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2 years

Today Aotearoa's electricity was 99% renewable 🌞 and has been over 95% renewable for more than a fortnight.⚡️

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9 months

A National/Act Government with Nicola Willis as Finance Minister would send the New Zealand economy careening off the rails.

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3 months

Love this messaging from Greens. Once, specific project consents are annouced, Greens & Te Pāti Māori could feasibly stop some of the big projects before they start if they annouce they will - if elected in 2026 - withdraw consented projects without compensation.

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Just last week, Fa’anānā Efeso Collins said he wanted to inspire "the square pegs, the misfits, the forgotten, the unloved, the invisible-it's the dreamers who want more, expect more, are impatient for change, and have this uncanny ability to stretch us further." He did that.

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3 years

WINZ making an error in payment and making the client deal with/pay for their mistake. Our "welfare" system is beyond broken.

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1 year

From 1935 to 1940, Michael Joseph Savage helped us out of the Great Depression by introducing welfare, free health care & universal superannuation. Income tax was 57% for unearned income such as rent, interest or dividends.

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Adam Currie

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5 months

I have no words for the Coalition Government's decision to send @NZDefenceForce personnel to the Red Sea. This is a betrayal of NZ's history, and our claim to independent, values-based foreign policy. It sadly makes me feel ashamed to be a New Zealander.

NZ sending Defence Force team to Middle East to provide maritime security in Red Sea

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced the military deployment today.

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Adam Currie

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10 months

'Yes, New Zealand's soil was destroyed and our water became undrinkable. But for a beautiful moment in time, we were the largest producer of coal-dried milk powder in the world!'

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8 months

What an incredible win for Hana-Rawhiti Maipi Clarke. Also let's honour trailblazer Nanaia Mahuta. What a legacy - so many firsts. Her clear grasp of the issues, her firm boldness with officials, her leadership when it wasn't easy. She improved Parliament for the better.

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Adam Currie

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11 months

Understandable but still sad to see the end of Kiri Allan as a Government Minister. A bold, effective advocate for progressive change - with a clear vision for the kind of Aotearoa we have the potential to be. We need to make space for more Mana Wāhine in key govt postitions.

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4 months

You got a fast car @NZGreens got a plan to get us out of here

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2 months

It is so sad that we've got to the point where NZ MPs can proudly hold up the flag of a country that is killing 10,000 children and blows up hospitals, schools and aid trucks. On the rise is a dangerous detachment from reality - alongside a detachment from our humanity.

Simon Court

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I'm proud to stand with NZ's Jewish community and Israel. Today marks 183 days since Hama$ broke a ceasefire, killed over 1200 innocents and took 100s hostage. Set them free, send them home now. Am Yisrael Chai.

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Adam Currie

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9 months

Unbelievable that @NZNationalParty wants to slash @docgovtnz 's budget by 6.5% ($46m) DOC is already underfunded (budget equivalent to Chc Council) and unable to manage the National Parks that make up one third of NZ. Defunding DOC would be catastrophic for nature and for tourism.

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8 months

Great interview. @NanaiaMahuta says her mother and father would probably say: “Ka pai, you did really well. You did the best that you could with what you were given, and we’re proud of you.” I wish more of us could hold that sentiment in our hearts.

Nanaia Mahuta: Forward we must go | E-Tangata

“I look at a number of politicians who are out of that place, and how relieved, relaxed and vibrant they look. So, you know, it's all in front of me.” — Nanaia Mahuta.

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Adam Currie

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4 years

Australian passport holders affected by the fires can move to NZ, but those in the Pacific still don't automatically have a right to relocate to Aotearoa when freak storms destroy entire communities and islands sink. If NZ is serious about climate justice, this needs to change.

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2 years

Just paid an $8.50 Christchurch bus fare for a trip under 3 km. No way I’m taking the bus next time - will drive or not go at all. In the midst of a climate and cost of living crisis we need @FreeFares4NZ to enable all of us to get around car-free to where we live, work & play.

