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But mainly over the next few days, focus on staying safe. Don't drive through flood waters. If you can delay any discretionary travel while the weather is this bad, then do it.

You can write to your local MP or the Prime Minister and ask them to take action. Also this is election year - so it's a great time to volunteer or donate for a political party. Or if you don't have the capacity for that, making sure you are enrolled to vote is good too.

'Threat to life': State of emergency declared across entire region as low rapidly deepens People are strongly urged to take this seriously and prepare now.

Tragically I think 11 people have already died in Aotearoa this year because of extreme weather. We need to reduce our emissions and invest in climate adaptation with urgency. But naturally, this government is instead pursuing coal mines and an LNG terminal. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/weather-l...

SEAN RUSH: In defence of Tamatha Paul Recent coverage of Wellington’s wastewater issues has revived debate about decisions made during the city’s 2021-2031 Long‑Term Plan (LTP). At the time I was the portfolio lead for water and worked co...

With regards to the lies about Tamatha Paul and water infrastructure. A balanced view from the councillor who led the water investment package in the relevant LTP. www.bassettbrashandhide.com/post/sean-ru...

Minister refuses to alter safety rules for corded blinds despite toddler's death Tilly Cambie, 3, is one of many New Zealand children who have died due to corded blinds.

I always find it slightly shocking when a government could regulate to stop people dying, and they just... choose not to.

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mum-calls...

Me too - fingers crossed for your job hunt!

On The Opportunity Party- I agree it would be good for NZ to have a party that prioritises the environment that can work with either Labour or National. But there is also a risk that if they grow their support and get say 3% of the Green's vote, those wasted votes might stop a left-wing coalition

New poll shows neither party has enough support to govern: www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

The new LNG terminal! Head bangs desk. Why is the govt so desperate not to try demand management, energy efficiency, helping big manufacturers to transition off gas or even (gasp) massively accelerating roll out of distributed renewables and battery storage system

The right way to lower consumers' bills is to actually start with the cheapest options, not pick an eye-wateringly expensive one and hide the cost. /ends

Or to put it another way, $22/GJ subsidy is the equivalent of a $407/tonne carbon price subsidy. How are clean alternatives like biomass, pumped hydro or demand response supposed to compete with the playing-field tilted against them to the tune of $407/tonne? 2/-

We should not be subsidising fossil fuels.

And it's a whopper of a subsidy: The fuel+capital+operating cost of LNG (via BCG "Energy to Grow" report) is $44/GJ, half of that capital+O&M costs, if its for dry-year cover only. So paying the fixed costs with a levy HALVES the LNG price... 1/-

ONE BILLION DOLLARS.

IT WAS THE ADDITIONAL ONE BILLION THAT MADE THEM STOP THE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL AND IREX.

No money for hospitals or the ferries, money to prop up fossil fuels.

US LNG export dominance to be tested as sellers look beyond Europe A potent mix of American ingenuity and full-throated political backing has propelled the U.S. to the top of global LNG exporter rankings, and promoted a narrative that shipments of "freedom gas" will ...

The US is looking for new markets for its liquified natural gas. Fancy that. www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?

Bit late to it but if you want to know the chain of events that led to us importing gas (and charging electricity users to pay for it!!), I did this deep dive for RNZ last year www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Protect the Environment as part of the RMA reforms Submit on the RMA reforms

And the Green Party has one here: action.greens.org.nz/protect_envi...

How to make your submission on RMA reform: the Natural Environment Bill and Planning Bill - Greenpeace Aotearoa This is a handy guide to help you make your submission before the deadline. It covers what these Bills are, why you should submit, and how to do it.

It's hard to keep up with the unrelenting stream of environmentally destructive legislation, but the govt is consulting on replacing the RMA with the Natural Environment Bill and Planning Bill - deadline this Friday. #nzpol Greenpeace has a submission guide here: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Craig Renney on BHN quoted Keynes, "The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones..." 40 years ago NZ had the new idea to open up to the world. We aren't any better off for it now.
"The Good Economy" by Craig Renney just pub BWB he mentioned tonight ($20).

https://archive.ph/bRCJx#selection-3753.0-3753.49

Imagine Richard living in the human world. There he is, seriously telling a village chief that he will need to sell off the exclusive rights to the village well before the villagers will be able to build a flour mill. The chief is like 'my guys are sat waiting to build the mill, ghoul. Do one!'

Chart showing the global land sea temperature anomaly from the 1880-1901 average - it shows in the past year to Nov temperature were more than 1.4C hotter than that base and are heating faster than the 1965-2010 range.

The November monthly temperatures have been released and 2025 looks set to be the 2nd hottest year on record.

Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?

That is more than 0.5C ago.

Counterpoint - our economy is in the tank because of choices made by our current government.
Blaming workers and consumers for not working or consuming hard enough is to miss the structural issues in play.
We actually have fewer public holidays than many comparable countries.
#nzpol

they will not understand the reality. they can't see the whole economy, only the bit that is the focus of the blinkered press gallery discourse' it's depressing af.

It will be fascinating to hear your feedback on the Willis v. Richardson "debate" if it ever happens. I doubt either of them understand the reality behind what they blether on about.

Your back is up against the wall. All looks lost. Who is coming to save you? Film or series stills only (that is, no GIFs). #FilmSky

Alongside the word of the year we should have “the word that has lost the most of its meaning this year”. I nominate “ceasefire”.

Labour remains most popular party in new poll, but coalition could still govern The coalition just scrapes back into power in a new poll, with gains for the Greens but Labour and NZ First down.

This government has the worst record on the environment and climate change of any I can remember in #nzpol. They are carrying out an unrelenting #waronnature. And they still have majority support 😭 Although only just, so that's a silver lining. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Idea: If you are old like me, you will remember the famous political ad National used, with Labour, Greens and the Māori Party, all arguing together in a rowing boat. Labour and Greens should re-run the ad, with ACT steering, NZ First paddling and National having no say at all.

when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."

IG mr.funkys0ul

What the hell is going on with the new New Zealand school curriculum, and what does it have to do with the Atlas Network? (No, really!)

A thread:

#nzpol #kikorangi

'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.

So National is considering repealing the Regulatory Standards Bill after providing the majority votes to pass it? It's good they are considering it, but this is also unhinged. Maybe they should just pass legislation and repeal it next day for maximum efficiency. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...