Totally shit farming
Farmers blockading environmentalists to stop them taking photos of their degraded farms. Is this really what we’ve come to?
weka
Don’t mention the fascism
We are frogs in the pot.
Maybe we shouldn’t take the plane
The case for reducing mass air travel rests in looking at whole systems rather than counting the carbon emissions of each flight.
What if we let the wilding pines grow?
Take a breath, it wouldn’t be the end of the world. In an age of climate breakdown, where reforesting is a critical component of climate mitigation and adaptation, we need to stop cutting down so many trees, and move to forest-based thinking.
Ihumātao: Today’s Nationwide Day of Action
After increased police presence and action at Ihumātao on Monday night, the call went out again for people to come to support the Protectors, and they did. More support can be offered at solidarity events being held across the country today.
Truth-telling and The New Climate Denial
James Shaw lays it out in his AGM speech: the new climate denial sounds reasonable and is the gravest danger we currently face.
Institutional poverty
Christchurch City Council have provided hundreds of social housing tenants with bubble wrap and a mop instead of insulating their houses.
Protect Ihumātao
“STAND WITH IHUMATAO! This is a call out to all our supporters. Come stand with us as we take back the whenua! Oruarangi Rd, Mangere.”
(Image via Noted).
Green Party female co-leader announcement: Marama Davidson (updated)
Marama Davidson is the new female co-leader. Speech and transcript, with a bit of analysis of what this means for the party and NZ politics.
Tax is violence
Can we please now save David Seymour from his violent oppression and relieve him of his tax-funded salary?
Climate 2050
Highlights from the Climate 2050 event in Wellington last night.
“Fight for your lives before it’s someone else’s job”
Two speakers from yesterday’s March for Our Lives.
Marilyn Waring still takes no prisoners
Unpaid labour “is the single largest sector in any nation’s economy and the whole of the market economy only is able to function on top of that.”
Labour ban letting fees
A good start from Labour on rent reforms, but will their bigger plans be enough?
Activists bring Mataura River poo to the Environment Southland
“Epic #ShowDontTell action”
Talking about sexual assault
As news unfolds about the sexual assaults that took place at Labour’s Summer School last month, it’s time for political communities to look at how they talk about sexual assault and rape culture.
Post TPPA signing
It’s Our Future spokesperson Oliver Hailes was on RNZ yesterday succinctly pointing out the problem with Labour and NZF’s u-turn on the TPPA. He also recently co-authored an article in the NZ Medical Journal on the TPPA, climate change and health.
March 8 2018: the TPPA and our nuclear free moment
As Labour picks up the pen to sign the TPPA, environmental critics argue that the new agreement has done nothing to allay fears of New Zealand being sued by corporations to prevent the government from taking action on climate change.
Good Witches Hunting
With the publishing of another misogynistic cartoon, it’s time to ask who were the witches and why are so many men still afraid of them?
Reports from the TPPA protests this week (and please sign the petition)
The message coming out is hold the line, sign the petition, regroup, and protest on Thurs the 8th, the day Labour puts our name to the agreement.
Why gender equity matters: #metoonz
It’s time for progressive men to support women’s politics, in New Zealand and here on The Standard.
Genter and Davidson
The Green female co-leader candidates did a Q and A last night with Stuff political reporter Henry Cooke. They covered a range of topics, including the Budget Responsibility Rules. The interview gives good insight into how the Green Party works and where they are headed, as well as into the two candidates themselves.
Golriz Ghahraman in the House on the TPPA
“As Greens, what’s particularly chilling to us is that we know elsewhere in the world where ISDS clauses have been accessed to sue Governments, corporates have used them to stop environmental protection.” … “The Indonesian environmental Minister had to admit, ‘If we shut them down, they will need compensation and Indonesia can’t afford it.’ That is chilling.”
Arctic monkey wrenching
“This is more than just a temperature anomaly. It is an off-the-scale event. Why is the Arctic meltdown not headline news in every paper?” – George Monbiot
If someone said hey, your house is going to burn down, we don’t know if it’s in the next hour or next week, what would you do?
Special laws for rich people
Queenstown Lake District Council wants to protect the uber wealthy from Labour’s new overseas house buying ban.
Climate change is not an accident
Snippets from the first day of the 2nd Pacific Climate Change Conference and Cyclone Gita.
Democratic burn
“I’m joining whatever political party those kids in Florida just started”
Us and them – what will Labour do about WINZ?
What we need is a government that shares power with beneficiaries.
An in Vogue Prime Minister
Our PM doing girly stuff is quite ok. It’s what else they’re doing that needs looking at.
Beg packing
Two people playing at being poor as part of a sociopolitical stance on economics has angered many New Zealanders.
NZ Court of Appeal and the Ministry of Health
The government has a responsibility to act fairly, centre its services around the needs of people, and treat NZ citizens as human beings.
Zen and the art of greening the government
Democracy, protest, and what makes this the first ever progressive New Zealand MMP government.
Drip, drip, drip…
In the middle of the Southland drought, people in Invercargill are no longer allowed to water their gardens.
Greening the government: economics
In his State of the Planet speech, James Shaw lays out the Green Party’s bold vision and plan for a truly sustainable economy to replace the crumbling architecture of the last 30 years.
(image from Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics)
There is a hole left in the world
Ursula K Le Guin has died.
“We are never asking for it”
Solidarity with Madeline Anello Kitzmiller.