Adam currie
@adamcurrienz.bsky.social
The corpse at every wedding, the bride at every funeral.
So while we were busy on sunday at church/processing local election results, the govt announced a massive methane target change, which exceeds the emissions of the entire United Kingdom. It's a colossal loss for NZ's climate & economic future.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/f...
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Farmers off the hook on climate means rest of us pick up the slack
Comment: The Government's methane announcement is the policy equivalent of a steaming cowpat on cross-partisan climate consensus.
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October 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
So while we were busy on sunday at church/processing local election results, the govt announced a massive methane target change, which exceeds the emissions of the entire United Kingdom. It's a colossal loss for NZ's climate & economic future.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/f...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/f...
In an opinion piece for the @theguardian.com, @jacindaardern.bsky.social has called Israel's assault on Gaza a 'genocide'.
Her insta post about the article reads: 'Simply put, the genocide must end.'
The former PM's doco will be released in NZ cinemas this week.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Her insta post about the article reads: 'Simply put, the genocide must end.'
The former PM's doco will be released in NZ cinemas this week.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We’re losing so many mothers to childbirth and genocide. It’s our responsibility to act on both | Jacinda Ardern
We know women give birth during war – and too often, they die. But we must do much more to achieve safety and stability, says former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In an opinion piece for the @theguardian.com, @jacindaardern.bsky.social has called Israel's assault on Gaza a 'genocide'.
Her insta post about the article reads: 'Simply put, the genocide must end.'
The former PM's doco will be released in NZ cinemas this week.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Her insta post about the article reads: 'Simply put, the genocide must end.'
The former PM's doco will be released in NZ cinemas this week.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The logic here makes no sense.
The govt thinks it is important to create no-go zones for seabed mining where they conflict with offshore windfarms
But those no-go zones will NOT apply to fast-track mining applications. Why? Surely a no-go zone is a no-go zone?
businessdesk.co.nz/article/prim...
The govt thinks it is important to create no-go zones for seabed mining where they conflict with offshore windfarms
But those no-go zones will NOT apply to fast-track mining applications. Why? Surely a no-go zone is a no-go zone?
businessdesk.co.nz/article/prim...
TTR seabed mining bid not affected by Govt's law change
The Government says its move to create no-go zones for seabed mining where they conflict with offshore windfarms will not prevent the Trans-Tasman Resources app...
businessdesk.co.nz
September 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The logic here makes no sense.
The govt thinks it is important to create no-go zones for seabed mining where they conflict with offshore windfarms
But those no-go zones will NOT apply to fast-track mining applications. Why? Surely a no-go zone is a no-go zone?
businessdesk.co.nz/article/prim...
The govt thinks it is important to create no-go zones for seabed mining where they conflict with offshore windfarms
But those no-go zones will NOT apply to fast-track mining applications. Why? Surely a no-go zone is a no-go zone?
businessdesk.co.nz/article/prim...
Incredible scenes from Antsiferov Island, with sea lions escaping into the water and away from a landslide after the earthquake.
July 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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.
I don't want to live in a society where our children get no say in the future they'll inherit.
June 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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.
I don't want to live in a society where our children get no say in the future they'll inherit.
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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But Labour should be doing this stuff. They should be doing fiscal analysis, spotting weaknesses, finding holes, creating killer graphs etc.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
But Labour should be doing this stuff. They should be doing fiscal analysis, spotting weaknesses, finding holes, creating killer graphs etc.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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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Construction jobs are often gendered.
Let's also focus on resourcing care/education jobs.
img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/2...
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May 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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.
img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/2...
Construction jobs are often gendered.
Let's also focus on resourcing care/education jobs.
img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/2...
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.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/30/m...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/30/m...
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.
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April 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/30/m...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/30/m...
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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Watch: Luxon speaks amid tariff turmoil, as Govt releases 38 actions for this quarter
But it failed to complete some last quarter.
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April 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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.
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.
April 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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.
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,
Almost all nitrogen dioxide comes from burning fossil fuels.
Air pollution is responsible for one in ten deaths in this country,
April 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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,
Almost all nitrogen dioxide comes from burning fossil fuels.
Air pollution is responsible for one in ten deaths in this country,
You can't sue a rainbow. 🌈
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Greenpeace NZ$1.1b damages ruling shocks global NGOs
Environmental defenders are rallying amid concerns courtrooms are increasingly being used to silence critics.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
You can't sue a rainbow. 🌈
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Don't look up accurately portrayed - years in advance - the relationship with Trump and Elon, through the characters of the President & Isherwell.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8HL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8HL...
"Don't look up" - Truth in movies... 🤔
YouTube video by Soul Read Analytics
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March 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Don't look up accurately portrayed - years in advance - the relationship with Trump and Elon, through the characters of the President & Isherwell.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8HL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8HL...
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!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FORf...
By that logic; @nzfirst MPs are the same as @actparty MPs, because they are same of the same government!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FORf...
Cameras on fishing boats: 'State surveillance' — Shane Jones | Q+A 2025
YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame
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March 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FORf...
By that logic; @nzfirst MPs are the same as @actparty MPs, because they are same of the same government!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FORf...
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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Their swift action sounds like they are concerned...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
'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.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Clarus immediately removed their greenwashing ad after I complained about how misleading it is.
Their swift action sounds like they are concerned...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Their swift action sounds like they are concerned...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Whether or not you like the result, don't give Curia legitimacy.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Whether or not you like the result, don't give Curia legitimacy.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
What did you have for lunch today,
@dbseymour.bsky.social?
@dbseymour.bsky.social?
March 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
What did you have for lunch today,
@dbseymour.bsky.social?
@dbseymour.bsky.social?
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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They're a questionable company and should not be permitted to build their air-polluting waste incinerator plant.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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.
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March 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
They're a questionable company and should not be permitted to build their air-polluting waste incinerator plant.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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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He said next election campaign would look at whether New Zealand’s sovereign interests are best served by being attached to such international groups.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-wants-....
‘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.
www.nzherald.co.nz
February 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-wants-....
He said next election campaign would look at whether New Zealand’s sovereign interests are best served by being attached to such international groups.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-wants-....
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!
There's no way in hell I'd trust them with my Kiwisaver savings!
February 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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!
There's no way in hell I'd trust them with my Kiwisaver savings!
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.
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.
February 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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.
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
February 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
There are some similarities
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
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/whangaroa...
Now the govt urgently needs to deliver a just transition for Northland. That means investment in education, infrastructure, care jobs & more.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/whangaroa...
Aussie company ends plans to mine Whangaroa as hapū celebrate
Party time for Whangaroa hapū as mining plans shelved
www.nzherald.co.nz
February 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/whangaroa...
Now the govt urgently needs to deliver a just transition for Northland. That means investment in education, infrastructure, care jobs & more.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/whangaroa...