What a fucking kook.

Coming soon to Aotearoa

"Even brief exposure to nature (about 10 minutes) can measurably improve focus and mood. Real nature offers multisensory benefits that photos or screens can only partially replicate. Access to green spaces is a public health necessity, not a luxury." 🌏 www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conn...

The implicit promise of the govt's whole shtick was to leave things to locals and get central govt and political interference out of local decisions. That implicit promise has been thoroughly and repeatedly broken and one would hope one of our country's political editors would notice that.

Again a systemic story that's bigger than the individual bits: a govt which ran into power in large part based on banging the localism drum about water has accelerated the pace of centralised - and personal Ministerial - decision-making. This is a big story about this govt. Someone should tell it.

Yet another power grab. “These approvals would be given directly to the Minister of Conservation without the input of either the Conservation Boards or the NZCA. "This board also has concerns that the proposed draft document also appears to limit input by iwi." www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/06/c...

Boy if you think our health system is stretched now, just wait til Serco “known for abusing prisoners” get their hands on it

Thread of the day. Giant good news

Thanks to @royalsocietynz.bsky.social for awarding me the Callaghan medal for Science Communication. Thanks to my many supporters, NZ communities for being curious, & the many people in various agencies who really do want to use evidence in decision-making. This is critical now, more than ever. 🌐🌏🧪

lol

Alternate framing - People learnt the impact of transmission during the pandemic and now are less likely to come in and get everyone else sick.

I guess the only option we have now is to eat the rich.

Parks and Rec isn't a hill to die on, but one thing it gets right is this whole government thing rests on the shoulders of people you will never know, caring a lot about jobs you've never heard of, fighting challenges thrown at them from every angle just to make life a little better for everyone.

Federated Farmers goes mask off. "Federated Farmers is calling on the Government to urgently scrap controversial freshwater rules that put river spirits and ideology ahead of practical water use."

Who tf can afford Michelin dining? You? Again, this govt is about providing perks for their rich, entitled, elitist, “I’m sorted” arrogant mates. I’m sure those about to be deemed “homeless illegals” are jumping with joy at this spend up! #AoNZpol

Wonder why this scene looks so familiar... #WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕

1. By far the majority of inshore fish caught by commercial fishers in AoNZ is sold to the 88% of the population that don't go recreational fishing. 2. Recreational fishers take twice as much snapper from the Hauraki Gulf than commercial fishers. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

EU agrees 90% emissions reduction target for 2040, with at least 85% domestic.

Inspiring leadership here from Watts.

My dog is stressed as fuck. Booooo

School boards are required to consult with the wider community when developing and reviewing their strategic plans. You don't have to have relatives at the school. You can have a real impact by ensuring your local schools include giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi within their strategic plans.

Back on track ! www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #nzpol

You can still buy them here at Bunnings and Mitre 10 as well as many other nurseries. www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...

On this day in Horror/Sci-Fi History, THEY LIVE was released in 1988.

Saw an article about someone "redefining what it means to be a pop-star." And just all the comments from people being like "who?" "never heard of her?" and it's just folks, we're in our 40s, just accept we won't know a lot of these people and that doesn't mean "music is dead." We're just old...

Good to see this u-turn but also reflecting how often people with less of a profile than a former All Black have called Seymour and the rest of the coalition out on their very consistent bullshit and not received the time of day, in favour of repeating talking points verbatim. More critique, please.

Excellent thread about Parihaka, which is far more fitting reason to remember remember the 5th of November.

Utterly shameful the Ministry of Education is still calling the curriculum Te Mātaiaho, a name gifted to them by Wayne Nata to help capture the central place of Te Tiriti in it.

"Knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing." Freire calls this the 'banking system of education' This is what Stanford/Seymour are doing to our children

Well that's not great. environment.govt.nz/news/governm...

We got robbed in broad daylight. What an endless fuck up. "NZTA's Mark Owen told Morning Report the builder never applied the final chip seal layer so it was not as waterproof as it should be."

i have this one home. tax me if i sell it, and start spending up large in housing /infrastructure/education/arts/science/health and everything else your miserable austerity economic model has neglected in the last 40 years. see if i care.

Luxon has become the default face for toxic landlords on left-wing pages across the world. This one's from Germany 😆😂

Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day. Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...

In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system. Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

"The president of Te Whakarōpūtanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa - New Zealand School Boards Association, Meredith Kennett, said the change would undermine the legal and practical standing of school boards as Crown entities and risked damaging wider social cohesion, to no clear benefit."

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

I was in a discussion last night where it was pointed out that what is happening here is exactly what happened in the UK with Gove, & it hasn’t turned out so great for them over there. We have to stop this, MUST stop this!! #nzpol

🔭 #Biodiversity monitoring in agricultural landscapes has advanced significantly. What are the latest developments, advantages, and limitations? Read more in our report ⬇️

Public transport often treats bikes as a luxury—or worse a competitor—but without them leaves revenue on the table. For 25 years, the Dutch have extended the reach of their railways through investments in (300,000) parking spaces and (25,000) shared bikes. The result? A doubling of train ridership.

Otago researchers say the review of Kāinga Ora relied on “incorrect conclusions” and “methodological issues”. Housing Minister Chris Bishop says they’re wrong on the facts.

Looks interesting ... 'The Origins of White Power Music: The Co-Opting of Punk and Oi! By a Parasitical Social Movement', James Windle & Clara Schenk, Deviant Behavior [LOL], Vol.46, No.10: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Retail crime costs the country around $2.6 billion per year. Tax evasion costs the country around $7 billion per year. Where's the tax evasion advisory group?

The $2.9 billion tax cuts to landlords over 4 years would have funded 7,250 annual doses of Trikafta for cystic fibrosis patients. These decisions are a choice in values. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

This is why you don’t privatise water. Kāeo has had issues for years, and despite assuring the council they are resolving issues, they only seem to be getting worse.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Tutukiwi orchids are flowering at the moment. 🌏

Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones." cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...