And many other countries have been steadily increasing the transition to an electric economy - it's cheaper, cleaner and more resilient. Meantime, our govt has slashed any programmes we had and doubled down on burning high cost, dirty fossil fuels.
A timely piece on Aotearoa's preparedness in the event of an oil supply crisis due to issues in the Strait of Hormuz from... 2024.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/05/o...
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This is the same 2020 study you might have seen before, but it's true. I was gamely riding a lightweight street bike when and where I could, but it wasn't until I got an e-bike that the bike became my main means of transport.
An ebike was my gateway bike back in 2015. I hadn't biked in years, but it quickly became my main transport for the 10km trip to work and I've never looked back. On my second ebike now (Linus Ember) and my eldest has my old Smartmotion eCity. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2017/12/01/5...
Trains are struggling to get traction and the national network is old and in poor condition. Some focus on freight, but not really for passengers. Wellington has a good commuter train network and Auckland's is developing, but funding for Christchurch got canceled by current govt. 🫤
"Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s climate advisers have forecast."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Important to note that our previous govt did value a transition to a low carbon economy and was actively working towards it. However, since late 2022, we've had a right leaning govt rolling back almost the progress at a fast rate and investing in fossil fuel dependency 🤦🏻♀️
With 90% renewable electricity, gas still sets the wholesale price 80% of the time. Fortunately, our domestic gas price isn't currently linked to international prices. IF we import LNG, that will mean that international prices flow through into our gas and hence our electricity prices.
Excellent thread. Remember these numbers for discussions in upcoming months.
“Christchurch Hospital has started rationing dialysis to two sessions per week from three because of a Government-imposed sinking lid on spending to ensure Crown spending to GDP gets down below 30%, 1News reported last night” #nzpol
The Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025 was a hatchet job on 180,000 workers and is representative of a political system that lacks the courage and foresight New Zealand urgently needs."
She added: "I will never forget or forgive what this government has done to low-paid workers - mostly women." #nzpol
“TPU did a lot of the groundwork for the party in the 2020 election with their Campaign for Affordable Housing to fight the Green Party's proposal for an asset tax.”
"So when they were saying 'This is a problem', it was actually a contrived problem that the ACT Party told them to create.” #nzpol
Keep going @nzpfu. its a dire emergency and FENZ knows it. Keep backing the fire fighters folks 🚒👨🚒🧯
NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet.
All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says officials did not support the new move‑on powers, but the Government proceeded, arguing New Zealanders want safer public spaces.
Applies to Aotearoa NZ as well.
So, $2.7b on a fossil gas terminal prone to geo political conflicts or $2.7b on building true resilience using solar, batteries 🔋 and some geothermal chucked in for good measure?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author
I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.
I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.
Sahar Delijani said it best:
“Today’s OPEC meeting makes one thing clear: as long as our world runs on oil and gas, our peace, security and our pockets will always be at the mercy of geopolitics.“
– Greenpeace International Executive Director Mads Christensen
#iran #fossilfuels #peace
A screen shot from Facebook of Ryan Hamilton holding a bucket and wearing a big, soliciting donations for the Heart Foundation outside Hillcrest New World.
The origins of the Move On orders are from Ham East National MP, Ryan Hamilton - former Hamilton City Councillor whose council colleagues are setting up bylaws of a $20,000 fine for basically being visibly homeless.
It begs the question, who's allowed to ask for money on the street and who isn't?
View from the top of Mt Herbert. Rolling hills slope down in the foreground. Beyond them you can see Lyttelton Harbour, the Port Hills, a glimpse of Christchurch City then the Southern Alps in the distance. Blue skies above with a few wispy clouds.
Brilliant day for an impromptu solo walk/slog up Mt Herbert - the highest point on Banks Peninsula at 919m (about the same as Arthur's Pass). Bus from town then a quick ferry trip to Diamond Harbour and lots of people had the same idea. So accessible by cheap public transport!
Safer Speeds Benefit Cost Ratios
This is a table showing the Benefit Cost Ratio of lowering speed limits just on their own. It has not factored walking or cycling benefit spins offs from this which would send the BCR higher
The table comes from AUSTROADS so it is Aussie and NZ relevant
Just dont tell Simeon Brown or Ryan Bridge
At the same time, they're consulting on 'pausing' the newly established Climate Resilience Fund - just a few days after a State of Emergency on Banks Peninsula 🤷♀️
1.) NZ women earn $900,000 less than men in their lifetimes - the NZ Government just made closing that gap harder
2.) Home ownership is predicated on patriarchal norms e.g. single women are seen as a risk by men I mean banks
3.) Cultural misogyny - this story is reported often and nothing changes
Screenshot shot of news stories detailing data breaches at Manage My Health and MediMap.
That's okay - we can trust the private sector to take over and run things better.
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The Government is currently negotiating an Enhanced Border Security Partnership with the US Department of Homeland Security that would grant US agencies, including ICE, automated, direct access to New Zealanders' biometric data and identity records.
It sat on various Ministers for Transport's desks and was never actually approved 🤷♀️ Used to be a broader range of measures, but this is a good start... if cabinet lets the Minister go ahead...
It currently only applies to wheel size and most children will have grown out of that size years before they turn 12.
