Adam currie

Incredible scenes from Antsiferov Island, with sea lions escaping into the water and away from a landslide after the earthquake.

Seems to me if a 7-year old is able to write a submission well enough that a councillor can't tell whether or not its written by an adult - then good on them, and no reason why it shouldn't be considered!

I don't want to live in a society where our children get no say in the future they'll inherit.

There are so many fantastic policy experts that can do all this stuff - no need to solely rely on Craig Renny.

This government is dismantling our health systems (and many other systems eg environmental protection, safety net etc)
- this is Labour's time to shine and be loud.

Greens claim $700m 'uncosted hole' in Budget The government could face an unbudgeted funding gap because of one of its own policies, the Green Party says.

Fantastic work from the greens yet again. And Greens win by picking up Labour's slack.

But Labour should be doing this stuff. They should be doing fiscal analysis, spotting weaknesses, finding holes, creating killer graphs etc.
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Glad @NZGreens are firmly behind a Ministry for Green Works to create 25,000 jobs in the construction sector directly & 16k indirectly. Plus 15k Jobs for Nature.

Construction jobs are often gendered.

Let's also focus on resourcing care/education jobs.
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Where is the Taxpayers Union?

Too broke to pay tax? Methanex pays $70m dividend to Canadian owner The Govt has paid hundreds of millions in subsidies to the Taranaki-based methanol producer; now there are calls to speed its exit from NZ. Jonathan Milne reports.

Beyond outrageous. Methanex manages to avoid paying tax, while paying $70 dividends to Canadian owner. They've received hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies from the taxpayer. Meanwhile, they're killing the climate and putting jobs at risk.

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Watch: Luxon speaks amid tariff turmoil, as Govt releases 38 actions for this quarter But it failed to complete some last quarter.

The fleetwide transition to Road User Charges and away from fuel levies is not only a climate tragedy, it erodes New Zealand's fuel security and needlessly wastes endless money on fuel imports.

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The story is also looking bad for indigenous marine species.

Over three quarters of our freshwater fish (and >65% of freshwater manu/birds) are at risk of extinction.

Meanwhile, dairying accounts for around a quarter of emissions, but well under 5% of GDP

We can't keep farming this way. It doesn't make economic or ecological sense.

You can see from this Stats NZ table how bad our nitrogen dioxide air pollution is - red is over the WHO safe guideline.
Almost all nitrogen dioxide comes from burning fossil fuels.

Air pollution is responsible for one in ten deaths in this country,

Greenpeace NZ$1.1b damages ruling shocks global NGOs Environmental defenders are rallying amid concerns courtrooms are increasingly being used to silence critics.

You can't sue a rainbow. 🌈
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YouTube video by Soul Read Analytics "Don't look up" - Truth in movies... 🤔

Don't look up accurately portrayed - years in advance - the relationship with Trump and Elon, through the characters of the President & Isherwell.
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YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame Cameras on fishing boats: 'State surveillance' — Shane Jones | Q+A 2025

Shane Jones says "there is no such thing as Maui's dolphin. They're just hectors dolphin" - because they are part of the same family.

By that logic; @nzfirst MPs are the same as @actparty MPs, because they are same of the same government!
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'Classic greenwashing': Gas company removes ad after complaints Gas company Clarus has removed an advertisement which said renewable gas was flowing in its pipelines, when most of it was not renewable at all.

Clarus immediately removed their greenwashing ad after I complained about how misleading it is.

Their swift action sounds like they are concerned...
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Chris Hipkins overtakes Christopher Luxon as preferred prime minister in Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll The centre-left bloc would be able to form a government based on results in the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll.

Why is everyone giving so much attention to Curia's poll? They have zero credibility and have even left RANZ, the body that sets standards for NZ pollsters.

Whether or not you like the result, don't give Curia legitimacy.
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What did you have for lunch today,
@dbseymour.bsky.social?

Firefighters still at scene of metal recycling plant fire in Papakura The fire is now contained, and under control, but not yet out, Fire and Emergency says.

Yet another big fire at one of the businesses of Te Awamutu waste incinerator applicant, Global Metal Solutions Ltd - the third in five years.

They're a questionable company and should not be permitted to build their air-polluting waste incinerator plant.
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‘Wrong side of history’: NZ makes controversial bid for Australia’s orange roughy quota New Zealand is among 17 nations meeting in Chile to negotiate high seas fishing policy.

“SPRFMO has proved to be a vehicle that has successfully closed down the New
Zealand fishing industry, by and large, in the Tasman Pacific,” he told the Herald.
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‘Wrong side of history’: NZ makes controversial bid for Australia’s orange roughy quota New Zealand is among 17 nations meeting in Chile to negotiate high seas fishing policy.

Shane Jones has said NZF will campaign at the next election to pull NZ out of multilateral forums like SPRFMO.

He said next election campaign would look at whether New Zealand’s sovereign interests are best served by being attached to such international groups.
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Heat goes on KiwiSaver investments in fossil fuels These are the funds with the most invested in 'worst' companies.

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Milford Asset Management justifies their increasing investment in fossil fuel expansion by claiming Shell is transitioning for the future, and even believing in fairytale-style science fiction like carbon capture.

There's no way in hell I'd trust them with my Kiwisaver savings!

And here I am signal boosting him

Unbelievable. @davidseymour1.bsky.social is pretending his land rover antics were about...children with heart disease?

Seymour's schemes are nothing more than Trumpian attempts to dominate the news cycle and pretend to be anti-establishment when he actually represents his elite ultra-rich donors.

There are some similarities

Donald Trump offers US federal workers buyouts to resign Government employees’ union says offer pressures career workers to quit and will cause chaos in federal programs

I'm glad the coalition government was elected before (not after) the US elections, so that there was no oppurtunity for them to copy the Trumpian model of cutting public sector jobs
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Aussie company ends plans to mine Whangaroa as hapū celebrate Party time for Whangaroa hapū as mining plans shelved

Big win for Whangaroa hapū and its allies to stop a destructive mine minerals in a forest reserve.

Now the govt urgently needs to deliver a just transition for Northland. That means investment in education, infrastructure, care jobs & more.
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Yes - this is an actual US department of Justice letter...

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