Rohan MacMahon
@rohmac.bsky.social
Climate-friendly investor. That guy from the Auckland Street Choir. Quite good at following a list. He/him.
So I chatted with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ today about the Sanctuary Mahi Whenua community gardens.
You can listen in here: www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
You can listen in here: www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
What's going on at Auckland's Sanctuary Mahi Whenua Gardens?
An Auckland community is disputing the development of housing on the site of the Sanctuary Mahi Whenua Gardens. The gardens are based on the old Unitec campus site in Mount Albert and have existed for...
www.rnz.co.nz
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
So I chatted with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ today about the Sanctuary Mahi Whenua community gardens.
You can listen in here: www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
You can listen in here: www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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I dunn0 man, I dunn0.
December 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I dunn0 man, I dunn0.
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Me, realizing that Christmas is sneaking up and I'm utterly unprepared.
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Me, realizing that Christmas is sneaking up and I'm utterly unprepared.
If there is a workplace productivity problem summer, surely Simon already knows the answer?
Slushies ! ! !
Slushies ! ! !
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
If there is a workplace productivity problem summer, surely Simon already knows the answer?
Slushies ! ! !
Slushies ! ! !
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"Politicians in South-East Asia ignore climate change at their own political peril."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #nzpol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #nzpol
A new storm is brewing in South-East Asia. This time it's in the halls of power
Accused of incompetence and apathy in the aftermath of natural disasters, governments across Asia are facing increasing backlash as the impact of global warming intensifies.
www.abc.net.au
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"Politicians in South-East Asia ignore climate change at their own political peril."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #nzpol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #nzpol
Fanny Osborne's stunning watercolours including the only colour depiction of the extinct Adams mistletoe... a Great Barrier Island special edition.
www.rnz.co.nz/life/culture...
www.rnz.co.nz/life/culture...
Is Fanny Osborne our most impressive forgotten artist?
The mother of 13 lived on Great Barrier Island and did exquisite watercolour paintings of native plants in the early 1900s.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Fanny Osborne's stunning watercolours including the only colour depiction of the extinct Adams mistletoe... a Great Barrier Island special edition.
www.rnz.co.nz/life/culture...
www.rnz.co.nz/life/culture...
The same argument one hears all too often in both Australia and New Zealand.
If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch.
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
www.irishtimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The same argument one hears all too often in both Australia and New Zealand.
First Trump take egg, now Kiwi take egg.
Egg nobble behaviour
New Zealand man charged with theft over claims he swallowed $19k Fabergé egg
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
First Trump take egg, now Kiwi take egg.
So, I'll need to update this piece I co-wrote back in 2022 re NZ's climate target and the need to buy international offsets to meet it:
newsroom.co.nz/2022/10/10/i... #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2022/10/10/i... #nzpol
NZ's $30b offsetting question: If a tree falls in an overseas forest?
Buying carbon offsets mean transferring of funds to some of the most corrupt nations in the world – there are very serious doubts about whether NZ will get what it pays for.
newsroom.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
So, I'll need to update this piece I co-wrote back in 2022 re NZ's climate target and the need to buy international offsets to meet it:
newsroom.co.nz/2022/10/10/i... #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2022/10/10/i... #nzpol
Tomorrow's MPI press release.
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Tomorrow's MPI press release.
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As a prof, I am grateful that TP published both the essay itself and the response!
Thank you so much, TPUSA, for showing the public the quality of the writing we have to grade so tactfully and impartially. I don’t think people realize just how bad it is lol
Thank you so much, TPUSA, for showing the public the quality of the writing we have to grade so tactfully and impartially. I don’t think people realize just how bad it is lol
The fact that TPUSA posted the entirely reasonable comments from the instructor here as coming from the “TRANS PROFESSOR” gives away the game.
They’re not defending students, they’re targeting faculty — as always
They’re not defending students, they’re targeting faculty — as always
idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
As a prof, I am grateful that TP published both the essay itself and the response!
Thank you so much, TPUSA, for showing the public the quality of the writing we have to grade so tactfully and impartially. I don’t think people realize just how bad it is lol
Thank you so much, TPUSA, for showing the public the quality of the writing we have to grade so tactfully and impartially. I don’t think people realize just how bad it is lol
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Excellent article by Cathrine Dyer. Worth a read
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/28/clean-car-standard-tinkering-an-incoherent-misstep/
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/28/clean-car-standard-tinkering-an-incoherent-misstep/
Clean car standard tinkering an incoherent misstep
Opinion: The evisceration of the clean car standard is the latest move in a hollowing out of our climate policy architecture.
newsroom.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Excellent article by Cathrine Dyer. Worth a read
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/28/clean-car-standard-tinkering-an-incoherent-misstep/
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/28/clean-car-standard-tinkering-an-incoherent-misstep/
New Zealanders: “I knew everything over there could kill you.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
New Zealanders: “I knew everything over there could kill you.”
