Sue Marsh

When you hear that it's 2 costly to pick crops which go 2 waste while ppl go hungry u realise the economy isn't working. There's enuf money in AoNZ now for all to have a good life. The issue is dividing the pie in an equitable way within planetary boundaries. I'm up for an AoNZ dev new local economy

‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery

Inspiring and hopeful. And importantly a movement that includes paid roles, increasing the ability for all to participate.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Remembering various people telling me that actually citizen Thiel is a serious thinker, it was I who was biased, probably blinded against his wisdom by what could only be my base partisan motivations, and what have you.

I see he has now advised the Vice Potus that the Pope is the antichrist.

'Serious shake-up' of local government imminent The coalition is set to announce major changes that could spell the end of regional councils, RNZ understands.

So,we voters get no say in choice in the matter?Luxon wants to scrap democratically elected representatives without voter approval?

How is this democratic?

Did they campaign on this in 2023?

Removing democratic representation is serious - what mandate do they have?

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Hipkins seems to want control of the paddles of power but not to change the direction of the canoe.

Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support " We can do it right now, if Winston Peters is willing to walk the walk."

Will Winston Peters add his support or will we get his usual belligerent word salad, denial and attacks when he gets called out or asked to back his promises? #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the oil and gas industry's wishlist.

How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules

Fossil fuel companies were given privileged, insider access to confidential drafts of legislation during a two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban, RNZ has found.” #nzpol

A gentle reminder: Along with Tehran, Cape Town, Mexico City and Jakarta, as well as parts of California, are also facing day zero scenarios as they sink and run out of water.

#collapse

DON'T FORGET!

BusinessNZ's specialty is dishonesty and flagbearing for economic vandalism. I don't know why anybody takes them seriously.

BusinessNZ on RNZ wanting an honest conversation about the pension based on misinfo. How about an honest conversation with BusinessNZ about the damage they’ve done to working people in NZ by not supporting a Living Wage, Equal pay, Pay Equity, FPAs and rigorous H&S protections. #nzpol 1/2

We’ve come a long way from "Central government shouldn't be running roughshod over local communities,"

University economics professor, Robert MacCulloch, just ripped Luxon a new one on Checkpoint, re upping kiwisaver contributions from low income families.

His criticism of Luxon, Bill English,and JohnKey was excoriating!

The message is spreading: National is a hopeless fiscal manager.

You are wrong with nuclear power.

Solar and wind are much cheaper, more scalable and can be operated without risk and deadly waste.

Many climate scientists know that our planet’s climate is in an incredibly bad place but are too afraid to say so because they think most of us will just give up instead of trying to survive.

Warning! This colorful chart is censored by IPCC - mailchi.mp/caa/warning-...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...

Meanwhile here in AoNZ the NAF COALition govt is winding back meaningful climate change mitigation & legislation - giving M$$ to offshore oil companies to drill, lowering emission targets, encouraging dirty vehicles to be imported, winding back regulation & legislation. Vote them out #nzpol

“One implication of the increased growth rate of GHG forcing in the last 15 years is that the goal to keep global warming under 2°C is now implausible.”— @drjamesehansen.bsky.social

2°C climate chaos will be unlike anything we have experienced until now.

Adaptation conversations now beyond urgent

Which embassies are being cleared? Haven’t seen that reported

Israel has broken the Gaza truce nearly 500 times in 44 days, killing hundreds, say Palestinians ISRAEL has broken the Gaza truce nearly 500 times in 44 days, killing hundreds, according to Palestinians.The Gaza government Media Office said today that Israel must be held fully responsible for the...

www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/isra...

Gosh! Labour must be crying into their glasses of claret tonight.
Where is the much needed concern for the down trodden middle class that Hipkins panders to?
Maybe they’ll have to rethink policy? (Or everyone wiil just vote Green - who actually have plans to address these issues)
#nzpol

This is NOT a call for ~left unity~ and it is NOT an endorsement of any candidate for any seat

It is a plea to y'all to stop spreading literal misinformation about how voting works in this country so we can change the bloody government!

Darfield water supplies above nitrate contamination reproductive risk levels - Greenpeace Aotearoa “Absolutely unacceptable”. That’s Greenpeace’s reaction to water testing results today which revealed more Canterbury public water supplies are contaminated with nitrate at levels above those associat...

PRESS RELEASE: Darfield water supplies above nitrate contamination reproductive risk levels www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol

Kōura research to focus on Parininihi Marine Reserve A Taranaki study will investigate the health of one of New Zealand’s most iconic marine species - the kōura/spiny red rock lobster.

A Taranaki study will investigate the health of one of New Zealand’s most iconic marine species - the kōura/spiny red rock lobster.

i did not make this. meta created it and served it to me as an ad. please don’t yell at me.

a screenshot that says “make it a cartoon with Meta AI” and is a picture of me and then a cartoon version that looks absolutely nothing like me because AI is trash

no sorry you’re right this technology is absolutely worth depleting our water supply

There it is. My addled brain couldn’t remember the details.

#nzpol

It’s great when someone you admire for other work speaks truth about Gaza. Thanks @brenttoderian.bsky.social

Or, put another way: "COP30 Another Victory for Industry Efforts to Profit from Making the Earth Uninhabitable"

Oil Producers, but Maybe Not the Planet, Get a Win as Climate Talks End The final agreement, with no direct mention of the fossil fuels dangerously heating Earth, was a victory for countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia, diplomats said.

This, on the other hand, is definitely NOT a good headline.

"Maybe" not the planet? MAYBE?

That's climate denial.

These journalists don't deserve to have their work printed underneath such shit.