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Can’t or won’t? - by Gareth Hughes
On Tuesday, Steven Joyce, Minister of Economic Development and Science and innovation, wrote about the ‘you cant’s’ of our country, in an opinion piece in the NZ Herald. Feeling that perhaps I am one of those people he criticises as ‘people who in the one breath chant “more jobs, more jobs” and then in the next breath say “but don’t do that, or that, or that”, I thought I would ask Mr Joyce a few questions about why he and... read moreFebruary 10, 2012 2:11 pm - No Comments -
A precautionary tale - by David Clendon
Following is an extract from Hansard, recording an exchange I had with energy Minister Hekia Parata back in April. The question was asked at a time when iwi, hapu, environmental groups and others were trying to persuade the government that issuing permits for deep water drilling is a bad idea. David Clendon: What is the [...] read moreOctober 10, 2011 9:52 am - 9 Comments -
Kiwis consider water pollution our biggest environmental issue - by Russel Norman
A new study recently released by Lincoln University has found that water pollution is rated by New Zealanders as the most important environmental issue facing our country. The Public Perceptions of New Zealand’s Environment 2010 study, which surveyed over 2000 people, states: “It is clear that New Zealanders have a very high desire for a [...] read moreSeptember 29, 2011 4:17 pm - 8 Comments -
Frack No! Sign the Petition - by David Clendon
A lot of New Zealanders have not yet heard about hydraulic fracturing (fracking), but many of those who do know something about it are worried, and rightly so! The technique is used to extract ‘unconventional’ oil and gas – that’s industry speak for sources of hydrocarbons that until recently were deemed too expensive or difficult to [...] read moreSeptember 29, 2011 11:01 am - 16 Comments -
Boom times for oil and gas? - by David Clendon
This morning’s Dominion article about ‘boom times’ for the gas and oil exploration industry is an intriguing, even slightly funny, mix of boosterism, drum beating and dissimulation. The Chair of PEPANZ appears almost breathless with excitement as he seeks to fulfil the primary objective of his organisation, “to publicise, promote and advance the interests of [...] read moreSeptember 7, 2011 9:59 am - 6 Comments -
Invest in sustainability or uddermine our future? - by David Clendon
Some straight talking from Michael Coote in an NBR (July 1st) article about the Indian economy. Noting the government’s enthusiasm for a free trade agreement with India, Coote writes that : “The D-word – dairy – cited by Mr Key in in linking together the wonders of free trade with China and India should give [...] read moreJuly 11, 2011 9:00 am - 7 Comments -
‘Green Growth’ – making it real. - by David Clendon
I’m looking forward to seeing what the Pure Advantage group come up with later today when they launch their campaign “to deliver world-leading improvements to our economy, our environmental performance and the living standards of all New Zealanders”. I suspect it will be considerably more innovative and better informed than what we saw earlier this week from the government-appointed [...] read moreJuly 7, 2011 3:45 pm - 15 Comments -
Restoring the Kaipara Harbour - by David Clendon
I was really inspired when taking part in a hui at Puatahi Marae on Sunday, an open day for the Integrated Kaipara Harbour Management Group. The group’s title is a mouthful, but there is nothing complicated about the vision they share, which is to restore the Kaipara, its mauri, its quality and its ecosystems back to what [...] read moreApril 18, 2011 5:58 pm - 1 Comment -
Cool animated video of Auckland transport - by frog
There’s a cool video doing the rounds on the blogosphere right now which shows the Auckland public transport network working over a 24 hour period. An animated map of Auckland’s public transport network from Chris McDowall on Vimeo. Watching it really highlights to me how radial the public transport network is. There are a lot of [...] read moreJanuary 25, 2011 1:53 pm - 20 Comments -
2010 Arctic sea ice update - by frog
As the northern hemisphere’s summer ends, the results of this seasons Arctic sea ice melt are in This video was made by http://climatecrocks.com/. Plenty more where that came from! read moreSeptember 23, 2010 6:05 am - 3 Comments -
Conservation week – wetlands and kokako - by Kevin Hague
There is a perceived conflict between the environment and the economy. John Key often talks about balance but the reality as we all know is somewhat different. Personally I, like many New Zealanders am happy to protect areas like the Whangamarino wetland just because there are special. Some members of our society want to take [...] read moreSeptember 17, 2010 3:40 pm - 5 Comments -
Conservation week – lords of the forest - by Kevin Hague
Tane Mahuta, lord of the forest. A tree that is truly magnificent, along with Te Matua Ngahere, father of the forest, who is our second largest Kauri. Estimated to be over 2000 years old, this means that it is possible that it lived through the large Taupo eruption of 180CE. Both trees grow in the [...] read moreSeptember 16, 2010 5:17 pm - 5 Comments -
Conservation week – under the sea - by Kevin Hague
I live on an island close to the sea. The opening lyrics of Jess Chambers memorable song Island which featured in our 2008 election campaign will ring true with many. Our coastline features heavily in our recreational opportunities. Many of us yearn for a sunny day at the beach under a deep blue sky or [...] read moreSeptember 15, 2010 5:14 pm - 3 Comments -
What can we learn from “The Miniature Earth”? - by frog
“Appreciate what you have. And do your best for a better world.” That’s the message from this interesting video that presents global demographic information for a world scaled down to just 100 people. More info at The Miniature Earth. read moreSeptember 15, 2010 6:17 am - 1 Comment -
Saving the Mokihinui River - by Kevin Hague
Well it’s Conservation Week and my inbox is full of email from people who saw the WhitewaterNZ film “A Tale of Two Rivers” on TVNZ 6 last night. It’s being repeated three times before the end of the week and is well worth a watch. Essentially it compares the disastrous Meridian Energy plan to build [...] read moreSeptember 14, 2010 5:42 pm - 7 Comments -
Let’s Celebrate Conservation Week - by Kevin Hague
To celebrate Conservation week we are doing a short series of blog posts about conservation in New Zealand, celebrating how lucky we are. We will cover some the current conservation issues and, since this is a political blog, highlight some of our solutions. What does conservation mean? Like sustainability the meaning often changes with context, [...] read moreSeptember 14, 2010 1:23 pm - 1 Comment -
Young people inspire others to believe change is possible - by Kevin Hague
One of the events I really wanted to take part in last year was a festival called “A Day at the Beach”. It was the idea of a couple of young West Coasters, Louis Brown and Guy Ryan. Louis would walk 350km (to represent 350 ppm Carbon in the atmosphere) down the beach from Karamea [...] read moreSeptember 5, 2010 11:00 pm - 5 Comments -
Fast-track the CBD rail loop - by Gareth Hughes
Keith and I launched our Fast-track the CBD Rail Loop campaign today at Britomart – we had some great speakers and I’m stoked to be promoting such an awesome transport project. I also had a chat to Sean Plunket about the loop today on Morning Report which was great. I’ve written a piece about the [...] read moreJuly 26, 2010 8:11 pm - 43 Comments
