from Envirowatch NZ

Pam Vernon says–

Thanks to Clare Swinney and to Liz Gunn who interviews her. Councils are meeting in secret to discuss (you guessed it) the next plandemic. Scamdemic might be more to the point. Your local council is of course a trojan horse for Agenda 2030.

The plan is to curtail / shut down your food supply, chickens and eggs being a major part of that. Now is a good time, if you’re not familiar with Council machinations, to get involved, attend their meetings and learn how to ask questions. It’s quite a convoluted process but let them know you’re watching. Listen below to what they’re now preparing you for, rather scaring you for… see also at substack. 

Liz Gunn speaks with researcher Clare Swinney about alarming preparations underway in New Zealand councils for a potential high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI / bird flu) scenario. Swinney details millions of dollars allocated by the Ministry for Primary Industries for planning, including chicken culling and carcass disposal, dairy cattle considerations, PPE stockpiling, water treatment, and emergency communications.

The discussion examines the scientific claims, reliance on PCR testing, historical precedents of mass culling overseas, and parallels with previous pandemic responses. Swinney and Gunn question the transparency of these behind-the-scenes meetings and the potential impacts on food supply and public trust.

Links:

The Auckland HPAI Plan via Clare’s article:

What’s The Latest “Bird Flu” Scare Really About? (Article):

BBC article regarding the mRNA bird flu vaccine trial:

The University Of Otago’s Prof Jemma Geoghegan speaks about avian influenza:

The paper by David Crowe and Torsten Engelbrecht titled: Avian flu virus H5N1: No proof for existence, pathogenicity, or pandemic potential; non-“H5N1” causation omitted:

Dr Sam Bailey – Taking Away Your Chickens:

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/wzGxKTzuDv0?rel=0&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=0

Jon Rappoport – The Creation of A False Epidemic:

Jon Rappoport on Substack:

Jon Rappoport

The Hottest Takes on Culture and Health Politics

Avian influenza newsletters, fact sheets, science reports, and other resources (MPI):

New Zealand Clinical Research being advertised online & on Social Media in NZ:

More than One Billion NZ dollars to Moderna from US Government for mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine:

Jon Fleetwood Article – $19.4 Billion Federal Influenza Pandemic Bill Introduced: H.R. 8447:

JonFleetwood.com

$19.4 Billion Federal Influenza Pandemic Bill Introduced: H.R. 8447

Congress is advancing legislation that commits at least $19.4 billion over the next five years—while establishing a permanent, multi-billion-dollar annual funding stream with no defined end date—to build a standing, nationwide influenza response system spanning vaccine development, stockpiling, testing, and public behavior campaigns…

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2 months ago · 90 likes · 33 comments · Jon Fleetwood

Vitamin D Is More Effective Than Flu Vaccine, Study Says:

WHO – Global Influenza Program:

Follow Clare: https://clareswinney.wordpress.com/

The city looks better at night than during the day as the regime’s shabby facades and infrastructure aren’t so obvious. This city belonged to Poland until September 1939 when Stalin took it and gave it to Ukraine. It should be given back to Poland and the Russians may yet do that. This was filmed a year ago and you can’t help wonder how many of the men seen have since been killed in Zelenky/Nato’s war. 🙁

The crusades were a series of military campaigns between 1095 and 1291 against Muslims to reclaim Jerusalem for Christianity, and they occupied it for a while. Keir’s Starmtroopers would probably arrest him.

With the phobia shown by the Starmer regime about displays of the English and Union flags, his police would probably be adverse to this too; but if she had dark skin, they may leave her alone.

Supported by the centre-right and right-wing parties parties in the EU parliament, the vote passed with 418 votes in favor of the new law while 218 leftists voted against it.

This new rules establish a Common European System for Returns with the goal of simplifying, speeding up and making returns (deportations) more effective in the EU.

People who don’t cooperate, are at risk of fleeing or people who pose a security risk can be detained to ensure effective deportation of the person.

Authorities will also be able to enter the place of residence to find migrants who have failed to comply with a return order and also seize their documents and phones.

Not only that, but searches of ”other relevant premises” will also be allowed, meaning that EU citizens who are suspected of sheltering migrants with a return order can also potentially have their homes raided by authorities.

