Rachel Brooking (she/her) @BrookingRachel
Labour MP for Dunedin. Past co director & RMA lawyer. LLB BSc. Slow runner. Fan of the South & 🇳🇿 fashion. Authorised by R Salmond 187 Featherston St Wgtn Ōtepoti / Dunedin Joined October 2014-
Tweets3K
-
Followers2K
-
Following2K
-
Likes21K
My Newsroom Column this week - Govt repeats mistakes of Muldoon's authoritarian excesses newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/26/gov… #newsroom #nzpol #column
Fast Track approvals, coming for wildlife near you. My #cartoon today #NZpol #FastTrack
NZ Auditor-General is concerned about the #fasttrack bill’s lack of transparency & lack of protection against ministerial conflicts of interest. Will the govt majority on the parliamentary committee considering Bill heed or ignore these serious concerns? nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/au…
We have provided a submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill, encouraging the Environment Committee to consider the transparency and accountability arrangements in the Bill. You can read our full submission on our website: oag.parliament.nz/2024/fast-trac…
The current government’s decision to invite political donors to participate in the fast track consenting process stinks, particularly as ministers propose to give themselves the power to make arbitrary decisions. Ethical standards are an endangered species under this govt.
Worth a listen - Prof Andrew Geddis on Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment & Auditor General’s submissions on profit ahead of environment fast track bill 👇🐸🌏 rnz.co.nz/national/progr…
Fast Track Approval Bill: Government watchdogs seek substantial curbs on ministers' powers | RNZ News rnz.co.nz/news/political…
Any company using fast track will have no legitimacy & will likely face Judicial Review challenges as well as protests from people who generally don’t because a proper, public, transparent process has been used. Stay away any company that values ‘social licence’. #slowtrack 🐸🌏
Any company using fast track will have no legitimacy & will likely face Judicial Review challenges as well as protests from people who generally don’t because a proper, public, transparent process has been used. Stay away any company that values ‘social licence’. #slowtrack 🐸🌏
Contrary to what the minister says, the bill is significantly different to previous fast-track legislation especially because it goes further than process and changes the basis on which applications are appraised substantively.
The fast-track bill does more than centralise and expedite processing of applications. It explicitly skews the assessment criteria in favour of development (eg Sch 4, cl 32(1)(a)) and, then, vests the ultimate decision in ministers — effectively unfettered.
Ministers making decisions is not a safe guard it’s a get out of jail free card (well said Ingrid Hipkiss) especially when Ministers include Shane Jones who says OUT-LOUD “goodbye Freddy” #waronnature 🐸🌏
NZ “Govt is promising the environment will be protected while by-passing most protections, stacking its advisory body with industry representatives, & leaving final decision-making power in hands of 3 development-focused ministers”. And, and. @VernonSmall thepost.co.nz/politics/35025…
The Fast-track Approvals Bill poses significant risks to the environment and will achieve sub-optimal decision-making, poor allocation of resources and increased litigation risk if it proceeds as proposed. Read the PCE’s submission on the Bill here: bit.ly/pcefasttrack
Excellent thread for anyone thinking of writing a submission before 11.59 tonight 👇 parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-…
Excellent thread for anyone thinking of writing a submission before 11.59 tonight 👇 parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-…
So the Minister wrote to at least two developers who withdrew from their court processes at the same time. Stevensons have lost in 3 separate court processes in their attempts to coal mine Te Kuha. It is disgraceful that we forced this announcement with hours to go. #waronnature
So the Minister wrote to at least two developers who withdrew from their court processes at the same time. Stevensons have lost in 3 separate court processes in their attempts to coal mine Te Kuha. It is disgraceful that we forced this announcement with hours to go. #waronnature
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
38K Followers 2K Following Te ao Māori editor at @MetroMagNZ. Columnist at @stuff_nz and @guardian. Te Pahipoto (Ngāti Awa), Sāmoa.
Neale Jones @nealejones
19K Followers 2K Following I don't use this account anymore. You can find me via https://t.co/BRVVIrUCvM
Thomas Coughlan @coughlthom
15K Followers 4K Following Deputy Political Editor @NZHerald into politics, transport, climate change, and business. I write the Thursday column. Ex @NZStuff @newsroomNZ
Richard Hills @RichardHills_
26K Followers 7K Following Dad. Auckland Councillor - North Shore. Chair of the Planning, Environment and Parks Committee. Working to make our community & city better.
henry cooke @henrycooke
30K Followers 2K Following mostly nz politics. based in london. bylines in @guardian @northsouthnz @thespinofftv @smh @nzstuff and my newsletter👇🏻
Aaron Hawkins @A_G_Hawkins
6K Followers 3K Following Co-Founder of Floruit. Escarpment Domes coming soon to Pukerua Bay.
John Campbell @JohnJCampbell
207K Followers 13K Following Journalist. Chief Correspondent @TVNZ. Previously, host of @Breakfaston1, @CheckpointRNZ, 3 News & Campbell Live. (Proud of that team work.) Personal account.
Marc Daalder 😷 Wea.. @marcdaalder
15K Followers 2K Following Senior Political Reporter @NewsroomNZ covering climate change, health, violent extremism & misinfo, tech and energy | DM for Signal | #WearAMask | He/him ✡️
Clint Smith @ClintVSmith
15K Followers 616 Following Director of Victor Consulting. Former Senior Policy & Communications Strategist for @jacindaardern, and Ministerial Advisor. Opinions my own.
hamish mcneilly @southernscoop
6K Followers 3K Following All rights reserved all wrongs reversed. Dunedin based journalist for Stuff. See also https://t.co/EoKqRhRDjQ
Ben Thomas @BenThomasNZ
11K Followers 2K Following PR person and NZ's unrivalled no. 1 craft beer tweeter
Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall
12K Followers 3K Following Labour MP. Infectious Diseases Doc. Authorised by Rob Salmond, 187 Featherston Street, Wellington
Hayden Donnell @HaydenDonnell
9K Followers 999 Following Rosemary Dempsey, the inventor of Kiwi Onion Dip, is our greatest living New Zealander
Maria Sherwood @MariaSherwood2
7K Followers 2K Following Just a Greek Cypriot caring about New Zealand
Deborah Russell MP �.. @BeeFaerie
8K Followers 1K Following Labour List MP based in West Auckland. My Twitter is mostly personal except when it’s not. Authorised by R Salmond, 187 Featherston St, Wellington.
Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey
39K Followers 7K Following I write and speak independently about economics, business, investing and politics. Get my subscription news email here https://t.co/qhfT0iMgWQ
lachlan 🍉 - Free P.. @lachlanp_
2K Followers 1K Following he/him 🌆🚰🌈🍉💚 views do not represent my employer
🗣 Free Speech Unio.. @NZFreeSpeech
7K Followers 704 Following We are a registered trade union with a mission to fight for, protect, and expand your rights to freedom of speech, conscience, and intellectual inquiry.
Daniel @Daniel72607378
22 Followers 158 Following
Omar Ibn @langboy20
623 Followers 4K Following Emancipate yourself from mental slavery non can free you but yourself
Jen Miller @whakaraupo
372 Followers 766 Following I live in Lyttelton with a dog called Beatrix and someone else. My dog has been known to chase cats but not any belonging to people on Twitter.
Joanna Kidman @JoannaKidman
8K Followers 4K Following Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Sociologist doing stuff on political violence. ND. Posting in personal capacity
Kiwi 🔻🍉 @_breadcapital
1K Followers 806 Following no war but class war | Wages, Wealth & Welfare | Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi
🌻Happy Kiwi 🇳�.. @happykiwi_nz
979 Followers 1K Following Animals. Conservation. Space. Travel. (She/her) Cheese scones for the win.
Iona Thomas OBE 🇬�.. @IonaCThomas
5K Followers 658 Following British High Commissioner to New Zealand 🇳🇿 & Governor of the Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳. Formerly @UKinPakistan 🇵🇰@UKinLibya 🇱🇾 & @UKUN_NewYork 🇺🇳
