Climate briefing note sent to PM's chief policy adviser, it has been revealed
The staffer received a document from Fonterra and Z Energy that made suggestions for a potential law change
#ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Is the NZ government sleepwalking into its own automation scandal? - https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-05-2026/is-the-nz-government-sleepwalking-into-its-own-automation-scandal
Sleepwalking? No.
They know exactly what they are doing.
They simply do not care.
We've been waking to autumn fog over the Canterbury Plains in NZ these past few days. This morning before work I set my camera on its interval timer to make a timelapse.
Here's the result. It's surprising how dynamic the fog bank is, flowing by like a river.
If you keep watching, you'll see the fog gradually retreat back to the mountains as the sun comes up.
#nz #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #fog #weather #timelapse #Flickr
#RNZ has a story today about the Launceston Leioproctus bee, a bee that’s back again in the Ōtautahi-Christchurch area of NZ. This bee had initially been named as a native bee, Leioproctus otautahi, based on a single male specimen collected over 50 years ago, until it was realised that it’s the same species as the Australian bee Leioproctus launcestonensis. Since it hadn’t been seen since, in 2012 NZ bee experts concluded that “the species is almost certainly not established, and the number of species of Leioproctus known from New Zealand is reduced by one to 17.”
Turns out it’s either still here, or it’s arrived again, as five Launceston Leioproctus bees have been photographed in the wider Christchurch area on #iNaturalistNZ since 2021. This is still the only place in NZ where this bee has been found.
It will be interesting to learn how this Australian is getting on with the local native species of Leioproctus.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/environment/596397/bee-species-found-in-christchurch-after-65-years
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations?taxon_id=408737
The Fast-Track is a War on Nature Many of the proposed fast-track projects threaten conservation land - ecologically essential landscapes which have been placed under protection for future generations. Fast-track legislation would hand over this irreplaceable public land to private corporations with a known track record of environmental destruction. For example, if allowed to proceed, Bathurst’s proposal [2] under the fast-track approvals process would devastate the 40-million-year-old...
The Fast-Track is a War on Nature Many of the proposed fast-track projects threaten conservation land - ecologically essential landscapes which have been placed under protection for future generations. Fast-track legislation would hand over this irreplaceable public land to private corporations with a known track record of environmental destruction. For example, if allowed to proceed, Bathurst’s proposal [2] under the fast-track approvals process would devastate the 40-million-year-old...
Update: Almost 12 months have passed since the Environment Court ordered Samnic directors to clean up their Gisborne forestry mess.
Remember the 80 or so investors who each lost $50k after being promised a $1m return? Well the three Samnic directors think those people should pick up the bill for their mismanagement.
Shareholders are saying "Nah!"
Enforcement seems to be a slow process.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360981807/directors-gun-forestry-clean-demand-payment-shareholders
Another year, another new aphid in town. On the weekend I found a cluster of black aphids feeding on the flower buds of a Japanese aralia in Christchurch, NZ.
They match the description of ivy aphids, a Eurasian native aphid that specialises on ivy and related plants in the Araliaceae family.
The species was first spotted in Auckland in 2015 (on #iNaturalist), and mine is the second record of the species from NZ's South Island. The first was an observation by Libby Stevens in Christchurch in October.
It's worth keeping an eye out for. It would be great if it helped knock back the competitiveness of English ivy, which is a weed here. More worryingly, it's also known overseas to feed on *Schefflera* species, and NZ's endemic patē, seven finger, is *Schefflera digitata*. NZ's whaupaku, five-finger, and horoeka, lancewood, are also in the Araliaceae, so please keep an eye out for any black aphids feeding on these.
I just had a client contact me asking if I could urgently setup a promotional document they had designed using Ai. They also informed me they had no budget left so could I do it cheap.
They sent me a pdf of document plus link to html of Ai design they had created.
The pdf file had half the content missing and had changed all the formatting and fonts.
I explained that this was a mess and it was easier for me to recreate the entire document, I told them I would do it cheaply to help them out but said I hope they would stop using #Ai and supported designers who know what they’re doing.
Meanwhile this clueless and incompetent #NZPol government is expecting Ai to replace most of the #NZ civil service.
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