Even NGO organisations suspected of sheltering migrants with a return order can be raided. Such raids will, however, require prior authorization and must be linked to enforcing specific return orders.

Return hubs

EU member countries can now arrange agreements with third countries outside the EU to setup return hubs, places where people issued with deportation can be transferred.

There will be facilities located outside the EU where people can be deported. Essentially, they will be deportation/processing centers.

A standardized European Return Order will also be introduced, with return decisions being shared across the Schengen area, with member states being able to recognize and enforce return decisions issued by another member state.

This won’t be mandatory at first, but may become mandatory later.

This is my victory today!
We won!

Send them back!

BE LIKE POLAND. pic.twitter.com/RuNcOnlGqf

— Dominik Tarczyński MEP (@D_Tarczynski) June 17, 2026

Lots of positive reactions among Europeans, click ‘read replies’ to see them.

Does he still live in the real world, or totally in a fantasy world?

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We already have enough conflict with Russia, now we need a war with the Belarusians! I wonder, what if the Kremlin issues such an ultimatum to Poland and Romania?
Zelensky needs an escalation and he's deliberately raising the stakes.

Zelensky is threatening to… pic.twitter.com/x5wq8j7eaJ

— Beate Landefeld (@BeateLandefeld) June 19, 2026

The UK will provide Ukraine with 150,000 UAVs by the end of the year, London announced on Thursday following one of Kiev’s largest drone attacks on Moscow since the start of the conflict.

The package, worth £752 million ($996 million), was announced by British Defense Secretary Dan Jarvis at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels. According to the British government, which has been among Kiev’s most active military supporters, the package will be funded through London’s £2.26 billion loan to Kiev, backed by proceeds from frozen Russian sovereign assets.

British officials presented the package, which includes drones, missiles and radars, as necessary military support for Kiev. Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged that London would continue backing Ukraine and putting pressure on Moscow. Russia has long argued that continued Western arms deliveries only prolong the conflict and undermine peace efforts.

The announcement came after Moscow and the surrounding region were hit by one of the largest Ukrainian drone raids in recent years. Russian air defenses intercepted 194 drones approaching the capital overnight, according to officials, but the attack still caused damage.

Local authorities reported that one drone struck the Moscow Oil Refinery in the Kapotnya district, triggering a fire, while debris damaged residential buildings, vehicles, and commercial sites, including several shopping centers.

Residents in several districts also reported black rain and soot falling from the sky after the refinery blaze, with the local authorities advising people to keep windows closed and limit time outdoors.

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See the earlier posts.

By Eva Churchman

We arrived about 7:10 pm after a much longer drive than usual from Wellington because of a motorway crash between Churton Park and Tawa, and the place was buzzing with people of all ages. The temperature was cool but mild and the sky was dry. At this time of year having activities like this after people have finished work is a good idea.

Reggae band Mocean was a good choice.

The vinyl disco ensured that there were no gaps in the music during the band’s breaks.

On the left, merchant Gary Foote, an old friend of Geoffrey’s, said he had good trade.

Let’s have an encore!

(media release)

On 11 June 2026, all but one of our elected members on Council committed Kapiti ratepayers to a rates increase of 6.5%, through the adoption of the Annual Plan for 2026/27.  This is despite Councillors having recently received a report from Infometrics about the unaffordability of rates in the Kapiti district, and despite the fact that most of those elected members campaigned on the need to get rates under control.

And remember this is an average increase of 6.5% across the district.  Some residents will pay much more, depending on the value and location of their property and the services, like water supply, they may or may not receive.

Residential rates – both Kapiti Coast District Council (KCDC) and Greater Wellington Region Council rates – were calculated by Infometrics to take 5.8% of Kapiti’s median household income of $97,500 in 2025.  Rates were reported to have increased 26%, whereas household incomes only grew by 11%, between 2022 and 2025.

This makes Kapiti’s rates bill amongst the most unaffordable in New Zealand.  The comparable figure for Wellington – usually regarded as a high rates Council with out-of-control spending – was only 4.7% of median incomes in 2025.

