Sadly worse now than then. But Te Whanganui-a-Tara just had multiple Pride events that confirmed love in this city for our trans whānau. NZ First are not going to win this.

My ten year old just took me through the PowerPoint presentation he and his school friend made on the Polynesian Panthers and the Dawn Raids. The kids will be alright.

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The worst kept secret in Hamilton is out! 💚 😎 Politics can be different, it can be better. Sign up to change the government here: www.greens.org.nz/volunteer

Thinking about the alternative timeline if Greens had got into government in 2023. Free dental saving us $2.5 billion of lost productivity each year. Clean energy subsidies that would have provided more resistance for the fuel crisis. And so much more

"And as I’ve reflected, a quiet voice in my head has wondered whether the case would have existed at all if I wasn’t Māori." Heartbreaking Te Aniwa Hurihanganui had to write this but exactly why her reporting is so important and cannot be repressed by racism. www.1news.co.nz/2026/03/27/o...

"at this exact moment in history it feels liberating, even radical, to imagine a better future instead. I find it easy—rational, even—to be pessimistic, but if you can’t picture the world in which you want to live, you can’t build it." thespinoff.co.nz/books/28-03-...

“Working families need to pay to get to and from work every day, beneficiaries do not,” Willis said But parents on Jobseeker Support are required to attend mandatory appointments Work and Income appointments, and go to job interviews.“ Politics of cruelty www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

I knew that way too many special votes were disallowed in the local body elections but did not realise how often it was because they didn't fill in the field about their occupation thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-...

Green solutions for the immediate need. They're right there, just need some political will www.greens.org.nz/greens_offer...

EV sales dropped from 26,000 + in 2023 to 9000 in 2025 after Nats cut the CCD Thanks to Chris Bishop's RUCs, EVs also became v. expensive to run & EV sales tanked Wouldn't it be nice to have more EVs esp. 2nd hand ones now? That was the point of the Clean Car Disc after all from $11,000 hybrids up

Putting on my scratched record to play what should be plainly obvious to everyone now. Rocketlab are just a part of the US war machine.

But could we use them in lieu of the new Cook Strait ferries which may or may not ever arrive 🤷

I'm assuming they took the babies out but 🤷

Did I organise my day of annual leave around being able to go to the newly refurbished Wellington library? Of course! All the feels about how happy this library makes me. A city that loves its people is a city that gives them libraries.This building has a special place in my heart...

"Willis stands by her government's decision to remove the electric vehicle rebate. "I simply don't accept the idea that giving subsidies to millionaires in Remuera would help those afflicted by high petrol prices," Willis said." The subsidy let me buy a second hand hybrid for which I'm so grateful

Nice to see people agreeing with Green policy. These changes can't come fast enough. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Why are we still so hooked on fossil fuel 😭 "Historically, every $1 increase in fuel costs generates about $0.30 of indirect inflation across the wider economy." www.stuff.co.nz/money/360950...

Feels like a lot of tinkering around the edges (check tyre pressure, don't have the windows down over 50k, turn off the air con) when maintaining the clean car discount could have helped a lot more people on to EVs/hybrids and away from this problem www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...

Good Green things can happen 💚💚💚 www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

These amazing people 💚💚💚💚 www.greens.org.nz/green_party_...

Feels like an opportune moment to remember my UK family's amazement and jealousy when my kids were back at school and we were out and about in bars and restaurants and they were still on Covid stay at home orders

My kid was excited about taking part in the Kī o Rahi festival again but the festival's funding application has just been denied so it's cancelled. Too much to expect nice things these days.

Labour councillors told us climate change demands urgent action. Now that bike lanes are at risk, we must remind them of that promise. wellyclimatenerd.net/wellingtons-...

It never rains on Newtown Festival day. What has the new mayor done?!

Yes, and before we say it's only possible in places like Brazil that have had it since the last century, Scotland (similar population) has been on a challenging but progressive journey to make this a reality.

We’re in a climate crisis, a 40 percent cut to our climate response budget makes no sense financially or for the future of the city. Next week’s proposals include a total gutting of cycleway funding, & a backdown on commercial rates for Air B&B providers www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Right...that old reverse discrimination Ipsos' latest report on Global Attitudes Toward Gender Equality.

Imagine if there was a political party that had some plans in this area 🤔 www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Image 1: reasons given for withholding the information I requested on solar from MBIE Image 2: the reason given in the House today by energy minister Simon Watts today These two things are not the same

From a global Greens perspective, fantastic. From my British citizenship perspective, I just feel so utterly heartbroken that Reform is leading the polls and even though it has been trending this way for a while it's devastating to have to look at.

World events are kind of telling us that the time is now for home grown energy www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Hannah Spencer! Hopium 💚💚💚💚💚💚

Back of the envelope - $400 a day for prison vs approx $170-$200 for a night in emergency accommodation (ie a motel)

Stay safe Pōneke!

Fully need this hopium. As part of the generation that saw it was possible to close the ozone layer hole then saw big industry make it impossible to take the next round of climate action we needed, it's still worth keeping up the fight. Vote for the planet this Nov 7.

I worry about our young people being saddled with debt like this and wonder if there is a design flaw with the programme that needs to be addressed. If people are bonded to return surely it is important to ensure that the economic conditions are there to enable people to meet their obligations.

Tere tohorā, tere tangata. Where whales journey, people follow.

NZ First and ACT racing to the bottom as they cannibalise anti-Māori votes. Now's the time to be having conversations with friends and family about why tino rangatiratanga can benefit us all and is nothing to be scared of.

When local communities can lead the way amazing things happen

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Green Party celebrates decision to decline Taranaki seabed mining

Do you love whales? Do you know someone else loves whales? I think you do. www.greens.org.nz/green_member...

It's been incredible up in Waitangi seeing these three wāhine toa working together www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/05/w...

Headline vs who benefits in this supposed trickle down economy "the highest-spending households recorded the lowest inflation rate at 0.8% [...] Rent increased 1.9% over the year and was the main contributor to rising living costs for beneficiary households." www.interest.co.nz/personal-fin...

Love this description of the House of Lord from AP, published in Stuff this morning

So, even more costs to local communities and likely increases to council rates (at a time when the government says to cap them) so politicians can get from the airport to the beehive more quickly www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

I have never seen that many people turn up this far out from election day and this is now my fifth political campaign. So let this be the sign to get out there and get active. Can sign up to join us here: www.greens.org.nz/volunteer

City Mission continues to do amazing work and not surprising it's using Ora Toa dentists (presumably from Ngāti Toa iwi's medical service). Free dental should be available to everyone with dental needs and community based providers like City Mission should be fully supported to help communities

"Ordinary people, not polluters, are being asked to pick up the tab, while major carbon emitters continue to escape the costs of the damage they contribute to." Would have been useful for the media to emphasise this in 2023. Public good before corporate greed. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...