#NewZealand

Whale boat used as a prop for a film set at Whatipu September 2022 #writers #photography #newzealand

Ta moko: Māori tattooing designs on the face or body. #aotearoa #newzealand

My cartoon in today's www.stuff.co.nz & in glorious print https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/350078642/cartoon-september-25

The NZ campaign trail is ablaze!

But, & I'm not the only one who's noticed, there's been very little talk of various communities... Do we matter?

#NzPol #Election2023 #PoliticalCartoon #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NZElection

⚠️🇺🇳Russia's attack on Ukraine undermines trust in UN - New Zealand (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3765512-russias-attack-on-ukraine-undermines-trust-in-un-new-zealand.html #Ukraine #NewZealand #UnitedNations #UN #Press #News #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
#SanctionChinaNow
#NoEUPrezForHungary

#NewZealand Labour's retrofit rebate election promise

Up to $18,000 for deep retrofit of an existing home
Encourage air tightness, #insulation, double-glazing and #electrification
Up to $7000 for partial retrofits
Up to $3000 for households who electrify and move off gas

In August, the Green Party announced a policy that would cover up to 25% of the cost of zero-carbon home upgrades such as rooftop solar, heat pumps, and better insulation incl windows.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/08/election-2023-labour-promises-energy-efficiency-retrofit-rebates/

Another viewing suggestion for those #NZTwits interested in the pros and cons of #NewZealand justice and the role of prisons.
Once again another episode from the wonderful, Alice Snedden’s Bad News series.
#NZol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6PvFDntjcc

University of Otago in Ōtepoti | #Dunedin has a fine Gothic-style registry/ clocktower building ca. 1879 nr. the Leith (📷1). I joined the adjacent Selwyn College—quite an eye-opener for a country lad (📷2), but lived across the road in what was then a run-down student flat, now beautifully restored (📷3). Grateful to have a tour of the anatomy museum—my only A+ subject (📷4)!

🚐 #VanLife #Motorhome #CamperVan #RV #Travel #RoadTrip #Nomad 🇳🇿 #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography

Who would have been the worst recent Prime Minister #NewZealand might potentially have elected?
#NZPol

The #Dunedin Botanic Garden was established in 1863 and became a personal favourite haunt in the late 1980s during my early university years. I would sit on the benches of the Upper Garden, writing poetry & watching the world go by (📷1). Meanwhile, back in the present, we enjoyed the spring #flower display, incld. magnolia (📷2), rhododendron (📷3) & cherry blossom (📷4).

🚐 #VanLife #Motorhome #CamperVan #RV #Travel #RoadTrip #Nomad 🇳🇿 #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography

Signal Hill provides a lookout across much of Ōtepoti | #Dunedin. You can see into the harbour & over the suburbs into the South Pacific (📷1). To the E is Macandrew Bay on Otago Peninsula (📷2) & to W the city centre (📷3). A chunk of rock from the hill upon which 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Edinburgh Castle sits is up here. Nearby is Baldwin St, the world’s steepest with a 19° max gradient (📷4).

🚐 #VanLife #Motorhome #CamperVan #RV #Travel #RoadTrip #Nomad 🇳🇿 #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography

Tūhura Otago Museum in Ōtepoti | #Dunedin has fab Māori & Pasifika collections. Highlights: 70M yr old 8m plesiosaur, NZ’s largest fossil (📷1); ancient trees from Antarctica, impt evidence for Gondwana (📷2); largest collection of articulated moa skeletons (📷3); & most complete Haast eagle (📷4). See Central Otago crocodile fossil; snakes, eucalypts & coconut grew here too.

🚐 #VanLife #Motorhome #CamperVan #RV #Travel #RoadTrip #Nomad 🇳🇿 #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography

The #NewZealand #NZVotes23 election will decided by NZs...? #NZPol

The perfectly smooth water of the Mirror Lakes near Te Anau in New Zealand is only occasionally disturbed by ducks the water. And that happened, of course, during our visit. :) #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Queenstown/#cruise

🚨 Green flood alert in New Zealand

On 21/09/2023, a flood started in New Zealand, lasting until 23/09/2023 (last update). The flood caused 0 deaths and 0 displaced .

