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Wellington climate change explainers that everyone can understand. Written by @kaseymcdonnell.co.nz
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Please can we make “now we’re cooking with magnets” the phrase please please please please please
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Households ponder pros, cons of gas against electricity as supply dwindles
Faced with dwindling gas supplies, manufacturers are shutting down, but more than 2000 houses installed gas connections this year.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Please can we make “now we’re cooking with magnets” the phrase please please please please please
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Building a bigger traffic jam – My thoughts on the State Highway 1 changes
Building a bigger traffic jam – My thoughts on the State Highway 1 changes
If we're serious about solving traffic, this ain't the way to do it.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Building a bigger traffic jam – My thoughts on the State Highway 1 changes
Eliminating contrails from flying could be incredibly cheap
Eliminating contrails from flying could be incredibly cheap
Something I didn't realise until recently was that half of the warming impact of the world's flights comes from non-CO2 related activity.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Eliminating contrails from flying could be incredibly cheap
New post about buying a house in a warming world! Aaand now onto writing about methane. Ffs threesixtysix.news/how-to-buy-a...
How to buy a home in a warming world
Buying a home is one of the biggest choices you’ll ever make. Bundled in that one decision is a thousand factors that define your life. Your community, your bills, and who you’ll depend on in an…
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October 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New post about buying a house in a warming world! Aaand now onto writing about methane. Ffs threesixtysix.news/how-to-buy-a...
Yeaaaah in the spinoff today check it out thespinoff.co.nz/politics/29-...
September 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Yeaaaah in the spinoff today check it out thespinoff.co.nz/politics/29-...
My latest newsletter was republished by the spinoff today!
Featured in @thespinoff.bsky.social this morning: how renters are missing out on our energy revolution. Thanks for sharing spinoff team! thespinoff.co.nz/politics/29-...
As alternative energy options grow, renters will be left holding the power bill
We risk entrenching a two-tier energy system – expensive energy for the poor and cheap energy for the rich.
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September 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
My latest newsletter was republished by the spinoff today!
I tried to finish this one on a constructive note. With a stumbling economy, clean energy and innovation in agriculture are two ways we could really kick-start economic growth. Upping our ambition on climate is clearly a selfishly good thing to do!
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Australia has more ambitious climate targets than Aotearoa
RNZ, with a byline-less AP report:
Australia has pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 62 to 70 percent from 2005 levels over the next decade, after warnings that homes and livelihoods are und...
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September 18, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I tried to finish this one on a constructive note. With a stumbling economy, clean energy and innovation in agriculture are two ways we could really kick-start economic growth. Upping our ambition on climate is clearly a selfishly good thing to do!
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Next week's article is like two months in the making – a local elections climate issues index. So excited to share. Sub for free to get it on Monday!
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September 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Next week's article is like two months in the making – a local elections climate issues index. So excited to share. Sub for free to get it on Monday!
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New post!!
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Schools can be the front line of climate action
Schools have been on my mind recently.
Our kura (schools) are one of the few community institutions left in Aotearoa New Zealand. There aren’t many other places where people from all backgrounds inte...
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August 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
New post!!
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Transforming Wellington’s train tracks
Add a train, not a lane.
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August 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Add a train, not a lane. threesixtysix.news/transforming...
Mad respect to anyone who tries to do more good. I think this is an important moment to understand how tricky scale is to achieve threesixtysix.news/kaicycle-end...
Kaicycle ends its HotRot project
This news has got me thinking about a few things.
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August 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Mad respect to anyone who tries to do more good. I think this is an important moment to understand how tricky scale is to achieve threesixtysix.news/kaicycle-end...
Vonuts is sooo good. Laura’s donuts were the perfect catalyst for deep thought over modernising our food traditions.
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How Vonuts is modernising our food traditions
This comfy pastel pink vegan donut shop is a fantastic example of how to connect our family’s food traditions, our memories and culture, to a low pollution food system fit for the future.
