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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 01/10/2026
For our friends in Aotearoa-New Zealand as they head to an election on Sat 7 Nov 🇳🇿 👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz 🚨 Enrolments close October 25!
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Louder, for the people at the back
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Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Interesting policy from a party that’s apparently pretty comfortable doing nothing on climate change. So my taxes will go to subsidising the group that creates 53% of our emissions? Really? #nzpol
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you don’t want another 3 years of National you probably shouldn’t vote for these people #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
nzherald.co.nz
Qiulae Wong says no tax reform next term 'worth considering' in potential deal with National
Christopher Luxon points to Wong's land tax when ruling out Opportunity.
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
No, untrue, do not take these ghouls seriously.
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So much this. 🧵
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Dr Siân Robyns @drsian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#nzpol I don’t think NZ Labour understands that ‘could they be any more disappointing?’ is an expression of frustration, not a challenge.
A screenshot of a headline and photo of NZLP leader Chris Hipkins from The Post. Headline reads ‘Labour not pushing to reverse benefit ban for teens’.
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dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#nzpol
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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A rare misstep from Simeon Brown #nzpol
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
With an election coming up in New Zealand, here's something to consider in deciding who to vote for "A rapid and deep reduction in global methane emissions is essential for…. reducing peak warming, and avoiding climate tipping points." methanescience.org/
methanescience.org
Scientist statement on misuse of new approaches to methane
42 climate scientists warn that crucial methane mitigation is being undermined globally by efforts to redefine approaches to greenhouse gas metrics and climate targets – such as through inappropriate applications of GWP* and “no additional warming” targets.
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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What this tells us is that Rimmer never reads cabinet papers, and doesn't think anyone else does either www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
ACT leader David Seymour doesn't see why AI shouldn't write government Cabinet papers
In the lead-up to November's election, Midday Report is speaking with the technology spokesperson for a range of parties about their biggest hopes and fears for artificial intelligence (AI) and the ro...
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#nzpol
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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
today's legal complaint against NZ for breach of climate rules under EU trade agreement is a high-stakes case. NZ's Coalition govt is predictably using nationalism (foreigners can't tell us what to do) to divert attention from NZ not being fair in trade www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2026/09/30/n...
sciencemediacentre.co.nz
NZ's trade with Europe at risk after climate complaint - Expert Reaction
An official complaint alleges that NZ has broken its climate promises, failing to uphold its legal commitments in the EU-NZ Free Trade Agreement. Dutch climate group Both ENDS is lodging the first com...
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David Tong @davidxvx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It is hilarious that Todd McClay fairly obviously confused Fernando Hernandez Espino of Both Ends with Francisco Hernandez of the Greens but neither he nor Luxon will admit it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
Christopher Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens
Christopher Luxon has walked back claims made by one of his ministers about the Greens, before then suggesting - wrongly - that they originated from the media.
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This was already stupid story. Luxon "… When any other country gets to 96.3 percent renewable electricity, then you might want to throw some stones at us. But until then, I'm not that interested in what Laura Clarke or anybody else says, frankly." www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1...
Other countries that have gotten to 96.3 percent renewable electricity
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/environmen...
rnz.co.nz
NZ's 'clean, green' reputation at risk, ex-UK envoy warns
A former British high commissioner to New Zealand says our country's "100% Pure New Zealand" brand is at stake, following a Dutch environmental group lodging a complaint with the European Commission alleging New Zealand may have breached parts of its free trade agreement with the European Union.
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1...
rnz.co.nz
'Stakes could not be higher': Concern over claim NZ breached FTA climate commitments
International relations experts are warning a case claiming New Zealand is not meeting EU trade agreement climate commitments could seriously impact the country's reputation.
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ministry 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...
