“In the current instance there is widespread dissatisfaction with the state of things, but there is no decisive choice of routes out. On either side of the apparent fence, including the “opportunist” option of choosing to sit on the fence”
newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/14/t...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/14/t...
This election is not about democracy
Comment: Real democracy is about participation and the equitable exercise of power. The major forces shaping our lives are at the global technology level, writes Rob Campbell.
newsroom.co.nz
September 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
“In the current instance there is widespread dissatisfaction with the state of things, but there is no decisive choice of routes out. On either side of the apparent fence, including the “opportunist” option of choosing to sit on the fence”
newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/14/t...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/14/t...
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Kia ora! I got a call from Curia Research this week, and I thought the polling script would be of interest. As is customary, it appears to reflect a mix of public and private polling purposes. Some questions seem targeted for potential campaign rhetoric and one is just strange. Here we go, then ...
September 9, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Kia ora! I got a call from Curia Research this week, and I thought the polling script would be of interest. As is customary, it appears to reflect a mix of public and private polling purposes. Some questions seem targeted for potential campaign rhetoric and one is just strange. Here we go, then ...
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The whole company should have been shut down for what they did and the people who run it should be stripped of their flash homes and cars and given 50 years community service picking plastic out of the sea.
So while authors and publishers are arguing about divvying up the settlement money, Anthropic have got away with mass theft. Whatever they pay out is simply a cost of business. The shit machine they built with that theft still exists despite a complete lack of consent and blatant law-breaking.
September 7, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The whole company should have been shut down for what they did and the people who run it should be stripped of their flash homes and cars and given 50 years community service picking plastic out of the sea.
This cartoon, is NOT created by “AI”, that’s why it’s unique and completely onto it! Please stop using AI slop and putting is real creatives out of work!
Support more artists like @rawfishandbeer.bsky.social
Support more artists like @rawfishandbeer.bsky.social
September 7, 2026 at 11:58 PM
This cartoon, is NOT created by “AI”, that’s why it’s unique and completely onto it! Please stop using AI slop and putting is real creatives out of work!
Support more artists like @rawfishandbeer.bsky.social
Support more artists like @rawfishandbeer.bsky.social
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At the moment we have no real idea how to scale up carbon removal--it's a hair on the mole of the ugly backside of the global hydrocarbon industry
But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job
billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job
billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
Facts on the ground
Two things matter now: votes, and solar panels. (And wind turbines. And batteries)
billmckibben.substack.com
September 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
At the moment we have no real idea how to scale up carbon removal--it's a hair on the mole of the ugly backside of the global hydrocarbon industry
But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job
billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job
billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
A lot of “admin errors” depriving people of basic needs under this government. Are they trying to get rid of us so they can turn Aotearoa into Silicon Valley’s Mafia HQ? Guess they need lots of land for data centres and bunkers and us bottom feeders might get in the way.
MSD conjuring up any explanation other than 'personal responsibility'?
Irony is dead.
Irony is dead.
MSD blames administration error for denying applications for food help
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is again in the spotlight for an administration error, this time over a reason for declining Special Needs Grant applications for help with food.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
A lot of “admin errors” depriving people of basic needs under this government. Are they trying to get rid of us so they can turn Aotearoa into Silicon Valley’s Mafia HQ? Guess they need lots of land for data centres and bunkers and us bottom feeders might get in the way.
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Every time I think I could not appreciate Paula Penfold more, something like this happens - the whole article is *chef’s kiss*.
This is what holding candidates to account for the things they say while very clearly posting as a political party candidate looks like - thank you Paula for this mahi.
This is what holding candidates to account for the things they say while very clearly posting as a political party candidate looks like - thank you Paula for this mahi.
I asked Elizabeth Mundt for an interview.
She did not respond.
Instead, she put a video on Facebook describing me as the "lady" who did the Fire and Fury documentary and that I am "probably not the person" she wanted interviewing her about abortion.
She did not respond.
Instead, she put a video on Facebook describing me as the "lady" who did the Fire and Fury documentary and that I am "probably not the person" she wanted interviewing her about abortion.
A political candidate says a topic has ‘haunted’ her for years. We fact check her claims
Senior journalist Paula Penfold examines an NZ First candidate’s abortion claims against the law, official data and medical practice.
www.stuff.co.nz
September 7, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Every time I think I could not appreciate Paula Penfold more, something like this happens - the whole article is *chef’s kiss*.
This is what holding candidates to account for the things they say while very clearly posting as a political party candidate looks like - thank you Paula for this mahi.
This is what holding candidates to account for the things they say while very clearly posting as a political party candidate looks like - thank you Paula for this mahi.
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Benjamin Netanyahu brags on Israeli television about manipulating the U.S. public into allowing Israel to drag the U.S. into a war with Iran.
August 31, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Benjamin Netanyahu brags on Israeli television about manipulating the U.S. public into allowing Israel to drag the U.S. into a war with Iran.
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TOP‘s big donor this time has also donated heavily to National and ACT in other elections campaigns.
He’s on the TOP board.
The board can override caucus decisions.
Convenient.
Means voting TOP would ensure a National/ACT government.
That’s why TOP will not say which party it would go with
He’s on the TOP board.
The board can override caucus decisions.
Convenient.
Means voting TOP would ensure a National/ACT government.
That’s why TOP will not say which party it would go with
August 16, 2026 at 12:34 AM
TOP‘s big donor this time has also donated heavily to National and ACT in other elections campaigns.
He’s on the TOP board.
The board can override caucus decisions.
Convenient.
Means voting TOP would ensure a National/ACT government.
That’s why TOP will not say which party it would go with
He’s on the TOP board.
The board can override caucus decisions.
Convenient.
Means voting TOP would ensure a National/ACT government.
That’s why TOP will not say which party it would go with
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Some days I think Josh is the best political writer in the country, and today is one of those days
August 13, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Some days I think Josh is the best political writer in the country, and today is one of those days
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He’s clearly unwell, and if he were a family member we’d be talking about, & insisting on an urgent (mental) health intervention. With respect to the Greens, this is far more than a distraction - and it’s telling the Speaker didn’t intervene at all. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361... #nzpol
Winston Peters launches tirade against Chinese-Kiwi Green MP
“This is called democracy, unlike what you're used to. So go back to where you come from, you loud mouth, and maybe you'll learn something,” Peters said.
www.stuff.co.nz
July 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
He’s clearly unwell, and if he were a family member we’d be talking about, & insisting on an urgent (mental) health intervention. With respect to the Greens, this is far more than a distraction - and it’s telling the Speaker didn’t intervene at all. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361... #nzpol
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Anonymous artists placed a 10-foot-tall “Iran War Participation Trophy” in Manhattan.
“While some concern themselves with military strategy ... President Trump demonstrated the courage to participate regardless of the final score,” a plaque reads.
“While some concern themselves with military strategy ... President Trump demonstrated the courage to participate regardless of the final score,” a plaque reads.
‘Iran War Participation Trophy’ mocking Trump arrives in New York
The work, which was first displayed in D.C., is the latest installment by a group of anonymous artists that trolls the president. Passersby had mixed reactions.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Anonymous artists placed a 10-foot-tall “Iran War Participation Trophy” in Manhattan.
“While some concern themselves with military strategy ... President Trump demonstrated the courage to participate regardless of the final score,” a plaque reads.
“While some concern themselves with military strategy ... President Trump demonstrated the courage to participate regardless of the final score,” a plaque reads.
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You couldn't make it up ...
well unless you are generative so-called intelligence.
For this they are trashing the planet and disrupting communities with data centres?
www.ft.com/content/7e14...
well unless you are generative so-called intelligence.
For this they are trashing the planet and disrupting communities with data centres?
www.ft.com/content/7e14...
PwC published reports on AI marred by AI hallucinations
Big Four consultant is latest firm found to have produced slapdash work while marketing expertise on the technology
www.ft.com
July 29, 2026 at 12:01 PM
You couldn't make it up ...
well unless you are generative so-called intelligence.
For this they are trashing the planet and disrupting communities with data centres?
www.ft.com/content/7e14...
well unless you are generative so-called intelligence.
For this they are trashing the planet and disrupting communities with data centres?
www.ft.com/content/7e14...
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This is (relatively) good news. Brazilian President Lula’s pledge to protect the Amazon appears to have paid off. In 2025 the smallest amount was burned in 40 years. It’s still a tragedy that any of it is getting burned, but this is real progress.
Brazil's Amazon sees sharp decline of area burned in 2025
The amount of land burned in the world's largest rainforest was the smallest since MapBiomas records began in 1985.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 21, 2026 at 5:34 PM
This is (relatively) good news. Brazilian President Lula’s pledge to protect the Amazon appears to have paid off. In 2025 the smallest amount was burned in 40 years. It’s still a tragedy that any of it is getting burned, but this is real progress.
