Power outage means Auckland trains are running… even less than usual.

"Little lie detectors" (GPS trackers) reveal Australian e-waste is being illegally exported to South East Asia. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

"We can brush our teeth each day or get a painful root canal… At the moment we're going to the dentist screaming." Emily Mabin Sutton from Climate Club on New Zealand's current approach to climate change. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #greensky

Epic. Well done to the Gurus. #auspol

It's currently 44.4 degrees in Adelaide at 5.15pm local time.

The top 6 media stories on Stuff are landslides, storms, floods. None of them mention climate change, which we know makes these events more frequent and more extreme. People have lost their lives. Homes have been destroyed. And leading politicians are in the pub having "great fun". #nzpol

yeahhhhh i probably will be more willing to fork over the extra money for amtrak next time

Another successful 1080 drop in Te Ngāherehere o Kohukohunui / Hūnua Ranges. Possums are almost permanently nonexistent now, with rats again temporarily wiped out by the latest treatment. From 1 pair of Kōkako in the 90’s, to over 260 today. ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2026/01...

Major police action on Karangahape Road - at least 5 police cars near the top of Pitt Street and further 3 racing to get there. Could not see what’s going on - anyone have further info?

Good to see the younger ones getting their exercise.

Climate change, flooding emergencies, local govt funding crisis, NZTA road budget are all different news topics so it’s important to keep everything in its proper silo and not draw any connections between things.

2025 was Aotearoa's hottest year on record across land and sea according to a new study by Jim Salinger. We can reduce future climate change and make our lives better at the same time, it just takes action and optimism. #nzpol #kikorangi newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/16/2...

I remember how the media here covered the Kellie-Jay Keen speech in Auckland (the one where she got souped) that I attended, and how it was described as an angry mob when it was the most joyful, calm day. It was also telling that Action Zealandia turned up to support KJK and got zero mention.

Adelaide Festival board has retracted their statement of 8 January and have an extended an invite to Randa Abdel-Fattah for the 2027 Writers' Week

Venezuela is ‘uninvestible’ for now, Exxon CEO tells Trump in White House meeting

Unsurprisingly, there are quite a few listed from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

The window for people to create fake content is now open. Shit got real, and it is going to get real messy, like a fully charged Roomba running over a wet dog shit on a white carpet messy. It will take time to clean up the sources. #Caracas

Christmas Day in Iceland was warmer than Melbourne 🤔 #Climatecrisis #Auspol

I’m at the Donald Trump. I’m at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. I’m at

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

Oh my oh my, what treasures has #SecretSantaAoNZ #OpeningDay brought! This is really so generous. The musically themed scarf will be perfect for outdoors performances with the Auckland Street Choir in winter. (I hope you can see the bass & treble clefs in the photo.) Thank you, mysterious Santa!

Me too! #SecretSantaAoNZ

Here’s an article from this year with the Australian gun lobby boasting that, with surging gun numbers, it was winning the fight against firearms control advocates. Blame guns. Blame anti-Semitism. Blame terrorists. Do not blame everyday Australians who marched for peace.

News from Bondi shows yet again that anti-semitism is alive and well in Australia. The shooters appear to have used high-powered rifles. It could have been even worse if they had semi-automatic weapons. #auspol

So I chatted with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ today about the Sanctuary Mahi Whenua community gardens. You can listen in here: www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

I dunn0 man, I dunn0.

Me, realizing that Christmas is sneaking up and I'm utterly unprepared.

If there is a workplace productivity problem summer, surely Simon already knows the answer? Slushies ! ! !

"Politicians in South-East Asia ignore climate change at their own political peril." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #nzpol

Fanny Osborne's stunning watercolours including the only colour depiction of the extinct Adams mistletoe... a Great Barrier Island special edition. www.rnz.co.nz/life/culture...

The same argument one hears all too often in both Australia and New Zealand.

First Trump take egg, now Kiwi take egg.

So, I'll need to update this piece I co-wrote back in 2022 re NZ's climate target and the need to buy international offsets to meet it: newsroom.co.nz/2022/10/10/i... #nzpol

Tomorrow's MPI press release.

As a prof, I am grateful that TP published both the essay itself and the response! Thank you so much, TPUSA, for showing the public the quality of the writing we have to grade so tactfully and impartially. I don’t think people realize just how bad it is lol

Excellent article by Cathrine Dyer. Worth a read https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/28/clean-car-standard-tinkering-an-incoherent-misstep/

New Zealanders: “I knew everything over there could kill you.”

Nature - no planet B Spicy food - plant-based Reading, all kinds Music, all kinds (choir director) Tech, all kinds Family tops the list Actually, kindness tops the list. House the homeless and fix the mental health system Aussie in Aotearoa Tēnā koe e hoa! #SecretSantaAoNZ

*Stephen miller to trump, once Mamdani leaves*

And in climate change news, #COP30 has reached the “live demonstrations” part of its agenda.

George Monbiot addresses a packed house via video for Next Fest 2025 (Sustainable Business Network). “Our power comes not from our role as consumers, but as civilians”. #NZ #nzpol

Pink hopper club! 🎵 I’m gonna keep on hoppin’ at the pink hopper club! 🎵

The cost. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Our heartfelt congratulations to all of our Uber members and the four drivers - Nureddin, Julian, Bill and Mea’ole. It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won! #uber

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.

The death of Ken Saro-Wiwa was one of the singular events which opened my eyes to the damage being caused by fossil fuels to both planet and people. 30 years later, we can say thanks to the Ogoni Nine for their leadership - they are not forgotten.