ACT's Regulatory Standards Bill is a dangerous attack on nature and Te Tiriti. It aims to lock ACT’s far-right principles into law, ensuring corporate property and profits trump the public good, environmental protection and our founding document.
Have your say now
and pass it on!
https://greenpeacenz.typeform.com/to/ZmYqREO3?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=Responsive
TCF + #NZ Mobile companies have done lots of publicity about the 3G shutdown this year https://www.tcf.org.nz/digital-living/understanding-the-3g-shutdown
* Spark & 2degrees 3G closes late 2025.
* One NZ 3G to close 31 Dec 2025.
Most discussion has been about old mobile phones. NOT much about devices using SIM cards until today.
Do you have devices using #NZ 3G SIM cards? You may need a new SIM or may need to replace device if it can't do 4G or 5G.
Important for those with personal medical alarms or security alarms.
Easy to forget if you have things set up on auto topup or someone (eg accountant or relative) is dealing with bills for you.
Homes gates, security systems affected by 3G shutdown https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562348/homes-gates-security-systems-affected-by-3g-shutdown 28 May
Check on your older relations (parents, grandparents etc) to ensure they are not going to be caught out when 3G shuts down in #Aotearoa #NewZealand later this year.
Yes it does affect other commercial services like some vending machines and parking facilities. However that's between them and their vendor etc.
Everything I can think of to make it easy for people to submit against the Regulatory Standards Bill [closes 1pm 23rd June]
Please pass on it on to all those you can.
https://blog.mikeriversdale.co.nz/2025/05/regulatory-standards-bill-submissions.html
NZ/ Aotearoa :100% pure and clean, green
New Zealand's unique #biodiversity is at risk as the government plans to boost mineral exports to $3bn by 2035
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/27/fast-track-to-where-the-new-law-opening-up-new-zealand-to-a-mining-boom
#newzealand #Aotearoa #biodiversity #conservation #wildlife #mining #extractivism #FossilFuels #laws
Ooops. NZ Police FB post was on 22 May 2025. Link to the post https://www.facebook.com/AucklandDistrictPolice/posts/pfbid02qGd44k1zKaDVXNABrWncahWhWMT9jsbKVLzCBhfHrHSWdZbGsbs8w2T25xERuB5Hl
However everything you need to know is available at https://getready.govt.nz/prepared/ema
If you didn't get it, how to troubleshoot and how to report the problem etc, all available via the link
PSA: Emergency Mobile Alert System test between 6-7pm TODAY 25 May 2025
Anyone with a mobile phone capable of receiving text or SMS in Aotearoa New Zealand should receive it.
More information about the Emergency Mobile Alert system, including a factsheet and list of FAQs at https://getready.govt.nz/prepared/ema
Text of NZ Police FB post on 22:
NZ Civil Defence are testing the Emergency Mobile Alert (EMA) system on Sunday 25 May, between 6-7pm 
If you have a hidden second phone for your safety, we recommend turning it off or putting it in flight mode for the duration of the test (6-7pm on Sunday 25 May) to ensure it’s not discovered when the nationwide Emergency Mobile Alert is sent.
Some mobile devices set to silent mode will still emit a sound when the Emergency Mobile Alert test is sent, so switching to flight mode or turning off your device is the only way to avoid the loud sound of the alert.
You can find more information about the Emergency Mobile Alert system, including a factsheet and list of FAQs at https://getready.govt.nz/prepared/ema
"When I think of Fiordland … I think rain on the smooth water, diminishing ridges, hanging cloud, ferns bobbing under the rain. It’s mood, its mystery, and my goodness, a moose fits in there beautifully"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/new-zealand-moose-mystery-fiordland-national-park
Rare #ParasiticPlants rediscovered near Wellington https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/561451/rare-parasitic-plant-rediscovered-near-wellington
"#Aotearoa's only #ParasiticPlant has been rediscovered in #Wainuiomata, after wild populations of the species were thought to be #extinct from the region for more than a century... Te pua o te Rēinga, also known as wood rose or Dactylanthus taylorii, is endemic and critically threatened... the last documented observation of a wild population was in #Kaitoke in 1914."
So do you suppose David Seymour's #Act Party were so keen to have Te Pāti Māori MP's jailed for performing a #haka because they didn't want them present as Seymour & Act attempt to rush their undemocratic and treacherous #RegulatoryStandardsBill through parliament under urgency?
Regardless of whether you support or oppose this treasonous bill, the dismantling of constitutional and democratic parliamentary process should alarm all #NZTwits. Perhaps #DavidSeymour sees this as a way of guaranteeing his ambition of bringing about a #CivilWar in #Aotearoa #NewZealand. #NZPol #AtlasNetwork #NZInitiative #TreatyOfWaitangi #TeTiritiOWaitangi #ToitūTeTiriti
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/22/regulatory-standards-bill-will-be-debated-under-urgency/
How uproar over a #Māori #haka, beloved in #NewZealand life, sowed chaos and gridlock in Parliament
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY
Updated 7:33 AM EDT, May 20, 2025
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — "The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New Zealand’s Māori people but it’s become a beloved cultural institution among New Zealanders of all races. Spine-tingling performances at sports events, funerals and graduations often go viral online, a non-partisan point of pride for the country abroad.
