Brian Dixon 🌿🌐🎶 #ClimateAction 🔆 #ClimateJustice ☮️

*"Pons" = Poms

He says it in the Post article. Mangonui's Misinformation Man is at it all the time. He just lies and lies.

Australia has shown how subsidising solar works. It’s not a concept, it’s already been achieved in the real world. Yet NAF coalition govt.? “Nah, LNG imports mate”. Who voted for these people? Seriously? Talk about BAD decision making 😳. Their economic mismanagement will reverberate for years #nzpol

Now feels like a good time to remember that Big Oil is the reason why we're still hooked on dirty, dangerous fossil fuels.

The industry's lies have essentially stolen a generation’s worth of time that we could have used to transition to cleaner, safer energy sources.

It’s time for accountability.

A corker of a sunset in broad lurid pink and orange streaks against the last blue of the day - the colours reflected back by the beach at low tide, for double the impact.

A fella in silhouette attempting to photograph tonight’s glorious sunset: to the left, long ripples of brilliant orange clouds, radiating from where the sun has just dipped below the horizon; to the right, a more demure mix of pink and purple-grey fluffy stuff.

Sunset washing out, now just a long low smear of salmon outlining the hills, and matching underlighting on the edges of the clouds above, with everything else fading into blue and grey… all reflected in the wet sand of a low-tide beach. Intermittent lights of cars and houses along the horizon, like glow worms.

Meanwhile at the north end of the beach, where the sky is still a fluffy quilt of pink and blue, lads are being lads and setting off fireworks to and from the pontoon, stranded at low tide. In the background, the “point” of Point Chevalier (Rangi-mata-rau), sandstone cliffs held together by gnarly old pōhutukawa and topped by rickety old pines.

Someone had the paintbox out tonight… 🎨

Have you tried Shot Espresso (Fulham and other locations)? My son used to manage the cafes. They used Allpress beans. Was a favorite of AoNZ/Aus/Italian & Pons in the know. Customers came from all around London. Can't vouch for the brew now, but it was damn fine in 2017 when we were last there.

Reaching net zero by 2050 is often framed as a cost burden.

The UK Climate Change Committee’s latest analysis suggests the opposite.

The real risk is fossil fuel dependency.

How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War

We're governed by morons: "…as President Trump weighed whether to launch military attacks on Iran, Chris Wright, the energy secretary, told an interviewer he was not concerned that the looming war might disrupt oil supplies in the Middle East and wreak havoc in energy markets."

#NZPol

'Brazil has had [school meals] for 70 years, and its programme is considered an international gold standard.

It has lifted millions of children out of malnutrition over the past few decades.

Its national food insecurity rates are now lower than New Zealand’s.'

3 Australians involved.

Yes we can no we didn’t Those who cannot learn from past failures are condemned to repeat them (apologies to Santayana)

We failed to avert dangerous climate change. That has consequences. Here I discuss three that, alas, no government seems to want to publicly acknowledge. My latest for Technosphere Earth
www.technosphere.earth/yes-we-can-n...

Agree 💯%. Take Bibi To The Hague Too, Please........

Vicious, rich, soulless arseholes.. this is direct from the Atlas manual. People will die because of this.

Expect more of this before the election, People. Their voter base loves it and they are emboldened to make your lives miserable.

Why?
Because we can!

Government passes retrospective law codifying debt for beneficiaries The Government has passed a controversial law that will codify more than $63 million in debt owed by beneficiaries with ACC claims.

Hateful. #NzPol

IT IS NOT THE JOB OF A PUBLIC BROADCASTER IN A DEMOCRACY TO REPORT THE NEWS IN A WAY THE GOVERNMENT LIKES. IT IS ESPECIALLY NOT OKAY FOR MINISTERS AND POLITICALLY-APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS TO DICATE INDIVIDUAL EDITORIAL DECISIONS. THIS SHOULD BE FUCKING OBVIOUS.

Immigration Minister Erica Stanford apologises after inflating overstayer figures The government has been accused of scaremongering about overstayer numbers after Erica Stanford told reporters there were "tens of thousands more" than she had expected last month.

Immigration Minister Erica Stanford apologises after inflating overstayer figures

Black Caps storm into T20 World Cup final on back of Finn Allen’s 33-ball century New Zealand will face either India or England in the decider on Sunday in Ahmedabad.

Kiwi Legends....🇳🇿🏏
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360946...

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#Bowling #Competition #Cricket #Cup #Match #Record #Team #Tournament #World Cup

Christopher Luxon forced into another correction over Iran war visas The Greens say the prime minister "snuck" into the House "late last night" to correct the record.

Fairly high up the list of attributes required from a Prime Minister is "good in a crisis". Then there's this fool saying whatever comes into his head. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

At anything, really. In fact, everything!

Christopher Luxon forced into another correction over Iran war visas The Greens say the prime minister "snuck" into the House "late last night" to correct the record.

He's really, really, incredibly, bad at this.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

‘Servile and silent’ - the government is caving to Trump on Iran New Zealand has a choice when it comes to the conflict in Iran: to go along with Trump’s policies, or stand by its values as a nation, writes Phil Goff.

‘We apparently no longer have the courage to speak freely in support of our values and interests as a sovereign nation.

Our first priority has become to avoid attracting the attention of the playground bully.’ - Phil Goff.

Chiding in plain sight Inside the Taxpayers’ Union’s in-your-face push for change. Part 1 of a 2 part series.

“As a free-market think tank, the Taxpayers’ Union’s principles are clear, and it has declared its association with the global Atlas Network umbrella group.”
“And what about its direct influence on politicians and policy?”

A good question that media don’t seem to be asking ahead of the NZ election.

Survivor 'angry and saddened' as number of young people abused in care increases A man who was abused in state care himself says he's "angry and saddened" that the number of victims continues to increase, despite a royal comission inquiry.

This is New Zealand.

“Survivor 'angry and saddened' as number of young people abused in care increases. The Independent Children's Monitor's latest report said 530 tamaraki and rangatahi were abused in state care during the 2024/25 year, up from 507 during the 2023/24 year.” #nzpol

I'd like to report a double homicide

Trump on Iranian leadership: "They're crazy. Just like the people to my right during the State of the Union. I looked at them and said, 'You're crazy.' These people are crazy."

And that was long ago.... It’s deteriorated significantly since then.
#theMadnessofKingDonald

The Auckland Astronomical Society provided one of the streams during #Slooh's Star Party. Totality was awesome but this was the moment for me: darkness disappearing over Tycho, Copernicus and Kepler plus Aristarchus gleaming brightly. Hope and stability.