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Will Appelbe @willappelbe.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Why are Southland Federated Farmers frothing at the mouth about Greenpeace redecorating the famous Gore trout landmark, and not worried about the water notice that meant Gore residents couldn’t drink their water over the weekend? 🧵

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Will Appelbe @willappelbe.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

🧵 The Luxon Government's “freshwater pollution plan” is here. Their proposals would scrap protections for lakes, rivers and drinking water, all to make it easier for corporate polluters to make a profit. Here’s what's been proposed:

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Will Appelbe @willappelbe.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

ECan votes are notoriously difficult to find on their website. So I decided to let people know about this one.

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Will Appelbe @willappelbe.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

A good 30% of my TikTok feed is from overseas content creators talking about the repeal of the smoking ban. Embarrassing.

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Will Appelbe @willappelbe.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

"But some lobbyists told justice officials at meetings in July that the project was a solution in search of a problem" Of course the lobbyists are doing some lobbying. www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

rnz.co.nz

Revolving door for lobbyists 'can result in unfair access' - Justice Ministry

Justice Ministry warns of 'misuse of privileged information' by ministers entering the lobbying industry.

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Will Appelbe @willappelbe.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Prior to 1916, Labour movement activists ran for Parliament as Lib-Labs. By this article's logic, they should have never split with the Liberal party to form the modern Labour Party. But they did, and went on to form 6 Governments. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-...

thespinoff.co.nz

The Greens’ Labour problem

If you're young and left-wing, you probably voted Green. Was that the best strategy for actually achieving progressive change?

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Will Appelbe @willappelbe.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Our union delegate approves of this app. He's keeping an eye out for reactionary infiltrators though.

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Will Appelbe @willappelbe.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

What's the biggest fight you're expecting with the new government? For me it's live export and fair pay agreements.

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