Nigel Robertson

Cartoon. Title: “Boys’ Trip” The image shows a flooded landscape, with hills, trees, a dead cow, and a car plowing through the muddy floodwaters. In the car are Deputy PM David Seymour, NZ First leader Winston Peters, and PM Christopher Luxon. Seymour is saying, “We’ve gotta be realistic - we can adapt. Well, the ones that matter can” Winston Peters is saying, “It’s climate hysteria! It’s just a bit of rain” And Luxon, who is driving, says, “Hey, anyone wanna hear my Spotify?”

More extreme weather more often. What do our leaders think we should do? In a word, not much.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Climate

In today’s NZ Herald

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

$6bn climate resilience fund enters the chat.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Cancelled IREX ferries just entered the chat.. #nzpol

In other news National sacked 50% of the Health IT workforce

Dark day for working New Zealanders as the Employment Relations Amendment Bill passes - NZCTU The passing of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill is a dark day for working New Zealanders, says New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi President Sandra Grey.

#nzpol The Employment Relations Amendment Bill has passed. This is a dark day for working New Zealanders.

Our Government has let Uber and the ACT Party set the agenda for employment law in this country. They need to grow a backbone and stand up for the interests of New Zealand workers.

Great summary thread here from @clrenney.bsky.social on today's inflation stats.

@mortenmorland.bsky.social

NZ Herald headline about NIcola Willis "Sending NZ bankrupt" Former finance minister calls for Nicola Willis to resign

Some in National are running scared today. I'm guessing Hehir is doing everything possible to protect Nicola Willis by yelling "Look over there!"

Willis is on track to borrow more than Labour did during Covid. John Key left NZ with $60bn debt & Ardern had surpluses til Covid #nzpol

Anyway, if you're at MfE, they're sacking you soon. So remember: leak it all before you go. All of it.

New Zealand has lost 29% of its glaciers since 2000

That means in only 25 years, we've lost almost 1/3 of our glaciers, that had been existent for millions of years prior.

Oceans continue to warm

Meanwhile this govt are pushing through bills to disband the Ministry of Environment #NZ #nzpol

FUCK SAKE

THERE ARE VAROUS STATES OF EMERGENCY AROUND THE COUNTRY DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER & THEY WANT TO DISESTABLISH THE MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

GO TO HELL YOU HIDEOUS CUNTS

Come on guys, wait until the 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓻𝓭 one-in-a-hundred year storm to hit in a couple of weeks, 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓷 you can bring up climate change ❤️❤️❤️

Does your university use ChatGPT Edu? Please send me a DM if you do. I have identified a potential data breach affecting students' data that has not yet been fixed and I'm trying to compile further examples from other universities.

Reposts appreciated!

This is the National Party I know.

Pasting ChatGPT to Facebook. Campaigning, not helping.

While storms battered the country, they posed for photos — made for social media. ✨

No action. No leadership. Just fluff.

That's National.
Vain. Lazy. Useless.

Sometimes the smallest gestures say the most.

The Trump years were dark. But in little NZ they never lost hope. For NZ had a leader of rare and inspiring character.
In the face of endless climate disaster and economic implosion, he always had just the right uplifting words:
"Welcome to IKEA"
"Welcome to State of Origin"
"Check out my Spotify"

Lead story in this morning’s NZ Herald: “‘Rough night and a wild morning’: Evacuations, thousands without power as storm hits North Island. Wellingtonians have been warned to stay indoors if possible.”

A snippet from the Herald’s live blog this morning showing PM Christopher Luxon with an umbrella: “Meanwhile, at Eden Park in Auckland, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is about to make an announcement, under some heavy rain.”

Front page of Stuff News website this morning: “Wellington Wales to chaotic scenes and major disruption as storm rages on.” A breaking news banner adds: “Major disruption for highways, trains, planes, ferries and power as storm rages on.”

Another top story on the stuff page, filed under “Breaking” and “Rugby league”: “History-making State of Origin match confirmed for New Zealand.”

This morning in (heart)breaking news:

New Zealand: Multiple states of emergency, right now

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon: State of Origin footy match, 2027 🎉

NZ: Wellington cut off, digging out from huge storm

PM: Yeah gidday from Auckland, it’s raining here too ☂️

NZ: Help?

Luxon: Catch! 🏈

Ready to feel $4 richer a month as the planet burns? Why importing LNG isn't the answer Verity Johnson February 16, 2026 • 4:00am

Allow me to paraphrase

Sit the fuck down Humpty

ooof

#ClimateEmergency

Let them eat rugby

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Unaware.

Out of touch.

Abject failure.

If you are in a perpetual cycle of response and recovery with inadequate preparation, planning and mitigation, no we are not getting good at this.

The Ministry should have proactively closed schools in warning areas yesterday. The next best time is now.

Power off, trains off. Getting out the camp stove to make a cuppa. #Wellington #WellingtonStorm

Space. And ripping.

I don't currently have the words for my anger and frustration seeing climate events happen all over the motu and knowing - we could have been better prepared. We could have made different choices. People don't have to die.

I'm trying terribly hard to not be bitter.

You'd think that, with this many weather warnings across the country, there might be some kind of useful govt advice about whether we ought to be sending our kids out to school in the morning, but that would require a govt that values human life and limb

'Threat to life': State of emergency declared across entire region as low rapidly deepens People are strongly urged to take this seriously and prepare now.

Tragically I think 11 people have already died in Aotearoa this year because of extreme weather. We need to reduce our emissions and invest in climate adaptation with urgency. But naturally, this government is instead pursuing coal mines and an LNG terminal. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/weather-l...

Photo of a cartoon of pig with lipstick with the caption "A new tax"

Top work from @rodemmerson.bsky.social in today's Herald.