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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 1d

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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Laura @greenbirdo.bsky.social · 1d

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
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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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Laura @greenbirdo.bsky.social · 1d

People talk about billionaires living in bubbles...Peter Thiel (unwanted #NZ citizen) calls anything he doesn't like the antichrist...so that's: regulation, taxation, universities, anti AI sentiment and Greta Thunberg #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Antichrist has long haunted American politics. Now it’s rearing its head again | Matthew Avery Sutton

From Silicon Valley to Michigan, the biblical figure is in the headlines. The shift from pulpits to politics is familiar – and dangerous

www.theguardian.com

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

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.

bloom.bg

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 1d

New Zealand’s dairy industry-backed methane target rollback sets bad precedent, scientists warn
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#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.

www.bloomberg.com

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Raul (he/him) @raulbview.bsky.social · 1d

Newtown, 2021
#photography #streetphotography
#anarchism

Unprocessed iPhone photograph of an urban intersection at night. The foreground is dominated by a post with a gold sticker reading “Landlord Neutral 2030”. Amen.

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 22h

General Strike 23rd October 2025😊

Bigger than Benhur in Technicolor
#nzpol

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 22h

Rangatahi call for housing justice and youth-led solutions #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

World Homeless Day: Rangatahi call for housing justice and youth-led solutions

An advocacy group says youth homelessness is often misunderstood and many young people are leaving homes because they're unsafe.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Joe Wozzaa #toitūtiriti @joewoz.bsky.social · 22h

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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.

www.rnz.co.nz

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 21h

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 21h

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

newsroom.co.nz

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 21h

Gov is dropping its contributions

But increasing yours (min 4% from 3%) so your overall pension wont be worse off* ( *outside a 10%ish of us)

But your pay packet will be lighter, this by a gov 'laser focused' on the cost of living

Making sure things are more expensive + you have less money
#nzpol

PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 22h

Stealing from our kids' future, to save money
#nzpol

Govt expected to save nearly $2.5 billion with KiwiSaver changes

Savings are forecasted through to the 2028/29 financial year.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 21h

#nzpol

Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 21h

Holiday work pulling pints or flipping burgers is increasingly hard to come by amid a hiring downturn and increased rivalry.

Death of the summer job: A rite of passage slipping out of teenagers’ reach

newsroom.co.nz

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 21h

If taught well, the kids will succeed but yesterday’s PR stunt by Minister Stanford was just that. She wouldn’t know a grapheme from a phoneme.

And by the way, what they’re calling “structured literacy” was started under Labour by Minister Tinnetti who actually has expertise in this area #nzpol

Kyle MacDonald @kylemacd.bsky.social · 1d

Lies, lies and damned statistics…

open.substack.com/pub/aecnz/p/...

When Phonics Isn’t Reading: Why Today’s ‘Literacy Breakthrough’ Doesn’t Add Up

This afternoon, the Minister of Education announced what she called a “transformational boost” in reading achievement, crediting the government’s mandated structured literacy programme and newly intro...

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 21h

#nzpol 🤣🎯💯

Roaring Marmot @roaringmarmot.bsky.social · Dec 2

Somewhere out there is the star who made this...

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Victoria 💚 🧡 @vebate.bsky.social · 1d

This article about Peter Thiel reveals this strategy and you realise why the Heritage Foundations Project 2025 is able to work so well. Quite scary to know tech billionaires are pushing these ideas to keep us compliant. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 20h

I'd suggest that in fact NZ is being influenced by US misinformation

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 20h

This is why local government is on its arse, great people with the best intentions don't stand a chance because of the way they (aren't) funded

The ordinary person on the street has no concept of the fact that rates are pretty much the only source of revenue for councils. Needs a revamp IMHO
#nzpol

Outgoing Buller mayor cries as he talks about risks facing town

Jamie Cleine was in tears as he spoke about increasingly damaging floods.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 2d

Climate change was hardly mentioned in the last election cycle. The current government is intent on rolling back commitments.
"If they can’t meet the target, they should admit it and fix the policy - not change the target."
I hope Labour will hold to this at the next election. #nzpol

Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 2d

Our response to the Government's change to our methane targets:

www.labour.org.nz/news/release...

Release: Luxon backtracks on climate commitments

www.labour.org.nz

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 1d

Private Equity Delivers Consistently Poor Health Outcomes

jacobin.com/2025/10/priv...
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Private Equity Delivers Consistently Poor Health Outcomes

Emergency rooms, dentist offices, and nursing homes managed by the private equity industry consistently deliver worse health outcomes than other such medical institutions. The difference can mean life...

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 2d

“Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an "astonishing rate," scientists have found, raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been underestimated.”

Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica

New seeps of methane are being discovered at an "astonishing rate," scientists have found.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 1d

Todd McClay saying farmers don't need a stick to do the right thing 🙄

Yeah National, only 18 to 19 year olds need to be beaten with a stick

Have you considered hitting the farmers with some of your tough love Luxon? Well of course not, we all know farmers are special and we're not #NZPol

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PeteO @pete0.bsky.social · 1d

Alternatively, people could realise that road cones are a red herring, and are not the reason NZ has increasing debt, increasing unemployment, low productivity
#nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

The Government may need to “adapt” its strategy for this war on road cones, van Velden said, after being asked to respond to new research,

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The Cat's Whiskers @thecatswhiskers.bsky.social · 1d

#nzpol wow

Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like I misunderstood what they meant by back on track

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chairmanknow @chairmanknow.bsky.social · 1d

In which we learn why Luxon backs, and fronts for, Nicola 'no so many things' Willis, and why it all seems strangely familiar

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The Bill English Trick

We need to find new ways to invest in ourselves – not new ways to asset strip our existing holdings.

craigrenney.substack.com

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to Luxon on Breakfast this morning and the ducks guts is they sought advice from a variety of sources to determine the emissions target. The climate change experts said the target should be n, the farmers said "Yeah nah, it should be n minus heaps" and they sided with the farmers. #nzpol

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