energy
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, dismantling one of Labour’s signature climate policies and reversing the stand Jacinda Ardern took against
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What happens when all the dirt and hair and soap and water goes down the drain?
politics
Democracy fundamentally isn't about whether my team wins. It's about having a fair shot for everyone who is affected by the Government to have a say.
city
If you want action on climate change, go local. Oh, and enrol or update your details before August 1.
food
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.
transport
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 pollution of your average petrol car. Plus, you don't need to
Dr. Jess Berentson Shaw used to be "a frustrated researcher". After a while working across health psychology, she was gathering evidence and promoting ideas to improve the health of some of our most vulnerable. In her career, she’s found compelling evidence about how to fix our trickiest
society
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 Wellingtonians.
A year on, how is it going?
Or, how we can start getting past the hangover of the 1990s.
Over Easter, my partner, my friends and I boarded a 6am flight from Wellington to spend a week in Melbourne. This was a trip of love. Some of our closest friends have moved to the Victorian capital in the last year or so. I totally understand why. The sprawling city
transport
If you need the train on weekends, near public holidays or late at night, you know bus replacements well. When the tracks need work, the trains must stop. Buses are our backup solution to moving people around. We need bus replacements to maintain our railways. Unfortunately, decades of neglect mean