Greg Presland
@GregPresland
Chair Waitakere Ranges Local Board, lawyer, Labour Party activist and westie and member of the #Waitakerati
Mt Smart Stadium has been fitted with solar panels which will provide 60 % of its total power needs. Not only is this environmentally positive it also makes great economic sense. I am pushing for Titirangi War Memorial Hall to be treated the same way. aucklandstadiums.co.nz/news/go-media-…
The government's ban on Palestine Action violates international law, says the UN human rights chief. We ended up with a Labour government led by a human rights lawyer - who breaks international law in order to crush opponents of genocide. Wild. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border. The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/2025/…
Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border. The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/2025/…
National has announced electoral law changes that will disenfranchise some voters who tend to vote left. And David Seymour has described them as being dropkicks. Only a dropkick would want to make voting harder thestandard.org.nz/only-a-dropkic… via @thestandard
I would trust any number of "drop kicks" that I know to David Seymour determining what is best for our country. stuff.co.nz/politics/36076…
Guest post from Louisa Wall. The government’s decision to scrap Sport New Zealand’s transgender inclusion guidelines for community sport is not leadership. It is exclusion by neglect. thestandard.org.nz/sport-must-sta… via @thestandard
National has been crowing about how they have solved the emergency housing problem. But a recent report suggests that their policies have cause a surge in the number of homeless kiwis. So the Government has increased homelessness thestandard.org.nz/so-the-governm… via @thestandard
None of National’s policies are working. But the time of Labour’s policy vacuum needs to be over. It’s time to make their mark and take Luxon front on and win. The Time For The Left To Act Is Now thestandard.org.nz/the-time-for-t… via @thestandard
Started under Labour. beehive.govt.nz/release/new-ze…
MASSIVE TRADE NEWS National backs Kiwi farmers, growers and exporters to get out there and sell their products to the world. The NZ-UAE trade deal has passed into law, meaning Kiwi exporters can now access a $500 billion market that imports 90% of its food. That means lower…
The Commerce Commission has dismissed Federated Farmers' claim that banks offering lower interest rates to clients who meet greenhouse gas emission targets are engaging in cartel type behavior. Hey Federated Farmers climate change is real thestandard.org.nz/hey-federated-… via @thestandard
It turns out that that big announcement about abandoning open plan class rooms is really about a return to cheap prefabs. No announcement from this govt of liars and crooks can be trusted.
Imagine being a cooker and reading this. Lol. sciencealert.com/huge-study-rev…
What I'd just say to you is, the homelessness crisis has nothing to do with us solving the emergency housing crisis by having no emergency housing. #LyinLuxon #AtlasNetworkCoup #TamatheTraitor #CoalitionOfCruelty #NZpol
The left should unite on tax, fast before the election starts to get real. thestandard.org.nz/the-left-shoul… via @thestandard
With Trump's Epstein problems I am surprised that there has not been more conjecture about who leaked the letter to the media. Someone associated with Ghislaine Maxwell would be obvious. Motivation and opportunity ... if so I suspect more leaks will happen.
Massive Attack announce alliance of musicians speaking out over Gaza: Brian Eno, Fontaines DC and Kneecap say group will support those subject to ‘aggressive, vexatious campaigns’ by pro-Israel advocate theguardian.com/music/2025/jul…
Trump has dismissed all 400 experts working on critical climate risks. And on June 30, all past reports vanished too, along with federal website they lived on They are erasing any evidence of climate change to stop all rules combating climate change grist.org/language/trump…