More details: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=FL&eventid=1102230

#flood #NewZealand

The 5 axis of evil : US Ambassador to Canada confirms intelligence sharing between the Five Eyes partners - #Australia, #Canada, #NewZealand, the #UK and #US - informed Canada's #Trudeau of possible involvement of #India in killing of Sikh leader on Canadian soil.

#politics
www.reuters.com/world/shared-i…

From the Land Down Under: 'The Freeplay Awards' Returns, Accepting Submissions!

https://www.wraithkal.com/the-2023-freeplay-awards-accepting-submissions/

#Freeplay #FreeplayAwards #Australia #NewZealand

Manaakitanga: Hospitality, taking good care of others. #aotearoa #newzealand

Auckland is situated beautifully at the junction of the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean, on the Hauraki Gulf and the volcanic Rangitoto Island, a nature reserve, here seen from camping Beachlands/Maraetai #NewZealand #biketour #Auckland #cycling #BikeTooter #Aotearoa #NZ

https://www.lovenba.com/1152213/ SEMI-FINALS: New Zealand v China | Full Basketball Game | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2023 #23.09.2023 #Basketball #BasketballLiveStream #BasketballVideos #China #China(CHN) #CHN #fiba #FIBAU16AsianChampionship2023 #FIBAU16AsianChampionship20232023 #FullGame #LIVE #livestream #NewZealand #NewZealand(NZL) #NZL #NZLVCHN23.09.2023 #People'sRepublicOfChina(CHN)

This #stampcollecting geek needs to get his shit sorted. So much to do. Thousands of #NewZealand, #France & #cricket #starwars & #HarryPotter themes to sort & put in albums. Nothing flash these days (sold my black penny fuck it all), but relaxes me big time. Now where are my tweezers & my magnifying glass?

Also of interest & seemingly concentrated around the historic Warehouse Precinct in Ōtepoti | #Dunedin are murals, some highly visible while others found lurking in hidden corners. There’s even an online trail map to help pedestrians find & learn about commissioned street #art, although merely wandering will yield discoveries. Here are some of the examples we came across.

🚐 #VanLife #Motorhome #CamperVan #RV #Travel #RoadTrip #Nomad 🇳🇿 #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography

South of the Octagon in Ōtepoti | #Dunedin, btw Queens Gardens & Police St, is the historic Warehouse Precinct. Once the city’s commercial/ industrial hub, the area’s being slowly revitalised. It needs it: we found it looking run down, if not derelict. That said, there were examples of heritage architecture to admire (📷1–3) & a good meal to be had at Vogel St Kitchen (📷4).

🚐 #VanLife #Motorhome #CamperVan #RV #Travel #RoadTrip #Nomad 🇳🇿 #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography

The Ōtepoti | #Dunedin Railway Station is iconic for its “gingerbread house” Flemish Renaissance style: white Ōamaru limestone paired with black basalt blocks (📷1&2). The booking hall floor mosaic boasts ~750k Royal Doulton porcelain tiles (📷3). They skimped a bit on the platform side; sadly Inlander train (📷4) no longer enters the Taieri Gorge due to track maintenance $.

🚐 #VanLife #Motorhome #CamperVan #RV #Travel #RoadTrip #Nomad 🇳🇿 #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography

#Spring in Queens Park, #Invercargill. Fine day but *very* windy.. 20th Sept. Admired the #pink #tulips, wandered along a path a bit, returned. Went somewhere else, came back.. a branch had fallen where I'd walked only about 20mins prior! New Zealand

#NewZealand #yellow #blue #flowers #tulips #colour #color #SouthlandNZ #Southland #NZ

The centre of Ōtepoti | #Dunedin is the Octagon, a geometric plaza set out in 1846 &—as befits this “Edinburgh of the South”, hosts a statue of Scottish poet R Burns (📷1). George St is the main retail quarter—currently being upgraded. Try ice cream at Patti’s (📷2). Visit Otago Farmer’s Market on Sat AM (📷3). Experience shipboard accom. in Toitū Otago Settlers Museum (📷4).

