Reposted by Teanau TuionoGreen Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 09/08/2026When marae are strong, communities are stronger. The Green Party policy Te Waonui a Tāne will recognise and resource marae to keep our communities connected and safe, for all of us 💚 🫂 To learn more about how investing in marae is investing in generations to come, see the link in the comments 🔗 315459
Reposted by Teanau TuionoNew Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Strong unions mean safer workplaces, higher wages, and better lives for working people. Automatic union membership would boost our productivity and create a fairer Aotearoa. The NZCTU welcomes the Green's policy. #nzpolunion.org.nzNZCTU welcomes Bill to make union membership the default for new workers NZCTUThe New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) is welcoming the Green Party’s Employment Relations (Automatic Union Membership) Amendment Bill, announced this morning at E Tū’s 2026 ... 15931
Reposted by Teanau TuionoPERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 07/07/2026Kāpiti or Pōneke folks, have I got a deal for you! Get 2 for the price of 1 @greens.org.nz MPs, @lanpham.greens.org.nz & @teanau.bsky.social on July 15, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm at Pātaka Art + Museum in Porirua This is a talk about how you and your community can help restore the environment #nzpolgreens.org.nzIt's In Our Nature – with Lan Pham and Teanau TuionoWe are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally. 0136
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 18/06/2026This Govt does not understand our people at all. Just look at the way they are running pacific programmes and the ministry into the ground. Vote them out. pmn.co.nz/read/politic...pmn.co.nzOpposition says Pacific ministry is being 'run down' despite Prime Minister's pledgeLabour and Green MPs say sweeping changes to MPP are stripping away its role and influence, raising fresh questions about its future despite earlier assurances it would not be merged this term. 0115
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 18/06/2026He had to reel it back in and walk it back. Well done everyone for putting pressure on this Govt it shows that people power works. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...nzherald.co.nzControversial fisheries reforms abandoned until after election, minister cites ‘disharmony’ in ParliamentNational faced a lot of backlash over the bill. 58020
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Budget urgency. We finished up at midnight and will be back at it at 9am 810116
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Green Party fisheries spokesperson Teanau Tuiono said Jones' overall intention was to limit people's ability to hold the government to account "He seems to be more worried about finding people who might leak footage of people breaking the law, rather than the actual law-breaking itself."rnz.co.nzFisheries Minister Shane Jones overrode official advice for fines related to leaking fishing boat footageDocuments reveal the minister was told the proposed maximum fine, five times a Privacy Act breach penalty, was "unreasonable". 04813
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Hey nerds. May the 4th be with you.. Select your ship.... #maythe4thbewithyou #maytheforcebewithyou 87611
Reposted by Teanau Tuiono1/200 Media @1of200.bsky.social · 12/04/20261/200 S2 E192 - Green Party Foreign Policy We host Green MP @teanau.bsky.social to discuss the positions of the NZ government, the War on Iran, geopolitical tensions and great power rivalry, the Pacific, military spending and what 'independent foreign policy' means in 2026. w/ @l11p.bsky.social1of200.nz1/200 S2 E192 - Green Party Foreign Policy w/ Teanau Tuiono — 1/200We host Green MP Teanau Tuiono to discuss the positions of the NZ government, the War on Iran, geopolitical tensions and great power rivalry, the Pacific, military spending and what 'independent forei... 1167
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 09/04/2026The Green Party is calling on the Luxon Government to join France, Italy, Spain and other nations to condemn Israel's attacks in the strongest terms, and defend the ceasefire. 06821
Reposted by Teanau TuionoDr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 07/04/2026In case New Zealanders don’t realise, that’s Winston Peters and our flag on the left there. This is what we’re getting associated with. 815760
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Trump is threatening to erase an entire civilisation. We are watching genocide and war crimes become normalised in real time - Just look at Gaza. And where is the Minister for Foreign Affairs? In the United States, playing footsies with Rubio 35319
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 05/04/2026These unhinged rants are why we should not be following the US into war. Also a reminder that Israel and the US started this war by dropping a bomb on a school full of children. Say no to AUKUS. Say no to US military payloads being launched from Aotearoa soil. 514036
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Nice one Jono. Epic swim. Ive signed the petition have you? @lanpham-nz.bsky.social 2274
Reposted by Teanau TuionoKapiti-Kenepuru Greens @kapiti-kenepuru-greens.nz · 03/04/2026Beaut day at Titahi Bay Easter Fair with @lanpham-nz.bsky.social, @teanau.bsky.social & these beautiful @greens.org.nz people ready to change this Govt to one that puts people & te taiao our environment first. How do we make that happen? Get everyone you know enrolled: vote.nz/enrolling/en... 0123
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The Green Party is warning that the Government’s complete rewrite of the Fisheries Act will privatise one of our largest public assets and push fish stocks closer to wipe outgreens.org.nzFisheries Bill sacrifices the future of fishing for corporate profitsWe are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally. 04621
