Judy Sutherland
@judy9.bsky.social
Singer, reader, science nerd, insight meditation practitioner. I also knit. Owned by a black cat. Living in Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Orpheus Choir of Wellington, Wellington Insight Meditation. She/her.
So Luxon claims he has official advice that Data Centres won't increase energy costs but, when the Greens requested a copy of the advice via an OIA, his office says there wasn't any advice and Luxon was just repeating their talking points, then Nicola says MBIE gave her advice ....🤡 #nzpol
Luxon backpedals after office says 'official' data centre advice actually 'media talking points'
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has landed in another controversy about the OIA.
nzherald.co.nz
Gonna show up to a remigration rally with a sign that says “you first”
What is the legal reason Stanford won't/can't share this Bill with Labour? #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
National wants to show Labour the social media ban bill, but 'we can't', education minister says
The education minister says she hopes to get a copy of the social media ban bill to Labour's caucus this week, after previously saying legal reasons were preventing her from doing so.
rnz.co.nz
You should all be using Claude, Luxon told Rotorua businesspeople. So we did
You should all be using Claude, Luxon told Rotorua businesspeople. So we did
We fired up the AI chatbot to assess the prime minister's comments in response to what he called a 'negative view' question....
thespinoff.co.nz
Oof. @bernardchickey.bsky.social on "the democratic deficit": 📉Enrolment of 18-24-year-olds for Nov 7 election collapses to 53% from 70% 😱Over 200,000 young people not enrolled = more than voted NZ First in 2023 😞Auckland Council vote turnout under 20% for young thekaka.substack.com/p/a-generati...
A generation being disenfranchised in plain sight
Enrolment of 18-24 year olds for Nov 7 election collapses to 53% from 70%; Over 200,000 young people not enrolled = more than voted NZ First in 2023; Auckland Council vote turnout under 20% for young
thekaka.substack.com
Let me take a minute to tell you how bonkers this is. The first election I worked was (I think) 2008, before there was really any advance voting. At every election, if you weren't on the roll, we let you cast a special vote and then worked out if you were eligible afterwards. Two reasons: 1/2
Marc Daalder@marcdaalder.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Electoral Commission has told staff to turn away voters who aren't on the printed roll and who say they're unenrolled, but has no plans to count how many people will be affected. newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/t...
Exactly as said below, PhD students do an enormous amount of work in our science sector for minimal code. This talk of ‘cost blowout’ is ridiculous.
Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability@te-ara-paerangi.community · 2d agoMSc and PhD students are the workforce in the engine room of our public research system. They are very, very cheap labor by policy design. This talk about a 'cost blowout' is utter rubbish. We frown on company owners that charge people to get a job. We should be doing the same here. #NZPOL
Second part: a senior figure in Young New Zealand First has ties to a neo-Nazi group and online accounts that praised Adolf Hitler www.thepress.co.nz/politics/361...
NZ First youth leader linked to neo-Nazi network
A senior figure in New Zealand First’s youth wing has links to neo-Nazi groups and online accounts praising Adolf Hitler, an investigation by The Press has found.
thepress.co.nz
Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 5d agoPart one of my investigation into a group of young men trying to import “remigration” into New Zealand politics www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
YESSSS i feel like my five minutes of ranting at Select Committee (or maybe it was the overwhelming torrent of all the other famous stats nerds) may have actually helped
Sam Sachdeva@samsachdeva.bsky.social · 3d agoNot sure how much attention this will get, but it’s quite a big deal - Labour has pulled its support for the Govt’s controversial census ‘modernisation’ plans, meaning it no longer has the 75% majority it needs in Parliament: newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/g...
A senior figure in New Zealand First’s youth wing has links to neo-Nazi groups and online accounts praising Adolf Hitler, an investigation by The Press has found.
