Dermot McCollum
@mcsquirm.bsky.social
Viticulturist, winemaker co-owner Stonecroft....making organic wines in the Gimblett Gravels. Concerned about climate & amount of time my children spend alone in their rooms
Cost of home insurance going up. Why? More and bigger weather events. Why? Cos we're burning too much stuff. So when the next interviewee is complaining on Morning Report why not ask what they are doing to burn less stuff. Leave the Ranger at home occasionally?
April 10, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Cost of home insurance going up. Why? More and bigger weather events. Why? Cos we're burning too much stuff. So when the next interviewee is complaining on Morning Report why not ask what they are doing to burn less stuff. Leave the Ranger at home occasionally?
I'm a cyclist. But I despair when out walking on Marine Parade. Plenty of dog walkers, parents with strollers, toddlers, older humans then along comes a pod of cyclists bombing along like its a race track. Will not end well.
April 1, 2024 at 5:48 AM
I'm a cyclist. But I despair when out walking on Marine Parade. Plenty of dog walkers, parents with strollers, toddlers, older humans then along comes a pod of cyclists bombing along like its a race track. Will not end well.
Common site in Napier on busy weekends. Council reckon recycling happens downstream. Not so sure. This gets tipped into large refuse sack & then into a rubbish truck and away
April 1, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Common site in Napier on busy weekends. Council reckon recycling happens downstream. Not so sure. This gets tipped into large refuse sack & then into a rubbish truck and away
Our Kia Nero, had it for a while, 66k km on the clock. WLTP range 455km. The other day when it finished charging we got 505km. Nice when things over deliver
March 29, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Our Kia Nero, had it for a while, 66k km on the clock. WLTP range 455km. The other day when it finished charging we got 505km. Nice when things over deliver
Gotta hand it to Trump....he can do it all. Takes three of our lot for a similar job. Winston for wild conspiracy stuff, Rimmer for racist dog whistling and Luxo for hubris & bombast
March 28, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Gotta hand it to Trump....he can do it all. Takes three of our lot for a similar job. Winston for wild conspiracy stuff, Rimmer for racist dog whistling and Luxo for hubris & bombast
Now this is a decent drop
January 22, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Now this is a decent drop
Well COP28 done and dusted. Does anyone think that we'll see change?
December 14, 2023 at 9:10 AM
Well COP28 done and dusted. Does anyone think that we'll see change?
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Paywall now lifted: My interview with the new Climate Change Minister Simon Watts on the Government's plan to restart offshore oil and gas exploration is now free to read.
newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/06/c...
newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/06/c...
New climate minister defends searching for more fossil fuels
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says the Government is committed to NZ's climate targets, but won't explain how they might be met or promise not to reduce climate finance to the Pacific. He talks ...
newsroom.co.nz
December 6, 2023 at 6:23 PM
Paywall now lifted: My interview with the new Climate Change Minister Simon Watts on the Government's plan to restart offshore oil and gas exploration is now free to read.
newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/06/c...
newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/06/c...
When NIWA announce a warmer and drier season...get the rain gear out
December 3, 2023 at 9:11 PM
When NIWA announce a warmer and drier season...get the rain gear out
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December 1, 2023 at 8:01 PM
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When Key first appeared I thought he was unelectable. Bit too smarmy, crooked smile, difficulty with the English language. Still reckon he's a dick but a country mile ahead of Luxo.
November 30, 2023 at 7:36 AM
When Key first appeared I thought he was unelectable. Bit too smarmy, crooked smile, difficulty with the English language. Still reckon he's a dick but a country mile ahead of Luxo.
Yeah we're in for a shitty few years
I think that largely the Key govt was still ideologically driven
Not an ideology I agree with but still with the intent to make things better
This government has abandoned any pretense of making things better
It is simply making laws to make rich donors richer
Not an ideology I agree with but still with the intent to make things better
This government has abandoned any pretense of making things better
It is simply making laws to make rich donors richer
November 28, 2023 at 4:42 AM
Yeah we're in for a shitty few years
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chris luxon has a surprisingly weak personality - he’s a fast talker but he lacks any force or charismatic presence or dazzling intellect or humour.
accordingly, winston is already walking all over him on Day 2
accordingly, winston is already walking all over him on Day 2
November 28, 2023 at 2:35 AM
chris luxon has a surprisingly weak personality - he’s a fast talker but he lacks any force or charismatic presence or dazzling intellect or humour.
accordingly, winston is already walking all over him on Day 2
accordingly, winston is already walking all over him on Day 2