Humans who
- breed more humans
- eat animals
- keep meat-eating companion animals

..are 🐂 💩

#WarOnNature #War #Extinction

Meanwhile Chris Bishop and Luxon continue their #WarOnNature www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Winner, Save our Seas Foundation Marine Conservation

Photographer of the Year: Where Innocence Meets Tradition by Khaichuin Sim
Faroe Islands as usual ..
2026 ...and still ON

#WarOnNature #Metacrisis

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The coalition of destruction is completely out of touch, pushing for more coral to be thrashed without consequences while people around New Zealand want to see more protection and the end of bottom traling. 🌊 🪸

We have the numbers. 🤓

78% of NZers want bottom trawling banned as Govt pushes to […]

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Similarly, after his beloved seabed mining project application was rejected (again), Shane Jones now wants to campaign on ministers being able to do whatever their donors ask for without having to listen to any pesky experts, affected communities or environmental advocates at all.

NZ First to […]

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This govt created the fast track process to bypass democratic input and environmental oversight.

Now they're fast tracking the fast track to bypass even their own weakened process.

That alone should give you a clue of how utterly shit this LNG idea is.

They pulled the bar to the floor and […]

NZ plays catch-up in critical minerals race New Zealand has been holding closed-door discussions with the United States on the supply of critical minerals, as Donald Trump threatens to place new tariffs on countries who fail to sign a deal. The admission comes on the back of a memorandum submitted to the Waitangi Tribunal, in which claimants noted a “secret” critical minerals deal struck between The US and Australia last year. The submission says a similarly private deal in Aotearoa would show “willful disregard” by the Crown for its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi. On Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed to Newsroom that New Zealand was in discussions with the US regarding a “non-binding critical minerals framework”. ## read more Foreign Affairs ### NZ plays catch-up in critical minerals race Opinion ### Having a minerals strategy is one thing, being competitive is another It’s believed an announcement on the matter could be coming within a matter of weeks. The US has pressured allied nations to exploit critical mineral deposits, a key part of the nation’s military and computing race with China which currently produces 90 percent of processed rare earth minerals worldwide. Critical and rare-earth minerals (including nickel, antimony, cobalt and vanadium – the target of the Taranaki seabed mine) are essential for advanced technologies, especially specialised magnets, which are used in essentially all electronics and vehicles. In October last year, China demonstrated its hold on the global supply when it announced foreign companies would need approval from its government to export magnets that contained even trace amounts of rare-earth materials of Chinese origin or were produced with Chinese technology. Trump has sought to find an alternative supply, a drive that inspired him to float the idea of invading allied territory in Greenland and seizing it by force. He found success late last year, when Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese travelled to Washington to ink an $14 billion deal to exploit Australia’s rich rare earth deposits. Start your day informed. Make room for newsroom's top stories. Direct to your inbox daily. Join For Free Shortly after the deal was made, Australian independent senator Lidia Thorpe declared: “Albanese is trading stolen goods from stolen land with Trump in this minerals deal, much of it to fuel the US war machine.” Trump has made clear his desire to bolster his country’s military and technological prowess, and his expectation that allied nations do the same. Critical minerals were a limiting factor in both of these aspirations, but the Australian deal excited him. “In about a year from now we’ll have so much critical mineral and rare earth that you won’t know what to do with them,” said Trump. “They’ll be worth $2.” Intentional or not, devaluing the price of critical minerals was precisely how China managed to corner so much of the global supply, an approach outlined in an official proclamation from Trump on January 14. In the proclamation, Trump said the US would issue retaliatory tariffs on any “foreign trading partners” that did not ink a deal similar to Australia’s, setting a 180-day deadline for action. It was not clear which foreign nations Trump had in mind, but the proclamation was based on a report he received just four days after Albanese paid a visit. ### Coalition championing minerals sector New Zealand has been actively developing its critical mineral sector, with Jones as its champion. In January 2025, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment published the Crown’s minerals strategy with a list of 37 “critical minerals” – 21 of which could be exploited here (including coal, which is not a mineral). The strategy’s goal was to double mineral exports to $3b by 2035 with an emphasis on strengthening international partnerships. Later that year, in November, the Government announced New Zealand had joined the Minerals Security Partnership: a group of 15 nations plus the European Union, including fellow Five Eyes intelligence partners the US, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. In the announcement, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters said the partnership was of “significant importance for New Zealand’s international relationships”. Jones explicitly linked the deal to attracting foreign investment in the mining sector and fuelling international demand for rare earths. On the back of Trump’s 180-day deadline, if New Zealand has been identified as a potential “foreign trading partner” – and it did officially join a trading partnership last year – Trump could impose further import tariffs if New Zealand did not allow his government to exploit its local deposits of rare earth minerals. In early January, parties engaged with an ongoing Waitangi Tribunal case filed an urgent memorandum to find out if Jones’s government has been negotiating with Trump’s regime behind closed doors. In the memo, lodged as part of the tribunal’s climate change priority inquiry (WAI 3325), the claimants argued: “There is a risk that such a negotiation is already underway and could be finalised and signed without Māori, or anyone else in Aotearoa, being made aware.” Jones’s own critical minerals list and wider strategy was released with the commitment to be “guided by overarching principles to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations”. > _‘Donald Trump says “jump” and Christopher Luxon asks “how high?”‘_ > > Chlöe Swarbrick, Green Party co-leader If the Crown were to enter into a backroom deal with the Trump regime for minerals mined in Aotearoa, the memo argued it would breach the principles of rangatiratanga and kāwanatanga, a course of action “antithetical to tikanga, mātauranga and kaitiakitanga”. While Jones refused to comment, a foreign ministry spokesperson told Newsroom: “New Zealand is in discussions with the United States regarding a non-binding critical minerals framework. Officials are going through a process of analysis, targeted consultation and providing advice to relevant ministers.” Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick told Newsroom said the claim demonstrated that if these negotiations were already taking place, they were likely to be based on terms dictated by the United States. She didn’t think the coalition Government under Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s leadership was able to push back on such terms. “Luxon’s rolling over and refusing to take a principled stand on our interests didn’t stop Trump throwing tariffs on our exports before, and there’s no reason to expect complying with Trump’s threats would somehow work now,” said Swarbrick. “Donald Trump says ‘jump’ and Christopher Luxon asks ‘how high?’” **Newsroom exists because of readers like you. Help us deliver trusted, independent journalism that serves all New Zealanders.Support our work with a donation today.**