Mark Lindsay @MarkLin47548981
24 Followers 32 Following
Mark Innes @MarkInn83125469
214 Followers 2K Following
williams lange @williams_lange
57 Followers 235 Following
Chip Felton @coevcjf
161 Followers 862 Following Native NZ flora enthusiast. Data wrangler. Cat patron.
Eftwyrd @eftwyrd
840 Followers 5K Following Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.' Erich Fromm
Anusha Bradley @AnushaBradley
4K Followers 2K Following Investigative reporter @radionz Signal: +64211445652
Tom FitzGerald @coffee_n_coast
706 Followers 2K Following Beaches. Risk. People. Governance...and everything in between. Geographer and knowledge translator. Natural hazards and climate adaptation. Views my own 💁🏽♂️
Dr. RachelP Toitū Te.. @RachelVPurcell
352 Followers 468 Following Research Lab Head @surgery_UOC @otago | Everything gut microbiome and colorectal cancer | Ireland/Aotearoa | loves cats and dogs and the great outdoors
H0tok3 M40r1 @H0tok3M
434 Followers 3K Following Like to think I'm a critical thinker. But then, you be the judge of that. Just a warning. Any non constructive dialogue will be 🚫. Play nice or pay the price.
Ziggy (Ben Sears fan) @wevegot5years
300 Followers 750 Following Here for politics, and a bit of cricket 🏏
Emma Chamberlain @EmmaCCLe
70 Followers 2K Following Managing editor/writer/YT shorter at blockchain game platform Polemos.
Paul Husbands @PaulHusbands3
12 Followers 74 Following
Matthew Brajkovich @49Matthew49
48 Followers 34 Following engineer, improving the environment we live in, social responsible living. waste minimisation.
Sally @AtaRangimarie
30 Followers 204 Following Living in Canterbury; letting the camera teach me to be still, breathe and watch 👁 the universe unfold 🪐
Nic @NicNacNewZ
494 Followers 1K Following 'Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive'
Matson Kyte @MatsonKyte
14 Followers 111 Following
Geoff Keey 🏔️�.. @GeoffreyKeey
2K Followers 2K Following Conservationist living in the mountains of Arthurs Pass. Love 🏔⛺️🌿🥖. Photos mine. [email protected]
Glenn kearney @glennkearney
1K Followers 2K Following Research Manager - Strategy & Innovation - HPSNZ | views my own
ALL @AotearoaLib
4K Followers 2K Following Aotearoa Liberation League 🌳 project by Samah and Pere Huriwai-Seger 🇵🇸
Kimberley @sparrowtui
31 Followers 435 Following Just a grain of sand, trying to be nice to the other grains of sand. Love climate action, pukeko & fallen leaves
jason jackson @Jason_Jack123
0 Followers 48 Following
Elon Musk private @Elonmusk22201
72 Followers 946 Following
Dânâ Kirkpâtrick @Kirkpatrickdmp
9 Followers 427 Following New Zealand politician, representing the New Zealand National Party. Member of the New Zealand Parliament for East Coast.
dailybee @dailybee92
317 Followers 1K Following finely aged millennial trying (and failing) to be hopeful
Dan Brunskill @dan_brunskill
2K Followers 1K Following Economic policy reporter for @interestnz (tweets aren’t journalism) [email protected]
JayRod @Jaysus_sez
207 Followers 2K Following Bicycles will fix the planet, just give them a chance. 🚲🌶️🍄🍺
Ellie Hooper @EleanorRowena
757 Followers 1K Following Oceans Campaigner @greenpeacenz Aotearoa (New Zealand) She/her.
Vanessa Tipoki @VanessaTipoki
92 Followers 528 Following Principal advisor, indigenous biodiversity and taonga species loving wahine, Mumsy and wife.
Joe Clifford @indomieaotearoa
329 Followers 817 Following Anth and pol of Aotearoa and Indonesia. All views my own
Janet Mary Hall @JanetMaryHall3
492 Followers 868 Following
Andrew Smith @intheologus
201 Followers 378 Following Not a theologian; archivist, Presbyterian, Pakeha 🇳🇿 Toitu te Tiriti
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
38K Followers 2K Following Te ao Māori editor at @MetroMagNZ. Columnist at @stuff_nz and @guardian. Te Pahipoto (Ngāti Awa), Sāmoa.