🚐 #VanLife #Motorhome #CamperVan #RV #Travel #RoadTrip #Nomad 🇳🇿 #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography

To mark the changing of the clocks in New Zealand tonight, I propose we replace "Spring Forward, Fall Back" with "Spring Steal, Autumn Acquisition."
In Spring the law steals an hour of our sleep; in Autumn we acquire one.
#DaylightSaving #clocks #mnemonic #ChangeTheClocks #NewZealand

What are the options re #talkback #radio in #Aotearoa #NewZealand. Back in the day, when my head first started messing with me, I used to listen to Radio Pacific, & it helped à lot. I hear that it exists no longer. What are the options these days ? NOT #NewstalkZB !!!

#Spring in Queens Park, #Invercargill. Fine day but *very* windy.. 20th Sept. Admired the pink tulips, wandered along a path a bit, returned. Went somewhere else, came back.. a branch had fallen where I'd walked only about 20mins prior! New Zealand

#NewZealand #pink #yellow #blue #flowers #tulips #colour #color #BloomScrolling #SouthlandNZ #Southland #NZ

@lightweight @draftexcluder
The real magic smoke and mirrors show that National and Act have been performing for the #NewZealand public is convincing #NZTwits that the Labour government are responsible for New Zealand's private debt. Government Debt to GDP in 2023 is currently 19%. #FactsMatter
#NZPol #NeverTrustATory

Urban hack for #NZTwits like me who can't be bothered resetting the time on their digital oven clock for #DaylightSaving wait until the summer time is about to hit midday, 12 noon, and switch off your oven at the wall. The moment before it hits midday turn it back on and go straight to clock settings and OK. Done.
#NewZealand

@ArrestJK @Daveosaurus
It's that illogical idea that Luxon will be a good choice as Prime Minister because he's new to politics. Not sure anyone would be using the same argument for a builder or a heart surgeon. The guy's a salesman and plans on selling #NewZealand. #NZPol

Milford Sound is a deep fjord which attracts almost a million visitors per year and makes it one of the top attractions in New Zealand. There are many fjord cruises and one company even has an underwater observatory. Have you been here? #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Queenstown/#cruise

Haere rā: Goodbye, farewell #aotearoa #newzealand

Happy Hobbit Day! Happy Birthday Bilbo & Frodo! Remembering our AWESOME 2019 pre-COVID trip to #NewZealand with a visit to Bag End, Middle Earth, The Shire, Hobbiton! #InternationalHobbitDay #HobbitDay #JRRTolkien #Tolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LordOfTheRings #LOTR #TheHobbit #Hobbit #MiddleEarth #Shire #TheShire #WETA #WETAWorkshop #FensterFreitag #FensterFriday #WindowFriday #WindowsFriday #WindowsFridays #Fenster #Window #PhotographersOfMastodon #Photography #Photo #Photographer #Aotearoa

This is a good overview of what Groundswell really is, and who is pulling the strings behind their cynical “protests” https://youtu.be/gw2vowJ0E8c #nzpol #newzealand #astroturf #Groundswell #TPU #TaxPayersUnion #AtlasNetwork

For today’s #SciArtSeptember prompt “Nocturnal” here’s my art of a Kiwi 😍 that I saw in the wild on a night hike in New Zealand!

This is Day 23 of my New Zealand Visual Trip Journal. You can see my entire New Zealand Visual Trip Journal at https://paulaborchardt.com/illustration/new-zealand.html#nz-visual-trip-journal

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #kiwi #NewZealand #Aotearoa #AotearoaNZ #NZ

#Birds #Penguins #NewZealand

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-zealand-probes-mystery-illness-rare.html

🚨 Green flood alert in New Zealand

On 21/09/2023, a flood started in New Zealand, lasting until 23/09/2023 (last update). The flood caused 0 deaths and 0 displaced .