The current NZ government sure loves the delicious taste of those fascist boots.

NZ in talks with US on Trump minerals deal
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#NZPol #warOnNature

Status: War on nature

#WarOnNature #War #Nature

Labour remains most popular party in new poll, but coalition could still govern The coalition just scrapes back into power in a new poll, with gains for the Greens but Labour and NZ First down.

This government has the worst record on the environment and climate change of any I can remember in #nzpol. They are carrying out an unrelenting #waronnature. And they still have majority support 😭 Although only just, so that's a silver lining. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

One cannot call oneself an anti-fascist while one supports the worst enslavement, torture, trauma and suffering in history.

#antifa #WarOnNature #WarOnAllLife

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I have to agree with George here. The big NGOs have been ominously quiet about this Bill, compared with the excellent #WaronNature campaign against Liz Truss.

Two years on: The cost of the government’s war on nature - Greenpeace Aotearoa Today marks two years since the 2023 election. The environmental cost of the Luxon Government’s war on nature since then has been staggering and is growing by the week.

Two years on: The cost of the Luxon government’s #WarOnNature www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... via @greenpeace.org.nz #nzpol

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Marking 2 years of the government coalition's #WarOnNature, Greenpeace has released a comprehensive timeline documenting the environmental actions.

It is quite staggering!
Pour a cuppa, brace yourself and have a look at a timeline of the most anti nature government in New Zealand's living […]

Luxon’s War on Nature Timeline - Greenpeace Aotearoa It has been nearly 2 years since the formation of the Luxon-led Government. It has been two years of a war on nature.

When the NZ's coalition govt took office nearly two years ago, its #WarOnNature started.

In that time, they've made a bewildering number of changes leading to environmental harm.

Greenpeace Aotearoa head @russelnorman.bsky.social has undertaken the gargantuan task of tracking them all👇
#nzpol

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"New Zealand would be the only country in the world to weaken an emissions target entrenched in law – “this may be a dubious first for New Zealand”. Not one to hang proudly on the wall alongside women’s suffrage."

