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Wellington climate change explainers that everyone can understand. Written by @kaseymcdonnell.co.nz

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Cleaned up my Obsidian over the weekend and stumbled on this gem from Henry Cooke again. It needed a share.
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On a culture of oui
Henry Cooke, writing for the Post: But you’ll note from my examples above that we don’t need to look away from democracies or the global north to find places that can build things quickly - we just n...
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February 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Many of the commuters could save the hassle and take the train instead! All the commuters in that photo could fit in one mātangi train.
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'This is crazy': Commuters face long delays as Lower Hutt's $1.5b road works continue
Roadworks across Lower Hutt have a busy choke point even worse.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Why trams should rebuild Wellington
Why trams should rebuild Wellington
🚋 This is part two of my series on Wellington trams. Part one covered our history, part three will tackle the politics. It's a modest Monday morning in 2035. Derwent Street is glistening in the drizzle. You walk through your apartment block's central courtyard and out
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February 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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AA Insurance is temporarily halting new insurance in Westport
AA Insurance is temporarily halting new insurance in Westport
Kate Newtown, writing for RNZ: AA Insurance, which has approximately half a million New Zealand customers, wrote to Buller District Mayor Chris Russell at the very end of 2025 to tell him the company would halt new business, home and landlord insurance policies for properties in the 7825 postcode, which
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January 29, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Huge fan of @greaterauckland.bsky.social. It’s always a pleasure to share stuff on their site ❤️
January 29, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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Fiscal conservatives should be clamouring for cycleways
Fiscal conservatives should be clamouring for cycleways
Hayden Donnell, telling it like it is for the Spinoff: During his tenure as transport minister, Brown made it clear that value for money was his top priority in funding decisions and that’s continued under his successor, Chris Bishop. Given that, you’d think cycling
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January 22, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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A quote post for this great take by Hayden Donnell threesixtysix.news/fiscal-conse...
January 21, 2026 at 5:16 AM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Yeaaaah in the spinoff today check it out thespinoff.co.nz/politics/29-...
September 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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My latest newsletter was republished by the spinoff today!
September 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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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
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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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An obsidian mind map.
September 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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