Big four power profits set to soar 45% as Contact Energy kicks off earning week Experts forecast Meridian, Contact, Mercury and Genesis will report a combined operating profit of about $1.86 billion for the six months to the end of December ‒ an increase of about 45% on the same period last year.

Experts forecast Meridian, Contact, Mercury and Genesis will report a combined operating profit of about $1.86 billion for the six months to the end of December ‒ an increase of about 45% on the same period last year.

"And we are asking for your support, to help us prepare the mission and purchase the food and medicine that we will bring to the Cuban people."

YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy | 16/02/2026

TOMORROW MORNING: I'm appearing at Senate hearings, talking about the #AtlasNetwork of 550+ orgs in 100 nations, the IPA, Centre of Independent Studies, Advance, and many other fossil corp/billionaire funded climate disinfo orgs. #Auspol #NZpol

Tune in 10.30am AEST:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwuq...

Remember, John Key gave Peter Thiel NZ citizenship after Thiel spent just 12 days in the country. So the guy she's talking about is a Kiwi.
#nzpol #palantir

Has Peter Thiels NZ passport been rescinded yet?
And why not?
#nzpol

There's been this hit job on the Green Party by ACT's NZCPR, claiming money was "stolen" from water infrastructure for cycleways.

In fact, their Council invested significantly, more than others over decades.

They put $2.7 billion to 3W in 2021 and 1.8% of that on cycleways #nzpol

The man is 100% troglydyte.

Did Nicola Willis just appoint Atlas Network connections to her surprise RBNZ Covid Inquiry? Willis launches a surprise Covid inquiry with results to come out 6 weeks before the election. Most NZ publications noted her hiring of "independent" experts. I looked further into it.

Really good to have things summed up so succinctly. Imagine if we actually had a "media" capable of this.

#nzpol

Why not spend $2.7b on solar & batteries instead? Govt to pay up to $180m/year or $2.7b over 15 years to lease LNG re-gasification plant, paid for by $15-$30 'levy' per household per year. That $2.7b would build four Benmore Dams worth of electricity

FYI I’ve opened this up for full public reading, listening & sharing after requests from paying subscribers. Their support allows me to do this kind of public interest journalism on Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate & poverty in public. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/why-not-sp...

Did Nicola Willis just appoint Atlas Network connections to her surprise RBNZ Covid Inquiry? Willis launches a surprise Covid inquiry with results to come out 6 weeks before the election. Most NZ publications noted her hiring of "independent" experts. I looked further into it.

My investigative piece today on Nicola Willis's surprise RBNZ Covid Inquiry announcement. She has set it up so that the results are released 6 WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION
Please share where you can - between the voter suppression laws, and this, it could be a real killer come Nov 2026. #NZPOL #NZ

SIGNIFICANT TAX REVENUE, FOR NZ? Canadaian Owned Oceana Gold "the largest gold producer in the country and operator of Marcreas and Waihi mines paid no incomes tax in 2021 or 2023 on gold production worth hundreds of millions of dollars" RNZ 7th July 2025

These mining fast-track applicants don't appear to genuinely benefit New Zealand.

Removing limited resources, returning 2-5% royalties, and paying no tax.

Then we get lugged with clean up costs (like Tui oilfields that cost $500m for taxpayers to clean up)

#nzpol #Kiwi #NZ

Our government wont allow serious investment into renewables in NZ because our government own 51% of the gentailers making 93% margins on selling is the most expensive power they can possibly generate

They get paid by the highest cost KWH they generate on all their capacity

Our market is broken

From the latest episode of Mad As Hell: ‘Angus Taylor’s Brain’ #libspill #auspol

Moral clarity in a time of cowardice + complicity.
Thank you, Grace Tame.

A collection of six ominous bird valentines set against a background of pink hearts. In the first one, a Canada Goose looks angry and hisses and the text says "Baby, I'll make you fall head over heels if you approach within 10m of my nest." In the second, an American white pelican opens its mouth to eat the reader and the text says "There are plenty of fish in the sea, but I want this one." In the third valentine, a Black Vulture looks suspiciously at the reader and the text says "I will love you until you die. And after that, I'll love you even more." A Southern Cassowary stands proudly against the heart-covered background. The text says "My wattles are red. My head is blue. My deadly reputation has been somewhat overblown, but I'd kill for you." In the fifth valentine, a Northern Giant-Petrel stands open-billed next to a large brown furry object, and the text says "Let's seal the deal by sharing a 3000 kg elephant seal carcass." In panel 6, a happy-looking Bearded Vulture holds a bone in its beak, and the text says "I love every part of you, especially your bones."

Ominous bird valentines.

'Nakedly political': No rivals considered for Judith Collins' new job The outgoing minister was the only person considered for Law Commission president - with no recruitment process and no others candidates.

At a time when we have 400,000+ more kiwis looking for work and 150,000+ have just left we're giving cushy jobs to old school network people with no oversight ?

I cant remember when this was even allowed in normal civil servant roles??

#nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

How the hell is Angus Taylor still a thing? - The Shot Angus Taylor a walking Venn Diagram intersection of fossil fuel fervour and cash for the boys.

As it appears enough of the Liberals will sufficiently succumb to madness to endorse him as their next hapless leader, here's a piece I wrote way back in 2021 about the many and varied and still unexplained controversies that have swirled around Angus Taylor.

theshot.net.au/news/opinion...

#Ukraine calls for a complete ban on entry to the #EU for Russian citizens who participated in the Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog, NSW Premier Chris Minns and AUS PM Anthony Albanese.

If, like me, you're a Labor voter (with Labor values), oppose genocide, I implore you to vote Greens or Independent, then Labor, with the LNP and One Nation still last on your ballot at both your state and the next Federal election. Please. 🙏 #SApol #VICpol #NSWpol #auspol #AusVotes #FreePalestine

I just got a 20kw install with four batteries - $30k.

Herzog is a fucking politician.

He’s not a Jewish religious leader.

He’s a goddamn Israeli Zionist POLITICIAN who supports the genocide of Palestinians.

Screw you @albomp.bsky.social for defending his visit.

You truly fucked up here by supporting a Zionist over Aussie values & social cohesion

Cuba only has about 20 days of oil left after the US has forced Venezuela and Mexico to stop trading oil with Cuba.

This is a humanitarian crisis designed and made by the US empire.

Luxon really does mimic Trump when it comes to fossil fuel policy: More drilling, more LNG, more oil, more motorways, anti-cycling, anti-EVs, more gas guzzling cars and trucks. More climate pollution.

Completely sickening

Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.

Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News.

But our idiot egghead PM is hellbent on taking us down the other path.

WTF? WhyTF?
Do we not have sun & wind in Aotearoa NZ?
#nzpol

There were many other options on the table. They chose this one. Bad decision.

Luxon smashing those milestones. #nzpol

Not investing in renewables and putting on an electricity tax during a cost of living crisis.

Luxon, Peters and Seymour are indeed taking Aotearoa backwards.

#nzpol