🤦

Farmers off the hook on climate means rest of us pick up the slack […]

We are winning the war on nature. No ceasefire in sight. The last battle.

#WarOnNature

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On the seemingly endless #WarOnNature that the Luxon government is pushing, polluters would need to be paid if communities require them to stop damaging thei water, air and soil.

Sounds like exactly the opposite of what should happen, right?

Read more about it, and get ready to stop it […]

#WarOnNature

Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider

BOTTOM TRAWLING IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS TO CONTINUE

Government has announced that efforts to ban this super destructive method of fishing are "disproportionate."

Labour's #WarOnNature continues.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plans to grant Conservation Minister sole authority over land Federated Mountain Clubs said it would strip away democratic process and prioritise commercial interests.

The Luxon Government's #WarOnNature continues.
Plans revealed to grant Tama Potaka sole authority over conservation land, sidelining democratic process and prioritising commercial interests.
Toxic #mining #coal #oil & #gas #emissions #pollution #destruction
#nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Plans to grant Conservation Minister sole authority over land Federated Mountain Clubs said it would strip away democratic process and prioritise commercial interests.

Another beachhead in the Luxon Government's #WarOnNature.

Plans revealed to grant Tama Potaka sole authority over conservation land, sidelining democratic process and prioritising commercial interests.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Imagine being called out for failing to protect endangered species by *the Trump administration*. 😬

It's like if Snoop Dogg told you that he's concerned you have a cannabis issue and might want to do something about it.

Stop Luxon's #warOnNature.
#ProtectTheOcean #NZPol

Luxon Government’s promise to protect the environment is “in tatters”: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

#nzpol #WarOnNature

Government’s promise to protect the environment in tatters From wetlands to elite soils, protections are being stripped away – the Government says it’s in the name of ‘balance’. The changes say something else entirely.

Great article on the NZ Govt’s #WarOnNature www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

“To be honest: humans are the devils of the earth, and animals the tormented souls.”
- Arthur Schopenhauer

#Humans’BloodyInhumanity
#WarOnNature

ICJ Advisory Opinion: Governments have to act Lawyers for Climate Action Press Release Today, the world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice, released its landmark advisory opinion clarifying States’ legal obligations in relation...

This is a warning shot to Luxon that his Government’s #WarOnNature and the climate comes with consequences.

The Court is clear: states must take action to prevent climate harm. And they regulate businesses for the harm caused by their emissions.
www.lawyersforclimateaction.nz/news-events/...

Concentrated animal feeding operation - Wikipedia

I have been living in a war zone since birth. Nothing I can experience next can be worse than what is now.
#WarOnNature #WarOnLife #WarOnEverything
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Can you name one positive policy this government has made for the environment/climate? Do you know the impacts of their policies - and their priorities? For example: -They're allowing farmers to put more shit into the waterways, -They broke the EV market substantively & instead now allowing any business to buy dirty utes with 20% tax deductions - no questions asked! -They broke their promise to fund EV chargers (they've put $0 towards it despite promising $170 million and Chris Bishop said the 10,000 chargers they promised was just an aspiration) -They are hinting constantly at breaking away from Paris Climate Accord -Their climate plans centre around untested, unproven technology - but Simon Watts (Climate Minister) said he put in there because ACT's Agriculture Minister Hoggard told him to -They have stacked climate & science boards with people from Fonterra and with no relevant academic background -Simeon Brown changed laws to allow higher emission cars to be imported into NZ -They canceled Kiwirail ferries which were based on leading edge, hybrid technology with lower emission vehicles (and future proof capacity) -Their transport plans specifically deprioritise cycle ways and walking routes, and prioritise emission loaded vehicles and plans etc There's a lot more - I haven't been paying full attention to this one but you can rest assured that eco-friendly is not their goal.

I responded to a note with a quick inventory of things the current New Zealand government has done for our climate/nature

#waronnature
#backontrack
#nzpol

Most humans today every day
#WarOnNature

Shane Jones wants to strip Conservation Department’s concession powers DoC is a “prison” for investors, the mining minister says, as he continues his push to turbo-charge development.

Luxon's #WarOnNature rolls on.

This is another blatant attempt at enabling mining on conservation land.

The whole point of DOC is to protect nature. Their power to veto mining in native forests and wetlands should be strengthened, not hamstrung.

#nzpol