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Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches The possibility that students may have eaten contaminated lunches "fills me with horror", says a Christchurch school principal.

'The school has its own commercial kitchen and wanted to make its own meals, but the ministry had always argued that was a risk to food security, she said.' #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Australia news live: activists lock onto Newcastle coal loaders on last day of Rising Tide protest; Greens call for 25% gas export tax Follow live

#RisingTide is not finished‼️

Footage of #RisingTide champions locking on to coal equipment. We're still disrupting coal exports because Labor is failing to act on climate and failing to support workers. When governments fail to protect, the people will rise!

Working the land but rarely owning it: life for New Zealand’s young farmers A country built on agriculture is seeing the sector change as the number of farms shrinks and it becomes harder for young people to buy land

Agribusiness Corporations have taken over agriculture, pushing out family farmers .https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/29/working-the-land-but-rarely-owning-it-life-for-new-zealands-young-farmers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Photo in the Guardian of 'Climate Activists Stop Three Ships' ... courageous Rising Tide kayakers on sparkling water in Newcastle harbour, paddling towards a giant tanker to blockade the port in protest at criminally negligent coal mining & export. 141 arrested; heroes one and all.

You glorious, brave lot, sticking your oar in to remind the billionaire bastard companies that Australians want the government to stop fannying about, start taxing giant fossil fuel companies and make the country run on renewables as much as possible.

The Fast Track is a Shane Jones fever dream.

Canada minister resigns from cabinet over Carney’s controversial oil pipeline deal Minister Steven Guilbeault says Indigenous nations were not consulted and the pipeline would have ‘major environmental impacts’

Carney joins the climate obstructionist club. What is so striking about the current moment is that so many establishment figures who talked a big game on climate have capitulated. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

National MP Catherine Wedd leads e-scooter rules revamp E-scooter injuries have reportedly cost ACC almost $14 million in 2025.

Oh the irony. A National MP wants e scooters in bikelanes (fair enough) but her government has stopped all funding to building bikelanes! National MP Catherine Wedd leads e-scooter rules revamp www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed

A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.

People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.

#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social

Guilbeault quits Carney’s cabinet over energy deal with Alberta | CBC News Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault has quit cabinet over the federal government signing Thursday’s memorandum of understanding with Alberta.

Carney's environment minister Steven Guilbeault quit the cabinet in protest.

Canada Lifts Climate Laws for Alberta Oil Sands, Planning Pipeline Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada signed a sweeping agreement on Thursday that laid the groundwork for a new oil

On Thursday in Calgary, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed an agreement that paves the way to boost oil production, advance new tar sands pipelines, and roll back climate policies, guaranteeing a new age of mega wildfires.

In today’s NZ Herald

Ed Miliband confirms crackdown on North Sea exploration – but new drilling will continue Strategy paper released with budget allows new oil and gas projects to move ahead if they are linked to existing fields

The UK Govt has confirmed that it will proceed with restrictions on new oil and gas exploration. While not perfect it is a major step forward. There is no way UK will ignore Luxon's breaches of the climate chapter of the NZUK FTA. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Ed Miliband confirms crackdown on North Sea exploration – but new drilling will continue Strategy paper released with budget allows new oil and gas projects to move ahead if they are linked to existing fields

Good step forward by the UK Govt. Leaves the climate obstructionist NZ Govt exposed www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Billion-dollar trade partners worried about NZ’s climate backdowns New Zealand has entered into trade deals worth billions of dollars, on the basis that we continue to reduce emissions. Are those deals safe?

NZ trade agreements w EU and UK include commitments to Paris Climate Agreement and to not subsidise fossil fuels. NZ Govt is plainly breaching this, and EU/UK are asking questions. NZ Govt says EU/UK don't care and have not raised issues. NZ Gov isn't telling truth www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Why is Chris Bishop Sending People Speeding into a Death Trap? - Greenpeace Aotearoa “It’s a death trap” said National Party Campaign Committee Chair and Transport Minister Chris Bishop, on September 23, 2025. 

Why is Chris Bishop sending people speeding into a 'death trap'. When the Ōtaki to Levin highway was 100kmh many died; after the Ardern Govt reduced it to 80kmh no-one died, when Luxon Govt increased it back to 100kmh, the dying restarted. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Minister Andrew Hoggard assures PM he's following Cabinet rules after complaint SAFE has made a complaint to the prime minister after the decision to allow the continued use of farrowing crates and mating stalls.

Hoggard is minister of animal welfare, where he has extended the farrow crate agony of pigs, minister of food safety, where he has weakened food safety regs, and assoc minister of enviro, where he allowed more freshwater pollution. Just a regular Federated Farmers guy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

A horrendous report on ABC radio from a Brisbane doctor doing a second tour in Gaza with Medecins sans Frontières. She says the ceasefire is in name only, the genocide continues and the deprivation of basic food, shelter and resources means even the injured haven’t what the need to heal.

'Forever chemicals' in New Zealand whales and dolphins Species feeding mid-water were just as exposed to PFAS as coastal Māui dolphins or deep-diving species like beaked whales, new research found.

This is quite a good RNZ article article about PFAS 'forever chemicals' in whales. What it doesn't tell you is that Dupont knew these chemicals were dangerous and kept it secret. And now they are everywhere www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC2e... www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Time to kick this marine menace to the kerb Researchers have narrowed down the single biggest source of microplastic pollution in NZ’s coastal waters – and ways to curb it.

Bits of car tires end up in the ocean. Why on earth are we covering our playing fields with ground up tyres where the pieces inevitably wash down the stormwater drains? newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/25/t...

Christopher Luxon loves localism, until locals have the wrong opinions The government wants local communities to make their own decisions. The only problem – they keep disagreeing with the government.

Reposting this, apropros of nothing

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Minister Andrew Hoggard assures PM he's following Cabinet rules after complaint SAFE has made a complaint to the prime minister after the decision to allow the continued use of farrowing crates and mating stalls.

Hoggard is minister of animal welfare, where he has extended the farrow crate agony of pigs, minister of food safety, where he has weakened food safety regs, and assoc minister of enviro, where he allowed more freshwater pollution. Just a regular Federated Farmers guy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy

In parallel: NZ Govt and US Govt both moving to weaken protection on freshwater and open up new areas for oil and gas exploration. Far right madness. In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...

I hate to bring up Cryptosporidium up again as well.🤢🤮
#nzpol

The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil For America’s deeply corrupt billionaires, time heals all wounds — even from a murderous Saudi prince’s bone saw.

A depraved and decadent Trump WH dinner for MBS was a stunning low for an American ruling class that's stopped pretending to carry a moral compass

It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...

Luxon’s War on Nature Timeline - Greenpeace Aotearoa It has been nearly 2 years since the formation of the Luxon-led Government. It has been two years of a war on nature.

The first step to defending nature is to understand the war on nature. I've listed out the last two years of the Luxon Govt's war on nature here: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

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...

More and more of rural NZ is being sent back to the era before they had access to safe drinking water. Thanks to Fonterra and unregulated intensive dairy www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

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...

More and more of rural NZ is being sent back to the era before they had access to safe drinking water. Thanks to Fonterra and unregulated intensive dairy www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

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