At this point it’s probably fair to ask, who is actually running NZ right now? When the Minister if Energy, The Commisioner for the Environment & Transpower all opposed Meridian energy drawing down up to 5m more water But it was approved anyway by a Fast-track panel? This isn’t good governance

Just had to explain who Peter Thiel is to my mother, a woman who has CNN on in her house every waking moment. Starting to think it’s a problem that men like this can just fly under the radar because their friends own the press.

Police appeal for help finding child missing in Henderson

One day before the Supreme Court ended its Term, the Court expanded presidential power, preserved mail ballot protections, and handed Trump another loss. The headlines don’t tell the whole story. I do: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-last-m...

Extremely bad news today; Medical Council has rolled over and ceased work on drafting statements on cultural safety. Political interference from ACT and Simeon Brown successful. If Labour supports changes to Health Competency Assurance Act, I will spit fecking tacks. www.mcnz.org.nz/about-us/con...

Jared Kushner wants Albania's protected wetlands. The government obliged. Protesters said no. 29 days later, they're still saying no — with flamingo cutouts and flags, in the streets, every single night. Europe is watching. Is anyone else?

The Supreme Court is about to hand down its final opinions of the term. Some of the most important decisions are still ahead. Here’s a preview of the cases that remain—and what I’ll be watching for as well as what else you need to be aware of this week. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

The world has SEVERELY under reacted to the Epstein situation.

pathetic, what a useless, absolute failure of a man.

'We're running out of specialist blood cancer scientists in NZ'

Of course he didn't. #NzPol

Aotearoa New Zealand. "32 headlines in 11 days !!!!! Its a epidemic but whats being done ???" - Sam Troth @theroadtohealingaotearoa Sam's petition closes 31 July. "Ban evidence of previous good character from consideration when sentencing sexual offenders." ✍️ petitions.parliament.nz/cf986021-083...

National MP Paulo Garcia made a rather ill advised Fb post yesterday, claiming his govt is investing in disability organisations to create stronger communities. He is getting utterly roasted in the comments - over 100 furious comments so far. Am 100% here for this kind of fb content.

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which was gutted last year. If Bezos can spend $500M on a yacht, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

Congratulations to Katie Phang on winning the preliminary injunction motion to further the release of the Epstein files. Love her!

Friends, they’re not even trying to hide their voter suppression. ⬇️

PRIORITIES. 🙄

"A Constitutional right millions of us had lived with for nearly 50 years disappeared in a single morning with a vote,” local organizer Marie Follayttar said, WGME reported. “And every single one of us who fought to stop it knew exactly how we had got there. Susan Collins." #SusieTheEnabler

The complaints are historic towards a woman. We can fill in the rest. This combined w a raft of other officers being investigated and charged with objectionable publications really paints a particular picture of the institution (and proves Tamatha Paul right) #nzpol share.google/FoWSuLN61CpH...

Excellent article about the way institutions fail women who are victims of violence and abuse.

🚩Is there a difference? Why is the appointment of Simeon Brown by PM Luxon any different to the appointment of RFK, Jr. by Donald Trump?We always said this appointment was a red flag. What is to stop this anti-abortion politician from banning abortion if given a second term? #abortion #nzpol #Trump

Australia are doubling down on their social media ban, while a new study just dropped about its effectiveness - it's worse than the last one #nzpol (Cross post from instagram)

Let me present to you, the scientist creator of insulin, who did a "piece of science" and gave it away, for free, to save lives:

💚 🥳 another @greens.org.nz candidate has joined us on Aotearoa BSky! 🎉 #nzpol Alma is the Green Party candidate for Selwyn and a list candidate. Also currently a Co-President of Abortion Rights Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social 😍🙏

We're going to be at the Lab in Lincoln from 5pm to 7pm on Tuesday the 30th of June. Hope to see you there!

Kia Ora e te whānau, we're having a get together for anyone interested in chatting about the Greens campaign in Selwyn for 2026. Member or non member; if you're interested in the campaign come along for a pint and a kōrero.

Thousands gather for Kyiv's largest Pride march since start of full-scale war Ahead of the event in support of the LGBTQ+ community, a counter-demonstration was held in Kyiv, involving supporters of "traditional family values" and far-right activists.

Luxon, talking on CheerleaderZB, says that Weta and RocketLabs would leave under the Greens tax proposal. But let's face it: if they are not paying their fair share of tax, they're not adding to the country really anyway. GDP may look higher but if it's hoarded resources we're no better off.

Two stories today about deepfakes in schools. Catch me on RNZ Checkpoint this afternoon after 5pm talking about what we can do to address this old harm manifest with new tech #nzpol

everlee wihongi's first feed as a free woman, after being kidnapped by ICE 70 days ago. the details of how it went down are here on webworm: www.webworm.co/everleeisfree/

A major Wired investigation this week revealed details of Peter Thiel's secretive "Dialog" network after a leaked database exposed hundreds of members. One name caught my attention: Jonathan Haidt. A thread 🧵

Trying to call WINZ on behalf of my parent because they cut off her benefit while she was in hospital 😡🫠 - they’re only open until 1pm and despite saying it was an emergency the AI said to try again on Monday because they were experiencing high volumes. Maybe hire human staff to help, then? #nzpol

Spoiler alert! I surprised myself (& cheered myself up) researching possibilities for science communication across polarized politics! But it’s still daunting to talk to a room of professional communicators! I hope you can join us 25-26 June Christchurch NZ static1.squarespace.com/static/548f8...

BREAKING: San Marcos just voted to prohibit data centers across the entire city. This is what happens when regular people stand up to the biggest corporations on earth. These corrupt bigshots may have money, but Texans still have the final say.

No lies detected.

Dr Ben said she was "outraged" and that many of her colleagues locally and nationally were angry at this unprecedented move by a health minister. "Cultural safety does say, look at your own biases, I wonder if the minister needs to look at his," #nzpol

"It also sends a worrying signal to other regulators: if you don't do what the minister wants, your people will be replaced" - doctors' union boss, Sarah Dalton. #NzPol

We have to vote these bastards out.

Booo age bans #nzpol

published at 8.15 pm, disgusting behaviour from the creep that sheltered Jago for months.. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Celebrities join petition to shut down Dilley Immigration Center in Texas, over abuse claims www.fox26houston.com/news/celebri...

Dogmatic ideologue removes people more qualified than he from positions bc he disagrees with them, despite them having widespread support and he having none. He will be gunning for the Nursing Council next. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

No records kept?? Goldsmith believes he can say, do and act as he pleases and given his previous behaviour - illegally appointing HRC commissioners for one - it’s likely imo that hes been very directional to RNZ. We will never know because he’s doing it behind closed doors with no records. #nzpol

Nick’s analysis shows that cutting the Total Mobility subsidy isn’t a savings for the govt - it shifts the cost from Transport into MSD & Health, plus creates barriers and costs for the disabled ppl and elderly who use the scheme. #nzpol @nickruane.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/nicholas...