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1 year

Extremely well deserved. It's good to honour folks who are willing to be unpopular by challenging power and holding it accountable - not just those who seek it.

Nicky Hager awarded ONZM for his investigative journalism

While many journalists have received similar honours, he is the first to receive a citation that specifically references a contribution to investigative journalism.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

3 years

Learn these names. Hold them to account for their pollution. And remember that these companies (& the govt) are the ones responsible for NZ's emissions - not individual citizens and workers just trying to get by.

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4 months

It is so fitting that the last tweet from Fa’anānā Efeso Collins was uplifting somebody else. His early passing is tragic - he had so much more life to live. We are all poorer without him.

Efeso Collins

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Congratulations @BarbEdmondsMana on your elevation within the Party. Proud of your achievements to date and wish u well in the Finance role.

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1 year

Imagine trying to engineer a recession when you could just tax wealth, which most New Zealanders support.

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2 years

@elonmusk The video game I enjoy most is one I call 'Abolishing the billionaires & unionising Tesla'

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3 months

The area in red is public conservation land where the fast-track bill will allow applications to mine - applications in which the public (& environmental NGOs) get ZERO say. The fast-track bill is a war on nature - and an assault on democracy.

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1 year

10% of houses owned in Auckland are owned by people with more than 20 houses. This happens bc of political choices that have created these policy settings. Let’s change those political choice and redistribute that wealth a bit so everybody has a reliable roof over their head.

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1 year

Don't you dare tell us not to politicize a tragedy that was driven and enabled by your politics of powerlessness and delay.

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@Adam_Currie_NZ

4 months

This makes me SO angry. It took years and years to get cameras rolled out on boats - he industry and their influence in MPI opposed and delayed every step of the way. Now it's all at risk again. This govt has ZERO credibility.

Rollout of cameras on fishing boats under review

Top fishing company executives and senior officials will meet to discuss challenges and future options for the programme.

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@Adam_Currie_NZ

1 year

Dairying is New Zealand's biggest climate polluter, biggest freshwater polluter, biggest occupier of stolen Māori land - and for what? So that we can dry the milk with coal into powder, and send it to @Nestle for junk food? We should not be giving out awards for dairy farming.

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@ClimateJusticeT

1 year

Cool the climate - end big dairy! Protest at the Dairy Awards in Auckland last night.

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1 year

It is clearer than ever that this election, we need major media outlets to host a climate debate - where political leaders are grilled on their climate plans. @TVNZ @NewshubNZ will you commit to hosting a climate debate?

Let's hold an election debate solely on climate change

OPINION: The changing climate is the biggest issue facing us. Shouldn't we make political leaders debate it in depth?

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3 months

Let's be clear - the fast-track bill is NOT about making decisions faster. It is about making development easier, irrespective of the cost to people, planet and the long-term economy.

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3 months

Whaikaha (Disability Ministry) is reducing (the already underwhelming) services for wheelchair users, after the government slashed their budget by 7.5%. The Minister is refusing to comment or be accountable for this. Outrageous. Shame on this government.

Wheelchair services slashed as ministry juggles costs

Disabled people could face longer wait times for wheelchairs as the disability ministry battles increasing cost pressures.

www.stuff.co.nz

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1 year

Agriculture provides jobs for 1.1% of NZ's population, 5.5% of our countries GDP, 48% of New Zealand's emissions today, and >70% of historical emissions. The math doesn't add up from any perspective. For the sake of all our sectors and jobs, NZ needs to rapidly cut ag emissions.

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#Breaking : Grandmother Rosemary Penwarden has been found guilty by a jury of forgery and using a forged document - for sending a satirical letter to oil delegates as a climate protest. She is a climate hero. The real criminals are the fossil corportes destroying our climate.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

3 months

This is Shane Jones in 1990, resisting oppression in Aotearoa. What changed?

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Adam Currie

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4 years

This week, the Advertising Standards Authority finally released their decision on my (pre-election) complaint, and ruled a @NZNationalParty ad claiming the wealth tax would cost retirees $140 per week was misleading, as the claim was 'not substantiated or explained'.

