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.
Author
Kasey McDonnell
https://www.kaseymcdonnell.co.nz/
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.
Musings from a week in Melbourne
Over Easter, my partner, my friends and I boarded a 6am flight from Wellington to spend a week in Melbourne. This was
transport
How do we fix Wellington's bus replacements?
If you need the train on weekends, near public holidays or late at night, you know bus replacements well. When the tracks
politics
We must tell the Council what we think about its budget cuts.
Guess what’s getting cut? Bus lanes, bike lanes, city centre improvements, and footpath improvements. In other words, all the shit that gets people off petrol and into cheap, climate friendly transport.
energy
The humble heat pump's quiet revolution
Low carbon technology is not just the winning solution to our pollution: it's cheaper and better than fossil fuels.