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Weekly Roundup 28-November-2025 - Greater Auckland Hope everyone enjoyed the sun this week. Here’s some stories on urbanism that caught our eye! This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt looked at mainly over the aforementioned cones, but on this,...

Keep up with the latest in urbane urbanism from Aotearoa and abroad, with our regular Friday roundup of stories that caught our eye this week.* 🤓 🏙️ 📰

*Includes at least one great Christmas stocking-stuffer, feat. pics by @patrickreynolds.bsky.social 🎄📚😉

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Michael Eaglen: How embracing the electric future now will strengthen New Zealand’s economy, industry and identity Diesel ferries burn nearly a million litres a year, driving up long-term costs.

This is plainly correct, NZ can never be a fossil fuel leader, but we absolutely can and should be a electroctech one. But we have to choose and invest in that better and wealthier future…
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What's the deal with balcony solar? Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.

Balkonkraftwerk via @volts.wtf

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How about also seeing this list in actual numbers?

"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%

Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.

They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.

Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩‍🔧

Trump govt warns NZ of migration 'risk', asks embassy to collect data The US State Department has ordered the US embassy in Wellington to begin collecting information on migration data and "migrant-related crimes and human rights abuses".

Americans do understand where they almost all came from right? Without immigration the USA just doesn’t exist. Like the US NZ is a nation of immigrants, ffs. This is the weirdest shit.
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Renault’s Trafic E‑Tech is going electric ⚡🚐 • 450km WLTP range • 150kW rear motor, 345Nm torque • 800V fast charging: 15–80% in ~20 mins • Up to 5800L cargo space, Euro‑pallet ready

Production kicks off late 2026 in France. Would you swap your diesel van for this EV? i know i would

you got what sent by courier?!

Jebus, in just 2 or 3 years Pakistan has imported enough solar panels that, in some times in the coming year, panels will cover *all* the country's demand.

Intermittent solar and wind complement each other for a more stable grid A study finds combining wind and solar leverages their alternating peak periods, significantly boosting total generation capacity while providing a constant, predictable power curve critical for grid ...

I thought this was fairly well established, but: here's another new study showing that wind and solar complement each other and make for a more stable grid when combined.

The Government Declares Total War on Localism - Greater Auckland In a recent conversation, the person I was talking to outlined the purpose of central and local government in the most simple and clear way I have yet heard: Central government is for nation-building....

Well this aged like fine wine.

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Shout out to the recent upgrades to Crown St, Surry Hills. City of Sydney removed several car parks in favour of landscaped outdoor dining areas. Some were turning temporary ones from COVID permanent, others are new. It's a really great area to walk along and enjoy.

Here's some before and after:

Wouldn’t it make more sense (from their POV) to abolish district councils: instant amalgamation?

Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen

Colombia Declares Its Entire Amazon Region Off-Limits to Mining and Oil Extraction At COP30, Colombia's Minister of the Environment announced that the entire Amazon region would be declared free of mining and oil extraction.

Incredible……

Colombia declares its entire Amazon Biome off limits to mining & oil extraction.

‘Last roll of the dice’: 150-year-old family business crowdfunds to survive Wellington’s ‘freefall’ Its clients have included the Government, Air New Zealand and the All Blacks, while Lady Gaga, Willie Nelson and Tāme Iti are among its high-profile fans.

Nooooooooooo!

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Starting wars brings down kings - just ask the Kaiser!
And the Hapsburgs, Tsar, Sultan.

They don’t make oil either, well very little of it.

China’s diesel trucks are shifting to electric | Hot Springs Sentinel Record ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL

Hohoho, merry xmas Big Oil, you’re already fucked, Goliath has taken the slingshot to the forehead, just is yet to hit the ground… and yes LNG is bullshit, there is no transition fossil fuel. This century electrons > molecules.
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Clean electrification is inevitable Kingsmill Bond explains why the global march of "electrotech" has moved beyond the reach of US political interference.

There is only decline ahead for the combustion sector, no amount of bad policy can save it. Including expensive LNG- a truly terrible bet over electrfying faster. Great outline here, via @volts.wtf
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Around the world cities are turning their main city streets into pedestrianised zones. So is London.

“The Mayor strongly believes that pedestrianisation has a vital part to play to create a cleaner, safer, and more accessible space where people can shop, dine, and gather in comfort and safety.”

Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

The CEO of Australia's main grid says nearly 100% renewables possible by 2035-2040.

“Our old coal-fired power stations are breaking down; they’re retiring,” he said. ​“They’re getting replaced by the least-cost energy, which is renewable energy..." #energysky
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Imagine being a billionaire leader of the free world and the richest man on earth and not building hospitals or schools or research facilities with their names on them.

A perfect text explaining why your city should develop its cycleway network.
All the best arguments that you probably already know, but really well written, and very difficult to oppose.

yes, harmful addictions are addressed by replacing the bad habit with better ones, not by finding another even more expensive source of the bad drug.

Almost half the Waymos on California streets are driving around empty. They're either waiting for the next customer or en route for a pickup.

If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.

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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.