The New Zealand government’s decision to build a port for gas imports feels designed for a world with a 1999 use-by date. Only those financially invested in preserving the extractive economy of the twentieth century, or those who have swallowed its kool-aid, persist with the fantasy that that world can continue. It is clear that … Continue reading A port for the past — a call to stop the LNG terminal
The Kai Sovereignty project funded by the NRC's Climate Communities Resilience Fund continues into 2026. You can read our report Our Food Web here. We are refining our strategy through action to promote local, regenerative food systems. This way, the more we do, the more we learn, and more people's insights help us to ground … Continue reading Kai sovereignty update, Summer 2026
For much of the past three decades, climate change has been treated as a policy problem sitting alongside others: environment, energy, development. That framing is no longer adequate. Climate is now entangled with food systems, energy security, migration, public health, finance, polarisation and conflict – what many now describe as the meta-crisis: overlapping systemic stresses … Continue reading Climate policy and the rise of the middle powers
Top image credit: Wild Meadows Farm Customers in Auckland and Northland can now buy regenerative meat via two websites. Out the farm gate was set up by farmers to "help farmers sell directly to consumer, ensuring transparency, fair pricing, and meat you can feel good about eating". There are currently five farms listed on the … Continue reading Farm to table regenerative meat
In writing this post, I am using Edward de Bono’s six thinking hats to ensure different perspectives on CoP 30. Here is a link to a video briefly outlining the hats and why they are used. The black hat (risks and concerns) We've got used to the post-CoP hangover. Negotiations go late into the last … Continue reading CoP 30 Reflections
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