queer, LGBTQI, HIV poz, Aotearoa NZ, Tangata tiriti, Green, Uluru Statement, he/him, activist
Russel Norman reflects on New Zealand’s nuclear-free journey, the enduring legacy of the Rainbow Warrior, and why meaningful climate action will require courage and confrontation.
WATCH: New Zealand’s nuclear-free legacy & why climate action needs conflict
https://www.stuff.co.nz/climate-change/360744390/new-zealands-nuclear-free-legacy-why-climate-action-needs-conflict/ #nzpol
An international coalition for phasing out fossil fuels says it told the NZ govt after the election it would have to quit the group if it re-started oil & gas exploration, contradicting what Climate Change Minister Simon Watts previously told media.
#nzpol
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566152/government-told-after-election-it-would-have-to-quit-fossil-fuel-group-if-new-exploration-started
What is hard left about caring? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07/05/what-is-hard-left-about-caring/
#RichardDenniss #Australia #Economics #NaturalResources
Just a reminder. 🇦🇺🌏
"How dumb Australia is on the resources industry" | Richard Denniss
https://youtube.com/watch?v=clUvatmY9xA&si=fx-eS7GpF56dtOpM
Australia's currently spending 1.7 per cent of its GDP on a disability insurance scheme, around $AU50 billion a year. (By comparison, defence spending sits at about two.)
Totals and exact makeup are still being quibbled over, but the intention is to raise everyone - no matter their ability or medical condition - to a reasonable standard of living, assisting many, if not all, to meaningfully contribute while ameliorating burdens on family and carers.
It's not only noble and egalitarian, it's smart - an investment in a wealth of human capital that could potentially go to waste; millions of citizens brought more meaningfully into the financial and knowledge economies.
No doubt many US-based economists (and more than a few Australian) would call it socialism, which it is. Doesn't change the fact it's an incredibly wise, and humanitarian, investment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Disability_Insurance_Scheme
Announcing... THE PEOPLES' SELECT COMMITTEE.
Beginning at Parliament Grounds, next Tuesday 9am. The Peoples' Select Committee will platform and amplify the voices of the people in opposition to the Regulatory Standards Bill.
If you have not been given a speaker's slot at next week's select committee hearings, come down to Parliament Grounds next Tuesday 8 July at 9am we will launch the Peoples Select Committee with a number of oral submissions.
We'll see you there! #nzpol
The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior is returning 40 years after French Government agents bombed the original ship. Join us for free public tours of the Rainbow Warrior at Halsey Street Wharf. Explore the ship, meet crew and campaigners, hear incredible stories from recent voyages, and get a peek of life on board.
🐬 Saturday 12 July: 10am – 4pm
🐬 Sunday 13 July: 10am – 4pm
🐬 Saturday 19 July: 10am – 4pm
🐬 Sunday 20 July: 10am – 2pm
(Did you know that in the original stage version of The Sound of Music, the thing that finally breaks Captain von Trapp’s engagement to the baroness isn’t the vague, wishy-washy “noble unstated feelings” scene that’s in the movie (and which never worked in my view, despite the actors giving it their all); it’s that the baroness tries to convince him to go along with the Nazis because there’s nothing he can do, and he decides he can’t marry a woman with no convictions. They cut the song from the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Way_to_Stop_It)
As is now a bit of a tradition, here's my 6 monthly 'fave photos' page. Click on the link below. Latest at the top.. scroll down to see the images of Shieldaig, Torridon, Applecross, Sutherland and the Outer Hebrides so far this year (and the changes in weather!)
Well, there's some good news.
Four years after her passing ,the Nichelle Nichols Space Camp for girls 14-18 will open next year in Huntsville, Alabama.
Lt. Uhura will live on to inspire a new generation of space explorers.
Representation matters.
A few more pictures of Budapest Pride from yesterday. #BudapestPride #Pride #Budapest #LGBT #LGBTQIA #Orban #Hungary #protest
NZ pulls out of global coalition for phasing out fossil fuels https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565147/nz-pulls-out-of-global-coalition-for-phasing-out-fossil-fuels #nzpol #climate #divestment
Ukraine calls for UN reform, limiting veto power in cases of aggression, genocide and war crimes – Sybiha #Ukraine
Ukraine calls for UN reform, l...
"Indian court rules #transWomen are #women and ‘legally entitled to recognition’"
'In a landmark ruling for the country, after rejecting claims that womanhood was preserved only for those who can bear children, the High Court of #AndhraPradesh ruled that #trans women were “legally entitled” to recognition as women.
...tying the definition of women to pregnancy was “legally unsustainable” and contradicted #India’s constitution'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/26/india-trans-women-high-court-decision/
@joannaholman Indeed you are right.
Just yesterday a friend sent me the link to this compelling TED talk by the founder of #iNaturalist #ScottLoarie
https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_loarie_the_surprising_power_of_your_nature_photos
Great to hear a #NZPol politician, Chlöe Swarbrick, share their vision and logical approach to improving the lives, economy, health and environment of #NewZealand getting some airtime to challenge the failing status quo with a rare clarity.
Craig Renney puts #NZMedia and its journalists to shame. #NZGreens #Greens
A chilling reminder that American science denial does not just affect people in the US, it kills people globally.
MotherF***ERS. Well that tells you everything you need to know, if it wasn't already obvious. #nzpol
