Renewables First, Not Fossils First: Policy Response to the Fossil Fuel Crisis - Greenpeace Aotearoa The attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran have created a global energy crisis, as oil and gas exports from the Gulf are restricted and global prices rise.

It was a bet on fossil fuels that has gone catastrophically wrong. But in the world of climate crisis, it was always wrong. There is a better way: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

The growth of climate-related disinformation in New Zealand - accelerating sharply after the 2023 general election, and under the coalition govt - has served as a significant vector for a transnational industry working to normalise climate change denial. sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/s... #nzpol

ANALYSIS: Government set to reduce Treaty in legislation to lowest possible standard - what it means NZ Government to cap Treaty clauses at “take into account,” weakening obligations across 20+ laws.

ANALYSIS: Government set to reduce Treaty in legislation to the lowest possible standard!
What it means is, they couldn't pass their bill to kill the #TreatyOfWaitangi so now they'll weaken Treaty obligations across 23 laws to undermine it!
#nzpol
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/20/a...

🎯 @maorigreenlantern.bsky.social on Paul Goldsmith 💀
"This is not a minister. This is a colonial administrator with a full spectrum brief."

💯 agree. 2026-flavoured Colonisation. Goldsmith should resign. How else can Aotearoa disrupt completion of his destructive To Do List in the next 6mths? #nzpol

🚨 #ToitūTeTiriti I remember when Māori leaders urged us all to submit agst the Treaty Principles Bill, many also warned it was a smokescreen. They knew NZ Crown ways, knew machinations were occurring in the background. Goldsmith should resign. Ngā mihi nui @maorigreenlantern.bsky.social for visuals.

for those abroad, the the treaty of waitangi is new zealand's founding document, intended to giuarantee Māori some measure of equality in our own country. Any "repeal" is itself a treaty violation and a betrayal.

Precisely this.

#nzpol

Hey, @chrishipkins.bsky.social, here's an idea that would win you some votes in November! I'm sure anything a capitalist capital like NYC can do, we can do in AoNZ #nzpol

Hey NZ! This is how you break up a supermarket duopoly.

New tech allows solar panels to make electricity even from raindrops Researchers in Spain have devised a hybrid device that can generate energy using sunlight as well as raindrops.

Spanish solar panels that convert both rain and sun into electricity ✅

Breaking News: A jury found that Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, operated as a monopoly in violation of federal and state antitrust laws. nyti.ms/4mwlmE1

Govt sets new record for bills skipping select committees No government since at least 1987 has passed 30 or more laws without a select committee vet – until the coalition last month, Marc Daalder reports.

Bishop's middle finger for basic democratic processes #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/16/g...

Nicola Willis to ask White House when things will return to ‘normal’ The finance minister is also suggesting Pacific get World Bank aid at big Washington DC meetings.

For those still wondering how a different government might have guided us through an unprecedented global pandemic…

Maybe by asking the coronavirus itself when it thought things might, y’know, return to “normal”? #nzpol

www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

"Nicola Willis to ask White House when they see things returning to ‘normal’" I thought I couldn't be more embarrassed by these people but no! they have outdone themselves once again #nzpol

BSA will probably be scrapped, Paul Goldsmith says

Trumpianism isn't over there, it's over here

Clearly, we don't want the BSA to be calling out lies in political advertising during an election year.

The only solution is to get rid of the BSA.

Because no way will you ever get National, ACT or NZFirst to stop outright lying...

Country that lectures Iran on democracy arrests another 523 people for peacefully protesting The absurdity surrounding the UK’s treatment of Palestine Action and its supporters has reached new lows.

Country that lectures Iran on democracy arrests another 523 people for peacefully protesting
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Two months after we found a US War Dept document revealing US military sites in Britain, the Guardian writes an article based on the same document, without mentioning us.

Who would have thought?

Our article is here
👉 www.declassifieduk.org/the-24-site-...

It was fairly well known that Orban was funding far-right "patriot" groups in Europe, and useful idiots like Rod Dreher, but there was also money going to CPAC. Perhaps it was Putin's money in the first place. Looking forward to further revelations.

Anyway, here's the Free Speech Union's UK affiliate, soaking it up in an Orban-funded junktank. That's who and what these people really are.

god

#NZpol

When Board members by and large are pretty much insulated from the effects of decisions, it's always easy for commentators on the news to give us an almost breezy "So yes, things could get difficult for a bit longer, but ultimately they should work themselves out after a while... LOL"

The only chart that matters every day for fuel prices for the foreseeable future.

Precision targeted fuel relief for [checks notes] the ultra wealthy horsey people

Cyclone advice tips over a background of turbulent floodwaters and trees. Tips include: Fully charge phones; Battery-powered radio; Prepare a grab bag; Evacuation place; Tie down loose items. The tone is urgent and cautionary.

Tonight's to-do list #kikorangi #vaianu

“Be aware of ongoing steps to privatise by stealth – like the Request for Proposals for outsourcing of ophthalmology for the entire country.” This was a message forwarded to me by a concerned emergency medicine specialist
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Organisations call on government to ditch LNG import terminal The Sustainable Energy Association and six other organisations have combined to present another proposal to deal with the country's winter energy problem.

'Countries as diverse as Australia, Hungary and Pakistan have achieved massive uptake of rooftop solar and battery installations within a few years of rolling out government incentives.'

Organisations call on government to ditch LNG import terminal The Sustainable Energy Association and six other organisations have combined to present another proposal to deal with the country's winter energy problem.

Organisations call on government to ditch LNG import terminal

Fucking furious that we have such a paralysed, useless bunch of wankers pretending to be in charge #nzpol

Cartoon. Title: “Food Security” Image shows the New Zealand Grown food label, but instead of the white stylised silhouette of a kiwi, it has a kiwi skeleton, looking dismayed. Down the bottom right, on the label, is a ‘R’ for registered trade mark, but there is an arrow pointing to it, saying “Rated ‘R’ for “Rooted.” In the background are mixed chopped vegetables.

“The closures of Heinz Watties, Greggs, & McCain…will have implications for NZ’s #FoodResilience & security, will cause significant #JobLosses & threaten the viability of local vegetable growers…& NZ’s ability to feed itself with #LocalProduce” - Steve Abel, Greens
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol