Reindeer, cut off from foraging routes, now graze on seaweed. Polar bears, deprived of the ice platforms to hunt seals, have turned inland, increasingly, clashing with humans. Scientists are discovering how climate change is transforming ecosystems, making their work more dangerous.

With unbreakable determination..... Hundreds of thousands return to Gaza city after being forcefully evacuated from it.

Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Chris Finlayson offer praise for the Waitangi Tribunal – and damning criticism of the coalition Government. Sam Sachdeva reports.

The bird gallery at @mfnberlin.bsky.social is closed for redevelopment, but instead of packing away their #birds, they crated up 11,500 #taxidermy specimens and put the crates on display instead. It's a really interesting - and beautiful - approach to open storage. #museums

Anyway I saw a post going around about what social media did for you and this is it, for me. I got diagnosed with autism and found other autistic people and went from being a sad lonely misfit to realizing I wasn't alone. The difference after 6 months of that was noticeable to my colleagues.

#GreatNZRoadie day III Franz Joseph Glacier. Well kinda, it was all the way to the corner last time here. Climate change sucks.

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

The professor fleeing to Spain got out. Whew (Jesus Christ the professors are fleeing to Spain)

LMAO

Hayden with a proper analysis at last

Another haka and another display of Gerry's wonderful understanding of tīkanga.

There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍

Watch: Haka breaks out after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech, Parliament suspended

Punitive policy, producing perverse incentives: “…a household which earns $65,528 in a year can bring in an additional $13,942.76 after tax from an 18- or 19-year-old’s Jobseeker payment. [But] if either of the parents earn one more dollar, the household as a whole loses nearly $14,000 in income.”

The NZ Drug Foundation has a major new report pressing the case for a replacement of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, which turns 50 this month. Thing is, its recommendations – for a complete realignment to health, not criminalisation and punishment, are ... drugfoundation.org.nz/topics/polic...

The problem is we think the Nazis were competent so we don't recognize murderous half-mad conspiracy dumbfuck as the fundamental building block of fascist regimes.

It’s clear that someone around the Cabinet Table could see that cutting the wages of some of the lowest paid workers in the country is not a way to build a more prosperous economy, and we should thank them. More of their voice is needed to prevent other harmful reform.

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

I’ve seen the pictures of Trump with Epstein’s girls. Here’s what’s in them - @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social

Pritzker fights. It's refreshing as all hell.

Now this is going to come as a shock but it seems that the Cones Hotline is a complete waste of time and money.

"If you come for my people, you come through me" is the best political messaging I have ever seen from a Democrat in my entire adult life and is worth about half a dozen Gavin Newsoms thehill.com/homenews/sta...

Waitangi Tribunal 50th conference

Recommend: without comment. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Somebody somewhere Needs flowers tonight

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

If Nicola Willis thinks we “shouldnt be so precious that we can’t use metaphorical speech” can we go back to why Chlöe Swarbrick was punished so heavily for her comments on the government’s spinelessness?

A little snappy ‘lection for Christmas, as a treat? #nzpol

I saw hares, skipping for joy and making more hares. They are living here and I see them most days: two brown loaves on the green grass.

🚫 DON'T DO THIS 🛑 Yesterday was your last day to vote via post! If you still haven't voted you need to drop off your papers into an orange bin instead. Voting closes midday on Saturday!

Really struggling today with the fact that Autistic kids are 'encouraged' to get various kinds of therapy to help with social skills yet non-Autistic kids can be vicious little arseholes to anyone who's different and that's just 'normal'.

Called by the Clerk’s office late morning today to see if I still wanted to speak to my written submission on the Local Govt Amendment Bill. Sure, I said. But the committee is only slated to be hearing oral evidence tomorrow between 9:50am and 1:40pm… www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/lis...

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced his government at 7.40 p.m. yesterday. By 9.45 a.m. this morning, it was all over.

On my recent visit to #TiritiriMatangi island I took this video in the forest. The birdsong here is extraordinary. I’ve never heard anything like it.

Ducklings, donkeys and a lizard join Blessing of the Animals

This is a policy with no basis in any analysis. It's designed to look tough. It actually makes them look thoughtless and out of touch. It's arbitrary, mean, and simply designed to disguise the fact that the government is failing young people. Is this what being back on track feels like?

This creates frankly bonkers outcomes. If one parent works an hour less a week, their child gets $13,942. In fact, one parent can work 11 hours less a week and the household is still better off. Secondary benefits (like Accommodation Supplement) are likely to stretch that gap even further

That’s some queen 🫅 shit right there.

If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall

hadn't seen this reported elsewhere - the suit against Neil Gaiman has been dismissed because NZ courts are a more appropriate venue, given the events happened here. US court says if he refuses to engage in an NZ-based suit, they would be open to taking it on then. bleedingcool.com/comics/neil-...

“The recognition of tikanga strengthens the rule of law. By contrast, rhetoric from the executive that disparages judicial engagement with tikanga undermines the separation of powers at the core of our constitutional order.” — Natalie Coates and Tai Ahu, Te Hunga Rōia Māori.

hate to say it but people like sina and i who’ve been around more than 5 minutes have been warning about the direction TPM’s been travelling in since at least 2023. it’s a highly divisive party, especially within māori society itself. solidarity with eru www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

riding through the park met a fellow silly goose savouring spring rain 🚲☔️🪿 #baiku

What the ever loving fuck are they doing to new zealand

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.