If no one is engaging in what you're offering, what you're offering isn't making women feel safe. Ask me pls 🙋‍♀️ #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Kākāpō: The Night Parrot - narrated by Sir David Attenborough Happy Birthday Dave!

I've also written up an analysis on the implications of these findings for MPs: The report must be a wake-up call to politicians. Decisions around cost-sharing and managed retreat may be unpopular, but kicking the can down the road is an abdication of responsibility. newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/07/t...

In today’s NZ Herald

The contribution of sewing in the history of engineering often gets overlooked. In the early days of aviation, even well beyond WW1, the skin of the wings, fins, and rudders of airplanes were made with fabric, and most of that work was done by women.

It is now 51 working days since I requested an unredacted version of MBIE's BRIEFING-REQ0017895 "Addressing the Energy Gap" So it's now 31 working days overdue. The redacted version is here. Draw your own conclusions about what's under all those withholdings.

Science is not truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.

Post your warning sign

#nzpol Here is the link to support NZ firefighters. Please sign the petition www.together.org.nz/direemergenc...

A note I found yesterday while walking in Portland.

NASA just released a breathtaking view of Antarctica

Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.

One of the brightest auroras I have ever seen…

New Report shows free dental service would cost less than current system #PartyVoteGreen for Good Change! 💚❤️🖤 #nzpol www.greens.org.nz/new_report_s...

Great work from @foxglovelegal.bsky.social — UK government sheepishly forced to increase estimated carbon emissions from data centre usage by... 100 times www.ft.com/content/0c8b...

I’m no fan of organised religion, but this guy is starting to grow on me. #nzpol #WokeAF #OneTermGovernment

oh Lorde this is good NZ @greens.org.nz

Many people could benefit from using this guide from Toastmasters on how to write a joke - what is funny and what is not. www.toastmasters.org/magazine/mag...

If there's one thing I do want politicians of all stripes to do, it's to listen - to to respond, but to understand. To acknowledge that there are different views and try and find a respectful way to lead our country. This 👇 is disappointing. Not just the action, but to gloat about it.

20 ducklings in the Chch Botanic Gardens this morning. Sooo cute, but it's late autumn... 😕

Wellington NZ hospital carpark flooding picture as IAG warns that weather events are increasingly erratic, frequent & intense - just like the climate scientists warned

Will the guy who called a vote of confidence on his own leadership to 'put the matter to rest' following grumbling in party ranks and speculation in media, now call a snap election to 'put the matter to rest' following grumbling in coalition ranks and speculation in media? #nzpol

Proud to have chaired the original hearings panel on this project & stoked with the decision. But the decision was made on this years ago & today's vote was after a small group pushed to revisit it. This has meant delays while staff assessed other (already discounted) options and probably more $ 🤷🏻‍♀️

AMAZING!!! @christchurchlib.bsky.social councillors voted 12 to 1 to end discharging wastewater into Akaroa Harbour, to right a cultural wrong and to protect the blue tourism environment & economy by discharging very highly treated water to trees/land & not an ‘out of sight out of mind’ ocean option

"Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it" Or till the background is the street you grew up in. Hits home.

A storm every eight days needs a systemic response- I could not agree more - and hope people are ok here in NZ in the Wellington region after last night - www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

Classic

NB Stuart Smith National whip at the centre of NZ PM future debate has denied climate change for years & was lead whip who blocked the NZ climate minister from attending the world adaptation conference NZ was hosting last October - you couldn’t make this stuff up www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/science-o...

Not going to share it, but wow, ACT going full attack mode on Chlöe following the poll result. Nasty stuff that I hope backfires.

Windfall tax anyone? #nzpol

So the PM is Chris and he succeeded Chris. Now Chris is Opposition Leader and he wants to have another crack at Chris in November. The only problem is that Chris wants to replace Chris before then if he can get the numbers, so he can face Chris at the election.

Electricity Everywhere is a no-brainer. And I mean that for both sides of any policy argument.

I'll add Mama Hooch to the list. The culture is there and it needs dealing with and not being swept under the carpet.

A HUGE, narrative-breaking moment for the UK car market New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol

OMG! How cute are these!! 😍😍 "Timaru's bus service is soon to be fully electric. Six of the new EVs, known as "very small buses" or VSBs, are the first of their kind in NZ and can seat up to 13 people, with another 13 standing." THEY ARE LITERALLY CALLED "VERY SMALL BUSES"💗Source: shorturl.at/yBQy1

And in the meantime, the state of the pipes continues to deteriorate. 10% of pipes were at grade 5 (need replacing) two years ago; now its at 12.7%. They're cutting the 3W budget by over $100m for next year and not even delivering the planned programme of work. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Congrats to @sarah4ilam.bsky.social for her Masters of Disaster Risk and Resilience with Distinction! Was here for my eldest's BSc and stoked to hear Sarah's name read out. A lot of science degrees awarded this morning! So good 👏👏👏

Wellington folk: Tiaki Wai are consulting on their setup, priorities, and policies. You can have your say here: ://haveyoursay.tiakiwai.co.nz - takes 2 mins to register and the short survey takes 3-5mins to complete. Don't let the grey brigade or the cookers set water policy for the next 40 years

What I like best about the Artemis II photos is that it was taken by actual humans. An actual person had to frame it and manually adjust settings. It's their own artistic rendition of what they thought looked best at the time, something no probe, rover or unmanned spacecraft can take. it's art

This is the HEART of Aotearoa/New Zealand - a cyclone threatening us by tomorrow and already marae are ready and willing to welcome anyone. They have such value and deserve the rest of us to support them.💜 #AoNZ #marae #Māori #cyclone

I spent today at Ōnuku Marae on Te Pataka o Rakaihautū Banks Peninsula at a nature symposium. Ōnuku have a 200 year vision to restore the Harbour and today we heard about the extensive mahi in mapping and understanding the seabed and partnering to farm kelp for harvest and restore biodiversity. 🐟🐬🪼🐚

My niece's cat, Fish, lives in luxury at my parents' place when she's on her OE in London. He's gorgeous and nearly 1m long when he sploots!

The Green Party is calling on the Luxon Government to join France, Italy, Spain and other nations to condemn Israel's attacks in the strongest terms, and defend the ceasefire.

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: Three small humans (3 to 6?) are sitting on a long seat on the back of Dad's bike. All with legs dangling. All wearing bright green dinosaur helmets. Arms outstretched to AEROPLANE around the corners! (1)

Look at all that DEI sending astronauts around the moon.

Want!

National Geographic Award winning photograph of the year. So beautiful. 🐝🐝🐝