“"But if you have lots of sanctions and lots of sticks during an economic downturn, when finding a job is like the Hunger Games anyway, it turns out it doesn't work." He said the country was good at growing food but also good at growing hunger.” #nzpol

NEW: Workers across industries say that AI-obsessed bosses are creating deeply toxic and chaotic work environments, with some staffers sharing that they feel as though their manager or employer isn't living in reality anymore due to endless AI validation. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Why aren't I surprised?… 'An unforgivable miscarriage of justice' - police officers accused of withholding vital evidence in Alan Hall case www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...

Well yeah. Seeing an uptick in FOSS communities of cranks that are normally capable of no more than puerile insults using it to generate walls of text which for some reason devs waste their time rebutting.

Feeling the allure of AI or that old but relevant expression/feeling of FOMO? At a time where the last few embers of excellent and readable journalism are paywalled “The Wired” vol “AI or die trying” is a must-read investment. A sometimes exciting yet mostly horrifying reality check.

“The world’s biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates”. Study from 2024. As the National coalition slams the door on future litigation against climate damaging corporations here is a glimpse of the costs that will be passed onto the public. #nzpol

This week's comic: The dangers of solar panels

Cartoon: Recycling dilemmas

The National coalition #nzpol

As the NZ government fights to protect corporations from climate litigation Europe is melting and people are dying. #nzpol international-diplomacy.com/2026/06/26/p...

Aotearoa’s own “Erin Brockovich” This is what a great New Zealander does. On the other side those that would rip the soul out of NZ and give it to the very people who are destroying our planet - Paul Goldsmith, Christopher Luxon, Shane Jones, Winston Peters and David Seymour.

Bleak climate news. Our governments are not fit for purpose, driving blind and deafened by archaic thinking and greed. Negotiators fail to find agreement in numerous areas at Bonn climate talks www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...

'Our national security structures have been found wanting': Fiji chief slams state response to drug crisis www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...

When an unsustainable industry continually votes for a climate-denying government that proliferates unsustainable industry a circular hell evolves. #nzpol Flooding damages South Wairarapa bridge again www.rnz.co.nz/news/emergen...

The world is in another arms race. The threat of nuclear annihilationion is increasing as proliferation treaties end. Now with AI powered state and criminal enterprises directly targeting individuals we will see mental scars throughout society. We need non proliferation treaties urgently.

I think we just passed oops.

Climate change increases disease, we witnessed what happened to hospitals during covid 19, now imagine the scene of a Covid like pandemic during a heat wave. Hospitals overwhelmed as Europe heatwave shifts east www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/6...

It’s Shane Jones Vs New Zealand. Conservation land is still under threat. Changes to the Conservation Amendment Bill still preserve a mandate to prioritise development over nature. Shane Jones vows to open up public land to extractive industries newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/26/g...

The first page of my three pages in the new Listener about the bad news on K Road – and, importantly, the good news that came later.

Please enjoy this Wide Angle underwater photography winner 2026. This cutie seems to be smiling at the photographer.🙃 I saw sperm whale tails while I was in Kaikōura, New Zealand. It was special. 🐋 #Photography #Whale #Natire

The clown fish swimming among bubble tip anemones protecting them from predators. They are found in the Indo Pacific regions, including the Red Sea.

There is an AI arms race between criminals and businesses, the criminals are winning. The government wants NZ businesses to fully invest in AI with little criminal protection support or the establishment of controls over AI companies who’s tools are arming the criminals.

“Debris will need to be cleared” “Falling rocks” Feels like a call to the nation to vote out the debris of a climate denying, rocks for brains government. #nzpol High winds and heavy swells in lower North, upper South Islands www.rnz.co.nz/news/weather...

Another reason NZ should ban the use of Glyphosate in agriculture. It's like the Joker falling into a vat of toxic chemicals and then re-emerging as a supervillain, except this time it's real and the bad guys are multiplying. #nzpol

Watch the video (link in the article). Covers the real motivations of colonial, slave labour style AI companies and the growing resistance movement including tools for resistance by artists. “Karen Hao: Exposing the ‘brute force’ of AI that is ‘trying to make humans redundant’ “

An investigation will be carried out into concerns raised about the conduct of Human Rights Commission chief commissioner Dr Stephen Rainbow. Concerns were raised directly with Paul Goldsmith as the Minister responsible for the Human Rights Commission. #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

The UN Secretary-General has issued a call to action on methane ahead of #COP31. This has big implications for New Zealand's dairy-dominated farming sector. #TooManyCows www.un.org/en/climatech...

Their ignorant insistence of blowing a billion on an outdated and unnecessary LNG terminal tells us National is utterly unprepared for the future #nzpol #VoteGreen

"They'll move to Australia!!" Sure bruh

The national parties' plans to eat away at conservation land and poison remaining conservation land and water with heavy metals and chemicals through mining should be enough for anyone to vote for a new government. National are not the future, they are a mummified museum piece from the dark ages.

The National coalition will not have your back as an NZ citizen. Whether you are detained by ICE, beaten by an extremist foreign military force in international waters or denied your rights as a citizen in NZ our spineless lapdog government will leave you to your fate. #nzpol

How often do we need to see the “new normal” of ever-worsening climate impacts before NZ and other world leaders finally stand up and tackle climate change! People are loosing their houses, insurance companies are refusing to insure and we are becoming climate refugees in our own country. #nzpol

Abuse in care has never stopped in NZ, this is just another appalling example. Major failures led to autistic 11-year-old being sedated in adult ward, two reports find www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...

#nzpol Brian Tamaki’s remarks are abhorrent as usual yet the media has failed to link these comments to Elon Musk. Musk is saying the same things while NZ depends on his Starlink satellites so should we not treat him and SpaceX as a major security threat or are billionaires free to spread hate?

Insane self-blinding of the US. They are throwing away their investment in the ocean observation system and the benefits it provides. The only explanation I can think of: they don’t want the people to know what their fossil emissions are doing to our oceans. easternherald.com/2026/06/13/u...

AI at its worst, empowered by a far-right trillionaire and sponsored by a far-right president. Both men and their cronies have openly tried and in some cases succeeded in influencing foreign elections as well as fuelling the flames of racial hatred. The same AI engine that undressed young women.

#nzpol Simply put the National coalition are ecological terrorists. Areas defined as not significant for endangered species does not take into account climate change which is already affecting the habitable range of native species. Aotearoa NZ is unique because of our natural environment.

Well, we could consider doing what they’re doing in Wales: theconversation.com/one-country-...

If Winston wants officials who mislead ministers to be 'put in prison', does he accept that ministers who break the law by not making & keeping records of their interactions, say with the board members of TVNZ & RNZ, not to mention lobbyists, should also go to jail? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

The jobs that AI is gobbling up and those that are presently safe. I find this new reality very disturbing, wasn't AI meant to remove the drudgery from life and free our minds for art, science, mathematics, social thinking and greater consciousness? www.openyourmind.lat/2025/07/whic...

Massive Ocean Sanctuary Just Created—And the #MarineLife Discovery Inside Will Blow Your Mind www.goodnewsnetwork.org/french-polyn...

Wow, yeah impartial media, remember that...? #nzpol

Earth is trapping heat twice as fast as it did decades ago: www.earth.com/news/earth-i...

I am reluctantly dipping my toe into AI. I want to see for myself if AI when used for good can actually change us for the better. Today I asked a few questions, learned a lot and was provided with this video link regarding whale language research. This is definitely worth a watch.