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And Steven Joyce former National Party Campaign Chair and Minister is chair of the board of NZME which owns the Herald and ZB

Not remotely surprising that Louise Upston has the intellectual depth of a Tiktok influencer touring a pantomime SHEIN factory and saying "the workers all looked happy and the designs were very original"

NZ had started down the pathway to cut its dependence on oil and gas. Then Luxon/Willis/Bishop/Jones/Seymour reversed course. Looks pretty stupid now.

Wellington council budget cuts - big climate cuts Deputy mayor Ben McNulty has been behind closed doors taking a scalpel to council spending and today, some time around noon, invites Wellington to see his masterpiece.

We’re in a climate crisis, a 40 percent cut to our climate response budget makes no sense financially or for the future of the city. Next week’s proposals include a total gutting of cycleway funding, & a backdown on commercial rates for Air B&B providers www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Labour is not your friend.

Wellington deserves better

#nzpol

NZ National Party post highlighting an image of a rugby ball on the top-half with the caption: "Dave Rennie new head coach for the All Blacks" with then an image of Chlöe over a red background with the caption saying "Chlöe Swarbrick Labour's new Finance Minister?". The advert was funded by Parliamentary Services.

um... thanks?

good to know we're on the same page?

#nzpol

Israel is at it again, this time bombing Iran in partnership with their friends in the White House

As a Jew, I'd love to go a month without having to denounce yet another bombing of yet another country by the genocidal state that falsely claims to act in our name.

Unilateral attack on Iran must be condemned We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

Fantastic to see this unequivocal statement from NZ Greens condemning the illegal US-Israel attacks on Iran

www.greens.org.nz/unilateral_a...

Hey instead of making NZ more dependent on fossil fuels extracted from a war zone where the US and Israel routinely start bombing people, let’s embrace renewable energy. #SayNoToLNG

Peace Action Wellington is calling a peace vigil on Monday, 2 March at 5:30pm meeting at the Cenotaph on the corner of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street. All people who oppose war are welcome.

We are well familiar with this here 😞 But yes, we need to be prepared for more. Stand together ✊️

Hope vs hate poster

I really liked their Hope vs hate poster. Nice and simple and hits you right in the heart. Hard to argue against 💚

For people and planet We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

Let's not bet hope or prayers that NZ will have a Green Government by the end of this year.

Now's the time to get into action.

Join the movement, and make sure you're enrolled to vote!

www.greens.org.nz/membership-j...

Not crazy or outlandish to believe this would also happen in Aotearoa 💚

#nzpol #ukpol

And now, here it is, your moment of hope! 💚Huge congrats to Hannah & @greenparty.org.uk !

Not just a strong Green victory but the first Green MP in the Nthn England, and the first time in a century that Gorton in Manchester has not been won by Labour. A neolib labour rejection & the cookers are crunched.

RNZ headlines highlighting the best the coalition govt is delivering for scientists in Aotearoa: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/580221/bioeconomy-science-institute-to-ask-for-voluntary-redundancies https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/541771/more-than-60-jobs-to-be-axed-at-callaghan-innovation https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/575580/shrinking-job-market-forces-scientists-to-pursue-careers-offshore

Who could've seen this austerity politics become absolutely useless in delivering "prosperity" for Aotearoa?

At least the govt is not intentionally shooting itself in the foot-

oh wait.

Short Answer: Nope

Long Answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooope

#nzpol

imma not argue too much on that last line

let Peters have his fun gotcha moment against his coalition buds

Extract from Stuff article: "“New Zealand used to own 100% of both Air NZ and KiwiRail prior to the disastrous neoliberal experiment started by Labour in the late eighties and continued by National in the early nineties selling off our assets. “New Zealanders haven't forgotten what that economic sabotage of Rogernomics and Ruthanasia did for future generations,” he said. Peters went on to say that NZ First was the only party that would stop the “economic privatisation madness” of selling national assets."

welcome to Aotearoa's woke movement Winston Peters

www.stuff.co.nz/business/360...

#nzpol

Labour MPs are apparently meeting with far right pollution advocacy group Fed Farmers today. Feds opposed last Govt’s every measure to cut water and climate pollution. You don’t make progress on climate policy by appeasing the polluters and their lobbyists.

Child poverty stats highlight Government's failing record We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

"It's clear this Government has done nothing to reduce child poverty, choosing landlords and the wealthy over our tamariki," says Green Party Co-leader and Child Poverty spokesperson, Marama Davidson.

www.greens.org.nz/child_povert...

White text against a background with a trans flag. The text reads: The NZCTU stands firmly with our trans and non-binary whānau. We urge the Government to reconsider its decision and commit to upholding the human rights of all workers in Aotearoa. Sandra Grey, President, NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi.

#nzpol The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi stands firmly with our trans and non-binary whānau. The Government has refused to protect trans, non-binary, and intersex New Zealanders under the Human Rights Act. (1/3)

Luxon must act after Peters caught making false claims on employment bill We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

Luxon must act after Peters caught making false claims on employment bill

www.greens.org.nz/luxon_must_a...

Winston Peters' behaviour following the passing of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill is a disgrace. He has falsely claimed that unions didn't raise their concerns with NZ First early enough. That is simply not true.

Pay equity change a 'real slap in the face' to women

Comment: Ahead of a new report, People's Select Committee member Steve Chadwick describes her shock at discovering the minister responsible for policy impacting thousands of women and their families had agreed to make the pay equity process even harder.

Luxon chooses to punish the homeless after making more people homeless We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

The Green Party is imploring the Government to choose actual solutions to homelessness, after Ministers today announced the Government’s plan to effectively criminalise it.

www.greens.org.nz/luxon_choose...

Bill to make English an official language of NZ introduced to Parliament The bill is being fiercely defended by Winston Peters.

"The English language is not under threat. We are literally speaking it and debating in it right now. This is a bill which is an answer to a problem that does not exist," said Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick

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

#nzpol When the Govt gutted pay equity last year, they threw out all our democratic norms - including holding a select committee. A group of ex-MPs took matters into their own hands and have actually listened to the voices of NZers. Their report comes out Tuesday - more info/link to livestream here: