For Claire Trevett's article: nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ta…

Burning off the planet for private profit #stopthefasttrack

The Govt plans to weaken rules to protect freshwater from pollution. Already 70% of lowland rivers are unsafe for swimming. Is he aiming for 100%?

The NZ Government wants to restart live animal exports. My #cartoon today #NZpol #LiveAnimalExports #AnimalWelfare

Farewell to the Newshub journalists, presenters, and crew. The legacy of shows is testament to your dedication to the vital work of the fourth estate. Go well! #nzpol #newshub

Most of the big mining companies are Aussie - including Taranaki seabed miner TTR - set to take the lions share of value and leave us with the acid mine drainage, cyanide laden tailings dams, destroyed seabed and extinct wildlife. We can’t mine our way to a liveable planet.

BREAKING Simeon Brown has admitted being caught up in a well-known scam called CCS that could cost the country millions. #nzpol beehive.govt.nz/release/carbon…

The Govt quietly set new child poverty reduction targets that will see 17,000 more children in material hardship and overall poverty reduction weakened. They were hoping no one would notice. Poverty is a political choice. Liveable incomes now! stuff.co.nz/politics/35035…

Health report. Is it a problem of overspending or underfunding? My #cartoon today #NZpol #HealthNZ #TeWhatuOra

Kudos to my colleague Francisco Hernandez for uncovering the huge hypocrisy happening in the Ministry of Regulations. Public servants deserve good pay and conditions, but the Govt is cutting thousands of jobs while giving a its pet ministries big salaries rnz.co.nz/news/political…

You can’t decide facts, history, or rights by referendum. #nzpol #toitutetiriti

Let that sink in.

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like. It’s caused by industrial emissions from fossil fuels and intensive meat and dairy, and yet the Govt continually fails to do anything about it. #nzpol

The Fast Track Golden Goose. My #cartoon today #NZpol #FastTrack #environment #Resources #mining

Israel is a tyrant expansionist terrorist state backed by US, UK and Germany. These 4 form an axis of evil sewing hell and chaos in the Middle East. It is European colonial imperialism which is always genocidal. No nation backing this axis is on the right side of history.

So Chris Bishop Christopher Bishop and Shane Jones Shane Jones had to choose between a wind farm that would supply masses of cheap renewable power for NZ, or a seabed mining project that would destroy the sea floor and send profits to Oz, and they chose the mine thepost.co.nz/business/35044…

Omg BLACKCAPS ! Legendary!

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