Brian Dixon 🌿🌐🎶 #ClimateAction 🔆 #ClimateJustice ☮️

T20 cricket world cup

#nzcricket #blackcaps vs England

Congratulations to The Green Party and Hannah Spencer for such a strong victory in Gorton and Denton - Matt Goodwin seems to be blaming a dirty tricks campaign of the Greens persuading people to vote for them by having policies people wanted to vote for

Fair to say that what has happened in Gorton and Denton is pretty damn seismic - the backlash from this by the wealthy and their toadie journos will be equally seismic. Bottom line is hope won over hate. Hate will fight back like a ferret in a sack. We must be ready.

Same here in Aotearoa NZ under a Coalition of #ClimateCriminals

YouTube video by Punter's Politics The Truth About Our Gas is Out—And the Government is PANICKING | Punters Politics

#ClimateCriminals are ripping off #Australia while destroying our future with the help of @australianlabor.bsky.social

youtu.be/zCeTngOFOyo?...

Better, sadly.

Morning.

"We have a big overstayer problem, tens of thousands more than we suspected, and we have to arm [immigration officers] with the tools to be able to request information from people when they have a reasonable suspicion that they are in breach of their visa conditions."

The official advice from Immigration NZ is as of 1 July 2025, there were around 20,980 overstayers. They advise this is a “very small proportion of temporary migrants” given we see 3.6 million arrivals from non-NZ citizens each year - so 0.58%.
This quote (and Trump policy🫠) should be challenged.

The presumed upcoming El Nino will help cement and quantify global warming acceleration, showing that 2C global warming is likely to be reached in the 2030s, not at midcentury.
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...

🚨The most important graph in the world has another year of data, and it doesn't look good!🚨

NASA CERES satellites measure how much sunlight Earth absorbs and how much heat is radiated back to space.

The difference is heat accumulation, which has more than tripled!

Opponents step up Bream Bay sand mining fight Protesters plan a mass rally at Ruakākā Beach on March 15.

we’ve been at this for a year now and we’re not giving up
#nzpol

www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...

I could really get with lunatic Farrar's proposal on a trial basis. The caveat would be that the Aotearoa state parliament has to be entirely Māori representatives in electorates with others approved to be List members. Surely, Australia's federal government could not be any worse than our CoC lot?

Green Party celebrates decision to decline Taranaki seabed mining In a draft decision, the fast-track approvals panel declined a bid to mine 50m tonnes of seabed a year for 30 years in the South Taranaki Bight.

Green Party celebrates decision to decline Taranaki seabed mining

@maramadavidson.bsky.social says it best:

"Stop putting forward your stupid ideas."

#nzpol

Part of the point of Waitangi is that people can … of never mind… they’re beyond redemption.

It's a testament to the massive amount of hard work... Hopefully TTR will now slink away having been discredited even under laws stacked for them. But, more likely, there's a lot more work and worry yet. For now, though, you have to celebrate the WIN, take the well deserved break. Enjoy the success

It is! But it's even more than good news... it is a sign that some of the CoCs own appointees aren't going to just do the Master's bidding and are willing to act with professional integrity. It’s a signal to other panels that they dont have to rubberstamp bad projects. Most still will, though...

Brilliant persistent mahi by @cindybax.bsky.social and many others has led to this outcome.

Feeling so proud of you truly patriotic and deeply caring people. Thank you. Arohanui 💚🎶☀️🥂🎵😂

BREAKING! Fast Track panel rejects seabed mining PRESS RELEASE Kiwis Against Seabed Mining are celebrating the Fast Track Panel's draft decision to decline Trans Tasman Resources' bid to mine the SouthTaranaki seabed. The draft decision was publis...

BREAKING: Fast Track panel declines seabed mining bid.
"This is a victory for the moana, for all the people across Taranaki and Aotearoa, from Iwi and hapu and councils and everyone who loves our ocean," said KASM chairperson Cindy Baxter.
#nzpol
www.kasm.org.nz/post/breakin...

The mining company TTR applied in 2013 to the EPA, were declined. Then the Key Govt told them to apply again to get the ‘right’ decision. They got EPA approval on a 5/4 decision with the chair casting a double vote in favour. We took it thru the courts and beat them in the Supreme Court.

This

Becoming a state of Australia is completely unnecessary, given most of our economy is now owned or dominated by Australian banks and businesses; we’re already their thoroughly exploited colony

#nzpol

Jeez!! Clandestine riskiness afoot. We can guess the redacted material is full of details about cozying up to the Trump administration and his military delusions.

National mission to launch sovereign satellite kept under wraps by officials An RNZ request for the key documents came up mostly empty, with ministerial briefings either largely blanked out or withheld entirely.

#NZpol Not a lot of clarity on this one?

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

A bench seat overlooking a harbour after sunset glowing warm tones

9:35pm, nice to be home Ōtepoti Dunedin.

Meanwhile our govt are cozying up to the dictator…

Grateful

Sunshine
Music stuff
#artbeforedishes
Pantry make over continues
Cute chicks get cuter
Managed to get the pool clear again
Guitaring
Moar passion fruit and blackberries

@petergeoghegan.bsky.social Toby Young’s Free Speech Union counterparts in NZ: