Finally closed a bunch of browser tabs (not all, of course 🙃) left open to remind me of various tasks and purchases I've meant to make.

✅ Officially rejoin #NZGreens

Will need a new shirt. This one is still in good nick, but the green shade is too dark. Would love a nice deep emerald, tbh 😉

Quoting from the latest "Te Awa" (#NZGreens quarterly publication - see https://te-awa.greens.org.nz/landing -
"We should be celebrating our many local
#government election successes. Our 49 campaigns
across the motu saw the election of 28 #Green
candidates, including another Green #Mayor (well done
Nándor!). While it is a pity many great candidates
missed out, this result compares favourably with ACT
Party efforts that saw only nine candidates successful
from 46 campaigns.

"While #ACT was celebrating the number of Māori
wards that were disestablished, the actual voting tells
a different story. Over 50 per cent of #voters supported
#Māori #wards."

She named "climate, protecting nature, and ensuring that everyone is taken care of" as bottom lines for negotiations if the party were in a position to help form a government.

"The public good over corporate greed, it's as simple as that," Swarbrick says. "We're not only interested in changing the government but... a government of change."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/582242/public-good-over-corporate-greed-greens-challenge-willis-to-debate-them-instead
#nzpol #NZGreens #CorporateGreed

Lovely to catch up with Green Party whanau tonight at the Shore Branch meeting.

Bit of time to socialise before the end of the year.

Bring on election 2026.

#nzpol #nzgreens #greenparty

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/579099/greens-pledge-to-revoke-fast-track-consents-for-coal-hard-rock-gold-seabed-mining-projects

#nzpol #NZGreens #fasttrack

Chlöe Swarbrick is fronting a consultation on cannabis policy to mark the 5 year anniversary of the 2020 referendum on full legalisation;

https://action.greens.org.nz/cannabis_anniversary

This is both principled and clever.

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#cannabis #NZGreens

#National loves to sow #CultureWar bullshit but as soon as they have to reap it they run for the hills. Shall we list every link between the #CoalitionOfChaos & the actions of their supporters/donors/allies?

#NicolaWillis urges #NZGreens to 'call off' protesters outside #WinstonPeters' home https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/575205/nicola-willis-urges-greens-to-call-off-protesters-outside-winston-peters-home
#nzpol

This is written for the UK, but the same can be said of New Zealand. For all the talk of will NZ recognise a Palestinian state or not at the UN General Assembly meeting, recognition alone is essentially meaningless amidst an ongoing genocide. Concrete actions are needed, like:

- Passing Chloë’s Palestine Sanctions Bill to enact sanctions on Israel
- Joining South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice, along with Belgium, Ireland, Spain, Chile, and others
- Expel the Israeli ambassador and recall NZ’s diplomatic mission
- Enact economic sanctions on the $16M of exports and $178M of imports

Will New Zealand take these measures?

Sadly, it’s not likely. Our government is more afraid of US economic backlash in the form of tariffs than taking a stand for what’s morally required. Next year we have the chance to elect a government with a spine

#nzpol #freepalestine #nzgreens

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-recognising-palestinian-state-not-enough-why