Dermot McCollum

Cost of home insurance going up. Why? More and bigger weather events. Why? Cos we're burning too much stuff. So when the next interviewee is complaining on Morning Report why not ask what they are doing to burn less stuff. Leave the Ranger at home occasionally?

I'm a cyclist. But I despair when out walking on Marine Parade. Plenty of dog walkers, parents with strollers, toddlers, older humans then along comes a pod of cyclists bombing along like its a race track. Will not end well.

Common site in Napier on busy weekends. Council reckon recycling happens downstream. Not so sure. This gets tipped into large refuse sack & then into a rubbish truck and away

Our Kia Nero, had it for a while, 66k km on the clock. WLTP range 455km. The other day when it finished charging we got 505km. Nice when things over deliver

Gotta hand it to Trump....he can do it all. Takes three of our lot for a similar job. Winston for wild conspiracy stuff, Rimmer for racist dog whistling and Luxo for hubris & bombast

Now this is a decent drop

Simply too hot

Magic wand?

Yeah agreed. Problem is most Kiwis not that bothered about climate change at least not enough to change behaviour. Still flying as much as ever, queueing up for new Rangers, burning tons of stuff generally. & the further right you lean the less you're bothered. So water off a duck's back for Willis

Hard to imagine being more shortsighted

Hard to predict the next bonkers regressive policy this lot come up with

Well COP28 done and dusted. Does anyone think that we'll see change?

I wonder are they just being complete arsholes just to set the tone?

Spot on

Not sure how much credit they should get. Targets are one thing but the messaging I get from this Nat led government on climate is business as usua - keep burning stuff. In fact burn more stuff cos it's good for business.

Well at least Jones has come out and said it. Luxon and co. deal in some sort of Orwellian world where we meet the goals despite policies which make it impossible

Rimmer

Rory will be on his own soon

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Well deserved

When NIWA announce a warmer and drier season...get the rain gear out

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When Key first appeared I thought he was unelectable. Bit too smarmy, crooked smile, difficulty with the English language. Still reckon he's a dick but a country mile ahead of Luxo.

Yeah we're in for a shitty few years