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Christchurch City Council has published a climate risk map. Scroll down for more detailed info and Sep 2026 district-wide Climate Change Risk Assessment ccc.govt.nz/environment/climateacti…
ccc.govt.nz
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the real story behind the story…. www.instagram.com/reel/Dd0RlO_y9VL
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carpool_coalition on Instagram: "Let’s seal the deal!#nz #nzpol #politics #satire #wellingtonView all 21 comments"
Let’s seal the deal!#nz #nzpol #politics #satire #wellington
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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No new taxes... #NZpol #Listener #cartoon
Luxon: "No new taxes"Cartoon depicts PM Luxon on an election podium in fron of an audience. Luxon: "No new taxes."
Various audience members heckle: 
"Or nurses
Or Police
Or Ferries
Or houses
Or equal pay
Or libraries
Or Bridges
Or ideas."
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Time to put an end to this like we did with tobacco advertising www.theguardian.com/business/...
theguardian.com
Fossil fuel advertising contracts at all-time high in 2026
In year of extreme weather, ad agencies found to be building Big Oil’s image as integral to family life and security
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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janrosenow.substack.com
The problem with "just build solar and batteries"
Why the easiest story about the energy transition is misleading.
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fonterra increased climate emissions 4.3% in just two years. That is 1 million tonnes of emissions more per year in 2026 cf 2024. They are totally out of control. They lobbied to remove constraints on cow numbers and hey presto. view.publitas.com/fonterra/ann...
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Fonterra - Fonterra FY26 Annual Report_Publitas - Page 195
Fonterra Annual Report 2026 Contents Annual Review Sustainability Reporting Governance Disclosures Introduction Financial Statements Governance Strategy Group
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/01/the...
newsroom.co.nz
Costly, harmful and addictive – the huge hidden cost of our synthetic fertiliser habit
Comment: Cleaning up nitrogen pollution costs 10 times more than buying the fertiliser in the first place, freshwater ecologist Dr Simon Stewart argues.
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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#marsdenshmarsden I guess 🪦
b2bnews.co.nz
Marsden Fund cut 29% as NZ kills blue-sky research funding
New Zealand's flagship discovery research fund is running its final round before being absorbed into a government-directed system. The 29% funding cut lands on a country that already spends half the O...
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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
THIS. #nzpol
andrewlittle.nz
Government’s Head Start failure a costly misstep — Andrew Little
Wellington City Mayor Andrew Little says today’s announcement by central government to defer amalgamation proposals until after the election shows they were not serious about the costly Head Start pro...
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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hansard "Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: What I’d say, again—you know, cry me a river. " #nzpol
hansard.parliament.nz
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Corporate welfare and not in a good way www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1...
rnz.co.nz
Government puts $40.5 million towards two gas exploration projects
The government is putting $40.5 million towards two gas exploration projects, from the government's $200m gas exploration fund.
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Who are the voters Labour thinks they're marketing themselves to? And where does if think it's going to get the revenue for the services it has promised them? I'm genuinely confused.
thepost.co.nz
Labour will not reverse what it called a ‘landlord tax cut’
Chris Hipkins says his party will not remove interest deductibility for residential landlords.
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/21/nat...
newsroom.co.nz
National and Labour spooked by Greens’ economic coherence
Comment: National and Labour are scrambling with reactive cost-of-living policies while the Greens advance a coherent systemic alternative, writes Rob Campbell
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Labour has a concept of a plan for climate and appears to have been captured by the dairy industry who have spent 20 years avoiding responsibility for their methane and nitrate pollution. Has any journo asked if they will restore the methane targets? www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/p...
greenpeace.org
Labour’s climate announcement is a cop-out  - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace says the Labour Party is copping out of tackling the climate crisis.
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Torrent of crap coming out of Jordan's mouth this morning on Q&A. I should not have started fact-checking, but here we go. Claim 1: The old '2nd largest fiscal response'. Jordan is referring to an IMF report, which was adopted conveniently as gospel by NZ Treasury. Friends, it was bad. [🧵 1/n]
'We had the second largest response to Covid in terms of a proportion of our economy... increased Government spending.'
