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• Post #3058647

  Andrea Vance's weird obsession with Tory Whanau and the Wellington Greens continues. "Perhaps the best opportunity comes with the proposed sale of the council’s assets - particularly a 34% holding in the city’s airport. In 2022 the Wellington Greens ran on a platform that included no assets sales, and specifically the airport. It has no mandate for a sell-off." "The strongest arguments available to Labour are that the public hasn’t asked for the sale.&qu...

• Post #3058646

  Predator control brings female South Island kākā on a par with males https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/502867/predator-control-brings-female-south-island-kaka-on-a-par-with-males

• Post #3058645

  Sigh. Concern as carbon offset partnership plants pines in biodiversity hotspots | Stuff.co.nz https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/133063759/concern-as-carbon-offset-partnership-plants-pines-in-biodiversity-hotspots

• Post #3058644

  Four-wheel-drivers asked to avoid Waimakariri riverbed on Crate Day to protect endangered birds - NZ Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/four-wheel-drivers-asked-to-avoid-waimakariri-riverbed-on-crate-day-to-protect-endangered-birds/2YJZ2A7VIZH7HBXZLUWCD6EJ5A/

• Post #3058643

  A 3D Printer is helping save New Zealand’s endangered native fish | NIWA https://niwa.co.nz/news/a-3d-printer-is-helping-save-new-zealands-endangered-native-fish

• Post #3058642

  The anti-science government. Scientists' letter calls for freshwater protections to remain https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/504968/scientists-letter-calls-for-freshwater-protections-to-remain

• Post #3058641

  Mt Messenger Bypass: Transport Minister unhappy with annual $750k pest control bill https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/505098/mt-messenger-bypass-transport-minister-unhappy-with-annual-750k-pest-control-bill

• Post #3058640

  #MerryChristmas

• Post #3058639

  Silvia Pinca: Rewilding pine forest into native bush | RNZ https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/the-weekend/audio/2018922785/silvia-pinca-rewilding-pine-forest-into-native-bush

• Post #3058638

  The crib owner said the situation was “not affecting me just yet, but it will”. “I'm not moving. It's bloody paradise here. We have got fishing, whitebaiting, deer stalking, paua, crayfish and cold beer in the fridge.” Homes under threat as land falls into the sea | Stuff https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350172508/state-emergency-bluecliffs-homes-under-threat-sea

• Post #3058637

  “The step-change in 2023 is that New Zealand no longer presents only significant earthquake risk, but also significant weather risk to reinsurers,” Suncorp said in a submission, published this month, to Parliament’s inquiry into how the country is set to adapt to climate change." Home insurance will become more expensive, more limited, and harder to get, Suncorp warns | The Post https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350168807/home-insurance-will-become-more-expensive-more-limited-and-hard...

• Post #3058636

  I would love to know the genesis of these projects but I suspect they never involved a qualified restoration ecologist. Ill-judged tree planting in Africa threatens ecosystems, scientists warn | Trees and forests | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/15/ill-judged-tree-planting-africa-threatens-ecosystems-scientists-warn

• Post #3058635

  We need to stop suggesting signs as a solution for everything and actually fucking train people. Better warning signs needed at Taieri Mouth, coroner says after capsizing death https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/510227/better-warning-signs-needed-at-taieri-mouth-coroner-says-after-capsizing-death

• Post #3058634

  Crime pays. Greater Wellington Regional Council abandons Transmission Gully prosecution - NZ Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/greater-wellington-regional-council-abandons-transmission-gully-prosecution/NCSPCBN6LRHC5OMW5JHNHYFUPU/