Neale Jones @nealejones
19K Followers 2K Following I don't use this account anymore. You can find me via https://t.co/BRVVIrUCvM
Thomas Coughlan @coughlthom
15K Followers 4K Following Deputy Political Editor @NZHerald into politics, transport, climate change, and business. I write the Thursday column. Ex @NZStuff @newsroomNZ
Richard Hills @RichardHills_
26K Followers 7K Following Dad. Auckland Councillor - North Shore. Chair of the Planning, Environment and Parks Committee. Working to make our community & city better.
henry cooke @henrycooke
30K Followers 2K Following mostly nz politics. based in london. bylines in @guardian @northsouthnz @thespinofftv @smh @nzstuff and my newsletter👇🏻
Aaron Hawkins @A_G_Hawkins
6K Followers 3K Following Co-Founder of Floruit. Escarpment Domes coming soon to Pukerua Bay.
John Campbell @JohnJCampbell
207K Followers 13K Following Journalist. Chief Correspondent @TVNZ. Previously, host of @Breakfaston1, @CheckpointRNZ, 3 News & Campbell Live. (Proud of that team work.) Personal account.
Jo Moir @jo_moir
14K Followers 1K Following RNZ political editor. Formerly Newsroom political editor, senior political reporter RNZ and Stuff. 🏡 Taranaki
Marc Daalder 😷 Wea.. @marcdaalder
15K Followers 2K Following Senior Political Reporter @NewsroomNZ covering climate change, health, violent extremism & misinfo, tech and energy | DM for Signal | #WearAMask | He/him ✡️
Russell Brown @publicaddress
77K Followers 2K Following Journalist, rider of bikes, cooker of food, dad-DJ, seeker of joy. @publicaddress.bsky.social https://t.co/vvQNGvH9eX
Clint Smith @ClintVSmith
15K Followers 616 Following Director of Victor Consulting. Former Senior Policy & Communications Strategist for @jacindaardern, and Ministerial Advisor. Opinions my own.
Kirsty Johnston @kirsty_johnston
24K Followers 1K Following Voyager Reporter of the Year 2022. Most recently reporting on the climate crisis for @radionz. Currently on parental leave 🐣
Marja Lubeck @MarjaLubeck
7K Followers 100 Following Labour. Class of '17. Mix 🇳🇿🌷🇲🇨 🎓✈️ ♊️ Still considering what’s next.
Jin Russell @DrJinRussell
24K Followers 1K Following friendly asian | Community & Developmental Paediatrician FRACP | PhDing life course epidemiology | backseat philosophy w @mathesonrussell | mum | opinions mine
hamish mcneilly @southernscoop
6K Followers 3K Following All rights reserved all wrongs reversed. Dunedin based journalist for Stuff. See also https://t.co/EoKqRhRDjQ
Ben Thomas @BenThomasNZ
11K Followers 2K Following PR person and NZ's unrivalled no. 1 craft beer tweeter
Ayesha Verrall @drayeshaverrall
12K Followers 3K Following Labour MP. Infectious Diseases Doc. Authorised by Rob Salmond, 187 Featherston Street, Wellington
Hayden Donnell @HaydenDonnell
9K Followers 999 Following Rosemary Dempsey, the inventor of Kiwi Onion Dip, is our greatest living New Zealander
Dudley Benson @DudleyBenson
4K Followers 436 Following musician • Woof! socials guy • queer • he/him • #LGBwiththeT
Jen Miller @whakaraupo
372 Followers 766 Following I live in Lyttelton with a dog called Beatrix and someone else. My dog has been known to chase cats but not any belonging to people on Twitter.