"But one haka performed in protest in New Zealand’s Parliament by three legislators last November has provoked fierce division among lawmakers about whether it was an act of peaceful dissent, or disruptive and even intimidating to their opponents.
"A vote to approve unprecedented, lengthy bans from Parliament for the Māori party lawmakers who enacted the protest was unexpectedly suspended on Tuesday. Debate will resume in June, when it threatens to gridlock the legislative agenda until politicians from all parties reach consensus on what the punishment should be.
What is the haka?
"The haka was once viewed as a war dance, but that understanding has changed in New Zealand as it has been embraced in a range of celebratory, somber and ceremonial settings. It’s an expression of Māori identity and while sacred, it can be performed by people of any race who are educated by Māori in the words, movements and cultural protocols."
[...]
"Last November’s protest wasn’t the first time a haka has rung out in Parliament. Performances regularly follow the passage of laws important to Māori.
"But some lawmakers decried this one for two reasons: because the legislators from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, left their seats and strode across the floor toward government politicians while performing it, and because it disrupted the vote on a proposed law.
"When asked how the Māori party would vote on a bill they said would dismantle #IndigenousRights, Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke – New Zealand’s youngest parliamentarian, at 22 – tore up a copy of the law and began the haka, joined by two of her colleagues.
"The law, an attempt to rewrite New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribal leaders and the British crown, was widely unpopular and has since been defeated. But for six months, a committee of the lawmakers’ peers have fought furiously about how — or whether — their protest of it should be punished."
Clean Air in Schools petition from ActionStation to the Ministers of Health and Education.
Have you signed yet?
https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/clean-air-in-schools
Listening to fascist #Act MP Parmjeet Parmar speaking with #RNZ about her motive for seeking advice from clerk on possibility of Privileges Committee ruling on a jail sentence for Te Pāti #Māori MPs qualifying her motive being the seriousness of the behavior of TPM in performing a (checks notes) #Haka in parliament.
Parmjeet seemed to find it difficult to comprehend that being Māori or performing a haka is not a crime in NZ despite her insistence that the Māori Party could have been imprisoned for this in other countries.
All I can conclude is Parmjeet Parmar has no understanding of #Aotearoa and the obligations Tangata Tiriti have that comes with the benefits of citizenship. In my opinion Parmjeet Parmar has brought parliament into disrepute and shame to the mana of Aotearoa. #GiveNothingToRacism #NZPol
Between January and February 2025, a German science expedition captured these glorious images from the depths of the territorial waters around New Zealand.
Cold water coral ecosystems in their beauty and diversity.
Enjoy.
Expedition SO309 "CoralNewZ": Deep Sea Video Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZoGJTFdNvk
"The Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB) will be finalised and introduced to the House tomorrow.
It proposes far-reaching neoliberal reform in line with ACT Party ideology."
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
#NZPol #RSB #Aotearoa #NewZealand
The 'dangerous' bill has been ...
Just in case anyone needs to know, here is a handwritten chart of Wairarapa (Carterton) FM radio stations. Not sure when it was created. But most likely sometime in between 2024 and the turn of the millennium.
Bit of media history, but not important enough to stay out of the fire ; )
Hey Aotearoa fedi friends,
What are your favourite kid friendly (5 yo) activities in Rotorua or thereabouts?
Bonus points for outdoors or otherwise covid safe-ish activities.
Asking for our whānau.
Seen at Nga Manu, Kapiti Coast, Aotearoa-New Zealand
Tuatara are a rare reptile found only in New Zealand. They are the last survivors of an order of reptiles that thrived in the age of the dinosaurs.
Tuatara are New Zealand’s largest reptile. Adult males are about 0.5 metres in length, and weigh up to 1.5 kg when fully grown.
The male has a distinctive crest of spines running along the neck and down the back. He can erect these spines to attract females or when fighting with other males.
The colour of tuatara ranges from olive-green, to brown, to orange-red. They can also change colour over their lifetime. They shed their skin once per year.
https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/reptiles-and-frogs/tuatara/
Air New Zealand Ignites National Environmental Movement with More Than One Million USD Investment https://www.byteseu.com/1011363/ #AirNewZealand #AirlineNews #aotearoa #auckland #ChathamIslands #christchurch #Dunedin #napier #nelson #NewZealand #NewZealandTravelNews #NorthIsland #Oceania #queenstown #rotorua #SouthIsland #TeKao #tuatapere #wellington
