Manu Caddie
@manucaddie
Hope is waiting for someone else to do it. Born at 327 ppm CO2. Less than 30 years to live (StatsNZ). Biotech entrepreneur & Indigenous/Nature activist.
In case anyone still needed evidence that this Government prioritises overseas corporate interests over the safety of citizens and integrity of local ecosystems – here's one more blatant example: www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610... #nzpol Full correspondence here: manataiao.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/c...
Debt arrears by region, renters struggling the most & mortgages over $1m has tripled since 2019 and 4-5 times higher than 2017. “Some communities swimmingly, others drowning” - John Campbell, @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy www.rnz.co.nz/news/persona... Full report: www.centrix.co.nz/wp-content/u...
“I have for some time now been haunted by the Saami vision of the underland as a perfect inversion of the human realm, with the ground always the mirror-line, such that 'the feet of the dead, who must walk upside down, touch those of the living, who stand upright’.” - Robert Macfarlane, ‘Underland’
Is it a balloon or a location icon? 😉 But seriously, could be Te Kooti and/or Rua Kenana inspired iconography?
I've prepared a short section for the upcoming #NZ #BIOFIN Assessment on #Māori #investment and involvement in #biodiversity restoration efforts. Of course there are hundreds, probably thousands more #Māori-led #taiao initiatives across #Aotearoa. manucaddie540258.substack.com/p/maori-inve...
I hope some kaihaka go for this piupiu hairstyle at #TeMatatini - congratulations #Dara from #Bulgaria at @eurovision.tv
Aotearoa has a great constitutional opportunity here, a chance to score one win against the most corrupt vandals the country has had running itself for at least 100 years: open.substack.com/pub/manucadd... I hope other iwi leaders are thinking about this. #KoAotearoaTēnei #localgovernment #nzpol
I’m so naive- imagining this shit doesn’t remain uncorrected around the country, and even recently refreshed. I guess #Whangaui is still home to a remaining “Savage Club” so why am I surprised?
I sent a litre of oil to the White House in 2003 hoping if we all donated some they might refrain from invading Iraq. Didn’t work unfortunately.
These three looked so sheepish - and claiming this Government has put “hundreds of millions into public transport every year, and this is a commitment of this Government” is disingenuous to say the least. It drastically cut support for public transport for the young, disabled & elderly. #nzpol
A fantastical fishy tale inspired by one of my favourite children's stories and more outrageous public policy... #nzpol manucaddie540258.substack.com/p/small-fish
So despite the fact that conserving fuel would enable the few weeks to be spread to a lot more weeks, there’s clearly no “go early and go hard” approach to this crisis… #nzpol
This is so depressing, what’s happened to the egalitarian ethos the country used to pride itself on (if never fully realised)?: