CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 8hWell this seems like good news! #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzPoll says Māori are turning to the Greens for their party voteMāori are turning to the Greens for their party vote with a new poll revealing a change described by commentators as "massive". 050
Reposted by CindyBaxGareth @grenow.bsky.social · 11h“How sensitive is the global climate system to this loss of sea ice? We are still working to put numbers on that. But the system is changing faster than we are understanding it.” - Will Hobbs www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comAntarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses 112
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 15hOMG full page full racist Hobson’s Pledge in The Post today is this even legal? #nzpol 238621
Reposted by CindyBaxRussel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade thinks the reversal of the oil and gas exploration ban breached the EU Free Trade Agreement. How do we know? Because they accidentally leaked their own legal opinion in Sep 2024. newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/01/g... www.documentcloud.org/documents/25... 313273
Reposted by CindyBaxGreenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 29/09/2026Formal complaint that NZ climate backsliding breaches Europe trade deal newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/f... #nzpolnewsroom.co.nzFormal complaint that NZ climate backsliding breaches Europe trade dealThe Government's top law officer warned that if ministers blocked Mike Smith's Fonterra lawsuit, the next case would target the Crown directly. She's been proven right, reports Jonathan Milne. 02617
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NZ: pure shitfuckery. Great new content by @thejuicemedia.com Thanks legends #nzpolyoutube.comNZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^keryYouTube video by thejuicemedia 04824
Reposted by CindyBaxRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Along with others, I've had a bit to say about Simeon Brown's deranged 2024 Transport GPS. But this is actually shocking. It was altered *after the consultation period* to make the books look better – in a way that wrecks the National Land Transport Fund. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/09/29/t...greaterauckland.org.nzTransport borrowing comes back to bite - Greater AucklandToday, Treasury is releasing the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (or PREFU) ahead of the election. So I figured it was worth looking at a significant recent change to the way transport expendi... 911063
Reposted by CindyBaxByron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NZ First isn't releasing their party list until the electoral commission requires them to, avoiding media scrutiny on their lower ranked candidates. It's looking likely we're going to get some real fringe characters in the next parliament 66614
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just a few days of recent headlines A reminder of where we're at. this was just a five-minute skim #nzpol 1177
Reposted by CindyBaxMalcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Christopher Luxon: Hipkins doesn't have a path to power without the radical parties and their taxes. Also Christopher Luxon: NZ1's radical "nationalise BNZ plan" has no bearing on my next government. #nzpol 34911
Reposted by CindyBaxRob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Jordan Williams’ nefarious network #nzpol 47537
Reposted by CindyBaxRussel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Trump is authorising seabed mining in international waters without UN approval. And NZ Govt agency Earth Sciences (formerly NIWA) is helping him. So Greenpeace activists have occupied their boat. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/act...greenpeace.orgACTION: deep sea mining protest - Greenpeace Aotearoa26 September 2026: Activists today boarded a state-owned vessel to send a clear message: Aotearoa must not be complicit in Trump’s minerals grab. 02413
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Imagine doing a four-hour job interview live on RNZ Saturday morning for all the world to hear, especially after the toxic way the people who’ve just left that job have been treated. We’ve had Paddy, Emile, now Kate… I wonder if anyone’s turned down RNZ in solidarity? #nzpol 020
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m thinking flying guillemot wallpaper 👉 www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comWinners of bird photographer of the year 2026 – in picturesPhotographers from all over the world entered more than 24,000 images into the world’s largest bird photography competition, with an image of a northern gannet bursting through the ocean’s surface tak... 000
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 24/09/2026How much has all this cost us, the ratepayers? And us, the taxpayers? What a mess 083
Reposted by CindyBaxFarah @kiwifarah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Another $50,000k to donated ACT today brings the coalition donation total to over $5m ($20k+). Lots more charts in the link. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #NZPol 23929
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Advertising Stds Authority just published new rules around environmental claims in advertising - this is great, and means greenwashing can be more easily challenged. No more "green gas" or "sustainability" claims without being able to back them. Bring it #nzpol 02911
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Serious question: has ANYONE here read the book/got a copy and can at least give a run-down (or screenshot of page) on the Maiki chapter? #nzpol 363
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 22/09/2026And the very morning after Nicky’s book released, here’s the Herald running a story cooked up for the election campaign by another shady rw think tank whose funding is completely unknown (also an Atlas member). Kinda unbelievable #nzpol 3246
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Can anyone give a summary of the Maiki Sherman chapter in Nicky Hager’s book? Why is everyone focussing on 3 Waters? #nzpol 042
Reposted by CindyBaxJosh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · 22/09/2026Let’s not forget that one of the main reasons the Taxpayer’s Union has enjoyed such oversized influence is the news media giving them an endless platform, to the extent that Stuff partnered with them on the “Ratepayers Report”, which was a thinly veiled TPU email harvesting operation 112941
Reposted by CindyBaxChar Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ 0166
Reposted by CindyBaxMiriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Nicky Hager has just made the point, included in his book, that we need big donations out of politics. Luckily someone has a plan 💚 www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzGreen Party seeks to cap political donations, stop companies donatingThe Green Party wants to cap political donations at $30,000, stop companies from donating and set up a public register for lobbyists to get "big money" out of politics. 424460