This year’s average rate increase of 6.5% will do nothing to improve overall affordability for households.

Ms Chris Harwood, Chair of Concerned Ratepayers Kapiti says, “Some rate payers will be facing a hefty increase at a time when they are facing cost pressures across the board. And this comes after previous years where rate increases have become the norm under the current Long term Plan- the first of the rate hike of 17% on average for the 2024/25 year, followed by 6.9% and now 6.5% for 2026/27.

“Council’s communications say it worked to manage rising costs.  This is simply not correct.  KCDC’s rates are increasing at over twice the rate of forecast increases for the Local Government Cost Index (LGCI) – which is a measure for how much local authority’s operating costs are increasing.  This year it’s forecast to increase by about 2.6%, but average KCDC rates will increase by 6.5%.”

During deliberations at the Council meeting, some extraordinary statements were made by the mayor and councillors.

A strong view was expressed during the meeting that Council simply could not do anything different from what was projected in the Long Term Plan – although many of them said they wanted to – because there was not enough time to do so and because there were so many new Councillors. Most of those new councillors, as well as most of the returning councillors, had told voters during the elections they would work to reduce rates.

“We say there was time and we wonder what instructions were given to staff when they started preparing options for this year’s annual plan some six months ago. We think they just did what they usually do and used cost plus budgeting- starting with last year’s spend and adding on additional costs. The earliest papers we’ve seen were papers presented in a closed briefing for councillors held on 16 December 2025. In those papers, a scenario for a rates increase of 5.66% was outlined.  In a subsequent meeting that the public was able to attend on 5 February 2026, the options for savings were described by one council staff member as ‘low hanging fruit’.

“We have not seen any evidence that council staff were instructed to provide a comprehensive breakdown of spending required to maintain core services, followed by options for non-core or discretionary spending that could be scaled, delayed or stopped. If that had been done, then time would have been available for all councillors to explore different potential budgets, no matter whether they were new or not.

“We contrast this with the stance that newly elected Andrew Little took in Wellington.  Faced with exactly the same time constraints as KCDC, once he found out how unaffordable Wellington rates were, he instructed Council officials to find way to trim the level of rates increase.  In contrast our council did not change the proposed rates increases under the Annual Plan,” said Ms Harwood.

 “Moreover, from what we observed, the process used during the 11 June Council meeting – and perhaps in previous meetings – was flawed. Councillors were asked to adopt the Annual Plan before agreeing to new fees and charges, even though adoption of the Annual Plan was dependent on formal agreement to those fees and charges. A couple of councillors raised concerns about the proposed increase in rents of over 10% for Older Peoples’ Housing and while they had indicated concerns previously in workshops, no new modelling had been forthcoming. There was quite a lot of discussion about possible actions to offset the impact of the increase but never-the-less, the increase remained.

“The issue around making changes was positioned as being problematic in getting the Annual Plan adopted in time to meet legislative timelines. We agree with the comment made by one councillor that the process was in fact a ‘tick-box’ exercise. In our view, no meeting should be a tick box exercise. All councillors should be able to exercise their democratic right to ask questions right up until a vote is taken”.

Harwood says, “Overall, the adoption of the Annual Plan means that Council has stuck with the intentions set three years ago in the current Long Term Plan. Council has proven to be unable to adjust to its plans even if circumstances have changed significantly for ratepayers and residents of Kapiti through a cost-of-living and the current fuel crisis”.

“So where to from here? The focus now moves to the development of the new Long Term Plan.  Councillors are saying this is the opportunity to change the rates path for KCDC, and they are open to doing so.  We’d like to feel confident about these statements.

“Let’s get engaged, let’s get our voices heard and let’s make sure our next Long Term Plan does not commit us to rates increases we just cannot afford. We will need to have clear conversations about the core services we really need Council to provide for us – and what would be nice to have if we can afford it.   We need to have honest discussions about what we could downsize, delay or stop altogether.  ”

We can’t let rate hikes at two to three times the rate of inflation continue to be the norm under the next long-term plan.”

Infometrics report for the Kapiti Coast District Council https://www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/media/pt3jaxgb/infometrics-kapiti-coast-rates-affordability report-for-publication.pdf