Jordan Williams Q&A 20 Sep 26
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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
okay this is actually huge. I've complained a lot about Labour being limp, so I think it's important to pump them up when they're actually making shit happen www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
Labour proposes splitting Foodstuffs and Woolworths from their wholesale arms
Labour would force Foodstuffs and Woolworths to run their wholesale operations independently from their retail stores, if elected in November.
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/29/ann...
newsroom.co.nz
Anne Salmond: The 'war' on NZ values
MPs seem to have forgotten who pays their salaries and that they should serve the interests of all New Zealanders.
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Lan Pham @lanpham.greens.org.nz · 18/09/2026
Our Govt is so extremely destructive, 7 past Conservation Ministers have united to spell out just how bonkers their bills is 2mo (Sat 1pm) the good people of Tāmaki Makaurau will take to the streets and parliament lawn (in Pōneke) to March for nature. Don't sit this one out. Nature needs you ✊️🌏🌳
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
IPCC Method of Assessment: "The peer-reviewed climate change literature has been expanding exponentially, doubling every five to six years. This means that in each IPCC assessment cycle, there is as much new literature to assess as had ever been produced previously." www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploa..
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Philip Thalis on continued car-centric planning.
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Retiring the high emission scenarios might have been premature…
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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
To minimise peak warming levels, net CO2 emissions need to reach net zero as soon as possible AND methane emissions need to decline rapidly. It is not a trade-off between CO2 & CH4, both need to be reduced as much as feasible, as fast as possible! www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🧵CO₂ removal (CDR) is back in the news, but just because the UNEP report says we need CDR, it doesn't mean we'll have CDR. Many challenges will take decades of research and negotiation to solve. Here are some examples: Technological: We currently don't have any durable CDR method that scales.
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.ft.com/content/2bec9e2f-1...
ft.com
An IPCC stand-off risks a historic climate rupture
Pointless obstruction by governments over publishing scientific climate evaluation is threatening crucial work
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hey, remember how I said water bills were gonna make people insane? Ok, now let's prepare for rural NZ and, oh shit is that Ōtautahi surrounded by nitrate soaked plains, having to pay for denitrification of water which is so fucking pricey it'll make your eyes bulge.
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
CO2 removals 🧵
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Here, we present a complementary scenario generation approach to systematically map peak warming resulting from two political choices: the net zero emissions year for CO2 or GHG after linear reductions, and the simultaneous change in CH4 emissions." www.nature.com/articles/s4324...
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"The [NZ] Government's communications on fossil fuels amount to climate misinformation and closely mirror obstruction narratives used by the fossil fuel industry to delay climate action" wwf.org.nz/news/climate-chang...
wwf.org.nz
Keeping the Lights on?
WWF-New Zealand report on climate misinformation from the Government on LNG and offshore oil and gas
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TheSarapocalypse @sarainchch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Given their influence this term, it's fair to say that a vote for National is a vote for these absolute dinosaur policies and a PM who takes zero responsibility for them. #nzpol
Screenshot from RNZ with the headline 'NZ First to campaign for conservation land to be open for economic development' and a photo of Shsne Jones. Screenshot from RNZ with the headline 'ACT unveils election climate policy, vows to scrap carbon zero target and repeal Zero Carbon Act' and a photo of David Seymour.
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Faux libertarian party is really just a ship of fools (and hypocrites). Clueless. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/36102...
stuff.co.nz
ACT announces climate policy: Scrap Net Zero, introduce climate tax return, restore subsidies for emitters
The ACT Party would dismantle New Zealand’s headline climate goals and laws if in power and restore subsidies of up to 90% to some of the country’s largest emitters.
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 03/09/2026
The Australien Government made an ad about carbon offsets and koalas, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🌏🌳🐨 💛 produced by our Patrons 🙏 support us on Patreon: patreon.com/thejuicemedia ☕ buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/thejuicemedia
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minimalzen.bsky.social @minimalzen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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