More details: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=FL&eventid=1102230

#flood #NewZealand

Come si fa (anche) comunicazione istituzionale sulle opere pubbliche e sull'andamento dei lavori
#comunicazione #lavori #newzealand

Fly with us through the CRL tunnel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6_NcwfimLY&t=6

It's a real shame for democracy that the #NZMedia let Luxon get away with his constant lying and gaslighting about the #NewZealand economy. Here's just one example of the absolute deceit Luxon is being allowed to get away with.
#NeverTrustATory #NZPol #NationalNotFitToGovern

With all the doom sowing from Chris Luxon and National, are they lying to the #NewZealand public about the amount of debt NZ is in?

In the lead up to the #NZVotes23 I thought I would take a quick squiz at NZs comparative debt to GDP:

Debt to GDP Ratio by Country 2023:
United States — 128%
Canada — 89.7%
United Kingdom — 80.7%
Australia — 45.1%
New Zealand — 19%

#NZPol

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/debt-to-gdp-ratio-by-country

When your protest about the fake climate change thing has to detour due to the climate change thing.

#nzpol #NewZealand

#Lake #Pukaki in New Zealand has a beautiful #turquoise color which is caused by glacial flour (extremely finely ground rock particles from glaciers) which is introduced into the lake by the rivers that feed it. Have you been here? #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Lake-Tekapo/#pukaki?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tweepsmap-BaS

@BobLefridge @biddy_sue @cbuddenhagen
Remember these are the same UK Tories and corrupt cohorts of lobbyists/advisors who Chris Luxon hooked up with on his trip to the UK. Unsurprisingly, Luxon and National want to resume new oil and gas field exploration licenses to fossil fuel companies around #NewZealand Imo, this is a crime against humanity. #NZPol #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange

@kiwipaulb #NewZealand loses an estimated $7B+ to tax evasion every year while benefit fraud costs approx $30.6 million per annum. The fact that David Seymour sees benefit fraud as a far bigger problem than tax evasion tells you all you need to know about the level of corruption the Act Party is involved in. #NZPol

A good summary of the mess that is science education in #NewZealand

"a deeply misguided and #unscientific attempt to give New Zealand schoolchildren two—count them, two—"knowledge systems". One of them is simply modern science, and the other is Mātauranga Māori (MM), a pastiche of knowledge accumulated by trial and error, but also of religioun, #superstition, ethics, word of mouth tradition, etiquette, and many things having nothing to do with #science."

#woo

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2023/09/20/a-good-summary-of-the-mess-that-is-science-education-in-new-zealand/

The white camellia was the floral symbol worn by supporters of women's suffrage in New Zealand.
New Zealand women (of all races) gained the legal right to vote 130 years - and three days - ago.
#Bloomscrolling #WomensRights #suffrage #history #NewZealand #vote

My mum needed a RAT set so went to local pharmacy, listed as a site for to collect them. They wanted to charge her $30 for 10. I contacted the Ministry of Health to ask, and they referred me to this link -

https://healthpoint.co.nz/covid-19/?covidTesting=&covidTesting=im%3A1295965

so if you go to pick up a set, and the pharmacy wants to charge you, tell them they are free.

#NewZealand #Aotearoa #CovidIsNotOver

How do I vote?

Who will win the New Zealand election 2023? Why does it matter?

And what will it mean for the environment?

So many questions! Here are some answers: https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/vote-for-the-environment-this-new-zealand-election-2023/

#nzpol #election2023 #climateshift #nature #climate #climatechange #newzealand #nz #election #greenpeace

So who is looking to switch to an EV in #NewZealand ?

$3, $3.50 per liter , what price would see you switch?

#Evs #ElectricVehicles

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/132986441/are-3-per-litre-petrol-prices-driving-motorists-towards-evs

Fonterra is NZ’s worst polluter - our biggest contributor to climate disasters like Cyclone Gabrielle - but resists reform because it’s “too costly”.

