I don't loathe Nicola Willis because she's a woman or a Tory. I despise her because she's an insufferably stupid, mendacious and feckless ghoul who is astonishingly shit at her taxpayer-funded job. #nzpol

Nicola Willis is starting to make Ruth Richardson look humane and likeable #nzpol

#auspol #ukpol #nzpol #cdnpol

"This is not how you build a country, it's how you break one." @greens.org.nz Co-leaders, 20 May #nzpol

We'll be paying microslop, google, OpenAI etc None of those companies pay significant taxes here and the 'work' wouldnt be done here Last year Google NZ had $1.3bn revenue and shipped $1.2bn of that off shore and paid $7.7Million in tax

This is painful to read. Lawry defused a situation, did everything right and the police escalated over and over again. It's disgusting, and I wonder how often it's swept under the rug. We all must not look away. Shine a light on this or it will only grow and get worse. #nzpol

Tamatha was right #nzpol

They're right you know

500 years ago, people starting building pā all over northern NZ—fortifying their settlements with rows of palisades, cut from nearby bush. Why? What were pā defending—or trying to say? The trees themselves, combined with mātauranga Māori, tell a story. www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-... 🇳🇿🧪 #archaeology

Hey e hoa, do me a favour? Should NZ have a CGT? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360... #NZPol #AoNZPol

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"Opposition leader Chris Hipkins says he has learned from past mistakes and will avoid wholesale repeal of coalition policies if Labour wins next year’s election..." I.e. "If you vote for Labour we will do fuck-all and simply continue the status-qou." 🙃 Vote Greens people! 💚💚💚

We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5

ngā mihi NZ Greens for repeating today what you've said since day dot. "We are calling on the Government to explicitly condemn the illegal war, and be clear that we will have no involvement in it ‼️🌏" @greens.org.nz #nzpol www.greens.org.nz/luxon_needs_...

#NZPol Precisely the wrong solution to our neoliberalism induced debt problem: More neoliberalism! Stupid goddamn dumbshit motherfuckers. Why is there no article like this for investment in productive asset? Ideas that actually work!?! Never privatise a public good! www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

www.lianza.org.nz/professional... fascinating...

WHO KNEW??!! Maybe this could help AoNZ navigate a path to where our teachers could afford homes and human dignity was a given, not dished out to the few. #nzpol

Seems *some NZers* need educ on Indians in NZ: Not all Indians are * Patels * Singhs * Sikh * Punjabi * Gujurati * Muslim * Hindu * curry munchers or eat butter chicken (fyi bc is made to suit English tastes) Also, not all Muslims are terrorists; and not all terrorists are Muslims You're welcome🙏

So wild to me that NZ voters can’t see the evidence based solutions to problems that the NZ Green Party consistently offer. It’s like some kiwi voters are addicted to thumping themselves in the dick while screaming wOkE rAdIcAl LoOns at the cure to our suffering. Nice interview Chlőe. 💚 #nzpol #NZ

A system that consistently protects perpetrators and undermines survivors is a biased, corrupt system. How many headlines do we see where a judge is protecting a perpetrator’s good name, their career? How many actions are framed as a judgement error? Help change an unacceptable status quo👇 #nzpol

BOOM! South Australia's power prices have plummeted as they near 100% renewables, proving to the world that relying on wind and solar with battery back-up is possible, more reliable and costs people less. THIS is how we avoid the next oil crisis. #EnergyRevolution

A short bedtime tale by the 4yo: "Once upon a time there was a little boy who really wanted a unicorn. But every day, no unicorn came to his house. He would shout, "UNICORN!", but no unicorn came to his house. He wished EXTRA SUPER HARD but still no unicorn came to his house! Only tigers."

The use of “hallucinate” is a stroke of true evil genius in the AI world. In ANY other context we’d just call them errors & the fail rate would be crystal clear. Instead, “hallucinate” implies genuine sentience & the *absence* of real error. Aw, this software isn’t shit! Boo’s just dreaming!

A new review finds that biological ammonia production offers strong potential as a cleaner, greener alternative to the costly Haber-Bosch process. Microbes such as Azotobacter can produce ammonia under ambient conditions and atmospheric pressure. www.the-microbiologist.com/news/scienti...

