Kasey McDonnell

Rowan's musings on plastics

My friend Rowan, on their newsletter: Why are we asking normal people to try and give up a cheap, lightweight, extremely useful

politics

Luxon risks a broken promise on pollution

The Government has received an early warning signal to improve its pollution plan. Will they keep their promise to cut pollution?

quick post

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

energy

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

politics

On voting

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

My two priorities for making a climate election

If you want action on climate change, go local. Oh, and enrol or update your details before August 1.

food

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.

transport

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

Can we have better chats about big issues?

Dr. Jess Berentson Shaw used to be "a frustrated researcher". After a while working across health psychology, she was gathering

society

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 Wellingtonians.

366 days of threesixtysix

A year on, how is it going?

The story behind the Government's rail funding announcement

Or, how we can start getting past the hangover of the 1990s.