NZ First youth leader linked to neo-Nazi network
A senior figure in New Zealand First’s youth wing has links to neo-Nazi groups and online accounts praising Adolf Hitler, an investigation by The Press has found.
dlvr.it
Why the unending, targeted harms against specific MPs in parliament, by senior members of the coalition government, is often a harbinger of much worse those targeted have to bear. More in my study, released today. bsky.app/profile/sanj... #nzpol
Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa@sanjanah.bsky.social · 2d agoThe wrong, dishonourable MPs: Targeted harassment in New Zealand’s legislature sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/t... (WordPress) www.linkedin.com/pulse/wrong-... (LinkedIn) #nzpol
Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
vox.com
You'd think the party that had a convicted sexual abuser as a president for 4 years would want to avoid a policy that could be seen as legalising child abuse #nzpol
RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 4d agoACT candidate Paul Henry unveils plan to let teachers use 'reasonable force' on 'little shits'
Found via the Recommendo newsletter this is really fun: a site that tells you what places near you are mentioned on Wikipedia: en.nearbywiki.org/map/#18/50.8...
NearbyWiki: Wikipedia places nearby
Explore interesting places nearby listed on Wikipedia. Discover sights and destinations in your area or a travel destination.
en.nearbywiki.org
It would be easy to call this the “new normal“ but that’s incorrect. In actual fact, “normal” is going to keep getting worse and worse and worse. Just how bad it will get depends entirely on how fast & far we go on real, legitimate (not performative) #ClimateAction. We know how. It’s about will.
Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 5d agoBordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
🦠🦅 – 49 dead and 35 sick greater crested terns found by aerial surveillance teams in South Australia – “Samples are still being tested, but if confirmed, this would represent the first mass mortality of Australian animals associated with the virus.”
John Holmes@jhaue.bsky.social · 4d agoThe warning signs are over: Australia now faces a devastating bird flu outbreak in wildlife The spread of H5N1 birdflu is worsening. theconversation.com/the-warning-...
The Great Replacement theory is racist, deeply misogynistic, and explicitly linked to anti-abortion and reproductive control. It’s important to say the quiet part out loud - this government has given plenty of reasons to be confident these views will be further embedded if power is retained. #nzpol
henry cooke@henrycooke.bsky.social · 4d agoWinston Peters wants to pay people up to $45k, tax free, to have three kids. It’s a policy with a very nativist bent that will naturally draw comparisons to the “great replacement theory” conspiracy. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
New baby hippo born at Berlin Zoo. Named Brötchen. Which means "little bread roll." You're welcome
We need to stop talking about the financial debt of NZ - govt has net positive assets - & talking about debt just helps Neo-liberalism We need to talk about our: Loss of community Loss of fairness Growing Poverty Loss of Government services Lack of Infrastructure Growth in inequality #nzpol
Not everything you see online is true. 🌐⚠️ The OU Library’s new Being digital pathway, Spotting and Stopping False Information, helps you understand how false and misleading information spreads and how to spot it in different forms👉 https://ow.ly/zT9Z50Z75Yb #WorldWideWebDay
apnews.com/article/hung... Hungary braces for a full shutdown of the Paks nuclear plant as the Danube River hits record lows
Hungary braces for a full shutdown of the Paks nuclear plant as the Danube River hits record lows
Hungary's only nuclear power plant is shutting down for the first time due to record-low water levels on the Danube River.
apnews.com
Migration is, and always has been, our principal form of climate adaptation Just like it is for every species
If only Casey Costello had written in her diary who gave her the mystery documents #NZPol
Janet Hoek@janethoek.bsky.social · 6mo agoAstonishing how Costello recalls events from an evening nearly 15 months ago (www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...), yet still can't recall the source of the tobacco industry friendly "mystery document" she passed on to the MOH to inform tobacco policy.
Absolutely guarantee that this is what will happen to any of the fast tracked mining projects in Aotearoa New Zealand if they're rubber stamped Millions channelled offshore and no tax paid #nzpol
Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine
Indian conglomerate offsets earnings from Carmichael mine to report $340.6m loss, after promising billions in taxes and royalties
theguardian.com
