Bones in the lake

Red-tape bill risks cost blow-outs, climate backsliding, officials warn June 28, 2025

Toop says the concerns raised by officials echo many of those made in an open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon from environmental groups including Forest & Bird, the Environmental Defence Society and WWF-New Zealand. “It is the role of Government to govern for the collective wellbeing of the people it serves, and that includes protecting the environment and the climate on which we all depend,” Toop said. “This Bill flips that around and tries to make our Government serve corporate interests instead. But clean drinking water, safe food and a liveable climate should never be made subservient to the so-called property rights of corporations.” She said the bill represents “an unprecedented threat” to the environment and the Government’s ability to respond to the climate crisis. “This bill has been rejected three times for good reason. This is the fourth attempt by ACT to get this dangerous bill across the line and this time they are advancing it in plainly undemocratic ways, including through a coalition agreement that was negotiated behind closed doors.” ACT has been pushing versions of this idea for over a decade, with legislation drafted in 2006 and in 2012, and through an expert taskforce established in 2009. Seymour has embraced this, saying earlier this week that it is “probably the most consulted-on bill this century.” Toop said it was “a direct attack” on democracy and called on National to withdraw support.

Undermining the foundational principles upon which the bill is built, Treasury found: “Not all of the principles proposed in the legislation are broadly accepted as good regulatory practice.” MfE officials were equally scathing. They warned the bill’s proposed principles — especially around individual liberties and “taking of property”— clash with environmental laws that prioritise long-term, collective wellbeing. It could undermine managed retreat, weaken emissions controls, and reverse the “polluter pays” principle, potentially forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for pollution and resource overuse. “These principles could make it harder for councils and government to enforce land use controls or limit development — even where it’s vital for climate adaptation or public health,” officials wrote. MfE was also alarmed by the potential for retrospective compensation claims, which could saddle local councils with massive liabilities for past planning decisions — transferring risk from property owners to ratepayers and handcuffing future climate response efforts.

Wow! The Regulatory Standards Bill could force taxpayers to compensate polluters, stop all efforts to preserve nature/climate & cost tens of millions of dollars a year?!

Treasury and Ministry officials confirm Seymour's Regulatory Standards Bill is a hot mess.

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Picture has a Bugbear maybe? Pointing in an Uncle Sam-like pose. Text says "Only YOU can prevent dungeon fires. Kill the wizard first."

Always kill the wizard first.

It hasn't been super easy but the alcohol cravings have been dying down lots recently.

I'm back on here, almost 4 months sober and ready to read whatever horrendous shit is going down globally and locally.

Gotta love some naked ladies

Go look up who that guy was backed by and what his people did to the city of Lvov. Like, look it up NOW!

Some suited guys with their hands in each other's ass cracks in from a beautiful mountain view

The fuckin fellas at the wedding, not all it's cracked up to be

The Israel institute are a pack of crybullies

Everything under heaven is in great chaos, the situation is excellent.

Ice is your best friend!
Wasps are the bloody worst.
Aggression with wings!

Bloke in a bathroom with a new haircut

Fresh haircut

Tech billionaire Marc Andreessen is reportedly getting involved w/ DOGE. He’s also invested in the “network state” movement led by Balaji Srinivasan, which aims 2 build crypto-based countries w/in existing states via the creation of “parallel institutions” like X. Listen. 1/

THINGS YOU CAN BUY WITH ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS

Today, February 25, marks one year since 25 year old US airman Aaron Bushnell succumbed to his injuries after self-immolating outside of the Israeli Embassy to protest US support for Israel's atrocities in Gaza.

Thinking of him & the loss of hope he felt in bringing about change otherwise. 💔

NZHerald headline: US billionaire Peter Thiel winds down NZ business interests, deregisters Valar Ventures

Revoke his citizenship and force the sale of his property. He's neither of good character nor doing anything for our economy.

Have you considered the fact that just maybe the dems would have won in a landslide if they weren't so dickless when it came to NOT SUPPLYING OR SUPPORTING A GENOCIDE.
You dumbass Canuck.

uhhh i was rubbing budd dwyer's bald head for luck and a bullet went through my hand?

Lake with mountains in the background

Mountains and town

Fields and mountains

Mountains

Some Wānaka views from today

Guys we need more agit prop

Thinking about getting back in the dating game because I’m tired of other people ruining my life, it’s time for me to ruin some lives

Wrong. Trump and Musk are exactly what America was designed to create and empower. The country was built and sustained on horrors; all you're repudiating is their tendency to make the horrors too loud and visible to ignore. You will never, ever fight them until stop seeing them as aberrations.

I just read last week's news: destiny's chode, send skeet

Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.

‘Right to repair’ could become law Farmers stand to benefit under new legislation that would make it easier for them to repair broken equipment themselves.

“The Bill’s author, Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson, said the Consumer Guarantees (Right to Repair) Amendment Bill amends the Consumer Guarantees Act and will require manufacturers to make repair parts and information available to consumers.”
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i will become a total shill for whichever politician decides to become the joe mccarthy of rooting out silicon valley ideology and influence

YouTube video by Greenpeace Aotearoa LIVE: The Greenpeace survival guide for 2025

Tonight, we convene the same people to continue the discussion with a focus on what we can do for the next two years to limit the damage this Government can do and build our movement as we do it.

Join us at Whammy Bar on K' Road in Auckland from 6:30pm or tune in to the live stream on Youtube👇

An important point to keep in mind.

It's an old book like cover Title is "SEYMOUR'S NEW ZEALAND CLEAR SCHOOL ATLAS" Then David Seymour's head in cartoon form Under that is the blurb of the 'book' "A global network of right wing 'think tanks' that organise and build power so we can shape the systems and structure we live in, to advance our own interests"

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