Batteries are now cheaper than ever - dropping by more than a quarter last year to a record low, according to report from Bloomberg Research
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The Zero Carbon Act in 2019 represented then-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's promise to tackle her generation's "nuclear-free moment" head on.
Six years on, analysis (by me) suggests the law has been hollowed out to little more than a husk.
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NZ’s gas supply is collapsing — and the govt’s big fix? More drilling. But experts (including Shane Jones’ advisors) say it likely won’t work, and there’s no backup plan if it fails.
My story here
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The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
Light rail on grass tracks
Light rail in Izmir Türkiye
New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Chart from The Economist showing the contribution to California's energy supply of natural gas, wind, hydro, batteries, nuclear and solar. There's a huge jump in solar from around 8am to 6pm
We have a "never use yellow if you can help it" rule for our charts. We couldn't help it on this one
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The great thing about a nish kumar show is that he speaks at my preferred podcast speed of 1.3x
Picketty: "Trump is...nothing more than a thwarted colonial leader. Like European powers of the past, he wants the « Pax Americana » to be rewarded by subsidies from a grateful world—the era no longer lends itself to this type of brutal and unrestrained colonialism."
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Please submit your 90-day investment plans to the central planning committee at the White House for review.
Reciprocal Tariffs Taritis Charged to the U.S.A. Including Country São Tomé and Principe Norfolk Island Gibraltar Tuvalu British Indian Ocean Territory Tokelau Guinea-Bissau Svalbard and Jan Mayen Heard and McDonald Islands Reunion Currency Munipelation and Trade Barriers 10% 58% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 73% U.S.A. Discounted Reciprocal Tariffs 10% 29% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 37%
I think I missed some. But here’s a fun fact: the Heard and Macdonald Islands are uninhabited.
The tariff is on penguins.
beabadoobee covers Bic Runga’s ‘Sway’ for Like A Version
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I think I favour a 4-year term, but the question of whether NZ wants 4-years should be understood as moving from a 6-year term with a 3-year referendum based the political culture of minimum 2-term govts, rather than just saying 4-years is better than 3-years.
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the baltic states officially cut ties with russia’s electricity grid and plug into the eu
while looking like a eurovision entry
'Stop Worshiping the American Tech Giants' writes Khan, warning of the Boeing-ification of Big Tech. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/o...
The explicit chain of thought reasoning in the deepseek app ui is very cool, and the quality of the response is probably better than Claude’s sonnet model which I use for most queries.
True!!!
In an effort to connect with my fellow New Zealanders on here, we can all agree that Oriental Bay > Mission Bay for summer afterwork swims, right?
Newsletter: No, Trump didn’t make $50 billion from his memecoin.
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I don't know about a supporters club, but plenty of football fans in NZ.
"Many years from now, NZ kids will ask their grandparents about Chris Wood ... was there really a Waikato-raised kid sparking the modern revival of Nottingham Forest ... The senior folk will just nod their heads: 'The crazy thing is, it’s true. All of it.'”
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For a film effectively shot within 4-walls, Conclave is a gripping political drama that keeps you guessing until it ends with a bang. While some characters can become caricatures of themselves, Fiennes' performance elevates the film -- well worth a watch.
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Welcome my friend @landforward.bsky.social!
Up a mountain #nz
How did the Black Caps win that game.
Sightseeing dolphins in the Bay of Plenty #nz
Major New Zealand Bank will stop providing new loans to petrol stations due to energy transition move to electric www.interest.co.nz/banking/1312...
First ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean may come before 2030, study shows on.ft.com/4go8kEp
A $400 Billion Clean Energy Program Is Racing to Get Money Out the Door www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/c...
