Jennifer Ward

Our climate commitments have all but been abandoned & our export markets have noticed & are starting to grumble… meanwhile no-portfolio-Luxon(a) is playing with his phone, desperately trying to project... who knows what? Some demented form of ‘cool’ & confidence whilst his govt wrecks it all #nzpol

here's what was happening to your jobs while he was rockin'out

Over the next few months, we *should* see the most tepid of recoveries. This is simply a function of households getting money back in their pockets as mortgages get cheaper, and businesses paying less to borrow (business tax incentives will help. Until next week, then. [Ends]

Here's the weekly jobs by year. We started 2025 with high hopes of tracking 2023 jobs numbers. But, the ghouls got it wrong (again). Don't blame them - their forecasting models are based on pure fantasy. [3/n]

Low income workers have seen earnings increase below inflation for about a year now. No wonder business confidence is up, remember: desperate workers + cheap debt + blue lot in charge = happy days ahead! It doesn't matter if they're wrong of course. It's pure vibes. [2/n]

Weekly jobs data update. The grind back to standstill continues. It still looks like it will be February 2026 before we see annual job growth increase to, errrm, zero.
NB The 34 days series is more complete / stable than the 20 days series. [🧵1/n]

Much of Waitematā Station Plaza now open. The mahi toi in the image (beamed down saucer-like from the skies) is a multi-tonne concrete lid designed by iwi artist Graham Tipene-the place where Te Waihorotiu meets Te Waitematā and celebrates the life that flows
Looking fine!
#loveablecity #citycentre

Prep Your Climate Coverage: Winter Warming and Why It Matters — Covering Climate Now Explaining the science behind winter warming and snowfall trends.

Forget summer heat 😎 — winter ❄️ is warming faster than any other season across most of the US with climate change making cold snaps less frequent and less frigid. As winter approaches, join Covering Climate Now and @climatecentral.org for a special webinar. buff.ly/reu8Cwe

Home Care Workers Are Losing Minimum Wage Protections — and Fighting Back Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.

I led the DOL's Wage and Hour Division when the homecare rule was affirmed and we implemented it for 2+million workers and the people they help. This article captures the cost of Trump's effort to take away those protections. capitalandmain.com/home-care-wo... @nelp.org @capitalandmain.bsky.social

Friday's Early Bird: Govt's deficit worsens Budget deficit worsens by $700m; IRD eyes tax on loans to business owners worth $28 billion; ComCom Chair says electricity system a 'market failure'; Congestion charges may cut need for RONS - Bishop

Here’s my Early Bird wrap-up of today’s news for paying subscribers online only: The Budget deficit worsens by $700m; IRD eyes tax on loans to business owners worth $28 billion; ComCom Chair says electricity system a 'market failure'; Congestion charges may cut need for RONS - Bishop #nzpol

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If only! These vandals will be off with their new titular honour to some well padded corporate ‘job’ from their current sponsors. Meanwhile the mess will be ours to cope with as best we can with the diminished resources that are left. The coalition government is truly a wrecking ball. #nzpol

The Weekly Hoon: Govt's climate change mask drops Bernard Hickey talks with Cathrine Dyer & Jessica Palairet about Govt backsliding on Paris & rejection of Climate Commission advice; Terry Baucher details IRD's big new tax plan as Govt revenues sag

Here’s this week’s 'Hoon' podcast, incl me chatting with Cathrine Dyer & Jessica Palairet about NZ’s climate change policy back-tracking, and me talking with Terry Baucher about the IRD’s plan to tax SME loans to shareholders as dividends. Applies to $29 billion lent to 119,000 shareholders. #nzpol

You WORK Danielle

Release the EPSTEIN FILES - release ALL the bank records.

ATLAS AWARD for compliance…

Ministers were warned against removing schools' Treaty obligations The Education Ministry advice preceded the decision to delete a clause in the Education and Training Act that required schools to give effect to the Treaty of Waitangi.

In a shocking move, the NZ govt has ignored expert advice in favour of their own bigotry, reckons, and bank accounts.

Ministers were warned against removing schools' Treaty obligations www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

“The Minister admitted to being surprised by linkage between cause and effect”

Government finances worse than expected as tax take falls Treasury figures show a bigger deficit than forecast.

So here is a thing

You fire tens of thousands of people
Cancel infra spend
Crash the economy
Force your valuable experienced workers off shore
Do nothing to fix any of this

This shit happens, because you are incompetent

#nzpol

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

UNPRECEDENTED PERIL yet Luxon is comfortable with that 😳…

Govt warned new methane target aligned with 'catastrophic' warming Newly released documents reveal the Govt's new methane target is associated with 2.7C of warming – a level labelled 'catastrophic' by the UN.

Scoop: A trove of briefings and Cabinet documents released under the OIA reveals the Govt was advised its new methane target is only consistent with warming of 2-2.7C (and possibly up to 4.5C).

Climate scientists have said 2.7C would represent 'unprecedented peril'.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/04/g...

Nicola Willis reneges on Paris in plain sight Finance Minister rules out 'sending cheques for billions offshore' for emissions credits to meet James Shaw's 'extravagant' promise under the Paris agreement to cut emissions 50% by 2030

FYI I’ve opened this one up to all to read, listen and share after requests from paying subscribers to make it publicly available as part of my public interest journalism mandate. Many thanks to subscribers who pay to allow me to do as much of this work in public as possible. #nzpol

In today’s NZ Herald

Bishop admits 'slippage' on housing targets Govt well behind schedule for social home targets; Foodbanks warn of closures without funding renewal; Benefit rejections double; House prices slip again in Nov; Major Hawkes Bay event cancelled

In today’s Chorus podcast/email… Govt well behind schedule for social home targets; Foodbanks warn of closures without funding renewal; Benefit rejections double; House prices slip again in Nov; Major Hawkes Bay event cancelled #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/bishop-adm...

So many crimes. Who gets him first? The military? The judicial system? The World Court?

The report outlines the findings of a more than eight-month investigation into Hegseth’s use of Signal to share details of planned U.S. strikes in Yemen. nbcnews.to/4iDZuVx

Hmmm. Wonder how this will end...

😳

Aaaaand there it is.

The "Not my lane, haven't read it, I don't know nothin' about it Sycophant Speaker Sgt. Schultz default response.

Pathetic.

ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social