Written By: weka - Date published: 11:26 am, March 13th, 2023 - 162 comments
So much of the ongoing debate about Mātauranga Māori is based on belief, and often unevidenced belief about what Mātauranga Māori is and how it is being used.
Written By: weka - Date published: 10:01 am, March 8th, 2023 - 38 comments
James Shaw and Greenpeace on why mitigation and adaptation need to be paired.
Written By: weka - Date published: 10:47 am, February 3rd, 2023 - 187 comments
As property investors indicate an intention to raise rents, Renters United and 20+ community groups call for a rent freeze in Auckland.
Written By: weka - Date published: 9:41 am, January 25th, 2023 - 142 comments
Another piece on the internet by a Western scientist calling indigenous knowledge superstitious woo that should be separated from the Mighty Western Science way of knowing. Take that as a content warning either way if you are reading on.
Written By: weka - Date published: 6:09 am, January 16th, 2023 - 2 comments
Who said climate action can’t be funny?
Written By: weka - Date published: 6:04 am, January 12th, 2023 - 80 comments
The mechanism for ostracism destroys solidarity and has serious implications for the left.
Written By: weka - Date published: 2:36 pm, January 6th, 2023 - 28 comments
There’s bad news, but there is also hope and opportunity.
Written By: weka - Date published: 11:51 am, December 14th, 2022 - 15 comments
Kim Hill vs Tobacco Company PR Guy.
Written By: weka - Date published: 2:47 pm, December 4th, 2022 - 6 comments
So many good initiatives that demonstrate that sustainability and community resiliency are intertwined. The sheer numbers of people involved now is heartening at a time when we are inundated with what is going wrong.
We’ve never had so much choice in what we can do to effect good change. We know the problems, now is the time to put our attention to the solutions, what is already working. and then get on with it.
Written By: weka - Date published: 11:35 am, November 17th, 2022 - 13 comments
New Zealand National Statement at COP27, and the call for all of us to act.
Written By: weka - Date published: 11:11 am, November 12th, 2022 - 42 comments
It is really quite something to be watching in real time, the implosion of twitter at the hands of Elon Musk.
Written By: weka - Date published: 9:02 am, October 26th, 2022 - 93 comments
Written By: weka - Date published: 10:22 am, October 20th, 2022 - 42 comments
Groundswell want degenerative agriculture.
Written By: weka - Date published: 11:19 am, October 19th, 2022 - 19 comments
Don’t give up. Don’t retrench into reactionary blocking politics. We have more choices for action and transition, and creating regenerative and sustainable systems, than ever before.
Written By: weka - Date published: 6:05 am, October 16th, 2022 - 81 comments
Van Gogh and Picasso as climate action targets. Destroying beauty is an act of self harm. On one level it’s wrong, but when we are desperate, it’s also an act of power.
Written By: weka - Date published: 1:52 pm, October 8th, 2022 - 256 comments
Live updates and discussion post
Written By: weka - Date published: 6:05 am, October 2nd, 2022 - 7 comments
Written By: weka - Date published: 12:50 pm, September 30th, 2022 - 57 comments
Urs Signer is standing for the Taranaki Regional Council, and is speaking a lot of sense about working with farmers, iwi and greenies for a Just Transition.
Written By: weka - Date published: 10:29 am, September 22nd, 2022 - 18 comments
Tāme Iti’s pitch perfect, political performance art sets activist hearts aflutter.
Written By: weka - Date published: 11:39 am, September 20th, 2022 - 32 comments
This good news bodes well.
Written By: weka - Date published: 9:59 am, September 5th, 2022 - 86 comments
Environment Southland gives the ok for intensive farming on the edge of Fiordland National Park. Everyday there’s more news of disastrous decisions being made by people in power. The local body elections in the next month give us one easy and straightforward way to change that.
Written By: weka - Date published: 1:26 pm, August 19th, 2022 - 66 comments
If we keep doing what we are doing (not acting on climate), then at some point there will just be too many of these events to keep up with. But we still have time to limit the damage and transition society.
Written By: weka - Date published: 9:13 am, August 3rd, 2022 - 29 comments
A new Ipsos poll has some good news.
Written By: weka - Date published: 1:30 pm, August 1st, 2022 - 54 comments
Labour announced earlier in the year that it would give a $350 cash transfer to all New Zealanders earning less than $70,000.
Except beneficiaries.
Written By: weka - Date published: 1:13 pm, July 29th, 2022 - 76 comments
The NHS is shutting down its gender identity clinic for children after a damning review found that it failed vulnerable under-18s.
Written By: weka - Date published: 6:15 am, July 27th, 2022 - 27 comments
Everything we do matters. Stories of hope and renewal.
Written By: weka - Date published: 11:38 am, July 24th, 2022 - 189 comments
The tension in the Green Party is between pragmatism and the need for urgent system change.
For the public, there’s no need to panic. Dissent is valuable and healthy in politics. It sits alongside trusting that the Greens know how to manage their internal processes even if the public at large doesn’t understand them well.
Written By: weka - Date published: 1:52 pm, July 16th, 2022 - 68 comments
The UK government is warning of an extreme heatwave coming next week and asking people to prepare. This is the beginning stage of climate collapse and it has the potential to get much worse. But it’s not too late to prevent the worst – choosing proactive pathways right now empowers us to make the changes needed.
Written By: weka - Date published: 12:22 pm, June 25th, 2022 - 103 comments
We have abortion rights by the grace of men.
Written By: weka - Date published: 11:55 am, June 7th, 2022 - 10 comments
Prince Louis and the perfect tweet.
Written By: weka - Date published: 9:10 am, June 2nd, 2022 - 5 comments
Quick quiz on which New Zealand politicians led well on climate action in the past 15 years. Which New Zealand town is in a climate emergency today? And how our focus and voting matters if we want to avert climate disaster.
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