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iangriffin, 3 days ago to Astronomy

I may have slightly gone a bit batshit crazy when the sky did this at Lake Aviemore last night. This is a fisheye lens image during the height of the display. Seriously. WOAH! #aurora #astronomy #auroraaustralis #NewZealand #beauty

iangriffin, 4 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to NewZealand

You know that "famous" Wānaka tree? It's not as good as the upside down aurora tree I found tonight at my secret aurora perch! #aurora #auroraaustralis #NewZealand

paulhellyer, 6 days ago to NewZealand

So the government is changing the name of the Social Wellbeing Agency to the Social Investment Agency. Hmmm. I can’t help feeling that the idea we are all being defined in terms of “investments”, “outcomes”, “efficiencies”, or “savings”, is part of the problem. Capitalism is killing us and our environment. It simply isn’t working any more except for the few, the rich. There must surely be a day of reckoning coming soon.

[Edit: clarity]

#NZPol

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/516388/explainer-nicola-willis-pre-budget-speech-what-we-learnt

jonoabroad, 16 days ago to random

Why the fuck does Pharmac keep on changing where we get our fucking medicine from?

/me shakes fist

billbennett, 1 month ago to random

Lucinda sent me a holiday snap from Whau Valley...
Paint over that Brian Tamaki!

iangriffin, 1 month ago to NewZealand

Oooh ooh... Thank heavens it is Otago Anniversary day so I can process images of the aurora like this one! This was the view from my perch in Hoopers Inlet at 05:37 today #aurora #NewZealand

ClareBear, 2 months ago to NewZealand

I'm still loving Chewies comment from last night's Big Hairy News sesh re Premier House fallen down :

"She (Dame Jacinda) had a rave on her way out"

Fukn love it and more than that, hope it happened😂#nzpol #bhn

98Percent, 3 months ago to environment

The fact that PVA is deliberately being put into food products, as stated in the article, is of particular concern to me, beside the fact that it is going into the environment in cleaning products. Where is the research that informs us it is safe to eat the stuff? #pollution #environment #sustainability #health https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-08/new-york-city-considers-banning-laundry-dishwasher-pods?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy

Rjdlandscapes, 3 months ago to NewZealand

So we're paying Luxon $52k a year to NOT live in the state provided luxury housing (premier house)..

What??

#nzpol #NewZealand #nztwits

iangriffin, 3 months ago to NewZealand

Here's another image of the famous Hoopers Inlet Boat shed after the storm in February 2018. The night was so special; still and calm with reflections to die for. This is a 2 minute exposure. On nights like this the scientist in me admires the star colours telling me about their temperature. The poet in me (?) absorbs the experience and thinks of words that work. #dunedinNZ #NewZealand #nightphotography #boatshed

Rjdlandscapes, 3 months ago to NewZealand

Are they having a competition on election promise breaking?

#nzpol #NewZealand

https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/01/30/coalition-police-target-already-pushed-out/

ClareBear, 3 months ago to random

could be an epic match over at aussie open

ClareBear, 3 months ago to random

What on earth has brought this on???🤔

ClareBear, 4 months ago to random

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/506234/dozens-of-scouts-catch-covid-at-jamboree

#Covid

timClicks, 4 months ago to NewZealand

hey does the mini mini budget include the spreadsheet? #nzpol

Rjdlandscapes, 4 months ago to NewZealand

"What I am saying to you is I meant you have to pay to do things the tax payer will pick up the tab for me"

Lyin Luxo

#nzpol #NewZealand

Rjdlandscapes, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

How many days until GST is bumped to 20%?

Rjdlandscapes, 5 months ago to NewZealand

This government so far:

AGAINST
Fair pay
Māori
Climate
EVs
Ferries
Disabled people

FOR
Landlords
Live animal export
Tobacco companies
Fossil fuels
Prescription fees

hmmm

#nzpol

ClareBear, 5 months ago to NewZealand

Shane Jones used his Address in Reply speech in Parliament to launch an attack on policies enacted by previous Governments to address climate change.

It includes an astonishing revelation to disregard targets agreed to under the Paris Agreement, which aims to reduce our 2030 net emissions to 50 percent below gross 2005 levels.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/12/shane-jones-says-new-zealand-won-t-meet-dreamy-fairytale-2030-paris-agreement-goal.html

#RunForTheHills #nzpol #CoalitionOfCruel

Rjdlandscapes, 5 months ago to NewZealand

Is $24bn a lot? Asking for a government

How many cigarettes would we need to smoke to make that up?

#nzpol #NewZealand

brucealpine, 5 months ago to NewZealand

When Luxon gives tax cuts that wont benefit lowest paid workers. When he takes away Fair Pay agreements and introduces 90 day trials when workers can be fired for no reason.

Always remember, its because he cares deeply for workers.
#nzpol #nzpolitics #bhn

video/mp4

Rjdlandscapes, 5 months ago to NewZealand

Well that will help with the cost of living crisis

#nzpol #NewZealand