Fonterra also just reported its net profits have nearly tripled to $1.6 billion

https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/fonterra-reporting-day-disaster-cows/?utm_medium=nickofnz&utm_content=postid-61091&utm_source=mastodon

#nzpol #newzealand #climate #climatecrisis

Tonight is #FRAvNAM #rugby.

How many tries do you think the XV of #France will score ?

For comparison, #NewZealand scored 11 tries and #Italy did 7 tries against #Namibia

#RWC2023

[FR] Combien d'essais pour la France ce soir ? Moins de 4 ? Plus que 4 ? Plus que 8 ? Plus que 12 ?

Love the city lights bouncing off the low lying cloud.

#city #lights #reflecting #cloud #bay #TeWhanganuiATara #Wellington #Aotearoa #NewZealand #LandscapePhotography #NightPhotography

Morning all. Any #Kiwis up for a #Bluesky code? #NewZealand #Aotearoa

@contreras
What else do you want?

The lowest Covid fatality rate in the OECD… wait. #NZPol #WeDontKnowHowLuckyWeAre #NewZealand

It looks like a cloud to you, sure, but that's what 'they' want you to think.

Of course it's really a small spaceship that shuttles the lizard people from the mothership, or "Moon" as you call it, down to Earth and their offices in the UN, central planetary governments, all right-wing 'freedom' gangs, and, surprisingly, localised versions of KFC!?

#sheeple #DoYourOwnResearch #WakeUp #Reptilians #humour #cloud #WaitārereBeach #Aotearoa #NewZealand #LandscapePhotography #photography

Apparently I shouldnt be posting nice photos because there is a #climateCrisis and #NewZealand isnt perfect

For some reason I cant talk about both things nor create art and photography whilst we have pollution.

What do you think, should we stop taking nice photos because the world isnt perfect?

ESR's latest #poopsnz dashboard on #covid in #NewZealand's wastewater heralds the arrival of the BA.2.86 variant. Thanks for your contribution everybody!
https://poops.nz

MoH statement here >> https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/covid-19-variant-ba286-detected-aotearoa-new-zealand

The Morris family cat, Satan. Ca. 1930s. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage #blackcat #NewZealand https://digitalnz.org/records/41735254/the-morris-family-cat

OK so its Spring in #NewZealand so here so I thought it a good chance to show off what NZ looks like this time of year..

There’s still time to make it a climate election.

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition/audio/shae-ronald-youthline-ceo-on-extreme-weather-and-economic-uncertainty-being-major-stressors-for-young-people/ #climatechange #climateelection #nzpol #newzealand #election

Some Autumn colour from #NewZealand

Freedom camping beside beautiful Pūrākaunui Inlet; view to 468m Mopanui peak (📷1). On track to estuary mouth sands of Pūrākaunui Bay opposite & defensible cliffs of 18th century Mapoutahi Pā (📷2); Warrington Spit visible beyond. On Pūrākaunui Inlet Track (📷3) saw rare juvenile nankeen night heron/ umu kōtuku/ Nycticorax caledonicus: not supposed to be here, nor awake (📷4)!

🚐 #VanLife #Motorhome #CamperVan #RV #Travel #RoadTrip #Nomad 🇳🇿 #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography

These photos of native New Zealand spring flowers were taken at Dunedin Botanic Garden, 05 September 2023. Beautiful time of the year to visit the gardens!

#NewZealand #spring #flowers #native #BloomScrolling #Dunedin #BotanicGarden

It drove them batty... BlahBlah. Bats in the bellfray... BlahBlah. They're in a flap... Etc. Dead parents... Zzzzz.

"The Race to Save the Pekapeka-Tou-Poto, #NewZealand’s Unique #Bat

"For #Scientists, monitoring the feisty, #Endangered burrowing bat includes moments of 'actual madness..."

#News #Nature #Bats #Zoology #Conservation #PekapekaTouPoto

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/new-zealand-bat-pekapeka-tou-poto

The pressure gradient across #Aotearoa / #NewZealand itself ranges from 992 mb on the south end of the South Island to 1024 mb on the north end of the North Island - a distance of about 1400 km.