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4 months

Sanctions on beneficiaries don’t get people into paid employment more quickly. In fact, they can slow that process by destabilizing already unstable lives. What sanctions definitely do is increase the misery of their recipients – and their children.

New Zealand needs a new vision for the social security system – not more flipflopping | Max...

The ‘tough love’ announcement from the government overturns the Ardern era policy, inspired by a rhetoric of ‘kindness’. This endless oscillation must stop

www.theguardian.com

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@Adam_Currie_NZ

1 year

I recently had a crime committed against me. As a result, the offender received a prison sentence, based on @nzpolice using my testimony. As the victim, I did NOT want her to go to prison (prisons don't work) and prefer restorative justice - but I was not consulted. Unacceptable.

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7 months

NZ First received a donation of $50000 from P J Vela, founding member of the commercial fishing company Vela Fishing. It's irresponsible of Luxon to make @nzfirst 's Shane Jones the new Oceans and Fisheries Minister. The government should serve people & planet; not corporations.

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9 months

This is your regular reminder that Jordan Williams & the Taxpayers Union are behind Groundswell. It's not a 'Groundswell' - it's a calculated effort by the right to avoid climate action and agricultural reform that would help farmers get out of debt and transition to regen ag.

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1 year

Thinking about access to political leaders: Friend invited me into the Koru lounge today - ended up running into the PM and chatted climate policy. Never would have had this opp otherwise; NGOs can't get meetings with PM - and takes 3+ months to meet with most Ministers.

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2 months

I'm only a 700 submissions into 8k+ fast-track bill sub analysis: so far over 500 of them have been concerned about the bill & Te Tiriti O Waitangi. It's moving how many New Zealanders are standing up for Te Tiriti. They know it is Te Tiriti that gives them a place in this land.

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1 year

Here at the Dunedin District Court, grandmother Rosemary Penwarden is facing criminal charges for a peaceful climate protest action at an oil conference. Rosemary should get a medal, not be facing potential jail time. The real criminals are the corporations killing the climate.

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9 months

#Breaking : grandmother Rosemary Penwarden has just been convicted and sentenced to community service, for forgery - sending a satirical letter to oil delegates as a climate protest. She is a climate hero. The real criminals are the fossil corporations destroying our climate.

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1 month

Great fast-track oral submission from @WgtnCC : 'Part of being a good partner is not speaking for your partner. We've already had Ngāti Toa hikoi to this house. Our view is that Iwi would not be marching to you if they had nothing to say, and so our ask is that you listen to them'

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1 year

@chamfy Why is it still 'NZ European' but not 'NZ Chinese' or 'NZ Indian'

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Adam Currie

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9 months

Labour at rock bottom promising business-as-usual. Greens sky-high promising radical progressive change. Incrementalism is bad election policy. Time for Labour to change tack and give voters something to be inspired by. Not too late for the left to win and usher in bold change.

Bryce Edwards

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Newshub Reid Research poll:

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Adam Currie

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2 years

#Breaking : activists have occupied & closed Bathurst’s Takitimu coal mine, which is mining outrageous amounts of coal in the midst of a climate emergency - most of which is used to power @Fonterra ’s dirty milk processors. #FonterraQuitCoal

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2 years

@moanatribe @etangata @TeAoWithMOANA @Te_Taipo What a kōrero! Mike Smith: "Freedom is really an alien concept to us as Māori. We live under tikanga. We're not free to do whatever we want. We're actually bound to do what the responsible thing to do is according to tikanga, according to kawa, according to kaupapa."

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Adam Currie

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5 years

Three times now I've heard politicians pronounce that the school strikers 'fill them with pride'. Seriously? You take 'pride' in leading a country where students are so terrified for their future they're forced to take to the streets? Pretty sure that's called shame - not pride

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

7 months

New Zealand has led the world before, with our ban on nuclear energy, and giving woman the vote. We can lead the way again, and send a strong global message by banning the private jets that represent the extreme emissions of the ultra-rich. Ban private jets now ❌✈️

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1 month

TokTok is banned on government phones. Wonder how @chrisluxonmp and his team does his tiktoks; do they have tiktok burner phones or what?

