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I just spent the better part of an hour listening to Andrew Boyd walking through his beautiful, poignant, empathetic and stark flowchart of the climate crisis. It challenges my own biases and denial ...

Newsroom breaks down a major new report into New Zealand's five energy futures, from AI revolution to solar explosion.

Snapper tag-on data for Metlink rail replacement bus services and scheduled rail services across Wellington, broken down by fare type and line (Jan 2024–Dec 2025).

Greater Wellington Regional Council has released monthly bus replacement service counts for all four Metlink rail lines from 2017 to January 2026, broken down by planned and unplanned disruptions, in ...

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...

Roadworks across Lower Hutt have a busy choke point even worse.

🚋 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

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

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

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...

Faced with dwindling gas supplies, manufacturers are shutting down, but more than 2000 houses installed gas connections this year.

If we're serious about solving traffic, this ain't the way to do it.

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.

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…

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...

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...

Add a train, not a lane.

This news has got me thinking about a few things.

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.

“Petrol prices soar” is a surefire way to catch our attention. What if it lost its power over us?

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...

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...

What happens when all the dirt and hair and soap and water goes down the drain?

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.

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...

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 Welli...

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 transpor...

Predator Free's work carries an inspiring lesson: dedicated communities can make impossible visions real.

The sea level is rising, yes, but far more is happening under the rising tide. Pollution is causing havoc for the plants and animals that call our seas home.

The sea level is rising, yes, but far more is happening under the rising tide. Pollution is causing havoc for the plants and animals that call our seas home.

Meet the one bus card to rule them all.

The council has confirmed construction will begin in April, with the work expected to take two years.

Cities like Wellington aren’t built for a hotter world. Trees can help.