Ms Hooper

Shared with us from Sydney happening now. He had his hands up.

Australia news live: police use pepper spray as Sydney protesters attempt to march; thousands rally in Melbourne to oppose Isaac Herzog’s visit Follow live

“They are going to protest every day while the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, is here but are encouraging the crowd to join them on Thursday at 3pm after he lands in Melbourne.

We are the people. We won’t be silenced. Kick Herzog out, out, out.”
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Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for people to survive.

"Globally, we need to keep reducing fossil fuel emissions, because even moderate cuts lower the chance of long, near-permanent heatwaves.
Locally, every land-clearing decision matters. ... keeping forests and cover on the land helps hold temperatures down."
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We're spending a billion dollars on the generating equivalent of an 8 track cassette player

#nzpol

‘Total beat-up’: Justice Minister ‘happy’ with retail crime taskforce after three members quit Retail NZ's CEO left the taskforce after her relationship with chair Sunny Kaushal soured.

Hoo-boy. Goldsmith has certainly made a choice here. Siding with Sunny Kaushal against the chief executive of Retail NZ – when all but one other member of his retail crime advisory group has now quit – could go very wrong. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/justice-m...

What fuckery is this?!? JFC 😓

#nzpol

I absolutely guarantee you that the below and Luxon announcing a gas terminal isn't a coincidence. Corrupt piece of shit #nzpol

ONE BILLION DOLLARS.

IT WAS THE ADDITIONAL ONE BILLION THAT MADE THEM STOP THE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL AND IREX.

No money for hospitals or the ferries, money to prop up fossil fuels.

I hope the Greens go full on attack mode now leading into election on the total neglect & outsourcing of critical infrastructure in NZ, never have they had a more relevant literal shitshow in the spotlight to campaign on. #nzpol

Imported LNG?

Why, oh why, are we under the thumb of absolute #FossilFools?

We could have energy independence with cheap offshore wind and solar power. We could phase out fossil fuels and transition to a carbon free economy.

But not with these crapitalist bootlickers in charge.

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National want to tax hard-working mum and dad Kiwis to put money in the pockets of their rich fossil fuel donors! #nzpol

We all get to pay a gas tax to build a new LNG plant in the 'Naki.
When the government should be ALL IN on solar. With free loans, tax breaks, landlord incentives and whatever else they can throw at it.
Instead we get short sighted and fiscally fucked, as always.
#nzpol

World's largest plug-in solar system brings 6 kW power to European homes German companies Indielux and EPP Solar unveil the "world’s largest" plug-in solar system for homes, offering 6 kW output and easy setup.

What would be really helpful would be NZ govt enabling domestic power users to have simple plug in photovoltaic #SolarPower options #NZpol

Like in Germany
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More details
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Or in Japan
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Monstrous.

Totally in the pocket of the fossil fuel lobby.

Lies are going around about the Greens after Scoop published a bullshit article about Wellington Council not prioritising water management in 2021 when the facts show they invested a record $2.4b

The lies have been spreading fast. The piece was written by NZCPR i.e. the ACT Party affiliated group

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'When asked if he felt the government had dropped the ball, he replied "they hadn't/ didn't pick it up'".

"It is important that we do get to the bottom of what has actually caused such a failure in this way."
Here's a cheap investigation result - the cause is corporate greed. It was more important to pay dividends than provide a good service.
Solution - nationalise it.

#nzpol

Remember our degraded rivers and cardboard cutout of an Environment Minister Penny Simmonds inactions, her help to farmers to get water consents last year, and blocking Otago river protections the year before as we head towards #Election26 #nzpol #vote

Unprecedented hearing kicks off after Northern Club 'fracas' involving judge and Winston Peters Judge Aitken is accused of shouting that the NZ First leader was lying.

“Attorney-General Judith Collins recommended the Judicial Conduct Commissioner inquire into Judge Aitken’s conduct.”
“In his opening submissions, special counsel Tim Stephens KC said this was the first time in New Zealand a judicial panel process had got as far as a substantive hearing.”
#nzpol

Why don’t more politicians retire? A medical anthropologist explains how the US could benefit from a mandatory retirement age Many Americans seem to prefer to keep working well past retirement age, but it’s not clear whether the choice is motivated by the need to keep earning money or the desire to continue being productive.

Why don’t more politicians retire? A medical anthropologist explains how the US could benefit from a mandatory retirement age

The Covid Safety Handbook: Staying Safe In An Unsafe World by Violet Blue | BookLife An eyes-wide-open look at how we got here--entering the 6th year of a pandemic that continues to infect, disable, and kill people of all ages and backgrounds--why so many are so invested in pretending...

Wow, I was just notified that The Covid Safety Handbook got an incredible BookLife Prize 2025 review and is advancing to the next round (quarter-finals)! 10 out of 10 for prose!!!

Here's what they wrote:

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The Wellington Water debacle is an epic fail, but if Tory Whanau was still Mayor, they'd be crucifying her. Misogyny and Green Party take down in corporate media is real #nzpol

& there is no logic to the rates rises in NZ.

Can you imagine a United Kingdom with a government choosen by young women?

Half of Govt’s $433m regional loan book now flagged as at risk of default Loan impairment provisions jumped from $19m to $28m in the year to June 2025.

Shane Jones' provincial slush fund not looking so hot

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After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni It’s chilling to watch as Trump and Netanyahu adopt the methods of regimes their countries once condemned, says war correspondent and author Janine di Giovanni

After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel

Schools that cultivate the mind but neglect spiritual education leave children unanchored in a challenging world | Kat Eghdamian Young people are hungering for meaning. A lack of spiritual education in childhood can reverberate across a lifetime

Schools that cultivate the mind but neglect spiritual education leave children unanchored in a challenging world | Kat Eghdamian | The Guardian

MĀRAMA: Using daily karakia to protect the cast from tapu themes Filmed entirely in Aotearoa, the cast used daily rituals on set like karakia and cleansing as protection from tapu subjects like the historical theft of Toi moko.

Filmed entirely in Aotearoa, the cast used daily rituals on set like karakia and cleansing as protection from tapu subjects like the historical theft of Toi moko.

This is a regular reminder that bank margins in AoNZ are already - in the case of ANZ - some 53% higher than their parent banks in Aussie. This is profiteering, pure and simple

#nzpol

How about TOP has a fourth crack at demonstrating they are a serious political party before anyone starts handing them freebies

The Green party has been a shitshow this term and needs to focus on steadying their own ship without being asked to rescue a bunch of chancers on an inflatable unicorn