Cate Macinnis-Ng
@loraxcate.bsky.social
Tree ecophysiologist, parent, ocean swimmer and brownie baker. I'm interested in forests, water, carbon, climate change. Pākehā (she/her), Auckland Uni Prof
HT to @aotearoa-nz.bsky.social for resurfacing this RNZ piece.
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
HT to @aotearoa-nz.bsky.social for resurfacing this RNZ piece.
The evidence is clear - the current government chose to scale back funding for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
January 27, 2026 at 2:49 AM
The evidence is clear - the current government chose to scale back funding for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Scaled back funding for research and planting programme, called Establishing Native Forests at Scale run by Ministry for Primary Industries. Savings: $50m.
Return of unspent of funding from the Climate Emergency Response Fund: $900m
And more...
Return of unspent of funding from the Climate Emergency Response Fund: $900m
And more...
January 27, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Scaled back funding for research and planting programme, called Establishing Native Forests at Scale run by Ministry for Primary Industries. Savings: $50m.
Return of unspent of funding from the Climate Emergency Response Fund: $900m
And more...
Return of unspent of funding from the Climate Emergency Response Fund: $900m
And more...
Developing Mātauranga Māori-based approaches to Accelerating Development of Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation Programme. Separate funding scrapped and programme joined with the main programme above. Savings: $37m.
January 27, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Developing Mātauranga Māori-based approaches to Accelerating Development of Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation Programme. Separate funding scrapped and programme joined with the main programme above. Savings: $37m.
Reposted by Cate Macinnis-Ng
Everyone on the right spent a lot of time deriding Ardern as performatively empathetic, but her government passed firearms legislation after the massacre. It created the Climate Response Emergency Fund in 2021. It saved 20,000 lives with the Covid elimination strategy.
January 26, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Everyone on the right spent a lot of time deriding Ardern as performatively empathetic, but her government passed firearms legislation after the massacre. It created the Climate Response Emergency Fund in 2021. It saved 20,000 lives with the Covid elimination strategy.