Finally found some time to pull together an explainer on the Māori ward referendums. Not a yarn for the top of the home page with everything going on this week, but I hope people find it when they need it 🙌🏻 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Great prompt for an update here - starting this week I'm focusing on explainers and fact-checks for Stuff! I'm still based in Wellington (with an unhealthy interest in local politics), but this is the sort of thing you'll be seeing most from me from now on 🙌🏻

Huge. UN's highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for emissions www.rnz.co.nz/internationa...

With videos from @joelmacmanus.bsky.social 🙏🏻 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

I pass these two Adelaide Road sites everyday on the bus, and often wondered why they're sitting empty when they're in such a good location. It took an OIA to get the info from Kāinga Ora, but good to get some clarity on their plan to sell.

“In fact, turnout in Wellington’s last local government election was 45.4%, higher than the national turnout of 42%. It was in Auckland’s last local government election where turnout was 35.4%.” www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

When the carbon capture project doesn't deliver as planned

I love living in Wellington. Parts of the city are definitely struggling, but there are also areas that are so fun to be in ☕️🍻🍲 It was awesome to chat to some of the people behind the businesses and get their take on how they've been portrayed.

The govt announced two bills to be passed under urgency this week. I thought one of them warranted a bit of explanation. Have a geez: www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

Alright, it's time to actually post on this thing. I can't promise any form of consistency, but I can promise some banger Wellington stories. Read away. And on that note I recently learned about fish passages. Can't stop reading so this won't be the last on the topic!

Excellent factual Explainer on this stuff from Emma Ricketts www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606... (see, great journos working for the stuff conglomerate!)