Honestly nauseating this is even being considered. The fact the US is sliding into fascism indeed makes it worse, but is beside the point. This pertains to fundamental rights.

The US admin would never accept the inverse terms, which is to say handing over the biometric data of every US citizen to another nation state, for any reason.

Yielding to bullying never ends well. They take miles & hand out inches, if at all.

This needs to be fought down

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/587964/government-deciding-whether-us-should-get-access-to-new-zealanders-biometric-data

#privacy #aotearoa

Honestly nauseating this is even being considered. The fact the US is sliding into fascism indeed makes it worse, but is beside the point. This pertains to fundamental rights.

The US admin would never accept the inverse terms, which is to say handing over the biometric data of every US citizen to another nation state, for any reason.

Yielding to bullying never ends well. They take miles & hand out inches, if at all.

This needs to be fought down

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/587964/government-deciding-whether-us-should-get-access-to-new-zealanders-biometric-data

#privacy #aotearoa

The average ‘market rent’ for social housing in New Zealand (late 2023) was approximately $494 per week per property, As of early 2026, the average cost to keep a sentenced inmate in a New Zealand prison is approximately $201,480 per year that is approximately $3,850.00 per week.

Now I’m no economist but even I can see the best economic (and moral) solution to the #Aotearoa #NewZealand housing crisis is building and providing housing for the homeless rather than building more prisons.

Tell that to anyone who tries to tell you that this #NZPol coalition of morons are good for the economy.

#DitchThePricksIn26

The average ‘market rent’ for social housing in New Zealand (late 2023) was approximately $494 per week per property, As of early 2026, the average cost to keep a sentenced inmate in a New Zealand prison is approximately $201,480 per year that is approximately $3,850.00 per week.

Now I’m no economist but even I can see the best economic (and moral) solution to the #Aotearoa #NewZealand housing crisis is building and providing housing for the homeless rather than building more prisons.

Tell that to anyone who tries to tell you that this #NZPol coalition of morons are good for the economy.

#DitchThePricksIn26

Shots from the field.

#Midtones #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #MediumFormat #BehindTheScenes #MamiyaRB67 #NikonF801 #Aotearoa

Shots from the field.

#Midtones #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #MediumFormat #BehindTheScenes #MamiyaRB67 #NikonF801 #Aotearoa

#Listening to the 2011 album Further by veteran kiwi electronic producer Grouch, who these days releases and performs psydubby stuff like this as Grouch in Dub, to distinguish it from his psytrance albums;

https://grouchnz.bandcamp.com/album/further

I first met Grouch about 20 years ago in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, at a flow night, or maybe full moon drumming. Loved his first album The Moof is Rooving, released in 2006, and I've been enjoying his music ever since.

#music #electronica #dub #PsyDub #GrouchNZ #Aotearoa

And now for some #goodNews on how the ocean can recover when it is given a chance to and how indigenous led initiatives can be the way forward for ocean protection.

Sea life returns to Maitai Bay, eight years after local hapū declares unofficial fishing ban
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/586576/sea-life-returns-to-maitai-bay-eight-years-after-local-hapu-declares-unofficial-fishing-ban

#ProtectTheOcean #oceans #Aotearoa

And now for some #goodNews on how the ocean can recover when it is given a chance to and how indigenous led initiatives can be the way forward for ocean protection.

Sea life returns to Maitai Bay, eight years after local hapū declares unofficial fishing ban
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/586576/sea-life-returns-to-maitai-bay-eight-years-after-local-hapu-declares-unofficial-fishing-ban

#ProtectTheOcean #oceans #Aotearoa

Proposed Resource Management Act overhaul set to breach Treaty - experts warn - as submission deadline looms #Māori #Aotearoa #Indigedon #TeAo #Indigenous #ToitūTeTiriti

Experts say proposed reforms strip Treaty protections, undermine settlements and could set Māori participation in environmental decision making back decades.

https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/11/proposed-resource-management-act-overhaul-set-to-breach-treaty-experts-warn-as-submission-deadline-looms/

Proposed Resource Management Act overhaul set to breach Treaty - experts warn - as submission deadline looms #Māori #Aotearoa #Indigedon #TeAo #Indigenous #ToitūTeTiriti

Experts say proposed reforms strip Treaty protections, undermine settlements and could set Māori participation in environmental decision making back decades.

https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/11/proposed-resource-management-act-overhaul-set-to-breach-treaty-experts-warn-as-submission-deadline-looms/

Day 11: Brewster Glacier - Lakes



Will it beat my all-time record of likes on a post, already held by Brewster: https://pixelfed.social/p/MattMarcha/646192066143961223 ?



#mountain #glacier #lake #nature #snow #hiking #tramping #Aotearoa #NewZealand #nz

Day 8: Hike to the Liverpool hut, Mt Aspiring (Tititea) National Park - Way up

#MountAspiring #Tititea #Otago #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NZ

Here’s a great explanation video on just how badly the #NZPol coalition of morons decision to back Trumpistan’s Big Beautiful Bill by signing #Aotearoa #NewZealand up to an expensive, dirty and uncertain future of fossil fuel electricity generation using LNG while the rest of the world is developing and producing renewable electricity at a rate that will soon leave NZ broke and dependent on the US.

https://youtu.be/2tNp2vsxEzk

Here’s a great explanation video on just how badly the #NZPol coalition of morons decision to back Trumpistan’s Big Beautiful Bill by signing #Aotearoa #NewZealand up to an expensive, dirty and uncertain future of fossil fuel electricity generation using LNG while the rest of the world is developing and producing renewable electricity at a rate that will soon leave NZ broke and dependent on the US.

https://youtu.be/2tNp2vsxEzk

Day 11: Brewster Glacier - Lakes



Will it beat my all-time record of likes on a post, already held by Brewster: https://pixelfed.social/p/MattMarcha/646192066143961223 ?



#mountain #glacier #lake #nature #snow #hiking #tramping #Aotearoa #NewZealand #nz

Cable Bay on Waitangi Day yesterday. #photography #aotearoa #doubtlessbay #beach

Cable Bay on Waitangi Day yesterday. #photography #aotearoa #doubtlessbay #beach

Day 8: Hike to the Liverpool hut, Mt Aspiring (Tititea) National Park - Way up

#MountAspiring #Tititea #Otago #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NZ

Beach labyrinth, Moeraki boulders, NZ. Get it before the tide comes in! #labyrinth #Aotearoa #aotearoanewzealand