Chris McMillan

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All you do is move the queue down the road and why NZTA has never widened the Southern Motorway Bridge at Mt Wellington

"If the minister is going to use TALIS data, she should also look at the TALIS data that says the biggest cause of stress for New Zealand teachers is government changes, that only 14 percent of teachers believe the government values them."

Even ignoring the falseness of Seymour's specific claims here, his own description is incoherent. The new curriculum is no less an example of "social engineering" than the old one.

More Than The Score - Do athletes have a responsibility to speak out on green issues? - BBC Sounds Are athletes doing enough to raise awareness around sustainability in sport?

⚽🌍 Athletes all over the world are waking up to the fact that climate change poses an existential threat to their sports and our societies.

🏏 It would be great to see more cricketers standing up and speaking out 💪🏻

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Cartoon. Title: Government almost halves methane reduction targets... We see the Scream, from Edvard Munch's most famous works of art, collapsed in a wingback armchair. He had stepped out of the painting to take a break from the chaos. The metaphor of the artwork is of natures pain and how he had actually felt it. But sadly he's entered into a world that is chaotic and deliberately trying to hurt Mother Earth even more. He has a newspaper slowly sliding out from his hand with the title - Farmers Rejoice.

My cartoon in today's www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

The Scream is a metaphor for nature & Munch was the receptor for its pain. Here he is, so overwhelmed he's taking time out of the painting only to find more pain in the news...

#NzPol #PoliticalCartoon #ClimateChange #EdvardMunch

🏏🌍 World cup warming stripes! Today it's 🇮🇳 #INDvSA in Visakhapatnam🔥

🚨 Air Quality right now in Visakhapatnam is UNHEALTHY with an AQI of 167. Advice is 'Don't engage in physical exertion outdoors' 😷

New Zealand is punching above its weight in cowardice Winston Peters promised that New Zealand’s recognition of Palestine was a matter of 'when, not if', which has a real deadbeat-dad-promises-he’ll-have-his-shit-together-next-week air about it....

New Zealand is punching above its weight in cowardice

Worth expressly noting that the ONLY reason given in Peters' speech for why AoNZ should recognise Israel and not Palestine as a state is that Palestine "does not control its own territory". So, we reward Israel for its illegal actions + will keep doing so until it chooses to stop.

In a race to stand for nothing, we are increasingly heading for first place.

Reti earmarks $70m of new agency's budget for AI commercialisation grants

new zealand government reaching new heights of stupidity

next year our public dollars will go more to AI grants ($70 million) than all investigator-initiated basic science combined ($56 million in the Marsden fund)

You asked. We listened. We put AI in the microplastics.

Auckland.Scoop » Statement On AI In Universities From Aotearoa Communication & Media Scholars Network

Important statement of concerns about the embrace of genAI by universities (mine? definitely! yours?) by Comms and Media scholars in Aotearoa NZ
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Thomas Coughlan NZ Herald editor Aug 2024 claims ‘rock star economy is back’

A year ago NZ Herald political editor claimed the ‘rockstar economy was back’. Today: 500,000 NZers reliant on food parcels. $200m subsidy to oil cos; $300m subsidy to tobacco co. Public health in crisis. War on Nature in full swing. Gore drinking water poisoned by dairy. Cost of living worse.

Players and fans at the Club World Cup are coping with high temperatures as a heat wave hits US Substitutes who watch from the locker room, abandoned practice sessions and sweat-soaked jerseys. A heat wave is taking a toll on players at the Club World Cup.

This tournament has showed the football world two things:

⚽️ The huge exposure of major summer tournaments to extreme weather 📈
⚽️ FIFA’s deep reliance on fossil fuel funding 💸

We’ll keep linking the two as the Aramco sponsored, climate vulnerable ‘26 World Cup approaches 🌎 💪

Chelsea training cut short due to ‘impossible’ heat in Philadelphia Enzo Maresca complained of 41C heat at Club World Cup while Fifa did not introduce any new measures to deal with the hot conditions

“Fifa must act to protect players, fans and the future of its flagship summer tournaments,” a Fossil Free Football spokesperson said. “That means postponing this match but also dropping polluting sponsors, turning away from petrostate partners and stopping the endless expansion of its competitions.”

FIFA isn't even bothering to greenwash its growing carbon footprint

Opinion from the University of Auckland: FIFA tournaments are expanding in scale and geography – the Club World Cup has bloated from seven to 32 teams, and the 2030 tournament is being hosted by six countries across three continents.

FIFA isn't even bothering to greenwash its growing carbon footprint Opinion from the University of Auckland: FIFA tournaments are expanding in scale and geography – the Club World Cup has bloated from seven to 32 teams, and the 2030 tournament is being hosted by six c...

FIFA’s environmental aspirations are being recycled, but organisation’s actions are only increasing its environmental impact.

Me on FIFA’s - and our - zombie environmentalism.

newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/24/f...

For anyone who wants to look at the report.
budget.govt.nz/budget/2025/...

Arts, humanities, and social sciences are under attack. The National Govt, Judith Collins & Shane Reti, are cutting funding, claiming only "economic impact" matters, ignoring impact on housing, inequality, culture, and communities? After all, isn't improving human lives the point of it all anyway?

can’t be long until the kids get a warm red bull and a dart for lunch

flow chart showing alleged causal link betweent Govt spending, inflation, higher interest rates, and recession.

On a tackling myths theme...
How many times have you heard this explanation of our current economic position? Bloody Govt spent big, this caused inflation, so RBNZ had to go full 'shock and Orr'... and now we have to have a recession 😢
Every single link in this causal chain is weak af... [🧵1/n]

England blame Indian smog for spin troubles Harry Brook says ball was hard to spot in T20 opener as Brydon Carse is brought in for second match in Chennai

The AQI (Air Quality Index) rating for Kolkata hit 216 on Wednesday, which is 'Severe'. We have to ask: is it safe to be playing sport in these conditions?

www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2025...

Just wonder how many sports fans are aware of this new reality.

Marsden Fund cuts a win for 'convenient' evidence From the University of Auckland – Opinion: Cutting social sciences and humanities from NZ’s ‘blue skies’ research funding means dark times for independent thought.

The NZ government really doesn’t like inconvenient evidence. This is brilliant from Tom Baker newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/06/m...

Thanks, Shubham!

Fears for university independence – who decides what is taught From the University of Auckland – Opinion: Universities are restructuring themselves, but are they responding to government drivers or are their leaders exercising their new capacity to interpret univ...

From the University of Auckland – Opinion: Universities are restructuring themselves, but are they responding to government drivers or are their leaders exercising their new capacity to interpret universities anew? newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/27/f...

Brilliant as always from Jonathan Liew

Hampshire caught up in ‘sportswashing’ T20 row despite green claims Hampshire have been accused of taking part in a ‘sportswashing vehicle’ before their participation in this month’s Global Super League in Guyana

We talk about the need for clean sport, but here's cricket getting caught out promoting the pollution of dirty sponsors. Time to follow tobacco and hit big polluters out of the ground...

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I’m a sociologist interested in the intersection of sport and climate change. I’d love to be included here!