Data centers are going to accelerate global warming and cause greater health risks among people

why can't i find any *reporting* on a violent criminal hate group trying to intimidate sikhs? I mean, it's obviously also very deeply important to NZ that we know that david beckham's son doesn't follow him on instagram too, but c'mon.

Health NZ refuses to recruit and fund safe number of district nurses, so union reports them to Worksafe. archive.ph/xT5yv

2 days without Coal or gas We could be so much better but its a good start

We need to get control of deer numbers (& exotic ungulates) in NZ before widespread forest ecosystem collapse ensues. This piece I wrote for @theconversationnz.bsky.social in 2022 is still very much true today especially with the push for herds of special interest theconversation.com/despite-the-...

Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year

How this top international journalist's Ngāi Tahu roots shaped his life.

True fact, I am now 57 years old & I have never seen Mt Taranaki on the west coast of Te Ika-a-Māui North Island, not by land nor air. Flying back to Ōtepoti Dunedin earlier in the week I almost got excited, yeah the whole mountain was draped in cloud. Boooo

New doco by John Clarke’s daughter finally brings Fred Dagg home https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/194046/ “This is my dad,” says Lorin Clarke, in the opening scene of her new documentary Not Only Fred…

Don’t stop be-leafin’: how urban greening can help save threatened species | Wildlife https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/194032/ At the end of our street, in an east coast city, is a huge park that’s easy to…

Et tu Aotearoa?

Waipohatu Falls, Caitlin’s Coast, South Island NZ.

"Climate change was 'so obviously relevant' to a decision that could lead to the extraction and consumption of fossil fuels that it must be considered, the panel of five Supreme Court justices ruled. 'Climate change is a matter of pressing concern for New Zealand and its well-being both in the […]

So, today I'm wrapping up People Watching. Massive thanks to everyone who has supported it & all the cool people I've met and drawn. I wrote an article in the Sunday Magazine today talking about the lessons I've learned doing it - and there were so many. www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...

A year before an election Winnie turns on his partners and on his foes, rules out working with people in an attempt to garner vote for him and his party to stand alone. It works for him, its clever in a self-serving way. But he is so not the future of NZ. Time to retire, Winnie.

Trump Media to merge with TAE Technologies to build the world’s first utility-scale nuclear fusion power plant "next year" Nuclear fusion 'tomorrow' has been hyped by right-wing politicians to kill the idea of 'renewables now'... www.theguardian.com/business/202...

RESPAIR. A very old word for fresh hope.. Susie Dent on RadioNZ with Jim Mora. Used in the 1500s. "Fresh hope or recovery from despair". We desperately need this in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2026!

Canada’s growing clean tech sector has created thousands of high-paying careers — many of those in methane reduction. Our new measures to drive down those emissions will cut pollution and could create nearly 35,000 new careers in the field by 2040.

🌍🔥 20 global climate action opportunities across funding, fellowships, jobs, innovation & youth programs—apply, share, and tag someone: bit.ly/4aX1KoK #ClimateActionNow #ClimateFunding #ClimateJobs #ClimateFellowships #YouthInClimate #GreenJobs

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. www.science.org/content/arti...

Aotearoa New Zealand is ideally placed to be doing this on a grand scale. I would invest in it if we had a government that was serious about reducing emissions. The current govt would pass legislation to throttle such an industry because they are out and out #climateCriminals

Norway is scaling seaweed farms to capture CO2 and create renewable biofuel. This "green oil" sucks carbon from the air and provides a clean energy alternative for a zero-emission future. #GreenEnergy #Norway #SustainableLiving #biofuels #RenewableEnergy #TheLolgic #Europe #STEM #kelp #seaweeds

Ideally we’d have things set up so food banks weren’t required, but letting them disappear while also removing/reducing other support is beyond cruel. Most of us are much closer to needing this support than we realise/like to admit.

We are all one bad week away from from needing a food bank or housing support. We are much more likely to have a bad week than magically become millionaires.

