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Daily review 05/11/2025

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, November 5th, 2025 - 14 comments
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14 comments on “Daily review 05/11/2025 ”

  1. SPC 1
    5 November 2025 at 7:04 pm

    The government in ending any requirement to make meaningful reductions or be seen to be Paris Accord compliant has provided certainty about where it stands

    It has just placed its focus on lowering costs to government and business.

    It intends to do nothing and pretend its ambition, is no more or less than what it was. In this, its declares a more efficient pretence to be going along with the Paris Accord.

    https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360876015/government-loosens-range-climate-rules-pushing-out-target-public-sector-25-ears

    The market responded as the government intended, immediately.

    The price of carbon credits has dropped by about 10% after the Government horrified environmental campaigners Tuesday evening by announcing a huge shift in climate policy.

    Carbon credits — which each entitle owners to release a tonne of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — closed at $51.70 Tuesday, prior to the policy announcement, and dropped as low as $41.50 today, before recovering somewhat to $47.

    For much of the previous two weeks they had been trading in a relatively tight band around $55.

    A 15% fall

    The outright lies about all of this from Simon Watts should be noted in parliament – on the record.

    https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360876332/price-releasing-carbon-emissions-drops-10-after-government-amends-climate-policies

    Are they trying to sabotage their credibility as an international partner?

    https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360862224/nz-should-stick-sustainability-trade-eu-says-trade-commissioner

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    • PsyclingLeft.Always 1.1
      5 November 2025 at 8:25 pm

      Are they trying to sabotage their credibility as an international partner?

      Depends on who they want to partner up with….

      And previously Simon Watts ….signalled reasonably clearly where they were taking NZ..never mind the 5 Pillars. They are made of sand.

      On 25 June 2025, Watts as Climate Change Minister confirmed that New Zealand had withdrawn its associate membership of the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance (Boga), an alliance of countries and stakeholders formed at a 2021 United Nations climate summit to promote a transition away from fossil fuels at international summits. He justified the decision on the grounds that only a small number of countries were involved in Boga, stating "in the context of significance or implications, it doesn't have anything material for this Government." Watts also said that remaining in Boga conflicted with the Government's policy of reversing the previous Labour Government's ban on future oil and gas exploration. Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick criticised the decision, saying that it would undermine New Zealand's international reputation and relationships

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Watts#Second_term,_2023%E2%80%93present

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  2. Drowsy M. Kram 2
    5 November 2025 at 10:00 pm

    Seymour promotes coal, nuclear, and privatisation [The Harold, 5 Nov 2025]

    Hardly news, more a sideshow to the 2nd reading of ACT's regulatory 'standards' bill.

    Regulatory Standards Bill back in the House after a highly engaged public submission period [Careful now RNZ, 5 Nov 2025]
    The opposition is expected to slow proceedings, extending debate as long as possible and perhaps seeking to expose any of those speculated cracks within the Coalition's ranks.

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  3. lprent 3
    5 November 2025 at 10:16 pm

    Had to turn off the mobile theme. It clearly doesn't like running.

    Time to finish off the responsive them I have been playing with for the last couple of years.

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    • weka 3.1
      6 November 2025 at 8:40 am

      will people who've been using the mobile version just get the desktop version now when they try to access TS?

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      • lprent 3.1.1
        6 November 2025 at 2:51 pm

        Yes. The mobile version was profoundly not working. I’ll have to put in a new responsive theme or write a mobile them version. Cleared my weekend.

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        • weka 3.1.1.1
          6 November 2025 at 3:41 pm

          what's the advantage of a mobile version? I've always used the desktop version so I can see the replies list (but then I can't reply comment).

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  4. SPC 4
    5 November 2025 at 11:10 pm

    Winston Peters has said that a bottom-line in 2026 coalition talks would be banning private use of fireworks.

    NZF have put a bill to ban fireworks before parliament.

    To propose the bill banning fireworks, NZ First had to remove another proposal – as there can only be one bill per MP.

    It chose to drop its proposal to introduce official definitions of what a "man" and "woman" is. It wanted that definition to be based on biological sex-at-birth.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360876707/winston-peters-says-banning-fireworks-will-be-bottom-line-coalition-negotiations

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  5. SPC 5
    5 November 2025 at 11:56 pm

    Highest unemployment rate since 2016, most unemployed since 1994.

    The rate is still rising.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360876864/highest-number-people-unemployed-30-years

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