"city hall figures show that 10 percent of Dunkirk bus users have abandoned their cars since 2018, cutting use of city parking lots by 30 percent." reasonstobecheerful.world/city-where-f...

As parts of Aotearoa are due to cook under 38C today, a reminder about the humble 🌳 in keeping you cool and fresh Time for the 3-30-300 rule Able to see 3 trees 30% urban forest canopy 300m from the nearest park or green infrastructure

NZ could do this "What makes Uruguay’s example compelling to policymakers is not just environmental performance—it is economic rationale...renewables became dominant because they were cheaper and more stable than imported fossil fuels, not because of carbon targets" www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...

"Conventional economic models, Farmer argues, have typically overestimated the cost of reducing emissions and underestimated the benefits...modelling suggests the green transition will actually save the world around $12 trillion compared to business as usual" www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

The best way I can describe Matinee Idle is like an old school op shop where you wander through a lot of bric a brac to find gems that are all the more special for the journey. It was an acquired taste which I will miss immensely. www.rnz.co.nz/life/culture...

Today, tomorrow, everyday ICE must be destroyed

This story from 2025 isn't over but the outcome also isn't inevitable. In this election year there are so many ways to support candidates and give them the strength to keep going - volunteer on their campaign, offer peer support and/or amplify their messages. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/07-...

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness

Even more people can give blood 😊. Everyone who can should give blood/plasma. It's honestly one of the most fulfilling things I've done in the last two years and a real pick-me-up amongst all the horrible global uncertainty.

Don't copy paste an Imperial response like other world "leaders" who are abandoning their independent foreign policy to cuddle up to Trump. Have some moral courage Luxon!

More Green goodness in 2026 💚 www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Happy 2026. May it have more peace, and enough love to keep us all going... ... and a one term government.

Clear line between desire for "military-grade home security system for tech elites" even though "statistics showing property crime and homicide rates declining last year" and Naomi Klein's The rise of end times fascism www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

This is a heartwarming but also really important story of how important the arts are in so many different ways. A society that funds the arts is a society that loves its people www.stuff.co.nz/culture/3609...

We should be allowed to have nice passenger rail. That would be a proper Christmas present

"significantly higher support from NZ First" voters was not on my bingo card but nice way to end the year www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/pub...

Get with the cool kids next year 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

When Chlöe met Corbyn – and Varoufakis and Piketty and Polanski and Mazzucato and…

Temporary sigh of relief

I knew this was coming but it's definitely not well known enough. If you are a dual British citizen you can no longer enter the UK on a different passport so you must keep your British passport up to date. Which for me means my passport and both kids' 😥

As can be imagined, I'm not the biggest fan of National's finance minister but now I'm eating the very yummy fudge, it's making me warm to her. I'm not sure sure that was the intended effect. If only all attack ads could fill my tummy.

"He said the "worst case scenario" was if the allegations were false "the ultimate victimisation of Jevon for criminal harassment was missing out" on applying for Commissioner." The story of false accusation never takes into account what it means for the victim www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

From Girl Guides yesterday to WI today, the UK is undergoing the most awful attempt to erase trans women www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

NZTA and the minister had refused to share a timeline, but the Herald can reveal the second Mt Victoria Tunnel and SH1 improvements project will take a decade to complete. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto...

So, just hugely expensive for everyone with very little benefit when you could spend a lot less money on public transport that would make a tangible difference www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Support this open letter written by trans and takatāpui rangatahi: "To be transgender or takatāpui is a taonga. To deny our young people access to life-saving medication on the basis of an imported culture war is cruel and abhorrent." our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...

Total government expenditure on climate: 2022/23 - $800m 2023/24 - $1,083m 2024/25 - $1,225m 2025/26 - $657m That's a 46% drop from last year to this and the lowest amount ever since the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment started compiling these figures. 1/2

I like to think I've got a strong stomach but the thought of school children eating this makes it turn www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

The most maddening thing about this is that restoring inanga spawning habitat is really easy. Like, the easiest, fastest results I've seen in any project. We've got to stop monitoring towards extinction and actually start spending money on fixing the problems! www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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My kids' school 😊

Really good reporting from Stuff (and Welch) disentangling corporate jargon to clearly explain what things like BCR and discount rate mean but... still doesn't add up to anything other than a huge amount of money that could be better spent elsewhere to help the city www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

And there's the real reason

Paywalled so... “David Norman, the group managing director of James Pascoe Group - owner of retailers including Whitcoulls, Farmers, Pascoes and Stewart Dawsons - says the repeated use of the ‘c-word’ had led to Folly’s removal.“ www.nzherald.co.nz/business/med...

Because mayors have a heap of free time to successfully "form 11 Combined Territories Boards (CTBs), which would meet regularly and - on top of handling the business of regional councils - would tasked with coming up with a "Regional Reorganisation Plan"[sic] www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

We need to and we can protect te taiao from corporate greed #onetermgovernment

So so close to having the nice things

I went to the SH1 Improvements info stall at the Harbourside Market today. Staff were extremely friendly, helpful and professional. Can't fault them. But the information still left me with huge concerns...🧵

I did NOT vote to review the Golden Mile today. Cities across Aotearoa & the world are revitalising their centres, attracting people back into them. We'll now put NZTA funding at risk, & costs only ever increase. We need to ask how we do it? Not say let's review it! www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

I did not vote for a pause or review to the Golden Mile. Progress has already been too slow and I do not wish to contribute to that. I sincerely hope that the project will survive this review.

Trans kids deserve better #nzpol

The British playbook has finally caught up with us and we are taking their transphobic lead rather putting the needs of Aotearoa's young people first Just add it to the list of urgent reasons to make this a one term government. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Musing on how transformative $4b spent on Wellington could be on improving productivity and wellbeing beyond maybe scraping ten minutes off some journeys if it doesn't just snarl traffic through the city centre instead.

New World mocking us with their massive Christmas butter statue

I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!

Imagine if there were some solutions to reduce pollution so we could just swim in any river, at any beach 🤷

We just cannot give up on the climate. Remember the Greens published He Ara Anamaria - the alternative Emissions Reduction Plan last year. There are solutions and other options newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...

It almost like just increasing car infrastructure rather than offering better public transport and alternative options doesn't really work 🤷 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...