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Now wouldn't this be a thing to try out. 🤔 #Aotearoa
Ariel Brunner@arielbrunner.bsky.social · 4w agoNice one- Aalborg water utility in DK suing the government for failure to enforce the #nitrates directive on farmers. It correctly argues that Aalborg citizens should not foot the bill for new expensive treatment plant to clean water that legally should not have been contaminated in the first place.
A drawing today about the recent passing of actor and gentle man Sam Neill (and his duck Charlie Pickering), and I guess about the landscape he loved.
The Ministry of Social Development’s Letters of Understanding about housing homeless people. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Homeless #EmergencyHousing
"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables
50,000 more children suffering from material hardship than three years ago
50,000 more children suffering from material hardship than three years ago
An expert on the impacts of child poverty says 14 percent of children were facing material hardship in 2025 and New Zealand was failing to move to its goal of reducing that to 6 percent by 2028.
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Finally someone saying it clearly. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Pāua pies, crayfish and $1000 a week for your mortgage-free apartment. It’s nice to be an MP
ANALYSIS: The Government has preached fiscal responsibility but won’t look in its own backyard for any cost savings, writes Jenna Lynch.
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Congratulations to her on the award! Now could we talk more about what her thesis identified regarding intergenerational mobility? Please. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
'My jaw hit the floor': Kiwi student wins prestigious Harvard University prize
Jess Jenkins has been recognised for exceptional undergraduate work on how colonial land expropriation shapes modern opportunity in Aotearoa.
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new zealander everlee wihongi - kidnapped by ICE 41 days ago - was meant to take the stand today in front of a wisconsin judge. but ICE had other plans. webworm has the latest on this story - please RT, and share: www.webworm.co/everleemay21/
Everlee Foiled By ICE, Again
Everlee Wihongi was meant to appear in front of a judge in Wisconsin on May 21. ICE had other ideas. David Farrier reports for Webworm.
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Now in my third year of posting this little doom loop graphic.
In 2025, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation found that data centre growth in Australia induces higher electricity prices ***whether the companies build new renewable energy generation or not*** www.cefc.com.au/media/hs5ner...
No wonder the govt wants to avoid any comparisons between the fuel crisis and Covid pandemic. If the then govt had taken as long to develop their plan as the current govt is taking to develop this plan, many of us would be dead already.
Can someone please point me to the statistics for how many Kiwis are paid up members of political parties? A quick search didn't turn up an answer. TIA. #nzpol
A teeny tiny blip in the media. A teeny tiny questioning of the neoliberal order. Now if only others would follow, outside of the Opinions section then maybe we could move the Overton window. www.stuff.co.nz/money/360966...
You could be $14k a year richer if these reforms never happened
Your wallet could have a lot more cash in it if these reforms never happened, writes Verity Johnson.
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And, yup, thanks to Prof Susan St John, another well worth the read ... and to circulate as far and as wide as is possible🙏. open.substack.com/pub/susanstj...
The 2026 budget is coming up all too quickly.
Be prepared
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@markmitchellmp.bsky.social told @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy 'we've always had [weather events], it's just that we're getting better at identifying them' - @nathansurendran.bsky.social made this 'States of Emergency since 2000' chart from CD data (excl. quakes): www.civildefence.govt.nz/emergency-ev...
Remember how when it was in opposition the govt kept saying how Jacinda was only good as a crisis leader & not a manger? Well right now I’d like to see more crisis leadership & a lot less managerialism frankly #nzpol #supplyChains #fuel #RuralIsolation #electrification #renewables #leadership
Election Year. #DoOneSmallThing #nzpol - check in with folks you know that they are registered to vote.
Something to think about. Especially this election year. youtu.be/FlqoKplKNz4?... #nzpol
Everything You've Been Told About Tax Is Wrong
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Well now. Something worth reading & understanding. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
abc.net.au
Just putting this out there in Election Year. Ignore the "household budget" nonsense. #Aotearoa #Economics #nzpol youtu.be/J6ZUJbl829E?...
Don't ask, when are we going to do MMT? We already are
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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If only more people understood this. youtu.be/Q03GKwMxmAo?...
Why the government is nothing like a household
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