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Plastic pollution could trigger wave of environmental and health litigation, Swiss Re warns www.interest.co.nz/technology/1...

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So just a little bit of math. It is estimated that the top 1% wealthiest New Zealanders currently own around 25% of the country's assets. As long as their rate of wealth growth exceeds growth rate of the country, without any mechanism to redistribute this wealth, this percentage will grow,

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This is an argument from the year of our lord 2000. Which Philip Morris, the tobacco company, had to back away from because it made them look too evil. www.nytimes.com/2001/07/18/n...

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No matter how he dresses up the words, Destiny held an Islamophobic march today and I'd like to see stronger condemnation for that. March 15 didn't happen in a vacuum. Destiny Church protesters set flags on fire in Auckland rally www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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Seymour and tobacco, a gift that gives on giving. I'm so disturbed by what he's joked about I wrote him a letter. #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/21/s...

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This is exactly the level of hate our acting Prime Minister is inciting. It’s dangerous.

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That’s American Exceptionalism for ya

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Anti-immigrant racism is exactly who we are, and who we've always been. Anyone who pretends otherwise is lying to themselves and a threat to everyone else. THe truth about our history and our present may hurt, but lies will kill. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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⚡️Ukraine developing interceptor drones to counter Russian attacks, Zelensky says. President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his June 20 nightly address that Ukraine is developing interceptor drones and that domestic production is "already delivering results."

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Retired from his professorship, he said he was busier than ever and chatted to Country Life at his extensive māra in Manawatū about keeping traditional Māori horticultural knowledge alive. www.rnz.co.nz/news/country...

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Happy World Albatross day! #worldalbatrossday

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Israel's Prime Minister may think no one will notice what he's doing in Gaza while he bombs Iran. People face starvation. 55,000 killed. Aid workers and doctors turned away at the border. Shooting at innocent people desperate for food. The world sees you, Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Earthling, heads up! I’ve used Te Ara among others for some research & for curiousity. Sources like these might be abolished. 😢 This is deeply malice from our government. #nzpol #history #government #nzhistory @vomalley.bsky.social have you see this, Mate? open.substack.com/pub/anuncomm...

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Libertarians don't just want to change laws, but encase them. The #RSB would "put them in a sealed case so that future governments can't change these laws... every future law has to be in line with David Seymour's principles." Max Harris Like me to do your sub? DM, or email: [email protected]

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David Seymour described smokers as “fiscal heroes” during a speech to a neoliberal thinktank in London this month: ““If you want to save your country’s balance sheet, light up, because … lots of excise tax, no pension.” Tobacco researchers are…unimpressed: newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/21/s...

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I do like Steve Braunias' satire. This was probably true though. newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/21/t...

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Auckland really needs to get the message on this one. There’s great swathes of this city where walking the streets in summer is an exercise in courting heat stroke and it’s only going to get worse.

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Christopher Luxon - smarter than the head of NATO. "dismissing suggestions [China] is working with Russia, Iran or North Korea to undermine the West - as alleged by NATO's top official." Or did Winnie tell him what to say? #nzpol

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

Our acting Prime Minister. He continues to bully anyone who disagrees with the Bill, and to an extent putting them in danger. He is unfit to lead. Shame on him. Shame on this government. #nzpol

submitted 20 hours ago • 7 comments

Aotearoa medical peeps: does any one know who can do a cast check? Does it have to be a nurse or doctor? Asking for a sibling who doesn't want to travel for a check tomorrow and is hoping the pharmacy can do it.

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Got some serious FOMO going on. Two of the great events of the NZ beer calendar on this weekend (Smith's NZ IPA Challenge and Moon Under Water Aotearoa Stout Challenge) and I'm at neither. Good luck to all the brewers.

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🔴Engineered Estrangement | An Interview with Cory Doctorow The author, activist, and technology critic Cory Doctorow on reckless broligarchs and what their 'enshittified' platforms are doing to our future www.bylinesupplement.com/p/engineered...

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Brilliant idea!

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Missed this. Was uploaded yesterday. If you can stand Seymours "jokes", then this is worth a watch. Video (50mins) of Mr Seymour’s speech last week to the Adam Smith Institute. 1/2 #nzpol www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2rT...

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You learn stuff on BlueSky. 1. Cheaper trade transactions for Africans (20-30% > 1%) 2. Pisses off DonOld. What's not to like?

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Recent unscientific research from the bottom of a crackerjack box has discovered asbestosis is actually caused by autistic people who’ve been infected with fluoride.

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Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says False claims are obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climatecrisis

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Mānawatia a Matariki me Puaka! Hope you are having a wonderful New Year. Come along to Tūranga tomorrow Saturday 10am to 3pm for Whānau Fun and Wellbeing Day: Haumanu, hauora kia manawa tītī my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/matariki/ ^DR

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