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If I even whisper something about being Jewish, I have people screaming at me about Israel (a country I have never even visited). But a gov employee talking about Jesus Christ on the job as the Christian Nationalists who run the US bomb Iran in a religious war? That's just life in America.
Could have made the exact same speech minus the words “Jesus Christ” and it would have been a warm expression of humanity’s interconnectedness and how we should care for each other, but that wouldn’t have reminded the non-Christians that we are less than.
April 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
If I even whisper something about being Jewish, I have people screaming at me about Israel (a country I have never even visited). But a gov employee talking about Jesus Christ on the job as the Christian Nationalists who run the US bomb Iran in a religious war? That's just life in America.
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So pleased to see that the defamation claims against @sanjanah.bsky.social and @tvnz.bsky.social did not succeed. It’s still very concerning to see billionaires attempt to stifle public discourse through the courts. Who would want to put themselves through that? www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Julian Batchelor ‘wholly unsuccessful’ in defamation claim against TVNZ
Julian Batchelor’s defamation claim against TVNZ has been thrown out.
www.stuff.co.nz
March 24, 2026 at 7:20 AM
So pleased to see that the defamation claims against @sanjanah.bsky.social and @tvnz.bsky.social did not succeed. It’s still very concerning to see billionaires attempt to stifle public discourse through the courts. Who would want to put themselves through that? www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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Simeon Brown and the rest of the CoC should learn from this but as they refuse to listen to experts, or use real evidence, I despair that we are in for more fatalities under this government #nzpol
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
March 1, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Simeon Brown and the rest of the CoC should learn from this but as they refuse to listen to experts, or use real evidence, I despair that we are in for more fatalities under this government #nzpol
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I mean, it’s pretty fucking obvious to me…👀🤷♀️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
February 28, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I mean, it’s pretty fucking obvious to me…👀🤷♀️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
This coalition of cruelty has made sure every policy creates more homeless people so they could lock them up. They got rid of thousands of jobs, underfunded public support systems, no tenants rights, sold public housing, all to benefit the wealthy. Next on the Project25 list is privatising jails.
Government announces homeless move-on orders - for all town centres, not just Auckland
Police can move on rough sleepers or people displaying disorderly behaviour as young as 14-years-old.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 22, 2026 at 1:51 AM
This coalition of cruelty has made sure every policy creates more homeless people so they could lock them up. They got rid of thousands of jobs, underfunded public support systems, no tenants rights, sold public housing, all to benefit the wealthy. Next on the Project25 list is privatising jails.
Billionaires take so much more resources than the average human.
This is why they’re trying to convince you that you need their products over clean air, water, and a liveable planet. We don’t require AI slop to live.
#BanBillionaires they’re the biggest beneficiaries and a drain on society!
This is why they’re trying to convince you that you need their products over clean air, water, and a liveable planet. We don’t require AI slop to live.
#BanBillionaires they’re the biggest beneficiaries and a drain on society!
SAM ALTMAN: “People talk about how much energy it takes to train an AI model … But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human. It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart.”
February 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Billionaires take so much more resources than the average human.
This is why they’re trying to convince you that you need their products over clean air, water, and a liveable planet. We don’t require AI slop to live.
#BanBillionaires they’re the biggest beneficiaries and a drain on society!
This is why they’re trying to convince you that you need their products over clean air, water, and a liveable planet. We don’t require AI slop to live.
#BanBillionaires they’re the biggest beneficiaries and a drain on society!
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February 21, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Peters is no longer relevant, we don’t need another old far-right populist so desperate to hold onto power he will sell out his own. We need more Māori representation, not someone who destroys our whenua and people for foreign powers!
NZ First is campaigning for a referendum on the future of the Māori seats, seeking their abolition. Winston Peters argues the seats are no longer relevant
NZ First accused of race baiting for campaigning on referendum to scrap Māori seats
NZ First is campaigning for a referendum on the future of the Māori seats, seeking their abolition. Winston Peters argues the seats are no longer relevant
www.teaonews.co.nz
February 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Peters is no longer relevant, we don’t need another old far-right populist so desperate to hold onto power he will sell out his own. We need more Māori representation, not someone who destroys our whenua and people for foreign powers!
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