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Talofa from Paolo Goldsmithi the new Minister for Pacific Peoplespmn.co.nzGoldsmith takes charge of Pacific Peoples in ministerial shake-upPrime Minister Christopher Luxon has refreshed his Cabinet, with Paul Goldsmith appointed Minister for Pacific Peoples as part of wider changes. 54612
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 26/03/2026“What we’re being told here in New Zealand is that we’re in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis,” said Teanau Tuiono, a member of Parliament from the left-wing Greens. “But all of a sudden there’s 12 billion dollars to do what, in my mind, Trump wants us to do,” he said 1120
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 26/03/2026So bad they had to reel it back but there are still plent of fish hooks in this Bill. The National Party has truly given up on our environment by allowing Shane Jones and his mates to re-write the Fisheries Act at the expense of public interests. 02813
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Peyvand Naimi, a young Bahá’í imprisoned in Iran, faces imminent danger after enduring torture, two mock hangings, and efforts to force a false confession to crimes he did not commit. Read the full story here: bic.org/news/young-bah… #Iran #Bahai #HumanRight 042
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Pacific peoples should be able to travel to Aotearoa to visit their family without needing to jump through bureaucratic hoops to get a visitor visa approved. Otherwise all this talk from Govt saying we are a part of a family of Pacific nations is just that. All talk.nzherald.co.nzInside Christopher Luxon’s Pacific trip: Michael Jones, visas, dancing, and what really happened with his matai titleChristopher Luxon travelled to the Pacific as a prime minister and returned a Samoan chief 1215
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Surrounded by festival goers this morning at Auckland Polyfest 2026, The Green Party announced that a Green Government would bridge the funding gap currently faced by Polyfest organisers.rnz.co.nzWatch: Green Party promises to 'properly' support PolyfestGreens MPs attending Polyfest in Auckalnd say they will bridge the $3 million funding gap should they get into government after November's general election. 0258
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Brooke van Velden looked at the lowest-paid workers in this country and considered giving them absolutely nothing, while the cost of everything around them kept going up. Considering a 0% increase of the minimum wage is a slap in the face to workers who are already struggling to get bythepress.co.nzWorkplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden considered a minimum wage freezeDocuments show Brooke van Velden circulated a paper including a 0% minimum wage update, despite a coalition agreement with NZ First committed to “moderate” increases. 1710634
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Putting on my scratched record to play what should be plainly obvious to everyone now. Rocketlab are just a part of the US war machine.nzherald.co.nzRocket Lab wins record contract with US Department of WarThe four‑year deal funds 20 hypersonic test flights using Haste rockets. 1017562
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 12/03/2026The Government should scrap visitor visa barriers for Pacific Islanders, not just create a 12-month trial of lower fees. Today's announcement is largely a reversal of their own October 2024 decision, when they hiked the total cost from $171 to $216. Calling this a generous initiative is misleading. 34311
Reposted by Teanau TuionoRichard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Important issues in play here -- the stories told about MethaneSAT don't add up. (And they should add up to the $30M in public money that was poured into it) And the people who won't tell us what happened play a key role in deciding what missions can launch from New Zealand soil. 13615
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 11/03/2026There are still unresolved questions about MethaneSAT and so support members of the science community who have asked the Auditor General to take a look at whether we have been told the full picuture about the $30M in public money that it received.questions.parliament.nzWritten Questions - New Zealand ParliamentWritten Questions 1237
Reposted by Teanau TuionoGreen Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 01/03/2026Meridian, Contact, Mercury and Genesis Energy are reporting record profits. Meanwhile, are your power bills any lower? 98547
Reposted by Teanau TuionoGreen Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 10/03/2026The price of petrol is rising. Meanwhile, the Luxon Government has cancelled the Clean Car Discount and is potentially scrapping the Clean Car Standard, two options which would reduce our need for fuel in the long term. 34515
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Moe mai rā Dilworth Karaka thanks for the music www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/03/09/f...teaonews.co.nzFriends and whānau honour the life and legacy of Herbs musician Dilworth KarakaKua ngū te reo waitī o Dilworth Karaka, kua hinga i ngā rā tata nei. Ko Karaka tētahi o ngā kanohi rongonui o te rōpū o Herbs. 083
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 09/03/2026The Government has a responsibility to ensure that technologies launched from New Zealand soil are not being used to help other countries wage war. If Rocket Lab launches from Aotearoa are supporting the illegal war on Iran then the Government must be transparent about this. 312347