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August 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Vonuts is sooo good. Laura’s donuts were the perfect catalyst for deep thought over modernising our food traditions.
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“Petrol prices soar” is a surefire way to catch our attention. What if it lost its power over us? threesixtysix.news/the-race-to-...
The race to become an electrostate
“Petrol prices soar” is a surefire way to catch our attention. What if it lost its power over us?
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August 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Petrol prices soar” is a surefire way to catch our attention. What if it lost its power over us? threesixtysix.news/the-race-to-...
Marc is scathing here with an edge that only comes from deep knowledge on this topic. threesixtysix.news/the-smartest...
Marc Daalder's expert analysis on last night's oil and gas move
Marc Daalder, writing for Newsroom:
It is clinging to the past – like trying to renew confidence in DVDs in the age of digital streaming, or insisting in the 1930s we all go back to the horse-and-bug...
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July 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Marc is scathing here with an edge that only comes from deep knowledge on this topic. threesixtysix.news/the-smartest...
Surprise surprise, I don't want more oil and gas exploration. The thing is though, renewables are the cheapest energy you can invest in. I'd much rather we put all our effort into electrifying the economy and saving hundreds of dollars for Kiwi whānau. #nzpol #climate
Offshore oil and gas is so back...wards
This just in: new offshore oil and gas exploration are allowed in Aotearoa once more. This from Bridie Witton:
The Government is set to repeal the offshore oil and gas exploration ban on Thursday, di...
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July 31, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Yay my friend Rowan has written a lovely guest post for threesixtysix. Take a read!
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Shower thoughts: what's with our water?
What happens when all the dirt and hair and soap and water goes down the drain?
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July 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Yay my friend Rowan has written a lovely guest post for threesixtysix. Take a read!
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I’ve fallen in love with Everybody Eats. They rescue food and provide to anyone who wants a meal. There is no price, you pay what you can. This space represents the dignified, compassionate climate action I want to see for our city ❤️ #wellington #foodwaste #climate threesixtysix.news/everybody-ea...
Everybody Eats is a masterclass in compassionate climate action
Everybody Eats rescues food destined for landfill and serves it to anyone who walks through the door. You pay what you can. It’s Wellington’s quietly radical answer to hunger and climate change.
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July 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I’ve fallen in love with Everybody Eats. They rescue food and provide to anyone who wants a meal. There is no price, you pay what you can. This space represents the dignified, compassionate climate action I want to see for our city ❤️ #wellington #foodwaste #climate threesixtysix.news/everybody-ea...
Bus lanes are a big deal. That’s why it is great that the Harbour Quays are set to get a glow up with bus lanes next year. It’ll make bus trips faster and allow the council to run more services with the same funding. How cool! Take a read and subscribe for free ❤️ threesixtysix.news/the-glow-up-...
The glow up coming to the Harbour Quays
Boy am I horny for bus lanes.
Splash paint on a road, reserve it for buses that carry 70 people each, and you've instantly improved public transport.
Our city buses rock. They produce half the pollu...
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July 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Bus lanes are a big deal. That’s why it is great that the Harbour Quays are set to get a glow up with bus lanes next year. It’ll make bus trips faster and allow the council to run more services with the same funding. How cool! Take a read and subscribe for free ❤️ threesixtysix.news/the-glow-up-...
Living in the Wellington CBD comes with a unique joy: getting to experience a 15 minute city firsthand. This lifestyle feels like it should be illegal: I can get anything I want within a short walk?! WAY more people should be able to live like this. #wellington
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A love letter to the 15 minute city
Living centrally in Wellington offers a first hand experience of what urban planners call the 15 minute city. After falling in love with this lifestyle, I want this option available for far more Welli...
