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"Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening." A musician stuck in the garden, living in coastal Taranaki. Chur

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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"New Plymouth is the sunniest place in the country." "The government instead should be investing in decentralised and affordable solar power, and building energy efficiency, public transport and local economies."
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
She said locals shouldn't bear the risk of "an unaffordable, gas-emitting, highly explosive LNG plant, likely right next to a marine reserve and popular beach in the middle of our city."
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Climate Justice Taranaki spokesperson Tuhi-Ao Bailey said that made Port Taranaki or Pātea the most likely site. "Both ports have lots of Māori and low-income residents who've already suffered years of boom-and-bust industry and impacts of industrial chemical exposure." www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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'Don't put it alongside us': Liquified Natural Gas safety fears raised in Taranaki
Community groups warn that a proposed LNG terminal at Port Taranaki risks a catastrophic explosion and should be built far from homes.
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
In New Plymouth this morning - a visit to the offices of OMV, Beach Energy and Todd Energy - these companies have been fuelling the climate crisis for decades.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 05/04/2025
While a team of Greenpeace activists have locked themselves inside the Agrifeeds storage shed to stop a shipload of palm kernal unloading, two orangutans have climbed onto the roof and deployed a 70m banner. See more at greenpeace.nz/palm-kernel-taranaki
A drone photo of a banner on the roof of a huge storage facility reads Anchor Rainforest KillerThree people with an oversized butter block sit on a pile of palm kernal in a shed. The butter block says Anchor Rainforest Killer.Two people dressed in orangutan suits are on the roof with banners that read: Anchor Rainforest Killer and End Palm Kernel Now
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
'Tūpuna inspire 1.65 tonnes of Parihaka potatoes for Te Matatini' - Tyler is studying kai-growing with Urs Signer. "Just doing something for someone else for nothing is the best mahi and for your mauri as well, it's good for your mauri. Like, just feel good about it." www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/06/t...
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Tūpuna inspire 1.65 tonnes of Parihaka potatoes for Te Matatini
Most of the 1.65 tonnes of Agria will feed performers and supporters hosted at more than 20 marae around the Maunga.
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Te rā o Waitangi ki Taranaki! Join us for a wānanga at Ōwae Marae (Whaitara) on 5th February and an activation on the awa on the 6th. Toitū te Tiriti!
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Kia ora, please support this petition in opposition to seabed mining in Taranaki: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/co...
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Ask our councils to take a stand against TTRL
TTRL have applied to the Fast Track process so community can't have our say against their plans to mine over 50 million tonnes of the seabed from the South Taranaki Bight. Within the Fast Track proces...
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
It's so dry inTaranaki. Soil moisture content is down to 12%. The strong southerly winds have contributed to the drought. The awa that usually flows past our house has completely dried up. Instead of watering our gardens, we are irrigating the creek to keep the native fish alive in a small pool.
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Chur! No luck with growing coffee down here ... but the Ice Cream Bean (Inga Bean) is flowering for the first time!
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Parihaka māra is going off this season. Parau kau, tū kau!
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Kūmara māra in coastal Taranaki. Pohutukawa flowering. And of course blue skies 😀
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Hey journalists, why aren't you writing about the Waitangi Tribunal's priority hearing into climate change that's happening this week? There is info on the Tribunal website - www.waitangitribunal.govt.nz/mi/inquiries... - and a youtube livestream. Please cover this inquiry. It matters! #nzpols
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Climate Change Priority | Waitangi Tribunal
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 05/10/2024
"It takes courage to stand up. But I cannot be a bystander – there is too much at stake, too much I love already disappearing." www.stuff.co.nz/climate-chan...
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Stuff
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 16/02/2024
Climate hearing to explore ‘catastrophic Treaty breaches’ In March of this past year, Tuhi-Ao Bailey formally requested the Waitangi Tribunal hold an urgent hearing on climate change issues.
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Climate hearing to explore 'catastrophic Treaty breaches'
Why the Waitangi Tribunal is prioritising a hearing on climate change, after a claim taken by Taranaki activist Emily Tuhi-Ao Bailey
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
From our whānau to yours: Te tangata tōmua, te whenua tōmuri. There are protests in cities across Aotearoa today against the new government and in support of Tiriti Justice. Let's support this movement for justicr and Matike Mai, or in the words of Rata Pue: "a movement to end the colonial regime!"
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
It is a pretty bleak election outcome for the climate, for the poor and marginalised. NAct will try to open up more oil & gas exploration in Taranaki & do nothing to reduce agricultural emissions. We are committed to organising nonviolent direct action to oppose further fossil fuel exploration.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Climate justice group vows to continue its work at the wake of election
Climate Justice Taranaki is determined to continue its work for a just world where people and the environment thrive, as election results emerge. "It is a pretty bleak election outcome for all of us, ...
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
Kia ora!
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
How is your day going? Ours ... a bit average. Some egg drove their ute into our gate, drove onto our property & then left. Second time in a month. Last time these racists drove through our fence and then into our Te Pāti Māori billboard. A total bully who just wants to intimidate us.
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
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Urs @urssigner.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
Morena, an article on our Taranaki Climate Debate this week. "Debate organiser Urs Signer, of Climate Justice Taranaki, ran an intelligent and shamelessly confrontational debate that routinely forced candidates into tight corners." i.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-dai...
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Minor parties win the floor at intelligent and confrontational Taranaki climate debate
It was posited as a debate, and it was a good one, but it was also an extended telling off for the only right wing candidate to take back to his party.
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