Wind appears to be especially strong through mountain gaps, including the Cook Strait. A weather station stop Mount Kaukau in #Wellington was recording a wind speed of 128 km/h at 18:00 local / 06:00 UTC.

#weather

A tight pressure gradient between a 933 mb low northwest of the Ross Sea and a 1028 mb high north of #Aotearoa / #NewZealand is creating strong winds in that country today.

Looks like a pretty breezy week for parts of Aotearoa/New Zealand, especially the west coast of the South Island.

#weather

@pezmico
Everyone concerned about TERF victimisation and shutting down of #FreeSpeech which is supported by, #NZPol #ACT Party leader and supposed champion of free speech, David Seymour, should watch this episode of Alice Sneddon's BAD NEWS about trans exclusionary radical feminists in #NewZealand.
https://youtu.be/bO7YLVdmsO0?si=ZPVah5NEf-BH-jHe

Huge Fox Glacier in New Zealand

YOU CAN FIND IT HERE:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/huge-fox-glacier-in-new-zealand-patricia-hofmeester.html

By https://buff.ly/3i3uCm2 #WallArt #homedecor #fineart #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #LoveArt #BuyArtNotCandy #photography @PatriciaPhotos
#glacier #FoxGlacier #huge #NewZealand #ice #people #nature

Rāhoroi: Saturday #aotearoa #newzealand

#Spring show.. gorgeous #magnolia blossom at Dunedin Botanic Garden 09 Sept. New Zealand

#NewZealand #blossom #pink #white #beauty #seasons #BloomScrolling

As Patrick Lenton reports today, 16 of 16 complaints filed have been knocked down by New Zealand's Media Council, which finds that if neo-Nazis attend a rally and routinely follow an anti-trans activist, it's perfectly legitimate for the media to note and report about that.

#trans #Nazis #PosieParker #NewZealand
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When anti-trans activist Posie Parker staged a rally in New Zealand back in March and the media reported that, as per usual, neo-Nazis, who support her and attend her rallies, were present at a rally in Melbourne and gave Nazi salutes, complaints were filed.

The complaints alleged that the media had been unfair. Some folks did not want reporting on Parker's connection to neo-Nazis.

#trans #Nazis #PosieParker #NewZealand
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https://heterosexualnonsense.substack.com/p/nz-media-regulators-say-its-perfectly

A clear morning to bring fresh perspective on life’s trivial annoyances at Lake Camp, #Canterbury. Standing on the shore at -3°C with freshly brewed coffee in hand to watch the sunrise is something to lift the spirit.

🚐 #VanLife #Motorhome #CamperVan #RV #Travel #RoadTrip #Nomad 🇳🇿 #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography

Hey #NZTwits are we really going to just ignore the #ClimateEmergency and pretend the weather events that’s cost the #NewZealand economy an estimated $14B won’t continue to grow more damaging as weather extremes continue to destroy livelihoods homes, businesses. Food scarcity has already caused a massive increase in the cost of living.
Surely NZ isn’t so naive to think voting in a govt of climate change deniers is a smart idea. #NZPol

Let's continue the New Zealand story. This impressive signpost I found at Auckland airport. The route from Europe to NZ is the most remote on earth you can take. Back and forth it's one time completely around our planet #NewZealand #biketour #cycling #BikeTooter #Aotearoa #NZ

In Christchurch’s ‘cars versus bikes’ tribal war … “The whole bikelash culture war comes from the lobbyists.”

Sensible people know that more protected cycleways are good for everyone, and bikes are #ClimateAction!

https://www.thepress.co.nz/a/nz-news/350068247/christchurchs-cars-v-bikes-tribal-war-or-manufactured-outrage

#bike #cycle #nz #newzealand #climate

Any good #web or #gamedev meetups in #auckland #nz #newzealand ?

