Father, partner, gardener, swimmer, environmental advocate, lover of life on Earth.
Russel Norman
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Am I reading this right? The NZ Govt is not proposing to properly protect endangered dolphins, in order to access the US market, rather it plans to continue the killing but sell the fish elsewhere? newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/11/g...
And so it continues. Everyone understands how this system works. newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/10/d...
The Luxon/Fonterra strategy of being a global climate freeloader may have consequences. Let’s be part of the solution not part of the problem: Government facing up to $5 billion bill over carbon credits, Treasury reveals www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
This is a minister for a party hell bent on reducing costs and increasing efficiency
Efficiently shoveling funds into their own bank accounts
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Russel Norman
Russel Norman
Karen Chhour parked at Auckland Airport for a combined eight-and-a-half months between February 2024 and February 2026 at a cost of $16,686.
OECD in May: “A publicly announced govt strategy to break the dependence of the electricity market on gas could bring immediate gas and electricity price relief to households and industry, if backed by minority stake Crown co-investments in non-gas firming.” (p.60) NZ Govt today: Let's subsidise LNG
The OECD concluded that a NZ LNG import terminal was likely to drive up prices leading to deindustrialisation: “For many internationally‑exposed industries, LNG‑linked energy prices would likely be too high to sustain competitiveness, risking further rapid deindustrialisation.” (p.57)
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Fonterra, and the Govt it owns, plan to retrospectively change the law to protect Fonterra from legal claims. Claims arising from the harm that Fonterra's massive climate pollution is causing people. This is not rule of law. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
The massive multinational agribusiness corporation, Fonterra, and its fully owned subsidiary, the NZ Govt, have moved to retrospectively protect Fonterra from legal claims for the harm that Fonterra's climate pollution causes. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
LNG import terminal will make NZ energy more expensive, more polluting, less reliable. It is a desperate attempt to lock us into fossil fuels. No wonder they are trying to hide the evidence: Officials redacted advice showing 'low need' for LNG imports www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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This is solid policy - it sits in the sweet spot of climate and cost of living policy. It cuts emissions, makes cities more liveable, and makes it more affordable to get around. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Russel Norman
Government officials tried to redact advice pointing to a "low need" for the facility and, in some cases, no need at all.
Property firm Wolfbrook signed up ex-ABs captain Kieran Read to win hearts and minds; now it’s trying new ways to win resource consents, too. Jonathan Milne reports.