Nature - no planet B
Spicy food - plant-based
Reading, all kinds
Music, all kinds (choir director)
Tech, all kinds
Family tops the list
Actually, kindness tops the list. House the homeless and fix the mental health system
Aussie in Aotearoa
Tēnā koe e hoa!
#SecretSantaAoNZ
Spicy food - plant-based
Reading, all kinds
Music, all kinds (choir director)
Tech, all kinds
Family tops the list
Actually, kindness tops the list. House the homeless and fix the mental health system
Aussie in Aotearoa
Tēnā koe e hoa!
#SecretSantaAoNZ
November 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Nature - no planet B
Spicy food - plant-based
Reading, all kinds
Music, all kinds (choir director)
Tech, all kinds
Family tops the list
Actually, kindness tops the list. House the homeless and fix the mental health system
Aussie in Aotearoa
Tēnā koe e hoa!
#SecretSantaAoNZ
Spicy food - plant-based
Reading, all kinds
Music, all kinds (choir director)
Tech, all kinds
Family tops the list
Actually, kindness tops the list. House the homeless and fix the mental health system
Aussie in Aotearoa
Tēnā koe e hoa!
#SecretSantaAoNZ
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*Stephen miller to trump, once Mamdani leaves*
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
*Stephen miller to trump, once Mamdani leaves*
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Heartbreaking stories like this are surfacing everywhere at ~1.5ºC of heating.
We are firmly on track to cross 2ºC and at the current heating rate of ~0.3ºC/decade we will reach this in the next ~16 years.
We are utterly unprepared for the climate chaos this will unleash.
We are firmly on track to cross 2ºC and at the current heating rate of ~0.3ºC/decade we will reach this in the next ~16 years.
We are utterly unprepared for the climate chaos this will unleash.
‘My husband and daughter went down to the garage in case it flooded. Then I heard a strange noise’ – This is climate breakdown
She was sure that there would be warnings if there was any danger. But then the floods came. This is Toñi García’s story
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Heartbreaking stories like this are surfacing everywhere at ~1.5ºC of heating.
We are firmly on track to cross 2ºC and at the current heating rate of ~0.3ºC/decade we will reach this in the next ~16 years.
We are utterly unprepared for the climate chaos this will unleash.
We are firmly on track to cross 2ºC and at the current heating rate of ~0.3ºC/decade we will reach this in the next ~16 years.
We are utterly unprepared for the climate chaos this will unleash.
Pink hopper club! 🎵
I’m gonna keep on hoppin’ at the pink hopper club! 🎵
I’m gonna keep on hoppin’ at the pink hopper club! 🎵
Pink grasshopper! Pink!!
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/579236/rare-pink-grasshopper-discovered-during-annual-mackenzie-basin-survey
#grasshopper #entomology #insects #nz #nature
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/579236/rare-pink-grasshopper-discovered-during-annual-mackenzie-basin-survey
#grasshopper #entomology #insects #nz #nature
Rare pink grasshopper discovered during annual Mackenzie Basin survey
The unusual colouring makes the species particularly stand out to predators.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Pink hopper club! 🎵
I’m gonna keep on hoppin’ at the pink hopper club! 🎵
I’m gonna keep on hoppin’ at the pink hopper club! 🎵
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The cost.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The cost.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Our heartfelt congratulations to all of our Uber members and the four drivers - Nureddin, Julian, Bill and Mea’ole.
It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won!
#uber
It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won!
#uber
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Our heartfelt congratulations to all of our Uber members and the four drivers - Nureddin, Julian, Bill and Mea’ole.
It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won!
#uber
It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won!
#uber
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
Kind of wonderful to now have mainstream voices saying the things we spent so long being ridiculed for claiming:
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
The death of Ken Saro-Wiwa was one of the singular events which opened my eyes to the damage being caused by fossil fuels to both planet and people.
30 years later, we can say thanks to the Ogoni Nine for their leadership - they are not forgotten.
30 years later, we can say thanks to the Ogoni Nine for their leadership - they are not forgotten.
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Ogoni Nine who were executed by the Nigerian military government in November 1995 after campaigning against widespread oil pollution in the Niger Delta.
@amnesty.org calls for the Ogoni Nine to be fully exonerated.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
@amnesty.org calls for the Ogoni Nine to be fully exonerated.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Nigeria: Government must clear names of executed activists Ogoni Nine
Marking 30 years since the Nigerian government’s brutal execution of nine leading environmental activists – the Ogoni Nine – for fighting to protect the Niger Delta from oil giant Shell, Amnesty Inter...
www.amnesty.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The death of Ken Saro-Wiwa was one of the singular events which opened my eyes to the damage being caused by fossil fuels to both planet and people.
30 years later, we can say thanks to the Ogoni Nine for their leadership - they are not forgotten.
30 years later, we can say thanks to the Ogoni Nine for their leadership - they are not forgotten.
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