In The Eye Of The Sto.. @VaroufakisDoc
3K Followers 63 Following 'In The Eye Of The Storm — The Political Odyssey Of Yanis Varoufakis' is a 6-part series on democracy, capitalism & the future of humanity. Out now! Link below:
Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein
708K Followers 4K Following Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire. @UBC Professor of Climate Justice, co-director @CCJ_UBC
Kiwi 🔻🍉 @_breadcapital
1K Followers 806 Following no war but class war | Wages, Wealth & Welfare | Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi
Sylvia Nissen @sylvianissen_nz
712 Followers 904 Following Social scientist, mostly climate, disaster & youth politics. Pākehā, she/her. Senior Lecturer, Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki | Lincoln Uni. Likes playing the cello.
Joe @sailingjoe
1K Followers 1K Following Painter, sailor, father and husband. Staunch Labour supporter. Facts not fantasy .
Dan Brunskill @dan_brunskill
2K Followers 1K Following Economic policy reporter for @interestnz (tweets aren’t journalism) [email protected]
Lawrence Meredith �.. @LMeredithEU
5K Followers 694 Following EU Ambassador to Aotearoa New Zealand 🇪🇺🇳🇿 @EUinNZ
The Kermadecs @thekermadecs
2K Followers 1K Following Still waiting patiently for a Kermadec Rangitāhua Ocean Sanctuary announcement while working on Port State Measures Agreement ratification & implementation
Greenpeace Aotearoa @GreenpeaceNZ
36K Followers 8K Following Our mission is to ensure Earth's ability to nurture life in all its diversity. Authorised by Greenpeace Aotearoa, 11 Akiraho Street, Auckland
Kylee-Jane Matthews @K9lee
15 Followers 125 Following Nō Te Tai Tokerau ōku tūpuna, I whānau mai au I Kaitaia. Ko mema o te poari o Waiheke Te Motu Arai Roa ahau. Elected member of the Waiheke local board.
RoCons NZ @ROConsNZ
160 Followers 143 Following Marian Ioan Honorary Consul of Romania in New Zealand
The Future Is Rail @thefutureisrail
3K Followers 2K Following Let's build an inter-regional passenger rail network in Aotearoa NZ for people & our planet. #TheFutureIsRail #SaveOurTrains
Jo Monks @jo_monks_nz
147 Followers 24 Following Lecturer in Ecology at the University of Otago. Into ecology and conservation of terrestrial fauna and alpine ecosystems.
Kayla Kingdon-Bebb @KaylaKingdon
137 Followers 208 Following CEO of WWF New Zealand. 🇳🇿/ 🇨🇦. Ultra runner and seaweed enthusiast.
Geoff Keey 🏔️�.. @GeoffreyKeey
2K Followers 2K Following Conservationist living in the mountains of Arthurs Pass. Love 🏔⛺️🌿🥖. Photos mine. [email protected]
WomenAotearoaNZ @WeavingHouse
6K Followers 6K Following Metaphorically Weaving for #GenderEquality #HumanRights #PlanetEarth ~ Women Everywhere Always Vote at Elections #TogetherWeaving #SDG5 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍅
Shayne Misselbrook @SMisselbrook
480 Followers 640 Following Tweeter of sport. Former lawyer, new Wellingtonian, Army officer, and wistful tramper.
Ursula Ellenberg @ulnberg
830 Followers 945 Following Ecologist, ecophysiologist & #conservation biologist. Soft spot for seabirds, wind & weather. Inspired by #nature...
Pete Huggins @huggins_pm
575 Followers 672 Following Environmental advocate. Fathering, husbanding, pākehā. He/him.
Donna Miles دانا .. @UnPressed
3K Followers 149 Following Writer. Columnist @NZStuff. @TEDx speaker. Bylines at The Guardian, Stuff, NZ Herald, The Listener. Newsroom, The Spinoff. Former senior mathematics lecturer.
Richard Capie @rcwellie
62 Followers 49 Following Nature loving dad who loves to ride his bike, tramp and explore with his family
Ko Ess Ahau ❤️�.. @essigna
1K Followers 2K Following 😷Mask Up Kiwis 😷 Building community, eLearning, education, financial capability & business
Rachel Reeves @RachelReevesMP
210K Followers 5K Following Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer 🇬🇧 | MP for Leeds West 🌹 Former economist at the Bank of England.
