Bronwyn Hayward

Here’s the substantive part of the Nz greens statement

Here’s the labour statement

How could the U.S. strikes in Iran affect the world's oil supply? Despite sanctions, Iran is one of the world's major oil producers, with much of its crude exported to China.

Here's our first story about the U.S. strikes on Iran and impacts on global oil markets for @npr.org 🎧📻🛢️

With @camilareads.bsky.social

(NB these days I'm helping w oil coverage, my old beat was oil, But I still cover climate. Roughly 70% of planet-heating gases come from burning fossil fuels)

I hope NZ government and oppostion unequivocally condemns this act

Motion Sickness

If you are in Wellington today (or Auckland or Christchurch or Dunedin or Wanaka coming soon) get yourself to the award winning live theatre show Motion sickness- now! (Tickets here www.a2company.com.au/events ) But don’t just take my word for it! See: www.theatreview.org.nz/production/m...

As Jesson said …

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Might be time for a second edition of Jesson’s classic www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Only-T...

One thing that has been overlooked in megaministry commentary and with MfE specifically is the withdrawal of funding and policy dev on waste streams, waste minimisation. It’s really important work and NZ stats on landfill, e-waste, lack of recycling infrastructure are frankly, embarrassing.

Anger over plans to abolish New Zealand’s dedicated environment ministry Critics say proposal to fold department into a new ‘mega ministry’ will dilute accountability and put nature protections at risk

It makes no sense to rush into a giant centralised government department that merges environment into housing/transport etc. it creates huge transaction costs, taking NZ back years in effective climate and environment action, losing focus, accountability & skills www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

‘Immigrants in our own country’: Hone Kouka on the 30-year legacy of Waiora Te Ukāipō The writer and director of one of New Zealand's most impactful plays reflects on its success and continued relevance ahead of its stage revival....

‘Immigrants in our own country’: Hone Kouka on the 30-year legacy of Waiora Te Ukāipō

4) even in local urban emergencies you have to keep defending democracy

5) students are amazing leaders in a crisis

6) so many people are gracious, kind, creative and courageous in disasters- it’s not resilience- it’s relationality www.jstor.org/stable/26269...

things I learned about disaster recovery
1)They said it takes 15 yrs to rebuild a city+15 billion state funding- they were right

2) no one was held accountable for all the deaths in 1 sub-standard building

3) cities need the vision of arts & Indigenous communities www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Imagine making profits of 19% off childrens suffering …UK 2025

This.. #democracy #transparency

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Cartoon. Title: “Boys’ Trip” The image shows a flooded landscape, with hills, trees, a dead cow, and a car plowing through the muddy floodwaters. In the car are Deputy PM David Seymour, NZ First leader Winston Peters, and PM Christopher Luxon. Seymour is saying, “We’ve gotta be realistic - we can adapt. Well, the ones that matter can” Winston Peters is saying, “It’s climate hysteria! It’s just a bit of rain” And Luxon, who is driving, says, “Hey, anyone wanna hear my Spotify?”

More extreme weather more often. What do our leaders think we should do? In a word, not much.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Climate

I totally get that we can’t expect local communities to pay the full price of these climate related costs through rates but central government can’t push costs off their balance sheet on to local government and then also pretend those councils can cap rates - it’s so troubling and irresponsible

I can’t get to our place!

I don’t know about you but families I know are flooded tonight

I agree and That’s why I think we should ALL be ashamed about this - I don’t honestly care who people vote for as long as we start supporting sensible thinking about long term planning and funding beyond emergency management in these islands we call home facing more & more severe storms

Honestly if NZ parties don’t front up about their plans for climate & basic infrastructure we should be deeply ashamed -NZ has a sewerage crisis in all our major cities, we have flooding & landslides causing loss of life & critical failure s- thinking we can cap rates & manage this, is crazy

Applications open for the 2026 Sustainable Justice HBCU Fellowship.

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Sarah! How kind and how lovely to find you!

Also just published today- why we are closer than we thought to self reinforcing warming www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The slick sales job the country doesn’t need OPINION: For all the thrusting self-confidence, this is a Government happy to ignore officials’ and experts’ advice and take the most convenient and least-sustainable road.

grateful to Janet Wilson just calling it as it is- while we had a fantastic head start in NZ with much hydro electricity- the govt is now taking a short sighted step back -it’s not just a tax, it is a subsidy for international old fashioned energy-let’s think harder www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Police use of violence ‘disturbing’ and ‘disappointing’ at Sydney rally against Israeli president, experts say Luke McNamara, who attended protest, says police behaviour was ‘the direct consequence’ of the Minns government’s ‘unreasonable conditions’

A government that enables police to use force against civilians with no accountability, review or consequences… Australia today. #majorEventLegislation www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Waitangi, cohesion, and the centre ground: A challenge to our major parties OPINION: A nation is not a blank canvas. It’s not something for political parties to carelessly attempt to paint over in their party colours.

If you missed it, here is Justin Tipa’s insightful leadership offering this Waitangi weekend #nzpol www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

New Zealand’s crisis is political, not just plumbing OPINION: The failure of sewage systems is symbolic: the choices not to spend on long-term problems, in favour of borrowing up to chase short-term votes.

We need a lot more of the kind of reflections that Justin Tipa and Luke Malpass offered this weekend- time to come together to solve these difficult collective problems NZ faces rather than point scoring on social media (note to myself as well!) www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

It smells so badly in central Christchurch tonight I can’t imagine what it’s like for the poor people located right next to that failing waste water system- 2-3 billion in tax cuts to land lords would have added a lot of property value through investment in critical, functional infrastructure

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