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@Adam_Currie_NZ

4 months

i know its a cliché but this government IS attacking democracy, through attacking public participation. Removing public participation entirely with the RMA fast-tracking bill. 'Consultations' lasting a single working day. This govt's agenda is built on removing community power.

Richard Hills

@RichardHills_

4 months

One working day to submit? Wild. What’s the point.

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Adam Currie

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4 months

We're compiling a list of corporate donations and influence over this Nat/Act/NZF govt (ie Shane Jones/fishing, Maureen Pugh/mining) Winston/racing, Michell/defence contracts, various MPs with tobacco etc) Please comment on this thread/DM me with particularly egregious examples!

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

2 years

It's sad (and a tad ironic) to see the @environmentgvnz carpark filled with double-cab utes every morn. We need a ban (with exceptions for those who need them) on these gas-guzzling, space-hogging beasts. And public transport that is frequent, quality, accessible & free for all.

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3 months

I am so bloody sick of getting a call telling me that a friend has died. It is awful. Infinitely more awful for the Whānau. Just last week Rod and I were scheming up ideas to end private jets, after which in classic form he emailed a zillion links to read.

Prominent columnist and environmentalist Rod Oram dies

Rod Oram, a treasured Newsroom colleague and leading business and climate commentator in NZ public life for decades, has died in Auckland from injuries suffered in a cycling accident.

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2 months

Flicking through just a few hundred of the 8000+ fast-track bill submissions - the public outrage is obvious. The government's made an error. They've picked a fight too big, and have pissed off too many communities to name. Even if they pass the bill - they've lost the public.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

3 months

Applications made under the fast-track bill will be able to override consenting in all of the below acts. Procedures for Iwi input, scientists input, evidence-led decisionmaking...all gone. This is unprecedented, and we need to raise the alarm.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

8 months

Libraries make up just 4% ($54m) of @ChristchurchCC 's spend, and all sport/recreation 5% ($74m). Mauger's proposed cuts to @ChristchurchCC 's are not about fiscal responsibility. They're part of tired neolib ideology aiming to shrink the commons we share.

‘Perfect storm’: Tough decisions ahead for council under financial pressure

But city councillors are accusing Christchurch mayor Phil Mauger of paving the way for asset sales by making “dramatic” claims about the council’s dire finances.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

9 months

Amongst many other things, Richie Poulton taught us the immense, lifelong damage that child poverty has on an individual, on whānau - and on our entire society. To honour his work - and everyone suffering from poverty’s impacts - we must redistribute wealth to help the poorest.

John Campbell

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9 months

We have a beautiful piece with, and about Richie on @SundayTVNZ tonight. We filmed with him, and his family, in August. He spoke so passionately, and with such pride. It truly was a very special shoot. Yesterday's column also came from those days:

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9 months

#Breaking : After a long campaign from climate justice activists, Dunedin City Council has voted to adopt the Zero Carbon Plan 2030 (11 in favour, 4 against). This 2030 goal is ambitious - now for bold implementation of the plan to cut the emissions that are threatening our city.

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@Adam_Currie_NZ

10 months

These are your voters, @chrishipkins .

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2 years

#Breaking : Cabinet has delayed allowing climate change to be considered under the RMA until 30 Nov 2022. Many called this @NZGreens key climate win last year - it's what folks like Jeanette & @GarethHughesNZ spent years fighting for. And now it's lost for another year. No words.

🏳️‍⚧️Marama Davidson MP

@MaramaDavidson

4 years

"The green movement has been trying to get this fixed for 15 years - and today we did." @jamespeshaw

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10 months

#Breaking : Rosemary is now in jail for a climate protest (blocking a road) - seemingly the first to be jailed for climate protest in this country. It's tragic grandmothers are Rosemary are in jail for trying to project the climate, while fossil fuel CEOs profit from dirty oil.

Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

1 year

#Breaking : Grandmother Rosemary Penwarden has been found guilty by a jury of forgery and using a forged document - for sending a satirical letter to oil delegates as a climate protest. She is a climate hero. The real criminals are the fossil corportes destroying our climate.

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2 years

Judith Collins is at the National Party's BlueGreens conference today, and just stood up & interjected 'Enough of the greenwash: just listen to the science!' Not sure what to make of it...

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@Adam_Currie_NZ

10 months

It’s incredible how so many people generally believe New Zealand is a climate leader. We are currently a climate laggard - but it absolutely doesn’t have to be this way any longer.

Our fantastically inflated view of our climate progress

Confrontingly, people and business in New Zealand don't want much done about climate change and the Government has delivered them what they want.

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@Adam_Currie_NZ

1 year

Rosemary says her motivation is to do everything she can to protect the climate for her 11-year old grandson Arlo, who sat in court while his grandmother was in the dock, facing criminal charges for peaceful climate protest. Arlo says he is so proud of his grandma.

Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

1 year

#Breaking : Grandmother Rosemary Penwarden has been found guilty by a jury of forgery and using a forged document - for sending a satirical letter to oil delegates as a climate protest. She is a climate hero. The real criminals are the fossil corportes destroying our climate.

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2 years

#BREAKING : @GreenpeaceNZ has brought a mock dairy herd to @NZParliament , with actors playing @jacindaardern and @jamespeshaw greenwashing cows. This government talks a big game on climate, but is doing nothing about intensive dairying - which accounts for half of NZ’s emissions.

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8 months

Australia had a chance to redeem themselves and value the oldest civilisation in the world but instead choose to keep being a dog-shit racist coal-loving Indigenous-exploiting excuse for a country.

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2 years

my regular bus driver just gave me a cookie. i like bus drivers. pay them more please. so there can be more bus drivers. and therefore more bus routes. and less emissions. and maybe more cookies.

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Fa’anānā Efeso Collins: 'When we undertook and published research on youth gangs some years ago, the youth we spoke to had the solutions and just needed the means to make it happen. Too many of our young people are filling our prisons, and it is wasted human potential.'

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1 year

‘When people say we need to save it for a rainy day - well, this is the rainy day. I'm always intrigued by the line that we don't want to saddle the future generations with debt, but we're okay with saddling them with poorly invested-in infrastructure.”

Auckland’s austere future: dodging debt by a thousand cuts

Are unkempt city streets a harbinger of things to come as Auckland Council looks to defund a wide-ranging ecosystem of services? Matthew Scott investigates how things will change on the ground.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

2 years

NZ needs to completely phase out fossil fuels in 9 years to have a decent shot at keeping warming to 1.5°C. The incredible enormity of that challenge means many tell us that's not possible. I'm terrified they're right, but am gonna fight like hell for the only planet we've got.

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1 year

@NewshubNationNZ As we watch this debate, let's remember why @dbseymour is advocating for the uber-rich; because they're bankrolling him. Follow the money.

ACT declares almost $1 million in donations in one day from big money donors

The donations total $950,000 from one company and 12 high net worth individuals, including New Zealand's richest man Graeme Hart.

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Adam Currie

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1 month

Instead of arbitrarily increasing military spending to 2% of GDP, how about we spend 2% of GDP on climate mitigation/adaptation? This would be a far more effective investment to promote the long-term security of New Zealand and the world.

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4 months

The Port Hills is on fire right now. My elderly, frail aunt has been evacuated from her home. Big polluters like @zenergynz , @Fonterra and @bp_plc are making billions from polluting the climate and fuelling these fire. Their profit - our loss.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

6 months

While stabbing at the Māori and Pacific Admission Scheme, the government is being very quiet about other equity measures such as the Rural Admission Scheme. It's never been about fairness - it's always attempt to erode Māori rights. Thus continues the struggle without end.