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Papua Merdeka! Great to share space with these legends at the West Papua Action Aotearoa conference. Shoutout to Catherine Delahunty and the crew for organising 093
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Keep going @nzpfu. its a dire emergency and FENZ knows it. Keep backing the fire fighters folks 🚒👨🚒🧯 14513
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran must be condemned as an illegal and unprovoked act against the people of the region. It is the latest escalation in aggression and is a long pattern of behaviour of the US dragging the region into more wars, violence, and bloodshed. 1398
Reposted by Teanau TuionoInside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 23/02/2026New Zealand lawmakers have introduced legislation recognizing whales as legal persons. The move, inspired by an Indigenous declaration, would affirm whales’ rights to a healthy environment and to migrate.insideclimatenews.orgHow a Groundbreaking Indigenous Treaty on Whales’ Rights Could Change National Laws - Inside Climate NewsA declaration recognizing whales as legal rights-holders is influencing legislation in New Zealand and sparking an international push to translate Indigenous customs into binding protections. 13814
Reposted by Teanau TuionoTeanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 15/02/2026The Tohorā Oranga Bill also reflects the growing global movement to recognise the rights of nature a legal philosophy that challenges anthropocentric environmental law. Pooja Sharma a director at Earth Law, says the concept is rooted in Indigenous stewardship and reciprocityoceanographicmagazine.comA law for the tohorā: New Zealand bill seeks personhood for whales - OceanographicA groundbreaking bill seeking legal personhood for whales has been introduced in New Zealand to recognise the species rights in law. 1287
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Green MP Teanau Tuiono says the Government’s plan to expand immigration officers’ powers mirrors aggressive tactics seen in New Zealand’s history and the current reality in the United States.pmn.co.nzGreen MP says the proposed immigration changes risks reigniting Dawn Raids traumaGreen MP Teanau Tuiono warns that granting officers the power to demand identification inside private residences risks repeating a traumatic chapter of New Zealand’s history for Pacific families. 14019
Reposted by Teanau TuionoPeace Action Wellington @peacewellington.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Peace Action Wellington is calling a peace vigil on Monday, 2 March at 5:30pm meeting at the Cenotaph on the corner of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street. All people who oppose war are welcome. 13112
Reposted by Teanau TuionoThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 27/02/2026Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚 18343981007
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Green party spokesperson for oceans and fisheries Teanau Tuiono was unsurprisingly the most environmentally minded. Tuiono believes New Zealand has failed to successfully balance conservation and economic activity. newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/23/f...newsroom.co.nzFisheries emerges as unlikely election battlegroundTama Potaka's election promise to undo his Hauraki Gulf ring netting proposal sets the country up for a proper discussion about commercial fishing 2183
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The Government is currently negotiating an Enhanced Border Security Partnership with the US Department of Homeland Security that would grant US agencies, including ICE, automated, direct access to New Zealanders' biometric data and identity records. 917398
Teanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Winston Peters' behaviour following the passing of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill is a disgrace. He has falsely claimed that unions didn't raise their concerns with NZ First early enough. That is simply not true. 25014
Reposted by Teanau TuionoNew Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 20/02/20262/4 Like similar political figures across the world, Winston Peters is cosplaying as a defender of working people. The reality is that he had a chance to stop this anti-worker Bill, and didn’t take it. 15213
Reposted by Teanau TuionoNew Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 20/02/20261/4 In September last year we sought a meeting with Winston Peters and New Zealand First to talk about the Employment Relations Amendment Bill and what could be done to protect workers in New Zealand. We met with them in October and again shortly before the Bill was passed. #nzpolrnz.co.nzWinston Peters has 'no doubt' he could've stopped contractors law if unions went to him earlierThe Green's Teanau Tuiono says New Zealand First doesn't "give a damn" about workers. 38241
Reposted by Teanau TuionoSacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026'Fitzsimons said Peters had "all the time in the world" between the PSA's first meeting with New Zealand First and the passing of the Bill this week. "It's as simple as this - the party lacked the guts to stand up to the ACT party despite expressing concerns in speeches about the Bill."' #NzPolrnz.co.nzUnion hits back at NZ First over Employment Relations Amendment BillThe PSA said NZ First leader Winston Peters was wrong to blame unions for being too slow to convince New Zealand First to block the bill. 14212
Reposted by Teanau TuionoPERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 18/02/2026@teanau.bsky.social highlighting the awful anti worker government's latest move This is really bad, and yet many people will have no idea of it Join a Union, look after each other✊🏻 #nzpolgreens.org.nzGovernment rams through law attacking workersWe are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally. 2329