The sun has come out and maybe the washing I hung out this morning will dry before the world ends

"The man is a pathological liar. You cannot believe anything he says." may be objectively true, but is not particularly comforting right now

Trump is threatening to erase an entire civilisation. We are watching genocide and war crimes become normalised in real time - Just look at Gaza. And where is the Minister for Foreign Affairs? In the United States, playing footsies with Rubio

The NZ Govt must condemn this right wing lunatic and war criminal. We must stand up for peace and international law. And rapidly phase out fossil fuel dependence.

Kia ora. This morning Luxon compared the PM role to being a CEO. It’s a seductive analogy — but it fundamentally misunderstands both political theory and democratic governance. A thread. 🧵

Ask them why they’re there…and they’ll tell you it’s as a consequence of your decisions.” Watch this and you’ll see why nonsense articles in the flavour of the NZ media’s usual misogyny are starting to appear. Tamatha Paul is the kind of force that generates change - no wonder they’re terrified.

If you haven’t snooped pepperraccoon.com for a while, maybe check it out? I make beautiful NZ-themed nature apparel, enamel pins, and stickers, and I ship everywhere except the US

I read the fuel plan from the Nats.... Phase 1: do nothing Phase 2: do nothing Phase 3: We haven't decided but she'll be right Phase 4: We haven't decided but you might still get food and ambulances 🤡 #nzpol

The Fuel Subsidy from the govt will cost around $93m over 3 months. The Greens give a cost of free public transport at $143m over three months. Free PT will reduce fuel use, improve travel times, and reduce pollution at the same time. #nzpol

On this day in 2020, New Zealand went into COVID Alert Level 4 a.k.a. lockdown. We did really well as a country, saved thousands of lives. Six years later, COVID is part of our landscape; we're in our 9th wave of COVID. nzhistory.govt.nz/new-zealand-... Uh, happy anniversary? #kikorangi

these tees are still available and they are very pretty :3 not even a pre-order, i have some in stock now!

"Hope is not a plan" says PM who has no hope of winning the next election and no plan for the current crisis #nzpol

Barbara Edmonds has absolutely nailed where Nats went wrong on the economy, imagine what they'll do next! #NZPol

How you gonna win an election with fuel over $4+ a litre? #NZPol

Best wildlife photograph of the year?

"The government’s 2024 changes to New Zealand’s first Emissions Reduction Plan was “as fundamentally flawed a process as I think I have ever seen”, the judge presiding in a case challenging climate change decision-making has said."

#nzpol So NZ is aligning itself with the very fringe RFK jr from the USA and the protestors outside NZ parliament in the pandemic? Why isn’t every media outlet in the country chasing this down rather than harassing the Leader of the opposition about his private life & harming his kids #nzpol

Oh! Len Deighton has died. If you’ve never read any, you should. #booksky

We need real actions that help regular people hurting from these price increases, and a serious plan to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels so the next crisis does not hit families just as hard.

This crisis has also exposed a deeper failure in the Government’s long-term planning. They cancelled the Clean Car Discount, weakened the Clean Car Standard, hiked public transport fares & are locking in further exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices with their LNG terminal.

have just seen the clip of Nicola Willis giving her description of a South Auckland mother. I mean fuck off. She has no capacity to show empathy. She just shows her inbuilt prejudices. Ugh I hate this bloody bunch of ghouls.

Any of these three for a start, before you get to the very popular Kieran McNulty

I hope to see the Greens be the biggest party in a left coalition. "But what if they propose things we haven't tried before!". Firstly a coalition isn't a dictatorship, and secondly, have people SEEN the state of the world? We need to think outside the box before we're all buried in one. #nzpol

Just for show indeed. This is petty cash. It’s a derisory amount for public health that they hope will look like a big number but they’ve over inflated what it will provide and does nothing substantial to alleviate chronic understaffing and underfunding. #nzpol

Imagine how much worse this crisis would be in AoNZ if we weren't lucky enough to be blessed with abundant renewable energy sources Absolutely stupid that no government has pushed to get to being entirely energy independent For everyone's sake, even cunts you hate, vote Green in November💚 #nzpol

I don’t think I’ve made any secret of my disdain for conservative Chris Hipkins. However Labour as a party has not moved fast enough in any context to fix the destruction caused by the right. If anything, Labour will be a handbrake to progressive change. Just vote GREEN. 💚💚💚 #nzpol