Yes please. We can have better services, support and lives we just need to vote for political parties that understand it’s a political choice. #nzpol 'Public good over corporate greed': Greens challenge Willis to debate them instead.

Goldsmith unlawfully appointed Human Rights Commissioner and Race Relations Commissioner

#NZpol People might recall that when M-Bovis hit he didn't do FUCK ALL about it as a Minister and *neither did his government*. People might also recall when farmers were losing to climate change damage he simply said "That's a shame, talk to your bank about it..." The guy is an absolute munter.

Since, AFAIK, it isn't probed by New Zealand media or critically raised elsewhere incl. in parliament, it will never cease to surprise me how the Foreign Minister esp., & others in Govt willingly appear on a far-right podcast platform that promotes, & normalises ChCh terrorist's violent extremism.

Just when you thought the reputation of the New Zealand police couldn’t get any worse this happens! Resign Mark Mitchell as minister of Police #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Little bit of context for those GDP figures. Self-flaggelation champions are down the bottom. Have you seen any of these international comparisons in the media? I might have missed them.

The theme of the week is: courts telling the govt they have to actually consider evidence before making policy decisions, not just pretend to consider it and then do whatever the fuck the minister wants to do anyway Much to think about www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Mitchell said NZ Police were "world class". Does he know how incompetent and corrupt police are world wide?

#nzpol NBR reports the Min. of Finance saying a "Stronger economy will help the Government’s books". nbr.co.nz/politics/str... The chart (from @labourcartel.bsky.social) might explain the government's current situation. Something happened in late 2023, and things have gotten worse since.

This is great: Authorised by the Government for re-arranging deck chairs.

As in NZ as in the UK. "The one thing I'm certain of & people tell me every single day it's a status quo is not working - it is broken and Labour ultimately exists right now to protect power and wealth in this country. " - Zack Polanski. Save what is left of the Labour party - Vote Green. #nzpol

NZ gets this in January

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

Bishop is trashing environmental protection laws while Watts is trashing climate laws

No, Richard. We should be raising taxes on you and your wealthy mates. Those are our assets, not yours and not the current National government's. #nzpol

I’d really like a government I can trust to just do government things without having to be aware of every single thing they’re trying to pass that will ultimately undermine democracy in some way shape or form. Amazing how fast it’s changed from being interested to bracing every time I read the news.

NEW: Eileen Higgins was elected Miami's next mayor on Tuesday, per AP, making her the first Democrat to win the post in nearly 30 years and defeating President Trump's endorsed pick.

New Taxpayers Union/Curia poll out: Labour - 31.6 (-1.7) National - 30.0 (-0.2) Greens - 10.8 (+1.6) Act - 8.9 (+0.3) NZFirst - 8.3 (-1.0) TPM - 3.1 (-0.2) Centre right 61 seats to 59 Centre left Notable for Greens up, not sinking as in 1News poll

Iiiinteresting. Two very different, contradictory narratives emerge from this week’s polls. Time will tell if either has caught a trend (for now I am more sceptical of the 1News-Verian poll because I don’t see any reason for the abrupt slump they recorded in the Greens’ vote)

What's that? Greens up almost the exact number that Labour are down? Maybe Labour should stop shitting on their natural allies

I didn’t have NZ media vs the people of NZ on my Xmas news cycle list, but there you have it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

BONKERS! The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment. Let that sink in. #NZPOL

This was clearly foreshadowed by ACT's Regulatory Standards Bill. Some National Ministers and NZ First may say they'd repeal that, but they seem to be supporting the same dangerous approach in this new Bill.

Climate Change Resonse Act amendment legislation - to be passed pre-Xmas under urgency. legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...

Geoffrey Palmer tells it how it is. We must do everything we can to stop the fast-track - not only for the sake of our climate and our special places - but to safeguard our very democracy, and Te Tiriti which underpins it. newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/08/g...

Red Texas is a leader in renewable energy deployment. The state's solar surge proves that the energy transition defies politics.