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I find it interesting that Nicky Hager didn’t mention the Atlas Network in his presentation. He may have some info on them but TPU is NZ-grown and paid-for. Sure, is Atlas member and TPU ppl trained there, but that’s about it. The hysteria abt Atlas running the show here is unfounded. #nzpol 4145
Reposted by CindyBaxStanimir Dobrev @delfoo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Earlier today Lukashenko said that all of Belarus' surplus of potash for export has already been contracted for export. There's no available volumes to export for Western countries. I think it's important to post this today. 1329887
Reposted by CindyBaxMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Joe Romm, senior fellow at Penn sustainability center, dies" by Ethan Young for the #DailyPenn: www.thedp.com/article/2026...thedp.comJoe Romm, senior fellow at Penn sustainability center, diesRomm was named a senior fellow at the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media in 2023. 45112
Reposted by CindyBaxNewsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 21/09/2026Comment: National and Labour are scrambling with reactive cost-of-living policies while the Greens advance a coherent systemic alternative, writes Rob Campbell 👉 newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/21/n... 010049
Reposted by CindyBaxGareth @grenow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Particularly relevant to the NZ election. #nzpol 051
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 21/09/2026quote this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribestatic.klipy.comColorful Hot Air Balloon Soaring HighALT: Colorful Hot Air Balloon Soaring High 041
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"swimming in a sea of it" the full report on vested interests and the part they play in politics. Very important report #nzpol www.wgtn.ac.nz/business/res...wgtn.ac.nzVested-interest lobbying in Aotearoa New Zealand | Ōrauariki / Wellington School of Business and Government | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington 1128
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Am enjoying this. Let them fight! There’s no way ACT wld let the nats do this in a coalition #nzpol National MPs don't like supermarket break-up policy - David Seymour www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzNational MPs don't like supermarket break-up policy - David SeymourThe ACT Party says National MPs have been coming to them "exasperated" by their own party's policy to break up the supermarket duopoly. 052
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If you think the ref got a hard time, think of all the families across the motu who suffered domestic violence after the Warriors’ loss last night. We shld have a national count like we do with road deaths at long weekends. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/1...rnz.co.nzNZ Warriors NRL playoff exit leaves sour taste, as fans turn on referee, officialsAnalysis - Neither the NZ Warriors nor their fans should have ended such a historic season in this manner. 171
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Great interview that I handily listened to while Luxon interview on RNZ. Much better start to the day #nzpol Labour's Arena Williams discusses new supermarket policy www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...rnz.co.nzLabour's Arena Williams discusses new supermarket policyLabour says it will immediately tell Woolworths and Foodstuffs to split their wholesale and retail businesses, if elected in November. Labour's consumer affairs spokesperson Arena Williams spoke to Jo... 071
Reposted by CindyBaxRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 20/09/2026So MBIE officials recommended spending less, but targeting the money towards local music festivals. And Louise Upston chose to spend much more, but hand it all to multinational companies and overseas artists. 22219111
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 17/09/2026the only poll of Māori voters I've seen so far #nzpol www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/09/17/w...teaonews.co.nzWhakaata Māori poll: Labour leads party vote as Te Pāti Māori dominates Māori rollA new Whakaata Māori–Curia poll of 1,000 Māori voters puts Labour ahead on the party vote, while Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ranks second as preferred prime minister 082
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Yet another fight, but one I cannot ignore The Piha campground is under threat of closure from a risk-averse council that's simply unwilling to consider the solutions that wouldn't involve it closing. Please, sign our petition!! Close to 3500 signatures in less than a week! #nzpol c.org/bmZDkT9776c.orgSign the PetitionAuckland council: don't close our beloved Piha Campground! 041
Reposted by CindyBaxEdward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 16/09/2026NEW: US intelligence reports warn China could acquire US warplane technology if Trump continues with his F-35 jet sales to Saudi Arabia. The Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency has raised concerns about China's military partnership with the Saudis. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/u...nytimes.comU.S. Intelligence Warns of China Theft Over Sale of F-35 Jets to Saudis (Gift Article)Internal reports, including one from the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency, say China could acquire U.S. jet technology through spying or cooperation with Saudi Arabia. 27381204
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Wow this is a damning article. Winton’s in-house lawyer resigned an hour before she was supposed to defend the fast-track consented Sunfield project against Auckland Council’s high court challenge #nzpol 13512
Reposted by CindyBaxAndrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Can we spell C O R R U P T I O N in Aotearoa? #nzpol 56535
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 15/09/2026ACT pledges to keep the poor as poor as possible #nzpol 1164
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ler’s not forget the battle it took to get here. And no, it wasn’t down to this govt no matter how many ministers try to claim it. #nzpol 1259
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 11/09/2026So it’s Emil’s interview today. Last week it was Paddy… what Aucklander will we have on next week’s RNZ Saturday? #nzpol 150
Reposted by CindyBaxCarl B Latro @carlblatro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Chewie arrested for taking notes on his cellphone at an ACT party public meeting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFUJ... #nzpolyoutube.com#BHN Chewie finds himself at Central police Station for asking the wrong questions at ACT meetingYouTube video by Big Hairy Network 1124
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 11/09/2026What crisis did National borrow for? Everyone else had an excuse #nzpol 167133
Reposted by CindyBaxAaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🚨 LG smart TVs have been caught collecting data even while offline or in standby mode. An investigation found models could scan nearby Wi-Fi devices, track what you’re watching, and even store microphone audio while disconnected, then upload that data once the TV reconnects to the internet. 761210581