Laurie Foon Deputy Ma.. @laurie_foon
2K Followers 1K Following Deputy Mayor ( still getting used to saying this) Councillor for Paekawakawa Southern Ward Wellington City Council Pōneke She/her
Nancy Dollar @we_dollar
2K Followers 2K Following Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans. (John Lennon - Beautiful Boy 1980). I love Aotearoa.
Dr Luke Fitzmaurice-B.. @FitzmauriceLuke
5K Followers 1K Following Māori academic - mostly Te Tiriti o Waitangi and child protection. Te Aupōuri/Pākehā, he/him. Not that kind of doctor.
Marilyn cease your f*.. @skinonbothsides
989 Followers 105 Following Writer, Editor. A Jew who lived and worked in Gaza 2011 - 2015. Author of Still Lives - a memoir of Gaza. Co-founder of Alternative Jewish Voices
Tim Murphy @tmurphyNZ
12K Followers 2K Following Co-editor https://t.co/kOhyS5G3W5. Retweets or likes are not endorsements. 'You can strangle the rooster but the dawn will still come' (Kim Young Sam)
Eric Crampton @EricCrampton
6K Followers 1K Following Chief Economist at the NZ Initiative. Adjunct Senior Fellow, Economics, @ucnz. If this ship sinks: @[email protected] or @ericcrampton.bsky.social
Jay Pitter @Jay_Pitter
16K Followers 2K Following Award-Winning Placemaker. Author. Speaker. Urban Planning Lecturer. Adjunct Professor. Subdivided Co-Editor. Two Book Deal w/ Penguin Random House Canada.
Daisy Dunne @daisydunnesci
9K Followers 1K Following Special Correspondent @CarbonBrief Previously climate for @Independent 🌍🇵🇸 Sign up to our free weekly climate newsletter: https://t.co/f9auP684k8
AucklandSpace @AucklandSpace
1K Followers 545 Following Te Pūnaha Ātea - Space Institute is a space engineering centre at @AucklandUni committed to furthering NZ's capacities in space
Michael Sheetz @thesheetztweetz
185K Followers 557 Following Space Reporter @CNBC | send anonymous tips via Proton to [email protected] or Signal to +1 (201) 730-2511 | pitches [email protected]
Rocket Lab @RocketLab
516K Followers 198 Following Official account for Rocket Lab. We build rockets and spacecraft that open access to space to improve life on Earth.
New Zealand Space Age.. @nzspacegovt
8K Followers 252 Following The official account of the New Zealand Space Agency, part of MBIE. Follows/reposts are not endorsements. Terms of use https://t.co/ZxQaIXud54
SpaceBase @SpaceBaseNZ
523 Followers 21 Following SpaceBase is a purpose driven consultancy focused on democratizing access to space through catalyzing space ecosystems in emerging & developing countries.
POL Embassy in NZ @PLinNewZealand
3K Followers 642 Following Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Wellington, New Zealand. Polish Ambassador to 🇳🇿 is also accredited to 🇰🇮🇼🇸🇹🇴🇹🇻.
Ministry for Primary .. @MPI_NZ
12K Followers 966 Following Ministry for Primary Industries NZ - Manatū Ahu Matua - official account. Here 9-5 Mon-Fri https://t.co/qAEuZgmiKP
JEM @JemJem46
2 Followers 129 Following
New Zealand Food Awar.. @NZFoodAwards
1K Followers 573 Following Celebrating New Zealand food and beverage innovation find us at https://t.co/2wTVRMmCqZ or on Facebook and Instagram.
Tim Ponting @timponting
389 Followers 174 Following Chief Exec @code_nz, Director @renegade_pr / @spottedkiwiltd / @deepfieldgames / @suspectsocial / @NVMBR_Games, musician, papa. He / Him
Mark Baxter @tartanperil
67 Followers 105 Following "A socialist petrol-head", and curator of a small collection of dysfunctional automobiles & motorscooters.
