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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 3h

New Zealand govt has not only unbunckled it's seatbelts, it guzzling down leaded petrol & farting methane in the face of technology

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 20h

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 11h

#nzpol

D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 11h

Urban rural split or living on peppercorn lease land or where stolen land still more obviously benefits descendants of settlers. newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/u...

Urban-rural split on Māori wards as advocates eye next election

The battle for the future of Māori wards may be over, but supporters and opponents alike are already preparing for the next scrap

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Joe Wozzaa #toitūtiriti @joewoz.bsky.social · 12h

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Luxon thinks you're dumb and can't remember the unions striking when labour were in government. Their offers were much more reasonable as well. Union bashing knob #nzpol

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon blames unions for ongoing strike action

"I think people are getting sick of unions prioritising the politics over patients," Christopher Luxon says.

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 13h

General Strike 23rd October 2025😊

Bigger than Benhur in Technicolor
#nzpol

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 16h

New Zealand’s dairy industry-backed methane target rollback sets bad precedent, scientists warn
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#TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence #nzpol #climatechange

New Zealand’s Methane Target Sets Bad Precedent, Scientists Warn

New Zealand’s decision to set a less ambitious methane emissions reduction target sets a worrying precedent that other nations may follow, scientists have warned.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 16h

New Zealand watered down its 2050 target for methane emissions from livestock and farming activities. Read more in today's Green Daily

Why New Zealand’s Lower Methane Target Could Warm the Planet More

New Zealand, one of the world’s largest dairy exporters and a signatory of the Global Methane Pledge, this weekend watered down its 2050 target for cutting methane emissions from livestock and farming activities.

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James W @jamesw228.bsky.social · 12h

It's just the carbon capture discussion transplanted to dairy farming. No actual practical tech but the eternal promise means nobody has to actually do anything

AI companies are doing the same. The insane resource use is fine cause their tech will solve our energy needs & climate change. Somehow 🙄

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Laura @greenbirdo.bsky.social · 19h

Whoever created the line that technology will save dairy farmers really knew their audience. They can claim to be helping (which they want to do) BUT it acknowledges no wrongdoing on their part (bc farming is natural) AND requires that they make no changes. #nzpol
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Scientists fear weaker methane target signals wider retreat from climate action

After cutting methane targets, New Zealand has a choice: shoulder the burden at huge cost - or cause more warming to the planet.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 21h

When the NZ's coalition govt took office nearly two years ago, its #WarOnNature started.

In that time, they've made a bewildering number of changes leading to environmental harm.

Greenpeace Aotearoa head @russelnorman.bsky.social has undertaken the gargantuan task of tracking them all👇
#nzpol

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.

www.greenpeace.org

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The Onion @theonion.com · 10h

Judge Orders Columbus Statue Removed And Melted Down Into Pinkie Rings For Local Italians https://theonion.com/judge-orders-columbus-statue-removed-and-melted-down-in-1851178112/

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 10h

PRESS RELEASE
Today marks two years since the 2023 election. The environmental cost of the Luxon Government’s war on nature since then has been staggering and is growing by the week.
#nzpol #climatechange
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Two years on: The cost of the government’s war on nature

Today marks two years since the 2023 election. The environmental cost of the Luxon Government’s war on nature since then has been staggering.

www.greenpeace.org

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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 22h

Migration: Kiwis still leaving New Zealand in record numbers www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mig...

Migration slump deepens as record numbers of Kiwis head overseas

Annual net migration has fallen again as fewer migrants arrived in the year to August.

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ardrigh @ardrigh.bsky.social · 22h

Geezuz H Christ, this is how the mess in Palestine got started in the first place

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 22h

World leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in the Middle East to discuss post-war plans.

Israelis celebrate the return of hostages after ceasefire in Gaza, in photos

World leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in the Middle East to discuss post-war plans.

dlvr.it

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81st Column @81stcolumn.bsky.social · 22h

Just wait until the no benefits for 18-19 tears-olds kicks in.....

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23h

Gang numbers reach record highs under National - but could be even higher, as police can no longer easily identify members.
Meanwhile gang profits double too. Too bad most Kiwis will never realise in the absence of right wing media dominance & not enough funding on the other side #nzpol #kiwi

Police Minister says record high gang numbers "highly concerning" July 29 1News article

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 23h

I’ve had loaves of bread that didn’t go stale as fast as this clown

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 22h

#nzpol

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ardrigh @ardrigh.bsky.social · 1d

"Replace postal voting because people move houses a lot"

"I forgot which one of the multiple free email accounts I setup I used to register online, or the password" #nzpol

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ardrigh @ardrigh.bsky.social · 1d

Yes we should replace postal voting in local government elections.

No it should not be online anything.

Yes it can be voter increase can get better with some direct engagement.

No doing anything online is not direct engagement #nzpol

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 1d

At least he can feel what's it like to buy a one way ticket out of NZ like 70,000 NZders do each month
#nzpol

Kieran @nug.monster · 1d

why are you talking about it as if it's up to you, you worthless cunt. You're never getting another term and I 100% guarantee you're out of the country the day after you're out.

Christopher Luxon 'very open' to Electoral Commission running local elections

Currently, local elections are run by the councils themselves.

www.rnz.co.nz

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ardrigh @ardrigh.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, you can't park there mate...

I hope the driver and passengers are OK!

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Bus crashes into Auckland train station

Photos show a bus horizontal across the road at the New Lynn station, with its front smashed into the shelter.

www.stuff.co.nz

ardrigh @ardrigh.bsky.social · 1d

RDJ's Dolittle movie next? 😊

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

New Zealand’s decision to set a less ambitious methane emissions reduction target sets a worrying precedent that other nations may follow, scientists have warned

New Zealand’s Methane Target Sets Bad Precedent, Scientists Warn

New Zealand’s decision to set a less ambitious methane emissions reduction target sets a worrying precedent that other nations may follow, scientists have warned.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

genuinely trumps funniest bit ever for him to admit that he knows he’s a grifting piece of shit who’s going to hell lol

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

blah blah Hunter Biden blah blah Burisma yada yada

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