Newsroom

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7 months

Week in Review: Act and National have committed to examine the Māori and Pacific Admission Scheme at Auckland University, and similar schemes at Otago. The knock-on effects are hurtful and upsetting.

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1 year

Tamatha Paul has been an incredibly effective & productive Wellington City Councillor, always putting people & planet first - and above all is deeply embedded in the community she represents. She would make an exceptional MP for Wellington Central.

James Shaw steps aside for new candidate in Wellington Central

With Grant Robertson's move to the list leaving the door ajar, the Greens are hoping repeat Chlöe Swarbrick's success with a younger prospect.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

1 year

Mayor Wayne Brown has just paused chairing a council meeting in order to take a photo of protestors who are urging Aucklands council to stop the budget cuts.

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@Adam_Currie_NZ

2 months

My emails are FLOODED with project applicants suspending their current applications under the existing fast-track process (in order to prepare for the new govt's fast-track process). They know the new govt will help them ride roughshod over democratic & environmental protections

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@Adam_Currie_NZ

2 months

#Breaking : @cjsbishop is considering backtracking on his proposal to make government Ministers final decision-makers on consent applications and conditions. This comes after tens of thousands of NZers submitted against his proposal. People power is working.

Bishop backtracks after fast-track backlash

Behind closed doors, NZ First will be arguing fiercely against any watering down of the ministerial decision-making powers in the Bill.

newsroom.co.nz

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

1 year

Polling shows most people support phasing out the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser that poisons our rivers. We know New Zealanders value clean water, a flourishing ecosystem, and healthy food. Our laws must follow suit, and should incentivize farming with nature - not against it.

Newshub

@NewshubNZ

1 year

'Thing's are bad': Experts describe 'dismal', 'appaling' state of NZ's freshwater systems following latest report #Newshub

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

2 years

Has half price public transport fares in Tāmaki Makaurau been helping you? We need to hear your story, to help keep/expand it! DM me your phone no if you're available for a quick call tomorrow morning, to share your experience!

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

2 years

Disappointing to hear @nzlabour won’t support @EugenieSage ’s member’s bill to ban new mining on conservation land - despite committing to do exactly this in the 2017 speech from the throne.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

2 months

Disappointed to see @NZQandA mislead viewers by playing footage of Israel's attacks on Gaza, while the Israeli ambassador is talking about October 7. (eg below image of a Palestinian baby being killed byan Israeli airstrike). Viewers see disturbing images & draw wrong conclusion

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

10 months

#Breaking : A broad coalition of social & environmental organisations, representing over half a million people, have just released their election scorecards. @NZGreens & @Maori_Party get top marks - while @NZNationalParty & @actparty get F's.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

2 months

On a world stage, @chrisluxonmp just committed to putting NZ to a 1.5 °C pathway & a focus on a green economy. Meanwhile, his government is rolling out the red carpet for coal, oil & gas. Our Prime Minister is either incoherent, or lying. Neither are good.

PMs Luxon and Lee deepen Singapore-NZ ties

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

www.beehive.govt.nz

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

3 years

Absolutely furious with the Entrust election. Five of eight friends I checked in with to vote @moreforyouAKL haven't received a ballot, can't get another posted due to the short time period, and Entrust won't allow them to be emailed. This is how the system protects itself.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

10 months

National and ACT are raising at least $10 in large donations for every $1 for Labour and the Greens. Why do parties fundraise? To win elections. Unless we want $ to rule politics, we must do more to reduce the importance of political donations in Aotearoa.

Donations exceeding $20,000

Registered political parties have to let us know within 10 working days when they get more than $20,000 from a single donor between 1 January of election year and the day before election day.

elections.nz

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

11 months

13,200 cases of asthma in children every year are exclusively caused by car pollution. I'll say that again: Thirteen-thousand two hundred tamariki suffer unnecessarily from asthma, because of New Zealand's addiction to fossil-fuelled vehicles. We have to change. We just have to.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

1 year

A single-speed camera has made $4.5m/year - and @AklCouncil tells us they have to sell the airport to raise funds?? How about we significantly increase the implementation & cost of parking fines - not only making millions for the council, but making our streets safer too.

