exhaust them, it could spell our own end
“Humans are not exempt from extinction,”
www.vox.com/climate/4634...
The pernicious idea that economic development should come before the environment. In reality, we’re on a planet with finite resources, and if we exhaust them, it could spell our own end
“Humans are not exempt from extinction,”
www.vox.com/climate/4634...
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The Government's controversial voting law will result in a 411% increase in the number of votes being thrown out, according to the Electoral Commission.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
An ‘election changing’ 55,000 votes could be barred under controversial new law
The Government’s changes to voting laws will see a 400% increase in “disallowed” votes, the Electoral Commission says.
www.thepost.co.nz
September 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The Government's controversial voting law will result in a 411% increase in the number of votes being thrown out, according to the Electoral Commission.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!