Environment Canterbury has declared a nitrate emergency - but what does that mean for the region? Greenpeace freshwater campaigner @willappelbe.bsky.social explains 👇 www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol #cleanwaternow

Why are Southland Federated Farmers frothing at the mouth about Greenpeace redecorating the famous Gore trout landmark, and not worried about the water notice that meant Gore residents couldn’t drink their water over the weekend? 🧵

🧵 The Luxon Government's “freshwater pollution plan” is here. Their proposals would scrap protections for lakes, rivers and drinking water, all to make it easier for corporate polluters to make a profit. Here’s what's been proposed:

Milking it: how the intensive dairy industry rewrote freshwater rules in their favour www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... via @willappelbe.bsky.social #TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence #nzpol

ECan votes are notoriously difficult to find on their website. So I decided to let people know about this one.

A good 30% of my TikTok feed is from overseas content creators talking about the repeal of the smoking ban. Embarrassing.

"But some lobbyists told justice officials at meetings in July that the project was a solution in search of a problem" Of course the lobbyists are doing some lobbying. www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

Prior to 1916, Labour movement activists ran for Parliament as Lib-Labs. By this article's logic, they should have never split with the Liberal party to form the modern Labour Party. But they did, and went on to form 6 Governments. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-...

Our union delegate approves of this app. He's keeping an eye out for reactionary infiltrators though.

What's the biggest fight you're expecting with the new government? For me it's live export and fair pay agreements.