Charlie

There are some nice ones out there, but the current lot change the market in a way that meant manufacturers de-prioritised bringing these models to NZ.

Unfortunately even with a change that may still take some time to finally get these models. 🤷‍♂️

Green Building Council calls for solar over Government's LNG plan

📢 Andrew Eagles said he didn’t accept the contention that liquefied natural gas would smooth out the highs in electricity prices.

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Mountain Tui tweet: "The proposed plan for wastewater in 2021 would have bumped rates up by ~6% on its own & Moa Point wasn't the focus. The Council balanced record investment with not over burdening ratepayers To put decades, and French multinational maintenance errors at their feet is disingenuous" Philip Mulvey response: "You have just acknowledged exactly what they needed to do and chose not to I see your argument but They chose instead to spend $275m on cycleways. Thats what you get with people like Tamatha Paul making decisions. She can’t hide from this ." Mountain Tui: "They invested record amounts in 3W and put in $2bn + & balanced rates. Moa Point would have brought it up 600 basis points. She doesn't need to hide, folks need to comprehend context. Edited it - adding cities need vision which someone has to start. The LTP was agreed on"

I've written 3 articles defending different Green Party MPs with pleasure in the last year and a half, because it's about fairness and context.

I respect that everyone has diff political views, including those who prefer the RW, but judging it in context is what I value most #nzpol #kiwi

Green Building Council calls for solar over Government's LNG plan Andrew Eagles said he didn’t accept the contention that liquefied natural gas would smooth out the highs in electricity prices.

$6b in savings (Solar and battery) or $2.7b in liability (LNG Terminal)
Not hard
www.1news.co.nz/2026/02/15/g...

Change fire to Storms and Landslips and yeah still checks out

Particle pollution map of the Wellington sewage discharge 2026

Not a great surprise if you look at the particle model

pollutionmap.seascope.io

Hipkins outlined three conditions, including clarity on the proposed $33 billion of private investment in India over the next 15 years, "a commitment where any shortfall could enable India to unilaterally revoke market access for the apple, honey, and kiwifruit sectors". "We note the unprecedented scale of this figure and question its realism," wrote Hipkins. He also requested unredacted official advice on the agreement. Hipkins said Labour firmly believed in free trade, but agreements "must not cause New Zealand harm". "While the proposed agreement offers some trading opportunities, there appears to be significant risks in the way it is to be implemented in New Zealand

Oh look it’s the supposed terrible at business Labour Party going through the alleged Party of business’ rushed Indian trade deal with a pen highlighting all the actually terrible for business sections.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.

Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

Cartoon. Five frames. Title “Taxonomy” First frame a duck is reading a newspaper headline “Levy to Fund Dirty LNG Energy” The duck says, “Tax? Quack” 2nd frame the duck is walking and says, “Tax! Quack”, as it does in the 3rd and fourth frame. In the last frame the duck is on PM Christopher Luxon’s head, saying, “Tax! Quack” and has done a poo. And Christopher Luxon says, “This … is not a duck”

Quick, dirty and expensive. The govt is going to build a $1 billion liquid natural gas (LNG) import terminal, instead of investing in clean energy. And as for the levy…if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…
My #cartoon today #NZpol #FossilFuels #Climate

China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies.

It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony

Not ONE mention of climate in the article

So, we've a boil-water notice in Christchurch. Sewerage being blown inland from the South Wellington coastline, and deadly floods in the King Country?

These must be the three waters they warned us about.

New Zealand’s capital city faces environmental disaster from massive sewage leak Following the preventable breakdown of the capital’s wastewater treatment plant, tens of millions of litres of raw, untreated sewage have poured into the nearby ocean.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
A French multinational
Filled our sea with poo

www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Honda CR-V Hybrids Recalled for Fire Risk - Consumer Reports Honda is recalling some 2020 to 2022 CR-V Hybrid SUVs because a missing fuse could cause a cable to overheat or short-circuit in a crash.

CR-V? The irony

www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-rec...

Also a CR-V: www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-time...

Today's anti-science pairing

Coking coal mines - which produce coal needed to make steel - were responsible for most EU coal mine methane super-emitting events in 2025.

The EU is still to set methane reduction targets for these mines. It is CRUCIAL they set ambitious methane threshold targets by 2027.

ember-energy.org/lat...

Remembering also that UK solar resource far worse than Aotearoa NZ

Q&A: New UK onshore wind and solar is ‘50% cheaper’ than new gas - Carbon Brief The UK government has secured a record 7.4 gigawatts of solar, onshore wind and tidal power in its latest auction for new renewable capacity.

Who would have imagined

I still think that the government's decision to put everything on LNG might be a tad silly🤦🏻‍♂️
#kikorangi

Problem is Willis's policies have wiped $28.8 billion off GDP and triggered ongoing record migration to Australia since 2023. Bit hard to forget gross incompetence come November

Looks like it’s political consensus to keep burning fossil fuels.

Just like Russia and other backwards Petrostates. That’s not the future!

Importing LNG to ensure stable electricity supply does not make any sense, but if you add the three biggest users of gas, NZ Steel (dumb) Fonterra (dumber) and Methanex (dumbest), it’s not too much of a stretch to see what’s going on.

#LNG corruption #newzealand

We're importing gas BECAUSE it keeps the prices of electricity up

I don’t usually agree with either of these guys, but…ya think? 🤔🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #CaputredCoalition

Huh, would you look at that.

*stares directly at the camera lens*

Munich Security Conference: the EU’s dependence on US gas is a security threat, Greenpeace warns - Greenpeace International “We are here today to highlight a very concrete security threat for Europe: its energy import dependency, and its growing reliance on gas from the US."

BREAKING

At the Munich Security Conference, Greenpeace warns the EU’s dependence on US Fossil Gas is a grave security threat.

#NoNewGas

You know you did badly when even your own side hounds you.

“ “Think Big Muldoonism”. And the comparison hits home because it’s apt.”

“Costs that will inevitably blow out. Timelines that nobody seriously believes.”

#nzpol

Democracy Briefing: Why the Govt’s LNG terminal gamble should alarm you The Government’s plan to build a billion-dollar liquefied natural gas import terminal in Taranaki is being sold as a masterstroke of energy security.

Democracy Briefing:
Why the NZ Govt's #LNG gas terminal gamble should alarm you #nzpol

#gas #fossilfuel #tax Democracy #climatechange #solar #AtlasNetwork

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SIGNIFICANT TAX REVENUE, FOR NZ? Canadaian Owned Oceana Gold "the largest gold producer in the country and operator of Marcreas and Waihi mines paid no incomes tax in 2021 or 2023 on gold production worth hundreds of millions of dollars" RNZ 7th July 2025

These mining fast-track applicants don't appear to genuinely benefit New Zealand.

Removing limited resources, returning 2-5% royalties, and paying no tax.

Then we get lugged with clean up costs (like Tui oilfields that cost $500m for taxpayers to clean up)

#nzpol #Kiwi #NZ

Why not set a good example by getting a cross-party agreement in building/not building a LNG terminal then?