That moment you realise you have a 10 year old full spectrum digital camera you used to use for astronomy and also have an IR filter. It's time for a new series. Trees of the Otago Peninsula in the Infrared. Here's #1 #trees #OtagoPeninsula #infraredphotography #NewZealand

Look at all these rapid chargers installed in #Auckland for electric buses. As a person with a respiratory system this is great news (raw diesel smoke has been proven more dangerous than second hand cigarette smoke). Cleaner, quieter, healthier city streets are coming at long last.
#newzealand #electricvehicles

koha: gift, present (usually money, can be food or precious items, given by guest to hosts) #aotearoa #newzealand

So I'm going over to #aotearoa / #NewZealand soon to visit my son. Anyone got any suggestions for what to do on the North Island? Will be based in Wellington.

'Sound the alarm! Emergency Weather is timely and thrilling. Read it now.' – Cassie Hart.

Be prepared. My new novel Emergency Weather is hitting New Zealand shelves on 2 October #climatefiction #nzliterature #nzbookcommunity #newzealand #books #bookstodon

Many of my sunset photos are over beaches, harbours, and often include clouds. You know what though, a good clear sky sunset out in the middle of the country can sometimes beat them all hands down.

You'll see me marvelling at the darkening colours as I look higher and higher, feeling the universe just a few kilometres away from us all.

#sunset #Aotearoa #NewZealand #photography

A handy election scorecard from a good group of groups:
https://electionscorecards.org.nz/

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#nzpol #newzealand #elections #Election2023 #climate #climatecrisis #climatechange

mana: prestige, reputation #aotearoa #newzealand

A ridiculous policy in the climate crisis as scientists say we can’t even afford to burn known reserves, let alone new ones.

The impacts of climate change should now be self-evident, even to those with their heads in the sand.

Any party with policy like this is unfit to govern.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/03/act-wants-to-reverse-ban-on-offshore-oil-and-gas-exploration/ #nzpol #newzealand #ClimateCrisis #climatechange #election2023 #NZelection23

The attraction of refraction can be a distraction.The work in progress continues. A few frames from the epic moonrise last Thursday night (31st August). As the moon rose over the southern ocean, Earth's atmosphere beguiled and fascinated. Light from the moon journeyed a complex path to my eyes and it was amazing! #moon #refraction #astronomy #NewZealand

"Plant diets lead to 75% less climate-heating emissions, water pollution and land use than meat-rich ones"

This is yet another study showing why need a massive shift towards more plant-based food production.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/20/vegan-diet-cuts-environmental-damage-climate-heating-emissions-study?CMP=share_btn_tw

#climate #food #plantbased #climatecrisis #nzpol #newzealand

"Excavations had begun on two huge vertical shafts for a major upgrade of Auckland’s raw sewage pipeline when the groundworks crew came across something astonishing.

Piercing the threshold of an ancient shell bed filled with sea life, New Zealand paleontologist Bruce Hayward likened it to “finding gold right on your doorstep—a once-in-a-lifetime find.”

300,000 individual lifeforms from 266 species, fossilized 3 million years ago are offering the largest single insight into New Zealand native marine fauna in history, and a new paper released on the subsequent research has identified 10 new species."

#GoodNews #Aotearoa #NewZealand #Auckland #Fossils

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/digging-a-wastewater-pipe-reveals-fossil-treasure-trove-of-unknown-species-3-million-years-old/

This video of me racing across #Auckland was one of the more labour intensive ones I've made recently, but you'd never know because it's short and flows easily!
Check it out because you can also win the bike featured in it if you're in #newzealand
No catch. You can really win it. And it's $8500.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTWm1JLiCu4

Probably only like two dozen people remember this band (because that's how many comments there are!) Haven't heard them since 1985.

#TheMockers #NewZealand #80sMusic

https://youtu.be/8afbMH4rVRA?si=noBZnvm_lCB9oJyG

Ok this is a bit of a bodge but I made a timelapse of last night's moonrise showing the atmospheric refraction and the omega moon! it's pretty cool despite the compression! #moon #moonrise #NewZealand

The blue supermoon sets over Ōtepoti Dunedin this morning as the first rays of the rising sun illuminate the Hill suburbs. #supermoon #bluemoon #moon #Dunedin #NewZealand