Marie McNicholas

Writer and communications advisor. Former political journalist. Climate watcher. Owner of a talking dog.

[Carl Shuker 🌻 @CarlShuker]

Buckle up. What’s Covid done to Aotearoa New Zealand’s healthcare system since Omicron overran our keep-it-out response?
It’s not all bad news and it’s way more interesting and complicated than most news stories seem to suggest. Thread. 1/n

[Ministry of Justice @justicenzgovt]

Share your thoughts on the options we’re considering for creating a new, more open and inclusive adoption system in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Find out more: https://t.co/jzSaOHEaUg

[Don Rood @TheDonRood]

Quick work by the fire fighters and helicopters have turned the flames back at this spot to the relief of nearby house holders

[Don Rood @TheDonRood]

The flames are licking closer to the road as a fire engine arrives to turn them back. Houses are just metres away now

[Don Rood @TheDonRood]

The heat from the flames can be felt across the street and hot ash is being swept towards houses as firefighters battle to keep the Trentham Silverstream bush fire at bay.

[Peter Fowler @Hapua]

25 years ago today I registered the domain https://t.co/Dz8w85UNHf and launched "The Interactive News Station." Everybody said it would never work. Thanks to @timmurphy and @markjennings @NewsroomNZ https://t.co/SwnFErj1IW

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

I'm on my way home from #COP26, full of frustration and fury after reading the draft declaration. The world's powerful governments propose to do more to defend the fossil fuel industry than to defend life on Earth.

[RNZ - Nine To Noon @ninetonoon]

We just recycle them if we don't understand what's causing the offending https://t.co/02mPV1BpSF

[Marie McNicholas @MarieMcNicholas]

@BarbaraRich_law @SWYforEurope @WomaninHavana NZ maybe distant with a small pop. but tourism brings almost the equivalent of the pop. here every year. Air travel has ensured we are not remote. 2 of our biggest clusters are in rural areas. Geog argument no substitute for good public health plan & brave empathetic leadership

[Courts of New Zealand @CourtsofNZ]

Chief Justice says: for public safety and to give effect to COVID-19 L4 alert, District and High Court are excluding from courthouses those whose attendance not required for that day’s business, arrangements made for media to attend to uphold open justice. https://t.co/FoTXF5nTJv

[Marie McNicholas @MarieMcNicholas]

@metlinkwgtn We are not delayed we are stopped indefinitely - do you actually properly service your trains so they don’t keep breaking down?

[Marie McNicholas @MarieMcNicholas]

@metlinkwgtn people are being turned away from boarding overcrowded trains on the Hutt valley line;, standing room only from Heretaunga. Really Metlink is too much to ask to have enough carriages during peak time?

[Don Rood @TheDonRood]

Huge queues as hundreds and hundreds of Wellington commuters are stranded as trains to the Hutt Valley and Johnsonville are cancelled. Buses are promised but no sign of them.

[Borrin Foundation @BorrinNZ]

@NZDistrictCourt Pleased to be supporting this conference! Judge Doogue’s opening address was excellent

[Marie McNicholas @MarieMcNicholas]

Judges are far from out of touch, says Chief District Court Judge Jan-Marie Doogue. https://t.co/XVAmgVVPKA

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Red hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week https://t.co/17T9yqHQDk

[The Age @theage]

COMMENT The one glass ceiling Helen Clark couldn't smash https://t.co/adEwUolSMN

[Marie McNicholas @MarieMcNicholas]

Whose fault is it when the young and vulnerable offend? Column by New Zealand's Principal Youth Court Judge https://t.co/lO5bhlnhH9

[Marie McNicholas @MarieMcNicholas]

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[Marie McNicholas @MarieMcNicholas]

Is Kiwirail maintaining its network adequately?Yet more signal failures on the Hutt Valley line this morning #goingnowhereInaPacked train