The Spinoff

@TheSpinoffTV

1 year

It's been operating for less than a year and has already earned enough to afford an Auckland mansion

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

1 year

We're losing big on climate - but many of us have held back on critiquing the @nzlabour govt in an equally big way, in the fear it will fuel hopelessness & help get @NZNationalParty elected. We need a different strategy. A thought🧵from working in the climate space.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

11 months

Tīhema Baker: 'There’s something about the white fragility of Pākehā in the public service that is particularly difficult to overcome. To call a Pākehā public servant out on their racism is, apparently, a greater offence than the act of racism itself.'

Putting Pākehā in the shoes of a colonised people | E-Tangata

“I wanted to write something that puts Pākehā in the shoes of a colonised people. I want them to imagine a world in which their principles and values are routinely laughed at.” — Tīhema Baker, author...

e-tangata.co.nz

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

7 months

The richest 1% caused 16% of global emissions in 2019, and are directly responsible for over a million excess deaths from heat alone. A wealth tax is one of the best climate policies there is.

Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says

‘Polluter elite’ are plundering the planet to point of destruction, says Oxfam after comprehensive study of climate inequality

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

2 years

Mike Joy: 'It takes up to 11k litres of water to dilute the pollution caused by 1 litre of milk. To add insult to injury nearly all the milk with this huge water footprint is then dried with coal for export as powder for junk food & breastmilk replacement.'

Study investigates milk pollution dilution

New research says 11,000 litres of water is needed to dilute the pollution from just one litre of dairy milk produced in Canterbury. The study - published in the Australasian Journal of Environmental...

www.rnz.co.nz

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

2 years

There is no such thing as sustainable intensive winter grazing - not for the soil, not for our rivers, and definitely not for the cows.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

1 year

It's unbelievable the BBC is censoring David Attenborough; the UK's most trusted voice on nature. If the media won't even air his episodes - then what chance do the rest of us have in getting the media to publicise this global environmental collapse??

BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of ‘rightwing backlash’

Exclusive: Decision to make episode about natural destruction available only on iPlayer angers programme-makers

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

1 year

Sitting in the @AklCouncil meeting atm, and Wayne Brown has to keep raising his voice to be heard, due to loud "STOP THE BUDGET CUTS" chanting from protestors outside. The voice of the people is clear. Now is a time to invest in our city - not to hurt it for years to come.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

1 year

Two Labour councillors are on Brown’s list in favour of the sale; @RichardHills_ and @HendoWest . Labour & city vision have opposed selling assets. We know you're in a hard position, but we HAVE THE VOTES: this is winnable. Don't sell the airport shares.

Crash landing? Mayor Wayne Brown short of votes to sell Auckland Airport shares

Labour councillors Shane Henderson and Richard Hills may vote to sell.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

2 months

Reading through the fast-track act, I'm seeing supportive submissions from liquor companies, who want to use the bill to ram through liquor stores in places where the community strongly opposes them. This bill is an incredible assault on democracy, in so many ways.

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

11 months

Would we ban all SUV’s from operating in Auckland, because a couple ran a red light?

RNZ News

@rnz_news

11 months

Waka Kotahi temporarily bans Te Huia train from operating in Auckland

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

29 days

A briefing paper sent to government ministers by a group of companies says disruptions to the seafloor caused by mining would rule out establishing offshore turbines, and shut out New Zealand from a potential $50 billion industry creating thousands of jobs.

Wind farmers slam seabed miners

waateanews.com

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Adam Currie

@Adam_Currie_NZ

1 month

#Breaking : The National-chaired Environment Select Committee has decided to deny oral submission rights to 60% of individual, unique submitters who asked to speak. I'll say that again, most people will be denied their right to have a say on this anti-democratic bill.

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