This is the best media explanation of the bill I've seen so far. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

WTF? The job of a government is to create and enforce laws to maintain order, provide for the welfare of its citizens, and protect the country from external threats Not to “sort out” the people that are in trouble… what you propose? Eugenics? Disappear them? Jeez www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

so good!! youtu.be/h-yjkAXxnMA?...

Palm Beach, Waiheke. Right now Nerd fact (I’m a marine biologist after all), when luciferin and luciferase (gotta love the biblical names) join together, they react with the oxygen in the air to make an oxidised complex. After that, luciferin emits a photon, and that is what you see when it breaks

With decolonization sweeping Africa and Asia, the optics of the world's triumphant democracy holding on to its possessions would have been abysmal.

WTF is this dogmatic moronic government doing? The Government has spent $10.7 million in redundancy payments to dismiss 209 workers at Callaghan Innovation, with more than half of these being scientists and researchers whose skills NZ desperately needs. www.waikatotimes.co.nz/business/360...

In the past, I worked a lot on the seafood safety side of fisheries. When a fish is on deck, it is no longer just a fish; it has turned into food, and as such, there is a whole universe of rules, compliance, and operations that go along with it. www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2025/11...

If teaching of te reo Māori should not happen at the taxpayer’s expense, then neither should English! What part of “official language” do these shitheads don't get newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/s...

“While the coalition government is trying to force right wing policies down people’s throats, like Act’s school dinners, they’re being spat out and rejected” newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/08/a...

Lae market in PNG has always had the most epic produce and cool bilums

“The move was supported by a $6.3 million contribution from the International Visitor Levy and Tourism New Zealand baseline funding.” FFS… give it to teachers and nurses. Who cares about michelin star restaurants in NZ? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

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...

Let's wait for the reaction to our non-compliance with carbon reduction commitments under trade agreements 😔

“An inquiry into the declaration of National Party MP Carl Bates' interests in 25 properties has found he followed Parliament's rules.” This quote tells me everything that I need to know zwhy National is so opposed to Capital GainstTax www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Instead of dealing with the homelessness crisis in Auckland they just hide it. This is the opposite of leadership (and decency) particularly for the most self-professed evangelical Christian government we have had in ages. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

"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."

'Greed, avarice, and entitlement' - those seem to me like the basic character traits to be a minister in the present NZ Govt coalition. They should ask them to join! www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...

The good lord gave us wallpaper so we could have a way to test the strength of our marriages. Choosing, putting up, taking it down. No better way to find out how much and whether you love your partner.

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?

Domestic Check-in Port Moresby 6.30 am

Here is a continuation of my musings on creating "ocean stewardship" zones —High Seas pockets within the FFA membership—governed by Pacific Island states and their people. These MPAs could be based on traditional marine tenure systems. www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2025/11...

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

“In my work with the (Nuremberg Trial) defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil, and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy... a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.” - Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army

National so far this term: Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch

I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥 There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️ They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬 Thread:🧵Plz RT

66% of households own their own home. CGT does not apply to the family home. 2/3 of the property investment market is made up by people who own three or more properties. That's who National is protecting. www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/h...

If some people were to be vaccinated as they were before COVID, then there would not be a surge in demand, because there would not be an outbreak!! www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

A tale in three links: 1) Govt promises police $72 million in incentive payments for meeting new road safety (including breath testing) targets. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Dissociated reality… country is in tatters but our PM is pursuing our societal interest www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

John Key left NZ with ~$60 billion debt Nicola Willis admits Labour borrowed ~$80 billion over 6 years w/ a global pandemic & post Covid inflation And Luxon's National are on track to borrow $120 billion ($100bn with pay equity stolen) in less time & no pandemic #nzpol #kiwi

Departure lounge at Kosrae International Airport.

Images are worth 1000 words. This is “literally” living with sea level rise at your doorsteps. If it was king high tide my feet will in the water… at least here in Kosrae they can retreat to the hillsides… atolls don’t have that option.

“You cannot know who you are as a society unless you know your history” Simply and profoundly as that! buttondown.com/unsettling/a...

As Labour finance minister Grant Robertson borrowed about $140Billion between 2017 & 2023 including paying for the economic shock of Covid-19 As National finance minister Nicola Willis has borrowed >$140Billion between 2023 & 2025 what crisis has she had? Borrowing to pay for tax cuts #NZPol

“His position was defeated 140 votes to 70.” Looking forwards to a similar outcome in the next election www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Increase speed limits build more roads expect more accidents run down hospitals is pretty much the ideology of New Zealand Tories in a nutshell.

These guys seems every time dissociated from reality

Another gut wrenching episode of this excellent podcast on the history of Gaza and the begging of their terrible situation in 1947 that if anything has become much worst until the preset podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/e...

"The Government is concerned about the framework adding costs onto the international shipping industry and the economy.” Is the Polluter Pays principle you numnut! And what do you care, since you shite at buying ships, (particularly ferries) anyway newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/22/n...

Un be-fucking-lievable . I'm truly gob-smacked, $8500, you complete and utter bastard.

You always know when a project “starts” because it is announced with self-congratulatory fanfare, but not how it "exits"... Ultimately, this paper emphasises that responsible exits are a crucial part of ethical and effective conservation philanthropy. www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2025/10...

The rollback comes shortly after officials celebrated the policy on the world stage. Posturing and lying… is what this government does best www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Teachers got an email on Sunday evening detailing even more curriculum changes. This is after a tonne of work already completed on the previous final version, which now needs to be updated. Education is an absolute shit show under Stanford. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Another well researched episode of these series of podcast on the history of Gaza, the total failure of the incipient UN in partition and the British colonials against the orchestrated violence against the Arabs (and their retaliations) by the Jewish militias podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/e...

AoNZ's only general strike was in 1979, when Muldoon (National Party) wasPM, it involved aroud 300000 people. The fact that it took 46 years for the next one tells me how patient new zealenders are with their goverments (both main parties), and how piss off they really are with the present.

If only other leaders woulf face the same... "All title losses have involved discord and scandal and reputational damage to the state, although none as grave as Prince Andrew's indefensible close friendship with convicted paedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein" www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

There must be a reason for that... See it as democracy in action in terms of expressing opposition to a dismal government in a way that does not risk losing your job, being shamed and vilified by ministers, or being arrested.

The hypocrisy of the system laid bare Politicians from both sides ought to feel very uncomfortable about this, they won't #nzpol

No money for teachers. No money for nurses. No money for doctors. No money for firefighters. But $3 billion for roads roads roads roads roads roads roads roads roads. Priorities are fucked bro…They have no shame. #nzpol wellington.scoop.co.nz?p=175029

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