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June 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Living in the Wellington CBD comes with a unique joy: getting to experience a 15 minute city firsthand. This lifestyle feels like it should be illegal: I can get anything I want within a short walk?! WAY more people should be able to live like this. #wellington
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I was genuinely surprised and annoyed at the proposed budget cuts coming from the Wellington City Council. ~$60m in increases for maintaining our car-focused network and huge cuts to bus lanes, bike lanes, and footpath improvements. Submit on this by April 21!
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We must tell the Council what we think about its huge budget cuts.
Guess what’s getting cut? Bus lanes, bike lanes, city centre improvements, and footpath improvements. In other words, all the shit that gets people off petrol and into cheap, climate friendly transpor...
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April 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I was genuinely surprised and annoyed at the proposed budget cuts coming from the Wellington City Council. ~$60m in increases for maintaining our car-focused network and huge cuts to bus lanes, bike lanes, and footpath improvements. Submit on this by April 21!
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A little bit of Friday good news while a global superpower nerfs its own economy... Predator Free Wellington is showing us how communities can make impossible visions real. threesixtysix.news/can-wellingt...
Can Wellington be predator free?
Predator Free's work carries an inspiring lesson: dedicated communities can make impossible visions real.
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April 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A little bit of Friday good news while a global superpower nerfs its own economy... Predator Free Wellington is showing us how communities can make impossible visions real. threesixtysix.news/can-wellingt...
The ocean is warming very fast. Dive into the topic with me in my latest newsletter: threesixtysix.news/what-is-happ...
#ocean #climate #climatechange #globalwarming #seas #aotearoa #newzealand #coasts #ecosystems
#ocean #climate #climatechange #globalwarming #seas #aotearoa #newzealand #coasts #ecosystems
What's happening beneath a warming sea?
The sea level is rising, yes, but far more is happening under the rising tide. Pollution is causing havoc for the plants and animals that call our seas home.
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March 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The ocean is warming very fast. Dive into the topic with me in my latest newsletter: threesixtysix.news/what-is-happ...
#ocean #climate #climatechange #globalwarming #seas #aotearoa #newzealand #coasts #ecosystems
#ocean #climate #climatechange #globalwarming #seas #aotearoa #newzealand #coasts #ecosystems
I chatted with my dad about what he's seeing off the Whanganui coast. It's warmer. A lot warmer.
#ocean #climate #climatechange #bluenewdeal #sustainability #seas #sealife #pollution #environment #newsletter
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#ocean #climate #climatechange #bluenewdeal #sustainability #seas #sealife #pollution #environment #newsletter
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What's happening beneath a warming sea?
The sea level is rising, yes, but far more is happening under the rising tide. Pollution is causing havoc for the plants and animals that call our seas home.
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March 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I chatted with my dad about what he's seeing off the Whanganui coast. It's warmer. A lot warmer.
#ocean #climate #climatechange #bluenewdeal #sustainability #seas #sealife #pollution #environment #newsletter
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#ocean #climate #climatechange #bluenewdeal #sustainability #seas #sealife #pollution #environment #newsletter
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Please please please!! Cuba Street is most vibrant when it’s locked off from traffic. Wellingtonians have been talking for years about how much better this part of town would be if it was only for pedestrians. Let’s do it!!
February 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Please please please!! Cuba Street is most vibrant when it’s locked off from traffic. Wellingtonians have been talking for years about how much better this part of town would be if it was only for pedestrians. Let’s do it!!
Aotearoa is getting one bus card to rule them all. In fact, soon you’ll be able to pay for public transport with your card, your phone, or if you’re insufferable, your watch 😆 London has this system: it’s magic. I’m so excited. There’s just one thing left to do…
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The London bus experience that's coming to Aotearoa
Meet the one bus card to rule them all.
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February 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Aotearoa is getting one bus card to rule them all. In fact, soon you’ll be able to pay for public transport with your card, your phone, or if you’re insufferable, your watch 😆 London has this system: it’s magic. I’m so excited. There’s just one thing left to do…
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