Investigative journalist | The Crewe Murders 📖 | Nellie’s Baby 🎧 | I tell stories about people | kirsty.johnston@rnz.co.nz ✉️ https://www.instagram.com/kirstyjohnston_nz?igsh=bWU4a2pqemthYm5qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstyjohnston.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstyjohnston.bsky.social/post/3mjd5gjwgfc2yThe Tom Phillips doco is flawed journalism for many reasons but everyone keeps failing to mention the main issue: the permanent suppressions mean we will never be able to tell the full, actual story (particularly about the involvement of the Family Court) and therefore what’s the point?12 Apr 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:kk73nl4rtodm3xtin22hoc6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjd5gjwgfc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstyjohnston.bsky.social/post/3mhhxuhf7es27Anyway after spending the last year learning about energy, I’m now (as of today) on maternity leave ... right in the middle of an energy crisis 🤦🏼‍♀️ Thanks everyone for reading and see you in 2027 when ideally the war is over and we’ve fixed climate change and solved inequality ✌️20 Mar 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:kk73nl4rtodm3xtin22hoc6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhhxuhf7es27https://bsky.app/profile/kirstyjohnston.bsky.social/post/3mhgjvzsjb22bA year ago, ministers met to consider tightening NZ’s pay equity law. Their decisions went further than officials had advised, hardening the policy to the point some groups were cut out from ever making a claim. Why? And on what evidence? They won’t show us. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/590100/how-a-crucial-45-minute-meeting-between-ministers-took-pay-equity-claims-away-from-tens-of-thousands-of-women19 Mar 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:kk73nl4rtodm3xtin22hoc6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgjvzsjb22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstyjohnston.bsky.social/post/3mhbma5x5bk27This time last year finance minister Nicola Willis came out all guns blazing saying she was going to fix the supermarket duopoly. Except she didn’t. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/589872/why-the-government-backed-away-from-breaking-up-supermarkets17 Mar 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:kk73nl4rtodm3xtin22hoc6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbma5x5bk27https://bsky.app/profile/kirstyjohnston.bsky.social/post/3mh7cbu26sk24The irony of the government being taken to court for cutting climate policies that would have significantly reduced NZ’s oil consumption from cars - our biggest user - and freight, just as the country faces an oil shock is ... difficult to ignore https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/environment/589666/government-s-climate-change-plans-go-to-the-high-court16 Mar 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:kk73nl4rtodm3xtin22hoc6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7cbu26sk24https://bsky.app/profile/kirstyjohnston.bsky.social/post/3mh4rueaesk24Man gets a traumatic brain injury. ACC downgrades it to a concussion, then suspects him of lying about his persistent symptoms and spies on him. https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/in-depth-special-projects/story/2019026783/acc-spied-on-man-with-a-traumatic-brain-injury15 Mar 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:kk73nl4rtodm3xtin22hoc6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh4rueaesk24https://bsky.app/profile/kirstyjohnston.bsky.social/post/3mgvmsuyuds2h“Keat maintained the current global energy shock should be viewed as a strategic gift by the government.” https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/589466/nz-has-lined-up-with-maga-us-states-on-oil-former-marsden-point-boss-says13 Mar 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:kk73nl4rtodm3xtin22hoc6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvmsuyuds2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstyjohnston.bsky.social/post/3mgsjdfnwgs2bAnother factory closure. Horrendous. https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/03/11/gutted-heinz-watties-looks-to-ditch-frozen-veges-350-jobs-affected/11 Mar 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:kk73nl4rtodm3xtin22hoc6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsjdfnwgs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstyjohnston.bsky.social/post/3mg55oip6mc2aImage 1: reasons given for withholding the information I requested on solar from MBIE Image 2: the reason given in the House today by energy minister Simon Watts today These two things are not the same03 Mar 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:kk73nl4rtodm3xtin22hoc6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg55oip6mc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstyjohnston.bsky.social/post/3mg3x3vnezk22New Zealand has more sunshine than Germany. But only 1 in 35 homes here has rooftop solar. Australia? 1 in 3. Why? I tried to find out - despite some strange secrecy https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/588445/government-kicked-the-tyres-on-solar-subsidies-but-went-with-minor-tweaks-instead02 Mar 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:kk73nl4rtodm3xtin22hoc6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3x3vnezk22