Ethan Reille 🏡🌏.. @reille_ethan
169 Followers 363 Following Opinions are my own. Housing, climate justice and mental health support for all 👏🏼"Think Big and its aftermath are powerful examples of what can go wrong when a small group of politicians, who think they know best, deliberately curtail due process when it comes to making major decisions and instead take that power upon themselves." newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/26/gov…
Quite a funny dynamic with the fast track bill where National goes around trying to sell it as vital for climate action only to keep getting undermined by one of the deciding ministers blurting out "I am going to buzzsaw a skink"
“Putting decision-making power in the hands of 3 development-focused ministers, with the environment minister out of the loop, suggests outcomes predetermined and environment barely playing second fiddle.” Government may be on a fast-track to trouble thepress.co.nz/politics/35025…
"In environmental terms, giving ministers the ultimate say on consenting is the opposite of a safeguard. But sometimes it is more beguiling to believe in the power of your own spin than listen to wise heads and be prepared to make concessions." #fasttrackwrongtrack #waronnature
Government may be on a fast-track to trouble thepost.co.nz/politics/35025…
Another (not as newsworthy) reshuffle in Parliament today. @MaikiSherman's finished up as Gallery chair, after 2 years in the role -- as has @katiescotcher. @WaltersLaura has been voted Deputy Chair & @AnnaCwhyte is the new Treasurer. And I'm moved into the Chair position.
Concerning that there could be funding cuts at the National Emergency Management Agency. This in the same week that a major report recommends properly resourcing NEMA so New Zealand is as prepared as it can be for the next natural disaster rnz.co.nz/news/national/…
Sorry New Zealand political commentators, no NZ is not in need of a 'strong' leader. I seem to remember a female PM making one of the strongest & most difficult decisions of any PM outside of taking a nation to war over covid. Pls don't rewrite it to HIStory #NZPol
Operational manoeuvres in health. My #cartoon today #HealthCare #NZpol
UPDATE 8PM The strong wind warning is in place for SH87 Kyeburn to Outram and will remain so overnight. Please take extra care, especially for high-sided vehicles, campervans and motorcycles. ^SG
SH87 KYEBURN TO OUTRAM - STRONG WIND - 11:15AM A strong wind warning is in place between Kyeburn and Outram. Extra care is required especially for high-sided vehicles, campervans and motorcycles. ^JP
Proposed changes to the RMA are short-sighted, threaten species & ecosystems, degrade water quality, & impact NZ's international reputation. Let's hope the Govt rethinks these proposals & are referred to Select Committee for submissions. #waronnature rnz.co.nz/news/political…
Louise Upston’s first action as Minister for Disability Issues should be to apologise to disabled people & their carers for the way they have been treated & the derogatory things that have been said about them by the govt. As LV Martin said “It’s the putting right that counts”
Last night’s show at the The Ryman is one I will never forget and am still struggling to process. I will post more when I can get my head around it, but, to give you an idea of the fever dream quality of this night, I will share this pic of a new fan who wanted a photo with me…
The debate over the Fast Track Approvals Bill shouldn’t really be a left/right thing. It’s about those who believe in responsibility and accountability and those who don’t. It’s really that simple.
Fast Track approvals, coming for wildlife near you. My #cartoon today #NZpol #FastTrack
@benmackey Ends War on Farming: Starts War on Environment.
@ChrisPenknz I'm a planner in Auckland I know lots of other planners, architects, and engineers who are all really short of work because of all the uncertainty about the planning situation in Auckland. Your Government's changes have stopped a huge amount of development.
@chrishipkins I think this is a key point in this discussion. Consenting is not actually the reason for NZs infrastructure deficit. A lack of funding and financing is far more consequential in this debate.
Despite the shambles of the government’s Fast Track Consenting bill they’re actually slowing down infrastructure investment. Over 40% of infrastructure companies expect to lose staff overseas in the next year. So far this govt has proved it can stop things, not get things done.
And yet you're inviting coal mining companies to come mine in New Zealand instead?
Yesterday in Manila, I announced a NZ$41 million contribution for a transformative emissions reduction initiative to accelerate retirement or repurposing of coal-fired power plants under the ADB-led Energy Transition Mechanism.
@coughlthom When what is actually needed is an adult conversation to fully implement managed retreat
Trends for United States
You might like
