Special report: EV batteries could store all the power we need in a day. How can NZ unlock that energy to slash bills and keep the lights on?

If you are gonna what about the batteries in the replies your gonna get blocked

Nice one- Aalborg water utility in DK suing the government for failure to enforce the #nitrates directive on farmers. It correctly argues that Aalborg citizens should not foot the bill for new expensive treatment plant to clean water that legally should not have been contaminated in the first place.

Fantastic little doco. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3juB...

We (@carefultrouble.bsky.social) have a piece of work on public adoption of voice transcription tools coming out later this year, based on work with a group of local authorities. If you must use it, here are some best practice guidelines

Same suits, new story - and everything National hopes you've forgotten. National is back on the trail asking voters to forget the record & judge them instead on a new set of promises. In a nutshell: they are asking voters for a political do-over. #nzpol wonderoutloud.substack.com/p/the-nation...

Your weekly reminder this election year 🗳️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #TaxTheRich #TaxTheSuperRich

Luxon s social media team 🤭 #nzpol

This is fucking good & I honestly wish NZ Greens could get some of this messaging, with tangible visual references people can comprehend out to the public.

jeesh can we get Chloe and Marama out to the next rugby game, field days tractor wank event, and have them do something similar. please. #nzpol

Willis wrote in 2022 it was “not credible for the Finance Minister to distance himself by blaming our inflation woes solely on global causes.” “The Finance Minister should stop pretending that inflation is a mysterious visitor from overseas, that he has no control over,” she wrote…. #nzpol

Fundamentally NZs tax settings are about working for NZrs to get what NZrs want and need. The desires of rich foreigners shouldn't come into it unless this government just sees the population as serfs who exist just to serve the rich

#Nzpol How can you not cheer when reading this type of story... but why would we want to give up on fossil fuels when we can spend $billions on tanks for imported diesel and petrol and build an LNG terminal /s

At stake here is whether powerful corporate interests can secure legislative intervention to avoid scrutiny by the courts, without a fair process and without the public being able to see how that decision was made. #nzpol #climate #SmithvFonterra #climatelitigation www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

"For days, officials across France have scrambled to cope with the searing heat, shutting down three nuclear reactors after the surrounding cooling waters became too hot..." So much for nuclear as a climate solution.....

Labour will back more tradies and young people through a trades qualification. We'll support employers for up to 2 years rather than one. Apprentices will get up to $1k for tools. We’ll also cover more trades, creating new opportunities. Let’s build a future for young people in Aotearoa.

Weird.right? 👀 #nzpol

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Labour launched KiwiSaver in 2007 with a $1k kickstart and $1k match. National scrapped the kickstart in 2015 and cut the match twice (2011, 2025). Now it's $0 kickstart and $260 match. With max matching, you've missed out on ~$11,000 including compound growth thanks to Nat's skimming. #nzpol

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Last year, 155,000 New Zealanders did not collect medicine they’d been prescribed because they couldn’t afford it. People who don’t collect their prescriptions are 30% more likely to end up admitted, costing the health system far more than the $5 ever saved.

Catl sodium grid storage 15000 cycles, 30 year life, massive temperature range, super safe , super efficient The future carnewschina.com/2026/06/22/c...

If Willis really cared anout kiwisaver she’d not have HALVED the govt contribution - now it’s a quarter of the original contribution. Now she’s gaslighting us saying it’s good for everyone (except the govt)to pay more, amid rising fuel prices, stagnating wages, and inflation. #nzpol

A lot of people might say that the Nats have extraordinary audacity to announce a headline policy about KiwiSaver that largely just reverses changes they made when last in government

Watching people get worked up about the Green Party's tax policy that will see 96% of people paying less tax and the richest 4% paying a little bit more Crossposted with @openvibe.social

The Conservation Amdmt Bill has lots of fish hooks in it. Why allow the sale of 60% of conservation land when the current law allows the sale of "bits & bobs"? Why does the Bill allow the sale of World Heritage Areas, scenic reserves, or conservation parks? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

On the back of the Green Party tax policy I thought I'd reshare this effort to change the language and correctly point out what taxing the rich actually means: reclaiming wealth taken from us in an economy they engineered to enrich themselves. newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/08/l...

While the headlines about KiwiSaver look good, the devil is in the details. Let’s not forget that it was National who cancelled the $1000 kickstarter in 2015, halves the rebate in 2011 & then again last year & reduced contribution options to 3%. 2/3 #nzpol

It's time for the super-rich and big corporations to pay their fair share. Visit greens.org.nz to learn how "A Tax System for All of Us" can build a fairer country for everyone 💚✊

I’m loving the simple clear graphics in the NZ Greens campaign messaging. It makes it pretty hard for ordinary kiwi voters to justify such an obvious grift by the super rich, when you see the sheer cheek of it displayed like this. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #TaxTheSuperRich

It's a sunny morning in Tāmaki Makaurau. I'm working from home. The EV- an MG4- is being charged entirely with our solar panels at the moment. This seems so much more preferable to buying the smelly stuff from a petrol station. #EV

Let's take a moment to remember Luxon's KPI outcomes: 12-15 year business failure high, 10-15 year unemployment high, record job beneficiaries, record gang numbers & surpassing police #, higher sexual assaults & record domestic violence, 3500 cancelled state homes while 20,000 wait ...

InternetNZ: the Free Speech Union and Hobson’s Pledge are once again attempting to take over. They will be running candidates in the election and bringing motions forward to remove Māori representation from InternetNZ's constitution. Join or renew to vote - AGM August. #nzpol

I'm old enough to remember what happened to Clare Curran after a couple of undiarised meetings with Carole Hirschfeld (who also lost her job). But here we have Goldsmith just doing whatever he pleases off the record, with no repercussions. #nzpol

Some great graphs on #NewZealand home solar uptake 980MW of capacity,86,000 installs, 4% uptake And rising rapidly

Every day, the idea of a subsidised LNG import facility look stupider and stupider: www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

This is a cause close to my heart - join me in signing on now: community.greenpeace.org.nz/petitions/no...

This will come as a surprise to absolutely no one. 🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #CoalitionOfCorruption

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US LNG Exporters Find Few Takers in Europe "US LNG developers expected Europe to become the cornerstone market for the next generation of export projects. Instead, the region is increasingly shying away from the long-term contracts needed to get them built" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Which would you rather have for $65 m - a year of public transport cap of $20 a week, or 588 meters of motorway?

#rantsandreckons by me on new policy initiatives etc being dropped in at last minute after select committee has reported #shoddylawmaking 🤓 newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/12/g...

They buried the modelling that indicated that dropping a billion dollars on an LNG terminal was a terrible idea. Because of course they did. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Something for our energy minister to look at If he could read #nzpol

First two news stories Labour: we want to subsidise public transport (Nats: classic labour, where’s the money coming from? They’re bribing voters etc etc) Nats: here’s $60 million for primary industries (🦗🦗 not one question about where that money is coming from) Utterly shameless. #nzpol

Get where you're going for less with Labour. $20 a week is the most you'll pay for public transport. This package would save a typical 2-commuter household nearly $2,500 a year in Wellington Bays/Rongotai. No paperwork, just real cost of living support for you and your family.